Cover Stories
Full Circle
Ali to his friends, Shakey Graves to the world
And the War Came Record Review
Homegrown hero forgoes lone wolf act on national debut
5th Circuit Allows Texas Abortion Law to Take Effect
Three-judge panel stays federal judge ruling
Learning More ABCs
Ascher, Barratt, and Fessenden dissect their anthology segments
Putting the Austin Into Wizard World Austin
Local talent appearing at the geek culture gathering
ACL Fest Interview: Tune-Yards
Saturday headliner Merrill Garbus’ give and take
The Road to 10-1: D7 Ballot Boxing Forum Tonight
Join the Chronicle and the eight candidates at the Alamo Village
The AggreGAYtor: October 2
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
Drizly Delivers Drunkenness to Your Door
New app and website lets you order beer & booze
Davis Shines While Linking TEF Scandal to Abbott in Debate
Davis takes off the gloves in second, final guv debate
The Texas Book Festival: Who’s Out, Who’s In?
The lineup changes slightly as big event draws nigh; schedule now live
Eugenio del Bosque Departs Cine las Americas
Longtime executive director hangs up his hat
Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One With the Universe
Artist Yumi Sakugawa draws enlightenment and visits Austin this week
SXSW Interactive Announces Opening Keynote
MoMA Senior Curator Paola Antonelli kicks things off
Come Out for OUTober
Austin celebrates LGBT History/Coming Out Month, big time, citywide
SXSW Expands SouthBites Programming
David Chang announced as featured speaker
AFF Snags Jon Stewart’s Rosewater
The Humbling, The Last 5 Years tapped for opening night
Van de Putte, Patrick Square Off in Only Lt. Gov. Debate
Patrick sticks to right-wing rhetoric; says one debate enough
The AggreGAYtor: September 30
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
Tornado Survivor Wins Turkey Trot Poster Contest
365 free sandwiches are a boon for amateur artist
Don Hertzfeldt Takes Homer Simpson to a Terrifying Future
Local animator gets trippy on his trip to The Simpsons’ couch
The AggreGAYtor: September 29
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
Texas Defense Dominates
Longhorns ram Jayhawks 23-0 in UK Coach Weis’ last game before firing
The Road to 10-1: District 8
Meet the five candidates tonight at Alamo Slaughter
Weird City Hip-Hop Live Shot: Phranchyze, Jean Grae, Homeboy Sandman
First-year fest sends home its vets with noodles for brains
Weird City Hip-Hop Live Shot: Dilated Peoples
Los Angeles triumvirate lets fly a headlining victory
Weird City Hip-Hop Live Shot: Guilty Simpson
Detroit MC calls it: “Weird City, first of many”
Weird City Hip-Hop Live Shot: Austin’s Own
Grassroots local bill represents – raw, hungry
Springdale Farm Aid
Local food community rallies around popular urban farm
Fantastic Fest 2014: Simon Barrett Brings The Guest
Scripter talks Faults, Halloween, and running out of bullets
Let’s Go Phone Poll Supports Prop 1
Initial mid-September survey yields 52% support
Local Game Music Gets Orchestrated
Wing Commander get the Austin Civic Orchestra treatment this weekend
Five Questions with Brady Lowe
Cochon 555 founder is high off the hog
Where the Girls Go/ATX: The Post-Pride Edition
Yer best queer-grrrl-tastic events this weekend and every weekend
Pride Crosswalk Update
Council unanimously passes motion to consider rainbow crosswalks
Weird City Hip-Hop Festival: Jean Grae
Call her a femcee and risk ‘Fight Club’
Weird City Hip-Hop Festival: Pharoahe Monch
Veteran MC on depression, rock bands, and his demise
Food-o-File: Friday Lagniappe
A little extra Austin food news
The Skeleton Twins
Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig co-star as siblings in this dramatic workout.
The Boxtrolls
The third time isn’t the charm for this animated film from the studio that gave us the magical Coraline and ParaNorman.
Take Me to the River
Memphis and Stax Records music artists from an earlier era mentor a younger generation in this ambient documentary.
Believe Me
In this faith-based comedy, frat boys create a fake charity to pay back tuition bills.
The Guest
With their follow-up to You’re Next, filmmakers Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett prove the new kings of indie horror movies.
Loukyam
Telugu action comedy.
The Luv Doc: Stick in the Mud
Dear Luv Doc, I am a borderline teetotaler in an office full of alcoholics. How do I deal with work parties without 1) being a stick in the mud, or 2) wanting to kill myself? Death Watch I feel ya, DW. I work in an office just like that. In fact, I am one of…
The Song
When he rockets to sudden fame, a Christian songwriter is tempted by the perks of fame.
The Equalizer
Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua deliver the action goods one more time.
PHASES & STAGES
Sylvan Esso (Partisan) Appalachian femme trio Mountain Man and North Carolina psychers Megafaun each pony up a bandmember to Sylvan Esso’s digital outlook. Harmony queen Amelia Meath and bassist Nick Sanborn employ rootsy, organic backgrounds in service of an electronic flourish. The former’s signature vocal play lifts “Hey Mami,” while the latter’s penchant for weighty…
He Is the Walrus
Justin Long’s take on Tusk
Campaign Snapshots
City Council Districts 7 and 8
Ten Districts, Many Visions
Race Matters
The Devil in the Details
aRoma still needs to iron out the kinks
The Courage of Dawnna Dukes
State representative discredits claims that abortion leads to mental health problems
PHASES & STAGES
Aphex Twin Syro (Warp) Syro marks the return of Cornwall’s sardonic sonic Svengali, ending a hiatus since Y2K’s Drukqs. Richard D. James has gobs to answer for in pushing and pulverizing electronic music further than anyone; from defining techno in the early Nineties on Selected Ambient Works Vols. I & II, to refining acid, glitch,…
The Good Eye: Trendhopping
If a “Rare Trend” is defined as quality fabrics, expert stitching, and an exacting eye, call us trendy
Council: Take the Steam Train
Can the city and Uber and Lyft come to an understanding?
Ten Districts, Many Visions
First, Representation
Sweet Deal
Michoacana Natural Ice Cream stands up to pricier parlors
A Vote and a Sandwich
Registration deadline is Monday, Oct. 6
Ten Districts, Many Visions
A Voice on the Dais
Food-o-File
Pastries, pastries, pastries
The DWI Dude Runs for A.G.
Jamie Balagia wants marijuana law reform, greater police accountability
PHASES & STAGES
Lee Gamble Koch (Pan) Lee Gamble means to “drag you in and out of a space.” The Londoner’s output for Berlin imprint Pan remits in twos. 2012’s Diversions 1994-1996 and Dutch Tvashar Plumes were concomitant statements, and now Koch arrives only a month after the Kuang EP. At first, its textures move in identifiable forms;…
What the Heart Wants
Healthy eating isn’t always happy eating
The Hightower Report
McDonald’s image problem
Ten Districts, Many Visions
A Sense of Place
Concrete Vigil
In transforming buildings into altars, Sally Jacques offers a place to keep watch
10-1 Ticker… Election updates!
10-1 election news round-up
Ten Districts, Many Visions
Politically Active
Playback
Stop complaining there’s no hip-hop scene here because now it has its own festival
Food Events
Meal Times Heritage BBQ by Cochon 555 Five chefs each get a 200-pound heritage pig to create six dishes. Twenty judges (including Chronicle Food Editor Brandon Watson) will crown a new “BBQ King.” Sun., Sept. 28, 4-8pm. W Hotel, 200 Lavaca, 512/542-3600. $105 general admission ($208 VIP). www.cochon555.com/2014-tour/austin. Supper Friends: Italian Delizia When the moon…
PHASES & STAGES
U2 Songs of Innocence (Island) No Line on the Horizon becomes the demarcation point in U2’s catalog given its equally undercooked successor, Songs of Innocence. Another five years in the studio didn’t prove long enough, obviously, for Bono to cobble together any cohesion from his lyric notebooks. Ireland’s conquering quartet thus moves from contemporary rock…
The Chaos Dance
Shrewd Productions’ Still Now provides a fresh perspective on cancer through butoh
Civics 101
Saturday 9/27 Flu Clinic Free flu shots are available for uninsured Travis County residents six months of age and up. Call to make an appointment. 9am-2pm. South Austin Neighborhood Center, 2508 Durwood, 512/972-5520. Free. www.austintexas.gov. GOT DRUGS? – NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE-BACK DAY Turn in unused or expired medications for proper disposal. See locations online.…
Not Without a Fight
Authors Spivey and Sublett spin a complex tale of a Lubbock visionary’s downfall, revenge
Dimming the Light Fandango
Tim Schafer talks about his noir classic at Fantastic Arcade
Quote of the Week
“To the world, I had an abortion.” – State Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin, challenging claims that abortion causes negative psychological effects, during last weekend’s Texas Tribune Fest women’s health panel.
Exhibitionism
Penfold’s staging propels us through the time-space continuum to see one romance play out in many alternate ways
Point Austin: Looking for Bums
Candidates ready to throw out the city with the bathwater
#ACreads: The Maze Runner
We mused on the YA novel’s hunks as prom dates; now who’s going to Love Me Back?
Arts Exhibitionism
A low-key socialism is at play in Russell Etchen’s solo exhibition at Test Tube Gallery
Public Notice: Putting the Trust in Event Trust Funds?
It seems like all we’re talking about these days is the City Council – see forum info below and on the next page – but it’s worth noting that there are some other races happening this November. The League of Women Voters just announced a forum series for the AISD board elections (Oct. 9-16; more…
Day Trips
The Dallas Farmers Market offers up a foodie’s paradise
Headlines
Travis County Deputy Sheriff Jessica Hollis was laid to rest Wednesday after a ceremony at Hill Country Bible Church, where mourners gathered to honor the seven-year TCSO veteran who was swept away last week in a flash flood, as she was checking a low-water crossing in Northwest Austin. 143 items on City Council’s still-in-exile agenda…
PHASES & STAGES
Indie folksinger unwinds another fiction of tragic backstory.
Gay Place: Just Breathe!
It’s the post-Pride comedown in the gAyTX
Hornography
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming out to our roast of University of Kansas head coach Charlie Weis. Charlie’s a good guy and a great sport, which is a lot more than I can say about his Jayhawks squad. Now let’s not get ahead of ourselves here because it’s not like Texas is carrying…
Ten Districts, Many Visions
Candidates building the road to 10-1 work to define Austin’s new civic order
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
In 2011-12, German researchers lab-tested samples of 24 varieties of German beers, including 10 of the nation’s most popular brands. The team discovered plastic microfibers in 100% of the tested beer samples. The Walmart in Goshen, Indiana, has horse and buggy parking for the local Amish. According to one hobby scientist, if you want to…
Soccer Watch
The Texas Longhorns gave up a third-minute goal to top-ranked UCLA on Friday, then played them as close in the second half as anyone has all year; chalk up an 0-1 loss as a big moral victory going into conference play. The 5-3-2 Horns open Big 12 play this Friday at 7pm, hosting undefeated and…
PHASES & STAGES
Lucinda Williams Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone (Highway 20) “You don’t know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone,” moans Lucinda Williams in invocation of her 11th studio release, harrowing voice scarred atop minimal guitar as if struggling to summon empathy from the pressured depths of hurt…
Everybody Was Gun Fu Fighting
Keanu Reeves and Adrianne Palicki on John Wick‘s ground-and-pound action
When’s a Crash Not a Crash?
When it’s a bike
