Volume 18, Issue 31 April 2-8, 1999
Big Stinkin' Comedy Festival introduction by Robert Faires Complete improv & sketch comedy festival coverage Picks to Snicker NewsRadio's Stephen Root and King of the Hill's Johnny Hardwick BS4 Quips & Squealers BS4 Improv & Sketch Comedy Fest Schedule Articulations by Robert Faires The latest in Austin's visual and performing arts scene
All Done Up by Stephen McMillan Moser Books of figurative fashion Oh, Jackie! Book Reviews New books by David Lindsey, Steven Watson, and Peter Conrad Postscripts by Clay Smith Reading between the lines in Austin literary news
Page Two by Louis Black Postmarks Letters from our readers Public Notice by Kate X Messer Letters at 3AM by Michael Ventura Begging the question Coach's Corner by Andy "Coach" Cotton Day Trips by Gerald McLeod Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Eat the Beetles by Mick Vann Entomphagy for dummies Food-o-File by Virginia B. Wood What's cooking on the Austin food scene The Coffeehouse Chronicles by Pableaux Johnson North Campus' Spider House Roly Poly Sandwiches reviewed by Rebecca Chastenet de Géry
What Bandwagon? by Marion Winik Lagging behind the late adopters The Year of the Bunny by Anna Hanks Is the wascaly wabbit the weason for the season?
Stephen Bruton by Andy Langer To make a long story short ... Guy Forsyth by Jay Hardwig Better too much than not enough Dancing About Architecture by Ken Lieck News and gossip from the Live Music Capital of the World National Record Reviews
Safety First by Bryan Mealer Are the homeless targeted in the name of crime prevention? Crime Statistics for Texas Cities Austin's Hot Spots Don't Fence Me In by Melissa Sattley City wants day laborers off the streets On the Lege edited by Lisa Tozzi State politics news Naked City edited by Lisa Tozzi Local politics news Council Watch by Jenny Staff What have we learned from campaign finance reform? Media Clips by Lee Nichols Journalists shed objectivity to lobby for open government
Film Listings New reviews this week: The Matrix, The Harmonists, The Ott-of-Towners That's Not All She Wrote by Marjorie Baumgarten Film Series "Women Screenwriters of the 1930s" Festival Schedule Short Cuts by Marjorie Baumgarten News from the Austin film scene TV Eye by Belinda Acosta Reviews, previews, and reminiscence from the small screen Scanlines Video and game reviews