The Daily Hustle: 6/24/10
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June 24, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar
City of Angels
"...Munoz working a case with Bogey's Philip Marlowe and figure Jacob Trussell's brassy Buddy Fidler would go toe-to-toe on..."
April 16, 2010 Arts Review by Robert Faires
Letters at 3AM: 'O' Is for Oligarchy
'Oligarchy' is a big, bad word that defines the country we still call a republic
"...the Top Tier. Pay the Professional Tier in six figures, and that, alone, effectively cuts them off from the..."
April 9, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura
Dewhurst the Critic
Tarleton State cancels student plays after Lt. Gov. condemns production
"...and Tony-nominated playwright Terrence McNally, about a gay Christ-like figure called Joshua, was to be part of a performance..."
March 27, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Tinkering With Death
Texas Defender Service attorney David Dow's memoir covers his his work defending the condemned
"...of the death penalty it doesn't take long to figure out several of those that are among the cases..."
Feb. 22, 2010 Books Post by Jordan Smith
UT Fine Arts Library
Using ancient artifacts of the Americas to lure people back to the library
"...One grouping of ceramic figures really knocked me out, because each was anything but..."
Feb. 19, 2010 Arts Feature by Madeline Irvine
Back in the Realm of the Senses and Provoking All Five
AFS Essential Cinema presents Smashing the Rules: Films of Oshima Nagisa
"...Playboys for the kinder, gentler bloodbaths of Fangoria. Go figure.)..."
Feb. 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
You the Living
You the Living charts an unrelated series of tiny dooms, culminating in one big bang of one; not since Dr. Strangelove has a film so perfectly married gallows humor to horror
"...then sends him away, but shouts to his retreating figure that she may be over later for dinner, a..."
Feb. 12, 2010 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones
Point Austin: How Much for a Hanger?
Austin ponders the latest corporate incentive proposal
"...already negotiated (though not yet signed, pending City Council action) a major office lease out at the Domain, and..."
Jan. 22, 2010 News Column by Michael King
Cabin Fever DVDs: Ben Snakepit
More DVDs for frosty Austin
"...scenes where the scientist [Timothy Hutton] is trying to figure out what the Iceman [John Lone] is trying to..."
Jan. 9, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov
Head of the Class
Spike & Mike sets aside its sick and twisted ways (for now) with New Generation Animation
"...ain't so, G.I. Joe! – Don Hertzfeldt's heartachey, hand-drawn, stick-figure genius in a voraciously ribald theatrical setting? That's harshing..."
Dec. 4, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Off the Record
Fun facts from the Festivus for the rest of us
"...touch, and it wouldn't make sense for them to," figures booker Graham Williams at Jaime's Spanish Village, now owned..."
Nov. 6, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell
Hard Times in the Land of Plenty
Service nonprofits and their funders face the economic gale
"...300,000 people. As of the end of September, the figure was already 22 tons, and it's expected to reach..."
Oct. 23, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Culture Flash!
Salvage Vanguard scores a prestigious R&D grant, and Jenny Hart goes Gallic
"...theatre companies from around the country to land a six-figure grant in round two of the MetLife/Theatre Communications Group..."
Oct. 16, 2009 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Hell: A Novel
In this comic novel set in the underworld, Butler swings for the fences but creates little more than a breeze
"...The action follows ex-TV newsman Hatcher McCord as he stumbles over..."
Oct. 16, 2009 Books Review by James Renovitch
Love Is All Around
Lucinda Williams gets married onstage in Minneapolis
"...pub across the street and watched the juggalos in action. We dubbed the throngs for Lucinda the following night..."
Sept. 21, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser
The Collection
In the true spirit of Pinter, Hyde Park Theatre's production is delightfully maddening
"...this constant feeling that you're missing something, that you'll figure it out soon, only ... only it's Pinter...."
Sept. 18, 2009 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam
Measure for Measure
Setting Shakespeare's play in 1920s Savannah makes for a more resonant and timely drama
"...critical to the character in performance, for the duke's actions are often questionable: having his deputy clean up the..."
Sept. 18, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires
Both Roads and Transit
Central Austin roads are at capacity, and we need to find better ways to move
"...six-lane bridges, at First Street and Congress – go figure. In North Austin, past 38th Street, there's been a..."
Sept. 4, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Luv Doc Recommends: Texas Testosterone Festival
Palmer Events Center, Saturday, August 15, 2009
"...up a little so you'll get a little more action down at Oilcan Harry's. Of course there's also the..."
Aug. 14, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc
Res Publica
Citizens calendar, June 25-30
"...GREAT PUBLIC SPACES SUMMIT An all-day action session designed to figure out what's great (and what's..."
June 26, 2009 News Feature
City Hall Hustle: Taking Out the Trash
Delayed 'Master Plan' for Solid Waste Department is tip of the landfill
"...leadership evaluation of the department is complete before we figure out what their master plan should be?"..."
May 29, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Ticketing a (Campaign) Violation
The anonymous Brewster Nation tickets Downtown parking
"...press release, the group doesn't consider itself a political action committee – which in theory explains why there's no..."
May 8, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
"..."I think the district has taken a very positive action." Holland said the moratorium gives them time to figure..."
April 17, 2009 News Feature
Page Two: Love and Badges
The last 'Page Two' on SXSW 09 (probably)
"...can imagine, they were quite upset. At least I figure they were, because before the story even came to..."
April 3, 2009 Column by Louis Black
Animated Ladies
Signe Baumane and Sarah Jane Lapp illustrate their points
"...which Lapp describes as a "documation," uses the imagined figure of the professional eulogist to explore the function of..."
March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis
Generation Overshare
What happens when the line blurs between our online and offline lives?
"...information, as in a blog or broadcast interview, prompting reactions ranging from alarmed discomfort to approval (Webster's New World..."
March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Web Prez
Crafting campaign, inside and out
"...external online director for the campaign. "Wherever we could figure out ways to organize," he says, "I was tasked..."
March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Wells Dunbar
Music Deportment
The Live Music Task Force recommends a Music Department under Austin government. Time for the Austin music community to put its many heads together.
"...the onus is on us now as musicians to figure out how to speak as some semiunified voice," suggests..."
Nov. 21, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman
Film News
Wrapping up the Austin Film Festival
"...next film (reliable reports say he will shoot a live-action The Jetsons before a green screen next year) outside..."
