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Kicking the Tires at Fleet
City whistle-blower confirms that the trouble at Fleet Services has been much worse than scrap tires and bad record-keeping. And nobody in charge wanted to hear it.
BY JORDAN SMITH
Point Austin: Something Must Be Done
City Manager Marc Ott needs to clean up Fleet Services management
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Big Thinkers
Council's pre-vacation litany looks toward the biennium
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, July 2-8
The Flickering Search for an AE Chief
How many stakeholders does it take to screw in a light bulb?
BY NORA ANKRUM
A Glimpse at AE's GM Candidates
How might these Californians take on Austin's challenges?
BY NORA ANKRUM
Funding Questions Follow Cap Metro's Court Win
Court victory creates more tension between labor and transit agency
BY LEE NICHOLS
GOP Gets Back to Basics
Travis County Republicans' attack-ad attack
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Empty Seats on the Red Line
Cap Metro going down with the ridership
BY LEE NICHOLS
End of the Road for Eastside Urban Renewal?
Urban Renewal Board doesn't relish extending life of ARA
BY LEE NICHOLS
TDS, Balcones to Split City Recycling Work
Split vote over decision to abandon bid process
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Don't Go Into the Light
It's time to lighten the load of light pollution
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Packing Heat in the Windy City
Supremes give thumbs-down to Chicago handgun ban
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report
The Chamber of Commies; and BP's Steady Flow of BS
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Dining del Lago 2010
What a difference some rain makes!
The water is blue, the hills are green, and several
new restaurants are cooking near area lakes.
Marfa Bites
Take a break from Austin's humidity in Marfa's cool oases
BY MM PACK
Food-o-File
How quickly can you make an online reservation for Uchiko?
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
This week, celebrate our nation's birthday and several eateries' anniversaries
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Crossroads 3
I went up to the Crossroads – and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – fell down on my knees
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Off the Record
Firsthand accounts of the Warped Tour and Delaney & Bonnie from the Riverboat Gamblers' Mike Wiebe and Bobby Whitlock, respectively
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Phases & Stages
The National
High Violet
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Mojo
Various Artists
Twistable Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein
Devo
Something for Everybody
Ratatat, Sleigh Bells
LP4, Treats
Azar Lawrence, Jason Moran, Paul Motian, Steve Coleman
Mystic Journey, Ten, Lost in a Dream, Harvesting Semblances and Affinities
screens
When Bad Movies Attack
James Nguyen's underground oddity Birdemic cries fowl
BY MARC SAVLOV
When That Bump in the Night Becomes Flesh and Blood
Pondering pure evil in Cropsey
BY MARC SAVLOV
Reanimating a Monster Franchise
Producer Robert Rodriguez on Predators
BY MARC SAVLOV
In Print
This foldout design book is both ridiculously fun and the perfect primer for kids or adults curious about Japan's giant monsters
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
More summer shows
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
I Am Love
Tilda Swinton brings a haunting mix of ethereality and carnal gravitas to this fearlessly melodramatic Italian movie, which she also co-produced.
I Hate Luv Storys
In this Bollywood film, an assistant to India's biggest romantic filmmaker is scornful of love, but then the cynic meets a female production designer who lives for love.
The Last Airbender
M. Night Shyamalan's live-action film is based on a popular animated series on Nickelodeon, and although the movie retains the series' mythology, it loses all its humor and suspense.
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
This new chapter in the series splits the difference between kickstarter Twilight’s stylish camp and follow-up New Moon’s turgid drama, but still does not come up a winner.
arts & culture
Increments of Destruction
Chris Jordan's 'Running the Numbers' at Austin Museum of Art
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Austin Improv
Three of Austin's top improv troupes get to play away this summer
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Acia Gray
Local rhythm tap legend to be honored with a major national award
BY ROBERT FAIRES
CreateAustin
Two years after seeing it, City Council endorses the cultural master plan
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
re:Psyche
A fine creative team works to reimagine a myth, its own play, and love itself
Austin Goes Classical
This week of musical events expanded our sense of what classical guitar can be
'That Summer Feeling'
Davis Gallery artists offer vistas of Texas and beyond into which you can escape
columns
Page Two: Making Their Marks
Austin loses two legends in one week
BY LOUIS BLACK
Letters at 3AM: Dead and Alive on the Fourth of July
A eulogy spoken over the coffin of our empire
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After A Fashion
Despite being rejected by Facebook, Your Style Avatar is still fortunate and worldwide
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
Your Gay Place blows shit up reeeeeeal good
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Lost Maples Cafe anchors downtown Utopia as a community center, visitors' center, and diner
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Tom Cruise, cell phones, and much more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Protest High Property Taxes
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Symphony July 4th Concert & Fireworks
Auditorium Shores, Sunday, July 4, 2010
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Final Buntier
Veggie hot dog eating contest
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch
Aztex host Puerto Rico; WC quarterfinals preview
BY NICK BARBARO
World Cup Watch
A rundown of local viewing parties
