KLRU
Volume 19, Number 47
features
The Majestic Napster
In this time of 30-second Happy Meals and 10-minute
workouts, Jay Hardwig finds a better way to spend his
time: napping.
BY JAY HARDWIG
news
AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION
The Road to Rail
Can light rail in Austin work well with Smart Growth?
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
All Together Now
City makes some headway on synchronizing traffic lights
BY JONATHAN DAVID CARROLL
End of the Line
The Short and Troubled History of Austin's Streetcar System
BY ROBERT BRYCE
Naked City
Texas Turnpike Authority changes its position on SH
130; Max Nofziger has joined the anti-light rail
campaign; Father Bill Elliott is not resigning, he's being
forced out against his wishes; University of Texas
makes another selection of short-listed architects for
the Blanton Museum; Renetta Armadour is leaving
OutYouth.
BY AMY SMITH
food
Crescent City Redux
The new version of Gumbo's has made the transition from mom-and-pop shop to a classy, upscale chain operation. It definitely makes the grade.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Virginia B. Wood gets the lowdown on Sandra Bullock's recent party spot and updates readers on local culinary news.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Latin American
Greg Beets on local Latin American restaurants.
Food Reviews
music
Pet Sounds
A 15-minute phone interview with the Beach Boys
visionary Brian Wilson
BY GREG BEETS
They Lost My Grandmother's Brain
One lover of the grape interviews another - one who
writes songs and plays music.
BY KEN LIECK
Dancing About Architecture
Chrysta Bell quits the Souvenirs; the Meat Puppets' new record could come out in record time.
BY KEN LIECK
Live Shots
Goudie, Stubb's, July 11
Punkaroos, Dave Bone & the Troublemakers, Route 23, Flamingo Cantina, July 12
Nathan Hamilton, Adam Carroll, Cactus Cafe, July 13
screens
It Came From Beyond
"I saw my first cadaver when I was about five years
old. I saw my first rotting corpse at 10." Now, at 35,
Guillermo del Toro is probably the world's most
promising horror film director.
BY CARY L. ROBERTS
TV Eye
Have you had your fill of Who Wants To Be a
Millionaire? Are you stuffed to the gills from consuming
too many hours of Survivor, Big Brother, The Real
World, Road Rules, or Making the Band? Better get
used to it -- there's a whole lot more on the way.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Film Reviews
arts & culture
Through the Eyes of a Kid
Bringing kids to adult theatre is uncool, but what's
about children's theatre, where they belong? Ada
Calhoun borrows a friend's three-and-a-half-year-old
son to find out and discovers that theatre ain't all
magic when you're a preschooler.
BY ADA CALHOUN
Articulations
A major change in direction for the Austin Circle of Theatres.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Nunsense: Amusing Grace
The State Theater Company's production of Nunsense
is long on laughs if short on story, according to
Chronicle writer Skipper Chong Warson.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead: Smaller Than Life
Chronicle critic Ada Calhoun finds The Off Center's
production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
gasping for air..
West Side Story: Brave, New, Whirled
According to Chronicle writer Wayne Alan Brenner,
West Side Story survives just fine in a
"post-apocalyptic future," thanks to an amazing
production at Zilker Hillside Theatre.
columns
Page Two
Light rail is a gamble, but an important gamble.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
"Alex Jones is to patriotism ... what hot dogs are to
meat."
Public Notice
Our weekly calendar of activist and volunteer events
and fundraisers.
BY KATE X MESSER
Letters at 3AM
Follow the yellow brick road to Wounded Knee in this
account of L. Frank Baum's effort to tame the
untamable.
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Whither downtown shopping?
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Mr. Smarty Pants
Walk softly, and carry a still stick.
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Coach's Corner
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
Day Trips
Lake Bastrop's North Shore Park gets a major facelift.
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
About AIDS
The David Powell HIV Clinic is set to open its new,
larger doors next month.
BY JAY MOLOFSKY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
