Upstairs at Caroline
news
Are You Decent?
Dudley & Bob and the footsoldiers in the FCC's war
on pop culture
BY KEVIN BRASS
The Rumble at Bunny Run Heads to Council
Neighbors say school reneged on promise of no
apartments
BY RACHEL PROCTOR MAY
City Attorney Report on Knee Calls for Changes at APD
City criticizes APD management, but Knee's fate
unclear
BY JORDAN SMITH
New Austin 'Spokes' Speak Out Against Tasers
Austin activists coordinate efforts on police tactics,
war, and other issues
BY DIANA WELCH
Cleaning Up Economic Development
Greens and the Chamber of Commerce join hands for
renewable energy in Austin
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Naked City
BY LEE NICHOLS
Point Austin: They Toll for Thee
Behind the toll battle is a long and bumpy road to the
same old place
BY MICHAEL KING
Handicapping Slots for Tots
The pols and the lobby shuffle the deck on gambling
for education'
BY AMY SMITH
The Hightower Report
White House propaganda: pundit payola, video news
releases, and misleadingly misnamed bills
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Off and On
Can Bellagio combine thoughtful food with thoughtful
service?
BY WES MARSHALL
In Print
Two books, one old and one new, zero in on seafood
and soups
BY MICK VANN
Food-o-File
The Meat Shop shuts its doors in anticipation of SH
130; plus, the Shoal Creek Saloon's Ski Lodge and
Quack's Maplewood Bakery
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Banzai Sushi & Grill
Never a town to ignore fashion, Austin has its own set
of worldly fast-food eateries selling everything from
wraps to pasticcio. One of the newest is this
Japanese grill.
music
Enfants Terribles
Cruiserweight, armed and ready
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
TCB
Strong new albums from Milton Mapes and the Action
Is, and the Eighties still won't go away.
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Phases and Stages
Pong
Bubble City
The American Analog Set, Paul Newman
Live shot
Elizabeth McQueen & the Firebrands
Happy Doing What We're Doing
the Golden Apples
Cooler Jets Will Prevail
Eisley
Room Noises
the Innocent
Our Grievances
the Platforms, Adrian & the Sickness, Natalie Zoe, Susan Lincoln
Kicked Off, Adrian & the Sickness, Seven Chords and the Truth, Mother Heart
Ana Egge
Live shot
the Chapters
Bleeding All Over This Town
Stickpony
Underneath the Beer Light
the Malford Milligan Band
Rides Again
Conjunto Aztlan
From Aztlan With Love
the Grassy Knoll Boys
Buckeyed Rabbit
screens
The Visitor
Crispin Glover comes back to Austin with his What Is
It?' in the can
BY MARC SAVLOV
Celluloid Zealots on the March
IFC's 'Ultimate Film Fanatic' gets Austinized
BY MARC SAVLOV
In Print
On Thursday, Feb. 24, the Alamo Drafthouse Village
will host the third Bill Hicks Night, in part to celebrate
the release of this collection
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
Film News
The stars are out already – just look around;
plus Guadalupe Arts Center groups regroup and more
industry news you won't find anywhere else
BY JOE O'CONNELL
TV Eye
A bit of TV history took place last week
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
'Night and the City' and 'Thieves Highway'
The artistic tragedy of Jules Dassin's being
blacklisted in Hollywood after 1949's swiftly
compelling 'Thieves' Highway' is leavened somewhat
by the fact that the 94-year-old director is still around
to partake in the contemporary celebration of his
dashing noir oeuvre
Film Reviews
Because of Winn-Dixie
There are no big surprises in this family picture, but neither is the admonition against working with children and animals appropriate here.
Bigger Than the Sky
Despite some bright spots in this woefully earnest modern romance, Bigger Than the Sky is awash in the obvious and sports a cloying adulation of theatre folk.
Constantine
Adapted from Alan Moore’s groundbreaking DC/Vertigo comic title, Constantine is sure to divide the series’ most rabid fans, but those who can set aside their preconceptions will discover one of the more artfully designed comic-based films in some time.
Hitch
What should be a battle of the sexes is more like a brief skirmish without any of the romantic tension that makes for an interesting – much less great – screen pairing.
Inside Deep Throat
This documentary about the heady days of porn – when "deep throat" became a household expression and everyone viewed the movie Deep Throat as a breath of fresh air – is informative yet lacking historical rigor.
Paper Clips
It’s an only-in-America tale about kids in the Tennessee hamlet of Whitwell and their "paper clip project” – a teaching tool meant to help them comprehend the dimensions of the Holocaust – but it grew into something much, much more.
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
It’s not big and bright and busy and boffo, but it's a perfectly marvelous matinee option for young children. It’s a sweet little story, from a kid’s-eye view, about the anguish of being too little to do stuff.
arts & culture
Down at the Jinn Mill
Austin's dirigo group prepare to premiere the best new
play one could wish for
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Anna Deveare Smith Gets Under Austin's Skin
The packed house at Zach on Feb. 12 showed that
Austin was ready for Anna Deveare Smith, and Smith
proved herself more than ready for Austin
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Vin Gallery Rises From the Ashes
Like the phoenix of old, the Vin Gallery has emerged
from the flames reborn
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Culture Flash!
See a show and aid local theatres, catch some more
Crush, show some dramaturgs how to two-step, and
read up on Austin artists in national mags
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
'"Is This Drawing?"'
Its distracting title notwithstanding, the Concordia
exhibition Is This Drawing?' features some intriguing
visual work by outstanding Austin artists
columns
Page Two
The capricious, political use of recall and referendum
perverts and endangers the idea of our constitutional
republic
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
After a Fashion
Hobnobbing with the Style Avatar at the Grammys
and ArtErotica!
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
To Your Health
The pros and cons of using grapefruit-seed extract in
fighting fungus problems
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
The Common Law
People's Law School
BY LUKE ELLIS
About AIDS
New lovers: get tested free!
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Letters at 3AM
Statistics on American education tell a dreadful story,
the story of an advanced technological society
slipping back to a state of ignorance and superstition
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Day Trips
The hot mineral waters of Marlin still flow from the
fountain under the public pavilion
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The first gratuitous use of an umlaut for a rock band
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Chris Gage Benefit Concert
Scholz Garten, Saturday, February 19, 2005
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Champions League campaign under way, Nistelrooy
recovers from Achilles injury