AFS Cinema
Volume 21, Number 3
news
Matter Over Mind
The proposed Cypress Realty Development in Dripping Springs
BY ROB CURRAN AND AMY SMITH
Old School Pool
BY MICHAEL KING
KXAN's Aluminum Siding
KXAN does publicity work for Alcoa, disguised as news reporting.
BY MICHAEL KING
TradeMark of the Beast
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Brotherly Lovin'
BY JORDAN SMITH
Molded by Insurance
BY EMILY PYLE
Hanging Fire
BY MICHAEL KING
Naked City
News items
BY LAURI APPLE
Austin @ Large: Austin At Large
An Austin political response to the New York bombing
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Capitol Chronicle
Farewell to Phil Gramm, the journalist's best friend.
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Lowdown
Microsoft and Sara Lee buy justice; Americans work too much.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
A Wink and a Smile
As Food editor Virginia B. Wood relates in a review of Wink, a new restaurant on North Lamar, two of Austin's longtime chefs are busy operating the restaurant of their dreams.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Last week's events, Virginia B. Wood writes, have made it almost impossible to focus on such mundane things as newsy tidbits, interviews, and deadlines. I finally realized the only way I'd get through a column was to look for good news and upbeat stories to fill this space.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Seond Helpings: Mexican Bakeries
A guide to Mexican bakeries
Food Reviews
Tree House Italian Grill
Tree House Italian Grill is unpretentious, familiar, and gorgeous, Food reviewer Barbara Chisholm writes. It's just off the über-trendy South Congress boulevard of hipster heaven, but it's miles away in sensibilities.
Hai Ky
Food reviewer Mick Vann points out that there's a reason why the foodie pundits have noticed a similarity between the menus at Hai Ky and Tan Tan Vietnamese restaurants. The two restaurants are owned by brothers, and as good as Tan Tan is, you'll find that Hai Ky is even better, he says.
music
Node Exit
What ails singers
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Dancing About Architecture
Texas musicians report from NYC and D.C., Nick Cave and others cancel shows, and the Trail of Dead headline a Red Cross benefit at the Mercury
BY KEN LIECK
Phases and Stages
Bells of Joy, Damesviolet, Zurdock, Pushmonkey, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Vallejo, Blues Traveler, Black Crowes
KLBJ Freedom Fest @ Auditorium Shores
Ben Folds
Rockin' in the Suburbs
They Might Be Giants
Mink Car
Bjork
Vespertine
Mercury Rev
All is Dream
Crystal Method
Tweekend
Silos
Laser Beam Next Door
BR5-49
This Is BR5-49
The Yardbirds
Ultimate
Where Dead Voices Gather
Nick Tosches
screens
Autumn Tale
Fall film preview
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Two Weeks in Another Town
The Toronto Film Festival was bifurcated by news of crisis; festival attendees reacted with the rest of the world and questioned the relevance of film in the face of events.
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Short Cuts
Cinematexas marches on, while local movie theatre attendance takes a hit.
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
"TV Eye" reflects on television's coverage of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Jackpot
Lumumba
Peck's film is a fine, incendiary portrait of Congo's first freely elected prime minister, who arrived at his post in 1960 as the Belgians were finally exiting after 80 years of colonialism. – Marc Savlov
arts & culture
Suspendered Animation
The Umbilical Brothers are like cartoon characters come to life, like toons in living breathing 3-D, with pratfalls and spit-takes and near-impossible contortions -- all accompanied by sound effects that an entire army of foley artists might pull off on a lucky day.
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Disaster Relief
In the wake of last week's terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., Austin theatre artists are doing their part to help out: raising funds for disaster relief from audiences attending their shows.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Articulations
Serious health problems have beset Austin theatre artists Douglas Taylor and Brian Gaston as they are working on upcoming projects.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Art Stripped Naked
Art Stripped Naked, Wayne Alan Brenner's comedy of the relationship between a father and son -- augmented by an ongoing discourse of the nature of art -- is both sweet and simple, with a heartwarming twist, and its presentation by Hyde Park Theatre makes for a gentle evening on one's senses.
Taking Sides
A few weeks ago, Ronald Harwood's Taking Sides -- about the interrogation of a world-class conductor and possible Nazi sympathizer during WWII -- wouldn't have seemed all that relevant to the world's headlines. Now, it does, this solid production from ActAustin and the Magnolia Theatre Company may make you consider the characters (and thus the situation) beyond the decorated stage's rectangle of light.
columns
Page Two
Defending Georgetown, and other political considerations.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
Letters at 3AM
The 21st Century Announces Itself
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Stephen gets a new hairdo!
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Rose Hill Manor is more than just another B&B.
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants
Signposts on the Road to Know-where
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
To Your Health
It seems like everyone has a bad back, but my backache has been going on for four years now, and I need some relief. A chiropractor helped some, but I still suffer if I make a sudden move or lift anything more than a heavy book. It started when I was pregnant but hasn't yet cleared up. Any hints?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
About AIDS
Minority HIV Services Meeting
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Coach's Corner
Odds and Ends: NFL referees have an overinflated view of their own importance; the U.S. Open proved that in tennis, as elsewhere, youth will be served; and if people think Coach ignores UT football, well, there are good reasons for that.
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily