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March 2, 2001
Volume 20, Number 27
features
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Dot-bombers
Despite the clouds of layoffs, a virtual silver lining shines for some caught in Austin's online bust.BY CAROL BRORSEN
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Broke.com
How writer Spike Gillespie learned to stop worrying and love Austin's tech bust.BY SPIKE GILLESPIE
news
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Throw the Switch
City Planners Consider Options on the Seaholm Power PlantBY AMY SMITH
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Technical Difficulties
Older professionals face a hard choice: leave Austin or go tech?BY KEVIN FULLERTON
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E-tail This!
La Frontera is proof that e-commerce has not destroyed traditional retail commerce.BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
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Naked City
Austin public interest group figures out why a company making a profit on Medicaid got a sweetheart contract from the state.BY LOUIS DUBOSE
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The Hightower Lowdown
Treasury Sec. Paul O'Neill pitches Bush tax breaks, Newt Gingrich is a business consultant, Congressional fundraising among freshman is out of controlBY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
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Prix-Fixe Primer
Chronicle Cuisines writers Rachel Feit and Barbara Chisholm reveal how to eat well in Austin without breaking the bank.BY RACHEL FEIT
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Food-o-File
Virginia B. Wood's three sure-fire dining suggestions that will provide enough of a respite from traffic horrors to allow other drivers to suffer in the snarl while you relax over a delightful meal.BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
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Second Helpings: Vietnamese, Round One
Vietnamese restaurants in this week's Second Helpings.
music
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Picks to Click
Five Local Favorites That Fit the Bill -
Dancing About Architecture
Mardi Gras Rioting on Sixth Street brands Austin "The Mace, Pepper Spray, and Rubber Bullet Capital of the World"BY KEN LIECK
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SXSW Record Reviews
screens
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Looking to the Future
Five profiles from the Austin tech community: 21st Century Project founder Gary Chapman, Her Domain president Donna Kidwell, Hoover's CEO Patrick Spain, writer and marketing whiz Will Kreth, and Austin Free-Net executive director Ana SisnettBY SARAH HEPOLA
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Never Content
Salon Editor David Talbot and Inside.com Editor Michael Hirschorn have been on the media frontline throughout their careers. And both are well-versed in the pitfalls of providing a product -- online content -- that, so far at least, has few willing buyers. But the two have taken different approaches to achieving profitability on the Web.BY ROGER GATHMAN
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Wild Ride
Bruce Branit and Jeremy Hunt made "405" with a digital camera, off-the-desktop software, and a desktop computer. The action / comedy has now become the most popular short film on the Web.BY MARC SAVLOV
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The Spatial Engineer of the Invisible City
He is everywhere. He is unavoidable. He is Tha' Subliminal Kid.BY MARC SAVLOV
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The Slow Biz of Show Biz
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Short Cuts
News and events of interest to local filmmakers.BY MARC SAVLOV
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TV Eye
As far as awards shows go, the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards was one of the most abysmal presentations I've seen in a long time. Maybe the upcoming SAG awards or TV Guide Awards will be better.BY BELINDA ACOSTA
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Screens Reviews
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Film Reviews
the arts
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puh-LOB-o-liss!
How a handful of Dartmouth College stoners started a revolution in modern dance.BY JOHN JOB
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Articulations
Big career moves for a couple of Austin playwrights and big parties thrown by a couple of Austin arts organizations.BY ROBERT FAIRES
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Arts Reviews
columns
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Page Two
There are 40 blocks closed in downtown Austin due to various construction and cable-laying projects. When the Empire State Building was built in New York City, the city closed no blocks. Also, news on the upcoming SXSW festival and the Texas Film Hall of Fame.BY LOUIS BLACK
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Postmarks
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Public Notice
This week, "Public Notice" travels far and wide across gender limits and the Kalahari to bring you're the best in Austin community events.BY KATE X MESSER
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Letters at 3AM
The experience of jazz is the experience of beautyBY MICHAEL VENTURA
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After a Fashion
This week, After a Fashion goes south -- South Congress, that is, to visit with old friends and discover new faces.BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
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Day Trips
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
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Mr. Smarty Pants
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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About AIDS
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To Your Health
Heart disease is common among women in my family and I am looking for ways to beat the odds. What works?BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
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Coach's Corner
Mark Cuban may get heat for his unconventional style, but there's no doubt he's done wonders for the recently-moribund Dallas Mavericks.BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
The Luv Doc: Real People vs. Smart Phones
Nothing breaks the ice like a flawless recitation of the Monty Python 'Albatross' sketch
Postmarks
Letters to the editor, published daily
books
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Surreal Science
Looking at three books -- Plague Time, Cancer: The Evolutionary Legacy, and The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine, Roger Gathman observes that for every advance in technology, nature counterbalances with new opportunities for disease.BY ROGER GATHMAN
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Postscripts
How Frances Kiernan, author of Seeing Mary Plain: A Life of Mary McCarthy, "stumbled" across the idea of writing the book.BY CLAY SMITH
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Local Bestsellers
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Book Reviews
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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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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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