Cover Story
Black and White and Rick All Over
The ABCs of ‘The School of Rock’
In Play: ‘NCAA Football 2004’ and ‘Madden NFL Football 2004’
EA Sports has truly outdone itself with this year’s installments of Madden 2004 and NCAA Football 2004, with each game taking its respective franchise to the next level. College football is known for its wide-open and exciting play, and NCAA 2004 mirrors it. The graphics are beautiful and amazingly realistic. Whether running Cedric Benson up…
The Fortress of Solitude
Why are we reviewing Jonathan Lethem’s The Fortress of Solitude when everyone else is? Because it’s the finest novel of the past five years.
Food-o-File
I hope you saved your appetite for all of the news Virginia B. Wood is plating up.
Naked City
New recruit Wesley Clark entertains the Democratic troops in Austin
Short Cuts
Insanity everywhere: The Chain Saw strikes back, as does the Arbor, sort of; R. Lee Ermey gets piggish; Jack Black kisses like a fish; and videos might kill radio stars, but they launch Austin artists’ careers.
Fixing Up the Fringe
The Austin Zine Library Saga, Part V: Alive, authentic, and real
The Trees
Online music trading that “leaves” the RIAA and music industry in the underbrush.
Naked City
As the city reviews historic zoning, neighbors consider buying Bellmont cottages
In Play
EA Sports has truly outdone itself with this year’s installments of Madden 2004 and NCAA Football 2004, with each game taking its respective franchise to the next level.
Ourshelves
What does an atheist / war buff / microbiologist do for a living? Brew beer, of course. What does he do when he’s not brewing? He reads: books on World War II, sociobiology, and beer.
High Baptismal Flow: Kiloh Smith
Kiloh Smith is the self-described “Supreme Moderator” of the Texas Psych list on Yahoo! as well as the Laughing Madcaps, the world’s largest Barrett group at nearly 2,000 members. As such, he acts as clearing-house for tree ideas and as a project manager for the various efforts, including High Baptismal Flow, the celebrated trade-only 2-CD…
Naked City
Another campus crime leads to tough questions about Austin ISD’s safety strategy
TV Eye
Fall TV is dead; long live fall TV!
Page Two
Meet our new Web site; local film news; and tackling denial, from the city budget to the Republican right.
Tuned In, Burnt Out: Psychedelic Sounds on CD-R
Of the many 13th Floor Elevators-related compilations the Roky Erickson CD Club has lovingly assembled, The High Baptismal Flow, alternately titled How Much Is That Vinyl in the Window?, is the one with the most mass appeal. Unlike the myriad half-baked cash-ins released over the years by various labels, the 2-CD High Baptismal Flow has…
Naked City
Austin joins the list of school districts taking Robin Hood to court
‘The New Yorker,’ My Mother, and Me
An Austin writer courses through her favorite magazine’s festival circuits.
Letters at 3AM
Having children used to be necessary for a family’s economic survival; in the last century it has instead become a choice.
Web Sites
Donate to the Roky Trustwww.rokyerickson.net Roky CD club page rokybarrett.tripod.com/rokycdclub/index.html Danny Thomas’ site www.geocities.com/ucdnlo Translate .shn and other music trade jargon! www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/hygiy/?pg=t/u www.research.umbc.edu/~hamilton/shnfaq.html General music trade sites www.dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Trading/Lists www.labels-cdrs.com/music_trading_links.htm www.tapercities.com The ABCs of Deadhead trading www.mcnichol.com/bnp B&P do’s and don’ts www.mcnichol.com/bnp/wrong.htm TRADE/FAN LISTS: Texas Psych www.groups.yahoo.com/group/texaspsych Syd Barrett www.groups.yahoo.com/group/LaughingMadcaps www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/hygiy Golden Dawn www.groups.yahoo.com/group/golden_d The FTP…
Naked City
Eight candidates vie to replace departing — and defiant — Molly Beth Malcolm
Soccer Watch
Women’s World Cup As we go to press, the top-ranked U.S. women are playing second-ranked Norway in the WWC quarterfinals — a much earlier showdown than anyone expected. Earlier, Sweden ousted Brazil, 2-1; the quarters conclude today, with the semifinals on Sunday, and the championship next Sunday; below, the full schedule of remaining games.Thu., Oct.…
After a Fashion
Meow? Meeee-oooooowww? Where is Miss Kitty??? And is Stephen going all punk rock on us?
Phases and Stages
OutKastThe Love Below/Speakerboxxx (Arista) Though there’s nothing crunk about referring to Southern hip-hop as “dirty,” it’s Bible Belt gospel that Atlanta’s OutKast is here to clean it up. “You oughta be detained by the hip-hop sheriff, locked up, no possibility of getting out,” MCs Big Boi on “Ghettomusick,” a lock down on the sad state…
Naked City
The first annual Green Festival heads to town next week.
Day Trips
The Republic of Texas Chilympiad didn’t happen this year. For the past 33 years the zaniness surrounding the chili cook-off in San Marcos on the third weekend of September was a state icon on which legends were based and lies were bred. According to Red Jurecka, El Jefe Grande of the El Jefe Association that…
Phases and Stages
Warren ZevonThe Wind (Artemis) I hear dead people. Specifically, Warren Zevon, 56, whose last album was released days prior to his death from lung cancer. For the life of me, though, I can’t tell if The Wind is a final bid for immortality or some kind of dirty joke. On his cover (some might say…
Naked City
The cop who shot Sophia King is honored by the police union.
Whole
This documentary explores the hidden world of amputee fetishism.
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
As you’re reading this, the first notes in the longest and slowest piece of music in history are being played. Called “As Slow as Possible,” it was penned by the late avant-garde composer John Cage. The song will last 639 years and is being played on a church organ in the German town of Halberstadt.Walter…
Phases and Stages
David BowieReality (ISO/Columbia) The chorus of “Never Get Old” has the former Thin White Duke wishfully singing, “I’m never ever gonna get old … and I’m never ever gonna get low.” And that’s OK — a lot of people didn’t get Low when it first came out (1977), and now it’s a watershed moment in…
Naked City
Delays and conflict-of-interest charges in the Jimmy Chapman investigation.
The Rundown
The man-mountain known as the Rock is diminished by all the action clichés in his new picture.
To Your Health
What does colostrum have in it that is good for babies, and is it also good for adults?
Phases and Stages
Rufus WainwrightWant One (Dreamworks) Everyone knows that scene at the end of Sunset Boulevard in which the cracked former beauty Norma Desmond floats menacingly toward the camera, oh-so-ready for her close-up, Mr. DeMille. Rufus Wainwright’s musical beauty certainly hasn’t faded to such dramatically kooky extremes, but the laugh lines around the eyes and mouth are…
Austin @ Large: Austin at Large
Forget the little boxes — it’s the big boxes we need to knock down
Duplex
Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore play a young couple is driven batty by a geriatric neighbor from hell.
Second Helpings: American Cafes, Part III
“Second Helpings” offers tasty, bite-sized restaurant listings compiled from new and previous reviews, guides, and poll results. This week’s entries were updated by Erin Mosow. For quick, reliable info about Austin eateries, check here. Arkie’s Grill 4827 E. Cesar Chavez, 385-2986 Monday-Friday, 5:30am-3pm This home-style cafe, founded in 1948 by the late Arkie Sawyer, serves…
About AIDS
Forty million people are currently living with HIV/AIDS. Anyone who thinks that his or her community is isolated from the virus needs to think again. Between 5,000 and 7,000 of our Austin neighbors are living with the disease, and those not infected are rarely not affected. Everyone has a story. Everyone feels the impact. It’s…
Phases and Stages
The Old Grey Whistle Test(BBC Video) Already staggered by scandal, the BBC has been dealt a crippling blow in the revelation that The Old Grey Whistle Test DVD is devoid of indexed chapter stops. With 28 performances spread over 21/2 hours of live, in-the-studio riches from the empire’s vaults, it’d be most civilized to know…
Capitol Chronicle
Is there a Bush-beater in the House — or the Senate, or the VFW?
The School of Rock
In Linklater’s studio-financed comedy hit, Jack Black brings his rock & roll vibe to riff-needy prep students.
TCB
Mr. Kite’s Corner Hobble, instigators of the explosive new CD, God’s Work — and its packed Room 710 release show last weekend — play a benefit Friday at the Ritz Upstairs for Marshall, the Ritz bartender who recently chipped his front teeth trying to break up a fight. Admission is $3; also on the bill…
Of the Old World
Where to find some of the finest pastichio, mousaka, and moi-moi in Austin
Phases and Stages
Touching down in Austin after six years on the West Coast, I must state the obvious: The South is running shit within the world of commercial hip-hop. Hearing Baby G spin a continuous stream of Southern anthems on Hot 93.3 as if he’s rocking Mardi Gras on Mars is something that fills me with much…
On the Lege
The redistricting conference committee doesn’t look like Texas, and Strayhorn gets slapped
The Princess Blade
There’s zero fat on the bone in this stunning Japanese action import.
K-Tel Cabaret
Michael Holland and Karen Mack make a performance party out of hits from the Seventies and Eighties.
Of the Old World
Kebab Palace 1319 Rutland, 836-8668 Daily, 8am-10:30pm (sometimes later on weekends)www.kebabpalace.com Twenty-five-year-old Macedonia native Dejan Kostovski has lived in the United States since 1994. However, he didn’t find his true American home until a computer job in the field of high tech medical equipment brought him to Austin. Dejan likes Austin so much that last…
Leave No Child Behind
In a an excerpt from their new book, Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose expose Bush’s No Child Left Behind policy as an educational Enron.
The Hightower Report
Nature’s reality confronts Bush; The biotech invasion of Washington.
Articulations
The Austin Circle of Theaters has handed out its annual B. Iden Payne Awards, honoring outstanding achievements in local theatre from August 2002 through July 2003.
Of the Old World
Zorba Greek Restaurant 2601 S. I-35, Round Rock (in the Home Depot shopping center), 512/716-0100 Tuesday-Friday, 11am-2:30pm, 5-9:30pm; Saturday, 11am-9:30pm; Sunday, 11am-8:30pm As the Austin area becomes increasingly cosmopolitan, it attracts an ever-diversifying corps of immigrants whose cultural experience and tastes reflect their international background. Over the past decade we have seen Chinatowns bloom, weathered…
‘The Powerful Odor of Mendacity’
An interview with Molly Ivins and Louis Dubose, authors of Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush’s America.
Exhibitionism
Seeing actor David Stokey in the Mary Moody Northen Theatre production of A Flea in Her Ear, carrying off the spectacle of a man whose life has utterly unwound for the most preposterous of reasons, provides a refreshing reminder of the pleasures of farce.
Of the Old World
The Pyramids 6019 N. I-35 (at Highway 290 East), 302-9600 Monday-Thursday, 11am-10pm; Friday-Saturday, 11am-11pm; Sunday, 11am-9pm The Pyramids arrived on the Austin scene with a good pedigree: owned by the same group that brought us Kismet Cafe on 24th, just off of the Drag, a Middle Eastern spot that is packed constantly with adoring students.…
Sophia King: Is the Case Closed?
The city should have known its report couldn’t bring “closure” in the Eastside shooting death.
‘The Austin Chronicle’ and Richard Linklater
The beginning of a beautiful friendship
Exhibitionism
Josh Frank’s The Man Who Was Too Loud pays tribute to Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers with some fantastic covers of the band’s music, but the portrayal of Richman as a dramatic character is so far off target that the show smacks of a vain attempt at cool.
Of the Old World
Afia Cafe 6929 Airport #125, 450-1101 Monday-Saturday, 11am-10pm Have you been dreaming of a bitter-leaf soup? Scouring the city for a steaming bowl of Ogbono? Well, look no more. Austin now has its very own restaurant serving authentic West African foods (and a few Caribbean specialties, as well). Not for the gastronomically timid, this restaurant…
Wal-Mart, Always
The mayor’s rebate idea bombs as foes contemplate dragging the Beast into court.
Cinematexas 8 Announces Geckos
With Artistic Director David Barker saying that “these films should be celebrated [as] films that arduously defend the beauty, integrity, and social role of the moving image,” the Cinematexas International Short Film Festival awarded its Geckos at a closing ceremony at Club DeVille on Sunday, Sept. 21.
Exhibitionism
Three highly amusing and personable comic actors skewer, pun, and cook their way through all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), a show that launches the Austin Shakespeare Festival’s 20th anniversary season with a bang, a few whacks, and a lot of laughs.
Of the Old World
Bismillah Restaurant 6829 Airport (northwest corner at Lamar), 420-8837 Daily, 11am-10:30pm Bismillah used to be on East Anderson Lane in a tiny masonry building next to the railroad tracks. The crush of crowds clamoring for a table made eating there rather challenging. We’re pleased to announce that they have moved to much nicer and much…
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
QT on Trio
With five Austin QT Fests under his belt, Tarantino will be sharing this format with the world, as the Trio cable network presents six nights of Tarantino-presented movies to coincide with the opening of his new film Kill Bill Vol. 1 on Oct. 10.
Luv Doc Recommends: Mr. Sinus Theater Presents: The Lost Boys
If you have never seen Mr. Sinus Theater 3000, you might have some sort of vague notion that it’s even dorkier and less funny than its televised pseudo-namesake, Mystery Science Theater 3000, a show that deservedly holds down a shaky spot in the cable purgatory of the Sci Fi Channel. Admitting familiarity with any programming…
