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news
Live and Unscripted
A ringside seat at the AMN/AMP/ACTV death-cage
match
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Council Whistles a Happy Budget Tune
Pain, pain, go away, come again some other day
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
School Bond Proposals Roll to Victory
All six bond propositions to build, renovate, and expand AISD schools pass
BY RACHEL PROCTOR MAY
Is Scott Panetti Sane Enough to Die?
Courtroom debate over schizophrenic Texas death
row inmate
BY JORDAN SMITH
Judge Dietz Finds School Finance System Unconstitutional
Court ruling ends five-week trial with a mandate to Legislature to design a new system
BY MICHAEL KING
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Austin @ Large: Wreck on the Highway
Why the dogs can't catch the toll road speed machine
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
The Hightower Report
The Department of Homeland Security shills for Big Insurance; and Dubya uses Nixon's old hatchet man against Kerry
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Once and Future
Castle Hill Cafe, an all-time Austin favorite, is not resting on its laurels
BY RACHEL FEIT
Food-o-File
Eat, Drink, Watch Movies is back in a big way with a great cause; plus, there are a lot of restaurants in this city!
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Castleberry's Gourmet Sammiches
Where the low-carb craze hasn't found its grasp
Texican Cafe
Recognizing a long-overlooked far-South gem
music
2004 AUSTIN CITY LIMITS MUSIC FESTIVAL
2004 ACL Fest Guide
Everything you need to know
2004 AUSTIN CITY LIMITS MUSIC FESTIVAL
ACL Fest Interviews
ACL Fest Reviews
Looking Out My Back Door
Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of 'Austin City Limits' with 13,000 words. In pictures.
BY ANDY LANGER
TCB
The Austin City Limits Music Festival gets big without outgrowing its roots
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Phases & Stages
Rilo Kiley
More Adventurous
the Libertines
The Libertines
Tears for Fears
Everybody Loves a Happy Ending
screens
Cinematexas 9
Cinematexas International Short Film Festival 9, Sept.
22-26
BY SHAWN BADGLEY
Buggin' out at IMAX
Celebratory habits of the Austin arthropodophile: a
Saturday at the Bullock
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
SXSW Presents
'Los Trabajadores'
BY MICHAEL KING
Dispatches from the Toronto International Film Festival
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Short Cuts
The Conrans will 'Captain' 'Princess of Mars'; plus,
Linklater headed for 'Bad News'
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
'Lost' is 'Gilligan's Island' meets (choose one):
'Rashomon,' 'The X Files,' 'The Twilight Zone,'
'Survivor,' 'Lord of the Flies.' But it's also one of more
interesting new shows this season.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Code 46
Cyberpunk meets renegade romance, à la Orwell.
Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa
Funky Monkey
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Visually stunning sequel to the cult 1995 anime.
The Hunting of the President
This Friend-of-Bill doc recounts the hard-right campaign to cut short the Clinton presidency.
Mean Creek
A kinder, gentler Bully.
Mr. 3000
This Bernie Mac baseball flick is standard genre fare.
National Lampoon's Gold Diggers
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
You can't keep a bad zombie down.
Silver City
John Sayles adds his cinematic two cents to this election year’s plethora of politically minded movies.
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
This CGI adventure yarn is a loving tribute to all things retro-futuristic.
Touch of Pink
This queercentric romantic comedy gets its inspiration from culture clash and the ghost of Cary Grant.
Wimbledon
A terribly tender, good-hearted romantic comedy from across the pond.
arts & culture
Meet the New Bosses
Long Center director Cliff Redd and ALO director Richard Buckley compare notes on leading an arts institution, the challenges they face, and being new to Austin
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Two 'Hot' for Your Eyes
A double shot of steaming art at W&TW and Camp Fig
BY RACHEL KOPER
Following 'Suit'
'Zoot Suit' revival, symposium track the impact of Luis Valdez's powerful play then and now
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Arts Reviews
The Death of a Cat
C. Denby Swanson's unconventional new play, 'The Death of a Cat,' takes us into a weird world as dark and funny as an Edward Gorey cartoon
Austin Symphony Orchestra with Pinchas Zukerman and Amanda Forsyth
In ASO's season opener, Peter Bay did justice to Verdi, Brahms, and Bartók while maintaining the enthusiasm of his orchestra and its audience
columns
Page Two
Steve Earle brings Townes Van Zandt's ghost along on Silver City's magical mystery tour; it hangs around for the Toronto Film Festival
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
After a Fashion
Pink and brown are just not cutting it anymore, people. Get with the program. Plus … you know … more shilling for stores and stuff …
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Dachshunds, Delta, Dodgers, dance floor, and ham drippings
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
About AIDS
Meds side effects got you down?
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Letters at 3AM
All the economic numbers point one way: Hard times are about to get harder
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
To Your Health
I very seldom remember my dreams; does this mean I'm missing some nutrients?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
The Common Law
Privacy of the tenant
BY LUKE ELLIS
Day Trips
Manny Gammage's Texas Hatters waltzed into the encyclopedia of Texas legends a long time ago
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc Recommends: East End Soulfest
11th & Waller, Friday, September 17, 2004
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Something less than galactico; and the Word was good
