Apologies to E.C. Segar
Volume 32, Number 2
ON THE COVER:
news
Undercover cops revealed in Houston – Acevedo promises review
BY JORDAN SMITH
Court says the Lege still trampling on voting rights
BY MICHAEL KING
After a string of losses, city wins fight over Downtown block
BY AMY SMITH
Follow along with Jen Sorensen as she reports from Charlotte, N.C.
BY MONICA RIESE
HHSC intends to have rules in place by Nov. 1
BY JORDAN SMITH
Crowded field for lite guv seat in 2014
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Department director was 'deeply disturbed by the explosive ... allegations'
BY PATRICIA J. RULAND
Tom Head gives Todd Akin a run for his money
food
Texas olive oil companies strive to educate consumers
BY KATE THORNBERRY
The Dripping With Taste Festival finds a new home at the Texas Hill Country Olive Company
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
A roundup of this week's food news
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Fall fundraisers and the Farm & Food Leadership Conference dominate this week's events
Food Reviews
Henri's inspires a dangerous sandwich passion
music
Music industry alignment visits Uncle Lucius
BY JIM CALIGIURI
Uncovering Arizona Dranes, remembering Brent Grulke
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
The Odessa Tapes
Heroes
Time Can Change
I'm Gone
Harvest Time
Away
The Daily Worker Songbook
Hijack the Radio!
screens
Andrew Shea's Portrait of Wally follows the trail of Nazi plunder
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
A taste of the Fantastic Arcade
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
SXSW Interactive announces The Oatmeal's Matthew Inman as first keynote speaker
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Film Reviews
In a dystopian society, corporations can see inside people's minds and keep them deluded, but one man fights back.
When authority is ceded to a disembodied voice on the other end of a phone line, all bounds of human propriety are lost in this story's fast-food joint.
The Apatowian bromance has found its reverse-gender equivalent in this comedy about two gals who enter the phone-sex biz.
Jonathan Demme hooks up with Neil Young for a road trip through Ontario, Canada, in their third documentary together.
UT film professor Andrew Shea’s documentary is an engrossing account of how this Egon Schiele painting changed hands over the years.
A divorced couple reunite in their efforts to save their daughter from an evil spirit.
Spike Lee returns to Brooklyn for this summer in the life of a 13-year-old.
As an examination of the writer's world, this film offers nothing new; as a romance it's not half bad.
arts & culture
Ben Rubin's art installation at UT shows the gap between TV news in Cronkite's time and now
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Monologist Mike Daisey takes a slightly different bite of the Apple
BY ANDREW LONG
columns
Local bands play loving tribute to Brent Grulke
BY LOUIS BLACK
The most important political question of our time: Who benefits from military spending?
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Cash Rental Payments and Flaky Roommates
BY LUKE ELLIS
Your Style Avatar drapes himself in the rainbow for Pride
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Spank Glenn Eaddy one time for us!
BY KATE X MESSER
The long journey of explorer Sieur de La Salle
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
An individual is more than what he posts on his Facebook page.
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Horns drop to 2-4, featured on Fox Soccer Channel, and more
BY NICK BARBARO
Republic Square hosted UT's season opener with free food and drinks courtesy of LHN
BY MICHAEL CORCORAN
High-stakes bout to end the season
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER