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Top stories for the week of July 25 - July 31, 2008:
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NEWS
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CITY HALL HUSTLE
by Wells Dunbar
The Hustle escapes city hall to invade Netroots Nation featuring bloggers, politicians, filmmakers and more plus Al Gore?
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648286
ONE QUADRILLION ... AND THEN SOME
by Josh Rosenblatt
New laser science at UT pushes the boundaries of knowledge
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648424
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648669
TEXAS FICTION SCIENCE
by Andrea Grimes
The State Board of Education does its part to fantasize biology
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648425
HEADLINES
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NAKED CITY
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648672
BEYOND CITY LIMITS
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WONDER STORIES
News
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NETROOTS FAREWELL
by Richard Whittaker
Convention reminds progressives to look beyond November
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648715
GOODBYE, TEXAS; HELLO, PENNSYLVANIA
by Richard Whittaker
What's next for the Netroots? Penn.
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648716
JOHN DEAN ON BUSH
by Richard Whittaker
The former White House counsel reveals just how far we've (not) come since
Nixon
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648723
CAP METRO CANCELS SHUTTLE SERVICES
by Katherine Gregor
Transit agency bows to new federal rule on shuttles
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648725
HAPPENINGS
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APD
by Jordan Smith
The APD drags its feet on cite-and-release law
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648728
OFFICER CLEARED IN DOG SHOOTING
by Laurel Chesky
Investigation concludes that Officer Johnny Wooldridge was behaving in accordance with guidelines when he shot and killed Naive the dog
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648729
CONTROVERSIAL SEWAGE CASE IN STATE'S HANDS
by Jacob Cottingham
TCEQ will decide proposal to dump treated effluent in creek http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648730
STUDENTS WEIGH IN ON STREETCAR
by Katherine Gregor
Don't let Austin be shown up by Dallas and Houston, say students who advocate rail
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648731
THE NOVEMBER ELECTION
by Lee Nichols
Campaign finance reports can tell you a lot about a candidate
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648734
NEW EVIDENCE COULD CLEAR DEATH ROW INMATE RODNEY REED
by Jordan Smith
Jimmy Fennell's impending trial on kidnapping and rape charges unearths old suspicions that he was responsible for the 1996 murder of his fiance'e
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648735
NORTHEAST ALLIANCE REJECTS HOUSING PROJECT
by Lydia Crafts
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648736
COVER AMERICA UNCOVERING HEALTH-CARE HORRORS
by Lydia Crafts
Consumer group seeks to expose America's health-care ills
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648737
FCC OVERRULED ON 'WARDROBE MALFUNCTION' FINE
by Kevin Brass
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648739
POINT AUSTIN: READING THE ROOTS
by Michael King
They came, they saw, they blogged
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid:648644
POINT AUSTIN: JEREMY SCAHILL ON IRAQ AND DEMOCRATIC TIMIDITY
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid:648318
BESIDE THE POINT
by Wells Dunbar
Welcome Back ... to an All-Nighter
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THE HIGHTOWER REPORT
by Jim Hightower
The Iraq Oil Rush; and Corporatizing the Political Conventions
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid:648426
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ARTS
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DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
by Robert Faires
The history of Salvage Vanguard Theater's unlikely sci-fi success, The
Intergalactic Nemesis
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648552
BRAZILIAN GUITAR QUARTET: CAPTURING THE UNEXPECTED
by Barry Pineo
Bringing this famed musical foursome to town is the latest feather in the cap of the Austin Classical Guitar Society
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648553
WONDER STORIES: ARTISTS IN SPACE AND UNSTUCK IN TIME
Austin artists and arts leaders reveal which work of science fiction affected them the most
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REVIEW: ESCURIAL by Barry Pineo
This one-act about a mad king and his jester is played at such a fast tempo that the audience is overwhelmed with information
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:648398
REVIEW: KIDNAPPED BY CRAIGSLIST by Robert Faires
How much you enjoy this theatrical collection of Craigslist posts may depend on how you feel about carnivals and confessions
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:648399
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BOOKS
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THE FUTURE S SO DARK I GOTTA WEAR MIRROR-SHADES
by Marc Savlov
On cyberpunk
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648402
SCIENCE FICTION GETS THE VAPORS
by Wayne Alan Brenner
On steampunk
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648404
WONDER STORIES
by Marrit Ingman
Books
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648413
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FOOD
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SCI-FI 2008
by Mick Vann
We pay tribute to avant-garde chefs by reviewing the molecular gastronomy trend, as well as pioneering Pop Rocks and pastry chefs
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648564
DESSERTS AT UCHI
by Virginia B. Wood
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648566
MAGIC FRUIT
by Mick Vann
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648569
POP ROCKS
by Mick Vann
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648570
WONDER STORIES
Food
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648578
SCIENCE-FICTION WINE?
by Wes Marshall
Bonny Doon's Randall Grahm keeps winemaking weird
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid:648422
FOOD-O-FILE
by Virginia B. Wood
Salmonella from peppers, fight gas prices with Austinuts, and more
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid:648420
EVENT MENU
by Virginia B. Wood
July 24-29
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REVIEW: ELIZABETH FAULKNER'S DEMOLITION DESSERTS: RECIPES FROM CITIZEN CAKE by
MM Pack
Elizabeth Faulkner's new cookbook deconstructs the status quo in baked goods
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:648421
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SCREENS
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THE FUTURE OF FUNNY HAS ALREADY HAPPENED
by Marc Savlov
Welcome to Spaced, the cult British comedy with Star Wars in its eyes
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648429
THINGS THAT CAME: IT MIGHT BE SCIENCE, BUT IT SURE AIN'T FICTION
by Marc Savlov
'Videodrome' and 'They Live,' then and now
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648431
WONDER STORIES
Screens
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648435
THE HARD QUESTION
by Mary Jo Pehl
Why don't zombies just eat one another?
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648439
SCI-FI WEEK
Paramount Theatre Summer Classics
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TV EYE
by Belinda Acosta
The geeks shall inherit the earth? They'll certainly rule San Diego this weekend.
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid:648443
REVIEW: ROBOT CHICKEN: STAR WARS by Richard Whittaker
This spoof is sure to keep that inner problem child happy
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:648427
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MUSIC
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MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION
by Chase Hoffberger
Space is place for the hip-hop race
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648444
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
by Graham Reynolds
Soundtracking unknown worlds with sci-fi instrumentation
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648446
SEVEN SCI-FI ROCK FLICKS
by Josh Rosenblatt
Bowie, Kiss, Flaming Lips, Guitar Wolf, Frank N. Furter, and Marty McFly:
celluloid rockers
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648450
'THEREMIN: AN ELECTRONIC ODYSSEY'
by Bill Elm
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648452
MOOG: A REVOLUTION IN SOUND
by Graham Reynolds
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648454
IT CAME FROM THE IDIOT BOX
by Marc Savlov
Small-screen sci-fi: TV themes
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648455
FIVE SCIENCE-FICTION AUTHORS TO SCAN DARKLY
by S.L. Telles, bassist/singer for local psych wards ST 37
ST 37 captain Scott Telles pulls five notables off the SF bookshelf.
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648457
DOCTOR WHO
by Melanie Haupt
Doctor Who?
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648471
ROKY ERICKSON: BLEIB ALIEN
by Margaret Moser
They watch the Sci Fi channel up on the 13th floor.
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648653
BLACK JOE LEWIS: THE NEXT GENERATION
by Jim Caligiuri
R&B hollerer Black Joe Lewis talks "Trek."
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648654
BLAKE SANDBERG: RESIDENT ALIEN
by Doug Freeman
Label head and musical Alien Blake Sandberg insists he's an earthling.
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OFF THE RECORD
by Austin Powell
Examining the foreign exchange rate with Ocelot, White Denim, and Dizzee
Rascal, while Suzanna Choffel promotes further tourism to Texas
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REVIEW: ENNIO MORRICONE by Raoul Hernandez
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REVIEW: RADIOHEAD by Austin Powell
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:648459
REVIEW: THE FLAMING LIPS by Michael Bertin
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REVIEW: KLAATU by Greg Beets
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:648464
REVIEW: FORBIDDEN ZONE: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK by Audra Schroeder
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:648465
REVIEW: LIFE BEYOND MARS: BOWIE COVERED by Doug Freeman
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REVIEW: GRATEFUL DEAD by Jay Trachtenberg
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REVIEW: OUTKAST
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REVIEW: THE POLICE by Daniel Mee
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REVIEW: MELT-BANANA by Daniel Mee
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REVIEW: RUSH by Michael Bertin
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REVIEW: PUBLIC ENEMY by Chase Hoffberger
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:648476
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FEATURES
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WONDER STORIES
by Kate X Messer
My fascination with Dick and chubbies
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:648642
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COLUMNS
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PAGE TWO: WONDER STORIES
by Louis Black
The unbound adventures and outrageous duets of a life spent with science fiction
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AFTER A FASHION
by Stephen MacMillan Moser
Apparently, Stephen has more than one finger
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DAY TRIPS
by Gerald E. McLeod
The spectacular Bright Leaf nature area is open for guided tours on the second
Saturday and Sunday mornings of each month
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PLAYING THROUGH
by Thomas Hackett
Dara Torres qualified for her fifth U.S. Olympic team at the age of 41
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MR. SMARTY PANTS KNOWS
by Mr. Smarty Pants
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THE COMMON LAW
by Chris Oddo
Noncompete Agreements
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