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PRISON WARDS
The Least That Money Can Buy
Prison health care is caught between growing demand and shrinking resources
BY LUCIUS LOMAX
Babies Behind Bars
In the mirror world of TDCJ, life goes on
BY LUCIUS LOMAX
You Can't Have That!
'Chronicle' sues city to release APD records
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Emmis Shoe Falls at KLBJ
The new radio business model comes to KLBJ-FM
BY KEVIN BRASS
Divided CAMPO Says Yes to Toll Plan
At a late and noisy meeting, CAMPO moves to toll Central Texas
BY KIMBERLY REEVES
House Park Skateboarders Roll for Action
A downtown skate fest raises the call for a city skateboard park
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Naked City
Breaking news stories from Austin and elsewhere.
BY MICHAEL KING AND LEE NICHOLS
Picking Up the CHIPs
Clarendon scandal opens a window on the joys of privatization
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Report
Light rail – it's not just for lefties anymore; and parks officials are forced to be Bush spokesmen
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
New Look, Better Great Taste!
Doña Emilia's outgrew itself on East Seventh. It's outdoing itself on Cesar Chavez.
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Food-o-File
V.B.W.'s birthday treat for her sister Suzy is a summertime treat for all!
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings
Slices of life, part II
BY ERIN MOSOW
music
Meet the New Boss
Slaid Cleaves, road warrior, conqueror
BY JIM CALIGIURI
TCB
This week's column brought to you by the letters J, O, U, R, N, E, and Y
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Phases and Stages
What Made Milwaukee Famous
Trying to Never Catch Up
The Polyphonic Spree
Together We're Heavy
Matson Belle
Goodbye Juggernaut
Sarah Sharp
Fourth Person
Catavento
Language of the Heart
Davíd Garza
A Strange Mess of Flowers
Antonio Dionisio
Songs from Javaland
Nick Curran & the Nitelifes
Player!
The Transgressors, Stevie Tombstone
The Transgressors, 7:30a.m.
the Put-Downs
No Worse Off
The Flatlanders
Live '72
Jeff Plankenhorn
Plank
Kris Kristofferson
Third World Warrior / Repossessed, Breakthrough
screens
Teen Beat on the Eastside
'Latinitas' magazine online is giving latina girls a louder voice
BY RACHEL PROCTOR MAY
Puppet Summit
Friday, July 16, 8pm
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
In filmmaking, it's best not to settle for the obvious target. Paul Stekler's 'Last Man Standing' shows why.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Short Cuts
The Austin Film Society asks for your assistance, and SXSW does the summer thing; plus, Mike Judge's garage sale
BY MARC SAVLOV
Screens Reviews
Film Reviews
A Cinderella Story
Hilary Duff's Cinderella tale goes splat like a pumpkin.
De-Lovely
Affectionate biography of Cole Porter's life is packed wall-to-wall with song-and-dance numbers but is short on new insights.
I, Robot
This summer, Will Smith saves the world from … robots.
The Story of the Weeping Camel
A story about a Mongolian camel and her newborn calf becomes a transfixing lesson about the rhythms of life.
Valentín
Big-hearted Argentinean import sees life from a young boy's perspective.
arts & culture
Refresh Your Eyeballs
In "Summer Swim," 2040 Gallery owner Mo Scollan has put together a cooling and exquisite show
BY RACHEL KOPER
Hail to the Chiefs
By popular demand, the boys of 'The Dead Presidents' Club' are back in town
BY BARRY PINEO
'Idol' Hands
Comic art contest kept Austin's John Rubio drawing furiously for a month
BY ROBERT FAIRES
A Plum Job for Bloom
Michael Bloom plucked to head the country's oldest regional theatre
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Big Apple Benefit
Twisted Olivia star Everett Quinton joins the cast for Zach's House Arrest
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Debbie Does Dallas – The Musical
Much of the Seventies send-up Debbie Does Dallas – The Musical is so bad it's good, but overall, Naughty Austin's production is wildly inconsistent
The Secret Garden
Despite its seemingly morose story, Zilker Theater Productions' The Secret Garden is most assuredly uplifting, even moving
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
In Second Youth Family Theatre's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, two energetic actors perform a brisk version of the book with ingenuity and unexpected flair
columns
Page Two
There's no such thing as a free road, there's no such thing as an objective documentary, and there might be no such thing as our 1,000th issue
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
After a Fashion
Well, your Style Avatar is no stranger to sibling hijinks, so it's about time he got it together with the Olsen twins. (We don't even know what that means …)
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Bill, James, Lance, Tom, Burt, Ken, Festus, and Tommy
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
To Your Health
How can I reduce the amount of chlorine absorbed during showering?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
The Common Law
Starting a local nonprofit organization
BY LUKE ELLIS
Day Trips
The Woody Guthrie Folk Music Center in Pampa is singing the praises of one of America's favorite folksingers
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
About AIDS
Fuzeon talk to explain new drug
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Luv Doc Recommends: Red, White & Americana
Threadgill's World HQ -, Sunday, July 18, 2004
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Top level South American football comes to Austin TV
