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April 23, 2004
Volume 23, Number 34
cover: "Working-Class Hero"
news
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Bradley's Lazarus Lotto Goes to Court
Gary Bradley's bankruptcy trial features the spectacular rise of the Lazarus TrustBY AMY SMITH
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Futrell to Council: Deficit Shrinks ... a Bit
The city budget report looks a wee bit rosier, but with plenty of thornsBY AMY SMITH
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It's a Car, It's a Canvas ... It's an Art Car!
Art cars roll through downtownBY JORDAN SMITH
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Vibrating Hardware Wars
Competing makers of tongue vibrators get down and dirty in the courtroomBY JORDAN SMITH
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The Show With No Home
The current antsiness among broadcasters nails a local favoriteBY MICHAEL KING
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ACC Chooses Robert Aguero
The ACC board of trustees selects Robert Aguero as the college's new presidentBY RACHEL PROCTOR MAY
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Naked City
Breaking stories from Austin and beyondBY MICHAEL KING AND LEE NICHOLS
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What's So Special?
Gov. Perry calls a special session, and pits property taxes against schoolchildrenBY MICHAEL KING
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On the Lege
The first days of the special session feature a rhetorical slugfest between the governor and the comptrollerBY MICHAEL KING
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The Hightower Report
Tyco stays the course, and the USDA rolls over for Big BeefBY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
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Elegance Out of Town
Monica's 701 is fine dining, indeedBY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
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The Austin Diner
We know they can do breakfast. But what about lunch?BY RACHEL FEIT
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Food-o-File
Wrapping up the Saveur Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival means good news and badBY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
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Second Helpings: Catfish, Part I
music
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Working-Class Hero
Is Michael Fracasso's Austin's best kept musical secret?BY DAVE MARSH
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TCB
Austin City Limits, cannonized!BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
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Phases and Stages
screens
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Melodramatic Entrance
On set with 'Shades of Life,' the multicultural soap-opera access show giving minority actors a shot at exposureBY RACHEL PROCTOR MAY
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Good News and Bad News
John Pierson's 'Spike Mike Reloaded'BY MARC SAVLOV
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Lasses, Sasses, and Cineastes
LadyFest Texas movie nightBY DIANA WELCH
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In Space
Google bombsBY MARRIT INGMAN
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Short Cuts
South Austin's best-kept video-store secret might not be such a secret for much longerBY MARC SAVLOV
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Watching Outside the Box
How many industries do you know of that can capitalize on dated inventory while ringing up sales for "failed" merchandise?BY BELINDA ACOSTA
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Screens Reviews
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Film Reviews
arts & culture
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As Theatre for Children Matures
In 40 years of nurturing young people's love for the stage, Coleman Jennings has helped a profession develop, tooBY ROBERT FAIRES
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Oh, What a Lovely War Protest!
The Accidental Activist tells how the Lysistrata Project became a global anti-war phenomenon, from the perspective of Kathryn Blume, who co-founded and lived itBY ROBERT FAIRES
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Articulations
City Council adopts new guidelines for the Cultural Arts Funding Program, Michelle Schumann shoots off for a Canadian piano competition, and some 'palpable hits' to get your sweet William for Shakespeare's birthdayBY ROBERT FAIRES
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Arts Reviews
columns
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Page Two
A few modest school-finance proposalsBY LOUIS BLACK
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Postmarks
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After a Fashion
Stephen goes west, sees some big rocks, and only adds to the splendor of the Marfa lights…BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
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Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Cab Calloway careers, cosmetic cutouts, and our country's clothingBY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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The Common Law
A relative passed away recently, and the duty has fallen to me to wind up her affairs. We don't know if she left a will. What can I do?BY JOE MARRS
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To Your Health
Should L-glutamine powder be taken with meals or between them?BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
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About AIDS
HIV and STD testing: free and easyBY SANDY BARTLETT
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Day Trips
Bask in the bluebonnets' beauty on your way to some delicious barbecueBY GERALD E. MCLEOD
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Oops!
Our latest batch of gaffes and blunders
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
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Soccer Watch
Iran left out (again!), Germany mad over beer, and Cameroon embarassed by naughty uniform scandal. Who said soccer was boring?BY NICK BARBARO
