Empire Control Room & Garage
Volume 19, Number 11
features
A Way With Guns
Young writer Kevin Wood grew up with BB guns, and rifles and hunting, so it was a bit of a shock for him to discover that he wasn't as comfortable with a handgun.
BY KEVIN WOOD
news
Salvation
Former Davidian David Thibodeau recounts life at Waco compound in new book, "A Place Called Waco."
BY ROBERT BRYCE
Ashes to Ashes
David Koresh trusted Texas Rangers more than other law enforcement agencies.
BY ROBERT BRYCE
Agent Sage
Retired FBI agent Byron Sage is still defending FBI's role at Waco.
BY ROBERT BRYCE
Our Lying Eyes
A New Revelation, like its predecessor, Waco: Rules of Engagement, will face an uphill climb with the intellectual and political establishment.
BY DICK J. REAVIS
Men at Work
City's day laborer program undergoes successful overhaul
BY JENNY STAFF JOHNSON
Fast Track
The Capital Area Metropolitan Organization approved Capital Metro's light rail plans; now it's up to voters.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
A Dam Shame
Trout fishing group and recreational users oppose Guadalupe Blanco River Authority's plan to sell water to growing communities.
BY DAN OKO
Naked City
Candidates line up to run for Rep. Sherri Greenberg's seat; Austin police disagree with Chief Stan Knee's defense of officer who entered Matthew McConaughey's home; LGRL's Dianne Hardy-Garcia is off to Washington to organize a big march, BFI has received its valuation in the city's condemnation process.
BY AMY SMITH
Council Watch
The delicate business of funding substance abuse programs for musicians.
BY JENNY STAFF JOHNSON
Media Clips
Media misses the boat when it comes to quizzing Bush on foreign dictators.
BY LEE NICHOLS
food
Trouble in Paradise
Rebecca Chastenet de Gery explains why her visits to Pacifica Fine Dining have varied in quality.
BY REBECCA CHASTENET DÉ GERY
The Coffeehouse Chronicles
"Agoraphobes need not apply," Pableaux Johnson says of Gaby & Mo's, an infectiously bright new coffeehouse.
BY PABLEAUX JOHNSON
Food-o-File
Virginia B. Wood finds the perfect tamale and much more at the Southern Foodways Symposium in Oxford, Mississippi.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Deli-cious Sandwiches
Food Reviews
music
The Next Wave
A comprehensive look at the emerging Rock en Español movement in the United States
BY MELISSA SATTLEY
Everywhere Is War
A beginner's discography to Rock en Español
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Dancing About Architecture
Life and death on the live music club scene; Dale Watson escapes, Huey Meaux doesn't; and more tantalizing tidbits of Terpsichore...
BY KEN LIECK
Record Reviews
Rage Against the Machine
The Battle of Los Angeles
The Clash, Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
Live From Here to Eternity, Rock Art and the X-Ray Style
Eurythmics
Peace
The Hellacopters, The Hellacopters
Grande Rock, Payin' the Dues
Paul McCartney
Run Devil Run, Working Classical
Matthew Sweet
In Reverse
Everything But the Girl
Temperamental
AIR
Premiers Symptomes
Tethered Moon, Paul Motian & the Electric Bebop Band
Chansons de Edith Piaf, Monk & Powell
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Inner Voyage
Compay Segundo
Calle Salud
John Prine
In Spite of Ourselves
Buddy Miller
Cruel Moon
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
Burn to Shine
Dolly Parton
The Grass Is Blue
Dr. Dre, Method Man, Redman, Master P, The Artist, Eve, Mos Def, Three-Six Mafia, GooDiE MoB, Lil' KeKe, Eightball & MJG, Flo Mob`
Chonic 2001: Still Smokin', Blackout!, Only God Can Judge Me, Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic, Ruff Ryders' First Lady, Black on Both Sides, Get Crunk!, What You Know About That Wood
screens
Small Wonders
They just nabbed two festival awards, next up is HBO, and Ed Wood is their greatest influence. Meet Austin's most successful 12-year-old filmmakers.
BY MARC SAVLOV
Family Drama
Filmmaker Jennifer Fox discusses the seven months she spent with Bill and Karen, an interracial couple at the center of her intimate 10-hour documentary.
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
A Waking Dream
Film collective in*situ screens the animation of Harry Smith, avant-garde filmmaker.
BY CHRIS BAKER
Short Cuts
Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Ain't it cool? Harry Knowles pitches a television show based on his cinephile Webzine; also, the NAACP boycott is scrapped, plus other small-screen newsmakers.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Film Reviews
The Bachelor
Defying Gravity
Dogma
Kevin Smith manages to makes a film that both pokes fun at the Catholic Church and upholds the faith.
Get Bruce!
The Hungry Bachelors Club
arts & culture
The Whole Package
With Margaret Wiley, you didn’t have a one-trick pony; you had a multitude of talents and personalities in one big and big-hearted woman. Wiley’s friends and colleagues at Esther’s Follies offer their memories of this exceptional Austin comedian who died November 2.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Articulations
ARTS Center Stage making the Big Decision: What architect is going to transform Palmer Auditorium into the Long Center for the Performing Arts.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Holding Light: The Seen and the Unseen
Rebecca Cohen looks at the exhibition of contemporary glass sculptures "Holding Light" at the Austin Museum of Art: Laguna Gloria.
Austin Symphony Orchestra: Dance Fever
Robi Polgar responds to the November concert of the Austin Symphony Orchestra, featuring the premiere of Austin composer Darden Smith's Grand Motion.
columns
Page Two
The Austin American-Statesmanmanipulates a non-story to slam enviro board.
BY NICK BARBARO AND LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Warning: blatant use of music knowledge within
Public Notice
This week's "Public Notice" goes to Hyde Park, buys some homeless art, and cruises some gay bars.
BY KATE X MESSER
After a Fashion
Purchasing celebrity detritus on eBay
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Mr. Smarty Pants
Der Führer kann nicht das Volkswagen antreiben.
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Day Trips
Wildseed Farms in Fredericksburg sows the seeds for a colorful spring.
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Coach's Corner
Will the real genius please stand up?
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
About AIDS
Support groups are available for children who have HIV or are impacted by HIV in the family.
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Letters at 3AM
Poetry is an act of faith.
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
