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Letters at 3AM: Something Absurd in Between

BY MICHAEL VENTURA

At the crest of Beatlemania, 18 and hungry for life was some kind of way to be

THIS WEEK IN COLUMNS

Page Two: Hypocrisy and Health Care
BY LOUIS BLACK
Toward a list of ingredients for stew

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Letters at 3AM: Something Absurd in Between
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
At the crest of Beatlemania, 18 and hungry for life was some kind of way to be

After a Fashion
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Your Style Avatar cleverly distills this weekend's news overkill, so you don't have to

Day Trips
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Pendery's World of Chiles and Spices offers 'gourmet spices for the discerning chef'

Gay Place
BY KATE X MESSER AND ASH BELL
Fort Worth cops open up a six-pack of whoopass just in time to celebrate the anniversary of Stonewall

Playing Through
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Spectator sports can crush our most ardent hopes and dreams, and that's a good thing

Soccer Watch Online
BY NICK BARBARO
News and scores from the U.S. and abroad

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Small places with big names, solving the mystery of white meat, and more

Ask Mr. Smarty Pants
Got a question? He's got the answer.

The Common Law
BY LUKE ELLIS
Austin Water Restrictions

The Luv Doc Recommends
BY DAN HARDICK
A rambling recommendation to shore up that hole in your social calendar

COLUMNS FROM OTHER SECTIONS

Developing Stories: Learning From Denver
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
More insights from the Congress for the New Urbanism

The Hightower Report
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
Republicans on Health Care; and Wall Street's Gas-Pump Robbery

Wine of the Week
BY WES MARSHALL
Terredora di Paolo offers delights from the birthplace of wine

Food-o-File
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Despite our Natural Grocers fumble, readers keep tipping us off to great new eateries around town

Event Menu
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Foodie events for July 4-8

Film News
BY JOE O'CONNELL
Local singer-songwriter Jesse Dayton tries on a new role as a psychobilly vampire in Rob Zombie's Halloween II; plus news on Gary Kent, the TXMPA, and Turk Pipkin

TV Eye
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
How much is that male escort in the window?

Off the Record
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Explosions in the Sky commemorates the Fourth of July, Harlem signs with Matador, floating down to Whitewater on the Horseshoe, and paying tribute to Sky Sunlight Saxon and the King of Pop

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