Cover Story
The Art Is Formally Known as Prints
A somewhat kaleidoscopic glimpse of Austin’s screen-printing scene
Legeland Update
Sunset shuffles, forensic fights, defections and campaign filings
No Trail of Lights
City announces Zilker Tree Holiday Festival instead of traditional illuminated promenade
Blog and Roll
Bloggers meet and U21 bands get ready to compete
Sista… Whut?
Why didn’t they just name the new lezzie version of the Cockpit the Strap-On?
Dust In the Air
Q&A with Jay Farrar of Son Volt
Progressing in the Economy
Austin and Houston, making Texas look good
MetroRail at Dusk
CapMetro announces evening testing for Red Line
First Texas FLDS Member Sent to Jail
Raymond Jessop found guilty and sentenced to 10 years in prison
Tejano Returns to 6th Street
Mi Casa hosts A-T Boyz
Hampton For Judge
Austin Dem lawyer Keith Hampton says he’ll run for highest criminal court
Fox Versus Grouch
News Corp. fans take on the evils of Sesame Street
Texecutioners Make Their Demands
TXRG has a few little requests before the WFTDA nationals (video)
Scott’s Softer Tone
The strange thawing between TEA and AISD
Natural’s Not in It
What nylon mascara can do for a soul
Dig Until You Hit the Floor
At Fun Fun Fun, you just rub some dirt on it
Boutique of the Week: Soigné Boutique
Soigné Boutique makes the world safe for fashionistas who give back this week.
Don’t Call the Cops on This Mug
Predators shooting – and we mean shooting – in the Eastside
Kimley-Horn Wins Job
With thoughts from Scott Polikov
Gay Marriage Rights Rally Saturday
Sat., Nov. 7, 2009, 1-6pm, Austin City Hall
The Lineup
Recommended music for the weekend of Nov. 6
Obama Picks Environmentalist for EPA Region 6
Armendariz to oversee Texas
Aztex Clean House
Austin Aztex release 14 players from 2009 squad
Longhorns, It’s Time for Your Close-Up
It’s all about attitude from here on out
Microphone Fiend
Rakim masters the old school
Hopson Hops the Fence
Jacksonville Dem to run as Republican
Bad Boy Boogie
“Let There Be Rock,” pronounced AC/DC – on the silver screen, in 1980. With Bon Scott.
Stephen Sondheim
Three musical directing pros appraise the artistry of this master of the musical
Gay Place
Miss Rebecca Havemeyer rolls out a new revue
Headlines
• As the Chronicle went to press, Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo announced the 15-day suspension of officer Leonardo Quintana for the fatal shooting of teenager Nathaniel Sanders II in May. The action was in direct response to Quintana’s failure to activate the dashboard camera in the squad car when he arrived in the parking…
New York, I Love You
The central thesis in this ominibus of short films is that New York is not its landmarks or its landscape; New York is its people.
The Common Law
Eminent Domain – The Government Made a Low Offer – What Next? (Part 2)
Death
Oh Death, where is thy sting?
Day Trips
Bob ‘Daddy-O’ Wade’s sculptures made of junkyard parts or shiny urethane can be found in the most unusual places
Res Publica
Citizens’ calendar, Nov. 5-12
Disney’s A Christmas Carol
The novelty of this motion-capture rendition of Dickens classic eventually gives way to emotionally bland storytelling.
Letters at 3AM: Johnny and Speedy
John Ertha was the first in my experience to embody the passion, courage, mind, and rascality that could be: a man
Altercation Comedy
Comedy has its perks: making movies with Ron Jeremy
Fun Fun Fun Fest Phases
The Jesus Lizard Head/Pure (Touch and Go) The Jesus Lizard Goat (Touch and Go) The Jesus Lizard Liar (Touch and Go) The Jesus Lizard Down (Touch and Go) With Duane Denison’s garroted guitar lines – monster rhythms fused to David Sims’ power main bass then overlaid with Caesarian-section leads – and without a live drummer…
City Hall Hustle: Will the Shill
The ex-mayor says this may be your last chance to snap up a condo
The Fourth Kind
This pseudo-mockumentary starring Milla Jovovich echoes both The Blair Witch Project and The X-Files.
Event Menu
Foodie events and benefits around town
Fucked Up
Hardcore rules, falls count anywhere
Fun Fun Fun Fest Phases
Mission of Burma The Sound the Speed the Light (Matador) From Sonic Youth to Yo La Tengo, Matador Records has sponsored the indie rock reawakening of 2009. The same sentiment holds true for the Mission of Burma’s The Sound the Speed the Light. Whereas 2004’s ONoffON reaffirmed The Horrible Truth About Burma after a 19-year…
Soccer Watch
Both St. Edward’s teams to see postseason play, and more
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Army experiments in the paranormal become a warped platform on which George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, and Kevin Spacey run narrative circles.
Food-o-File
Foodie news about town
The Jesus Lizard
All hail the second coming
Fun Fun Fun Fest Phases
Times New Viking Born Again Revisited (Matador) After a trio of energetic, lo-fi-or-die albums, Columbus, Ohio, trio Times New Viking has almost reached enlightenment. Back when the members were calling themselves shitgaze, 2005’s Dig Yourself and Present the Paisley Reich two years later were the sound of musicians learning their instruments, blowing out speakers, and…
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Chelsea on the Rocks
Icon on icon: Abel Ferrara documents the history and decline of New York’s fabled Chelsea Hotel.
‘Man’s Temptation’
An evening with Kermit Lynch
Pharcyde
Gearing up for another bizarre ride
Fun Fun Fun Fest Phases
Why? Eskimo Snow (Anticon) With last year’s Alopecia, Why? launched back onto the indie landscape with a cross-pollinated genre collapse contorted into an infectious amalgam of hip-hop, pop, and art-punk that trailed Yoni Wolf’s Clouddead wake and somehow gelled in spite of itself. The Oakland-based trio’s third LP for Anticon and fourth overall serves somewhat…
The Yogurt Shop Saga
Springsteen and Scott are free men – for now
The Damned United
The Damned United is much more than a soccer movie; it’s practically Shakespearean in its depiction of the tragedy of Brian Clough, manager of the Leeds United Football Club for only 44 days.
Restaurant Review
Artisan sausage debuts in Austin, all wrapped up in bacon
Pack of Wolves
A headbanger’s journey
Fun Fun Fun Fest Phases
Broadcast & the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age (Warp) Indeed, Investigate surfs radio frequencies – tempos change, static appears, voices run backward. At 23 songs, the UK electro duo’s fourth full-length has a lot of room for experimentation, but it comes off more like the soundtrack for a 1960s Hammer film.…
Nonprofits Not Impressed by Cap Metro Proposal
Cap Metro draws fire over proposal to start a nonprofit for low-income riders
(Untitled)
High art is both lampooned and championed in this knowing satire that stars the ever-eccentric Adam Goldberg.
The Hightower Report
Smarting Over ‘Smart Choices’; and Afghanistan’s Biggest Loser
Mission of Burma
Completing the 21st century Matador trinity
Fun Fun Fun Fest Phases
The King Khan & BBQ Show Invisible Girl (In the Red) What’s for Dinner? (2006) combined a love of 1950s/1960s R&B with an appetite for humor. It was an almost-perfect party album, where the slow songs balanced the dancers. On its latest, duo BBQ (Mark Sultan) and King Khan start in with the jokes straight…
Stars Aligning in Planetarium’s Favor
Austin Planetarium group’s persistence may finally be paying off
Gentlemen Broncos
With this new film, Jared Hess elicits none of the naive charm or flagrant silliness of his earlier movies, Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre.
Sorting the Family’s Dirty Laundry
AFS Documentary Tour revisits Alan Berliner’s 1991 film Intimate Stranger
GZA
Wu-Tang Clan’s Genius unsheathes Liquid Swords
Fun Fun Fun Fest Phases
Lucero 1372 Overton Park (Universal Republic) Lucero may never outgrow Bruce Springsteen, and, in fact, for the Memphis quartet’s sixth studio effort and major label debut, it takes the Boss head on. Retaining its hard-driving grit of ornery guitars pummeling behind Ben Nichols’ serrated, whiskey-and-cigarette growl, 1372 Overton Park folds in aggressive horn arrangements that…
Saving Rain Forests, From Austin to the Amazon
Nonprofit links people to people for a sustainable future
Ong Bak 2: The Beginning
Martial artist Tony Jaa directs himself in this follow-up film that still delivers the moves but lacks a coherent story.
Bucking Categorization
Character actor Sam Rockwell slips into a new guise in the goofy comedy Gentlemen Broncos
Danzig
He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named on Vampira and Hollyweird
Fun Fun Fun Fest Phases
Russian Circles Geneva (Suicide Squeeze) Harder but with even more Explosions in the Sky-type finesse than last year’s sophomore LP, Station, and yet unable to match the emotional and narrative wallop of still-best 2006 debut Enter, Chicago instrumentalists Russian Circles arrive at neutral ground with Geneva. Opener “Fathom,” aria in one channel, subatomic bass burble…
Media Watch: Sammy Allred Back on the Air
Shake, rattle, and roll in local radio
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
This new Bollywood film is a romantic comedy.
Lady Diane
Diane Keaton takes her life to the stage
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar delivers a hardy dose of dish on a certain tattoo phenom
Page Two: Lost Diamond
Robin Shivers’ life defined what makes Austin the kind of community it is
Cap Metro Board Taking Shape
CAMPO’s recommendations open up a slot to be filled by the city
Aladin
Bollywood takes on the famous fairy tale to create a family-oriented adventure fantasy.
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Cough remedies, lionfish, defenestration, and more
Off the Record
Fun facts from the Festivus for the rest of us
Climate, Meet Mobility
Copenhagen is all about green transport – and Austin should be, too
City, Firefighters Shake Hands on Tentative Contract
Both sides say they’re satisfied with the deal
TV Eye
“TV Eye” to The Vampire Diaries: “Bite me.”
Arts Review
A version that shows us in the women of Troy the brutalized women of our own time’s wars
A Green Transport Policy
How many of these Denmark objectives could we adopt as policy in Austin and Central Texas? • Less CO2: Transport-associated CO2 emissions must be reduced. The trend must be reversed. • Greener vehicular traffic: Shift to car taxes. • More public transport and cycling: Public transport and bicycles must carry the greatest part of the…
City Counseling: At Council
City addresses loophole that denied benefits to employees’ same-sex partners
Preview
The blurbing of Fun Fun Fun Fest
Arts Review
The cast invests hook, line, and sinker in the earnestness of this old-school melodrama
Forums on Mobility, Comprehensive Plan
Residents may weigh in on the city’s Strategic Mobility Plan as part of a community forum series on the Austin Comprehensive Plan process. “Imagine Austin!” meetings will run Nov. 9-12 at the following sites. Transportation engineers will be available to take comments about transportation concerns for roads, rails, sidewalks, bicycles, or trails for the first…
CodePink Red After Albright’s Planned Parenthood Soiree
Peace activists unwelcome at speech by former secretary of state
Saturday
Punk, hardcore, hip-hop, oh my!
Arts Review
An indoor/outdoor show where vast landscapes an inch high meet extremely eerie interiors
Point Austin: Abandoning Illusions
Chris Hedges on the inevitable consequences of empire
Election? Apparently.
Texas has 11 new amendments and a thimbleful of voters
Compagnie Julie Dossavi/Trey McIntyre Project
World-class choreographers from Paris and Houston dance into Austin the same week
Sunday
The Roller Noon, Black Stage Phil Spector’s wall of sound writhes in prison every time the Roller erects its sonic monolith in the black name of Southwestern doom. The Red River metal quartet’s meticulously packaged 2007 Monofonus Press debut demands another round of aural wedding invites: devoid of hope, with environmentally friendly corners. – Raoul…
Fun for the Whole Family
Traversing the Texas Book Festival
Living in Illusion
Chris Hedges on the inevitable consequences of empire
Luv Doc Recommends: Fun Fun Fun Fest
Halloween is over. Time to put the sparkly unicorn costume back in the closet … at least until Carnaval. Now begins the ugly slog to Thanksgiving, which offers very little in the way of entertainment unless you’re into football, distended bellies, and stale beer farts. Exhibitionism? Forget it. Your two choices are Pocahontas and Pilgrim,…
