Issue: August 29, 2002

Metropolis

Aska's music is magic overseas but here it's, well, old-fashioned.
By Anthony Mariani



Artistry emerges as railroad depot windows are restored.
By Gayle Reaves




STATIC
Viva las Puddytats


LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
From the Week of August 29


Calendar

Q Cinema brings bay and lebian film to Fort Worth.
By Kristian Lin


Pricey Spicy
Blue Bamboo's Asian entrées might cost a bundle, but they're well worth it.
By Anthony Mariani



CHOW, BABY
Bones to Pick

Music

Lost Country travels all over the music map to arrive at someplace like honkytonk.
By Ken Shimamoto



HEARSAY
Brown Sugar




Billy, Volume One
(Hep Cat Records)
By Ken Shimamoto

The Amalgamut
(Warner/Reprise)
By Ken Shimamoto

Loaded Moses
By Ken Shimamoto

Film

Marriage and a retail store ensnare Jennifer Aniston in The Good Girl.
By Kristian Lin

A Spanish boarding school is home to horrors in The Devil's Backbone.