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features
30 Things
The highs, the lows, the lists
news
Tone Deaf
Deaf Austinites say police can't seem to listen to reason
BY JORDAN SMITH
Point Austin: The Chosen One
Jury finds DeLay guilty of money-laundering and conspiracy
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Anywhere but Here
Austin altruism in danger of homelessness once again
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
News of the week, short and sweet
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Dec. 2-8
In-Comprehensible? ANC Balks at Comp Plan.
ANC fears Imagine Austin will unravel neighborhood planning efforts
BY NORA ANKRUM
Austin Reaches for the Sun
Council considers incentives for solar tech company
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Don't Touch My Junk!
A long and winding trail leads to a fork in the road
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Redistricting: GOP Has Lock – But Dems Have Key
Can Obama's DOJ thwart DeLay-style footwork?
BY LEE NICHOLS
From Low Wage to No Wage
Two class action lawsuits target wage theft
BY MICHAEL KING
GIFT GUIDE 2010
Austin in a Winter Wonderland
Three recommended books and a couple of holiday wishes
The Hightower Report
Redistribution of Wealth to the Few; and Soaking Shareholders for Perks
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Eat Local Week
It's pretty self-explanatory, no?
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Saying goodbye to a home-cooking hero with some sweet news about honey and cakes
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Fall for one of these fall festivals or feasts
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
GIFT GUIDE 2010
Culinary Checklist
Be sure to check our list for great culinary gift ideas!
music
Gotta Get Up
Harry Nilsson, the Pussy Cat who roared
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
Off the Record
Blazing Saddles: Willie Nelson campaigns for the Teapot Party
BY AUSTIN POWELL
GIFT GUIDE 2010
DVDs
Chuck Berry, Gerry & the Pacemakers, Lesley Gore, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Marvin Gaye, The Beach Boys, James Brown, Rolling Stones
T.A.M.I. Show: Teenage Awards Music International
Richard Hell
Blank Generation
John Cale, Roger McGuinn
Live, West Coast Legends Vol. 4
Leonard Cohen
Lonesome Heroes, Bird on a Wire
R.E.M.
Live From Austin TX
Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan
In Session ...
Eric Clapton
Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010
Jimi Hendrix
Live at Woodstock
Michael Jackson
Vision
Art Blakey, Coleman Hawkins, Woody Herman, Anita O'Day, Jimmy Smith, John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Andrew Hill
Live in '65, Live in '62 & '64, Live in '64, Live in '63 & '70, Live in '69, The World According to John Coltrane, Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday, American Composer, Swingin' the Blues, Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker, Solos: The Jazz Sessions
Until the Light Takes Us
Until the Light Takes Us
Immortal
Live at Wacken 2007: The Seventh Date of Blashyrkh
Heaven & Hell
Neon Nights: 30 Years of Heaven & Hell Live in Europe
UFO, MSG
Hardrock Legends Vol. 1, Hardrock Legends Vol. 2
Slayer
Live Intrusion, War at the Warfield, Still Reigning
screens
GIFT GUIDE 2010
A Game for Every Player
And a gift for every gamer
TV Eye: TV on Your Own Timetable
DVD boxed sets
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Celebrate Texas Independents
A new touring program sends small films far and wide throughout the state
BY MARC SAVLOV
In Print
Remembering Uncle Forry and his 'Legendary Ackermansion'
BY MARC SAVLOV
Violet Crown Under Construction
New Downtown arthouse theatre plans soft opening in spring
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Film Reviews
Burlesque
Burlesque bumps and grinds. And then grinds and grinds and grinds.
A Film Unfinished
This fascinating documentary uses recently uncovered footage to piece together and decipher the ulterior meaning of a Nazi propaganda film recorded in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943.
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey
This Bollywood picture is based on historical events that occurred in 1930 when a group of 64 Indians in the port of Chittagong rose up against the British.
Love & Other Drugs
A pharmaceutical salesman with devastating charm and a woman who has no interest in settling down learn that love is the best drug of all.
Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields
The work of this elusive songwriter and curmudgeonly frontman of the Magnetic Fields is examined in this sympathetic documentary.
arts & culture
Austin Playhouse
The theatre plans to take off from Penn Field and make a new home at Mueller
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'Emergency Prom'
Playwright Steve Moulds tailors the tale to the actors, not vice versa
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'Suzan-Lori Parks: Watch Me Work'
The playwright invites the public to observe her as she pursues her craft
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Morning's at Seven
A fine cast and expert staging transport us back to a more gracious America
'New Work by David Everett, David Hefner, Caprice Pierucci'
Three artists show what small miracles of creation can be worked with wood
columns
Page Two: Reporting for Duty
Anti-government patriots poised to fix government
BY LOUIS BLACK
Letters at 3AM: Of Mayhem and Delight
The Keystone films, especially those of Charles Chaplin, reflected the present and heralded the future
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Oops
After a Fashion
Stephen finds reality TV unrealistic
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
Who wants a li'l bomb in their rainbow stocking?
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Three of Capt. Day Trips fave wildlife preserves
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
California Raisins, the 'beard movement,' 12-minute Frankenstein, nonchicken McNuggets, and gold's peak
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Holiday Shopping and Defective Presents
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Holiday Hat Party 2010
Speakeasy, Friday, December 3, 2010
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
UT Volleyball Hosts Championship Tourney
No. 9 UCLA, American, and UT-San Antonio visit
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch
New community-owned soccer team in Austin? And more news you will get a kick out of.
BY NICK BARBARO
Football Watch
Texans grab headlines, Cowboys lose a close one, and more
