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Volume 27, Number 20
ON THE COVER:
news
City vows to cut landfill-bound garbage to zero
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Austin is No. 1 in digital video recording
BY KEVIN BRASS
A recap of the plans so far
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Conservative conference points toward next Legislature
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Commissioners Court again considers a public defender's office
BY PATRICIA J. RULAND
The movement to stop the Northcross Wal-Mart rallies the neighborhood troops
BY LEE NICHOLS
After some procedural and PR bumps, City Council moves to name a new city manager
BY MICHAEL KING
A look at the CM finalists, and the search
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Foreclosing on Renters; and The Olympics: Let the Spying Begin
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Dogs need variety, too
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Christian Moueix makes a few wines for the rest of us
BY WES MARSHALL
New Austin Javas sprouting about town, beer and veggie pies for all, and a once-in-an-lifetime foodie vacation
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Jan. 18-22
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
music
'Sister Bobbie' puts the 'Family' in Willie Nelson and Family
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Next-generation Austin bluesman Gary Clark Jr. relives 1950 with John Sayles' big-screen blues, Honeydripper
BY MARGARET MOSER
Alejandro Escovedo scores his own life and Man From Plains, Backspin Records relocates, and UT's Center for American History archives Tary Owens' legacy
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Moment of Forever
Seth Walker
Select a Gather Point
... A Bitter Beginning
Der Wald
Liberation
Susan Voelz
screens
As Burnt Orange cools down, UTFI heats up
BY JOE O'CONNELL
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors eviscerates the 512
BY MARC SAVLOV
This week marks two occasions to catch John Sayles' latest close lens on the American experience
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Golden Globes were a big bust, but the new Terminator series opens an impressive can of whup-ass
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Tween sensations Vanessa Hudgens and Alyson Michalka set up shop at Austin Studios
BY JOE O'CONNELL
Film Reviews
Woody Allen is still making movies at the rate of at least one a year. The problem is that he doesn’t make good movies at the rate of one a year.
Cloverfield is a pure-blood, grade A, exultantly exhilarating monster movie in the grand tradition.
Ice Cube and Tracy Morgan play petty criminals who spend a night reckoning with the lord when they rob their neighborhood church.
Uwe Boll, the Timex watch of contemporary filmmakers (he takes a licking but keeps on ticking), strikes again.
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of … V8?
This powerful character study and origin story is rooted in American soil.
We predict a happy union between 27 Dresses and cable TV, forever rerunning with commercial breaks tailor-made for laundry-loading and sandwich-making.
arts & culture
The stunning art collection of the Dell Children's Medical Center
BY REBECCA S. COHEN
Back in her home state full-time, the noted artist shares her work and what she's learned in 30 years of making art
BY RACHEL COOK
The production manager for the choral group Conspirare has died
BY ROBERT FAIRES
The Australian megastar is forced to cancel her January trip to town but vows to visit in November
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Vortex's revival confronts issues of the body – as object, as weapon, and as prison – head on
Despite some flaws, Different Stages mounts two Tennessee Williams' dramas in riveting and entertaining fashion
The artist's self-proclaimed graveyard of old art doesn't make for a tight show, but it's an ambitious one
columns
John Sayles' 'Honeydripper' takes flight
BY LOUIS BLACK
Before the presidency is anything else, it's a job – a job that requires a dash of corruption
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Is Stephen a closet furry? And what did Dr. Twink diagnose?
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
The Forbidden Gardens Chinese Cultural Museum in Katy offers a miniaturized view of Chinese culture and history
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Bill Adorno back-swims his way to serenity at Barton Springs every morning
BY THOMAS HACKETT
echnical information doubling every four years, famous skiffle musicians, laughing orangutans, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Texas Homestead Exemption – What Is It?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, Monday, January 21, 2008
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
U.S. Women earn a first-round Four Nations Tourney win, and more
BY NICK BARBARO