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news
The Dark Horses
The redistricted Centex Democrats bravely into battle
go
BY LEE NICHOLS
'Chronicle' Loses Suit, but APD Probe Continues
Time sheets of two former officers accused of 'double
dipping' will remain secret – for now
BY JORDAN SMITH
Nader Raiders Target Texas Ballot
The indie campaign goes to court to get into state's
presidential race
BY MICHAEL KING
And They're Off!
Money flows into Texas House horse races
BY AMY SMITH
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Austin @ Large: The End of the Roads
The toll plan takes us down the right path, but
there's still a long way to go
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
The Hightower Report
The Bushites plot to cancel our election; Diebold taints
it
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Sea Change
At 7, the customer has much more control, but at what cost?
BY RACHEL FEIT
Second Helpings
Gourmet takeout
Food-o-File
Casting calls, film premieres, cliff-hangers, and Lance's high-carb diet: Get the scoop here
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Baby Greens
Imagine a world where necessary stops at fast-food places inspired anticipation and yielded snapping fresh, healthy, creative, and delicious meals
Blue Fin Sushi & Robata Bar
Have Round Rock sushi lovers found a replacement for the defunct Tanoshii?
music
Badass
The Meat Purveyors' whip-cracking guitarist Bill Anderson: Austin punk veteran, AMA Hall of Famer, and yes, total badass
BY JIM CALIGIURI
Everything Changed
Abra Moore returns, younger and wiser, unafraid
BY MELANIE HAUPT
TCB
Pub-rock, U2, and British-style power-metal: Where are we again?
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Phases and Stages
the Roots
The Tipping Point
Youssou N'Dour
Egypt
Joseph Malik
Aquarius Song
Tanya Donelly
Whiskey Tango Ghosts
the Cure
The Cure
the Hives
Tyrannosaurus Hives
Low
A Lifetime of Temporary Relief: 10 Years of B-Sides and Rarities
screens
Fast, Twisted, and Deeply Paranoid
A year of notes on The Manchurian Candidate
remake's script
BY LOUIS BLACK
The 72 Hours War
Embedded at the Texas Gaming Festival
BY ED BAKER
I Know That Voice ...
Richard Elfman revisits 'Forbidden Zone'
BY MARC SAVLOV
Beer Land: A Fairy Tale
'Something's Brewin' in Shiner' is all color, no
condescension
BY JOHN GRAY
Short Cuts
Tim League reflects on the sale of Alamo Drafthouse
franchising and marketing operations; W. is Dracula;
and San Marcos is at the drive-in
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
If we're very, very lucky, a solid TV series comes from
all of this pain
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Carandiru
In prison in Brazil is a woeful place to be.
Facing Windows
Overburdened domestic drama from Italy still features some great performances.
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Dopey comedy is good fun.
The Manchurian Candidate
Is it Gulf War syndrome or justified paranoia? The Manchurian Candidate thrills again.
Thunderbirds
A TV show from the Sixties that starred marionettes gets the live-action treatment … or does it?
arts & culture
The Art of the Business of Art
Gallery owners David Berman, Wally Workman, and Steve Clark talk about their lives promoting artists and selling art
BY SAM MARTIN
A Texas Prize, Big Time!
Arthouse launches a major new award for the state's artists
BY ROBERT FAIRES
St. Ed's Director Fired
Melba Martinez, artistic director at Mary Moody Northen Theatre for the past 12 years, has been fired from that position
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Lone Star Arts Convergence
Artists converge on Austin for TCA's Texas Arts Exchange Conference
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Good Woman of Setzuan
If Brecht's The Good Woman of Setzuan drags some, the actors in the Vortex Summer Youth Theatre production don't, and that keeps the evening engaging
Much Ado About Nothing
J. Damian Gillen's take on Much Ado About Nothing derives its inspiration from Hollywood screwball comedies of the 1930s and 1940s, and almost pulls it off
columns
Page Two
Democrat love is in the air – even in Texas
BY NICK BARBARO
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
After a Fashion
Stephen goes to SOCO!
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Bullets, birds, and Booth
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
To Your Health
Clearing coconut oil's bad rep
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
The Common Law
Additional legal issues affecting nonprofits
BY LUKE ELLIS
Day Trips
Not all day trips should be within a day's drive of your
couch
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
About AIDS
Abstinence, yes. But condoms, yes, too.
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Luv Doc Recommends: Something’s Brewin’ in Shiner screening
Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, Monday, August 2, 2004
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Brazil's current and future kings; and two weeks'
notice
