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news
You Can't Touch This
The budget battles, Round 2: Citizens rally to save community services
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Here a Box, There a Box, Everywhere a Big Box
One Lowe's, two Wal-Marts, and three sets of angry Southside citizens
BY AMY SMITH
Weed Watch
Federal judges -- including a Supreme Court justice -- cry foul as Congress stiffens mandatory minimum sentencing for drug crimes.
BY JORDAN SMITH
Staha Sex Case: The Story According to Knee
The police chief confirms key details in a 10-year-old misconduct case
BY JORDAN SMITH
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from around Austin and beyond
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Capitol Chronicle
The Sept. 13 constitutional amendment ballot features the good, the bad, and the silly.
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin @ Large: Austin at Large
The fuss over historic zoning is a symptom of larger city problems.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
On The Lege
The GOP Senate tightens the screws on the absent Texas 11.
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Report
Flag-waving hucksters have no shame; and, Jim digs into his mailbag.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
HOT SAUCE FESTIVAL
Tropic of Capsaicin
An exploration of the hot dishes in a hot town, or, where to go when you're not at Waterloo Park this weekend for the 13th annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
As she gears up to lead the Travel Channel's Epicurious on a Central Texas barbecue tour, Virginia B. Wood still finds the time to fill you in on the good news and the bad news among Austin foodies.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Past Hot-Sauce Winners
music
The Kids Are All Right
Not your parent's summer camp, rock & roll camp!
BY MARGARET MOSER
TCB
Punk rock synchronized swimming and eating ribs with Snoop Dogg: What do people in other cities do for fun?
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Phases and Stages
Kings of Leon
Youth & Young Manhood
Fountains of Wayne
Welcome Interstate Managers
Junior Senior
D-D-Don't Stop the Beat
Lifesavas
Spirit in Stone
Got a Revolution! The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane
Jeff Tamarkin
Amorphis, Alchemist
Chapters, Austral Alien
screens
Queer Paradise
The 16th annual Austin Gay & Lesbian Film Festival: a preview
BY SHAWN BADGLEY
Larry Charles, Dylan's Director, Un-'Masked'
He's not Bob Dylan. He's Bob Dylan's director.
BY SHAWN BADGLEY
Short Cuts
More Third Coast coups to coo over: Hanhardt, Haynes, and The Alamo.
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Belinda Acosta is the only person on the planet who doesn't watch TLC's Trading Spaces.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Jubilee
Jubilee was a critical and commercial failure. Wells Dunbar explains why that's a dirty, rotten shame.
Film Reviews
And Now ... Ladies and Gentlemen
Claude Lelouch’s new movie starring Jeremy Irons is a cat-burgler story set in sunny, faraway locales.
Buffalo Soldiers
On an American military outpost in Europe during the Eighties, the black market economy runs the show.
Cinemania
Cinema-obsessed filmgoers are the subject of this documentary.
Le Divorce
The Merchant Ivory team say "I do" to romantic comedy.
Friday Night
A woman has a fling with a stranger in this thoughtful French import.
Masked and Anonymous
The answers to this new Bob Dylan movie are "blowin’ in the wind."
The Medallion
Furthering his American decline, Jackie Chan will wins no medallions for this stinker.
arts & culture
A Nation Laughs
On the eve of its fifth Latino Comedy Fiesta, Austin's Latino Comedy Project has discovered a national audience for its signature brand of humor lampooning ethnic stereotypes and challenging cultural assumptions.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Greyhound Mural
With the unveiling of a new mural at Austin's Greyhound bus terminal, three Martin Middle School students have helped make a valuable addition to both the celebration of their culture and the rich legacy of art in Austin.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Articulations
More budgetary bloodshed in the UT College of Fine Arts, as Daniel Johnson, nationally renowned early music specialist and director the UT Early Music Ensemble for 17 years, has been cut loose from the School of Music.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
'"Superstring"'
Superstring, the theory that attempts to gather all the laws of physics into one comprehensive, easy-to-digest recipe, may be not quite fully baked, but "Superstring" the show from UT's Creative Research Laboratory presenting new works by nine MFA candidates, is perfectly cooked and damned tasty.
The Head, Hands, and Toe Show: Where's the Rest of Me?
With The Heads, Hands, and Toe Show, Tongue and Groove Theatre literally takes out the middle, man, using low-tech effects to create a series of movement pieces where only the arms, feet, and heads of the performers are visible, and the overall effect is simple fun.
'"Splitting Aguas: The Eighth Annual Young Latino Artists Exhibition"'
Throughout "Splitting Aguas," Mexic-Arte's eighth annual showing of works by young Latino artists, there's a sense of our planet being trashed, but the show is far from a downer, as its featured artists boast a fierceness of voice that is invigorating and a wit that is refreshing.
columns
Page Two
Mirroring those on the state and national levels, current city budget battles reflect the fact that we are not willing to pay for the quality of government we demand and expect.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Daytrips
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
To Your Health
Is wine better for your heart than grape juice, and does the color count?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
The Common Law
My potential landlord says she has never used a lease in the past and doesn't want to use one with me. Is that OK?
BY LUKE ELLIS
About AIDS
HIV-negative? Get Paid for Helping Vaccine Research
BY SANDY BARTLETT
After a Fashion
Speaking of Queer Eyes: Hey, don't look at us … everybody calls it SoCo. And everybody seems to love the new Nordstrom … including our Style Avatar.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Letters @ 3AM
Fifty years ago, almost all movies were made for adults, yet children went to see them on their own or with others, and in the process, learned the mysteries of our cultural ideology.
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival
Waterloo Park, Sunday, August 24, 2003
BY THE LUV DOC
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