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The Class of 1985
The 69th Legislature, 1985, marked a turning point in the future of Texas politics
BY LUCIUS LOMAX
Endorsements
Our endorsements for the March 9 Republican and Democratic primaries
Election 2004
A crowded field angles to succeed Margo Frasier as sheriff
BY JORDAN SMITH
TEA Takes Over Eastside Charter School
The state steps in at the Texas Academy of Excellence
BY RACHEL PROCTOR MAY
Will Walgreens Save Taco X-Press – or Vice Versa?
Neighbors torn over union of chain store and Southside icon
BY AMY SMITH
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Blaming It on Ralph, Again
The real question remains: How do we replace this two-horse scam?
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin @ Large: Reading the Riot Act
I want a new central library, and I want it now
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
The Hightower Report
The Pentagon scraps Internet voting; and Bush's mining allies make molehills out of mountains
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Comfort, Upgraded
Zax Pints & Plates mixes boutique beers and a bistro menu – with predictably mixed results
BY RACHEL FEIT
Food-o-File
It's all about the barbecue
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Sushi, Part V
Food Reviews
D&L's Texas Music Cafe
Continuing with the development along South Congress, D&L's Texas Music Cafe is one of South Austin's newest dining spots
music
Lost & Found
John Schooley's Hard Feelings stay hard with Rebels Against the Future
BY JERRY RENSHAW
TCB
You don't need money with a face like that, now do you honey?
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Texas Platters
the Real Heroes
Greeting From Russia
Hardcore Troubadour: The Life & Near Death of Steve Earle
Lauren St. John
Dexter Freebish
Tripped Into Divine
Adam Sultan
Heinous Acts of Love
Monte Montgomery
The Story of Love
Sheridan
Sheridan
Seela
Hard Times Hit
James Hand
Live From the Saxon Pub Austin TX
Faron
This Town
Boxcar Satan
Upstanding and Indigent
Eisley, the Stingers, the Jacks, Air Tight Alibi, Centro-matic
Marvelous Things, Three Points EP, I Run, It Will Consume You, Flashes and Cables
Austin Lounge Lizards
Lizards Times Twenty: Live at Antone's
Charalambides, Jher-eee Siggenfeldt'z Atropheed Sack, Ethereal Planes Indian, The Whale Trio, The Buddy System
Unknown Spin, The Last Hit, Ethereal Planes Indian, Where There's a Willy There's The Whale, Transitions
screens
Young's Town, USA
A guided tour of 'Greendale'
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
The Lighter Side
Todd Smiley is the gaffer in Austin
BY COURTNEY FITZGERALD
In Memoriam: Sarah Jacobson
Sarah Jacobson
BY MARC SAVLOV
SXSW Update
Newly announced SXSW Film 2004 events include …
Short Cuts
A little bit of Austin rolls into Auckland
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Endings are tricky things
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Broken Lizard (the comedy group that gave us Super Troopers) spoofs summer-camp slasher flicks and lowbrow beach farces.
Clifford's Really Big Movie
The big red animated dog runs away and joins the circus.
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Teenager suffers the horrors of moving from New York to New Jersey.
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
The story is similar to the popular original – but its Borscht Belt setting has been relocated to pre-revolutionary Cuba in 1958.
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons From the Life of Robert S. McNamara
Robert S. McNamara, the confounding former secretary of defense during the Vietnam era, may be visionary filmmaker Errol Morris' best interview "get" ever.
Greendale
Musician Neil Young imagines a whole town and its people in a Super-8 movie that serves as a companion piece to his CD and touring show.
The Passion of the Christ
So the difference between this and a snuff film is … ?
arts & culture
Spring Fashion Folio
A collection of Austin style makers and shakers
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Finding a New Rhythm
After a health crisis, Tapestry's Acia Gray slows things down
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Tempted
The trials of St. Anthony get a modern hearing in UT
Opera Theatre's American premiere of Luis Jaime
Cortez's 1998 one-act opera, La Tentaciñn de San
Antonio
BY JERRY YOUNG
Articulations
The Blanton chooses designers for its village green, last chance for input on city arts funding changes, and Mr. Sinus' Owen Egerton gets hit by a train
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Hasty Heart
In Different Stages' production of John Patrick's relatively old but charming play The Hasty Heart, quality performances help make the almost clichéd nature of the plot work
Private Lives
In Austin Playhouse's production of Private Lives, an excellent ensemble mines Noël Coward's witty wordplay and his characters' spectacular self-absorption with comedic aplomb
American Arcana
The U.S. of Cyndi Williams' American Arcana is a country unraveling, and Refraction Arts' production portrays this with a sense of urgency and tension
columns
Page Two
Perry rumors fly and the police controversy rages
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
After a Fashion
Where Stephen went and who he went with. It's all in bold. It's all inside.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Two new guides lead the way to some hidden Central Texas jewels
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Falling foreigners, familiar felines, and forgotten figures
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
To Your Health
Growing weaker with age? Sarcopenia could be the culprit.
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
The Common Law
Mechanics' liens and repair shop repossession?
BY LUKE ELLIS
About AIDS
Living better through exercise!
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Luv Doc Recommends: Jerm Pollet’s Punk Rock Campfire Music
, Saturday, February 28, 2004
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
The battle for Europe; and American success
in the Premiership
