Cover Story
Follow the Lederhosen
Celebrating Oktoberfest all over Central Texas
Notes of a Football Addict (Vol. V)
Paying tribute to Blanda, and more
This Week’s Waste of Time
A few online puzzle games to strip you of the ability to do work.
Let’s Get Down to Biznasty: TFN
Biznasty: like the Wall Street Journal, but 20% less queer.
It Gets Better…
Some viral activism for the LGBTQ kidz
The Lineup
Recommended picks for ACL weekend!
Richard’s Rules of Order
More random comments from Richard Thompson
1000 Days of Vinyl
One man’s daily dose of wax
Death to Oscar Talk
Shaking a fist at the absurdity of awards speculation
The Daily Hustle: 10/7/10
Sister (Cities) Double Happiness
Barry Gifford, YA Author
The Wild at Heart scribe taps a new audience
‘Chronicle’ Cover Unveiling 10/08/10
Ta daaaa!
Home Tour Alert: ‘Tis the Season
The Heritage Society of Austin’s Fairview Park Home Tour
Night Moves
The National’s Aaron Dessner talks Dark Was the Night
Perry’s Fund Imbalance
Emerging Tech Fund scandal sees GOP lawyer blast gov
Get In Where You Fit In
Trombone Shorty, jack of all trades
The Daily Hustle: 10/6/10
Return of the rebate
One Sweet Treaty
Defining “ally”
Should State Legalize Pot?
Some Texas voters say taxing pot is the best way to generate revenue
Conservative Blogger Needs Math Lessons
RedState.com predicts doom for Doggett – with incorrect numbers
The Glitoris’ List for Tue., Oct. 5
Check out the Glitoris’ first list.
Let Them Meatcake!
Here’s the best from 17 years of Dame Darcy’s comic-book Meatcake
Broadcast News
Quiet Company and more hit the early show
Fantastic Fest: ‘Zombie Roadkill’
Fearnet web series whacks some undead vermin
Got God?
A short look at PBS’s God In America
The Daily Hustle: 10/5/10
Transpo Bond Brouhaha
Mo’ Music Welcomes the Glitterati
Welcome The Glitoris to Mo’ Music Tuesdays.
DJ BJ’s List for Tues., Oct. 5
Check out the DJ BJ’s first list.
Mo’ Music Welcomes DJ BJ
Welcome DJ BJ to Mo’ Music Tuesdays.
Fantastic Fest: ‘Nevermore’
One-man Poe show closes festival
Last Day to Register for Nov. 2 Election
Get signed up to vote by end of today
SXSW Film Announces First Wave of Panels
It’s never too soon to start thinking SXSW
Bedside Manner: This Book Will Change Your Life
A peek at what Chronicle staffers’ bedside tables
Austin Rockin’ 10/4/10
ACL Music Fest 2010 picks on FOX 7 this morning
SXSW Goes to School
Interactive Fest launches SXSWedu conference
The Daily Hustle: 10/4/10
ACL = Austin (Street) Closure Listings
News AggreGAYte for the Week of Oct. 4-10
This week sees the necessary launch of the anti-bullying movement
Gays and Unmarrieds Shouldn’t Be in the Classroom?
DeMint says no to gay teachers.
Tranarchists Unite and Take Over
Post-Tranarchy afterglow
Fantastic Fest: ‘A Horrible Way to Die’
Scriptwriter Simon Barrett talks art house serial killers
Bob Stoops Is on Line One. Mack Brown Is on Hold.
UT Football Watch
Jimmie D Is Keepin’ It Queered
Brand-spankin’ new baby blogger comin’ atcha
Fantastic Fest Closing Party
Elijah Wood rides the lightning
It’s the Little Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast
Campus shooting, council folderol and more
The Lineup
Recommended music for the week of Oct. 1-7
Dandy Is REAL!
On the Intarwebz, even unicorns can be real!
Today’s Gay History Icon
A different icon brought to you each day of October!
Happy Gay History Month!
We’ll feature a new bio each day in October for Gay History Month!
Gayscist Blingee
It’s the Friday Blingee!
The Daily Hustle: 10/1/10
City takes over First Night Austin
Texas Platters
Thirty-five years of Austin City Limits images of course equals 35,000 words
Arts Review
This play about death is so funny you feel healthier after than you did before
Res Publica
Citizens’ calendar, Oct. 1-7
Hatchet II
There’s a hatchet-wielding psycho in the Louisiana swamps. So what else is new?
Texas Book Festival Authors
Memphis native Sides is a great storyteller, and Hellhound often reads more like historical fiction than nonfiction
Arts Review
Completeness from Delfos Danza Contemporánea, mixed results from Ballet Austin
Soccer Watch
Aztex near first-ever playoff appearance, and more
Texas Book Festival Authors
For the Comanche history novice, this is an entertaining and easy-to-read starting point, but not a very intellectually strenuous one
Comp Plan Combo Platter
The comp plan process reaches critical density
Football Watch
Horns lose embarrassingly to UCLA, and more
Restaurant Review
This is refined, amazingly complex, and authentic Persian food that tastes like it came from a favorite grandmother’s table
Scenarios at a Glance
Five different versions of Austin’s future
T-Mobile City Chase
Urban adventure race invades Austin
Event Menu
Celebrate food in festivals and with foundations this fall
The Future Is Ours: A Timeline of Austin’s Comprehensive Plan
August-October 2009: Before there can be a plan, there must be a plan to plan: City completes a plan for public participation and throws a party. November 2009-February 2010: Community forum series No. 1 begins. Participants name Austin’s strengths and weaknesses, hazard guesses about what the city might look like in 2039. Also ongoing: an…
Gov. Good Cher?
Is the Perry campaign courting men in drag?
Fantastic Fest ’10
RZA, Ryan Reynolds, and more stars walk the red carpet
Food-o-File
Congratulations abound in the foodie community this week
Page Two: Our 30th Year
Unrelated histories and unresolving fantasies
AISD Teacher Raises Unlikely
No added bonuses with bonuses this year
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar weighs in on this week’s fashion week, then eats a steak
Wide-Angle Lens
The Ransom Center captures photography’s history with striking breadth and focus
ACC Annexation Vexation
Would-be ACC taxing districts say they’d rather not be
At the Drive-In
An East Austin art compound reviews the magic of outdoor screening
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
According to Muslim cleric Mehdi Khazali, Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has Jewish roots. Richard Nixon thought his Sept. 16, 1968, appearance on the comedy TV show Laugh-In got him elected. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets covers Harry’s second year at the Hogwarts, which makes him 12 years old. In the story, Harry is…
Limited Access: Cap Metro Gets Tough on Paratransit
Cap Metro changes could leave disabled customers without a ride
In Play
The PlayStation Move makes a play for the Wiimote’s fan base
The Hightower Report
Who’s Doing the Surging in Afghanistan?; and BPreening
Judge To Review Willingham Case
Baird sets hearing for Oct. 6-7
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole
The director of Watchman and 300 makes his first 3-D animated movie about a young owl caught between warring factions.
Don’t Let Me Fall
One ancient, cracked 45 opens the doors to the church of the Relatives
TV Eye: Rich Rewards
David Cross is wickedly funny in The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
That Dog Don’t Hunt
Smelling a rat, appeals court throws out conviction
Red White & Blue
Filmed in Austin, this horror film is a love story and hyperviolent revenge freakout that is well-performed and well-made.
The 24-Hour Sketch Brawl
Ten teams fight to see how much funny they can cook up in one day
Where ‘Friend’ Is a Four-Letter Word
Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin explores the fractious founding of Facebook in The Social Network
Running the Numbers
Today only: Council holds off-campus meeting
The Social Network
This retelling of Facebook’s first contentious steps is a blisteringly entertaining film formed of a lovely amalgam of David Fincher’s direction, Aaron Sorkin’s screenplay, and Jesse Eisenberg’s spotless performance as Mark Zuckerberg.
‘Paved Paradise Redux: The Art of Joni Mitchell’
John Kelly brings back his Joni Mitchell tribute before retiring it for good
Act Like You Mean It: Stars Jesse Eisenberg & Armie Hammer
The Social Network‘s Jesse Eisenberg & Armie Hammer
Reefer Madness: Marijuana Still the No. 1 Hit
Drug warriors ignore the rise in alcohol abuse
Let Me In
This terrific American remake of Swedish vampire stunner Let the Right One In retains the original’s keen sense of adolescent angst and mystery.
Texas Platters
Hosea Hargrove Tex Golden Nugget (Dialtone) Growing up in Crafts Prairie, a community near Smithville and Bastrop, 80-year-old Hosea Hargrove didn’t just absorb blues. They came with the territory. At 10, he fashioned his first guitar out of a cigar box and screen wire, playing until he mastered it and a local musician named Son…
Day Trips
Historic dance halls in Texas still offer a cold beer and a welcoming dance floor
Point Austin: Introducing the Constitution
Texas Civil Rights Project remains a 20-year work still in progress
Jack Goes Boating
Philip Seymour Hoffman directs and stars in this drama about a nebbishy middle-aged man with minimal social skills.
Texas Platters
Chris Gates & Gatesville Welcome to Gatesville (Anodyne Music) Like some dusty brown jug of granddad’s moonshine found hidden away in a country house that, nevertheless, once uncorked, kicks and hollers and sears all the way down your parched gullet, Austin punk foundation Chris Gates is still capable of laying you out flat at lower…
The Gay Place
UNICORNS & MERMAIDS DO TOO EXIST If you have ever seen a narwhal, then you know it’s true, because narwhals are their love children. Duh. Unicorns and mermaids also exist in the spirit of people, and this week, we’d like to introduce you to two. Or, more specifically, we’d like to invite you to introduce…
City Hall Hustle: Tweetfully Yours
The City Council considers food, names, and form-based code
Anjaana Anjaani
This Hindi romantic comedy is set in San Francisco and Las Vegas.
Texas Platters
Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses Junky Star (Lost Highway) In terms of the film Crazy Heart, Ryan Bingham embodies the best of both lead characters, the outlaw spirit and hard-knocks past of Jeff Bridges’ Bad Blake and the youthful charisma of Colin Farrell’s Tommy Sweet. Bingham’s third LP, Junky Star, could segue right out…
Off the Record
Scott Newton and Ginger Leigh go under the lens
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Robot
A Telegu science-fiction film.
Texas Platters
Pink Nasty On 2006’s Mold the Gold, Sara Beck asserted herself as the awkward girl with the big voice. She had a sense of humor but also knew how to write amplified folk songs. After a four-year absence, her third album is a reassertion of self and a refinement of sound. Where 2003 debut Mule…
Arts Review
A puppet-driven hodgepodge romp through Mary Shelley’s most famous work
Headlines
� The University of Texas regained some sense of normalcy Wednesday after a gun-wielding student, Colton Tooley (pictured), caused a campuswide panic when he fired several rounds before turning an AK-47 on himself; no one else was struck by the flying bullets, police said. Tooley was a high-achieving 2009 Crockett High School graduate. � City…
Freakonomics
The runaway nonfiction book that improbably spent two years on The New York Times bestseller list is now, just as improbably, a movie.
Luv Doc Recommends: Band Together for Hope
If you’re like most people in Austin, you probably walk around with some extra pocket change. It might be just a few coins that jingle in your jorts and tip off the Hooters waitress you’ve been stalking, or it could be something bigger – maybe some fives and tens that you keep in your wallet…
