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news
Westward Ho!
In-progress or proposed developments for near-western Hill Country rise overnight like so many toxic mushrooms
BY AMY SMITH
Montana Blues
Great-grandmother Marie died of a broken heart in Billings, Mont.
BY LUCIUS LOMAX
Enviros Give Dell a (Barely) Passing Grade
Hopeful signs – but continuing challenges – for electronic recycling effort
BY LEE NICHOLS
City Bets the Farm on Robinson Ranch
Austin prepares to enable a new city on a huge chunk of Williamson County
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
An Underground Effort to Recall APA's Sheffield
Anonymous cops accuse the union head of falling down on the job
BY JORDAN SMITH
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Pardoned by Satan
If Texas can't kill the insane, where will the madness end?
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin @ Large: (Jennifer) Gale Force
The vote in the AISD board elections suggests too many Austinites are just not paying attention
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
The Hightower Report
Spider-Man gets kicked out of baseball; Bush and Rummy deny responsibility for torture
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
SUMMER READING
Yummer Reading
Cookbooks, memoirs, anthologies, and more
Food-o-File
V.B.W. keeps an eye on the comings, goings, and goings-on
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: A Little Italy, Part I
music
When Doves Cry
Purple fingerprints on our past and present
BY MELANIE HAUPT
SUMMER READING
Sheet Music
The Spring rock & roll books round-up, from the cancerous and blind to the philosophical and fascist
TCB
Texas history, Handsome Joel, and 'Choice Cuts' from Tee Double.
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
screens
Come Out and Play
Has Austin – or anywhere else – ever seen anything like Cinemania weekend?
BY MARC SAVLOV
Crew Stories
Second Assistant Camera Courtney Harrell
BY COURTNEY FITZGERALD
SUMMER READING
In Print
'Fabulous!: A Loving, Luscious, Lighthearted Look at Film From the Gay Perspective' and more
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Short Cuts
Mo' money, mo' money, mo' money, mo' money
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
The media all but ignore the death of a Chicana titan. What's sadder is that it's unsurprising.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
'King of New York' (Special Edition)
With Abel Ferrara's first real budget came name talent and new blood
Film Reviews
The Day After Tomorrow
A new Ice Age cometh
Raising Helen
Ugg boots, ugh movie. Cuddle-bunny story stars Kate Hudson.
A Slipping-Down Life
Lili Taylor and Guy Pearce star in this adaptation of an Anne Tyler story that was filmed in Austin several summers ago.
Soul Plane
Everything is lewd and crude at this mile-high club.
La Vie Promise
Isabelle Huppert stars in this French road movie about a selfish streetwalker, her unwanted teenage daughter, and the escaped convict who befriends them both.
arts & culture
Coming Soon To a Concert Hall Near You
What's ahead for the Austin Symphony Orchestra & Ballet Austin in 2004-2005
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Art Seen
Three Austin artists – Sean Perry, Warren Cullar, and Jay McMahan – have had their artwork recognized on a national level
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Playwright Update
Playwrights Dan Dietz and Colin Denby Swanson are among the 18 semi-finalists for the 2004-5 P73 Playwriting Fellowship , and Dietz’s Tilt Angel has been selected for full production at New Jersey Repertory Theater next season
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Bullets
Relive your prom with Coda Theater Project; see Jaxon's artwork in a museum (of sorts); the Blanton receives $100,000 for its first show in its new building; and travel is in the cards for two AMOA leaders
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Underpants
To get into The Underpants, as it were, director Don Toner has deployed a reliable ensemble of able actors, who deliver a friendly poke in the ribs about matters a little farther south
A Night in Vienna
Friendship was the theme of the Budjanova Chamber Orchestra's A Night in Vienna, which was dedicated to the memory of Danielle Martin, the late UT professor whose life touched many of those at the concert
columns
Page Two
Hey, it's his shower
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
After a Fashion
Stephen cruises South First and 'Shouts' it out!
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Amos, Andy, admitted atheism, and Amnesty's accounting
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Day Trips
Pratt's Book Store has a great selection you might not expect from a small-town bookstore
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Common Law
There are so many lawyers, how do I know which one to
hire?
BY LUKE ELLIS
To Your Health
What nutrients can be taken to minimize radiation damage to healthy tissue?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
About AIDS
Bushites open door slightly to global generics
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Letters at 3AM
Justice sidestepped: Lane McCotter, the Bush administration's overseer for rebuilding Iraq's prison system, previously resigned from his job as Utah's top corrections officer because he was under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department for reports of abuse
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Luv Doc Recommends: Jesse Sublett in-store with the Class of ’78
Waterloo Records, Friday, May 28, 2004
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Farewell to the Champions League; long live Euro 2004
