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McMoldy High School?
For one McCallum High student, every day is a sick day
BY NORA ANKRUM
City Hall Hustle: Songs in the Key of Council
Players in proposed music department singing off different pages
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Developing Stories: Great Public Spaces Summit
Dancing in the streets, singing odes to streetscapes
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Headlines
Naked City
ON THE LEGE
Special Session: In and Out in a Jiffy
Lawmakers passed two key bills – then they went home
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Martinez Corners Cornyn
Martinez queries Cornyn on Sotomayor
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Rejiggering the Sunset Process
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Climate Bill
Doggett worries that the climate bill may be worse than doing nothing
BY LEE NICHOLS
AISD Working Out Technology Costs and Kinks
Austin ISD goes on computer-buying spree
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Drought Prompts Call for Conservation
With Lake Travis and Barton Springs hit hard by the drought, the call for more conservation funding grows louder
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Cap Metro Shifts Routes, Riles Drivers
Transit agency says budget crunch prompted changes
BY LEE NICHOLS
Enter Austin Post
New online venture seeks to create a 'conversational democracy'
BY KEVIN BRASS
Res Publica
Citizens calendar, July 9-15
The Hightower Report
Lessons of the 'Booze Indicators'; and Perking Up CEO Pay
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Fried Chicken, Part III
The third installment of our fried-chicken adventures
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Food-o-File
New stoves and local nonprofits garner support despite difficult economic times
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
An overview of local foodie events for July 10-14
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
India Kitchen
This South Austin Indian oasis does not disappoint
Fricano's Deli
Attention to detail makes this North Campus hangout a success
music
The 1821 Club
Tuning in to the future of Austin's music scene today
BY MARGARET MOSER
Off the Record
Better Than the Van finds a place to crash in Austin, as does Ola Podrida's David Wingo, while Leeann Atherton goes big in Japan and Martín Perna stays up late with the Roots
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Live Shots
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On the Download
Dispatches from Wii's Virtual Console
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Sitting in a Tin Can, Where Hell Is Still Other People
Pondering the existential self in writer/director Duncan Jones' Moon
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
The Fall Guy
Legendary stuntman Gary Kent to read at BookPeople
BY MARC SAVLOV
Family Is for Life
Austin Film Festival to honor Arrested Development's Mitchell Hurwitz
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
TV Eye
Remembering the televised Michael Jackson: intimate and iconic
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Brüno
Sacha Baron Cohen's Brüno is less specific and less interesting than Borat – and therefore less funny.
The Girl From Monaco
This French film is equal parts sex farce, Mai-Decembre romance, middle-aged white male fantasy, and wannabe Hitchockian intrigue.
The Hurt Locker
An elite bomb-dismantling squad in Iraq tread the fine line between keeping themselves alive and coming back for another adrenaline rush.
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
So a mammoth, a sloth, and a saber-toothed tiger walk into a Mesozoic Age ….
Moon
A man (Sam Rockwell) and his computer (voiced pitch-perfectly by Kevin Spacey) – alone on a moon-based work station of the future – plumb the depths of identity and inner space.
Short Kut: The Con Is On
In this Bollywood comedy, two con artists connive their way up the movie-industry ladder.
arts & culture
Running the Funny
Club manager Margie Coyle has kept the laughter going for 20 years
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Bill Maher
The political satirist weighs in on Republican sex scandals and Texas secession
BY STEVE BIRMINGHAM
'The Doyle and Debbie Show'
The creator of the hit country music satire reveals its Grand Ole Opry roots
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Black Snow
Tutto Theatre and Bulgakov's satire are a wonderful marriage of zany energy and deep meaning
Love, Janis
This double-sided tribute to Janis Joplin works as engaging story and rocking concert
'Big Chief, You da Prettiest!'
A subtle nod to the longevity and cultural relevance of the Mardi Gras Indian tradition
columns
Page Two: Rules of Disorder
The best democracy is a messy one
BY LOUIS BLACK
Oops!
After a Fashion
Where will Stephen make over Carole Keeton Etc. Etc. now that Pink is closing?
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
Gay Place bids Ash Bell Godspeed, adieu, and a fond farewell
BY ASH BELL AND KATE X MESSER
Playing Through
Is football a sport only for men? The women who play for the Austin Outlaws think not.
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Day Trips
Approximately 300,000 bats live year-round underneath the Waugh Drive bridge in Houston
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Common Law
My Neighbor Wastes Water, and It's Driving Me Crazy
BY LUKE ELLIS
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Eating feces, rubbing humps, and much more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Bastille Day Celebration
French Legation Museum, Saturday, July 11, 2009
BY THE LUV DOC
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