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HIS DREAM ROLES Austin would be totally psyched to make an appearance on one of his lave TV shows.

WEH Stanner (1969:4), who trained under Radcliffe-Brown and Raymond Firth, and who was a contemporary of Piddington and Laves, commented later that he had been: taught to turn my back on the speculative reconstruction of the origins and development of primitive institutions, and to have an interest only in their living actuality ...

The new compilation features laves like "Big Boned Gal" and "Trail of Broken Hearts" alongside fun obscurities like "Friday Dance Promenade," "Hanky Panky," and "Pine and Stew." It's a must-have for langheads; for beginners, we offer the following guide to 20 years of lang longing.

The first museum exhibition devoted entirely to queer comics spotlights artists Howard Cruse and Alison Bechdel, along with dozens of other lesbian, gay, bi, and trans laves.

Advocate arts and entertainment editor Alonso Duralde makes his first foray into the film-guide world with 101 Must-see Movies for Gay Men (Advocate Books, $14.95), a compendium of laves from All About Eve and The Apple to Xanadu and Zero Patience.

Our laves: DTM for hot younguns (www.dtm.fi) and Hercules (www.herculesgayclub.com) for an all-ages dance palace.

From well-seasoned folk rockers like the Indigo Girls to spicy spinster Junior Vasquez to sizzling punk laves the Gossip, there's a variety of taste sensations coming your way this fall.

A more hook-minded CD from Lilith Fair laves Indigo Girls includes a host of guest performers