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cONTENTS<br />
cover photos by<br />
John Anderson &<br />
shelley hiAm<br />
6 POSTMARkS<br />
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news<br />
10 Porn Busters<br />
Return!; Herding<br />
Cats … and<br />
Dogs … in<br />
<strong>Austin</strong> & San<br />
Antonio; Strange<br />
Bedfellows:<br />
Stratfor, the<br />
Texas DPS …<br />
and Occupy<br />
<strong>Austin</strong>; and More<br />
POINT AUSTIN<br />
by michAel<br />
King<br />
12 THEN THERE’S<br />
THIS …<br />
by Amy smith<br />
18 THE<br />
DESTRUCTION<br />
OF TExAS<br />
HEALTH<br />
CARE <strong>The</strong><br />
GOP crusade<br />
against Planned<br />
Parenthood is<br />
devastating<br />
basic care<br />
by JordAn<br />
smith<br />
arts<br />
23 A Drag Ballerina<br />
Lifts His Tutu;<br />
Stand-Up Finally<br />
Gets Its Own<br />
Fest; and <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Austin</strong> <strong>Chronicle</strong><br />
Short Story<br />
Contest Update<br />
24 ‘LONG’ HAUL<br />
Delivering<br />
the goods<br />
on the 2012<br />
FronteraFest<br />
Long Fringe<br />
26 ExHIbITION-<br />
ISM Lucia di<br />
Lammermoor,<br />
Wicked<br />
28 AFTER A<br />
FASHION<br />
by stephen<br />
mAcmillAn<br />
moser<br />
4 T H E A U S T I N C H R O N I C L E FEBRUARY 3, 2012 a u s t i n c h r o n i c l e . c o m<br />
VoLume 31, Number 23 H February 3, 2012<br />
food<br />
29 <strong>The</strong> 10-Day<br />
Juice Cleanse<br />
Challenge; Meal<br />
Times: Feb. 2-11;<br />
and Food-o-File<br />
30 DINNER IS<br />
SERVED Two<br />
<strong>Austin</strong> takes on<br />
the supper club<br />
trend<br />
by virginiA b.<br />
wood<br />
36 SECOND<br />
HELPINGS<br />
screens<br />
33 SXSW Film lineup<br />
announced;<br />
and Doc Nights:<br />
Shoah: <strong>The</strong><br />
Unseen Interviews<br />
34 MOTHER’S<br />
LITTLE<br />
MONSTER Lynne<br />
Ramsay and Tilda<br />
Swinton on the<br />
complexities of<br />
their Columbineinspiredcollaboration<br />
by mArJorie<br />
bAumgArten<br />
calendar 52 film<br />
back<br />
46 thiS Week<br />
Between this weekend’s<br />
Beard Prom 2 and the<br />
Burns Supper, we can’t<br />
decide whether to split<br />
hairs or sheep<br />
THE ARTS<br />
GAY PLACE<br />
by KAte X messer<br />
DAY TRIPS<br />
by gerAld e. mcleod<br />
SPORTS UT Softball<br />
Texas Classic<br />
SOCCER wATCH<br />
by nicK bArbAro<br />
PLu S<br />
R.I.P. Don Cornelius<br />
Big Miracle, <strong>Chronicle</strong>, <strong>The</strong> Woman in Black,<br />
We Need To Talk About Kevin, <strong>The</strong> Innkeepers,<br />
One for the Money, <strong>The</strong> Grey<br />
54 SHOwTIMES<br />
59 SPECIAL SCREENINGS<br />
60 muSiC<br />
RECOMMENDED Nine years and three days<br />
of the No Idea Festival, plus the Rancho<br />
Alegre Conjunto Festival, Carnaval Brasileiro,<br />
a Crust-y Hotel Vegas triple bill, King Khan &<br />
the Shrines, Marijuana Deathsquads with Har<br />
Mar Superstar, Kinky Friedman’s Southern<br />
Discomfort Tour, and much more<br />
64 VENUES<br />
66 ROADSHOwS + CLUb LISTINGS<br />
GET YOUR<br />
ON AT SPEC’S.<br />
78 Shot in the Dark<br />
THE LUV DOC<br />
COMIx<br />
music<br />
39 ONE, TwO,<br />
TRES, CUATRO<br />
<strong>The</strong> Gypsy Lounge<br />
has been around<br />
more than a year,<br />
but the East Sixth<br />
Street revival is<br />
even older<br />
by mArgAret<br />
moser<br />
40 CLUb CRAwL<br />
2012 Ten new<br />
live music venues,<br />
most of<br />
them east of the<br />
highway, have<br />
quickly changed<br />
the face of the<br />
local scene<br />
by chAse<br />
hoffberger<br />
41 NEwS OF THE<br />
wEIRD<br />
MR. SMARTY PANTS<br />
79 ClaSSifieDS<br />
83 COMMON LAw<br />
86 FREE wILL<br />
ASTROLOGY<br />
Game<br />
pUblIsHER<br />
Nick Barbaro<br />
EDITOR<br />
Louis Black<br />
SENIOR EDITORS<br />
MANAGING EDITOR Cindy Widner fIlM Marjorie Baumgarten<br />
ARTs Robert Faires MUsIC Raoul Hernandez<br />
NEWs Michael King NEWs MANAGING EDITOR Amy Smith<br />
AssT. NEWs EDITOR Monica Riese<br />
fOOD Virginia B. Wood sCREENs, bOOks Kimberley Jones<br />
spECIAl IssUEs, GUIDEs, INTERNs Kate Messer<br />
calENDaR<br />
ARTs lIsTINGs Wayne Alan Brenner COMMUNITy lIsTINGs James Renovitch<br />
AssT. lIsTINGs Anne Harris<br />
STaff wRITERS<br />
Margaret Moser, Marc Savlov, Jordan Smith, Richard Whittaker<br />
cONTRIbuTINg wRITERS<br />
DAy TRIps Gerald E. McLeod fAsHION Stephen MacMillan Moser<br />
MR. sMARTy pANTs R.U. Steinberg lETTERs AT 3AM Michael Ventura<br />
lITERA Ric Williams<br />
PRODucTION<br />
CREATIvE DIRECTOR Jason Stout<br />
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pROOfREADERs Mike Crissey, Mark Fagan, Sarah Smith<br />
INTERNs Zeke Barbaro, Cindy Brzostowski, Robert Cohen, Will Eidam, Ayeesha Green,<br />
Maggie MacDonald, Lisa Montierth, Sara Reihani, Cristina Reyna, Meghan Ruth<br />
Speakerman, Katie Tomasino, Laura Walters<br />
aDvERTISINg<br />
AssOCIATE pUblIsHER Mark Bartel<br />
sENIOR ACCOUNT ExECUTIvEs Jerald Corder, Carolyn Phillips, Lois Richwine<br />
ACCOUNT ExECUTIvEs Jeff Carlyon, Heather Frankovis, Ali Garnel, Dora Lee Malouf,<br />
Elizabeth Nitz, Angela Specht<br />
RETAIl OpERATIONs MANAGER Tobi White<br />
ADvERTIsING COORDINATOR Kristine Tofte<br />
MARkETING DIRECTOR Erin Collier<br />
pROMOTIONs MANAGER Noël Marie Pitts<br />
CHRONTOURAGE Ashley Nicole Hardy, Benjamin Dixon, Rachel Staples, Rhiannon<br />
Jones, Derek Van Wagner, Andrew Miller, Brittany Campbell, Ashley Sherwood,<br />
Sarah Mercer, Nicole Wagner, Maria Villanueva, Scott Driskill, Carly<br />
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pROMOTIONs DIRECTOR/pERsONAls/CIRCUlATION Dan Hardick<br />
ClAssIfIEDs DIRECTOR Cassidy Frazier<br />
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cIRculaTION<br />
Perry Drake, Tom Fairchild, Ruben Flores, Jonina Foel-Sommers, Brent Malkus,<br />
Eric McKinney, Grant Melcher, Paul Minor, Norm Reed, Dane Richardson, Eric<br />
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cONTRIbuTORS<br />
Caludia Alarcón, Greg Beets, Rob Brezsny, Bret Brookshire, Elizabeth Cobbe, Rachel Feit,<br />
Doug Freeman, Ryan Hennessee, Shelley Hiam, Chase Hoffberger, Sam Hurt, Abby<br />
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Josh Rosenblatt, Adam Schragin, Jonelle Seitz, Chuck Shepherd, Dan Solomon, Tom<br />
Tomorrow, Roy Tompkins,<br />
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