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Volume 28, Number 27
news
Eye of the Media Storm
On the block, the Statesman fiddles while the industry burns
BY KEVIN BRASS
ON THE LEGE
One Pol's Stimulus Is Another's Crack Cocaine
When it comes to the stimulus, state lawmakers split along party lines
BY LEE NICHOLS
Dutton Retreats on Swap Squabble
Fighting for the right to switch committee seats
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
LegeLines
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
On Tap: Voter ID Rumble
Voter ID debate returns to the Senate floor
BY LEE NICHOLS
Stop the Discharge
Bills would prevent development discharge into aquifer
BY JACOB COTTINGHAM
City Rejects FixAustin Charges
City allays concerns about decreased animal shelter capacity and an animal crematory
BY PATRICIA J. RULAND
Winter Soldier in Austin
Iraq and Afghanistan veterans shared their stories when the Winter Soldier hearings came to town
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Meet the New Superintendent to Be
Superintendent finalist gets quick introduction to Austin
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The View From Minnesota
St. Paul surprised by Carstarphen's decision to head south
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Super Meets Her Public
Early signs are good for new superintendent
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
City Counseling: How Many Librarians Equal One Firefighter?
Fire Department budget cuts
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Reefer Madness: Treatment Works
Bill would divert low-level drug offenders from prison and save a bundle of money
BY JORDAN SMITH
Bike Master Plan Hits the Street
The public is now weighing in on details of the plan, which goes to council in May
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Cool City: Solar Subtleties
Cost of solar array depends on how you look at it – and when
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Point Austin: Give Perry a Brain Scan
Governors who reject federal stimulus money need their heads examined
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: The Unopposed
Candidates like uncontested elections, but it's a roll of the dice for the citizens
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Res Publica
Events for good citizens, March 5-12
The Hightower Report
Who's Making Our Medicine?; and Blackwater Metamorphosed
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Mexican Food 101
Whether your cheese is white or yellow, Austin's embarrassment of Mexican food riches is only matched by its love of barbecue
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
The Gospel Truth
BY MICK VANN
¡Viva Mariachi!
Spice up your evenings with Austin mariachi
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Food-o-File
A fire is put out at the Belmont, while Ate Cafe, La Tavola, and the Mighty Cone start blazes of their own
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Your local food events for March 7-11
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Ballroom Dancing
Not all the music industry linchpins coming to South by Southwest 2009 are musicians
Off the Record
Exploring international affairs at SXSW 09 with Canada House and Dart Music, plus the triumphant return of the Reality Sandwich to the Hole in the Wall
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Phases & Stages
screens
SXSW INTERACTIVE
How to Speak Geek
SXSW Interactive has landed. Can you talk the talk?
BY MIKE KANIN
Generation Overshare
What happens when the line blurs between our online and offline lives?
BY MARC SAVLOV
Stats Man
FiveThirtyEight.com's Nate Silver on the state of the nation
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Don't Be Hatin'
How the Internet helps us all to get along ... or not
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Web Prez
Crafting campaign, inside and out
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Gloves Off
The perils of being a female blogger
BY SOFIA RESNICK
We Were Promised Jet Packs (and a Whole Lot More)
When will technology catch up to the movies?
BY JOSH DUTY
Don't Fret the Technique
'Guitar Hero' goes mobile
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Jimmy Leets World
Graffiti Research Lab's James Powderly takes technology to the street
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Crossing Over
Bloggers parlay their online success into print
BY MELANIE HAUPT
To the Nines
Previewing the 2009 Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards
BY MARGARET MOSER
TV Eye
Opposites attract in a new mystery series starring a crime writer and a cop
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
The Class
There's no climactic rendering of "To Sir With Love" in this French classroom drama, just pedagogy in action, exquisitely observed.
Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience
The tween music sensations take to the big screen.
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
The director of Doom takes on another video-game franchise, this time one about a female martial artist seeking justice.
Watchmen
Although this hotly anticipated film has ideas galore, it remains bizarrely cold and uninvolving.
arts & culture
State of Wonderment
The Texas Biennial's first outside curator describes what he saw in Lone Star art
BY ANDREW LONG
'Monty Python's Spamalot'
The debonair leading man sheds his suavity to play the comically clueless King Arthur
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Conspirare
A PBS special puts you right in the midst of this celebrated choral ensemble
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'Skate! A Night at the Rink'
Forklift's skating party disguised as a modern dance show returns to the rink
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Warpstar Sexysquad
Yellow Tape's over-the-top, rockin' homage to sci-fi is damn entertaining and funny
Rachmaninov Vespers
Conspirare gave a balanced, brilliant performance of this jewel of sacred choral music
The Austin Symphony Orchestra With Sir James Galway and Lady Jeanne Galway
The great flutist made Dell Hall his home and seemed to be playing for old friends
columns
Page Two: Wild & Free
Surveying the SXSW landscape
BY LOUIS BLACK
After a Fashion
Stephen has already tried burning it at both ends, so that's not it ...
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
The Fort Boggy State Park wildlife area mixes recreation with a tranquil landscape
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Gay Place
South by is sooooooo gay ...
BY KATE X MESSER AND ASH BELL
Playing Through
Pops Mensah-Bonsu makes the leap from the Austin Toros to the San Antonio Spurs
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Utah loves porn, cheesy larva, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Volunteer Legal Services – Free Weekly Legal Clinic
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz
Opal Divine's Freehouse, Sunday, March 8, 2009
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
