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The Art of Death
Kate Heyhoe weaves Dreams of the Dead via sugar skulls
Fifth Circuit Stays Yeakel Ruling
Court of Appeals says HB 2 abortion restrictions go forward
HD 50: Howls and Hugs
More detail on fundraising, final days of campaigning
Nutshell Your Screenplay for Success
Austin Film Society partners with the Screenplay Workshop for Seminar
Burlesque the Hallowed Dead Days
Shopping for Halloween and Dia de los Muertos with Shelby Mine
Mommy’s New Tattoo
Levi Greenacres’ ‘bedtime story for people’ is ink-credible.
Film Flam
PBS premieres, plus an accessible fest
Infowars Draws Line in the Sand
Conspiracy site says UN is taking control of Alamo
One Small Step Towards Equality, One Large Step for Austin
Austin + Domestic Partner Benefits = Reality
Austin Becomes a Waterboys Town
Music big and small rouses the Parish
SXSW Music Announces Panel Lineup
Forty-four day sessions, March 11-16
The AggreGAYtor: October 31
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
Beware ‘The Visitor’ in Trailer Park
Forthcoming Drafthouse Films feature is restored and uncut
News Ticker: October 30
All the news that’s fit to blog
5 Minutes with Portugal the Man
Mssrs. Gorley & O’Quin, or is it Ritchotte & Carothers?
From the Hands of Babes: Notions 2.5
McCallum High Student Fashion Show
AFF: Sole Survivor
A film that depicts the aftermath of surviving a plane crash.
Paul Pope’s Battling Boy Is a Young God Among Men
And the daughter of a dead hero’s no slouch, either.
Diaryland: Matt the Electrician
Mr. October releases a new ‘Beacon’
Stop the Layoffs
UT group stage study-in to protest shared services plan
A Walking Contradiction: Texas High Schools, Football, and Concussions
Thousands of students mash helmets every weekend – at what cost?
Chapter Two: Wasota African Cuisine
Trailer presents a second chance for locally-loved chef
The Horror! The Horror!
The Woodlawn Theatre has cooked up a doozy. Another slice, anyone?
Sounds Like Heaven
AFF presents a new Ya’Ke Smith script reading
The AggreGAYtor: October 30
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
AG’s Office Seeks Ruling to Enforce Provision of HB2 Ruled Unconstitutional
Seeking emergency stay to enforce provision struck by district court
Truck by Truckwest Tasting Tour Kicks Off Tonight
Pick up tasting badges at Trailer Food Tuesday for culinary tour
News Ticker: October 29
All the news that’s fit to blog
Don’t Touch That Dial
PBS celebrates 75th anniversary of ‘War of the Worlds’
Mo’ Music: October 29
A shout out to Lou and scary songs to hear in the dark
Big Reds and Bubbles
An elegant kickoff to the Austin holiday season
Jester King, We Forgive You
Jester King issues apology following long lines at Funk & Sour Fest
Let’s Take a Survey Together
Help create a resource guide for Austin’s trans* community
Schmidt Family Barbecue is Open for Business
Third generation of venerable Lockhart family comes to Bee Cave
The AggreGAYtor: October 29
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
First Listen: Possessed by Paul James
Local folker unleashes ‘Hurricane’
News/Print
Austin readings, releases, and more
DVDanger: ‘Halloween’/’Prince of Darkness’/’Eyes Without a Face’
Three throwback horrors for your Halloween pleasure
Housecore Horror Live Shot No.4 – Grand Finale
Goblins spook life into a long last day of extremes
Council: New Matrix for Economic Incentives
Adds wage standards to construction & development agreements
Street Style, Festival Edition
Sartorial snapshots from Congress during AFF and TBF
BREAKING: Abortion Providers Win Injunction Against Provisions of HB 2
Admitting privileges portion of HB 2 lacks “rational basis”
Vandy’s The Cure For Texas A&M Blues
Defense comes to life as Aggies roll over Commodores
A Drink to ‘Blood Punch’
Strap in for a bloody good time
The Gourds: Don’t Call It A Breakup
Beloved Austin pranksters hit pause on 19 years
This Kickstarter Wraps Before You Know It
A local queer filmmaker could use a hand to get his work seen
Longhorns Best Horned Frogs
Saturday’s victory over TCU puts the Big 12 title in UT’s sights
Lou Reed’s Rock & Roll Heart
Saved by that which he revolutionized
Review: John Oliver
‘Senior British correspondent’ explains why America rules
The AggreGAYtor: October 28
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
Neo Noir Is the New Black
‘Neo-teurs’ Shane Black and Brian Helgeland discuss film noir
Austin Film Festival Announces Jury and Screenplay Awards
Audiences still have chances to catch screenings
HD 50: Dems Fire Away
As early voting rolls on, Dems exchange hard shots
Housecore Horror Live Shot No.3 – Day Two
Melvins, Gwar, Goatwhore, and Star & Dagger plunge in
The Comforts of ‘Veronica Mars’
Show creator and cast discuss bringing the heroine to the big screen
Building a ‘Castle’
Andrew Marlowe and Terri Edda Miller on their hit ABC show
Feel a Draft?
That’s the Writers Guild Foundation’s exhibit
Reefer Madness: Solid Majority Favor Legalization
Poll reflects largest majority since pot-law question has been asked
Small Screen, Smashing News
TV headlines: the British edition
Housecore Horror Live Shot No.2 – Day One
Repulsion, Headcrusher, Goblin, and Down – killing it
Show and Tell With Rian Johnson
Revisiting the high school noir ‘Brick’ at AFF
Jesse Dayton Bloodies Up for Housecore Horror
Austin rocker-turned-director talks ‘Zombex,’ Zombie, and Corman
News Ticker: October 25
All the news that’s fit to blog
A Conversation With Jeff Nichols
‘Mud’ director oozes with Southern charm
The Mean Eyed Cat Lives On
Using another of the cat’s nine lives, the bar makes a comeback
Kickstart Your Weekend With ‘The Bounceback’
Bryan Poyser’s Air Sex movie needs backing
Rollin’, Rollin’, Rollin’
Kegs of Austin Eastciders Gold Top roll out across town
Housecore Horror Live Shot: Dirty Dog Bar
Metal fest’s first night opens with pianos, closes with a brawl
Housecore Headhunter Summons You
Festival boss Corey Mitchell makes his recommendations
A Conversation With Elaine May
The Austin Film Festival guest is her own unreliable narrator
Skygazing With James Turrell
Skyspace: “The Color Inside” opens on UT campus
Farmers’ Market Report: Oct. 26-27, 2013
Sweet peppers, butternut squash, lettuce, apples, and bacon
Housecore Horror Headliners: Goblin
Italian soundtrackers rise from the dead to terrorize
Death Watch: Execution Delayed for Evidence Review
Questions about ballistics in Houston drug house murders
Person of Interest
Meg Wolitzer’s latest book tracks six characters through three decades of friendship
Festival Face-Off
Our heads are spinning with all the options
Last Housecore on the Left
Pig Destroyer Sunday, 4:10pm, Antone’s Pig Destroyer might be the only grindcore band in the world that could be considered a household name. They’ve transcended all niche and subculture, and maintain a deeply cherished discography. It’s hard to find universal status in extreme music, so it’s a wonder how Pig Destroyer make their crossover look…
The Hightower Report: Corporate greed is making us sick
Corporate greed is making us sick
Soccer Watch
The Texas Longhorns (11-4-2, 5-1-1 Big 12) won their final home game of the season Sunday evening, 1-0 over rival Oklahoma. They’re at Stephen F. Austin this Friday, then finish the regular season at nationally ranked Texas Tech, before heading into the Big 12 tournament, Nov. 6-10 in Kansas City. The Horns finished 2013 undefeated…
Mickey Virus
Comic Bollywood thriller.
In the Thicket of It
Prolific Texan author Joe R. Lansdale is back with a hellish and hilarious new novel
In the Blue Corner: Austin Film Festival
The festival dedicated to every part of storytelling on screen is back for its 20th anniversary
Last Housecore on the Left
Your guide to all things metal
Pitonyak Seeks New Trial in Jennifer Cave Murder Case
Defense says new evidence proves Hall murdered Cave
Bhai
Telegu romantic comedy.
Kids’ Corner
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant’s Tale by Duncan Tonatiuh Abrams Books for Young Readers, 32 pp., $16.95 In an Aesop vein, Duncan Tonatiuh – dual citizen of Mexico and the United States – weaves with gentle compassion the fable of young Pancho Rabbit’s treacherous journey across the border to rescue his father. Drought…
In the Red Corner: Housecore Horror Film Festival
The new kids on the block possess the whole Emo’s / Antone’s complex
Record Reviews
Call it mad scientist-core. Detroit quartet Child Bite has been making distinct, sense-assaulting art-rock for nearly a decade now, singer Shawn Knight muttering angry gibberish over bubbling beakers, an undercurrent of glitched, evil electronic noise coming from somewhere in the dungeon. On sixth LP Monomania, these delinquents stir up the sort of chaos that doesn’t…
Tears for Texas Women
13 clinics to close if law not blocked
Headlines
› City Council meets today (Oct. 24) with the headline wrangling most likely over proposed changes in the city’s economic incentives program, potentially requiring living wages and a proposed loan bank for small subcontractors. See “City Council: Bad Apples.” › Late Tuesday, the Austin Police Department announced that veteran APD Detective Charles Kleinert, still under…
Brain Teaser
Author and legendary ‘Jeopardy!’ champ Ken Jennings comes to the Texas Book Festival
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
In August 1957, Philadelphia Phillies slugger Richie Ashburn hit a fan with a foul ball, breaking her nose. A few minutes later, he hit the same fan while she was being taken out on a stretcher. On average, you produce about 100 gallons of urine a year. During World War II, Winston Churchill and Franklin…
Record Reviews
Super-colliding black metal’s low distortion threshold with the mondo gallop of Monster Magnet and High on Fire, this Portland, Ore., quartet’s full-length debut reanimates the classic Relapse Records thunder of ancient Mastodon and Baroness (“Descend into External”). Channeling Matt Pike’s fuel huffing (“Dreams of Mercy”) and Dave Wyndorf (“Water Under a Burning Bridge”), Summon the…
Lehmberg Suit Punted to Judge
DWI case takes another turn
Point Austin: The Fun Begins
The city redistricting simmer reaches the boiling point
‘Austin Chronicle’ Short Story Contest Now Open
You have until Dec. 11 to send us your masterpiece
Sheet Music
Breaking into a cabinet of blues.
Local Candy Roundup
‘Tis the season of your mom’s nightmares and your dentist’s sweet dreams
Quote of the Week
“If this law is allowed to take effect it will have a devastating effect on women throughout the state.” – Brigitte Amiri, staff attorney with the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, on the Texas abortion restrictions subject to a Planned Parenthood lawsuit this week
Nonfiction and Memoir
Justin St. Germain, Stephen Harrigan, and more delight with these true tomes
Sheet Music
From fanzine to book.
Record Reviews
It took blood-soaked San Antonio pianist Lonegoat to make the direct connection between classical funeral dirges and occult metal. On All for Naught, his Goatcraft proffers neo-classical piano flourishes and mini-concertos of a decidedly dark bent, all minor keys, fingerboard pounding, and enough reverb to make a concert hall sound like a mausoleum. Put these…
Huffington’s Solution: More Meditation and Wonder
HuffPo head wants us all to have a better attitude
Then There’s This: ‘A Decent Wage’
City Council today (Thursday, Oct. 24) is prepared to pass a far-reaching measure that could raise the bar on economic development agreements the city brokers with companies that expand or relocate their operations here. What’s more, the local work force may stand to gain from the financial carrots usually reserved for the private firms: The…
Fiction Favorites
From postapocalyptic islands to mining camps in Nevada, these novels will rock your world
Sheet Music
Jazz maestro in detail.
The Secret’s Out
City bans Eastside tubes & swimmers
The Luv Doc: Not Very Good
Luv Doc, After reading your column for a while I have decided that you are not very good at giving advice. Sometimes your answers make me wonder if you even read the questions you respond to. One time there wasn’t even a question at all. You just wrote about somebody’s stupid pool party. So here’s…
Sheet Music
Yoga murders part two.
Urban Farm Skirmish Moves to Mediation
Council postpones vote on urban farm ordinance
Shepard & Dark
The turbulent but creative connection between theatre legend Sam Shepard and writer and collector Johnny Dark is explored in this documentary. The film also features the work of a couple of Austin film mavericks: editor Sandra Adair and musician Graham Reynolds.
Women’s Writes
From ‘Thelma & Louise’ to ‘Nashville,’ Callie Khouri has honed the art of telling women’s stories
Sheet Music
Even in the face of truth …
Record Reviews
The Texas thrash tradition doesn’t get referenced very often, but it’s alive and kicking. Just ask Arlington’s Warbeast, which boasts former members of long-gone headbanger Gammacide and Dallas thrash legend Rigor Mortis. Given that the Lone Star State produced Pantera, it’s no surprise that Destroy hits harder than Mike Tyson on its second full-length for…
City Council: Bad Apples
Council wades through the Red River Cultural District
Carrie
Sin never dies.
Exhibitionism
As staged by UT, this drama of convicts making theatre in colonial Australia is fascinating to watch
Blood Brothers
Bringing James Welch’s novel of Native life, ‘Winter in the Blood,’ to the screen
Sheet Music
Singing takes many forms.
Record Reviews
Anders Manga’s first album as Bloody Hammers served up scoops of gothic horror covered in death-grunge syrup. Spiritual Relics comes from the same carton, only more potent, touring having tightened up the graveyard riffery and given Manga’s vampiric croon a raspy edge. The former synth-rocker reconnects here with his inner Roky Erickson, source of the…
Playback: Austin Scared Stupid
Once again, everything hits at once
Escape Plan
Stallone and Schwarzenegger team up for double the fun.
Exhibitionism
Strong performances and a light directorial touch make this Shakespearean tragedy worth a trip
Mourning After
Kelly Daniela Norris on the unexpected paths of grief and love
Get in the Game
Most games do their best to keep players from asking the very questions Davey Wreden puts front and center
Prop. 6: Strange Bedfellows on Both Sides
Boondoggle or necessary step? Odd alliances form on both sides of state water proposal.
The Fifth Estate
It’s the story of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks before they became household names.
John Oliver
‘The Daily Show’ correspondent on his summer job, failure, ‘Breaking Bad’ and Texas politics
Documentary Reviews
Political Bodies D: Christopher Englese (World Premiere) The territory of Christopher Englese’s Political Bodies – a well-orchestrated political full-court press by Virginia state lawmakers to curtail women’s reproductive rights – is well-known to Texas women, who have endured the same sort of unrelenting march backward in time that advocates in that state have struggled with…
Oops!
In the Oct. 18 feature, “The Real Housewives of Ciudad Juárez” by Debbie Nathan, we mistakenly said that Cortney DeBolt-Sanchez and her family arrived in Ciudad Juárez in 2011. In fact, they got there in late 2010 and waited almost two years until Cortney’s husband got authorization to return, legally, to the U.S.
Record Reviews
The three women who make up Star & Dagger put heavy music’s testosterone contingent on notice. Dava She Wolf clocked time in the crazy-fun and unfortunately short-lived Cycle Sluts From Hell, while bassist Sean Yseult was the other half of White Zombie until they disbanded in 1998. The real star of debut Tomorrowland Blues is…
I’m in Love With a Church Girl
The title says it all.
Studio Visits: Lauren Klotzman
A voracious consumer of Net culture considers her studio an office
Narrative Reviews
The Odd Way Home D: Rajeev Nirmalakhandan; with Rumer Willis, Chris Marquette (World Premiere) In our own ways, aren’t we all wanderers? Maya (Willis) is running away from an abusive relationship; cartography savant Duncan – seemingly the only person alive who knows exactly where he’s going, if only literally – is newly fending for himself…
The More (Maps) the Merrier!
A brief introduction to the ICRC’s proposed City Council district map – and a few alternatives
Record Reviews
Wakes give rise to gripping breakup albums. While no Black in Black, Gwar’s 13th disc belches up a high-bile mark in the three-decade desiccation of these circus metallurgists for axe grinder Cory Smoot, aka Flattus Maximus, who died on the Virginians’ tour bus last year. Beyond the Maiden-esque title cut, an instrumental dedication to Flattus,…
The Snitch Cartel
This Colombian film is based on the true story of Andrés López, a drug trafficker who later worked with the DEA.
Last Housecore on the Left
Horror film fest’s extreme metal soundtrack
Michi Ramen Inflames the Ramen Wars
Food truck turned brick-and-mortar is a serious contender
Day Trips
Time is on your side at the Southwest Museum of Clocks & Watches
The Counselor
Cormac McCarthy pens his first screenplay, and Ridley Scott directs the tasty cast.
Before Art, Kate Heyhoe’s First Act
Heyhoe first made a splash as a pioneering online food writer
Give Me Freedom and Give Me Death Metal
‘Death Metal Angola’ director Jeremy Xido on capturing a country’s first-ever metal festival
Last Housecore on the Left
Goblin Friday, 9:50pm, Emo’s; performs ‘Suspiria’ Sunday, 10:40pm, Emo’s “I’m not really a fan of horror.” Surprising sentiment from Maurizio Guarini, keyboardist for the ultimate Italian zombie-and-witchcraft soundtrack band, Goblin. It’s impossible to think of Italian terror cinema without Guarini. As a performer and composer, his phantom chords rocked gore-stained classics like Lucio Fulci’s Zombie…
Food-o-File
Schmidt Family Barbecue opens next week, while Shake Shack promises to shake up the burger scene
Gay Place
Welcome to Hell … Halloween, Austin queer-style
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Johnny Knoxville unleashes jackassery on unsuspecting bystanders while dressed as 86-year-old Irving Zisman and accompanied by his equally brazen 8-year-old grandson.
Fine Print
Texas Book Festival brings some of the best and brightest literary minds to the Capitol
‘Found’ Affects
Scott Schirmer tells a twisted serial killer tale through the eyes of an 11-year-old
Last Housecore on the Left
Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals Sunday, 9:35pm, Emo’s If Phil Anselmo knows two things, it’s metal and horror. “When I started making a little bit of scratch with Pantera and I could afford certain tiny luxuries,” he growls in that NOLA-via-DFW rumble, “all my money went to was rent, groceries, music, and films.” Today,…
Food Events
Oct. 25-30
Hornography
Midway through UT’s 2013 season, the mercurial Longhorns have gone the extra mile to keep Austin weird. Consecutive non-conference debacles in weeks two and three made a mockery of Mack Brown’s big talk during the offseason and left many feeling he was dead man walking by mid-September. Precarious as his long-term prospects may be, Texas…
I Am Divine
Harris Glenn Milstead, the actor better known as the 300-pound sex symbol named Divine who appeared in those early John Waters’ movies, is remembered in this doc.
