AFS Cinema
Nick Derington
Volume 27, Number 47
features
WONDER STORIES
news
One Quadrillion ... and Then Some
New laser science at UT pushes the boundaries of knowledge
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Texas Fiction Science
The State Board of Education does its part to fantasize biology
BY ANDREA GRIMES
Quote of the week
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
Beyond City Limits
WONDER STORIES
Wonder Stories
News
NETROOTS WRAP-UP
Netroots Farewell
Convention reminds progressives to look beyond November
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Goodbye, Texas; Hello, Pennsylvania
What's next for the Netroots? Penn.
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
John Dean on Bush
The former White House counsel reveals just how far we've (not) come since Nixon
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Cap Metro Cancels Shuttle Services
Transit agency bows to new federal rule on shuttles
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Happenings
APD
The APD drags its feet on cite-and-release law
BY JORDAN SMITH
Officer Cleared in Dog Shooting
Investigation concludes that Officer Johnny Wooldridge was behaving in accordance with guidelines when he shot and killed Naive the dog
BY LAUREL CHESKY
Controversial Sewage Case in State's Hands
TCEQ will decide proposal to dump treated effluent in creek
BY JACOB COTTINGHAM
Students Weigh In on Streetcar
Don't let Austin be shown up by Dallas and Houston, say students who advocate rail
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
The November Election
Campaign finance reports can tell you a lot about a candidate
BY LEE NICHOLS
New Evidence Could Clear Death Row Inmate Rodney Reed
Jimmy Fennell's impending trial on kidnapping and rape charges unearths old suspicions that he was responsible for the 1996 murder of his fiancée
BY JORDAN SMITH
Northeast Alliance Rejects Housing Project
BY LYDIA CRAFTS
Cover America Uncovering Health-Care Horrors
Consumer group seeks to expose America's health-care ills
BY LYDIA CRAFTS
FCC Overruled on 'Wardrobe Malfunction' Fine
BY KEVIN BRASS
Point Austin: Reading the Roots
They came, they saw, they blogged
BY MICHAEL KING
Point Austin: Jeremy Scahill on Iraq and Democratic Timidity
Beside the Point
Welcome Back ... to an All-Nighter
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
The Iraq Oil Rush; and Corporatizing the Political Conventions
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Sci-Fi 2008
We pay tribute to avant-garde chefs by reviewing the molecular gastronomy trend, as well as pioneering Pop Rocks and pastry chefs
BY MICK VANN
Desserts at Uchi
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Magic Fruit
BY MICK VANN
Pop Rocks
BY MICK VANN
WONDER STORIES
Wonder Stories
Food
Science-Fiction Wine?
Bonny Doon's Randall Grahm keeps winemaking weird
BY WES MARSHALL
Food-o-File
Salmonella from peppers, fight gas prices with Austinuts, and more
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
July 24-29
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Elizabeth Faulkner's Demolition Desserts: Recipes From Citizen Cake
Elizabeth Faulkner's new cookbook deconstructs the status quo in baked goods
music
Mothership Connection
Space is place for the hip-hop race
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Soundtracking unknown worlds with sci-fi instrumentation
BY GRAHAM REYNOLDS
Seven Sci-Fi Rock Flicks
Bowie, Kiss, Flaming Lips, Guitar Wolf, Frank N. Furter, and Marty McFly: celluloid rockers
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
'Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey'
BY BILL ELM
Moog: A Revolution in Sound
BY GRAHAM REYNOLDS
It Came From the Idiot Box
Small-screen sci-fi: TV themes
BY MARC SAVLOV
Five Science-Fiction Authors to Scan Darkly
ST 37 captain Scott Telles pulls five notables off the SF bookshelf.
BY S.L. TELLES
Doctor Who
Doctor Who?
BY MELANIE HAUPT
WONDER STORIES
Roky Erickson: Bleib Alien
They watch the Sci Fi channel up on the 13th floor.
BY MARGARET MOSER
Black Joe Lewis: The Next Generation
R&B hollerer Black Joe Lewis talks "Trek."
BY JIM CALIGIURI
Blake Sandberg: Resident Alien
Label head and musical Alien Blake Sandberg insists he's an earthling.
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Off the Record
Examining the foreign exchange rate with Ocelot, White Denim, and Dizzee Rascal, while Suzanna Choffel promotes further tourism to Texas
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Sci-fi Platters
Ennio Morricone
The Thing
Radiohead
OK Computer
The Flaming Lips
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Klaatu
Klaatu
Danny Elfman, Oingo Boingo
Forbidden Zone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
various artists
Life Beyond Mars: Bowie Covered
Grateful Dead
Grayfolded
Outkast
ATLiens
the Police
Ghost in the Machine
Melt-Banana
Cell-Scape
Rush
2112
Public Enemy
Fear of a Black Planet, Apocalypse 91 ... The Enemy Strikes Black
screens
The Future of Funny Has Already Happened
Welcome to Spaced, the cult British comedy with Star Wars in its eyes
BY MARC SAVLOV
Things That Came: It Might Be Science, But It Sure Ain't Fiction
'Videodrome' and 'They Live,' then and now
BY MARC SAVLOV
WONDER STORIES
Wonder Stories
Screens
The Hard Question
Why don't zombies just eat one another?
BY MARY JO PEHL
Sci-Fi Week
Paramount Theatre Summer Classics
TV Eye
The geeks shall inherit the earth? They'll certainly rule San Diego this weekend.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Robot Chicken: Star Wars
This spoof is sure to keep that inner problem child happy
Film Reviews
Kabluey
Oddball tale of a directionless young man who moves in with his sister-in-law, whose husband is in Iraq with his National Guard unit, is quirky but unaffecting.
Space Chimps
This animated, sci-fi romantic comedy starring anthropomorphized chimpanzees is a lot funnier than you might expect.
Step Brothers
Will Ferrell's newest is a lot like Will Ferrell's oldest, which is to say it feels like an amped-up Saturday Night Live skit.
The Wackness
An odd-couple pairing between a teenage pot dealer and the shrink with whom he trades weed for sessions anchors this story about coming of age in New York City during the Nineties.
arts & culture
Days of Future Past
The history of Salvage Vanguard Theater's unlikely sci-fi success, The Intergalactic Nemesis
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Brazilian Guitar Quartet: Capturing the Unexpected
Bringing this famed musical foursome to town is the latest feather in the cap of the Austin Classical Guitar Society
BY BARRY PINEO
WONDER STORIES
Wonder Stories: Artists in Space and Unstuck in Time
Austin artists and arts leaders reveal which work of science fiction affected them the most
Arts Reviews
Escurial
This one-act about a mad king and his jester is played at such a fast tempo that the audience is overwhelmed with information
Kidnapped by Craigslist
How much you enjoy this theatrical collection of Craigslist posts may depend on how you feel about carnivals and confessions
columns
WONDER STORIES
Page Two: Wonder Stories
The unbound adventures and outrageous duets of a life spent with science fiction
BY LOUIS BLACK
Oops!
After a Fashion
Apparently, Stephen has more than one finger
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
The spectacular Bright Leaf nature area is open for guided tours on the second Saturday and Sunday mornings of each month
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Playing Through
Dara Torres qualified for her fifth U.S. Olympic team at the age of 41
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The father of our country and the father of American foxhounds, beeswax as cervical caps, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Noncompete Agreements
BY CHRIS ODDO
Luv Doc Recommends: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!
St. Edward's University, Saturday, July 26, 2008
BY THE LUV DOC
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