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news
The Slow Dying of Johnston High
State accountability standards may close a school on the edge of survival
BY KIMBERLY REEVES
AISD Scrambles for Another Bond Election
Volunteer Citizens' 2008 Bond Advisory Committee considering proposed projects, mostly driven by essential repairs, swelling student numbers, and changing curriculum requirements
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
McMurrey Challenges Noriega From the Left
Corpus Christi teacher says he wants to be the Texan Paul Wellstone and "to re-establish the integrity of what I teach and what American democracy is about and who American democracy should serve"
BY LEE NICHOLS
Naked City
Reefer Madness
North Dakota hemp farmers go to court to defend right to tell DEA to butt out of plans to grow nonnarcotic hemp plant
BY JORDAN SMITH
Point Austin: Citizens Needed
The city is considering charter revision, but the citizens are still yawning
BY MICHAEL KING
Beside The Point
The lonely path of board and commission reform
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
SweatFree Communities; and Big-Spending George
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Big Top Candy Shop
Tis the season for sugar overload
BY ROSALIND FAIRES
Event Menu
Dec. 1-9
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Whiskey Heaven
Opal Divine's whiskey fest includes all the Scottish trappings
BY WES MARSHALL
Food-o-File
Look to local businesses for help with your holiday feastivities
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
ZuZu Handmade Mexican Food
Russell and Laura Arnold take the "handmade" moniker seriously
Habanero Mexican Cafe
We break the eat-but-don't-tell rule with this small and delicious eatery
music
Dreamsville
16 Magazine and the birth of music journalism
BY MARGARET MOSER
Off the Record
Jon Dee Graham goes under the lens for a new documentary, Joel Laviolette culls spirits with Rattletree Marimba, and the new Austin Music Hall finally opens (sort of)
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Rock & Roll Books
Eye Mind: The Saga of Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators, the Pioneers of Psychedelic Sounds
Paul Drummond
Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music
David Meyer
Various Positions: A Life of Leonard Cohen
Ira Nadel
Rock & Roll Heaven, The Police: 1978-1983, Runnin' Down a Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Robert Dimery and Bruno MacDonald, Lynn Goldsmith and Peter Bogdanovichedited by Warren Zanes
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
Oliver Sacks
The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star
Nikki Sixx with Ian Gittins
Being Prez: The Life & Music of Lester Young
Dave Gelly
Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
Rob Sheffield
Queens of Havana: The Amazing Adventures of Anacaona, Cuba's legendary All-Girl Dance Band
Alicia Castro
Women in Texas Music: Stories and Songs
Kathleen Hudson
Johnny Cash: The Biography
Michael Streissguth
Ronnie
Ronnie Wood
Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me
Pattie Boyd and Penny Junor
Clapton: The Autobiography
Eric Clapton
Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain and America
Jonathan Gould
Notorious C.O.P.: The Inside Story of the Tupac, Biggie, and Jam Master Jay Investigations From the NYPD's First 'Hip-Hop Cop'
Derrick Parker with Matt Diehl
The Groupie Chronicles
Morgana Welch, Catherine James and Pamela Des Barres
screens
A Second Shot at 'Shootin' Match'
On the eve of the pending DVD release and Friday night's premiere of the restored and remastered The Whole Shootin' Match, Sonny Carl Davis and Lou Perryman reminisce about the late Eagle Pennell and the films they made together
BY LOUIS BLACK
Man of a Thousand Faces
Maverick filmmaker Vincent Gallo takes a time-out and turns his attention to music
BY MARK FAGAN
When There's Nothing Left to Burn ...
Cinematexas throws itself a Viking Funeral
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Film News
Local production heats up, and a UT professor makes it to the Oscar doc short list
BY JOE O'CONNELL
TV Eye
Thoughts on Thanksgiving dinner and four different Nutcrackers for the month of December
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Aaja Nachle
A dancer in New York returns home to India to see the teacher who taught her to dance and, ultimately, fight to save the school he built.
Holly
Ron Livingston plays a lost soul in Cambodia who rescues a 12-year-old Vietnamese girl, who has been sold as a prostitute by her parents.
Romance & Cigarettes
John Turturro directs this oddball musical in which the stars (the eclectic cast of James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Mary-Louise Parker, Christopher Walken, Aida Turturro, and Mandy Moore) lip-sync and dance to popular songs.
arts & culture
Conspirare Children's Choir: Birdsong for the holidays
Musical Director Nina Revering explains how a trip to the Holocaust Memorial Museum helped connect birdsong with this festive time of year
BY BARRY PINEO
Ballet East Dance Company: Reclaiming the modern in a pomo world
Rodolfo Mendez wants us to remember that before there was postmodern, modern dance ruled
BY ROBERT FAIRES
The Neovagina Monologues: Tales of transformation
UT RTF professor Sandy Stone takes the stage to tell stories from the lives of transgendered individuals
BY ELIZABETH COBBE
Bouldin Creek Studio Tour: Seven to the south
Seven studios in this South Austin neighborhood open for your inspection – and holiday shopping
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Don't Dress for Dinner
Adultery may be a serious matter, but the Austin Playhouse gang succeeds in playing it for farcical fun
The Miser
While director Karen Sneed's vision for this Moliere comedy is clear, it's not always consistently presented
Matt Rebholz: The Golem
A parade of spooky black-and-white fever dreams in which we're less alive than the soulless being from folklore
columns
Page Two: Creative Mass
The people who forged Austin's identity also helped fuel its growth
BY LOUIS BLACK
After a Fashion
Stephen muses on the 21st Most Intriguing Heiress ... and camel toe
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
The Texas Musicians Museum in Hillsboro runs the gamut of Texas music history from Gene Autry to ZZ Top
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Playing Through
Not only has Marion Jones been forced to return her five Olympic medals, she's kind of a jerk, too
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Human urine as the electrolyte solution, chocolate truffles for $250 per 1.9 ounces, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Residential home business – Is it allowed?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Man Fest
Birds Barbershop South Lamar, Saturday, December 1, 2007
BY THE LUV DOC
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Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Longhorns season fizzles out, and more
