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May 14, 2004
Volume 23, Number 37
cover: "Summer Fun"
features
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Summer Fun
Join us as we head for the beach – the one here in Austin and the one on the Gulf!BY KATE X MESSER
news
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Final Disposition
The beleaguered Texas Funeral Service Commission once again finds itself mired in controversyBY ROBERT BRYCE
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The Envision Thing: Clearing the First Hurdle
Envision Central Texas begins the long, slow journey toward implementationBY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
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LCRA Express Spawns Hamilton Pool Traffic Jam
Despite plenty of reasons to go slow, the agency – and its developer friends – are in a big hurryBY AMY SMITH
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Central Austin Plan: Love Is All Around!
Shocking scenes of consensus unfold right before the City Council's eyesBY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
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Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyondBY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
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Austin @ Large: Vote, With Your Feet
This week's elections set the stage for years of citizen butt-kicking to comeBY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
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Passing the Buck
With the special session nearly gone, the goal continues to recedeBY MICHAEL KING
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Senate Wheels Still Spinning
The upper house dawdles (thank God) as the special session clock ticksBY MICHAEL KING
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The Hightower Report
Corporate advertising pisses me off; and, the rich get richerBY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
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Hops, Barley, and ... Rainwater?
The Bitter End's Environmental Pale Ale is ready just in time for the Teas Craft Brewers FestivalBY WES MARSHALL
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Food-o-File
Austin's all over the TV, and Austin chefs are all over the placeBY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
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Second Helpings: Brewpubs
music
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Under the Covers
All of a sudden, it's cool again to play other people's songs – not to mention fun!BY DARCIE STEVENS
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Phases and Stages
screens
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The 'Trash' Man
John Waters on tour, in AustinBY MARC SAVLOV
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The Little Documentary That Could
How Morgan Spurlock's 'Super Size Me' took a giant bite out of the fast-food industryBY PETER DEBRUGE
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Three Days at Tribeca, Three Years Later
Is the film festival still all good in the hood?BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
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Short Cuts
Nude models, big awards, big movies, dead rock stars. Just another week in Austin film.BY MARC SAVLOV
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TV Eye
Friends is dead. Long live Friends. Now, can we move on?BY BELINDA ACOSTA
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Screens Reviews
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Film Reviews
arts & culture
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Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2003-2004
The full list of nominations for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual artBY ROBERT FAIRES
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It's All About Surprise
Brendon Walsh, now officially the Funniest Person in Austin, talks comedy -
Arts Bullets
Bring cans of food to the ballet for a prize in return, holdovers for 'Stadium Devildare' and 'Noises Off,' and it's time for the O. Henry Pun-Off and the Capital City Men's Chorus midnight cabaret -
Green Day, Thanks to NEA
Austin artists and agencies will receive a total of $891,200 in the latest round of federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts -
Arts Reviews
columns
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Page Two
Fighting a traditional war in Iraq dooms us to failure; knowledge and understanding are the real weapons of the futureBY LOUIS BLACK
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Postmarks
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After a Fashion
Stephen hails a 'couple' of designers and gets down with the Johnson clanBY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
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Day Trips
The world’s smallest catholic church is right here in Warrenton, TexasBY GERALD E. MCLEOD
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Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Ailing Americans, amateur axe-wielders, and active agua areasBY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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To Your Health
Is high-fructose corn syrup worse for us than other sweeteners?BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
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About AIDS
New Warnings About Erection Drugs!BY SANDY BARTLETT
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Letters at 3AM
The United States military is moving inevitably toward reinstating the draftBY MICHAEL VENTURA
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
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Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
