news
Putting a Lid on Leininger
House members push for limits on millionaire campaign donations
BY AMY SMITH
Immigrants Flex Muscle
Day Without an Immigrant work stoppage and boycott draws more than a million people into the streets nationally; thousands turn out locally
BY RACHEL PROCTOR MAY, CHERYL SMITH, JORDAN SMITH AND DIANA WELCH
El Futuro de East Cesar Chavez
Affordable housing advocates critique plans for Saltillo District
BY RACHEL PROCTOR MAY
Endorsements
Naked City
Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond
Austin @ Large: Unclean Hands
Prop. 1 and Prop. 2 are not "open," not "clean" – and definitely not progressive
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Beside the Point
The future is sunny, cab drivers are stormy, and water treatment's horizon is cloudy
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
Who Is to Be Detained?; and Constricting High School Education
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
The Raw Deal
A survival guide to the raw-foods movement
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Food-o-File
Winners and losers on Food TV and more
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
My Gang Don't Bow Down
Big Chief Kevin Goodman sew, sew, sews a new history here in Austin
BY MARGARET MOSER
TCB
TCB enters the political arena with Neil Young's new album, Trail of Dead behind the Iron Curtain, and a hipster pop quiz
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Phases & Stages
Pantera
3 Vulgar Videos From Hell
Built to Spill, Secret Machines
You in Reverse, Ten Silver Drops
the Flaming Lips
At War with the Mystics
Prince
3121
The Essex Green, Camera Obscura
Cannibal Sea, Let's Get Out of the Country
Jolie Holland
Springtime Can Kill You
Lila Downs
La Cantina
screens
Visions Holy and Damned, Innocent and Experienced
The documentary 'The Devil and Daniel Johnston' – as well as this story – are just the latest attempts to make sense of his life and art
BY LOUIS BLACK
Hey, Hey, Woody Guthrie, I Made You a Film
The AFS Texas Documentary Tour: 'Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home'
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
The Icon Down the Street
Remembering Louise Brooks, a little too late
BY MARC SAVLOV
Film News
Austin picks up a 'Hitcher'; Linklater's Cannes deux attitude; and the rest
BY JOE O'CONNELL
TV Eye
Sweeping and surfing
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
The Complete Mr. Arkadin (aka Confidential Report)
'That film was taken away from me completely, and was totally destroyed in the cutting,' Orson Welles lamented. 'That was the real disaster of my life.'
Film Reviews
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
The literal and figurative institutionalization of Austin music and art legend Daniel Johnston is analyzed from many angles in this perceptive film profile.
L'Enfant
This Cannes Palme d'Or winner presents a maelstrom of grit, crime, poverty, and bureaucratic gridlock.
Hoot
First-time producer Jimmy Buffett turns outs an eco-friendly coming-of-age movie based on Carl Hiassen's Newberry Award-winning young-adult novel.
Mission: Impossible III
It's all poppycock, of course, but done with great vim, vigor, and flair.
One Last Thing …
A 16-year-old with terminal cancer just wants to have sex before dying in this sweet, if overly earnest feature.
The Promise
This fantastical story from the Chinese director Chen Kaige mixes battles, magic, romance, and mistaken identities for a lovely but unsatisfying blend.
RV
Robin Williams loads his family into a camper and goes on vacation.
arts & culture
Looking for Las Vegas
An Austin playwright discovers Sin City by going to Louisville
BY DAN DIETZ
Salvage Vanguard Theater
After 13 years of presenting theatre in other peoples' space, Salvage Vanguard Theater has acquired its own home
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'Justice for All?'
With its juried art exhibition 'Justice for All?:Artists Reflect on the Death Penalty,' Texas Moratorium Network gives artists a voice in the capital punishment debate
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Culture Flash!
A day for free comic books, a call for new First Night Austin proposals, and a prize for fans of Sharon Bridgforth
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Triple Espresso
'Triple Espresso's premise, with a performing trio reuniting and resolving old conflicts, is just an excuse for three expert entertainers to strut their stuff
9x9x9
In Randy Wyatt's '9x9x9,' Coda Theater Project offers a kooky thought piece on life / death and the power of God, but a lack of clarity in presentation undercuts some of the fun
'Peat Duggins: The Moment That Changed My Life Forever'
Peat Duggins' Art Palace show, 'The Moment That Changed My Life Forever,' contrasts the reactions of those in power and those immediately involved in the act of living
columns
Page Two: Indecent Proposals
Indecent Proposals: If you oppose these propositions, you
must be on the take
BY LOUIS BLACK
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Our readers talk back.
After a Fashion
Stephen disavows any career advice to K-Fed
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
To Your Health
Is there a concern that cooking-oil vapors could increase the chance of lung cancer?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
The Common Law
Do I Qualify for Unemployment Benefits?
BY BRANDY WINGATE AND LUKE ELLIS
Day Trips
Tour 18 in north Houston replicates many of the world's most famous golf holes to a tee
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Where rock stars go to die
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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Our latest batch
Luv Doc Recommends: Whip In 20th Anniversary Party
Continental Club, Sunday, May 7, 2006
BY THE LUV DOC
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sports
Soccer Watch
U.S. WC roster announced, and more
