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Can the Bands Play On?
The Live Music Task Force tunes up to protect Austin's claim to fame
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Quote of the Week
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
Beyond City Limits
Will 'Safe-P' and TDCJ Be Held Accountable?
Legislative committee will hear testimony on a controversial substance abuse treatment program
BY PATRICIA J. RULAND
Defense Cries Foul on Yogurt Shop DNA
Prosecutors' yogurt shop murder case appears to be in trouble
BY JORDAN SMITH
ARA All Up in the Victory's Grill
Unpopular Austin Revitalization Authority projects are threatening to crowd the Victory Grill
BY LEE NICHOLS
Thinking Beyond Coal
Coal mines are mucking up the environment, from the Appalachian mountains to the outskirts of Austin
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Shocked at ROT! Round Up the Usual Suspects!
Offended peepster takes a gazillion photos of nude revelers
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Bringing the Net to Austin
How Netroots Nation selected Austin for its meet-up for bloggers
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Catalyst: Chris Bowers
A Q&A with the editor of Open Left – who'll be one of Netroots Nation's busiest attendees
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Republicans on the Defense
Conservatives aim to prove their own blog-worthiness at the Defending the American Dream Summit this weekend
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Animal Defenders Seek Ban on Circus Wildlife
Just in time for the circus – animal-rights group brings its message to town
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Mansion Fire Fallout
DPS head Col. Tommy Davis steps down; meanwhile, Texas first lady Anita Perry steps up to raise funds for restoration
BY LEE NICHOLS
Happenings
What's on your political plate this week: July 17-23
TxDOT Clocked for Toll Trafficking
Texas Department of Transportation gets tough reception at Sunset Advisory Commission
BY KIMBERLY REEVES
Point Austin: The Perps Walk
FISA, Congress, and the rule of law
BY MICHAEL KING
Beside the Point
Brewster's brewing a whole new role for himself
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Reefer Madness
U.S. ranks tops in drug use
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report
Citigroup's Big Deal; and The Fight for Change in Washington
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Beyond the Spritzer
Cooling off with summer wines
BY WES MARSHALL
In Memoriam
Feisty local will be missed by many
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Austin's got a crop of new summer offerings, including myriad cupcake boutiques, the Big Ass Burger, and 'Le Burrito'
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
July 18-24
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Rio's Brazilian Sauces and Pastries
South America invades Austin food scene
music
Younger Than Yesterday
Brothers and Sisters, tighter than yesterday, looser than today
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Hard Back
You got grime in my hip-hop!
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Off the Record
Putting a price tag on the new exclusivity of rock & roll records
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Phases & Stages
Beck
Modern Guilt
Marcin Wasilewski Trio, Misha Alperin, Norma Winstone, Keitil Bjørnstad / Terje Rypdal
January, Her First Dance, Distances, Life in Leipzig
Three 6 Mafia
Last 2 Walk
Melvins
Nude With Boots
Coldplay
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Catherine MacLellan
Church Bell Blues
Martha Wainwright
I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too
Gary Wilson
You Think You Really Know Me: The Gary Wilson Story
screens
It's All Fun and Games Until Somebody Starts World War III
A Cold War classic turns 25
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Fantastic Fest 2008 Lineup Announced
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Film News
Dallas continues to dominate the Texas Motion Picture Alliance
BY JOE O'CONNELL
TV Eye
A new ABC Family drama about teen sex would be groundbreaking if it didn't lean so much on stereotypes
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Batman: Gotham Knight
Six animated visions of the Caped Crusader, as envisioned by six unique animé directors and six different writers
Film Reviews
Brick Lane
Brick Lane shows us the life of a Bangladeshi woman, who moves to London to marry a man she's never met, keep house, raise a family, and eventually act on her squelched yearnings.
The Dark Knight
The visuals soar and Heath Ledger's Joker is magnificent, although this Batman movie is grim and chilly, as if made for our age of anxiety.
Encounters at the End of the World
Werner Herzog, contemporary cinema's most consistently lyrical examiner of the (in)human condition, returns to the documentary form in yet another wonderfully improbable locale: Antarctica.
Mamma Mia!
This film adaptation of the Broadway adaptation of a catalog of Swedish disco hits retains all the fun but remains astonishingly silly.
Meet Dave
Eddie Murphy reteams with his Norbit director for this new extraterrestrial comedy in which miniature aliens operate a spaceship that has a human form.
Savage Grace
You can almost smell the desperation in the twisted psychosexuality of Savage Grace, the film purportedly based on the true story of a mother-son relationship that went tragically wrong.
arts & culture
In Dreams
Camera in hand, D'Ette Cole makes images to bridge the gaps between night and day
BY NIKKI MOORE
Summer Stock Austin: I'm Your Puppet
Trouble Puppet Theatre Company teams up with Summer Stock Austin to take Jack up the beanstalk in a whole new way
BY BARRY PINEO
'Skate! A Night at the Rink': Heaven on Wheels
Choreographer Allison Orr liked the moves she saw at the rink so much, she invited local skaters to dance
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Acia Gray: From Austin, an Ambassador of Tap to the World
The artistic director of Tapestry Dance Company has just been named president of the International Tap Association
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Red Balloon
Tongue and Groove Theatre's new show leaves you feeling like something dark and heavy has been lifted up and carried far, far away
Seussical the Musical
This theatrical tribute to the good doctor tries to take on too much at times, but its heart is in the right place
Blue Rhapsody
The kickoff to the Austin Chamber Music Center's 12th festival was as much theatre as it was concert
columns
Page Two: Critical Grasp
Civil disobedience and free speech are cut from the same unalienable cloth
BY LOUIS BLACK
Oops!
Letters @ 3AM
As much fun as it is to blame speculators and oil companies, and as certain as it is that some reforms would help, the real culprit is global demand
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Stephen goes on a desperately needed staycation
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Paddling the Colorado River from Little Webberville Park to Big Webberville Park is about as easy of a canoe or kayaking trip as you can imagine
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Playing Through
Lions Municipal Golf Course is an Austin treasure that deserves to be saved
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The unoriginal Oreo, humans get HIV from monkeys, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
But I Was Wearing My Seat Belt!
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: First Ever Film Fight Party
Artseen Alliance, Thursday, July 17, 2008
BY THE LUV DOC
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Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Industrious Anarchy
Anarchy Championship Wrestling is striving to keep the wrestling tradition alive in Austin