Volume 19, Number 50
features
... or What I Learned as an Adult Industry Worker
BY KELLY PETRASH
BY KATE X MESSER
news
Republicans muzzled the Religious Right during the GOP convention
BY LOUIS DUBOSE
George P. Bush capitalizing on Latino roots to stump for Uncle George.
BY RUSSELL CONTRERAS
Controversial sodomy law may be struck down
BY JONATHAN DAVID CARROLL
Chamber releases results of AISD parent satisfaction survey; Larry Faulkner threatens disciplinary action against University of Texas staff members who join sick-out; Log Cabin Republicans happy with strides made in GOP party; Mary Cheney has made several visits to Austin; Green Party secures a spot on the statewide ballot; Libertarian Party presidential candidate Harry Browne comes to Austin.
BY AMY SMITH
food
Through the years, Mick Vann explains, just about every edible thing imaginable, and some stuff even the most jaded imagination can barely contemplate, has been used to gird the loins of the hapless horny male. Remember: It's almost always the guys who feel the need to produce seed.
BY MICK VANN
If reading this collection of haiku poems with a food theme entices you to cook something wonderful and have great sex, you can thank us later.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
The amazing roster of new restaurants opening in Austin.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
MM Pack surveys some of Austin's American cafes.
music
Asking local musical couples what it's like to do everything together
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Ahhh
the good old daze
BY MARGARET MOSER
Interview with America's favorite Gladiator about his band
BY MARC SAVLOV
Monte Montgomery hooks up with big-time booking; Texas Music Group has big plans.
BY KEN LIECK
Record Reviews
Layin' in the Cut, Chasin' the Gypsy
Oncer
Merriment
Public Domain
Puro Blazers
The Best I've Ever Been
Your Favorite Music
Golden Greats
Brave New World
Country Grammar, Ryde or Die Vol. 1, The Notorious K.I.M., Greatists Hits, Quality Control
screens
Online smut shopping: a fashion emergency of the sexy kind
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
BY SARAH HEPOLA
From Lady and the Tramp to Showgirls -- our staff picks for most memorable sex scenes in film.
Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.
BY MARC SAVLOV
Two new television shows remind us what it was like to be young: Nickelodeon's half-hour comedy series The Brothers Garcia and Fox's "nonfiction drama series," American High.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Film Reviews
arts & culture
For 10 years, Lisa Crystal Carver has been writing about sex and doing sex-drenched performance pieces under the name Suckdog. But her lifestyle is born of a profound quest for an uncompromised life, a search for truth and adventure that makes her a prophet for our time.
BY ADA CALHOUN
A busy summer for Austin artists.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
columns
Welcome to The Austin Chronicle Summer Smut/Back to School issue!
BY NICK BARBARO
I never thought the letters in "Postmarks Forum" were real until this happened to me ...
Public Notice gets all hot under the collar for the Chronicle sex issue.
BY KATE X MESSER
That's the stuff i really want to hear from a fashion consultant.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Sink your teeth into these five fun facts. Or not. We don't really care.
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Dennis Miller on MNF? Who cares? In other news: The Spurs and Heat are the NBA's big winners in the free-agent sweepstakes, and the Cowboys -- despite what you may be reading elsewhere -- will continue to slide.
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
San Antonio streetcar moves to the Northwest
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Anecdotal support for using marijuana in HIV disease management gets some scientific backup.
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Letters to the editor, published daily