Hyperreal Film Club
Volume 22, Number 42
news
A Quarter Ounce a Day
Texas man lives by -- and fights for -- medical marijuana
BY ANDREW SLATON
Judge Rules in Favor of Supercuts in "Off-the-Clock" Case
BY MICHAEL KING
Will RAVE Act Stomp Out Drugs -- Or Dissent?
Drug reformers plan to sue to overturn a new federal law they say was used to stifle their criticism of government policy.
BY JORDAN SMITH
Up, Up, and Away! Utilities Ready to Raise Rates
The budget gap will be plugged with rising utility rates.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
APD Faulted in Hit-and-Run
BY JORDAN SMITH
King Fisher Creek: It's Back!
BY LAURI APPLE
Naked City
Headlines
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Capitol Chronicle
The first 200 bills signed by Gov. Perry are a very mixed bag.
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin @ Large: Austin at Large
The council gives Children's Hospital to Seton before anybody knows what it's worth.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
The Hightower Lowdown
The Pentagon and Boeing play kissyface; and Bush becomes the Terminator.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
The Zoot Allure
Don't Take the class, charm, and reputation for granted
BY WES MARSHALL
Food-o-File
Virginia B. Wood reports from the fields of lavender in this week's "Food-o-File."
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream
music
Spangles and High Heels
Dreams come true, just ask "Her Tallness," Marcia Ball.
BY MARGARET MOSER
TCB
Hepatitis C and the damage done.
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Phases and Stages
Starlight Mints, Liz Phair, Flaming Lips
Starlight Mints, Liz Phair, the Flaming Lips
Ziggy Marley
Live Shots
screens
Travels With Saúl
Austin filmmakers Ryan Polomski and Frank Bustoz found not just a subject in Guatemala, but a co-director, too.
BY RACHEL PROCTOR MAY
Play Ball!
Microsoft Game Studios steps up to the plate with its first Xbox baseball title while EA and 3D0 improve upon last year's Playstation2 models
Short Cuts
Party on, Barna.
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Back to the Future: The Complete Trilogy Back to the Future: The Complete Trilogy
Considering trilogy storytelling has once again become Hollywood's new cash cow, it was only a matter of time before all three of Robert Zemeckis' Back to the Future films were released as a box set.
Film Reviews
arts & culture
Post-Minstrel Syndrome
Blackface Is a white fantasy about the way things used to be
BY VERUSHKA GRAY
Articulations
A trip to Minnesota, where the state Legislature recently approved major support for two theatre construction projects, inspires a new way of looking at arts funding in Texas.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Bremen Town Musicians
Although it harbors minor inconsistencies, Allen Robertson's The Bremen Town Musicians, set in Depression-era America and scored with gospel and bluegrass music, is a fine play for family viewing. It has enough talking, singing animals to satisfy any kid and music that is highly enjoyable in and of itself.
columns
Page Two
We struggle with the obscenity of a special legislative session aimed at redistricting, and we mourn the passing and celebrate the life of Al Ragle, an almost unsung hero of the Austin music scene.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
After a Fashion
Elbow, elbow, wrist, wrist! You know that our diva style avatar Stephen made the scene (and quite a scene) at the Pride Parade. And what hot li'l purring mama will soon be off the singles list?
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
To Your Health
Why is aspirin good for so many different things? Is there anything like aspirin among the nutrients?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
About AIDS
National HIV-Testing Day Is Friday, June 27
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
