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Luv Doc Recommends: Roky Erickson's 60th Birthday Party
Paramount Theatre, Friday, July 13, 2007
"...Put them back to work? Maybe, but how many Wal-Mart greeters can the world take? Imagine a spindly wall..."

July 13, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

The Long Awaited Toby Futrell Post
Thoughts on the nepotism allegations against the city manager.
"...Chronic pointed to Futrell's admitted conflict of interest with Wal-Mart (her husband does HVAC work for them). But here..."

July 9, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Naked City
"...second lawsuit is being filed to block the planned Wal-Mart at the former Northcross mall; the Allandale Neighborhood Association..."

July 6, 2007 News Feature

Photoasis
Will van Overbeek's camera captures the eternal allure of Austin's favorite swimming hole
"...Texas sky bears down with all the intensity of Wal-Mart impacting a local economy, evaporating the moist, withering the..."

June 29, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Beside the Point: Game Over
How to win friends and influence budgets
"...newscaster I got into a pissing match with over Wal-Mart square footage a few months back, that terminally unfunny..."

June 22, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

For the Sick: An Interview With Michael D. Williams
A post-jail interview with Eyehategod's frontman.
"...need.’ I mean, the cops were telling us this. Wal-Mart and places like that, the cops were in there..."

June 20, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Trouble in Puppy Paradise
No money budgeted for pet food, vaccinations, and other basic items at new Williamson County animal shelter
"...animal causes. Frase has been scrounging the shelves of Wal-Mart, looking for torn bags of dog and cat food,..."

June 15, 2007 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

On the Lege
Eminent-domain fight moves to Perry's desk
"...proposal calling for lofts, trendy shops, and perhaps a Wal-Mart or a Target store. One of the "big boys"..."

June 15, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

Naked City
"...building meanwhile over the standoff between the proposed Northcross Wal-Mart development and the neighborhoods represented by Responsible Growth for..."

June 1, 2007 News Feature

Morrison for Council?
Austin Neighborhoods Council's Laura Morrison considering run for City Council
"...And in light of the current public battle over Wal-Mart's plans for a supercenter at Northcross, Morrison says she..."

May 25, 2007 News Feature by Michael King

Stations of the Northcross
"Acres of parking on the rolling meadows of a once sacred Comanche burial ground"
"...Northcross is hosting a protest tomorrow at the Norwood Wal-Mart from noon to 1pm...."

May 18, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Naked City
"...• Wal-Mart Corp. announced it would "shrink" its planned Northcross store..."

May 18, 2007 News Feature

Time to Make the Doughnuts Dog Food
Anybody can do it!
"...am that my "premium" brand shared ingredients with the Wal-Mart house brand? I feel like such a sucker.) As..."

May 11, 2007 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Small Towns Can and Do Thrive
"...lesson is adapt or die. My town has a Wal-Mart, Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and all the other big corporates,..."

May 6, 2007 Postmarks

Benzene Questions at Crestview Station
Benzene discovered in groundwater under portion of former Huntsman chemical-testing facility property, potential snag for Crestview Station developers
"...to the other side of Crestview, toward the Northcross Mall/Wal-Mart debacle. "Based on the information provided thus far by..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City
"...other items back to their retail sources – the Wal-Mart at 710 E. Ben White and a Lufkin Lowe's..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature

I Almost Thought It Was Second Street
So many pretty pictures of the proposed Northcross Wal-Mart
"...noticed the URL in the corner of the "New Wal-Mart at Northcross" flyer until now. But over at www.walmart-northcross.com,..."

April 25, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Beside the Point
If this was a good year, what's a bad one look like?
"...Northcross, where, despite her acknowledged conflict-of-interest in cases involving Wal-Mart, the Best City Manager in the World didn't recuse..."

April 13, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Film News
Stars litter the Austin landscape, the real Oprah Effect, and other nuggets of film info
"...Movie Gallery, and Hollywood Video stores, as well as Wal-Mart and Amazon.com. There is talk of a television release…..."

April 13, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Beside the Point
City Council is showing classic old reruns this week
"...than $232,000) and the fawning adulation of the dais. Wal-Mart opponents Responsible Growth for Northcross are already pooh-poohing any..."

April 6, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Hightower Report
Family Values, and Inescapable TV Ads
"...into 20% of supermarkets and 11% of office buildings. Wal-Mart now has 125,000 screens in its stores and actually..."

April 6, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

RG4N Wants to Roll Back Futrell's Office
The Northcross neighbors have set their sights on Futrell's possible raise – and her very office.
"...They're pissed about Toby Futrell's handling of the proposed Wal-Mart at Northcross Mall and think the city needs to..."

April 3, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Luv Doc Recommends: Louisiana Swamp Thing and Crawfish Festival
MLK & Congress, Saturday, March 31, 2007
"...cultures, a steamy dreamscape of sleeveless camo T-shirts, wrap-around Wal-Mart sunglasses, spectacular mullets, and belligerently indecipherable patois that so..."

March 30, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Film
Daily reviews and interviews
"...mall awaiting its fate (future Home Depot or future Wal-Mart?). The directors of Fish Kill Flea gently sing the..."

March 16, 2007 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

SXSW Film
Daily Reviews and Interviews
"...RB: Jesus didn't shop at Wal-Mart. He didn't go to Starbucks. Jesus knew about the..."

March 16, 2007 Screens Feature by Toddy Burton

Enviro-Rentalism
Saving the planet when you don't even own your own (low-flow) pot to piss in
"...Depot sold more CFLs last year than incandescents, and Wal-Mart announced in January that it plans to sell 2..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Happenings
Friday, March 2 - Wednesday, March 7
"...Capitol South Steps. 474-5475. www.equalitytexas.org.COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE presented by Wal-Mart and Lincoln Properties, 3-8pm, Norris Conference Center at Northcross..."

March 2, 2007 News Feature

Kurt Psychosis
"...those who protest The Austin Chronicle's choice to run Wal-Mart's ads smacks of liberal psychosis. Where these gadflies get..."

Feb. 28, 2007 Postmarks

Arms Around Austin
"...important cause. We must continue our efforts to stop Wal-Mart at Northcross. Shop responsible. Be involved. Our city is..."

Feb. 10, 2007 Postmarks

Beside the Point
Seaholm unveiled: Is the game worth the phalli?
"...profile, ridden as hard and wet as the rag's Wal-Mart reveal last year. (Followed this week by those post-office..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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