Spelman Surgery a Success

Council member returning to dais and classes next week

"...Austin City Council Member Bill Spelman is recovering after surgery for a pancreatic tumor, and is scheduled to return..."

Aug. 22, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Suggested Reading and Tips for People Considering Bariatric Surgery

"...Banding – Achieving Permanent Weight Loss With Minimally Invasive Surgery by Jessi H. Ahroni, Ph.D., ARNP (iUniverse, $13.95): A..."

July 13, 2007 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

This Ain't Brain Surgery

Carvin' Country with Roy Heinrich

"..."It ain't brain surgery," Heinrich says of his chosen vocation, country music. (True..."

June 21, 1996 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Foxtales Gets Back on Stage After Bicycle Accident and Spinal Surgery

Cleared to play guitar, the indie-pop act returns at Hot Summer Nights

"...the show,’” he remembers. After waking from emergency spinal surgery, Fox became painfully aware that his legs weren’t broken,..."

July 18, 2023 Music Post by Leo Vernor

Surgery or Slaughter?

Austin Energy calls it "progressive forestry"; some of their customers call it "tree mutilation."

"...in the northern part of Austin, and Davey Tree Surgery in the south part. Austin Energy officials defend the..."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Think No Think Endures Stomach Surgery From Butthole Surfer Guitarist

Watch the proggy local trio’s new clip “9-5er” now

"...rather, he’s opened up. That’s him receiving intestinal splaying surgery at the hands of two demented doctors, one of..."

Feb. 7, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

So Much Better Than Wide-Awake Surgery and Patriarchical Bullshit

Saluting a medical champion in Dr. Mütter's Marvels

"...surgeon who pioneered the use of anesthesia and reconstructive surgery and "changed the face of medicine forever." And about..."

Sept. 17, 2014 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Dukes Recovering From Surgery

Austin state rep underwent two procedures Monday

July 2, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

A Crash Course in Brain Salad Surgery

Feb. 22, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Island of Dr. Ersek

Austin's media-friendly Robert Ersek is the king of pop cosmetic surgery

"...to the United Kingdom for a show called Plastic Surgery Live. Meanwhile, all week MTV has been running his..."

June 3, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Playback: The Healing Hand of Jonathan Horne

Following the free jazz guitar phenom as he undergoes hand surgery

"...The night before, he'd endured grisly, pre-surgery nightmares, but the morning arises serene. As Horne enters..."

July 27, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Another Hays County Jail Inmate Fears Losing Use of Limb as He Waits for Medical Care

After a bone break, he wants a second surgery

"...the surgeon told him that he would do a surgery within the next week, because he needed it done..."

April 5, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Stuber

Buddy cop action-comedy isn’t making many friends

"...same night. Trouble is, Drax’s just gone through Lasik surgery and can’t see a damn thing. Hilarity ensues! Boffo..."

July 12, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lamondo 'Tiny' Watkins, 1977-2013

Local drummer dies after complications from heart surgery

"...Austin Medical Center Saturday due to complications of heart surgery. He was 35...."

July 15, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Ya Veremos

Mexican rom-com puts family first

"...one last family trip before he must undergo perilous surgery. Will love win the day in this rom-com, which..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review

Have a Nice Day

Mid-Nineties-style crime stories refreshed by Chinese cartoons.

"...cash to pay to fix his girlfriend's botched plastic surgery. It's one of the oldest noir tropes (underling invokes..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

All I See Is You

A blind woman who regains her sight starts to see things differently

"...… real. While living in Thailand, Gina (Lively) undergoes surgery to restore her eyesight, which she lost in a..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

The Danish Girl

Biopic about the first person to undergo sexual reassignment surgery

"...one of the first patients to undergo sexual reassignment surgery (as recounted in David Ebershoff’s novel on which The..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Roar

Drafthouse Films reissues this truly trippy oddity from 1981

"...The incident required 50 stitches and some cosmetic plastic surgery. Other actors in the film suffered much, much worse..."

April 17, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Miraculous Sound: Jamie Wellwarth

Austin engineer acquiesces to online fund for his surgeries

"...for Nomad and the Continental Club, went in for surgery yesterday at Seton Hospital. A father of three young..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

American Mary

The plastic surgery performed in this horror film gives real meaning to going under the knife.

"...but broke medical-school student who starts performing elective plastic surgery on patients seeking to transform their appearances in unconventional..."

May 31, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Women

This remake of the 1939 George Cukor film isn't particularly fun or funny.

"...this confused seesaw between condemnation and celebration of plastic surgery. There, I said it. Usually, I’m loath to comment..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Ruins

Four friends on a Mexican vacation discover something evil among the Mayan ruins.

"...up getting a highly specialized crash course in field surgery and why cell phones are fundamentally evil little diabolus..."

April 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Boys Don't Cry

Without resorting to dogma, ideological tracts, or cautionary tales, Boys Don't Cry evocatively tells the true story of a young Nebraska woman who changed her sexual identity and transformed herself (sans surgery) into a young man. Swank won her first Oscar for this role.

"...who changed her sexual identity and transformed herself (sans surgery) into a young man named Brandon Teena. Her life..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

At First Sight

"...her to the city and undergo some experimental eye surgery that may or may not restore his vision. At..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Suture

"...Suture reflects on the movie's themes of amnesia, plastic surgery, and “twins.” It also refers to the film theory..."

April 29, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Female Misbehavior

"...sex change. We learn the effects of testosterone, the surgery options, the costs (female-to male is outrageously more expensive..."

April 9, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dr. Giggles

"...he moves from house to house, performing unwarranted open-heart surgery and the like, his fluting little giggle cropping up..."

Oct. 30, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hearing Voices

"...she has ugly scars on her back from childhood surgery to correct scoliosis and has just recently undergone an..."

June 26, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Double Bind

"...experiences something of her mother's dilemma after having plastic surgery to make her eyes rounder and more Western following..."

Feb. 28, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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