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Lifting the Curse at KEYE?
Can big bucks and big names return the CBS affiliate to the land of the ratings living?
BY KEVIN BRASS
Rocha Case: New Drug Evidence Raises Questions About County Lab
First test showed no drugs in suspect; second contradicted
BY JORDAN SMITH
Guadalupe Gets a Makeover
Heritage neighbors give mixed reviews to redevelopment north of the Drag
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
BY LEE NICHOLS AND CHERYL SMITH
On the Lege
No solution; another special session is coming
BY AMY SMITH
Point Austin: The Costs of Community
While the Lege shows what not to do, the city has a chance to do better
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Report
Enlist the rich; and Supremes clear the way for government to turn your property over to companies that'll pay more in taxes
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Fish Tale
Maiko sushi lounge has great potential, but some of its promises have gone unfulfilled
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Food-o-File
Thoughts on the feeding tube; plus, Nu Age, El Chilito, and everything you need to know, event-wise, for the upcoming week on the Austin food scene
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Indian Palace
The land of milk and honey down Far West
Rocco's Grill
Less Louis Prima than the Spins
music
Iraqnophobia
Tough Austin tenorman Alex Coke
BY JAY TRACHTENBERG
Wake-Up Call
Looking back on the onetime heart of local hip-hop, Catfish Station, and the visuals that defined it
BY ROBERT GABRIEL
TCB
Hanging with the Devil's Rejects, dodging downtown water-gun fire, mourning two more fallen rockers
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Phases & Stages
screens
Zupan on Impact
'Murderball' and the making of a celebrity
BY SHAWN BADGLEY
Remembering His Roots
Craig Brewer tells the story behind 'Hustle & Flow'
BY MARC SAVLOV
Film News
Action Figure's new digs; plus, 'The Cassidy Kids,' Native American shape-shifters vs. bounty hunters, and more
BY JOE O'CONNELL
TV Eye
What the ...?
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Fritz the Cat
Based on one of Robert Crumb's earliest characters, Fritz the Cat doesn't exactly survive the test of time and was admittedly off-base to begin with – Crumb famously hated the movie and killed Fritz off in a subsequent comic – but that didn't diminish the film's popularity
Film Reviews
Bad News Bears
This genial remake is Billy Bob Thornton’s game all the way.
The Devil's Rejects
A viciously entertaining psycho-road-movie-revenge-‘n’-wreckage-romance.
Hustle & Flow
A rousing Rocky story set on the mean streets of Memphis.
The Island
If you like Maxim, you'll love this latest from adrenaline fiend Michael Bay.
Murderball
This doc about quadriplegic rugby entertains, informs, and inspires.
arts & culture
The Carol You Don't Know
There's much more to Ms. Channing than Dolly and Lorelei
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Getting Kids Into the Act
Curtain up on GRRL Action and Vortex Summer Youth Theatre
BY BARRY PINEO
Hank Yanked
The Zachary Scott Theatre Center had to close its hit production of 'Hank Williams: Lost Highway' because of a planned national tour of the show
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Tears for Ears
Vocalist Tina Marsh, pianist Eddy Hobizal, and cellist Terry Muir have recorded their delectably eclectic program from last summer's CO2 benefit, and the CD is out
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Played Out
After only a year and just two productions, play! Theatre Group has sold its building at East 12th and Cedar and cancelled all future productions
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Hestervision
A new short film by Austin comic Tom Hester screens at the big Just for Laughs international comedy festival in Montreal
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Annie Get Your Gun
Zilker Theatre Productions' staging of 'Annie Get Your Gun' is delightful enough to make you feel there are no show people like show people
The Two Lives of Napoleon Beazley
The Original Theatre Company's 'The Two Lives of Napoleon Beazley' presents the story of a Texas teen sentenced to death with heartbreaking scenes, evoking pathos for injustice
'Karyn Olivier: Winter Hung To Dry'
In her clothesline installation 'Winter Hung to Dry,' artist Karyn Olivier utilizes the sparest means to penetrate the consciousness of nostalgia and perception
The Texas Monkey Project
The Texas Monkey Project: 2005 Art Show and Sale runs Saturday, July 23 through Saturday, Aug. 20, at Progress Coffee. All proceeds benefit the Primarily Primates sanctuary
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Letters at 3AM
No recent commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' shared the poem's spirit or its author's invitation to expand the very definition of 'human being'
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
About AIDS
You've got mail ... and gonorrhea!
BY SANDY BARTLETT
To Your Health
Caring for the special needs of premature babies
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
The Common Law
Buying on eBay – caveat emptor part II
BY LUKE ELLIS AND MEGAN LONERGAN
Day Trips
Jim Hansen, aka the Birdman of Bellville, can tell you a thing or two about birds and birdhouses
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
24,000 metal knife-shaped objects of unknown origin and purpose
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Oops!
Our latest batch
Luv Doc Recommends: Heybale! Concert
, Friday, July 22, 2005
BY THE LUV DOC
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sports
Soccer Watch
Lightning buckles under Heat, and U.S. advances to Gold Cup semi-finals
