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Unpardonable
The Bush record of 'compassionate conservatism' is amply illustrated by his clemency record in Texas
BY LUCIUS LOMAX
Building a Better Hill Country Suburb?
Developers Dick Rathgeber and Terry Mitchell say
BY AMY SMITH
A Gay-Bashing in the East Sixth 'Dead Zone'
A brawl outside Emo's raises questions about police protection east of Red River
BY JORDAN SMITH
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
The Elephants at Play
GOP State Convention features flags, sanctimony, preaching … and a little politics
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin @ Large: The Smoke Unclears
Further adventures in symbolism – and unintended consequences – at City Hall
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
The Hightower Report
The horrors of war just keep unfolding
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
The Sauce Boss
Lauri Raymond looks back on – and forward to – the life and times of SASS dressing
BY BARBARA CHISHOLM
Food-o-File
Joy Peppers, June books, festival news, and a roving French supper club: The Austin food scene is heating up
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings
A little Italy, part III
music
Get in the Ring
Scott Weiland calls Andy Langer out
BY ANDY LANGER
Walk Like Cleto
H-town's Chingo Bling slings tamale beats
BY JOE NICK PATOSKI
TCB
I went down to the Crossroads, fell down on my knees
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Phases and Stages
Fastball
Keep Your Wig On
Alejandro Escovedo
Por Vida
Maneja Beto
Para que las Paredes no se Aburran
Migas
Hits-n-Mrs.
Euphoria, Johnny Fish & the Minor Dieties, Misspent Youth, Later with Justin Filer, Slaves at Rest, Ellipsis
'Hi-BoB' CD Release
Dresden 45
Paradise Lost – Expanded
The New Year
The End is Near
Darden Smith
Circo
Terri Hendrix
The Art of Removing Wallpaper
Ghostwriter, Jim Stringer & the AM Band, Greezy Wheels, Coffee Sergeants, Brent Palmer, Glass Family, Midgetmen, Good Looks, Gun Totin' Meateaters
Road Angels and Torrential Rains, In My Hand, HipPOP, El-Ariesh, Stabilize EP, Glass Family, High Life, Let the Needle Drop, Cease and Desist
Oh, Beast!, Tia Carrera, Gorch Fock, Brown Whörnet, Mico de Noche, Migas
PSR DVD Vol. 1
Barbara Lynn
Blues & Soul Situation
Omar & the Howlers
Boogie Man
screens
The Hot Spot
How Richard MacKinnon and the Wireless City Project are making Austin the center of the tech universe – again
BY MARC SAVLOV
Down by Law
More than two decades later, 'Wild Style' still stands as a hip-hop high point
BY ROBERT GABRIEL
Required Viewing for Troubled Times
Craig Baldwin's Blows Against the Empire
BY MARC SAVLOV
Short Cuts
If it's June, it must mean zombies and free money
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Plans are being made for even more gay TV. Whatever that means.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
3 Women
It came to Robert Altman in a dream, and that much is clear
Film Reviews
The Chronicles of Riddick
Vin Diesel revs up the sci-fi franchise.
Control Room
A timely documentary look at Arab news network al Jazeera.
Garfield: The Movie
Garfield Declawed is the result of taking this comic strip to the big screen.
Love Me if You Dare
Love and malice, as only the French can do it.
Saved!
Teen satire softly pokes at the hypocrisies of organized religion.
The Stepford Wives
Remake will quickly go from an idea that's misbegotten to a movie that's completely forgotten.
arts & culture
Applause! Applause!
The full list of winners for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Do Kill the Messenger
Guest performers bring cameo cutups to Tongue and Groove Theatre's production of The Comedy of Errors
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Bullets
Two Austin arts groups go to D.C. for an international arts festival, and another is headed to New York for one
Arts Reviews
Ladee Leroy
You and I may not share those things we keep deep inside, but Ladee Leroy will make you awfully glad that Lee Eddy does
"New York Stories"
In Studio 2 Gallery's "New York Stories," photographers Hannah Neal and Martha Grenon turn their lens on the city that never sleeps
The Drawer Boy
Michael Healey's The Drawer Boy is a sweet, sometimes hilarious, and ultimately moving story of lifelong friendship well-staged at Hyde Park Theatre
columns
Page Two
Liberals' core beliefs are as vital as ever, but they've forgotten how to communicate
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
After a Fashion
What did the drag queen teach Stephen, and when and where will he get Wilde?
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Ted Kennedy, Emmylou Harris, gas, and UFOs
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Day Trips
Buffalo Gap Historic Village, south of Abilene, provides a time line of Texas history
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
To Your Health
Is there any harm in microwaving food in plastic containers?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
The Common Law
Filing a lawsuit in small claims court
BY JESSICA MANGRUM
About AIDS
AIDS-related pain? Get paid for research!
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Letters at 3AM
Speaking through your children's blood, and the words of the past and the present
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Luv Doc Recommends: Rock and Roll Free for All
Hole in the Wall, Saturday, June 12, 2004
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Europe holds its own championship, Euro2004; the rest of us wait for the World Cup
