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Soundscraping
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
The Weird Weeds sprout up among Austin's experimental jet set
Quote of the Week
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
Beyond City Limits
Density Debacle at 51st Street
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Neighborhood, developer, and bike activists all at odds over proposed development
Happenings
May 15-22
Envision Crestview Station
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Crashing the Green Water Treatment Plant Proposal Party
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Artist Cage Match: Fairey vs. Orr
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Iconic Obey Giant creator sues Austin artist
Newsdesk: Pushing for a Three-Party System
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
A Little Poison With Your Plastic?
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Polycarbonate plastic bottles pulled from shelves over health concerns
Developing Stories
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
CAMPO's new executive director plans to get busy planning
Point Austin: Picking Up the Pieces
BY MICHAEL KING
Campaigns end with a thunderclap and voters' whimpers
Beside the Point
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Tobyocracy's diaspora continues
The Hightower Report
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
Spending Your Stimulus Check; and Corporate Greed Strangles Health Care
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Object Lesson
BY C. DENBY SWANSON
In Sherry Kramer's new play, things that are ordinary become magical: flowers, Barbies, even the writer herself
Alan Pappé: In Memoriam
The man who gave us thousands of memorable images from Hollywood and the music scene has passed
Mindstorms Mania: Children are the future, and the future is robots
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
The next generation of robot-makers showed their stuff at Austin Children's Museum's robotics showcase
Arts Reviews
Half a World Away, and at War
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
How one journalist went from a desk job to covering the war in Congo
2008 Austin Chronicle Restaurant Poll
A year's worth of Austin's best eateries
Event Menu
May 16-18
Look, Ma, All Hands
BY MARC SAVLOV
Hammer & Tongs on why their Eighties-era childhood epic Son of Rambow is the anti-CGI
Master Pancake Flattens 'Road House'
BY ASHLEY MORENO
For love (of Swayze) and money (for cancer research)
In Play
BY DARCIE STEVENS
Welcome to the Godfather of the 21st century
TV Eye
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Squeezing our state onto the small screen in ways old and new
DVD Watch
First Ladies: Early Women Filmmakers
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Kino celebrates female filmmaking pioneers
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Soundscraping
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
The Weird Weeds sprout up among Austin's experimental jet set
Off the Record
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Local bands get licensed to ill, Marked Men prove lo-fi is all the rage, and Explosions in the Sky curate All Tomorrow's Parties
Texas Platters
- Girlie Action
Beautiful World, Paris, Texafrance
- Leatherbag
Love & Harm
- Brent Adair
Ostrich
- Old 97's
Blame It on Gravity
- On the DL
Monroe Mustang
- Country Mile
Big Bend, Copano Bay, West Texas Wine, Walls Fall Down, Country Jam
- Bob Schneider
When the Sun Breaks Down on the Moon
- Nelo
- Kissinger
Underwater
- Ghost of the Russian Empire
The Mammoth
- Lucid Dementia
Trickery
- Tungsten Coil
Alpha Omega
- deEP end
Noise Revival Orchestra Experience, Hiding in the Light, Canopy / Anopy
- Jesse Sublett
Murder Ballads & Noir Capers, Part 1
- Death is Not a Joyride
The Human Zoo
- ATX Underground
ATX Underground, Volume One
- Driver F
Chase the White Whale
- The Wailing Walls
Long Live the Infidel
Postmarks
Letters to the editor, updated daily
Page Two: Spin and Cinema
BY LOUIS BLACK
An understanding of the U.S. Constitution by way of Robert Thom
After a Fashion
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Even Avatars need a nap now and again.
Day Trips
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Nichol's Landing Paddling Trail lends access to the many swimming, paddling, and water-related delights of the Upper Guadalupe River
Playing Through
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Cassanova tore up the competition at the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge and hopes to do the same in the nationals
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Whale puke, George Costanza, coffee – the miracle drug, and more
 Ask Mr. Smarty Pants
Got a question? He's got the answer.
The Common Law
BY LUKE ELLIS
Protesting High Property Taxes: Persuasive Evidence
The Luv Doc Recommends
BY DAN HARDICK
A rambling recommendation to shore up that hole in your social calendar
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