Browsing Issue: Wednesday, October 1, 2003

News: Feature: The Final Fortress THINGS WERE SO MUCH SIMPLER WHEN THE CLUB RAN FORT WORTH. By Samuel Hudson News: FREE WILL ASTROLOGY: Astrology News: Letters: Churches and Taxes News: Metropolis: Paving for Paradise Only God can make a tree, but a church and a pharmacy can make a parking lot. By DAN MALONE News: Second Thought: Transit for the (Middle-Class) Masses Forget about the clean-air bandwagon. Just get on the bus. By DAN MCGRAW News: Static: No-Fear Factor Music: Featured Music: Fickle Flames The Theater Fire’s resistance to honing one sound might be why they remain underground giants. By KEN SHIMAMOTO Music: Hearsay: Oceanography Music: Listen Up: Precious Bryant Fool Me Good\r\n(Terminus Records) By Matthew Smith Music: Listen Up: Suzanne Vega Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega\r\n(A&M Records) By Brian Abrams Music: The Show: Wreck Room By Ken Shimamoto Film: Film Reviews: Matchstick Man The satisfying lowbrow thriller Out of Time burns like a house afire. By KRISTIAN LIN Film: Film Reviews: Sonic Youth Jack Black and a bunch of kids kick out the jams in the rollicking The School of Rock. By KRISTIAN LIN Eats: Cafe Reviewed: Mexicali Blues Ain’t nuthin special about Fresco’s — except the good vibe. By NANCY SCHAADT Eats: Chow, Baby: Chef Inspector Calendar: Night and Day: Big Ben Chimes Arts: Art: Bathing Beauties It’s amazing what John Frost can find in a few soiled shower curtains and some sand. By ANTHONY MARIANI Arts: Gallery: Bernd Haussmann: In the Moment