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Volume 39, Number 5
Issue Supplement
ACL Music Fest 2019 Week One Preview
ON THE COVER:
news
Julián Castro, Women of Color, and Texas 2020
The path toward turning the state blue
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice – Code X: The Final Chapter?
What to look for when the new LDC draft comes out tomorrow
BY NICK BARBARO
Austin at Large: Lord, Gotta Keep On Moving
New and welcome spirits animate the fight for transit
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
It's Almost Time for an Election!
Are you ready for November 5?
BY SASKIA HENN
Vision Zero Goals for No Traffic Fatalities Not On the Horizon
City Auditor finds goal unlikely
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Homelessness in Austin Becomes a Political Game
Abbott threatens Adler: “Clean up the streets,” or else
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Batten Down the Hatches, a New Land Use Code’s Blowin’ In!
Long-awaited draft of post-CodeNEXT revision to go live Friday
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Equity, Clarity Sought in School Changes Process
(UPDATED) AISD hears from parents at both East and Westside schools
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Van Boven, Medical Board Meet Again
The case heard before the 3rd Court of Appeals, thanks to Attorney General appeal
BY MICHAEL KING
Death Watch: Judge's "Horrible Bigotry" Not Enough to Force New Trial
The 5CA has denied Randy Halprin’s plea as his death date nears
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Feds Sue Owners, Investors of Lakeway Hospital
The group is charged with defrauding the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
BY MICHAEL KING
food
ACL Fest 2019
Award-Winning Restaurants Within Walking Distance of the ACL Music Festival
Step away from the music for a taste of Austin
BY JESSI CAPE
35 of the City's Best Food Vendors Are Ready to Take Your Order at ACL Music Festival
Discovering (and Creating) Austin’s Best Self-Guided Beer Tours
Crawl before you ball
BY ERIC PUGA
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of October 3, 2019
music
ACL Fest 2019
6 ACL Music Festival Picks for Friday
National, international, and local faves the fest's first day
Friday ACL Face-Off: Guns N’ Roses vs. Tame Impala
Which headliner stands taller on the fest's first day?
BY TIM STEGALL
ACL Fest Interview: Erin Rae
“I’m hoping to move into a place where I’m not having to go into the depths of my soul, necessarily, to find inspiration.”
BY DOUG FREEMAN
ACL Fest Interview: Weyes Blood
“Once I felt like I’d journeyed to the far corners of the music universe and back, I could return to the center and write songs.”
BY RACHEL RASCOE
ACL Fest Interview: The Comet Is Coming
Soul / jazz / funk Comet crashes into ACL!
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
Friday ACL Fest 2019 Record Reviews
Five albums for ACL Fest Friday playlist
12 Must-See Saturday Acts at ACL Music Festival
Key Zilker Park sets for Saturday weekend one
Saturday ACL Face-Off: The Cure vs. Childish Gambino
Second British noir-pop vs. “This Is America”
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
ACL Fest Interview: Finneas
Billie Eilish’s brother makes bedroom hypno beats for himself too
BY ISA JONES
ACL Fest Interview: Pink Sweat$
Teddy bear R&B pop quietician skyrocketed from the bedroom to festival stages
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
Saturday ACL Fest 2019 Record Reviews
Big-name headliners support big-time ACL platters
10 Can't-Miss Acts for Sunday at ACL Music Festival
And concluding the first weekend ...
Sunday ACL Face-Off: Mumford & Sons vs. Cardi B
L.L.Bean catalog UK folk vs. NYC adult entertainer chic
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
ACL Fest Interview: Julia Jacklin
Aussie song whisperer gut punches ACL Fest
BY LIBBY WEBSTER
ACL Fest Interview: Faye Webster
Asleep at the Wheel fanatic steel lines the BMI stage
BY RACHEL RASCOE
ACL Fest Interview: GoGo Penguin
UK acoustic trio mashes up electronica
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
ACL Fest Interview: Bruce Hornsby
Viriginia pianist explains the way that it is
BY RICK WEAVER
ACL Fest Interview: LANY
Dream-pop trio takes on big subject matter as it re-enters the studio
BY ALYSSA QUILES
Sunday ACL Fest 2019 Record Reviews
LP playlist for ACL’s first weekend sabbath
7 Local Acts to See at ACL's First Weekend
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Get to Know Austin R&B True Blue Alesia Lani
The ACL Fest performer invites listeners into her universe
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Faster Than Sound: ACL Fest’s Recipe for Success
Essential ingredients for a modern edition of our city’s largest music festival
BY RACHEL RASCOE
screens
UT Students Break Into E-Sports Through Longhorn Gaming
The university's independent organization gains notoriety in the competitive gaming world
BY DEREK UDENSI
Dennis Hopper Is Totally Not on Drugs in Eighties Gem White Star
White lightning in a bottle at AFS Cinema
BY JOSH KUPECKI
Film Reviews
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
Humanity's scarring of Earth mapped out in graphic, terrifying detail
Chained for Life
Metanarrative about beauty and deformity is a layered surprise
The Climbers
Cinematic retelling of the first Chinese climbers to summit Mount Everest.
First Love
Japanese master Takashi Miike at his quirkiest and most romantic
Joker
This joke isn't funny anymore (and wasn't to begin with)
My People, My Country
Chinese documentary focusing on the modern People's Republic
The Parts You Lose
Icy thriller has no idea what to do with its talented cast
arts & culture
Eastside's Past and Present Revealed in John Mulvany's Latest Exhibit
Secure the Perimeter" at grayDUCK Gallery asks, “What if the outside force is an inside job?”
BY BARBARA PURCELL
Arts Reviews
Alchemy Theatre's The Waverly Gallery
This production of Kenneth Lonergan's drama presents the human weight of disease and makes its pain tangible
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
In her eighth novel, Ann Patchett shows that what makes a family cannot be measured by the grandness of a house
"David Culpepper: That's Not Going Anywhere" at Co-Lab Projects
The show is welcome to hang around, but this artist is going places
columns
Qmmunity: Queer Compounds For All
Plus mini balls with Austin Black Pride and Chorizo Funk’s Latinx Turn-Up
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge
Unspoiled coastal refuge at its best in the fall
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc: Tinder Mercy
Stupidity makes its way to the surface eventually
BY LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
