AltWeeklies Wire
Hill County Critters Struggle Through Wet Weathernew
Drought, summer storms and floods are hammering Austin wildlife.
Austin Chronicle |
Richard Whittaker |
07-16-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Day Trips from Austin, Texasnew
Lake Mackenzie, north of Silverton, Texas, interrupts the parched Panhandle canyons like a puddle in the desert.
Austin Chronicle |
Gerald E. McLeod |
07-16-2007 |
Travel
Tags: travel
The Tea Merchants and Poor Man's Fortunenew
Thanks to the genre's inherent camaraderie, Celtic musicians share their talents freely.
Austin Chronicle |
David Lynch |
07-16-2007 |
Music
Tags: The Tea Merchants
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's 'Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo'new
Flow and connectivity: two things Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (Mars Volta, At the Drive-In) fails to supply.
Austin Chronicle |
Darcie Stevens |
07-16-2007 |
Reviews
Cue's 'Wedding Song'new
When it comes to instrumental rock, time is the cornerstone of composition.
Austin Chronicle |
Austin Powell |
07-16-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Cue, Wedding Song
Spoon's 'Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga'new
Spoon's sixth LP beams with decades of research and development by one Britt Daniel.
Austin Chronicle |
Darcie Stevens |
07-16-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Independent Farmersnew
A letter from Austin's Boggy Creek Farm.
Austin Chronicle |
Carol Ann Sayle |
07-16-2007 |
Food+Drink
Lap-Band Surgery for Austin Food Criticnew
Virgina B. Wood: "I've been a food critic for 15 years. I've been overeating all my life. Recently, I decided enough is enough!"
Austin Chronicle |
Virgina B. Wood |
07-16-2007 |
Food+Drink
Guidance for Parentals Suggestednew
George Ratliff on Joshua.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: George Ratliff, Joshua
A Vodka Tonicnew
Cuddlier and more charming, this alcoholic-hit-man comedy isn’t your typical John Dahl noir, but it is offbeat, lovably deadpan, and just tart enough.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
07-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: John Dahl, You Kill Me
The Parent Trapnew
The privileged nuclear family becomes a hellish dystopia as a result of a 9-year-old child's subtle, nuanced, unspoken manipulations.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: George Ratliff, Joshua
No Exitnew
Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul creates a baffling yet intriguing film of meandering abstractions.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
07-13-2007 |
Reviews
Harry's First Snognew
Yes, it's true: Harry Potter manages his first kiss, in between all manner of expository storytelling, and never was a young man's wand more ever-ready.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-13-2007 |
Reviews
Syllables Attractnew
Parker Posey gives a lovely, toned-down performance as Nora Wilder, the single, mid-30s Manhattanite at the heart of this romantic comedy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Broken English, Zoe Cassavetes
Wings Over Parisnew
Luc Besson delivers a gorgeous-looking but ill-conceived mash note to the city of Paris that stars a petty crook and an ethereal beauty.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Luc Besson, Angel-A
