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Porn Busters!
Investigators run roughshod over rights in hunt for cybersex offenders
BY JORDAN SMITH
The $360 Million Question: Where to Put WTP4?
City Council is re-re-rethinking WTP4
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Acting on Directors
The spring retirement announced by City Manager Toby Futrell raises the question of how the city will fill key openings
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Animal Shelter Drops the Ball on Missing Dog
Was Reba the dog euthanized or stolen?
BY PATRICIA J. RULAND
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
Developing Stories
Two city boards and commissions take opposing stands on corridor preservation
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Reefer Madness
Feds remain illogically steadfast in opposition to medicinal marijuana
BY JORDAN SMITH
Point Austin: No Bill
Grand jury clears APD's Olsen, but questions remain
BY MICHAEL KING
Beside the Point
Preternaturally talented rogue city manager tries escaping 'The Company' before it does her in
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
Foreign spying on Americans; and where are they now?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Will Travel for Food
Oregon Brewers Festival
BY LEE NICHOLS
Preparing for the Hatch Chile Invasion
Batten down, y'all ...
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Amelia Sweethardt conquers Vermont, plus a Texas Book Festival update
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Aug. 18-23
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Shanghai Restaurant
If the name sounds familiar, it's because the Yim family helped introduce Austin to dim sum at the original location way back when
Patsy's Cowgirl Cafe
When I heard that the founders of Esther's Follies were opening a restaurant/music venue, two questions immediately came to mind
music
The Gospel of Progress
Micah P. Hinson lands in Austin – hopefully not on his back
BY DOUG FREEMAN
The Elephant in the Living Room
Spencer Gibb tiptoes atop 54 Seconds
BY MARGARET MOSER
Off the Record
Peeping inside a Broken Clock; Stag Records rolls out the red carpet; the Jazzus Lizard meet their maker, and more
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Phases & Stages
Rufus Wainwright, Neko Case
Live Shot
Imperial Teen
The Hair the TV the Baby & the Band
Charles Mingus
Tijuana Moods, Cornell 1964, Music Written for Monterey 1965 Not Heard... Played in its Entirety at UCLA
Gogol Bordello
Super Taranta!
King Khan & the Shrines
What Is?!
Storms: My Life with Lindsey Buckingham and Fleetwood Mac
Carol Ann Harris
screens
Rain, Broken Glass, and a Dead Body in the Dumpster
Fourteen hours of Elizabeth Reeder's A Very Bad Day
BY MARRIT INGMAN
Arcade Fire
Competitor Steve Wiebe on The King of Kong
BY CARSON BARKER
TV Eye
The Women's Realm
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Film Reviews
Arctic Tale
The filmmakers crafted their nature footage into a kid-friendly "narrative" about the itty-bitty walrus and the little polar bear that could.
Death at a Funeral
Pure farce served straight up and directed by the man who moonlights as the voice of Yoda and Miss Piggy.
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
This is a winning, sweet, and occasionally disturbing documentary about otherwise sensible adults who vie for the title of World's Best Donkey Kong Player.
Lights in the Dusk
How does one say “cherchez la femme” in Finnish?
Marigold
An American actress is stranded in India in this Bollywood/Hollywood co-production.
Skinwalkers
Another subpar, bite 'n' slash, PG-13 bloodless-bath.
Superbad
Cera and Hill are comic gold in this comedy, which is from the Judd Apatow stable and which has credits populated with refugees from Arrested Development.
The Ten
Quirky comedy sketches illustrate each of the Ten Commandments.
arts & culture
Art of the State
Retiring director Rick Hernandez reflects on three decades with the Texas Commission on the Arts
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'Krishnam Vande Jagatgurum': Saluting the Guru to the World
Silambam Dance Company of North America treats Austin to an Indian classical ballet dramatizing the life of Krishna
BY BARRY PINEO
Gobotrick Theatre Company: Keeping the Soul Happy
Naomi Wallace's drama One Flea Spare is the latest venture from Gobotrick Theatre Company
BY BARRY PINEO
Parallelogramophonograph: Supercalifragilisticexpiali motherfuckingdocious
When Parallelogramophonograph does improv, it's like watching hyperintelligent, human-shaped, joyously goofy otters at play
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Arts Reviews
Rainbow Family of the Serendipitous Now, or the Orpheus Project
Rainbow Family of the Serendipitous Now refracts the Orpheus myth through the lens of the Manson family in a seamless, complex, color-coded vehicle
The King and I
Allison Orr's choreographic tribute to Elvis Presley, The King and I, is perceptive, inventive, and surprisingly engaging
Interchange
'Interchange,' this year's three-part summer MFA show at Creative Research Lab, marks a positive departure from last year's
columns
Page Two: Along the Bias
Lack of media objectivity cuts all ways
BY LOUIS BLACK
Letters @ 3AM
Ingmar Bergman, Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini: The great achievement of these film directors was to create living souls to look at, that we might know ourselves
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Stephen trips down memory lane. Whoops!
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Rancho de las Cabras left a legacy of agriculture terms and techniques that survive today
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants
The real-world Lasso of Truth, Kerouac's childhood fantasy, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Investment property & 1031 exchanges
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Ice Cream Festival
Waterloo Park, Saturday, August 18, 2007
BY THE LUV DOC
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sports
Soccer Watch
The European season gets started, Beckham makes his MLS debut, and more
