Hotel Vegas
Todd V. Wolfson
Volume 27, Number 28
features
SXSW DAILY: THURSDAY
The Gay Place
BY KATE X MESSER AND KATE GETTY
SXSW DAILY: FRIDAY
The Gay Place
BY KATE X MESSER AND KATE GETTY
SXSW DAILY: SATURDAY
The Gay Place
BY KATE X MESSER AND KATE GETTY
news
Fishing for Change
Hightower's latest is a collection of inspirational tales
BY MICHAEL KING
Muni Filings: Race to May under way
Candidates for City Council, Austin Community College board, and the AISD board seal their respective fates by applying for ballot spots
BY WELLS DUNBAR AND RICHARD WHITTAKER
Frontera Residents Blast 'Frankenfence'
Hatred of feds' planned fence/wall hybrid for region is bipartisan, far-reaching
BY CHERYL SMITH
Biodiesel Industry Fumes Over State's Heavy Hand
Texas environmental regulators come down hard on fledgling biodiesel industry
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Election Wrap-up
Naked City
Reefer Madness
Federal drug enforcers show little interest in treatment
BY JORDAN SMITH
Developing Stories
If You Believe in Villa Muse, Clap Your Hands
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Point Austin: Villamusing
Council says no to film studio, concert venue, and film set residential development proposed for eastern Travis County
BY MICHAEL KING
Beside the Point
If you can't arrest the homeless, let 'em eat surveys
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
Choosing a Veep; and The Deliberate Deceit of Drug Ads
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
The Great St. Patrick's Day Pub Crawl
Down a stout or four for St. Patty's Day, but don't drink the green beer
BY WES MARSHALL
Irish Whiskeys I Have Known and Loved
Taking pulls with local buyers
BY WES MARSHALL
Function Drinks
During these March festivities, look out for free samples of Function's Urban Detox, unless you enjoy hangovers
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Texas Democratic debate and the primaries had political celebrities dining at local favorites, and Manor Road's restaurant row gets some action
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
March 15-17
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Austin Music Awards
2007-08
Still a Good Day
Ice Cube's coexisting Gs: gangsta rap and G-rated
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
Waiting for the Man
Lou Reed wonders if you ever read Othello
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
SXSW Music Fest Preview Guide
Recommended showcases; picks and sleeper sets
SXSW DAILY: THURSDAY
2007-08 Austin Music Awards
Austin Music Hall, Wednesday, March 12
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Day Party Crawl
Ballroom Dancing
SXSW panels
SXSW Pixels
Girls Can Tell
Gadding about
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Ice Cream Man Presents!
Thursday's flavor: the Choir Practice
BY MATT ALLEN
MOJO Recommends
Dickensian sea-shanty-styled troubadour Johnny Flynn
My SXSW
Music fest diary
BY KAKI KING
SHOWCASE PREVIEWS
Spotlight: Horse + Donkey
Who let Horse + Donkey out of the stable?
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
Spotlight: Jay Reatard
Jay Reatard, gone in 60 seconds
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Spotlight: Carbon/Silicon
The Clash comes full circle
BY MARC SAVLOV
Spotlight: The Explorers Club
Brian Wilson approved: the Explorers Club
BY DARCIE STEVENS
Spotlight: James McMurtry
A-political Dick Cheney blues
BY DAN OKO
Spotlight: Amplified Heat
Austin's power trio is ready to rumble
BY AUSTIN POWELL
SXSW DAILY: FRIDAY
SXSW Music Keynote Address
BY DAN OKO
Day Party Crawl
Ballroom Dancing
SXSW panels
SXSW Pixels
Girls Can Tell
Gadding about
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Ice Cream Man Presents!
Friday's Flavor: Crystal Antlers
MOJO Recommends
Suicide II
My SXSW
Music fest diary
BY CADENCE WEAPON
SHOWCASE PREVIEWS
Spotlight: Clipse/Re-Up Gang
Clipse Re-Ups a new collaboration
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Spotlight: Nouveau Riche
Nouveau Riches of interstellar pop on a positive tip
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Spotlight: Blitzen Trapper
Blitzen Trapper: the hip-hop of indie rock?
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Spotlight: White Denim
Year-old White Denim's Gories-inspired greatest hits
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Spotlight: Magic Christian
SF supergroup Magic Christian rises from the ashes of groovy
BY GREG BEETS
Spotlight: Devotchka
Who needs globalization with Devotchka around?
BY MELANIE HAUPT
SXSW DAILY: SATURDAY
Day Party Crawl
Ballroom Dancing
SXSW panels
SXSW Pixels
Waterloo Records
Girls Can Tell
Gadding about
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Ice Cream Man Presents!
Saturday's Flavor: Port O'Brien
BY MATT ALLEN
MOJO Recommends
Duffy, SXSW 08's Amy Winehouse?
My SXSW
Music fest diary
BY JAMES MCMURTRY
SHOWCASE PREVIEWS
Spotlight: Ume
Ume's not trying to be Sonic Youth
BY DARCIE STEVENS
Spotlight: Mingering Mike
Mingering Mike, where musical fact and fiction collide
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
Spotlight: Darondo
Darondo: not a pimp, not a myth
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
Spotlight: Dana Falconberry
Dana Falconberry, Southern by scholarship and soul, not birth
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Spotlight: Bobby Whitlock & CoCo Carmel
Derek's still-standing Domino and his new vocal counterpart
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Spotlight: Sea Wolf
Alex Brown Church takes after Jack London
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
WEEKLY ISSUE
Off the Record
It's the end of the world as we know it: South by Southwest 22 officially begins
BY AUSTIN POWELL
SXSW DAILY: THURSDAY
Off the Record
SXSW music news and carryings on
BY AUSTIN POWELL
SXSW DAILY: FRIDAY
Off the Record
SXSW music news and carryings on
BY AUSTIN POWELL
SXSW DAILY: SATURDAY
Off the Record
SXSW music news and carryings on
BY AUSTIN POWELL
WEEKLY ISSUE
SXSW DAILY: THURSDAY
SXSW DAILY: FRIDAY
SXSW DAILY: SATURDAY
SXSW Platters
Kimya Dawson
SXSW showcase reviews
Super Deluxe Comedy Death Ray
SXSW showcase reviews
Mika Miko
SXSW showcase reviews
Lykke Li
SXSW showcase reviews
Santogold
SXSW showcase reviews
The Little Ones
SXSW showcase reviews
Nouveau Riche
SXSW showcase reviews
Shelby Lynne
SXSW showcase reviews
Zona Tango
SXSW showcase reviews
Sub Pop Showcase
SXSW showcase reviews
Fuck Buttons
SXSW showcase reviews
Mexican Combo Platter
SXSW showcase reviews
screens
War Stories
Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro collaborate to document one wounded soldier's transformation into 'anti-warrior'
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
SXSW 08 Film Awards
The rundown
The Long Shadow of Bud Cort
From Ashby to Altman and emo boys everywhere
BY MARC SAVLOV
SXSW 08 Film Reviews
SXSW 08 Film Conference
Snapshots from the SXSW 08 Film Conference
BY MARC SAVLOV
Texas Film Hall of Fame 2008
The stars at night, big and bright
SXSW DAILY: THURSDAY
SXSW Film
Daily reviews and interviews
SXSW DAILY: FRIDAY
SXSW Filmmaker Hospitalized
SXSW Film
Daily reviews and interviews
WEEKLY ISSUE
SXSW DAILY: FRIDAY
SXSW DAILY: SATURDAY
SXSW Film
Daily reviews and interviews
Thanks for the Memories
WEEKLY ISSUE
TV Eye
The new new media, plus David Simon to speak at UT, and more questions about the switch-over from analog
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Body of War
Filmmakers Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro show the story of a young veteran, crippled after five days of service in Iraq, and his evolution from gung-ho enlistee to passionate anti-war activist.
College Road Trip
Raven-Symoné co-stars with Martin Lawrence in this mugging comedy, which also makes room for Donny Osmond.
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, and Carol Burnett provide just-right voices for these Seussian characters who offer the perfect antidote to the injustices experienced in childhood.
Funny Games U.S.
Michael Haneke comes to the U.S. to remake his tortuous German film about psychological terrorism with Naomi Watts and Tim Roth.
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
Filmmaker Jonathan Demme accompanies Jimmy Carter during the former president's controversial book tour for Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, and in the process offers a re-evalution of this world leader.
Nanking
This vivid documentary account of the Japanese "rape of Nanking" in 1937 includes the reading of diaries, letters, and other accounts of the exceptionally vicious invasion written by the expats and survivors.
SXSW 08 Film Festival
Enjoy the madness while it lasts.It's here.
10,000 B.C.
After all those cataclysmic movies like Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow, it seems right that Roland Emmerich has now turned his focus to the beginnings of civilization.
Wesley Willis's Joyrides
The songs and demons of cult musician Willis are profiled in this documentary, which screened at SXSW.
arts & culture
Show and Sell
Austin art is getting national buzz, but is anybody buying it?
BY CLAYTON MAXWELL
Austin Video Bee: Daring to fail
This sampler of video art being made in Austin could not have come at a better time
BY RACHEL COOK
Austin V-Day: Victory over violence with the 'Vagina' and its author, Eve
Eve Ensler joins Austin in the fight to stop violence against women and girls
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Women & Their Work: Sliding through an artist's work in 15 minutes
W&TW's 'Show & Tell' provides a quick and easy intro to an artist via slides
BY SALVADOR CASTILLO
Arts Reviews
Crimes of the Heart
City Theatre's production is so enjoyable that you'll be inclined to overlook its flaws
The Souls of Our Feet 2008
Tapestry's new program of classic tap routines continues to reveal the form's vitality and the troupe's growing skill
Jesse Burke and George Schroeder
This dual solo show didn't offer any connections between Schroeder's slender sculptures and Burke's polished photos
columns
Page Two: South by Simplicity
The plain truth behind the Festival's origins
BY LOUIS BLACK
SXSW DAILY: THURSDAY
After a Fashion
Gossip
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
WEEKLY ISSUE
Oops!
Letters @ 3AM
Jo Carol Pierce's music says: Go the distance, baby, and find out – find you
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Stephen rubs up against all that glitter at the Texas Film Hall of Fame and learns how much of it actually rubs off
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Take a ride on Capt. Day Trips' magical musical tour
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Playing Through
The Austin Gamblers gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender bowling league keeps it real, real fun
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
President Coolidge and his wallaby, ethicists and their bad behavior, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Bike Helmets for Adults – What's the Current Law?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: SXSW Free Concert
Auditorium Shores at the Long Center, Saturday, March 15, 2008
BY THE LUV DOC
SXSW DAILY: FRIDAY
After a Fashion
The Austin Music Awards is an all in the family affair
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Austin Aztex tryouts, English FA Cup semifinals, and more
