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by Daily
Texan
AUSTIN, TEX.
City
Council Elections Voter Guide: Part II
Exclusive interviews with major Austin City Council candidates
on the May 10 ballot.
PLACE 1 Incumbent:
Lee Leffingwell
Challengers: Allen
Demling // Jason
Meeker
PLACE 3 Incumbent:
Jennifer Kim
Challengers: Randi
Shade // Ken
Weiss
PLACE 4 (No
Incumbent)
Challengers: Robin
Cravey // Cid
Galindo //
Laura Morrison // Samuel
Osemene
Photo
by Michael
Moya
TEXAS PUNK
HISTORY
The Rise of Hardcore
Punk in Corpus Christi
Part I (1978-1986) of an exploration of the emerging
punk and metal scene in "The Sparkling City by the Sea."
By Richard Guerrero
SXSW 2008
Top stars and new
acts shine at SXSW Music Festival
Motörhead and Helmet rock large crowds, along with
rising acts such as The Von Bondies, The Ghost Lullaby,
Velvet Brick, and Iceage Cobra.
By Thom White
Photo
by Daily
Texan
AUSTIN, TEX.
City
Council Elections Voter Guide
Learn more about ten of the candidates
on the May 10th ballot for the Austin City Council.
PLACE 1 Incumbent:
Lee
Leffingwell
Challengers: Allen
Demling // Jason
Meeker
PLACE 3 Incumbent:
Jennifer Kim
Challengers: Randi
Shade // Ken
Weiss
PLACE 4 (No
Incumbent)
Challengers: Robin
Cravey // Cid
Galindo //
Laura Morrison // Samuel
Osemene
Vertical
Mixed-Use Development on the Rise
New zoning policy may allow for condos on
undeveloped tract in South Austin.
Perpetrator
Caught In KOOP Radio Fire?
AFD says former volunteer confessed to setting
equipment on fire with gasoline.
POLITICS
Barack
Obama: 'Change' and what's in a word
Presidential
candidate hints at what "Change" will mean.
By Thom White
MUSIC
Interview
with Richard Hell
Former
singer and bass player for The Heartbreakers, The Voidoids, and
Television, talks about
his move away from
the rock musician's lifestyle, his current writing projects, and
his recently released book, Godlike.
By Mark Prindle
CITIZINE REVIEWS
Spurts:
the Richard Hell Story
Catch
up with notable new punk releases
CDs and records by Chuck
Dukowski Sextet, Witch
Hunt,
999, Killing
California, Church
of the Saturday Saints,
Los Dryheavers, Thirty3.
SXSW
Punk Rock Showcase
Storms South By
Show at Red 7 features local punks like Lower Class Brats, Krum
Bums, and Complete Control, along with six other top punk groups.
By Thom White
Photo
by Scott
Harding
CITIZINE
EXCLUSIVE
Interview
with Metal Mike of Angry Samoans
Lead singer of the Angry
Samoans on the rise and
fall of L.A. hardcore.
By Thom White
CITIZINE REVIEWS
Angry
Samoans discography
By Mark Prindle
AUSTIN
CITY SCENE
Trio
of hot spots around Austin
Learn about cool local businesses like
Sonny's Vintage, Southside Flying Pizza,
and Hanover's.
SATIRE
A
letter from your local congressman
Can the
government help the children?
By Raj Desai
COMIX
A new comic strip on CITIZINE.
By Mr. Funnytimes
Poetry
Row
By Eliseo Martinez
ECONOMY
What's
driving gas prices sky high?
Supply
and demand play a role, but the decreasing
value of the U.S. dollar may be the biggest factor.
By Thom White
ANALYSIS
War
Spending and the Declining U.S. Dollar
Is
the occupation of Iraq bringing the U.S.
economy to its knees?
By Rick Aster
TECHNOLOGY
Police
chief unveils surveillance plan for Sixth Street
Art
Acevedo says he has plans for police cameras in four "high-crime"
neighborhoods around Austin.
By Thom White
Do
we need police cameras on Sixth Street?
Austin residents respond to Chief Acevedo's plan.
COMMENTARY
Video
surveillance for the people
A
modest proposal.
By Roggie McFadden
LOCAL
Wal-Mart
Opponents Hold Town Hall Meeting
Responsible
Growth for Northcross leaders announce their next moves and reiterate
that the battle is not over.
By Thom White
NEWS
Controversy
swirls around shooting of burglars
Many
consider Pasadena, Texas, man to be a hero for protecting his
neighborhood, while others question his motives for killing the
two thieves.
Texas
Cities Cash In on Red Light Cameras
Officials
say surveillance cameras will improve safety at
busy intersections, but studies show number of wrecks
can increase after red light cameras are installed.
By Thom White
LOCAL
TxDOT
Proposes Toll Lanes on Mo-Pac
Highway
department officials meet with neighbors
to discuss plans to expand the West Austin thoroughfare
with "managed lanes."
ELECTION 2008
State
Rep. says Paper Ballot Could Stop Election Fraud
Rep.
Lon Burnam of Ft. Worth offers up “The Texas
Hand Counted Paper Ballot Bill of 2007” to provide
citizen oversight of elections.
"False
Flag Terrorism" Investigated at Conference
UT
student group sponsors look into evidence that 9/11 attacks may
have been blamed on the wrong terrorists.
By Thom White
NATIONAL
Push
to Impeach Bush/Cheney
Gets Rolling in Vermont
Vermont
senate becomes first legislative
body to call for impeachment hearings.
By Thom White
The
New War?
Troop
deployments indicate the US, NATO, and Israel
may be preparing for a wider war in the Middle East.
By Thom White
Trans-Texas
Corridor Signals End of Free Way?
Opponents
of Trans-Texas Corridor emphasize that
issue is political corruption, not transportation.
By Thom White
NEWS
Legislature
Responds to Protests
Against Trans-Texas Corridor
Legislature
passes two-year moratorium on
public-private partnerships on Texas highways.
By Thom White
Fix
290 Coalition Offers Alternative
to Proposed Tollway for US-290 in SW Austin
Oak
Hill residents and businesses say elevated toll road planned by
state highway agencies will divide their community.
By Thom White
Super
Wal-Mart Meets Opposition
from Austin Neighborhood Group
Community
gathers to voice concerns about developer Lincoln Property's new
plans for Northcross Mall.
By Thom White
ZINE REVIEWS
New
Zines and Independent Literature
Get
a new perspective on music and politics with indie zines Gearhead,
Reviewer,
Mused,
Warning,
and Nero
Fiddled While Rome Burned.
By
Thom White
Interview
with Mary Timony
Touring
now with The Mary Timony Band, the
singer/guitarist talks about her upcoming record on Kill Rock
Stars.
By Sean O'Neal
Interview
with Pat Thetic of Anti-Flag
Drummer
for Anti-Flag talks
about the band's
new album on RCA Records, For Blood and Empire.
By Murphy Lynch
CITIZINE
EXCLUSIVE
Interview
with Tony Reflex of The Adolescents
Vocalist for The Adolescents
talks extensively about
public education, social movements, and autism
hitting close to home.
By Mark Prindle
Thom
White Reviews
The
new 7" single by
Bullet Treatment,
and CDs by Yellow
Swans, Adolescents,
Hognose, Grave
for the Fireflies,
Inquisition, and Weaving
the Deathbag.
CITIZINE
REVIEWS
Generational
Spectrum at Punk Reunion Show
Adolescents
bring together young
and old punkers at electrifying El Rey show.
By Murphy Lynch
CITIZINE
REVIEWS
'Girl
Punk Revue' Rocks the Anarchy Library
Punk rock gets social
with Franki's Broken Toys, Civet,
The Holograms, L.A.
Slumlords, and The Hitchcock
Blondes.
By Murphy Lynch
FEATURES
Poetry
Row
By Eliseo Martinez
Fanciful
Musings
By Alex Bravo
Asstrology
By Oleo W. DiNero
CITIZINE
REVIEWS
Three
Live Returns
Live shows
by The Vibrators,
Dinosaur Jr.,
and The Chuck Dukowski
Sextet.
By
Thom White
Steven
Ivy Reviews
A V2 Records fanatic
looks at the label's latest batch of albums by Blood
Brothers, Burning
Brides, Dogs
Die In Hot Cars, Grandaddy,
Mercury Rev,
Nada Surf,
and Stereophonics.
Plus: From
First To Last, The
Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower.
Rising
Unsigned Acts
Check out The
Inoculators, System
Noise,
11 Penny Life,
Magnets for Bad Energy.
By Thom White
Obituaries
2005
R.I.P: “Stevo”
Jensen, Randy
“Biscuit” Turner, Esther
Wong, John
Loder.
POETRY
The
Second Ark
The Superdome is where thousands went to hide.
By Knowledge
Photo
by Glen
E. Friedman
CITIZINE
EXCLUSIVE
Interview
with Henry Rollins
The punk and spoken word
star takes time out
to answer some important
questions.
By Mark Prindle
Interview
with Chuck Dukowski
Former bassist for Black
Flag talks about changes on the horizon and his new band, The
Chuck Dukowski Sextet.
By Thom White
NEWS
Iraq
War Marketing Campaign Exposed
Researcher details
how the US and British governments
built support for Operation Iraqi Freedom with the use
of "information attacks" that were known to be false.
By Gar Smith
CITIZINE
EXCLUSIVE
Interview
with Steve Albini
Recording
engineer to the Pixies,
Jesus Lizard, Nirvana,
and PJ Harvey (among others), Steve Albini continues working hard
to create good music.
By Mark Prindle
NEWS
U.S.
government to force REAL ID
by 2008
Department
of Homeland Security to mandate standards
for scannable REAL ID in state driver's licenses.
By Harold E. Smith
ZINE REVIEWS
New
Zines and Independent Literature
A
look at the competition from local zines Communiqué,
Paradigm,
and Burnt
Toast, the exciting new newspaper, The
Epoch Times, and the high-quality political propaganda of
Change-Links,
The
American Conservative, and The
New Federalist.
By
Thom White
COMMENTARY
Abuse
of the English Language
with Bush-style "Democracy"
What’s in a name?
By Raff Ellis
EUROPEAN UNION
French
and Dutch nations
reject EU Constitution
The public in France and The Netherlands
rejects increasing powers of unelected EU elite.
By Michael James
Interview
with Billy Zoom of X
Billy
Zoom talks to
a drunken Mark Prindle
about his
fifty years in jazz, soul, rockabilly, and punk,
and details
some X plans
for 2005.
CITIZINE REVIEWS
Live
Punk on DVD
Performances by Government
Issue,
Iggy Pop, X,
and Circle Jerks
now
available on digital video disc.
By Mark Prindle
Steven
Ivy Reviews
CDs by The
Futureheads, Pitch
Black, Millencolin,
The Black
Keys, Isis,
and Autolux.
Thom
White Reviews
CDs by Ladykillers,
The Frankenburies,
Empire,
Righteous Jams, The
Low Budgets, D.E.K.,
The New York Rel-X,
This Microwave World,
Left Alone, and
Duane Peters Gunfight.
