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Fun, Healthy, and Green
A profile of the practice and business of pedicabbing
BY SOFIA RESNICK
Wage Vigilance
Local businessman under fire for owing money to employees of his former West Lake Hills restaurant
BY CHERYL SMITH
Does Harry Potter Cause Sexual Violence? Only in Texas.
Defending a new nudity tax, the AG says topless bars cause sexual violence
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Naked City
Point Austin: Shifting Winds
An interim election and an AG opinion stir thoughts of Capitol changes
BY MICHAEL KING
Beside the Point
What awaits council under the tree
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
Commander Bush Wins One; and Gifts for a Happier New Year
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Texas Gets Spirited Away
Taste-testing Texas liquors against the world
BY WES MARSHALL
Viking Stand Mixer
Viking Range Corp. mixes and kneads with the big boys
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Looking back on Austin food in 2007
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Southern Belly: The Ultimate Food Lover's Companion to the South
Part travel guide, part history lesson, Southern Belly is a mouthwatering expedition of beloved Southern food institutions
music
A Browner Shade of Black
Blazing trails of Chicano soul
BY MARGARET MOSER
Off the Record
Welcome to "Spazmodica," the future of Austin music
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Phases & Stages
Wu-Tang Clan, Ghostface Killah
8 Diagrams, The Big Doe Rehab
Levon Helm
Dirt Farmer
Sea Wolf
Leaves in the River
Eagles
Long Road out of Eden
The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 9: 1969
The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 9: 1969
Lupe Fiasco
Lupe Fiasco's The Cool
Youssou N'dour
Rokku Mi Rokka (Give and Take)
Mary J Blige, Alicia Keys
Growing Pains, As I Am
Common
ThisIsMe Then: The Best of Common
Ani Difranco
Canon
Bob Dylan
Dylan
Lisa Gerrard
The Best of Lisa Gerrard
Led Zeppelin
Mothership
R.E.M.
Live
Spice Girls
Greatest Hits
Ringo Starr
Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo
Jim Stricklan
Vintage '47: The Best of Jim Stricklan
Keith Urban
Greatest Hits: 18 Kids
screens
Border Crossing
AFS Essential Cinema presents 3 Mexicanas en Hollywood
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Sneak Peek at SXSW Film 2008
The first announcements from SXSW Film 08 are trickling in
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Film News
Casting shuffles for Malick's new picture and more
BY JOE O'CONNELL
TV Eye
'Tis the season for TV marathons, plus, mark your calendar for the last season of The Wire, and no news is bad news on the strike front
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Books from the University Press of Kentucky's Philosophy of Pop Culture series
Mark T. Conard and Steven M. Sanders
Nosferatu: The Ultimate DVD Edition
One of the most influential films of all time, it's almost superfluous to discuss the film itself and its considerable merits
Film Reviews
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
Apocalyptic monster mash makes big crash.
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Nicolas Cage is again on the prowl in this sequel to the 2004 smash success.
The Orphanage
Although Guillermo Del Toro is the producer, this new Spanish horror film is derivative and not on par with Del Toro's spooky childhood stories.
The Savages
Starring Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman, this smart, funny, thoughtful, and exquisitely realized film is one of the best of the year.
arts & culture
Magic Time
Oh, the sights you'll see at First Night Austin
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Monumental Shift
Major personnel changes across the Austin arts scene signal the start of a new era
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Austin Visual Arts: 'Art in America' surveys the scene
For a national magazine to do a story on Austin that's just about the visual arts scene is pretty much unheard of
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Art City Austin: A new kind of art fair
Art Alliance Austin is calling on artists and architects to make work that will reinvent its annual art fair
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Culture Flash!
The Blanton tweaks its schedule, Conspirare's fave composer takes the prize, and Hot September Flurries in June?
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Plaid Tidings
Forever Plaid's seasonal sequel delivers just what's wanted this time of year: Tidings of comfort and joy
Celtic Christmas at the Cathedral
This showcase of a variety of Christmas traditions in Celtic history made for a most festive night
Double Vision: Chris Chappell and David Ohlerking
This show demonstrates how two painters working from the same subject can end up with radically different canvases
columns
Clarification
After a Fashion
Stephen's calling the kettle black again. OK, these are some pretty black kettles.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Taking a wine-tasting journey through Texas wineries
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Playing Through
While only a freshman at Westlake, Brenden Redfern is already putting adults to shame on local golf courses
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
What to expect in 2008: a great earthquake, a pole shift, many months of darkness, Princess Diana's ghost, and much more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
I ordered a holiday present, and it never showed up
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: White Ghost Shivers
Continental Club, Friday, December 28, 2007
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
No break for the Brits, and more
