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Will Shill for Nukes
At UT and elsewhere, academic scientists are only too happy to lend their names and reputations to the nuclear power industry
BY WILLIAM M. ADLER
Fables of the Reconstruction
A confidential internal U.S. memo describes a Coalition / Iraqi administration sinking into chaos
BY JASON VEST
The Return of 'The Ozo 3'
Andy Langer interviews Ozomatli bassist on band's arrest during SXSW, and its aftermath
BY ANDY LANGER
New Questions Raised in Owens Shooting
DNA tests and an eyewitness account seem to not match the official story
BY JORDAN SMITH
Glasgow: 'Planting' Criminals Deters Crime
The APD officer's death-penalty views raise eyebrows
BY JORDAN SMITH
Anti-Choice Activist Casts a Wider Net
Chris Danze ramps up his campaign against Planned Parenthood
BY AMY SMITH
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Austin @ Large: Sense of the Census
The new census numbers reflect
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Tits for Tots
The governor rolls out his school finance plan, starring smoking, gambling, Desirée, and Ecstasy
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Report
Democracy confronts Karl Rove, and CEOs tout offshoring
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Every Missed Bite a Heartbreak
Why Pacific Blue is one of the best new restaurants in Austin
BY RACHEL FEIT
Food-o-File
Virginia B. Wood introduces you to the new folks in town and updates you on all of the news around town
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Indian, Part II
Food Reviews
El Zuzal Restaurant
El Z. specializes in El Salvadoran cuisine, though they do have some standard Mexican dishes for those with no sense of adventure
music
Pick-Me-Up Hoedown
The 17th annual Old Settler's Music Festival: no waterfall, but a cascade of acoustic and bluegrass music nonetheless
BY JIM CALIGIURI
TCB
Spring is here and there are more music festivals than bluebonnets
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Phases and Stages
The Darkness
The Darkness: Stubb's, April 13
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Iggy & the Stooges, Devo, Guns N' Roses
Live at Slane Castle, Live in Detroit, Live, Use Your Illusion I & II
Mindy Smith
One Moment More
Nellie McKay
Get Away From Me
Modest Mouse
Good News for People Who Love Bad News
Madvillain
Madvillainy
screens
All-Terrain Vehicles
The seventh annual Cine Las Americas Festival
Five-Year Reunion
'Freaks and Geeks' comes back in a big way – on DVD
BY MARRIT INGMAN
Blog Justice on the Wild Web
Is danah boyd a racist or just a woman trying to find her purse?
BY COURTNEY FITZGERALD
TV Eye
Altering the recipe for Iron Chef's success is inviting failure, isn't it?
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Short Cuts
Robert Rodriguez vs. the DGA and Paramount
BY MARC SAVLOV
Film Reviews
Dogville
Lars von Trier's new film is both masterful and misanthropic.
The Girl Next Door
Surprise! The girl next door is an ex-porn star.
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Revenge is a dish best served bold – and deliciously, by Quentin and Uma.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
Gundam toy animé.
The Punisher
Strictly from the so-bad-it's-good school of entertainment.
The United States of Leland
Kevin Spacey-produced indie drama plays like The OC's more intellectual, older sibling.
arts & culture
It's a Dirty Job ...
New arts tsar Vincent Kitch rolls up his sleeves to give Austin arts funding a clean start
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Six-String Singularity
Adam Holzman, the man largely responsible for Austin's burgeoning classical guitar scene, gives a rare recital off the UT campus
BY ROBI POLGAR
Welcome, Cambiaso
A 450-year-old work of art by Genoese artist Luca Cambiaso that was recently acquired by the Blanton Museum of Art has been hung in its second-floor galleries
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Articulations
New plans for the Long Center are unveiled, and a big push is made to get it built, plus Al Hirschfeld's widow and daughter speak about The Line King
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
'Eileen with Deer Wallpaper, by Heyd Fontenot'
Heyd Fontenot's Eileen With Deer Wallpaper in the Studio 107 show "Is a Theme Necessary?" is a happy, cozy memory, accessible and cute as heck
Esther's Follies
Using inventive props, puppets, costumes, and live music, the gang at Esther's Follies stuffs fast-paced skits, political satire, and illusions into a tightly compacted show
Trappakeepa & Girth
There are three things worth noting about Gypsy Baby Productions' premiere of this ostensible comedy by Lindsay Kayser, and that's all
columns
Page Two
Overreaction to the Ozomatli incident ignores years of outstanding police performance during SXSW
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
After a Fashion
This week, your Style Avatar's cup runneth over, as he gusheth and gusheth about one of Austin's premiere fashion extravaganzas, The Style Cup.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Sartre's psychosis, small servings, and soiled soldier seals
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
I don't want this car
BY LUKE ELLIS
To Your Health
Is acupuncture safe and helpful when treating back pain?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
About AIDS
The Women Rising Project is having its spring garage sale on Saturday, May 8, and they need your usable, salable items
BY SYLVIA LOPEZ
Day Trips
If you are looking to relax, do some fishing, or maybe some bird watching, the Spoonville RV Park and Lodge might be right for you
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Letters at 3AM
Americans and Iraqis are dying for Bush's pride and his hopes of re-election
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Luv Doc Recommends: Salvage Vanguard Cinema
Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, Saturday, April 17, 2004
BY THE LUV DOC
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sports
Soccer Watch
The Posse prepares to ride east; and galactic
woes in Spain
