Alamo Website Sci-Fi Classics Presents: The TerminatorSunday, July 6; Tuesday, July 8; Wednesday, July 9Alamo Drafthouse Downtown (320 E 6th Street)$8.50; 7:30 PM on Sunday; 7:30 PM on Tuesday; 9:30 PM on Wednesday[info]On the big screen at the Alamo this Fourth of July weekend: that dystopic landscape, those terrifying chase scenes, that twisted use of long-stemmed roses, that mind-bending time-travel family tree, those Linda Hamilton pecs before their prime--The TERMINATOR! Part One, that is, before... [continue]

More troops are now dying in Afghanistan than in Iraq. Think we suck a lot of energy now? Just wait 'til 2030. "Foreign policy expert" McCain mixes up African countries - easy ones, too. Amsterdam cafes can only roll pure Js from now on. All right, all right. Gas prices taking a bite out of live music (praise the Lord we live in Austin). Will actors accept this deal? According to a French mag,... [continue]

Sonic Youth has been getting a lot of attention lately, to the point where they're appearing in really weird places, like "Fresh Air" and stuff. This seems strange to us, since we treasured our cassette of "Goo" in ninth grade and certainly would never have thought of SY as NPR-approved Culture. Thankfully, the new documentary Sleeping Nights Awake is a bit different from these official sanctifications of Kim, Thurston, et al.... [continue]

Conspiracy buffs, bookmark this one: McCain advisor admits that big terrorist attack on the US would help his guy... Meanwhile, McCain's Vietnamese captor (who's a big fan) says that he was never tortured in the Hanoi Hilton. James Hansen, who talked about global warming before practically anyone, wants to put CEOs on trial for lying about climate change. Gas prices are hard on everyone, even the po-lice. Don't worry, everyone - the economy may... [continue]

Al Gore called Barack Obama "elegant" yesterday. Oh yeah, and he gave him his endorsement as well. Meanwhile, makers of a decidedly inelegant Obama sock monkey toy are going to keep on producing. Lately, the Supreme Court has seemed downright heroic! Taliban to Afghanistan: "Not dead yet." Airplanes of the future may be auto-medicating. New dinos found in Utah. K-Fed is father of the year. Somewhere.... [continue]

Just one more reason to wait for your locally-grown tomatoes. Seen the YouTube clip where McCain lets it be known that he thinks Vladimir Putin is doing a great job as president of...Germany? The Kooch is at it again. Gennifer Flowers and Paula Jones redefine "classy." Teachers in Japan are facing down an attack of "monster parents." (Nobody wanted to make a joke about "Godzilla parents"?) Got an iPhone last year? Apple is making... [continue]

Obama thinks tonight's the night. Tampa gives nation the massive creeps. Teddy's surgery goes well; nonetheless, his prospects are not stellar. The end of an era: Kinko's is no more. Money and happiness may be mutually exclusive. Entertainment Tonight's journalism is called into question. Amy Winehouse looks like something out of a dermatology textbook.... [continue]

Chinese officials may bend the one-child rule for those who lost a kid in the quake. Mexico's government is giving $$ for food to its poorest citizens. More accusations out today that some international aid workers abuse those they are trying to help. Pot crops may be worth $14 billion to California's economy. Police and FBI are in the process of infiltrating Minnesota potlucks RIGHT NOW. Actor/director Sydney Pollack, of "Tootsie" and "Out of... [continue]

China plans to relocate 12 *million* people. President Bush is really, really sorry that some troops used a Koran for target practice. (Or, at least, he's sorry people found out about it.) Obama meets big crowds in Oregon (surprise, surprise). Spain's defense minister is changing diapers right now. Always wanted to be a newspaper reporter, or just feeling sad about the death of print? Try moving to India. Netflix to introduce a little box... [continue]

Thousands and thousands and thousands of people are dead in China. McCain comes out in favor of carbon caps. Teenagers who smoke pot are likely to be depressed later on, gov't says. Biggest immigration raid of the year, at a meat packing plant, means hundreds are arrested. If Congress is banning flavored cigarettes, why aren't menthols part of the package? Could this be true? Man claims Jet Blue made him sit on a toilet... [continue]

Indiana and North Carolina vote today. Saddam thought that he might get VD from the American guards in his prison. Never let anyone tell you that European news is sooo much more dignified than American news. They are currently fascinated by this Austrian father-daughter sex slave story (but who can blame them?) First Texas needle exchange program will not come to pass. Scientists have now found that being smart may not lead to evolutionary... [continue]

Tornadoes hit Virginia. Will Ashley Dupre be the one to finally bring "Girls Gone Wild" down? Only click on this link if you can stand really sick-o crime stories. A dolphin died after a collision with another dolphin at Sea World over the weekend. Supposedly, the new Grand Theft Auto is really, really good. Sex tape of Jimi Hendrix now for sale.... [continue]

Pressure to keep army going leads to more ex-cons in the ranks. Condi takes on peaceful old Jimmy Carter. In the battle of rice vs. peanuts, it's clear who wins. An article about the Pope's love for cats is the number one most emailed article on the New York Times site today. More tainted stuff from China...this time it's a medicine. Skype about to make calling worldwide really, really cheap. That Yale abortion art... [continue]

Bush to meet Benedict at the airport, near the Alitalia baggage claim, holding a white carnation. If they miss each other they'll use their cell phones. Sure, and NOBODY was bitter during the Depression. Tell that to Herbert Hoover. Bloomberg picks gun control as way to bring himself to national attention - almost as politic a choice as that congestion pricing thing. Gawker Media is selling Wonkette. We care more than we should. Supposedly,... [continue]

General Petraeus in front of the Senate today; faces three very anxious senators. New Chinese plan: re-educate Tibetans about -- wait for it -- how bad the Dalai Lama is. French Grand Prix chairman in trouble for taped S&M orgy with Nazi overtones. Sorry, Spitzer, you're going to have to kick it up a notch. Mayor Bloomberg's totally radical traffic plan is dead in the water. The nightmare is about to begin: EU approved... [continue]

Al Gore unveiled the beginning of a $300 million ad campaign against global warming last night. Out of 50 largest cities in the US, seventeen of them graduate less than 50 percent of their high school students every year. Special secret divisions of the armed forces have funny Boy Scout-y arm patches. Olympic athletes weigh whether to let sponsorship money shut them up about Darfur in China. Most choose to keep mum. Yahoo spawns... [continue]

Clinton: The "sniper fire" I dodged was really more like little bits of fast-moving air. That adulterous new NY gov also tried coke and pot when he was younger. What decadence! In the movies, there's always an air marshal on your flight at the right time. Apparently in real life it just ain't so. Relatives of Virginia Tech victims are being offered $100K not to sue the pants off of the school. Google wants... [continue]

Obama to make a speech on race this morning which will address his pastor's none-too-politic comments on the subject. The Dalai Lama might "resign" if violence in Tibet keeps getting worse. News flash: US consumers are going to become fiscally responsible again! Oh man! The new New York guv has had affairs too! But at least this time, his wife got hers as well. ... [continue]

Cook County, premiering at SXSW this week and showing at 4 PM Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at Alamo South Lamar, is about two generations of a rural family dealing with their collective addiction to crystal meth. ... [continue]

Austin dweller Margaret Brown brings her new documentary, The Order of Myths, to SXSW after a successful showing at Sundance. Brown was born in Mobile, Alabama, where Myths takes place. The film follows Mobilians through one cycle of their Mardi Gras celebrations—a festival which the city is proud to have begun celebrating before New Orleans. Unlike the Big Easy’s do, however, the Mobile Mardi Gras is, effectively, segregated. ... [continue]