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news
Bicycles, Roses, and Survivors
The Lance Armstrong Foundation and the spirit of its
founder
BY RITA RADOSTITZ
Smoot Steps Down
Texas Freedom Network director moves on after six
years of leadership
BY RACHEL PROCTOR MAY
We Think It Can, We Think It Can ...
Capital Metro may have finally found a rail plan
everybody can … tolerate
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
ELECTION 2004
What's a Constable to Do?
Candidates clash over job descriptions in Precinct 3 and 5 contests
BY JORDAN SMITH
Pushing 'Patriot Dreams'
A 'user's guide to democracy' with regime change in mind
BY WELLS DUNBAR
In Other Election News ...
Nader still off Texas ballot, Pete Sessions' naked butt, sexing up GOTV, and more
Listen to the Candidates Debate ...
Greens' Cobb, Libs' Badnarik face off before UT
crowd
BY LEE NICHOLS
A Med-Mari Challenge to HHS
Advocates petition the feds to change their tune on medical marijuana
BY JORDAN SMITH
Put That in Your Big Box and ...
Activist groups beg to differ with the city's big-box report
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
ELECTION 2004
Endorsements
The Chronicle's picks in the Nov. 2 election
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Austin @ Large: To Preserve and Thrive
Alvarez and Thomas' Eastside plan needs fine-tuning,
but it's about time
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Contemptible
Tom DeLay setting new 'salacious' standards in
congressional ethics
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Report
Mad scientists and Big Brother … maybe we
should be paranoid!
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Mission Accomplished
After more than a decade, Mars' adventurous menu
might not be as challenging as it once was, but it's still
one of the best in town
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Food-o-File
Everything is still happening in October!
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Ben's Longbranch BBQ
Ben Wash's welcoming greeting, big smile, and
positive outlook are once again drawing in the folks
from the neighborhood and the throngs of smoked
meat faithful
Golden Bay
From steamed lobsters to crispy salt and pepper
seafood to kung pao shrimp to dim sum, Golden Bay
delivers Chinese classics of admirable quality
Swerve Coffee Lounge and Indie Pop Cool Treats
Apparently, Austin has an unshakeable thirst for coffee and an equally insatiable thirst for all things hip
music
Love Is All Around
Tracking Sonny Curtis and his tall, West Texas tales
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
TCB
A rock out, a rock opera, and a rock show. Must be Rocktober.
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Phases & Stages
Green Day
American Idiot
Bright Eyes, Jim James, M. Ward
Live shot
Björk
Medúlla
Nick Cave
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
screens
Cinematic Convergence
The 11th Annual Austin Film Festival
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL
A Smattering of Shorts
Brief but sweet offerings from this year's Austin Film
Festival
America's Team
Matt Stone and Trey Parker take on terrorism,
celebrity, and the perils of puppetry
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Keepin' 'Em on the Farm
Barry Tubb's 'Grand Champion'
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
'SXSW Presents'
'Growin' a Beard' and "The 72 Oz. Steak"
Short Cuts
Dazed and Confused stands accused, but there's good news in The Bad News Bears department. Plus, Reel Women trivia master Sherry Mills has a secret.
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Sanitized for your protection
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Eulogy
Amusing comedy with a killer cast seems like it should be a lot funnier than it ultimately is.
Grand Champion
Kids adventure movie stars a boy and his prize steer – and a host of star cameos.
Head in the Clouds
Charlize Theron, Stuart Townsend, and Penelope Cruz co-star in this stilted romantic drama set against the background of Europe between the wars.
Raise Your Voice
Raise your voice and just say "no" to Hilary Duff as a wannabe singing sensation.
Rick
Directed by Gus Van Sant's longtime editor and written by Lemony Snicket author Daniel Handler, Rick is a harsh but compelling tale that loosely mixes tragedy and comedy.
Shall We Dance?
Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, and Susan Sarandon co-star in in this tempting remake of a Japanese film about a man's midlife slump.
Sheriff
Taxi
Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon comedy stalls at the starting gate.
Team America: World Police
Trey Parker and Matt Stone tame the world with marionettes.
arts & culture
Texas, Art Texas
When it comes to Lone Star art, Rebecca Cohen wrote the book (finally!)
BY ROBERT FAIRES
A Good Town for Dreaming
Austin gets inside the West Texas capital of contemporary art
BY RACHEL KOPER
Peter Pan vs. the Longhorns
Peter Pan has more than Capt. Hook to worry about this weekend. He has the whole Longhorn football team breathing down his neck.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Mail to the Chief
Vortex Repertory joins 27 other theatre companies from coast to coast in readings of 'Dear George: Letters to the President,' a theatrical presentation of actual letters from Americans across the country
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Culture Flash!
October is Art in Public Places Month, and the Austin Shakespeare Festival invites you onstage
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Emma Kirkby and Fretwork
The distinctive voices of soprano Emma Kirkby and the English viol consort Fretwork resist homogenized sound for the sake of the polyphonic music they perform
'"Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation"'
The Arthouse exhibition "Comic Release" is well worth seeing if you like to give your mind's teeth something complex to chew on or you appreciate the vernacular of comic books and graffiti or even if you don't
columns
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
Letters at 3AM
As we approach the most pivotal election since 1860,
the work of Stirling Silliphant comes to mind because
he shows that our present situation was not created
by 9 / 11 but has been brewing for a long time
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
(Y)Our Style Avatar, Stephen M.M. does the party
circuit and still manages to keep himself on time in
order to serve you, the fashion slaves of Austin
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
About AIDS
Campaign holds skimpy hope, but choice is clear
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The rapture: gone like the wind
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
To Your Health
The sense of smell is vital for good health
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
The Common Law
Common-law marriage in Texas
BY LUKE ELLIS
Day Trips
Appreciating the Indian rock art of the Lower Pecos
River region
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc Recommends: Extravagasm II Fantasy Ball
Parish, Saturday, October 16, 2004
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Tough times for UT; Dallas burning for a playoff spot
