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Whack-a-Pol!
Dems come out swinging at Austin's GOP House freshmen
BY AMY SMITH
ELECTION 2004
3rd Court: Experience Counts
But what kind of experience? The D's and R's differ.
BY JORDAN SMITH
Yelenosky Takes Aim at Keel
'People's lawyer' runs to unseat GOP appointee to Travis Co. bench
BY AMY SMITH
In Other Election News ...
Levy goes off the rails, the GOP flunks geography, Bexar County races get physical, Nader gets help from a Friend of Rick, and Kerry wins the stoner vote
Unlocking the Texas Vote
Felon disenfranchisement hits more than 3% of the state's potential voters
BY JORDAN SMITH
Whack-a-Pol Update
Late-breaking news from the Travis Co. legislative races
BY AMY SMITH
The Early-Voting Report
Lots of people, and only one missing (empty) ballot box …
BY LEE NICHOLS
Happy Trails to All at Austin Confab
National Trails Symposium comes to Convention Center
BY DAN OKO
Dick Ellis on TV, Then and Now
The veteran (ex-)anchor says 'it's a young man's and young lady's game'
BY KEVIN BRASS
Endorsements
2004 General election, Nov. 2
AISD High Schools Flunk Real-World Test
Audit says district poorly prepares grads for college or careers
BY RACHEL PROCTOR MAY
Can Austin Kick-Start the Hybrid-Car Future?
Austin Energy looks toward 'electrifying the transportation grid'
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
County Responds to Voting Machine Problems
Travis County election officials have responded to complaints that voters casting straight-party Democratic ballots are discovering, when performing a final check of their ballots, that their votes for president have been changed from Kerry/Edwards to Bush/Cheney.
BY LEE NICHOLS
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Texas Family Values
Why don't we protect Texas children? Because we'd rather not spend the money.
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin @ Large: Balancing the Books
The big hole we need libraries to fill
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
The Hightower Report
The Bushites harass a grieving war mom; and the prez cozies up to Pervez
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Pretty Good Sailing
McCormick & Schmick's docks downtown with a full haul of satisfying seafood
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
We celebrate Texas Wine Month and anniversaries all around, check out some new ventures by some old friends, and ask for St. Elias' forgiveness
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Galaxy Cafe
A kicky cafe signals that Southwest Austin is ready to outgrow its chains
music
The Ballad of Joe Hill
Get up, stand up – stand up for your rights
BY JIM CALIGIURI
Lousy With Desire
Soulman Walter Tragert and the light at the end of the tunnel
BY MARGARET MOSER
TCB
No clues in Joe Bates' murder and other tales from Austin's music jungle
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
THE GOURDS
Phases and Stages
The Gourds
Blood of the Ram
Tia Carrera, Kodiaks, Observers, Attic Ted
Live 6-3-03, Cherry Blossom / Evil and Alcohol, Lead Pill, Attic Ted
Ethan Azarian
Captain of the Town
Ron Flynt
L.A. Story
Dynah
Dynah
A Five and Dime Ship
The Way It All Would End
Kelly Clarkson, Rebecca Cole, Ginger Leigh, Chrissy Flatt, Brennen Leigh
Miss Independent, Bloom, Vivo, Walk With King, Too Thin to Plow
gfire & govinda
Electric Sadhana
Wan Santo Condo
Wan Santo Condo
3 Balls of Fire
Chrome & Water
Blaze Foley
Oval Room
Tachycardia
Tachycardia
Fairfax
Light These Dreams
Zom Zoms
One Brain
The Fighting Brothers McCarthy
Ladies and Gentlemen …
Keg Vultures
Bendy Straw Brain Massage and Spiritual Dry Cleaning
Chili Cold Blood
Rock n' Roll Motherfucker
screens
The Benda Mask
Untold secrets of Jean Arthur
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
'Primer' Time
Sundance winner Shane Carruth's sci-fi vérité
BY MARC SAVLOV
No Film Left Behind
'Variety' critic Joe Leydon's program for cinema literacy
BY SPENCER PARSONS
Scenes from the 11th Annual Austin Film Festival
'Tarnation' Sensation
Jonathan Caouette's inexplicably perfect documentary of growing up gay in Texas is the astounding new face of DIY moviemaking
BY MARC SAVLOV
In Space
Films to see before you vote
BY COURTNEY FITZGERALD
Short Cuts
Spongebob and the Lips converge on Austin Studios, and the local IMAX pumps up its technology for 'The Polar Express'
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
The Political Dr. Seuss
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Around the Bend
Family elixir is by turns weepy and hilarious, a little bit Caine and a whole lotta Walken.
Broadway: The Golden Age
Epic oral history of the heyday of the Great White Way as told by the people who were living on graham crackers and dreams back when it was all going on.
Celsius 41.11
Reactionary film claims to reveal the truth behind the lies of Fahrenheit 9/11.
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
The scruffy, seminal punk band that put the Bop in the Blitzkrieg is given its due in this treasure-laden doc.
The Grudge
New American version of haunted-house film follows the same tack as its Japanese predecessor, but is strangely neutered by its infusion of blond American actresses.
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Born and bred L.A. narcissist Pauly Shore turns auteur for this comedy film outing about … himself.
Primer
Physics and metaphysics mingle in this minimalist yet intriguing fiction about inventor-scientists who discover a technique of time travel.
Surviving Christmas
Money can buy happiness goes the moral of this cynical yet mildly amusing comedy starring Ben Affleck and James Gandolfini.
Tarnation
Sometimes people grow up sane despite the best efforts of society to drive them mad. So it is for Jonathan Caouette, who with this film assembles his life into his art.
Woman Thou Art Loosed
Based on a novel by Bishop T.D. Jakes, a black evangelical preacher and author who also co-stars, this unusual film is part revivalist sermon, part narrative drama, and wholly urgent and engaging.
arts & culture
Triumph of the Yellow Kid
Comics are art, Spiegelman notes in his panel-busting history lesson
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'Three-Five-Zero-Zero,' Meet Two-Zero-Zero-Four
Another 'dirty little war' makes 'Hair' current again
BY BARRY PINEO
Tripods Sighted Over Barton Springs!
The Violet Crown Radio Players are re-creating Orson Welles' infamous radio version of 'The War of the Worlds,' and this time, the Martians are landing in Central Texas
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Culture Flash!
KDH Dance joins KDNY in NYC, Kate Catterall tells us how public memorials can heal, the city wants faces of Austin City Hall, and the UT String Project wants anything you have to sell
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Dracula: A Woman Scorned
With Dracula: A Woman Scorned, a gender-swapped variation on the classic vampire tale, it's tough to tell if a chick & a dude productions were going after sleepless nights or camp
Nightswim
History and friendship are the fulcrum on which Nightswim balances Steve Moore's impressionistic, profound look at famous friends Roy Bedichek, Frank Dobie, and Walter Webb
columns
Page Two
A functioning democracy is a very hard thing to love, and even harder to trust
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
About AIDS
'The World's Latest Info' at ASA on Nov. 4
BY SANDY BARTLETT
After a Fashion
Check it out! Stephen gets a little 'boot'y …
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Join Capt. Day Trips on a one-hour dolphin tour
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Shark defense from the one-armed bandit
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
To Your Health
Is goat milk better for you than cow milk?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
The Common Law
Effects of common-law marriage in Texas
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Texas Rollergirls Rock-n-Rollerderby™ Championship Bout
Playland Skate Center, Sunday, October 24, 2004
BY THE LUV DOC
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sports
Soccer Watch
Local Lady makes good; and Major League playoffs