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features
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news
Hightower's latest is a collection of inspirational tales
BY MICHAEL KING
Candidates for City Council, Austin Community College board, and the AISD board seal their respective fates by applying for ballot spots
BY WELLS DUNBAR AND RICHARD WHITTAKER
Hatred of feds' planned fence/wall hybrid for region is bipartisan, far-reaching
BY CHERYL SMITH
Texas environmental regulators come down hard on fledgling biodiesel industry
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Federal drug enforcers show little interest in treatment
BY JORDAN SMITH
If You Believe in Villa Muse, Clap Your Hands
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Council says no to film studio, concert venue, and film set residential development proposed for eastern Travis County
BY MICHAEL KING
If you can't arrest the homeless, let 'em eat surveys
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Choosing a Veep; and The Deliberate Deceit of Drug Ads
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Down a stout or four for St. Patty's Day, but don't drink the green beer
BY WES MARSHALL
Taking pulls with local buyers
BY WES MARSHALL
During these March festivities, look out for free samples of Function's Urban Detox, unless you enjoy hangovers
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Texas Democratic debate and the primaries had political celebrities dining at local favorites, and Manor Road's restaurant row gets some action
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
March 15-17
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
2007-08
Ice Cube's coexisting Gs: gangsta rap and G-rated
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
Lou Reed wonders if you ever read Othello
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
SXSW Music Fest Preview Guide
Recommended showcases; picks and sleeper sets
SXSW DAILY: THURSDAY
Austin Music Hall, Wednesday, March 12
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Day Party Crawl
Ballroom Dancing
SXSW panels
Gadding about
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Thursday's flavor: the Choir Practice
BY MATT ALLEN
Dickensian sea-shanty-styled troubadour Johnny Flynn
Music fest diary
BY KAKI KING
SHOWCASE PREVIEWS
Who let Horse + Donkey out of the stable?
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
Jay Reatard, gone in 60 seconds
BY AUSTIN POWELL
The Clash comes full circle
BY MARC SAVLOV
Brian Wilson approved: the Explorers Club
BY DARCIE STEVENS
A-political Dick Cheney blues
BY DAN OKO
Austin's power trio is ready to rumble
BY AUSTIN POWELL
SXSW DAILY: FRIDAY
BY DAN OKO
Day Party Crawl
Ballroom Dancing
SXSW panels
Gadding about
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Friday's Flavor: Crystal Antlers
Suicide II
Music fest diary
BY CADENCE WEAPON
SHOWCASE PREVIEWS
Clipse Re-Ups a new collaboration
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Nouveau Riches of interstellar pop on a positive tip
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Blitzen Trapper: the hip-hop of indie rock?
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Year-old White Denim's Gories-inspired greatest hits
BY AUSTIN POWELL
SF supergroup Magic Christian rises from the ashes of groovy
BY GREG BEETS
Who needs globalization with Devotchka around?
BY MELANIE HAUPT
SXSW DAILY: SATURDAY
Day Party Crawl
Ballroom Dancing
SXSW panels
Waterloo Records
Gadding about
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Saturday's Flavor: Port O'Brien
BY MATT ALLEN
Duffy, SXSW 08's Amy Winehouse?
Music fest diary
BY JAMES MCMURTRY
SHOWCASE PREVIEWS
Ume's not trying to be Sonic Youth
BY DARCIE STEVENS
Mingering Mike, where musical fact and fiction collide
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
Darondo: not a pimp, not a myth
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
Dana Falconberry, Southern by scholarship and soul, not birth
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Derek's still-standing Domino and his new vocal counterpart
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Alex Brown Church takes after Jack London
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
WEEKLY ISSUE
It's the end of the world as we know it: South by Southwest 22 officially begins
BY AUSTIN POWELL
SXSW DAILY: THURSDAY
SXSW music news and carryings on
BY AUSTIN POWELL
SXSW DAILY: FRIDAY
SXSW music news and carryings on
BY AUSTIN POWELL
SXSW DAILY: SATURDAY
SXSW music news and carryings on
BY AUSTIN POWELL
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SXSW Platters
SXSW showcase reviews
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screens
Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro collaborate to document one wounded soldier's transformation into 'anti-warrior'
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
The rundown
From Ashby to Altman and emo boys everywhere
BY MARC SAVLOV
SXSW 08 Film Reviews
Snapshots from the SXSW 08 Film Conference
BY MARC SAVLOV
The stars at night, big and bright
SXSW DAILY: THURSDAY
SXSW Film
Daily reviews and interviews
SXSW DAILY: FRIDAY
SXSW Film
Daily reviews and interviews
WEEKLY ISSUE
SXSW DAILY: FRIDAY
SXSW DAILY: SATURDAY
SXSW Film
Daily reviews and interviews
WEEKLY ISSUE
The new new media, plus David Simon to speak at UT, and more questions about the switch-over from analog
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Filmmakers Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro show the story of a young veteran, crippled after five days of service in Iraq, and his evolution from gung-ho enlistee to passionate anti-war activist.
Raven-Symoné co-stars with Martin Lawrence in this mugging comedy, which also makes room for Donny Osmond.
Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, and Carol Burnett provide just-right voices for these Seussian characters who offer the perfect antidote to the injustices experienced in childhood.
Michael Haneke comes to the U.S. to remake his tortuous German film about psychological terrorism with Naomi Watts and Tim Roth.
Filmmaker Jonathan Demme accompanies Jimmy Carter during the former president's controversial book tour for Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, and in the process offers a re-evalution of this world leader.
This vivid documentary account of the Japanese "rape of Nanking" in 1937 includes the reading of diaries, letters, and other accounts of the exceptionally vicious invasion written by the expats and survivors.
Enjoy the madness while it lasts.It's here.
After all those cataclysmic movies like Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow, it seems right that Roland Emmerich has now turned his focus to the beginnings of civilization.
The songs and demons of cult musician Willis are profiled in this documentary, which screened at SXSW.
arts & culture
Austin art is getting national buzz, but is anybody buying it?
BY CLAYTON MAXWELL
This sampler of video art being made in Austin could not have come at a better time
BY RACHEL COOK
Eve Ensler joins Austin in the fight to stop violence against women and girls
BY ROBERT FAIRES
W&TW's 'Show & Tell' provides a quick and easy intro to an artist via slides
BY SALVADOR CASTILLO
Arts Reviews
City Theatre's production is so enjoyable that you'll be inclined to overlook its flaws
Tapestry's new program of classic tap routines continues to reveal the form's vitality and the troupe's growing skill
This dual solo show didn't offer any connections between Schroeder's slender sculptures and Burke's polished photos
columns
The plain truth behind the Festival's origins
BY LOUIS BLACK
SXSW DAILY: THURSDAY
Gossip
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
WEEKLY ISSUE
Jo Carol Pierce's music says: Go the distance, baby, and find out – find you
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Stephen rubs up against all that glitter at the Texas Film Hall of Fame and learns how much of it actually rubs off
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Take a ride on Capt. Day Trips' magical musical tour
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Austin Gamblers gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender bowling league keeps it real, real fun
BY THOMAS HACKETT
President Coolidge and his wallaby, ethicists and their bad behavior, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Bike Helmets for Adults – What's the Current Law?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Auditorium Shores at the Long Center, Saturday, March 15, 2008
BY THE LUV DOC
SXSW DAILY: FRIDAY
The Austin Music Awards is an all in the family affair
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Austin Aztex tryouts, English FA Cup semifinals, and more
BY NICK BARBARO