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UT's Brackenridge Tract: For Love or Money?
West Austin readies for another battle over redevelopment
BY JACOB COTTINGHAM
Another Ill Wind
Ike's aftermath leaves Red Cross, schools, charities picking up the pieces
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
Res Publica
Your civic agenda, Sept. 25-Oct. 2
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Obama Office Open for Business
Obama wasn't there, but Benjamin McKenzie was
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Wanna Vote? Better Register Soon.
Hurry, hurry! Register to vote before the big day.
BY LEE NICHOLS
Better Zed Than Dead?
Complaint filed against House Rep. Zedler
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Barr Barks Up Wrong Tree
Libertarian prez hopeful loses effort to keep Obama and McCain off the ballot.
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Postpone the Debate? Let's Debate It ...
WTF, McCain?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Politics Take Back Seat to Ike
Partisanship goes out the window in wake of storm
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Yogurt Shop DNA
After months of testing, the state knows a lot about who doesn't match the new DNA evidence
BY JORDAN SMITH
Jimmy Fennell Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping, Sexual Misconduct
The former Georgetown Police sergeant's conviction casts doubt on his innocence in the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites
BY JORDAN SMITH
Nix to Negativity
Overheard at the broadcasters schmoozefest: Crisis? What crisis? Have some candy.
BY KEVIN BRASS
Austin's Energy Future ... and You!
Citizens to play a large role in determining where Austin gets its energy in the future
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Pickens and Pope
Possibilities open up when the Sierra Club can find common ground with a Texas oilman
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
81st Lege
The upcoming legislative session looks to be a doozy
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Reefer Madness: Drug Czar or Drugged Czar?
Walters appears to be winning the war on fantasy
BY JORDAN SMITH
Point Austin: Under Water
James Galbraith on the prospects of an economic bailout
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: It Will Be Mayor May Before you Know It
Plugging the holes in the city's campaign finance ordinance
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
Arming the World; and Another Bush Mess to Clean Up
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Harmonic Convergence
Threadgill's perfectly weds Austin's music and food cultures
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Street Food Near Zilker Park
If the ACL food court isn't enough, check out these nearby eateries
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Food-o-File
Maria Maria brings Roberto Santibañez to Austin, renovations continue in local eateries, and more delicious news
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Eat chiles to your heart's content at the Sunset Valley Farmers Market, and head to the swanky Taste of Sixth Street benefit in support of local businesses
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Out of the Mouths of Children
The return of the Butthole Surfers – don't call it a reunion!
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Rainin in Paradize
Manu Chao, changing the world one neighborhood at a time
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Off the Record
Gearing up for the 2008 Austin City Limits Music Festival
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
The Lovely Sparrows
Bury the Cynics
Low Line Caller
Hi Def Soft Core
The Calm Blue Sea
The Calm Blue Sea
The Diamond Center
Claws and Flaws
Pillow Queens
Kookoolegit
The New Year
The New Year
Naked Empire
Bottom Feeders
Silver Pines, the Lemurs, the Laughing, Sex Panda
Forces, Million Little Bits, Jungle, Suncopters
Militant Babies
We'd Rather Have Nothing Than Settle for Less
Calhoun
Falter.Waver.Cultivate
Scrappy Jud Newcomb
Ride the High Country
the Lost Pines
Middle of the Morning
John Inmon
Songs for Heavy Traffic
Infinite Partials
End of Begin
ACL FEST
ACL Fest Friday Schedule
Friday's full lineup
ACL Fest Friday Picks
The blurbing of ACL 2008
ACL Fest Friday Interviews
ACL Fest Friday Reviews
ACL Fest Saturday Schedule
Saturday's full lineup
ACL Fest Saturday Picks
The blurbing of ACL 2008
ACL Fest Saturday Interviews
ACL Fest Saturday Reviews
ACL Fest Sunday Schedule
Sunday's full lineup
ACL Sunday Picks
The blurbing of ACL 2008
ACL Fest Sunday Interviews
ACL Fest Sunday Reviews
Austin Kiddie Limits
For the young'uns
BY MELANIE HAUPT
ACL Aftershows
When the sun goes down
ACL's Food Court Continues to Expand Its – and Our – Horizons
Take an ACL break Austin-style with local eateries and portable fine dining
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Restaurants Near Zilker
When ACL's food court isn't enough
Barton Springs Pool Info
Take a dip
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
screens
Burn, Baby, Burn
On Fahrenheit 451 and why good democracy should make you feel bad
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
A New Vision of Television
Critical theorist Sharon Ross talks about 'tele-participation' and the joys of tough women on TV
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
IndiePix Rolls Out a Two-Disc DVD of 'Hell on Wheels'
The ladies of Roller Derby show some derring-do promoting the new release
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
TV Eye
At this year's Emmy Awards, cable won, and reality lost. Sorry, Heidi.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
The Last Laugh: Deluxe Restored Edition
Best known for his vampires, devils, and death-dealers, F.W. Murnau traffics here in the evils of capitalism and human cruelty
Film Reviews
Choke
Choke, a forgettable adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s 2001 novel, features Sam Rockwell as a man of many hats, all of them off-putting.
Eagle Eye
Too bad it's autumn: With its frenetic car chases; near-erotic fascination with explosions, gadgets, and guns; and disposable storyline, Eagle Eye is the very definition of a summer blockbuster.
Forever Strong
The film tells the story of a volunteer American rugby coach who inspires his team.
Humboldt County
This fine ensemble piece – thoughtful and cheering, even giddy in stabs – presents a seriocomic, sympathetic portrait of a pot-growing family operating along the coast of Northern California.
I Served the King of England
The new film from Czech New Wave hero Jirí Menzel presents a whimsical version of 20th century European history.
Igor
Pixar this animated outing isn't, but neither is it Mary Shelley's VeggieTales.
Johnny Got His Gun
Austin-bred actor Ben McKenzie stars in this one-man show of Dalton Trumbo's timeless anti-war novel.
The Lucky Ones
Tim Robbins effectively heads an engaging threesome of Iraq war vets as they travel across America on a road to personal growth.
Miracle at St. Anna
Spike Lee fights the good fight but loses the battle in his bloated and muddled World War II epic that pays tribute to the Army's Buffalo Soldiers.
My Best Friend's Girl
Dane Cook stars in this rom-com about a serial womanizer who accidentally falls in love with his best friend’s girl.
Nights in Rodanthe
This movie which reunites Richard Gere and Diane Lane is hardly the best chick flick around, but it’s the flick with the best chick by far.
Towelhead
Alan Ball's film is guaranteed to discomfit and dismay with its dangerous plunge into an adolescent girl's discovery of sexuality and self-identity.
arts & culture
A Stage of Their Own
TexARTS has yet to find its audience in Austin, but outside it is another story
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Latino Comedy Project
The sketch troupe says bye to Bush by serving up its best jabs at W one last time
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Tere O'Connor
Don't fret over getting this choreographer's dances, and you'll be richly rewarded
BY ANDREW LONG
New Music Ensemble
Three artists reunite on an opera they first worked on together 30 years ago
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Culture Flash!
Conspirare CD sells big, ASO executive director leaves, and learn to advocate for the arts
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Marisol
Vestige Group has the pieces of an interesting puzzle, but most don't fit together
Austin Symphony Orchestra With Leila Josefowicz
Peter Bay programmed a rich, innovative concert to kick off ASO's 98th season
Past: Paused
A two-man, two-nation photo show where everything new is old again – and vice versa
columns
Page Two: Spinning Tales
The GOP masterfully weaves a tapestry of deceit
BY LOUIS BLACK
Oops!
Letters at 3AM
This two-year-long campaign of such unprecedented intensity may have been the best proving ground for Barack Obama's candidacy
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
While Stephen is fetching, he didn't fetch much
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
The Stoneleigh Hotel in Dallas is one grand lady that has received more than just a face lift
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Gay Place
A young man was bashed on the bus
BY KATE GETTY AND KATE X MESSER
Playing Through
Shana Young may be only 14, but she'll leave you in the dust out at Iron Rock Raceway
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Are you registered to vote in November election?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Austin City Limits Festival
Zilker Park, Friday, September 26, 2008
BY THE LUV DOC
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