AFS Cinema
Volume 19, Number 30
features
Adventures in Backpacking
While traversing the globe in search of enlightenment, writer Mary Fitzgerald finds something altogether different: the steadily growing tribe of the full-time traveler. Outfitted to the teeth with Stussy, batik, Birkenstock, and the latest John Grisham novel, these nomadic wanderers have an entire culture all their own.
BY MARY FITZGERALD
Why San Marcos?
Joe Hauer defends his town just south of Austin
BY JOE HAUER
news
Little Hotel on the Prairie
Proposed hotel and golf course would be constructed on city-owned parkland.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Fanning the Flames
Did TV News Reports Jeopardize Out Youth Austin's Partnership With AISD?
BY SUZY SPENCER
Naked City
kaye trybus tries to save tree, neighbors try to keep home depot out of their Woodward neighborhood, becky motal and alan sager square off april 11 for gop county chair, linda curtis is running for city council.
BY AMY SMITH
Land Lock
from east to west, land use a hot topic
BY JENNY STAFF JOHNSON
Media Clips
San Antonio Express-News pays its editor an amount "in the millions"to hire new reporters, open new bureaus, and try to improve its notoriously mediocre coverage.
BY LEE NICHOLS
Coronation Coverage
BY LEE NICHOLS
food
Class Credit
When the venerable H.E. Butt Corporation opened Central Market in Austin several years ago, little did we know that a grocery store would become a serious foodie tourist attraction, a popular local music venue, and a nationally respected cooking school all under the same roof. Chronicle food writers review recent Central Market cooking classes.
Food-o-File
In this week's edition of Food-o-file, Austin Chronicle Food editor Virginia B. Wood clarifies some earlier statements she had made about the Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Mediterranean/Middle Eastern
Chronicle writer Greg Beets serves up local meditteranean and Middle Eastern cuisine in this week's Second Helpings.
Food Reviews
Culinaria: The United States: A Culinary Discovery
The Rose Pistola Cookbook: 140 Italian Recipes From San Francisco's Favorite North Beach Restaurant
music
1999-2000 Austin Music Awards
An All-Star Line Up, Back Stage and Center Stage
SXSW Live Shots
Wednesday Night
BY CHRISTOPHER HESS
Dancing About Architecture
Punk rock rough stuff; Emo calls it quits; Tenacious D seems to be the shit.
BY KEN LIECK
SXSW Live Shots
Americana Town Hall Meeting Panel: Convention Center, Saturday, Mar 17
Wednesday Night
The Causey Way
The Causey Way: Atomic Cafe, Saturday, Mar 18
John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones: La Zona Rosa, Saturday, Mar 18
The Ex-Husbands
The Ex-Husbands: Opal Divine's Freehouse, Saturday, Mar 18
Clay Blaker, Roger Wallace, Marti Brom, Eric Hisaw, Red Dirt Rangers, Jet Set Six
Michael Ullman's Party: Somewhere in West Lake Hills, Sunday, Mar 19
Joe West, Grand Champeen, Goldtooth, Subset, Trish & Darin Murphy, Golden Arm Trio, Lil' Cap'n Travis, Guy Fantasy, Spoon, Argyles
Hoot Nite Fever: Hole in the Wall, Sunday, Mar 19
Steve Earle's Keynote Address: Austin Convention Center, Thursday, Mar 16
Wednesday Night
War Stories Panel: Austin Convention Center, Thursday, Mar 16
Wednesday Night
Li'l Band O' Gold
Li'l Band O' Gold: Continental Club, Thursday, Mar 16
Japancakes
Japancakes: Thirty Three Degrees In-store, Thursday, Mar 16
DJ Damon, Plexiq, DJ Kathy Russell, Ilse Rachut
DJ Showcase: Spiros, Thursday, Mar 16
Therapy?
Therapy?: Gallery Lombardi Lounge, Thursday, Mar 16
Marah
Marah: Stubb's, Thursday, Mar 16
Wanda Jackson
Wanda Jackson: Continental Club, Thursday, Mar 16
Calexico, Ranchero Brothers
Calexico, Ranchero Brothers: Cherilyn diMond's House, Thursday, Mar 16
Waco Brothers
Waco Brothers: Yard Dog Gallery, Friday, Mar 17
Supersuckers, Nashville Pussy, Hank Williams III
Supersuckers, Nashville Pussy, Hank Williams III: Stubb's, Friday, Mar 17
Supagroup
Supagroup: Gallery Lombardi Lounge Friday, 17
Made For You and Me: Woody Guthrie's Dustbowl Legacy Panel: Austin Convention Center, Friday, Mar 17
Wednesday Night
Daniel Johnston, Beachwood Sparks, Guided By Voices
Daniel Johnston/Beachwood Sparks/Guided By Voices: Convention Center, Friday, Mar 17/Launch.com Party at La Zona Rosa, Friday, Mar 17/Revolver Party at Millennium Hall, Saturday, Mar 18
The Process
The Process: Gaby & Mo's, Saturday, Mar 18
Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun, Teddy Roddy and the Teardrop Troubadours, Cornell Hurd, James Intveld
South Austin Roots Crawl
screens
The Horror, the Horror
William Peter Blatty, author of The Exorcist and screenwriter of the infamously terrifying film, discusses the recently released The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen and his life on both sides of the camera.
BY MARC SAVLOV
All the Gory Details
The Maestro of movie make-up Tom Savini talks about George Romero, the increasing popularity of CGI, and what it felt like to shoot a crotch-gun.
BY JERRY RENSHAW
Further Reflections
Film Reviews and reports from the SXSW Film Festival 2000
The Speed of Technology
SXSW Interactive
Short Cuts
Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Now in its 15th year, the Independent Spirit Awards were created to recognize the so-called "indie" filmmakers who get by with low budgets, favor originality over the formulaic, and feature lesser-known or unknown talent in front of the camera. Well, that's what it used to be like.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Film Reviews
Around the Fire
Erin Brockovich
Final Destination
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Jarmusch's film is a tone poem about a contemporary hitman nicknamed Ghost Dog (Whitaker), who is steeped in the code of the ancient Japanese samurai.
arts & culture
Speaking in Tongues
When Dan Dietz 'lets go,' he turns gibberish into art. And he proves it in the Salvage Vanguard Theater production of MacWellman's nonsense play Terminal Hip.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Exit 'Downtown,' Right on Sunset
In her latest project, singer Petula Clark sets aside her image as chirpy pop starlet to play mad screen diva Norma Desmond in the musical version of Sunset Blvd. Clark tells Stephen MacMillan Moser how she came by this radical departure in roles.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Articulations
The sophomore production for the Actors Repertory of Texas theatre company.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Les Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo: Ballet on the Moon ... But With Attack Swans Les Ballet de Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Using their intimate knowledge of dance and knack for slapstick physicality, the men of the Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo lampooned the dance world from Swan Lake to Balanchine, and won the laughing adoration of a packed Paramount Theatre, including reviewer Dawn Davis.
The Day They Shot John Lennon: Profound Self-Absorption
In the Actors Theatre of Austin production of James McLure's The Day They Shot John Lennon, reviewer Ada Calhoun finds the work of a fine cast undone by profoundly self-absorbed characters and inconsistent direction.
columns
Page Two
Imagine working on a meal for a year ...
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
The Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival is not sexist; the city/Bradley settlement bodes poorly for Barton Springs; golf courses pay their way; and more reader mail.
Public Notice
"Public Notice" is the sassy yet totally sincere public service column of the Austin Chronicle. This week is Part One of a list of community groups that need YOU!
BY KATE X MESSER
After a Fashion
Why so much black clothing at SXSW? It was the only color that went with those garish lanyards.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Mr. Smarty Pants
Sex in space!
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Coach's Corner
Longhorns bow out of the NCAA basketball tourney in disappointing fashion; what happened to Chris Mihm?
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
Day Trips
The bluebonnet might be the state flower of Texas, but it's iris fields forever at the Rainbow Iris Farm outside of Schwertner.
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
About AIDS
Complacency about HIV invites high-risk choices
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
