Issue: March 28, 2002

Metropolis

A 12-year-old killer and a would-be bank robber do some growing up behind bars.
By Julie Lyons



Trial on whistleblower charges could make great theater.
By Jeff Prince

North Texas' two biggest dailies are glaring daggers over a contest contretemps.
By Gayle Reaves




STATIC
Tom's Tenuous Tomorrows


LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
From the week of March 28


Calendar

Never heard of English director Michael Powell? Then Black Narcissus comes nun too soon.
By Kristian Lin


Those Awkward Years
The Balcony struggles through ups and downs and owners.
By Nancy Schaadt



CHOW, BABY
Burger Fever

Music

Leaping to a major label, Austin's Trail of Dead grows up but doesn't sell out.
By Michael Chamy



HEARSAY
Move Somethin'




Brewed in Texas
(Compadre Records)
By Jeff Prince

Land (1975-2002)
(Motherload Music)
By PJ Gach

Omar and the Howlers
By Paula Felps

Film

Where there's a safe, there's no safe place, even in a Panic Room.
By Kristian Lin

A purple rhino becomes an endangered species in Death to Smoochy.
By Kristian Lin