1, 2, Tres, Cuatro: The Name Game

What's in a name? Plenty if you're a WIMP or WEENIE!

"...hippest, hardest-working women I know in Austin music are WIMPS. If the proverbial tornado whisked away Nancy Coplin and..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

The Perfect Ride

John Hyams' ode to rodeo stays on for a surprising 5,760 seconds

"...Dr. Tandy Freeman tells us amid horrific original footage, "Wimps don't make it this far."..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Free Willy 3: The Rescue

"...to be defended against all costs against meddling, sentimental enviro-wimps. But his efforts to pass the family harpoon along..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Page Two: This Too Shall Pass, Or … Ain’t Got Time for That Now

Along came Trump

"...attitude – reality is for chumps, political correctness for wimps, governing difficult only for the corrupt or insane. The..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Nancy Coplin Retires from ABIA

Airport booker celebrates tonight at Antone’s Blue Monday

"...There’s my community work with nonprofits as well, like WIMPS, HAAM, AMF, HOME, Guitars for Swaziland, Swan Songs. And..."

Dec. 16, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

The Hightower Report

Marooned on BP Island; and Dems Cave on Disclosure

"...to win enough votes to pass the bill. What wimps! There is another way – Democrats should get out..."

July 9, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Thoughts About Rights

"...of the world, and hire security. I say only wimps need a nanny state to protect property. I prefer..."

June 21, 2010 Postmarks

Critical Mass

A sxswi core conversation explores the "Yelp effect"

"...in the restaurant? Are we all turning into passive-aggressive wimps?..."

March 15, 2010 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

The Chicago Comparison

"...respond to the research findings. By contrast, the ACPP wimps out; it does not publicly advocate for any policy..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Friday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...Sermon on Exposition Boulevard. It's not a record for wimps and neither is Jones. – Margaret Moser Polyvinyl Records..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Page Two: For the Fun of It

Reminiscing on 25 years of 'The Austin Chronicle' and looking forward to what's next

"...Bloggers speculated, "Could the Chronicle writers be such thin-skinned wimps?" I agree with the sense of the arguments that..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Column by Louis Black

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Our readers talk back.

"...When in fact you are a bunch of soulless wimps...."

April 14, 2006 Column

Shut Up! Listen to Me! I Know and You Don't

"...When in fact you are a bunch of soulless wimps. Risk your lives like the Arab League does each..."

April 12, 2006 Postmarks

Skies Partly Cloudy

Two years down the road, liberal network still struggles to establish itself

"...overcompensating, tired of all the cracks that liberals are wimps...."

March 17, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Dark Side of the Potterverse

Brad Neely's 'Wizard People, Dear Readers' and the volatility of artistic alchemy

"...the homoeroticism of Quidditch, and whether Heaven is for wimps who can't hack Nothingness. He ascends to dizzy peaks..."

July 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Day Trips

Fickle Pickles, the best in the world

"...to find out if the regular pickles were for wimps, so I went right to the source. My search..."

March 19, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Page Two

Here comes SXSW. And, surprisingly, the Young Conservatives of Texas still don't like us.

"...to stake positions with respect for those they oppose. Wimps! Next to the YCT, most fraternities look overly sophisticated,..."

March 5, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...["Postmarks," Aug. 8]. Are we Tall Texans or Feckless Wimps? I think it's time to sound the Oliphant and..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Column

Good News, We're Not Necessarily Doomed

"...["Postmarks," Aug. 8]. Are we Tall Texans or Feckless Wimps? I think it's time to sound the Oliphant and..."

Aug. 11, 2003 Postmarks

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"...two death penalty-dealing, corporate-welfare-doling, health care-denying, military-industrial-complex-loving, roll-over-and-play-dead-when-the-chips-are-down political wimps, and guess what? They still would have lost in..."

July 11, 2003 Column

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"...longer possess the biggest weapon are a bunch of wimps. They can stay in Mobilehoma (as John Kelso would..."

May 23, 2003 Column

Page Two

In blaming the anti-war movement for all possible future scenarios connected to terrorism or the war in Iraq, the hysterical right has poised itself to lead a devastating assault on the Constitution and its protections.

"...preventing it from happening again, are they such idealistic wimps, Saddam sympathizers, or active fifth columnists that they don't..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Ratgirl's Holy Rockin' Christmas

With Ratgirl's Holy Rockin' Christmas, Ratgirl proves herself a real artist by tossing the yule's manifold manifestations into an artistic blender, from which she serves up holiday cheer in a mighty mythological melange, a veritable Xmess.

"...energies at that and that alone. Such artists are wimps. They're intimidated by the sprawling, fractured mishmash that truly..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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Our readers talk back.

"...we call commerce. I'm thinking about a million little wimps at a million little computers writing a million little..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

The Hightower Report

Who decided that the WTO rules the U.S.?; who decided that the U.S. rules Iraq?

"...What wimps. This is not the first U.S. law that this..."

Sept. 13, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

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Our readers talk back.

"...our last couple of governors! What a bunch of wimps. Pitch a teepee, office boy. The pork barrel is..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Column

Commentary

"...drops of simple syrup, shaken like a martini. Only wimps required ice. I wish I could say that she..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Food Feature

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The Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival is not sexist; the city/Bradley settlement bodes poorly for Barton Springs; golf courses pay their way; and more reader mail.

"...Williams Wimps Out..."

March 24, 2000 Column

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...more good albums before turning into Tabitha Soren power-ballad wimps. It took a couple of years, but Nirvana eventually..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

Sxsw

"...irony. Most bands do this and turn into ironic wimps; all Silver Scooter does is forge gems like "Pumpkin..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature