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How Safe Is Your E-Vote?
Proponents of electronic voting promise no repeat of Florida in 2000, but critics say it could be even worse
BY LEE NICHOLS
Endorsements
Our endorsements for the March 9 Republican and Democratic primaries
Elsewhere, They Have Congressmen
The congressional landscape, Tom DeLay style
BY MICHAEL KING
Battle Lines Drawn in City-Police Dispute
The police union walks away from contract talks, leaving civilian oversight in limbo
BY JORDAN SMITH
After 18 Months, APD Releases Report on King Shooting
The APD report on the Sophia King shooting answers some questions, leaves others unaddressed
BY LUCIUS LOMAX
TAE Charter Faces Crisis of Dollars and Confidence
Teachers at the Texas Academy of Excellence charter school walk for nonpayment, and the school stumbles on
BY RACHEL PROCTOR MAY
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Austin @ Large: System Failure
The city's response to the Eastside police crisis remains inadequate
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
A Failure of Intelligence
It won't do just to point fingers at Bush for the lies about Iraq
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Report
Think local, buy local; and, polluters have no trouble following the law – they wrote it
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler, Already!
Cultivating a Mardi Gras tradition in River City
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
V.B.W. dishes out the scoops
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Sushi, Part IV
music
Dream Lady
Cindy Walker, the queen of Western Swing, reflects on a lifetime of songwriting
BY JERRY RENSHAW
Zombie Heaven
Two former Zombies, back from the dead
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
TCB
Amplified Heat; Arctic Blast; and smoke-free Mondays
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Reissues
the Cure
Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities 1978-2001
Echo & the Bunnymen
Crocodiles, Heaven Up Here, Echo & the Bunnymen, Porcupine, Ocean Rain
Tom Waits
One From the Heart
screens
Being Robert McNamara
Through 'The Fog of War,' Errol Morris gets inside a mind full of hindsight, regret, and the lessons of Vietnam
BY MARC SAVLOV
The Sources + the Resources
'The Austin Chronicle' Guide to Film + Media arts groups
BY LOUIS BLACK
The Kids on the Web
Late Train Productions' Self-Inflicted 30-Day Film Festival
BY MARC SAVLOV
There Is No Try ...
Foleyvision does the Turkish 'Star Wars'
BY MARC SAVLOV
Short Cuts
File under: cleaning up after somebody else's mess
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
The line between titillating and tawdry is always moving, and women rarely get to decide when and how far it moves
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Against the Ropes
Like a lot of sports movies, this biopic about boxing promoter Jackie Kallen is better than it has to be but not as good as it ought to be.
The Dreamers
The NC-17 rating is revived for Bertolucci's fervent ode to cinema and the idealism of youth.
Eurotrip
A kinder, gentler teen sex comedy?
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
An affectionate parody of 1950s sci-fi movies, The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra spoofs ’til it poops out.
Touching the Void
Two glacier climbers face the worst and live to tell about it in this harrowingly intimate documentary report.
Welcome to Mooseport
Ray Romano, Gene Hackman, Maura Tierney, and Marcia Gay Harden search in vain for a laughtrack in Mooseport, Maine.
arts & culture
Austin's Cultural Makeover
Which arts facilities from the boom years were built, which weren't built, and why
BY ROBERT FAIRES
The Place Where Worlds Join
Aztlan Dance Company explores the cultural interaction of old and new in Veracruz
BY BARRY PINEO
'All That Remains - Life, Death and Rebirth: Kosova 1996-2002'
Martha Grenon's short visit to Albania in 1992 was so powerful and affecting, she has made 10 more trips there and to Kosova, recording with her camera the area's tumultuous upheaval
BY MADELINE IRVINE
Articulations
Deborah Hay wins raves, The Match in New York, and Ballet Austin brings a New York dancer to town to play Hamlet
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
I'm Not Lying
You think you know who Jaston Williams is, but unless you've seen his autobiographical solo show I'm Not Lying, you don't. Not by a very long shot.
Miró Quartet
For their second concert of the season, the lavish tone
and flawlessness of the Miró Quartet served
Beethoven better than Ives and Crumb
Le Muse Giocose (The Playful Muses)
Le Muse Giocose took Italian Baroque love songs as its
heart, and the quality – and approachability
– of the enchanting soprano Jenifer Thyssen and
her musical collaborators was of the highest magnitude
columns
The Common Law
What happens when you have problems with the
repair shop?
BY LUKE ELLIS
To Your Health
I suspect I have some food allergies, and I want to have
some tests done. What test should I start with?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
About AIDS
HIV-positive? Avoid Getting Re-infected!
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
After a Fashion
What Stephen watches and where Stephen shops
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Letters at 3AM
In the world of Charlie Chaplin chaos reigns … and is celebrated: The Little Tramp turns 90
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Day Trips
Rosenwald Schools were a source of education and pride for African-American communities during segregation
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc Recommends: I-Mixer
Bullock Texas State History Museum, Friday, February 20, 2004
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Shake-up for the women's national team; and the return
of the Champion's League
