Parish
Volume 20, Number 18
features
A Small Green Cow
He Waits and Watches Quietly as the World Moves On Around Him
BY JAY HARDWIG
news
Making a List
Examining the prospects for Austin's lobby at the 77th Legislature
BY AMY SMITH
Looking for Mr. Goodbill
A look at what's been filed for the 77th session at the Texas Legislature
BY MICHAEL KING AND JORDAN SMITH
Naked City
Off the Desk
BY LOUIS DUBOSE
The Hightower Lowdown
Gifts for pets and corporate spies, and Michael Milken lobbies for a presidential pardon.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
The Confounded Carnivore
One bite of steak from Ruth's Chris Steakhouse and we were in meat-eater heaven, Mick Vann writes. It was the consummate carnivore's dream. Unfortunately, it's not a consistently dreamy experience at Ruth's Chris.
BY MICK VANN
Food-o-File
The holiday season has been like a runaway train for Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood; here's a list of the new restaurants in Austin she wants to try out in January.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: New Sushi
Chronicle Cuisines writer Wes Marshall surveys new sushi restaurants.
music
Blue Monday
Antone's Blue Mondays continues, 25 years later.
BY MARGARET MOSER
Outlaw Blues
Think Sinatra did it his way? Try this long-haired, Harley-riding redneck David Allan Coe
BY JERRY RENSHAW
Dancing About Architecture
Sandy and Bob are almost done in, while Kirsty MacColl isn't so lucky, and Pops Staples goes onto his great reward. Dopey the Goat, meanwhile, becomes cabrito.
BY KEN LIECK
Record Reviews
Rage Against the Machine
Renegades
Various Artists
Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
Keith Jarrett
Whisper Not
screens
Lost at Sea and Back Again
Bill Broyles' Extraordinary Adventure Story
BY SARAH HEPOLA
Short Cuts
A new film series begins at the Off Center, introducing avant-garde films and a new theatrical venue to Austin moviegoers.
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
The Mole, Temptation Island, and Survivor II -- get ready for a whole new season of watching contestants backbite, cheat, weasel, outsmart, and canoodle their way to the win.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice is a stunning achievement that will live forever.
Film Reviews
arts & culture
Will Anybody Ever Love Neal Medlyn?
For vulnerable performer Neal Medlyn, Dork = Cool.
BY ADA CALHOUN
Karen Finley Reviewed
Articulations
Nine Austin arts organizations find grants in their stockings, courtesy of a Santa played by the National Endowment for the Arts.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Holy Cross Quadrilogy
Through his Holy Cross Quadrilogy, a solo show that tracks three friends through four years at a Catholic high school, writer-performer Rob Nash takes us back to adolescence, re-creating that time of life in all its cruelty, uncertainty, agitation, and yearning, but also blessing it with an abundance of good humor and compassion.
columns
Page Two
An integral creative talent of the past and present in this extraordinary town, Cast Away screenwriter Bill Broyles makes the perfect cover subject for this publication as we cross over into the new millennium.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
These letters spell highway violence, the environment, and a lost bracelet.
Public Notice
Gather round the Yule log and the figgy pudding, get out a paper and pen, and jot down some of these items from our Annual Holiday Wish List 2000, Part 2. Local organizations need you!
BY KATE X MESSER
After a Fashion
Somehow your Style Avatar remains faithful to fashion, even while bedridden. Read all about it …
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Mr. Smarty Pants
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Day Trips
Baseball, bats, obits, no buts, and environmental action figure
into this year-end wrap-up.
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Coach's Corner
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
About AIDS
A note of hope and thanks for the new year.
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
