Hotel Vegas
features
Best of Austin 1999
Readers' and critics' favorites
news
Naked City
Off the Desk
BY AMY SMITH
The Art of Conversation
Austin Men's Project encourages young gay men to hone their social -- and safe sex -- skills through communication
BY CLAY SMITH
Council Watch
Local activists keep raising questions about the proposed water deal between the city and the Lower Colorado River Authority.
BY JENNY STAFF JOHNSON
music
The Boat
Feting Sixth Street’s 20-year-old live music institution
BY ANDY LANGER
Dancing About Architecture
Exposing the Subgenius; Austin clubowners gather to mourn the Steamboat; Earthpig moving to the taxicab center of the universe; and Jonathan Richman breaks down.
BY KEN LIECK
screens
Screens Reviews
Film Reviews
American Beauty
This Oscar winner is a bleak comedy of suburban mores and one man's sudden rejection of the arrangement.
Bedrooms and Hallways
Blue Streak
Double Jeopardy
Eternity and a Day
columns
Page Two
Welcome to the 1999 Best of Austin issue.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Readers against Starbuckfucking, violence against children and rattlesnakes, and internal combustion engines.
Public Notice
What's better in Austin than its public service community?
BY KATE X MESSER
Mr. Smarty Pants
Horses, monster movies, and the blues backbeat.
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
After a Fashion
Awards shows offer the unique opportunity to see fashion happen under the unforgiving glare of broad daylight.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
The 1999 Best of Just Out of Austin awards.
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Coach's Corner
The perfect boxing match for the peace n' love generation.
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
About AIDS
The Austin/Travis County Health Department is offering free, easy HIV testing at various locations around town, including clubs and bars.
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
