Central Machine Works
Volume 19, Number 15
features
Breaking the Biker Code
Austin musician and Glass Eye expatriate Kathy McCarty sends greetings from the Sturgis, South Dakota, Black Hills Motor Classic & Rally, learns how to be a biker chick, and wishes we were there.
BY KATHY MCCARTY
Italian Biker Speed
At a Round Rock motorcycle shop, Mototek revs customers who feel the need for speed with an exclusive line of Italian Aprilia bikes.
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
news
Shaky Railing
Three former Capital Metro board members and two former employees claim that the transportation agency attempted to put Longhorn Railway, its costly freight rail operator, out of business.
BY ROBERT BRYCE
Communication Breakdown
The city's plan to implement a radio system is turning into a long, high-dollar project
BY JORDAN SMITH
Naked City
Town Lake Park stakeholders say ARTS Center Stage is trying to pull a fast one on getting a bigger parking garage constructed; City Manager Jesus Garza is up for a raise, or is he? Mayor Kirk Watson announced his re-election bid and Amy Babich runs for city council.
BY AMY SMITH
Council Watch
Council shrinks Champion development at Loop 360 and RM 2222; taxi drivers want to raise fares, Gary Bradley development agreement doesn't provide enough information.
BY JENNY STAFF JOHNSON
Media Clips
KJFK-FM fires conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, Daryl Janes goes to work for Comproller Carole Keeton Rylander, George W. Bush is still running for president
BY LEE NICHOLS
food
Electronic Edibles
Virginia B. Wood and Barbara Chisholm have spent some time going through a mountain of catalogs to cull some very interesting suggestions for the food lovers on folks' Christmas lists.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
La Madeleine
BY BARBARA CHISHOLM
Berdoll Pecan Farm
BY BARBARA CHISHOLM
American Spoon Foods
BY BARBARA CHISHOLM
Cook's Illustrated
BY BARBARA CHISHOLM
Specialty Food Catalog
BY BARBARA CHISHOLM
Fruitful Gifts of Arizona Inc.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
New England Cheesemaking Supply Company
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Royer's Round Top Cafe
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
New Canaan Farms
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Mrs. Beasley's
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
CIA's Marketplace ... Products & Recipes from the Campus Store at Greystone
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Virginia B. Wood clears up some misperceptions about business changes at Austin Java Company, reveals the news that the late, great Pearl's Oyster Bar is being revived, and shares some information about how to send that person on your Christmas list who has everything something he or she most definitely does not have.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Vegetarian Friendly
Tasty, bite-sized restaurant listings compiled from new and previous reviews, guides, and poll results, compiled this week by Lindsey Simon
music
Too Dumb to Die
A profile of Austin's longest-running musical parody, the Uranium Savages.
BY MARGARET MOSER
Land of the Freberg
Interview with radio-comedy pioneer Stan Freberg
BY KEN LIECK
Dancing About Architecture
Clifford Antone gets one more reprieve?, More music at the airport, and more
BY KEN LIECK
Record Reviews
Beastie Boys
The Sounds of Science
Everything is Nice: The Matador Records 10th Anniversary Anthology (Matador)
Everything is Nice: The Matador Records 10th Anniversary Anthology
Henry Rollins, Rollins Band
Hot Animal Machine, Life Time, Hard Volume, Live in Australia 1990
Cocteau Twins
BBC Sessions
Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, The Temptations
Breaking Through, Love Starved Heart, Along Came Love, You've Got to Earn It
What Is Hip? The Tower of Power Anthology
Tower of Power
Isley Brothers
It's Your Thing: The Story of the Isley Brothers
Benny Goodman
Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
Lee Hazlewood
Trouble Is a Lonesome Town, Requiem fo an Almost Lady, Cowboy in Sweden
Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette, Marty Robbins
Stardust, Big City, Live at Folsom Prison, Stand by Your Main, Gunfighter Ballads
screens
Straight to Video
Gifts for the Cinephile? Time to Go ...
BY SARAH HEPOLA
Santa Claus Is dot.Coming
Some off-kilter suggestions for the online shopper interested in more than Amazon.com.
BY JON LEBKOWSKY
Short Cuts
Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Confessions of a television columnist; also, strange timing for the 1999 Image Awards, Iron Chef may hit the big screen, and Texas Parks & Wildlife rakes in the kudos.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Film Reviews
arts & culture
Believing in Beauty
Fabric, home altars, and the influence of her mother all figure heavily in the art of Connie Arismendi, and writer Mary Jane Garza opens up the heart from which her remarkable images spring.
BY MARY JANE GARZA
Big and Getting Bigger
Austin comic Eddie Gossling has always gotten a lot of attention for his size, but these days he's getting more attention for his comedy, and J.C. Shakespeare explains why.
BY J. C. SHAKESPEARE
Articulations
The Zachary Scott Theatre Center is having a rockin' season.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Cry Pitch Carrolls: Winter Wonderland
RobertFaires examines Salvage Vanguard Theater's production of The Cry Pitch Carrolls
Jesus Christ Superstar: At Once Awful and Great
Ada Calhoun critiques Austin Musical theatre's staging of Jesus Christ Superstar
Body Count: To Remember and Forget
Dawn Davis recalls the World AIDS Day performance piece Body Count.
All Things Delicious: What the hell is inside the sizzle pot?
Ada Calhoun critiques Brently Heilbron's All Things Delicious
columns
Page Two
Austin owes Clifford Antone.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
How the WTO touches our readers' lives; and other hot-button issues like film reviews, bikes, and Kevin Fullerton.
Public Notice
Public Notice is noticing a lot of public service types getting into the holiday spirit. Events big and small are happening all over town, as are opportunities to give, give, give, and give some more.
BY KATE X MESSER
Letters at 3AM
When the new Millennium begins, we should be asking the same questions about life we always have.
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
A scandal in the modeling business?! Gasp!
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Country Christmas tree farms and other holi-day trips.
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants
Natural diuretics and other festive "facts."
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Coach's Corner
The American propensity to forgive its athletic heroes is both distressing and lamentable.
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
About AIDS
The FTC bans a popular at-home HIV test.
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Moto Guzzi Rules
An online discussion group leads to a pair of Bonneville Land Speed Records for Austin motorcycle enthusiast Russell Duke and the Moto Guzzi.