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The Luv Doc: Lutropublicaphobia

Luvdoc, I can’t take my boyfriend anywhere. Why? Because he hates public bathrooms – especially the ones in clubs. What should I do? This is really cutting in to my nightlife. We always have to leave halfway through a band’s set because he needs to use the restroom – and he always needs to use…

by The Luv Doc

Lincoln

Despite a monumental performance by Daniel Day-Lewis, Spielberg’s film has a fussed-over theatricality that’s hard to escape.

by Kimberley Jones

A Late Quartet

A string quartet – whose members are played by the likes of Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Catherine Keener – gets stuck in its own resins.

by Marjorie Baumgarten

This Must Be the Place

In this odd but intriguing concoction, Sean Penn disappears into the strange body of a retired goth rock god who leaves his Dublin castle and goes on a road trip across America to hunt a Nazi prison guard.

by Marjorie Baumgarten

Record Reviews

Rosie Flores Working Girl’s Guitar (Bloodshot) Janis Martin The Blanco Sessions (Cow Island Music) There’s more than a little serendipity to Janis Martin’s last recordings, overseen by Rosie Flores, and said producer’s latest LP both seeing the light of day nearly simultaneously. Flores revitalized the careers of both Wanda Jackson and Martin when they appeared…

by Jim Caligiuri

Texas Platters

Gary Clark Jr. Blak and Blu (Warner Bros.) A Stax-like blare of horns, curlicue guitar hook tickling the left channel, and a barrage of steam-engine riffs pulling into the station all at once set the proverbial stage for Gary Clark Jr.’s declaration of intent on Blak and Blue fuse “Ain’t Messin ‘Round”: “I don’t believe…

by Raoul Hernandez

Texas Platters

The Sword Apocryphon (Razor & Tie) Eagle Claw Timing of the Void (ECH) “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,” claimed Ralph Waldo Emerson, but in heavy metal, hobgoblins constitute a good thing. Apocryphon rolls out disc No. 4 in Austin metal torchbearer the Sword’s winning streak, and it’s precisely what we’ve come…

by Michael Toland

Texas Platters

Christy Hays Drought Story songs are Christy Hays’ stock-in-trade, woven with a deftness and maturity through the 11 songs of her first recording, Drought. “Winter Solstice” knocks its hard-luck tale out of the ballpark, leaving a brooding, string-driven finale lingering before the next track begins. Gorgeously produced by Roy Taylor and featuring an eclectic list…

by Margaret Moser

Food Events

� Tuscan Wine & Dine at Asti Enjoy bubbly and savory bites before a four-course meal prepared by chef Kenzie Allen and wine director Caroline Forbes. Reserve by phone. Thu., Nov. 15, 7pm. Asti, 408 E. 43rd, 451-1218. $95 plus tip. � 8th Annual Texas Fall Fest & Wine Auction Avoid the Formula One madness…

by Virginia B. Wood

Quote of the Week

“We would also like to annex Dublin Texas, Lockhart Texas, & Shiner Texas.” – Language from a petition to the White House to keep Austin in the U.S., a counter to a petition asking for Texas’ secession from the union (see “Headlines”)

by Chronicle Staff

Texas Platters

James Hand Mighty Lonesome Man (Hillgrass Bluebilly) James Hand makes music that went out of style more than a half-century ago. Still, every new release from the man known as Slim seems like an event. Mighty Lonesome Man, his fifth overall and first in three years, follows the formula of his previous work. It’s deeply…

by Jim Caligiuri

Civics 101

Thursday 15 THE ENDURING LEGACIES OF AMER­ICA’S FIRST LADIES Gain insight into these leaders behind the leaders. Panelists include historians and children of presidents and first ladies. 1:30-4:30pm. LBJ Library. Free. www.lbjlibrary.org. America Recycles Day Among various events is a citywide electronics recycling drive. 10am-3pm at 13 drop off points around town. See www.ertinc.net/news for…

by Chronicle Staff

Headlines

› Start your engines or close the curtains. The inaugural United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas takes place this weekend, with an estimated 300,000 attendees expected across the three-day race weekend. See our coverage. › The Confederacy has found the Internet! A petition on the White House website, asking for Texas…

by Chronicle Staff

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Every day, you inhale about 700,000 of your own skin flakes. On March 20, 1764, a 20-year-old Thomas Jefferson wrote that he got a killer, two-day headache after he behaved awkwardly in front of a girl he fancied. The number 4 is considered unlucky in China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam because the…

by Mr. Smarty Pants

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