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March 10, 2000
Volume 19, Number 28
features
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The Least of These
UT professor Horace Newcomb reflects on the segregation South on the release of his friend and colleague Paul Stekler's documentary George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire.BY HORACE NEWCOMB
news
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Miles to Go
A transportation bond package combining roads and light rail is planned for November.BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
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Oh, To Be a Constable
10 candidates compete for four open constable seatsBY AMY SMITH
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There's Something About Mary
Mary arnold gets down to brass tacks on bradley dealBY JENNY STAFF JOHNSON
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Proposed Bradley Agreement
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Naked City
capital metro fires don dcheatham and longhorn railway co.; patrick beach and gregory kallenberg leave the statesman, city faces lead-based paint problem.BY AMY SMITH
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Down to the Wire
SOS, Bradley, and the city try to work out their differences and come to an agreement they all can live with on the Bradley Settlement.BY JENNY STAFF JOHNSON
food
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South by South First
Like any self-respecting Texas town, Austin boasts good Mexican eating all over the city. But for sheer volume of respectable, even wonderful, eateries, South First Street is the place to go. -
Food-o-File
In this week's edition of Food-o-file, Austin Chronicle Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood goes on a mini-rant and updates readers on local restaurant news.BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
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Second Helpings: Austin Barbecue
Where to find fine barbecue in Austin.
music
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In Between Days
At the Crossroads of the 1999-2000 Austin Music Awards.BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
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More Flava Than Juicy Fruit
Wednesday Night SXSW Picks & Sleepers -
Dancing About Architecture
The usual suspects return: Miles Zuniga, Daniel Johnston, Sandra Bullock, Bob Schneider, and the Asylum Street Spankers; also, Patti Smith returns to Austin for SXSW, as do a bunch of other people.BY KEN LIECK
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Record Reviews
- Ian Moore And All the Colors... (Koch)
- Two Ton Boa (Kill Rock Stars)
- Papas Fritas Buildings & Grounds (Minty Fresh)
- Sister Sonny Lovesongs (Jetset)
- Macha See It Another Way (Jetset)
- The Gunga Din Glitterati (Jetset)
- Reverend Horton Heat Spend a Night in the Box (Time Bomb)
- Buzzkill House of Bad Touch (Alternative Tentacles)
- Drunk Horse (Man's Ruin)
- The Delta 72 000 (Touch & Go)
- VUE SPCD465 (Sub Pop)
- Mo Jamal Lost Persian Cat
- Ron Flynt and the Bluehearts Big Blue Heart
- Hank Williams III Risin' Outlaw (Curb)
- Josh Rouse Home (Ryko/Slow River)
- The New Duncan Imperials Sticky (Pravda)
screens
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Cars and Speed and Flight
Just prior to his appearance at SXSW Film for a retrospective of his work, Monte Hellman talks about a career in film.BY MARC SAVLOV
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Remembering Writer Charles Willeford
BY JESSE SUBLETT
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The Examined Life
Prior to a retrospective of his documentaries at SXSWFilm, D.A. Pennebaker reflects on a career spent as a fly on the wall.BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
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How You Became a Criminal
An interview with Canadian documentary filmmaker Ron Mann about his newest film, Grass.BY NICK BARBARO
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Double Take
Austin Scribe Lawrence Wright Tackles Noriega -- TwiceBY CARY L. ROBERTS
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Soldier of Fortune
Comic Steven Wright offers observations on his return to short film, "One Soldier," the pressure of following up an Academy Award, and this bad trick called life.BY J. C. SHAKESPEARE
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Spotlights
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Short Cuts
Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.BY MARC SAVLOV
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TV Eye
Is it a coincidence that at the turn of the century, magic and the supernatural has made another appearance on TV?BY BELINDA ACOSTA
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Screens Reviews
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Film Reviews
the arts
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PostFest
With cultural festivals popping up around Austin like orange traffic cones, a few festival organizers offer their insights into running a festival. -
Articulations
A big vote of confidence for new Ballet Austin artistic director Stephen Mills; a way you can "Bowl With the Bards".BY ROBERT FAIRES
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Arts Reviews
columns
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Page Two
No soul is more appropriate for the SXSW film festival than the late actor Warren Oates.BY LOUIS BLACK
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Postmarks
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Public Notice
This week, your sassy yet totally sincere public service column goes wiggy over the new Patti Smith CDand tells you that her free show at SXSW will benefit a good cause. Other good causes, as usual, are pimped within as well..BY KATE X MESSER
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After a Fashion
The seamy underbelly of the Austin salon scene, part II.BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
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Mr. Smarty Pants
It's Tom vs. Jerry vs. Butch vs. horses vs. Hitler in this week's fact smackdown.BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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Coach's Corner
Part 3 of the Coach's trilogy on girls' high school basketball.BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
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Day Trips
The Fredericksburg Herb Farm is everything great about the Hill Country town condensed down to 14 acres.BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
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About AIDS
A type of protein may help reverse AIDS-related wasting syndromes.BY RON CUMMINGS
The Luv Doc: Grabbing Crotch
How to cure your attention deficit
Postmarks
Letters to the editor, published daily
books
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Bizarre Talents
The strange road to success of former Austin bookseller Lynn Bender.BY CLAY SMITH
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Postscripts
There's not much about Texas that isn't in the new Texas Short Stories 2; editor Billy Bob Hill reveals why.BY CLAY SMITH
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Local Bestsellers
Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests. -
Book Reviews
FOLLOWUS
THEMOST
Praise the Lloyd Lloyd Maines and the Dixie Chicks hold court for KLRU
Thinking About Stephen Bruton There’s just no getting over some people
Playback: Demolition at 1701 Red River Another Red River venue going away? There goes the neighborhood.
Bonds: 'Death By a Thousand Cuts' Even with Propositions 1 and 3 passing, AISD's election campaign appeared doomed from the start
The Changing Face of Mueller A burst of development marks the latest phase of the central city neighborhood
Review: The Great Gatsby A great American novel does not always a great movie make, but Baz Lurhmann, a director of delirious excess, certainly seems an apt fit for the Roaring Twenties.
CHRONCAST
Eastside Memorial High School Poem Dedication
Students from the East Austin campus send a message to the Austin ISD board of trustees
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No Mystery in School Bond Failures How out of touch has the Chronicle become with the voting populace of this city? From the article “Bonds: Death ...
Program Is Vital Resource I am responding to your article on ACCESS News, the program by and for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. The ...
Finding Rail Route Complicated Michael King, in “The Reading Railroad”, while making valuable points, seems to state that finding an initial route for urban ...
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