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ARCHIVES
May 5, 2000
Volume 19, Number 36
features
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Kids Summer Fun Guide
IntroductionBY KEVIN WOOD
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Austin Parks & Recreation Pool Schedule
news
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No Purchase Necessary
Does Napster, the MP3-sharing software program that has spawned several lawsuits and been banned at universities across the nation, mean the end of music as we know it?BY ERICA C. BARNETT
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The Plot Thickens
Funeral Scandal Is a Real Scene StealerBY ROBERT BRYCE
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Endorsements
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Naked City
Will Wynn apologizes for calling himself an architect; political consultants Mike Blizzard and David Butts predict the outcome of the May 6 elections, Toritos restaurant fights sign violation case.BY AMY SMITH
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A Delicate Balance: Austin Progressives Struggle to Hold the Movement Together
Council Watch
The Chronicle's endorsements explained; Council Watch writer JennyStaff Johnson says goodbye.BY JENNY STAFF JOHNSON
food
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The Whole Woman
The profound underexposure of women among Austin's food luminaries causes one to wonder whether a certain locker-room mentality still prevails in kitchens around the city.BY RACHEL FEIT
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Food-o-File
In this week's edition of Food-o-file, Chronicle Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood divulges her foodie news and gives a Mother's Day gift idea.BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
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Second Helpings: Local Pizza Takeout
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Food Reviews
music
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Where the Shadows Are Deepest
The search for, and subsequent conversation with, country singer James HandBY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
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Oh Susanna!
Drinks at Donn's Depot with Austin country music diva Susanna Van Tassel.BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
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Dancing About Architecture
Ken rants about moving under the Congress Ave. bridge.BY KEN LIECK
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Record Reviews
- Terri Hendrix Places In Between (Wilory)
- Todd Snider Happy To Be Here (Oh Boy)
- Ian McLagan & the Bump Band Best of British (Gadfly)
- Peter Keane Another Kind of Blue (Broken White)
- Kimmie Rhodes Rich From the Journey (Sunbird)
- Roy Hargrove Moment to Moment (Verve)
- Delbert McClinton Genuine Rhythm & the Blues (Hip-O)
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The Hard Feelings Fought Back and Lost
(Sympathy for the Record Industry)
- Omar & the Howlers Live at the Opera House (Phoenix Gems)
- Ruben Ramos A Class Act (Revolution)
- Eric Hisaw Thing About Trains
- Ginger & Sarah Band Vera Takes the Cake (Whistle Foot)
- Pantera Reinventing the Steel (EastWest)
- I-45 Lost Between the Lines (Fuzzgun); Pimpadelic Southern Devils (Tommy Boy)
- Rock Opera Soundtrack (Crashcam)
- Three Day Stubble The Figshta Diaries (Nerd Rock)
- Paul Newman Machine Is Not Broken (My Pal God)
screens
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Short Stories
From Hollywood to Austin and beyond: the rise and rise of short film onlineBY SARAH HEPOLA
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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
Television shows are using direct addresses to the audience more and more. What hath Ferris Bueller wrought? Also, say goodbye to Boy Meets World and, quite possibly, Sports Night.BY BELINDA ACOSTA
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Screens Reviews
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Film Reviews
the arts
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Riders on the Storm
With The Leaf Storm, choreographer José Luis Bustamante and songwriter Lourdes Pérez have become the wind, blowing past boundaries between artforms to share their vision in collaboration and spinning elements of their lives into an artistic whirlwind.BY ROBERT FAIRES
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Articulations
The joyful debut of the new Austin Lyric Opera headquarters and community music school.BY ROBERT FAIRES
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Arts Reviews
columns
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Page Two
Oops, yes, goodbye.BY LOUIS BLACK
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Postmarks
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Public Notice
"Public Notice" finds out where the Laydeez are this week, catches up on its reading, and gets ready to tune into Austin's newest radio station while finding a dress for the prom.BY KATE X MESSER
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After a Fashion
Local merchant Blackmail made a decadent splash at the recent Club DeVille Spring Fashion Extravaganza.BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
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Mr. Smarty Pants
Can a chicken be half-chaste? Schlotzky's Deli knows.BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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Coach's Corner
David Stern knows less about fixing the NBA than Coach knows about fixing a car.BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
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Day Trips
The Dairy Queens and crumbling sandstone of Larry McMurtry's hometown, Archer City, Texas.BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
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About AIDS
A new study shows that bone deterioration is a side-effect of HIV drugs, not the disease itself.BY SANDY BARTLETT
The Luv Doc: Grabbing Crotch
How to cure your attention deficit
Postmarks
Letters to the editor, published daily
books
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Myth, Blood, and Ink
What people have invested in the debate over the de la Peña diary : which suggests that famed Alamo legend Davy Crockett was executed by Santa Anna and not in the heat of battle : is not some mere fandom or kitsch, but a genuine passion for how the story of Texas is written and how it affects real life. It may no longer matter how Crockett was killed, but it does matter how we now allow him to live.BY DAVID GARZA
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Postscripts
Texas Writers Month is here and that means … lots and lots of Texas writers speaking at a multitude of events.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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Film Review Misses Mark Please make a note not to print any more movie reviews of big action movies by Kimberley Jones. She gets ...
What's the Big Deal? I'm baffled by this obsession with Mueller. I drove through it out of curiosity and it's a suburban nightmare that ...
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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