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LAST CHANCE TO VOTE! Music Poll Ballot Council Dives In Bowies in Space Consider Korean P.3 P.22 P.32 P.48 JANUARY 30, 2015 VOLUME 34, NUMBER 22 austinchronicle.com e n o h p y m o nt et i g s, m a e dr y m a t ut o et g Chase Hoffberger Boldly Attempts to Live a Week in This City on His Smartphone P.54 2 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE JANUARY 30, 2015 austinchronicle.com 2014-2015 AUSTIN INDUSTRY POLL BEST OF THE YEAR RADIO STATION AUSTIN BAND OF THE YEAR MUSIC POLL BALLOT RADIO MUSIC PROGRAM AUSTIN MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR (SHOW, DEEJAY, STATION) AUSTIN SONG OF THE YEAR RADIO PERSONALITY (SHOW, DEEJAY, STATION) AUSTIN ALBUM OF THE YEAR BEST PERFORMING BANDS BEST AUSTIN MUSICIANS RECORD STORE BEST NEW AUSTIN BAND MUSIC STORE ROCK FEMALE VOCALS AUSTIN TEXAS INSTRUMENT REPAIR PUNK MALE VOCALS MUSIC HALL OF FAME SPECIALTY INSTRUMENT STORE METAL GUITAR Is Roky Erickson in the EQUIPMENT RENTAL EDM/DANCE BASS Chronicle Hall of Fame? What about Willie? RECORDING STUDIO Yes, and previous winners HIP-HOP/RAP DRUMS/PERCUSSION are online at austinchronicle. PRODUCER com/musicpoll/fame. JAZZ KEYBOARDS Please choose one or fill LOCAL LABEL in the blank: BLUES/SOUL/FUNK STRING PLAYER(S) MUSIC WRITER Conjunto Los Pinkys AVANT-GARDE/EXPERIMENTAL HORN PLAYER(S) Manuel “Cowboy” Donley LIVE MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHER COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS MISCELLANEOUS INSTRUMENT Explosions in the Sky POSTER FOLK SONGWRITER Blaze Foley ALBUM ART LATIN Fuckemos NEW CLUB WORLD MUSIC S A V E A Pamela Hart LIVE MUSIC VENUE S T A M P ! Elias Haslanger COVER BAND LIVE MUSIC BOOKER Barbara Kooyman U-18 (MAJORITY OF MEMBERS UNDER 18) VOTE ON THE WEB AT austinchronicle.com/ CLUB LIGHTING Pocket Fishrmen NONE OF THE ABOVE musicpoll Redd Volkaert CLUB SOUND Margaret Wright “OUTSIDE AUSTIN CITY LIMITS” MUSIC VENUE REQUIRED INFORMATION OTHER NOMINEE BEST MUSIC VENUE TO PLAY What’s the Hall of Fame about, and why should you vote for these people? NAME ONGOING MUSIC RESIDENCY Visit the poll ballot online at austinchronicle.com/musicpoll ADDRESS MUSIC SUPPORT NON-PROFIT for more information and HOF nominee bios. CITY STATE ZIP MUSIC BUSINESS HALL OF FAME AGE EMAIL PHONE ONLY BALLOTS WITH Please mail to: THE RULES• Entries must be postmarked by • One ballot per envelope. A FULL NAME AND Music Poll WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4, 2015. • Photocopied ballots? MAILING ADDRESS The Austin Chronicle • Vote either by this mail-in Never. WILL BE COUNTED! ballot or on the Web at • Ballot-stuffing may be PO Box 49066 austinchronicle.com/musicpoll. punishable. Austin, TX 78765 • No hand deliveries ac cepte d. austinchronicle.com JANUARY 30, 2015 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE 3 CONTENTS JANUARY 30, 2015 VOLUME 34, NUMBER 22 PUBLISHER Nick Barbaro EDITOR Louis Black SENIOR EDITORS MANAGING EDITOR Kimberley Jones ARTS Robert Faires FILM Marjorie Baumgarten NEWS Michael King MUSIC Raoul Hernandez FOOD Brandon Watson ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Mary Tuma ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Amy Kamp GAMING, TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL MEDIA James Renovitch SPECIAL ISSUES, GUIDES, INTERNS Kate X Messer CALENDAR ARTS LISTINGS Wayne Alan Brenner MUSIC LISTINGS Anne Harris COMMUNITY LISTINGS, SPECIAL SCREENINGS Josh Kupecki STAFF WRITERS Kevin Curtin, Chase Hoffberger, Richard Whittaker, Virginia B. Wood 54 COVER STORY: Austin by App CONTRIBUTING WRITERS COVER BY JASON STOUT/THINKSTOCK MR. SMARTY PANTS R.U. Steinberg DAY TRIPS Gerald E. McLeod 3 MUSIC POLL BALLOT THE GOOD EYE Amy Gentry 46 FOOD PRODUCTION 46 CREATIVE DIRECTOR Jason Stout 46 PRODUCTION MANAGER Chris Linnen New artisan foods; Food-o-File WWEEBB D DEIVREELCOTPOERR BArlieaxn MBeayreryr 6 FEEDBACK 48 ALL ABOUT THAT BANCHAN DIGITAL STRATEGY Michael Bartnett Singing the praises of Austin’s GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Zeke Barbaro, Shelley Hiam, unsung Korean cuisine Carrie Lewis BY MELANIE HAUPT STAPFRFO POHFORTEOAGDREARPSH ENRinS aJ oHhenr nAanndedreszo, nK, aJat nMac BNirecvhiunms, 10 NEWS 50 The Soup Peddler Danielle White, Adrienne Whitehorse CunninghIaNmTE, RDNaSv iNd eEhsat luAnzidz,, JRoorbd aCno Gheans,s -WPaoyolroén, 10 POINT AUSTIN BY MICHAEL KING 51 Meal Times NancByl aHkuea Mngc,C Aonyd, rTeaam Kairn Pnriiscoen, ,C Saarmraehn M Raisrlionfgf,, 12 PUBLIC NOTICE BY NICK BARBARO Jenna VonHofe CIVICS 101 52 SCREENS ADVERTISING ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Mark Bartel 14 Jailed & Pregnant; Lege Lines; Death Watch; and more 52 ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Cassidy Frazier Stephen Falk talks You’re the Worst; SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Jerald Corder, 20 THE HIGHTOWER REPORT BY JIM HIGHTOWER Indie Meme showcases independent Bobby Leath, Elizabeth Nitz, Indian films ACCOUNATD EVXEREReCTbUIeSTCLcIIEaNVcGrEGaoAS HOlRL yJo PenNelEi sOfnPRftTh hoACIaiTnClarIl,EdiOr pSlPtNys ,aoJ S,Ate n rLCsn,ioc OsgCiiiOesach lR araRMiD siNScIotNheoprAawspeTlbhcieOnihestRetrt, 2227 NADuIEsVWtIinNS Gg Oo RvFeI rTGnHHmETe nWItN EB TIYhR eMD nICeHw A1E0L-1 K CINoGuncil begins to re-invent 5564 nPFoIHLthOMinN LgI INbSuGTtI IaNTpG pINSs BBOYlua rcC wkH roAitreS WrE a hHtittOee;mF FBpBltasEc Rtko GS gEeeRat; bAym oinra & Sam; Kristine Tofte Mr. Turner; 2015 Academy Award-Nominated Live-Action, ADVERTISING PROMOTIDOeNrSe kC OVOaRn DWINaAgTnOeRr 28 CALENDAR AMnaigmicated, and Documentary Shorts; Mortdecai; Strange Texas MARKETING DIRECTOR/SPECIAL EVENTS Sarah Wolf PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR/PERSONALS/CIRCULATION 62 SHOWTIMES Dan Hardick MARKETING MANAGER Lia Crockett DenTisTry CHRONTOURAGE Patrick Coley, Natasha Day, 30 Parisa Kosari, Camille Morell, Andrew Osegi, 64 MUSIC Sarah Sharif Group NATIONAL ADVERTISING Voice Media Group (888/278-9866, www.vmgadvertising.com) 64 PLAYBACK BY KEVIN CURTIN OFFICE STAFF CONTROLLER Liz Franklin 66 ROBERT EARL KEEN The most important songwriter in SUBSCRIPTIONS Jessi Cape Texas country music’s last two decades turns to bluegrass CREDIT MANAGER cindy soo BY DOUG FREEMAN ACCOUNTING ASSISTANTS Cassandra Pearce, Chelsea Taylor 70 RECOMMENDED THIS WEEK INFO CENTER Dallen Terrell SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR Brandon Watkins Swedish death ghouls Tribulation talk Texas, plus Jimmie EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS TO THE EDITOR Dale Gilmore, Shakey Graves, Pocket Fishrmen, Golden Dawn Hallie Reiss, Alicia Rutledge Arkestra, Boyfrndz, and more KITCHEN SECURITY Hank CIRCULATION 72 VENUES FoePl-eSrroym Dmraekres,, TBormen Ft aMiraclhkiulds,, REruibc eMnc FKloinrneesy, ,J oGnrainnat 30 ARTS & 74 ROADSHOWS + CLUB LISTINGS Melcher, Paul Minor, Norm Reed, Dane Richardson, NNNNNeeeeewwwww PPPPPaaaaatttttiiiiieeeeennnnnttttt Eric Shuman, Zeb Sommers, Chris Volloy, Nicholas CULTURE sssssPPPPPeeeeeccccciiiiiaaaaalllll ((((((wwwwww mmmmmmeeeeeemmmmmmbbbbbbeeeeeerrrrrrsssssshhhhhhiiiiiipppppp)))))) Wibbelsman, John Williamson, Bryan Zirkelbach eeeeexxxxxaaaaammmmm,,,,, xxxxxxxxxxxxx--------------rrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyy,,,,,,,,,,,,,, cccccoooooonnnnnnssssssuuuuuullllllttttttaaaaaattttttiiiiiioooooonnnnnn &&&&&& rrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeggggggggggggguuuuuuuuuuuuulllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrr ccccccllllleeeeeaaaaannnnniiiiinnnnnggggg CONTRIBUTORS BACK $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$333333333333333333333000000000000000000000***** Neph Basedow, Rob Brezsny, Jim Caligiuri, 30 All Over Creation: Site VVVVVaaaaallllluuuuueeeee ooooofffff $$$$$333338888800000 WSiltleiavme DHaavrrisie, sD Goruagh Farmee, mCaaintl,i nW Gillrieaemn wGooosds,, Specifics 81 THE LUV DOC *******IIIIIIInnnnnnn aaaaaaabbbbbbbssssssseeeeeeennnnnnnccccccceeeeeee ooooooofffffff pppppppeeeeeeerrrrrrriiiiiiiooooooodddddddooooooonnnnnnntttttttaaaaaaalllllll dddddddiiiiiiissssssseeeeeeeaaaaaaassssssseeeeeee HennesDsaevei,d N Binrean Hdearnn aHnadlle, zM, eSlhaenlilee yH Haiuapmt,, RSyaamn 32 SOUNDPAINTING COMIX Full Implant Service Placement to reStoratIon SMavalocHvhu,e rJnto,, n ASebalblreay ShJ oeMhitanz,rs lCtoofhnfu,, cTDok enSvyh aMekpii lKhlioennrodaw,i rlMees,i c,M hRaaoredcl B2,O eWveIrEyo Inne T ihse B Boowwieie, aPnrodj ect MR. 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Still, your wider coverage – and specifically Marjorie Baumgarten’s work – still Dear Editor, knocks me out! Seventeen years after moving out of Austin to Sarah Valentine the great ochre and blue about 90 miles to the west, I’m looking at the Chronicle for just about the first time in a while. The Chronicle used to LAZY AND CONFUSING be indispensable ... in Austin. But it seemed Dear Editor, irrelevant to life out here. I found the article asserting that Austin didn’t It’s not. If the current issue online is anything have a robust hip-hop scene until now offensive, to go by, the Chronicle has gotten even better. lazy, and poorly researched [“Hip-Hop on the At 77, I’m a little over the hill for some of the CONTINUED ON P.8 ON THE TEXAS SENATE ENDING THE TWO-THIRDS RULE: “Welcome to the one-party state. Thanks for vot- The crap that Mr. Doggett was talking ing (or not, since most of you didn’t). Not just for about is still happening. And has ensured the current batch of right-wing Republicans with a virtual GOP dictatorship in the Lege for the most extreme at the top, but for those before a while, where no Democrat-authored bill who gerrymandered the districts so that no mat- has a chance to see the light of day if the ter how many more Democratic votes came in, ruling party does not allow it. Nice going, Republicans would still get more representatives. Einsteins. We’ll be over here making more ‘During the last election [2013], Democrats won young people, people of color, LGBT folks, over a million votes more than Republicans, but folks who are not older and whiter, more because of the way districts are designed, the evangelical males, and Democrats in gen- Republicans got 33 more members of the House eral until we flip this sucker. 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All RighTS ReSeRved. 6 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE JANUARY 30, 2015 austinchronicle.com austinchronicle.com JANUARY 30, 2015 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE 7 FEEDBACK LETTERS & COMMENTS CONTINUED FROM P.6 a steady foundation of years of networking and honing their craft. That would be a good read. I have a longer version of this letter with sugges- tions and a few corrections, but the 300-word limit has left me short of space. Sunni Soper WRESTLING WITH REVIEW Dear Editor, Regarding Steve Davis’ 2½ star review of Foxcatcher: I vehemently take exception [Film Listings, Dec. 19]. It’s a riveting, spellbinding movie. Wrestling as a sport could vanish and I wouldn’t notice or care, but this movie (while topically about wrestling) wasn’t about wrestling. It’s about a moment in history when a neurotic, privileged psychopath ruined the career of one man and killed another. I don’t understand for Verge,” Music, Jan. 16]. To cast these assertions and incongruent. The fact that examples like the person covering hip-hop for the Chronicle should a moment Davis’ contention that it’s an “unsat- and then rest the main body of the article on Cooly Girls exist and are still relevant for refer- try to make it out to more than one or two shows isfying experience” that you “have no idea what events from 2007 and 2008 involving an artist ence is evidence of a scene that has been flush a month by the same few acts (as shown in the to make of.” It’s distressing that he is a movie who isn’t even making or performing hip-hop on with talent since the inception of hip-hop. The acts covered in his pieces). Our scene would reviewer at such a hallowed institution as The a consistent basis anymore is both confusing greatly benefit from someone who actually wants Austin Chronicle and makes such statements. In to cover Austin hip-hop, writing a more positive, all seriousness, has he ever watched a Robert complete representation of it. Altman movie? If ever there was an auteur that LETTERS TO THE EDITOR must be signed with I do understand that not every act can be made art that didn’t explain itself to you, it would ffuullll andadmrees asn, do ri necmluadiel addadyrteimsse. pLheottneer sn usmhobueldr, OOPS mentioned in every article, but I also understand be him. Did the moral ambiguity of Spike Lee’s be no longer than 300 words. Last week’s review of the Native Family that journalism is about telling the truth and Do the Right Thing similarly leave him confused We reserve the right to edit all submissions. Co. restaurant stated that co-owner Ryan presenting facts – or at least a full picture. The and unsatisfied? Life isn’t about things being Letters may not be edited, added to, or Genthe is from Cleveland. Genthe is actu- writer of this article posted on his Facebook page neatly tied up at the conclusion; it’s usually a changed by sender once we receive them. ally from Detroit. We apologize for any that this article was an “investment.” Investment protracted and messy experience that can be General email address: [email protected] distress that may have caused Michigan in what? Tearing down the history of our local hip- good. And so, too, is Foxcatcher. To anyone on Postmarks forum: fans. Co-owner Olivia Genthe also informs hop culture by pretending it’s only starting now? the fence about this movie thanks to Mr. Davis’ austinchronicle.com/forums/postmarks us that they have a new phone number: We already have artists known nationally. We review: Go see it. It’s a solid 4-star movie. Mailing address: The Austin Chronicle, 512/920-2019. have owners of their art. 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HEADLINES Volunteers at St. Martin’s Church receive training by Tina Griego to CITY COUNCIL MEETS conduct the annual homeless count and survey last Saturday, Jan. 24, today (Jan. 29) in the sponsored by the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition, or ECHO. first regular meeting of the new 10-1 Council, with The data is used to measure the number and characteristics of people decisions expected on structural reorganization and who are homeless on a local and national level. office budget adjustments, along with the usual brace of public hearings – but no zoning cases. See “Diving Right In,” p.22; “Council: Between the Cup and the Lip,” p.14; and “A Modest Proposal,” p.12. THE NEW GREEK government has an Austin connection: Yanis Varoufakis, visiting professor at UT’s LBJ School of Public Affairs, was named Greek finance minister under anti-austerity Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. In a statement, Varoufakis said, “As the next finance minister, I can assure you that I shall not go into the Eurogroup seeking a solution that is good for the Greek taxpayer and bad for the Irish, Slovak, German, French, and Italian taxpayer.” PAUL CRUZ OFFICIALLY became the new AISD superintendent on Jan. 26. Formerly the superintendent of Laredo ISD and a deputy com- missioner at the Texas Education Agency, Cruz served as interim superintendent after Meria Carstarphen resigned in 2014. RICK PERRY IS still headed to court in his fel- ony case for abuse of power. On Jan. 27, Judge Bert Richardson rejected a dismissal motion from the former governor’s legal team arguing that his M U actions were within his constitutional powers. H C Travis County commissioners have also now BIR approved an extra $200,000 to continue the prose- NA A cution over his veto of Public Integrity Unit funds. J ATTORNEYS FOR SCHIZOPHRENIC Reinventing the Wheel death row inmate Scott Panetti filed a supplemental brief with the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday, following Panetti’s Dec. 3 stay of execu- MAY GOD BLESS THE NEW CITY COUNCIL. THEY’RE GONNA NEED HER. tion. It argues that the federal district court erred in refusing to appoint counsel or approve funding for Let’s begin by applauding the exhaustive- various online, email, Twitter, text, phone, Council. It’s a Legislature-derived model a mental health expert and investigator, and details ly earnest effort of the newly sworn-in City etc. responses. (At times, the town hall (that in itself might make most Austinites Panetti’s plan for filing an appeal in federal court Council members to re-think and re-frame delivered the unnerving impression of a dubious), but in addition to the broadest that claims he’s currently incompetent. the procedures of local government. Their local hospital TV telethon, and another objection – that advocates (on all sides) will early enthusiasm and energy are laudable, as object lesson: More input does not necessar- often want to make their case before the SXSW WEEK MAY be a little quieter after the is their willingness to try new ways of doing ily mean better input.) Most comment has full, 11-member Council – the plan presents City of Austin announced a 25% reduction in tem- city business. As the political been tentatively supportive, difficult logistical problems that the mem- porary events permits from March 13-22, in an consultants like to say, willing to give the members bers appear to have initially underestimat- attempt to control the growing sprawl of unofficial November’s was a “change” their procedural honeymoon ed. Most simply, to allow most residents to events around the main festival. The new policy, election – especially for the POINT in the hope that improve- attend, public hearings generally begin in issued Jan. 23, also tightens curfews for such events. long pent-up demand to ments will indeed result – the evening – and there are a limited num- AUSTIN move to geographic, single- and Council has made it ber of evenings, meeting rooms, livestreams, TURNS OUT RAUL Munguia didn’t retire from member districts – and most BY plain that after a “trial peri- and only one Channel 6 (ATXN) – not to law enforcement so much as accept a new gig. The of the members had cam- MICHAEL od” (six months is most often mention a limited number of staff mem- longtime APD asst. chief left Chief Art Acevedo’s paigned on bringing fresh mentioned) – they’ll review bers, who have actual lives and families. side last week, but recently accepted a job as chief KING perspectives, more neigh- all the changes for what On the other hand, unlimited committee of police at UT-Rio Grande Valley. borhoods, and broader works and what doesn’t. meetings do present the possibility of engagement to City Hall. It may not take that long. unlimited employment for lobbyists. TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS Project filed a series of That’s all to the good. At Tuesday’s work session, lawsuits Tuesday that implicate prison guards in We’ll begin to discover today (Jan. 29) how some members were already having second HOLD THAT THOUGHT Huntsville’s Estelle Unit on charges of brutal vio- Council’s plan to re-jigger the decision pro- and third thoughts about trying to move Frankly, I think the new Council has lence and abuse, often at the expense of the blind cess has been revised in response to public most public hearings to standing commit- already made its most important procedural and disabled. At the lawsuits’ core are two inmates, feedback at last week’s town hall and in the tees (14? 13? 10?) and away from the full Otis Talbert and Larry Hastings Jr., both of whom CONTINUED ON P.12 were allegedly nearly beaten to death by prison guards “with a vendetta.” ONLINE//BILL OF THE WEEK | MORE ON DIASPORA |AUSTINCHRONICLE.COM/NEWS 10 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE JANUARY 30, 2015 austinchronicle.com

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LAST CHANCE TO VOTE! Music Poll Ballot Council Dives In Bowies in Space Consider Korean P.3 P.22 P.32 P.48 JANUARY 30, 2015 VOLUME 34, NUMBER 22 austinchronicle.com e n o h p y m o nt et i g s, m a e dr y m a t ut o et g Chase Hoffberger Boldly Attempts to Live a Week in This City on His Smartphone P.54 2 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE JANUARY 30, 2015 austinchronicle.com 2014-2015 AUSTIN INDUSTRY POLL BEST OF THE YEAR RADIO STATION AUSTIN BAND OF THE YEAR MUSIC POLL BALLOT RADIO MUSIC PROGRAM AUSTIN MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR (SHOW, DEEJAY, STATION) AUSTIN SONG OF THE YEAR RADIO PERSONALITY (SHOW, DEEJAY, STATION) AUSTIN ALBUM OF THE YEAR BEST PERFORMING BANDS BEST AUSTIN MUSICIANS RECORD STORE BEST NEW AUSTIN BAND MUSIC STORE ROCK FEMALE VOCALS AUSTIN TEXAS INSTRUMENT REPAIR PUNK MALE VOCALS MUSIC HALL OF FAME SPECIALTY INSTRUMENT STORE METAL GUITAR Is Roky Erickson in the EQUIPMENT RENTAL EDM/DANCE BASS Chronicle Hall of Fame? What about Willie? RECORDING STUDIO Yes, and previous winners HIP-HOP/RAP DRUMS/PERCUSSION are online at austinchronicle. PRODUCER com/musicpoll/fame. JAZZ KEYBOARDS Please choose one or fill LOCAL LABEL in the blank: BLUES/SOUL/FUNK STRING PLAYER(S) MUSIC WRITER Conjunto Los Pinkys AVANT-GARDE/EXPERIMENTAL HORN PLAYER(S) Manuel “Cowboy” Donley LIVE MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHER COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS MISCELLANEOUS INSTRUMENT Explosions in the Sky POSTER FOLK SONGWRITER Blaze Foley ALBUM ART LATIN Fuckemos NEW CLUB WORLD MUSIC S A V E A Pamela Hart LIVE MUSIC VENUE S T A M P ! Elias Haslanger COVER BAND LIVE MUSIC BOOKER Barbara Kooyman U-18 (MAJORITY OF MEMBERS UNDER 18) VOTE ON THE WEB AT austinchronicle.com/ CLUB LIGHTING Pocket Fishrmen NONE OF THE ABOVE musicpoll Redd Volkaert CLUB SOUND Margaret Wright “OUTSIDE AUSTIN CITY LIMITS” MUSIC VENUE REQUIRED INFORMATION OTHER NOMINEE BEST MUSIC VENUE TO PLAY What’s the Hall of Fame about, and why should you vote for these people? NAME ONGOING MUSIC RESIDENCY Visit the poll ballot online at austinchronicle.com/musicpoll ADDRESS MUSIC SUPPORT NON-PROFIT for more information and HOF nominee bios. CITY STATE ZIP MUSIC BUSINESS HALL OF FAME AGE EMAIL PHONE ONLY BALLOTS WITH Please mail to: THE RULES• Entries must be postmarked by • One ballot per envelope. A FULL NAME AND Music Poll WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4, 2015. • Photocopied ballots? MAILING ADDRESS The Austin Chronicle • Vote either by this mail-in Never. WILL BE COUNTED! ballot or on the Web at • Ballot-stuffing may be PO Box 49066 austinchronicle.com/musicpoll. punishable. Austin, TX 78765 • No hand deliveries ac cepte d. austinchronicle.com JANUARY 30, 2015 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE 3 CONTENTS JANUARY 30, 2015 VOLUME 34, NUMBER 22 PUBLISHER Nick Barbaro EDITOR Louis Black SENIOR EDITORS MANAGING EDITOR Kimberley Jones ARTS Robert Faires FILM Marjorie Baumgarten NEWS Michael King MUSIC Raoul Hernandez FOOD Brandon Watson ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Mary Tuma ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Amy Kamp GAMING, TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL MEDIA James Renovitch SPECIAL ISSUES, GUIDES, INTERNS Kate X Messer CALENDAR ARTS LISTINGS Wayne Alan Brenner MUSIC LISTINGS Anne Harris COMMUNITY LISTINGS, SPECIAL SCREENINGS Josh Kupecki STAFF WRITERS Kevin Curtin, Chase Hoffberger, Richard Whittaker, Virginia B. Wood 54 COVER STORY: Austin by App CONTRIBUTING WRITERS COVER BY JASON STOUT/THINKSTOCK MR. SMARTY PANTS R.U. Steinberg DAY TRIPS Gerald E. McLeod 3 MUSIC POLL BALLOT THE GOOD EYE Amy Gentry 46 FOOD PRODUCTION 46 CREATIVE DIRECTOR Jason Stout 46 PRODUCTION MANAGER Chris Linnen New artisan foods; Food-o-File WWEEBB D DEIVREELCOTPOERR BArlieaxn MBeayreryr 6 FEEDBACK 48 ALL ABOUT THAT BANCHAN DIGITAL STRATEGY Michael Bartnett Singing the praises of Austin’s GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Zeke Barbaro, Shelley Hiam, unsung Korean cuisine Carrie Lewis BY MELANIE HAUPT STAPFRFO POHFORTEOAGDREARPSH ENRinS aJ oHhenr nAanndedreszo, nK, aJat nMac BNirecvhiunms, 10 NEWS 50 The Soup Peddler Danielle White, Adrienne Whitehorse CunninghIaNmTE, RDNaSv iNd eEhsat luAnzidz,, JRoorbd aCno Gheans,s -WPaoyolroén, 10 POINT AUSTIN BY MICHAEL KING 51 Meal Times NancByl aHkuea Mngc,C Aonyd, rTeaam Kairn Pnriiscoen, ,C Saarmraehn M Raisrlionfgf,, 12 PUBLIC NOTICE BY NICK BARBARO Jenna VonHofe CIVICS 101 52 SCREENS ADVERTISING ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Mark Bartel 14 Jailed & Pregnant; Lege Lines; Death Watch; and more 52 ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Cassidy Frazier Stephen Falk talks You’re the Worst; SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Jerald Corder, 20 THE HIGHTOWER REPORT BY JIM HIGHTOWER Indie Meme showcases independent Bobby Leath, Elizabeth Nitz, Indian films ACCOUNATD EVXEREReCTbUIeSTCLcIIEaNVcGrEGaoAS HOlRL yJo PenNelEi sOfnPRftTh hoACIaiTnClarIl,EdiOr pSlPtNys ,aoJ S,Ate n rLCsn,ioc OsgCiiiOesach lR araRMiD siNScIotNheoprAawspeTlbhcieOnihestRetrt, 2227 NADuIEsVWtIinNS Gg Oo RvFeI rTGnHHmETe nWItN EB TIYhR eMD nICeHw A1E0L-1 K CINoGuncil begins to re-invent 5564 nPFoIHLthOMinN LgI INbSuGTtI IaNTpG pINSs BBOYlua rcC wkH roAitreS WrE a hHtittOee;mF FBpBltasEc Rtko GS gEeeRat; bAym oinra & Sam; Kristine Tofte Mr. Turner; 2015 Academy Award-Nominated Live-Action, ADVERTISING PROMOTIDOeNrSe kC OVOaRn DWINaAgTnOeRr 28 CALENDAR AMnaigmicated, and Documentary Shorts; Mortdecai; Strange Texas MARKETING DIRECTOR/SPECIAL EVENTS Sarah Wolf PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR/PERSONALS/CIRCULATION 62 SHOWTIMES Dan Hardick MARKETING MANAGER Lia Crockett DenTisTry CHRONTOURAGE Patrick Coley, Natasha Day, 30 Parisa Kosari, Camille Morell, Andrew Osegi, 64 MUSIC Sarah Sharif Group NATIONAL ADVERTISING Voice Media Group (888/278-9866, www.vmgadvertising.com) 64 PLAYBACK BY KEVIN CURTIN OFFICE STAFF CONTROLLER Liz Franklin 66 ROBERT EARL KEEN The most important songwriter in SUBSCRIPTIONS Jessi Cape Texas country music’s last two decades turns to bluegrass CREDIT MANAGER cindy soo BY DOUG FREEMAN ACCOUNTING ASSISTANTS Cassandra Pearce, Chelsea Taylor 70 RECOMMENDED THIS WEEK INFO CENTER Dallen Terrell SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR Brandon Watkins Swedish death ghouls Tribulation talk Texas, plus Jimmie EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS TO THE EDITOR Dale Gilmore, Shakey Graves, Pocket Fishrmen, Golden Dawn Hallie Reiss, Alicia Rutledge Arkestra, Boyfrndz, and more KITCHEN SECURITY Hank CIRCULATION 72 VENUES FoePl-eSrroym Dmraekres,, TBormen Ft aMiraclhkiulds,, REruibc eMnc FKloinrneesy, ,J oGnrainnat 30 ARTS & 74 ROADSHOWS + CLUB LISTINGS Melcher, Paul Minor, Norm Reed, Dane Richardson, NNNNNeeeeewwwww PPPPPaaaaatttttiiiiieeeeennnnnttttt Eric Shuman, Zeb Sommers, Chris Volloy, Nicholas CULTURE sssssPPPPPeeeeeccccciiiiiaaaaalllll ((((((wwwwww mmmmmmeeeeeemmmmmmbbbbbbeeeeeerrrrrrsssssshhhhhhiiiiiipppppp)))))) Wibbelsman, John Williamson, Bryan Zirkelbach eeeeexxxxxaaaaammmmm,,,,, xxxxxxxxxxxxx--------------rrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyy,,,,,,,,,,,,,, cccccoooooonnnnnnssssssuuuuuullllllttttttaaaaaattttttiiiiiioooooonnnnnn &&&&&& rrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeggggggggggggguuuuuuuuuuuuulllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrr ccccccllllleeeeeaaaaannnnniiiiinnnnnggggg CONTRIBUTORS BACK $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$333333333333333333333000000000000000000000***** Neph Basedow, Rob Brezsny, Jim Caligiuri, 30 All Over Creation: Site VVVVVaaaaallllluuuuueeeee ooooofffff $$$$$333338888800000 WSiltleiavme DHaavrrisie, sD Goruagh Farmee, mCaaintl,i nW Gillrieaemn wGooosds,, Specifics 81 THE LUV DOC *******IIIIIIInnnnnnn aaaaaaabbbbbbbssssssseeeeeeennnnnnnccccccceeeeeee ooooooofffffff pppppppeeeeeeerrrrrrriiiiiiiooooooodddddddooooooonnnnnnntttttttaaaaaaalllllll dddddddiiiiiiissssssseeeeeeeaaaaaaassssssseeeeeee HennesDsaevei,d N Binrean Hdearnn aHnadlle, zM, eSlhaenlilee yH Haiuapmt,, RSyaamn 32 SOUNDPAINTING COMIX Full Implant Service Placement to reStoratIon SMavalocHvhu,e rJnto,, n ASebalblreay ShJ oeMhitanz,rs lCtoofhnfu,, cTDok enSvyh aMekpii lKhlioennrodaw,i rlMees,i c,M hRaaoredcl B2,O eWveIrEyo Inne T ihse B Boowwieie, aPnrodj ect MR. 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Still, your wider coverage – and specifically Marjorie Baumgarten’s work – still Dear Editor, knocks me out! Seventeen years after moving out of Austin to Sarah Valentine the great ochre and blue about 90 miles to the west, I’m looking at the Chronicle for just about the first time in a while. The Chronicle used to LAZY AND CONFUSING be indispensable ... in Austin. But it seemed Dear Editor, irrelevant to life out here. I found the article asserting that Austin didn’t It’s not. If the current issue online is anything have a robust hip-hop scene until now offensive, to go by, the Chronicle has gotten even better. lazy, and poorly researched [“Hip-Hop on the At 77, I’m a little over the hill for some of the CONTINUED ON P.8 ON THE TEXAS SENATE ENDING THE TWO-THIRDS RULE: “Welcome to the one-party state. Thanks for vot- The crap that Mr. Doggett was talking ing (or not, since most of you didn’t). Not just for about is still happening. And has ensured the current batch of right-wing Republicans with a virtual GOP dictatorship in the Lege for the most extreme at the top, but for those before a while, where no Democrat-authored bill who gerrymandered the districts so that no mat- has a chance to see the light of day if the ter how many more Democratic votes came in, ruling party does not allow it. Nice going, Republicans would still get more representatives. Einsteins. We’ll be over here making more ‘During the last election [2013], Democrats won young people, people of color, LGBT folks, over a million votes more than Republicans, but folks who are not older and whiter, more because of the way districts are designed, the evangelical males, and Democrats in gen- Republicans got 33 more members of the House eral until we flip this sucker. 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All RighTS ReSeRved. 6 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE JANUARY 30, 2015 austinchronicle.com austinchronicle.com JANUARY 30, 2015 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE 7 FEEDBACK LETTERS & COMMENTS CONTINUED FROM P.6 a steady foundation of years of networking and honing their craft. That would be a good read. I have a longer version of this letter with sugges- tions and a few corrections, but the 300-word limit has left me short of space. Sunni Soper WRESTLING WITH REVIEW Dear Editor, Regarding Steve Davis’ 2½ star review of Foxcatcher: I vehemently take exception [Film Listings, Dec. 19]. It’s a riveting, spellbinding movie. Wrestling as a sport could vanish and I wouldn’t notice or care, but this movie (while topically about wrestling) wasn’t about wrestling. It’s about a moment in history when a neurotic, privileged psychopath ruined the career of one man and killed another. I don’t understand for Verge,” Music, Jan. 16]. To cast these assertions and incongruent. The fact that examples like the person covering hip-hop for the Chronicle should a moment Davis’ contention that it’s an “unsat- and then rest the main body of the article on Cooly Girls exist and are still relevant for refer- try to make it out to more than one or two shows isfying experience” that you “have no idea what events from 2007 and 2008 involving an artist ence is evidence of a scene that has been flush a month by the same few acts (as shown in the to make of.” It’s distressing that he is a movie who isn’t even making or performing hip-hop on with talent since the inception of hip-hop. The acts covered in his pieces). Our scene would reviewer at such a hallowed institution as The a consistent basis anymore is both confusing greatly benefit from someone who actually wants Austin Chronicle and makes such statements. In to cover Austin hip-hop, writing a more positive, all seriousness, has he ever watched a Robert complete representation of it. Altman movie? If ever there was an auteur that LETTERS TO THE EDITOR must be signed with I do understand that not every act can be made art that didn’t explain itself to you, it would ffuullll andadmrees asn, do ri necmluadiel addadyrteimsse. pLheottneer sn usmhobueldr, OOPS mentioned in every article, but I also understand be him. Did the moral ambiguity of Spike Lee’s be no longer than 300 words. Last week’s review of the Native Family that journalism is about telling the truth and Do the Right Thing similarly leave him confused We reserve the right to edit all submissions. Co. restaurant stated that co-owner Ryan presenting facts – or at least a full picture. The and unsatisfied? Life isn’t about things being Letters may not be edited, added to, or Genthe is from Cleveland. Genthe is actu- writer of this article posted on his Facebook page neatly tied up at the conclusion; it’s usually a changed by sender once we receive them. ally from Detroit. We apologize for any that this article was an “investment.” Investment protracted and messy experience that can be General email address: [email protected] distress that may have caused Michigan in what? Tearing down the history of our local hip- good. And so, too, is Foxcatcher. To anyone on Postmarks forum: fans. Co-owner Olivia Genthe also informs hop culture by pretending it’s only starting now? the fence about this movie thanks to Mr. Davis’ austinchronicle.com/forums/postmarks us that they have a new phone number: We already have artists known nationally. We review: Go see it. It’s a solid 4-star movie. Mailing address: The Austin Chronicle, 512/920-2019. have owners of their art. 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HEADLINES Volunteers at St. Martin’s Church receive training by Tina Griego to CITY COUNCIL MEETS conduct the annual homeless count and survey last Saturday, Jan. 24, today (Jan. 29) in the sponsored by the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition, or ECHO. first regular meeting of the new 10-1 Council, with The data is used to measure the number and characteristics of people decisions expected on structural reorganization and who are homeless on a local and national level. office budget adjustments, along with the usual brace of public hearings – but no zoning cases. See “Diving Right In,” p.22; “Council: Between the Cup and the Lip,” p.14; and “A Modest Proposal,” p.12. THE NEW GREEK government has an Austin connection: Yanis Varoufakis, visiting professor at UT’s LBJ School of Public Affairs, was named Greek finance minister under anti-austerity Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. In a statement, Varoufakis said, “As the next finance minister, I can assure you that I shall not go into the Eurogroup seeking a solution that is good for the Greek taxpayer and bad for the Irish, Slovak, German, French, and Italian taxpayer.” PAUL CRUZ OFFICIALLY became the new AISD superintendent on Jan. 26. Formerly the superintendent of Laredo ISD and a deputy com- missioner at the Texas Education Agency, Cruz served as interim superintendent after Meria Carstarphen resigned in 2014. RICK PERRY IS still headed to court in his fel- ony case for abuse of power. On Jan. 27, Judge Bert Richardson rejected a dismissal motion from the former governor’s legal team arguing that his M U actions were within his constitutional powers. H C Travis County commissioners have also now BIR approved an extra $200,000 to continue the prose- NA A cution over his veto of Public Integrity Unit funds. J ATTORNEYS FOR SCHIZOPHRENIC Reinventing the Wheel death row inmate Scott Panetti filed a supplemental brief with the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday, following Panetti’s Dec. 3 stay of execu- MAY GOD BLESS THE NEW CITY COUNCIL. THEY’RE GONNA NEED HER. tion. It argues that the federal district court erred in refusing to appoint counsel or approve funding for Let’s begin by applauding the exhaustive- various online, email, Twitter, text, phone, Council. It’s a Legislature-derived model a mental health expert and investigator, and details ly earnest effort of the newly sworn-in City etc. responses. (At times, the town hall (that in itself might make most Austinites Panetti’s plan for filing an appeal in federal court Council members to re-think and re-frame delivered the unnerving impression of a dubious), but in addition to the broadest that claims he’s currently incompetent. the procedures of local government. Their local hospital TV telethon, and another objection – that advocates (on all sides) will early enthusiasm and energy are laudable, as object lesson: More input does not necessar- often want to make their case before the SXSW WEEK MAY be a little quieter after the is their willingness to try new ways of doing ily mean better input.) Most comment has full, 11-member Council – the plan presents City of Austin announced a 25% reduction in tem- city business. As the political been tentatively supportive, difficult logistical problems that the mem- porary events permits from March 13-22, in an consultants like to say, willing to give the members bers appear to have initially underestimat- attempt to control the growing sprawl of unofficial November’s was a “change” their procedural honeymoon ed. Most simply, to allow most residents to events around the main festival. The new policy, election – especially for the POINT in the hope that improve- attend, public hearings generally begin in issued Jan. 23, also tightens curfews for such events. long pent-up demand to ments will indeed result – the evening – and there are a limited num- AUSTIN move to geographic, single- and Council has made it ber of evenings, meeting rooms, livestreams, TURNS OUT RAUL Munguia didn’t retire from member districts – and most BY plain that after a “trial peri- and only one Channel 6 (ATXN) – not to law enforcement so much as accept a new gig. The of the members had cam- MICHAEL od” (six months is most often mention a limited number of staff mem- longtime APD asst. chief left Chief Art Acevedo’s paigned on bringing fresh mentioned) – they’ll review bers, who have actual lives and families. side last week, but recently accepted a job as chief KING perspectives, more neigh- all the changes for what On the other hand, unlimited committee of police at UT-Rio Grande Valley. borhoods, and broader works and what doesn’t. meetings do present the possibility of engagement to City Hall. It may not take that long. unlimited employment for lobbyists. TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS Project filed a series of That’s all to the good. At Tuesday’s work session, lawsuits Tuesday that implicate prison guards in We’ll begin to discover today (Jan. 29) how some members were already having second HOLD THAT THOUGHT Huntsville’s Estelle Unit on charges of brutal vio- Council’s plan to re-jigger the decision pro- and third thoughts about trying to move Frankly, I think the new Council has lence and abuse, often at the expense of the blind cess has been revised in response to public most public hearings to standing commit- already made its most important procedural and disabled. At the lawsuits’ core are two inmates, feedback at last week’s town hall and in the tees (14? 13? 10?) and away from the full Otis Talbert and Larry Hastings Jr., both of whom CONTINUED ON P.12 were allegedly nearly beaten to death by prison guards “with a vendetta.” ONLINE//BILL OF THE WEEK | MORE ON DIASPORA |AUSTINCHRONICLE.COM/NEWS 10 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE JANUARY 30, 2015 austinchronicle.com

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