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Best of Austin 2008
The Carmadillo
Austin's Best New Little Armored Ride
BY KRISTINE TOFTE
The Cola Sisters Speak
Arcie and Shasta's Best Public Access TV Show
BY MEGHAN RUTH SPEAKERMAN
news
'Chronicle' Endorsements
Nov. 4 General Election
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Res Publica
Events for good citizens, Oct. 16-22
Point Austin: Unpropped
Prop. 2 is about much more than a vote against the Domain
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Puttering Around
Saving Muny (again) and watching the economic clouds
BY WELLS DUNBAR
CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Staking Out the Senate
A few Dem wins could temper the Republican majority's agenda
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Dems Building Serious War Chests
Who'd a thunk? Democrats are actually outraising Republicans in some hot House races.
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Quorum-Buster Ponders Craddick's Fate
Will the House Speaker keep his job, or will the Craddick casualties see him get his comeuppance?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Don't Vote on Election Day!
Do yourself (and everyone else) a favor this year: Vote early
BY LEE NICHOLS
Cornyn vs. Noriega
Cornyn and Noriega debate nothing to talk about
BY LEE NICHOLS
Great Works of Political Fiction
Donna Keel claims not to know Tom Craddick – that's weird, right?
BY LEE NICHOLS
New Plan Aims to Heal Insurance Ills of Small Biz
Nonprofit launches project to help small businesses provide health coverage
BY DIANA WELCH
More Reasons to Shed Tears for TIERS
Health and Human Services' TIERS program still plagued by rising costs and poor quality
BY KIMBERLY REEVES
Nukes Not So Nice for Texas Groundwater
South Texans are banding together to demand tougher regulation of uranium mining
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Reefer Madness: Drug Laws Are So Fifties
Advocacy group calls for a return to the Seventies on sentencing
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report
The Myth of Georgian Democracy; and McCain, the Anti-Maverick
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
Screens
Film Reviews
Call + Response
Documentary pairs celebrities with musicians to inform viewers about the issues of child slavery and human trafficking in the U.S. and around the world.
Flow: For Love of Water
Documentary about the degradation of the world’s water supply through environmental indifference, chemical irresponsibility, mass privatization, and corporate chicanery.
Karzzzz
A remake of the 1980 hit Karz, this new Bollywood film is about reincarnation.
Quarantine
An L.A. apartment building is quarantined in this new horror film, and a news crew's videotape may be the only proof of the strange goings-on.
The Secret Life of Bees
Despite the sincere coming-of-age story at the heart of this movie rife with singers-turned-actresses, there's no denying the pleasures found in the film's soulful matriarchy.
Sex Drive
Sex Drive is part endearing emo love story, part gross-out semen gag-fest, and, very occasionally, a smart, inspired, non-sequitur-laden hoot.
W.
Oliver Stone’s Bush portrait is a tale of two movies: one a humanizing portrait of a failure as a young man, the other a damning but unsurprising look inside an administration gone loopy on ideological zealotry.
What We Do Is Secret
Darby Crash, the L.A. punk rock junkie godhead leader of the Germs who died of an overdose in 1980, is revivified in this long-gestating but strangely sterile biopic.
Year of the Fish
Year of the Fish is an animated fairy tale for adults that transposes the story of Cinderella to a Chinatown massage parlor.
arts & culture
Arts Reviews
Caroline, or Change
Zach Theatre's fine staging should be required viewing at this historic moment
An Evening of New Dance
The work here, while not so new, showed that area black dance is living and diverse
Modern Art. Modern Lives. Then + Now
AMOA's dual exhibit of art made a century apart shows some things never change
columns
Page Two: The Best of Austin
A concept in search of an author; characters in search of a form; memory in search of meaning
BY LOUIS BLACK
Day Trips
Enjoy a tour through the best weird places around Texas
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Gay Place
Really. What does this Pride Coalition do?
BY KATE GETTY AND KATE X MESSER
Playing Through
UT inherits the curse that goes along with their No. 1 ranking
BY JOE O'CONNELL
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Approval ratings and violence, horses and food, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Jury Duty – What If I Don't Show Up?
BY LUKE ELLIS AND KATHERINE HOWARD
Luv Doc Recommends: Keep Austin Young: Celebrating the Life of Danny Roy Young
Austin Music Hall, Sunday, October 19, 2008
BY THE LUV DOC
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