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The Death of Ben Brownlee
A Rockdale teenager's suicide raises questions about official protections for gay and transgendered kids
BY JORDAN SMITH
No Growth at the Growth Fund
Despite charging millions of dollars in management fees, the Texas Growth Fund has returned zero to the state
BY LUCIUS LOMAX
Temple-Inland Reads the Writing on the Wall
The Fortune 500 firm abandons its SOS-busting, job-boosting plans
BY AMY SMITH
Hispanic Chamber Honors Eastside Pioneer
Mission Funeral Home's Lois Villaseñor earns honors from biz group
BY AMY SMITH
Wheat, Chaff Intact in Sheriff's Race
The seven candidates to replace Margo Frasier show few differences at forum
BY JORDAN SMITH
Naked City
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
The Democrats, Scrambled
Climb on the roller coaster, the ride has just begun
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin @ Large: A Bad Precedent
The courthouse deal is another chapter in Austin's same old sad Downtown saga
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
The Hightower Report
Exploring Mars trumps health care; and Bush's tax cuts have spurred spending … by the rich people who got one
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Cut and Dried: A Primer
The Central Texas meat market roundup
BY MICK VANN
Food-o-File
Sam Eaves swims for another shore, Central Texas barbecue is hotter than ever, and your Valentine's Day is all taken care of
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings
Sushi, part I
music
The Other Side
Dues paid, Trish Murphy delivers her most mature album with 'Girls Get in Free'
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Resident Alien
Shane Bartell is finally ready to say. Just don't say he's a 'singer-songwriter.'
BY MICHAEL CHAMY
TCB
The Cactus Cafe turns 25
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Phases and Stages
The Flatlanders
Wheels of Fortune
Mike Kindred with Dexter Walker
Handstand
South Dallas All Stars
Live at the South Dallas Pop Festival, 1970
Shelley King
Rockin' the Dancehall
Matt Hubbard
Matt Hubbard
Rogues, Cluan, Marc Gunn, Brobdingnagian Bards, Ed Miller, Carey Street, Larisa Montanaro, Stephanie Prewitt, Schola Cantorum, Tamsen Mann, Laurie Stevens, Christopher LeCluyse
Live in Texas, The Blacksmith, Soul of a Harper, Memories of Middle Earth, Coventina's Well, Celtic Christmas
screens
Down and Dirty
Pasty people vs. pretty people, low budget vs. big budget, Peter Biskind vs. Robert Redford: the 20th annual Sundance!
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Snow Days
Austin filmmakers return from the dances Sun and Slam
BY MARC SAVLOV
Sailor Scout and the Chaperone
A father prepares for Ushicon 3, the Austin animé convention
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Short Cuts
Have you been nominated for anything this awards season?
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Belinda Acosta mourns the passing of Bob Keeshan, the man with mutton chops who made her life matter when she thought it mattered least
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
The Big Bounce
There's very little bounce in this new Elmore Leanard adaptation that stars Owen Wilson and Morgan Freeman.
The Company
Robert Altman sidles up to Chicago's Joffrey Ballet and finds lots of glorious footwork but missteps when it comes to storytelling.
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Bona fide "art" movie starring this season's It Girl, Scarlett Johansson, is as flat and enigmatic as the titular portrait by Vermeer.
The Perfect Score
The movie that gives new meaning to the phrase, "taking the SATs": felonious breaking and entering.
Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2004
The boys are back for their annual ’toon fest, highlighting the best of the rude and lewd.
arts & culture
Are We on the Edge?
Getting the answers to timely and timeless questions at the 2004 FronteraFest Long Fringe
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Behind America's Funnyman
For rare comedian Neil Hamburger, it's all about the laughs – and keeping the bug spray close
BY STEVE BIRMINGHAM
Articulations
Choreographer Allison Orr pops up on the National Geographic Channel, and Ballet East and UT professor Bion Tsang are honored
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Pythia Dust
The folks at ethos boldly go where no one has gone before with Pythia Dust, an outer space musical revue that feels at once brand new and yet curiously familiar
Mozart Birthday Celebration
Once again, this year's Mozart Birthday Celebration hosted by A. Mozart Fest brought out a high level of intensity and enthusiasm from some of Austin's best musicians
columns
Page Two
The anti-safe-and-legal abortion movement is about control, not life
BY LOUIS BLACK
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After a Fashion
Our Style Avatar arches his well-coifed eyebrow at local eyebrows, wonders why Britney can get drunk and married and he can't, and solicits … errrrrrr … polls local teens
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The Alamo address, an angry Anglo, and anal a-bombs
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
To Your Health
I need some ammunition to convince my husband to stop smoking. Recently he has been talking about quitting, but hasn't yet. Also, in case he continues to smoke, are there nutrients that are protective?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
About AIDS
Law closing in on serostim abuse
BY SANDY BARTLETT
The Common Law
Personal Finances – Should I consider personal bankruptcy?
BY MARVIN SPROUSE
Daytrips
The lasting legacy of Sam Rayburn
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc Recommends: Spike & Mike’s Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation
Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, Friday, January 30, 2004
BY THE LUV DOC
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