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Betting the Farm
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Gamecock helps indie video-game developers play with the big boys
How Green Grows My County?
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
'Greenprints' aim to protect our most precious natural lands
2007 Politics Gift Guide
Creative Shopping Suggestions From the Chronicle News Staff
Yes, We Have Candidates!
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Filing for March primary elections officially began Dec. 3; incumbents, others stake their places on ballot
Cruz Beating: Arbitrator clears Griffin to return to APD
BY JORDAN SMITH
Officer Gary Griffin's "use of excessive force" during confrontation with mentally ill man was 'nothing more sinister than gross negligence,' arbitrator concludes.
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
Armadillo Christmas Bazaar Continues Its Nomadic Ways
BY KIMBERLY REEVES
Local shopping extravaganza moves from Austin Music Hall.
Seaholm Powers Ahead
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Plan to transform historic power plant into mixed-use mecca should move one step closer to fruition at City Council Thursday
Topless Counterattack Against Titty Tax
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
State could face embarrassing court date after organization representing strip joints filed lawsuit over new tax on nude entertainment
Tax Assessor-Collector Race Gets Dirty
BY LEE NICHOLS
Mud starting to fly in Democratic primary race for Travis Co. tax assessor-collector, with each candidate calling the other a liar
Happenings
Dec. 13-19
Supremes to Weigh in on Handguns Ban
BY JORDAN SMITH
High court to review appeal court decision that struck down 31-year-old firearms ban in D.C.
Report: Blacks 10 Times More Likely to Be Jailed for Drug-Related Offenses Than Whites
BY JORDAN SMITH
Justice Policy Institute encouraging lawmakers to focus more on drug treatment and less on punitive measures
Cynthia McKinney Greens Up Ruta Maya
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Green Party presidential hopeful visits Austin for fundraiser
@ Chronic
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Perry makes Giuliani endorsement official, announces "will file candidacy papers on behalf of" former New York mayor
War Drums
BY MICHAEL KING
Ground may be shifting against expanded U.S. war in Middle East
Media Watch: Gunga Jenny Meets the November Sweeps
BY KEVIN BRASS
November sweeps news, rumors, and other stuff
Point Austin: God Knows
BY MICHAEL KING
Two recent Texas lessons about the relation between religion and freedom
Beside The Point
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Solicitation Ordinance changes/expansions off the table, at least for now
The Hightower Report
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
Sweatshop Crucifixes; and the E. Coli Loophole
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Revealing Poses
BY KATHERINE CATMULL
How the Victorians presented themselves to the camera explains a lot about them – and us
Adriene Mishler: Making her 'Assumption'
BY BARRY PINEO
For this active Austin actress, there was something special about Refraction Arts' hillbilly/kung fu/rock & roll 'Hamlet'
Salvage Vanguard Theater: Neulander ends his run
BY ROBERT FAIRES
After 13 years of running Salvage Vanguard Theater, Artistic Director Jason Neulander is moving on
'Alice in Wonderland': Drawn down the rabbit hole again
BY BARRY PINEO
The universal appeal of Lewis Carroll's story inspires 45 local artists in a new group show
Arts Reviews
- Thom Pain (based on nothing)
Thom Pain (based on nothing) leads us down a strange road, but Ken Webster's sublime acting makes the trip worth taking
- Collaboration From Conception
Half the exhibition calls into question notions of originality and authenticity, but the other half undermines it
The Things He Carried: Tim O'Brien's archives find a home
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
The Harry Ransom Center announces the acquisition of Vietnam scribe Tim
O'Brien's archives
Books Gift Guide
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BY BELINDA ACOSTA
The Adventures of Amir Hamza
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BY MICHAEL KING
The Presidential Recordings: Lyndon B. Johnson: Volumes 4-6
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BY KATE X MESSER
Florida art books
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BY SOFIA RESNICK
A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years
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BY RICK KLAW
Betsy and Me
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BY JAMES RENOVITCH
It's Complicated: The American Teenager
Holiday Cookbook Roundup
Gift Guide
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BY MM PACK
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BY KATE THORNBERRY
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BY KATE THORNBERRY
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BY MICK VANN
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BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
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BY MICK VANN
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BY WES MARSHALL
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BY BARBARA CHISHOLM
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BY BARBARA CHISHOLM
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BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
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BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
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BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Foodie Stocking Stuffers for 2007
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Stuff your stockings with foodie goodies from board games to masa spreaders
Stuff Your Stockings With Fun
BY WES MARSHALL
Stocking stuffers for imbibers
Holiday Magic Baking Contest Winners
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Faraday's Kitchen Store Holiday Magic Baking Contest winners
Food-o-File
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
All hail Taco Queen María Corbalán, Caritas of Austin helps out with the Do Good Deli, and more yummy tidbits from all over
Betting the Farm
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Gamecock helps indie video-game developers play with the big boys
Games Gift Guide
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BY ERIC SEBESTA
Gravity-defying gameplay sets this Mario incarnation above the holiday fray
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BY JAMES RENOVITCH
The DVD trivia game gets exciting for the Xbox
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BY JOEY SEILER
MTV Games Expand on the Guitar Hero template
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BY ERIC SEBESTA
For the morbidly curious but best avoided this season
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BY JOEY SEILER
Part shooter, part RPG, all Star Wars
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BY MARK FAGAN
Custard smooth gameplay brings this game to the Final Four
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BY ERIC SEBESTA
A smattering of kids games for gifting
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BY JOEY SEILER
Call of Duty and Soldier of Fortune up the holiday body count
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BY JOEY SEILER
Like Timecop with more button-mashing
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BY CARSON BARKER
It's easier to kill when it's for a good cause
Geek Out!
Gifts for Trekkies, Anglophiles, and arthouse obscurists
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BY SPENCER PARSONS
Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 15-hour epic at long last (and longer), in a Criterion Collection box to end all Criterion boxes
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BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
This set is the perfect gift for that certain someone on your holiday list who likes his shows novelistic and his humor black
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BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Recipient of a Purple Heart, plus Bronze and Silver Stars in World War II as a member of the U.S. Army infantry, Fuller suffered neither cowards nor introspectives gladly
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BY KIMBERLEY JONES
This is the BBC miniseries that set women worldwide swooning for some Mr. Darcy
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BY RICK KLAW
When Star Trek ended its three-season run in 1969, it almost immediately began a wildly successful syndicated existence
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BY JOE O'CONNELL
Twenty years on, The Princess Bride comes off less as a sweet children's movie and more as a savvy precursor to Adaptation
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BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
At an age when most men have resigned themselves to their accomplishments and failures, Godard is still out for blood
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BY SHAWN BADGLEY
This set from the National Film Preservation Foundation includes upward of 40 films, among them newsreels, animation, and educationals.
TV Eye
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
A new special on Starz, titled Anime: Drawing a Revolution, examines the history and historic influence of the Japanese style of animation
Film News
BY JOE O'CONNELL
Festival huzzahs
In Print
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Gritty, Groovy, & Gettin' It
BY AUSTIN POWELL
What reissues are buried in the bottom of your closet?
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BY AUSTIN POWELL
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Off the Record
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Pinetop Perkins leads local Grammy nominations; The Heartless Bastards' Erika Wennerstrom relocates to Austin; the Invincible Czars re-envision Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite
Reissues
- Led Zeppelin
The Song Remains the Same
- Raspberries
Live on Sunset Strip
- Moby Grape
Moby Grape, Wow, Grape Jam, '69, Truly Fine Citizen
- U2
The Joshua Tree: 20th Anniversary
- Pink Floyd
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
- Joy Division
Unknown Pleasures, Closer, Still
- Young Marble Giants
Colossal Youth
- Elvis Costello
My Aim Is True
- Gram Parsons
Archives Volume 1
- Karen Dalton
Cotton Eyed Joe
- Townes Van Zandt
For the Sake of the Song, Our Mother the Mountain, Townes Van Zandt, Delta Momma Blues, Flyin' Shoes
- The Joe Ely Band
Live Shots
- Rose Maddox With the Vern Williams Band; The Roots of the Narcocorrido; Los Alegres de Terán
Beautiful Bouquet, The Roots of the Narcocorrido, Grabaciones Originales (1952-1954)
- Culture; The Abyssinians
Two Sevens Clash, Satta Massagana
- Arthur Alexander
Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter
- East of Underground; The Dynamics; Bob & Gene
East of Underground, First Landing, If This World Were Mine
- The Young Rascals; The Rascals
The Young Rascals, Collections, Groovin', Once Upon a Dream, Freedom Suite, See, Search and Nearness
- Wattstax: Music from the Wattstax Festival and Film
Wish List
Give 'til it helps: Part 1
Postmarks
Letters to the editor, updated daily
Page Two: Ego and Conscience
BY LOUIS BLACK
As citizens with the right to vote, we are responsible for what our government does
Oops!
After a Fashion
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Stephen is hitting the holiday-party circuit with a vengeance and a few hotties on his arm
Day Trips
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
At the Camp Street Cafe & Store, the music gets started in the afternoon on Saturdays and goes until the last guitar slinger is standing
Playing Through
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Despite losing in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament, UT's 2007 volleyball squad was one to remember
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
There are more World of Warcraft players in the U.S. than farmers, all about the skiffle craze, and more
 Ask Mr. Smarty Pants
Got a question? He's got the answer.
The Common Law
BY LUKE ELLIS
Pure rubbish – Austin style
The Luv Doc Recommends
BY DAN HARDICK
A rambling recommendation to shore up that hole in your social calendar
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
The University of Souther California wins the NCAA'a Women's College Cup, and more
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