Sarah Eckhardt's State of the County Address Features Brags and Worries

The state of Travis County is strong, but challenges remain

March 15, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Workers' Environment Degraded While SOS Brags of Win

Jan. 5, 2006 Postmarks

In His Own Words: Standiford Brags of Spineless, Gutless Insults and Rhetoric With Little-to-No Regard for the Truth and Facts Claiming Pompous Delusions of Grandeur and a Groundless Superiority Complex. How Can Anyone Argue?

Jan. 7, 2004 Postmarks

Surviving Christmas

Money can buy happiness goes the moral of this cynical yet mildly amusing comedy starring Ben Affleck and James Gandolfini.

"...his star turn as Drew, the ad man who brags that he could sell whale steak to Greenpeace. Gandolfini’s..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

All My Friends Hate Me

College reunion comedy takes a dark turn

"...in refugee camps (a point of inadvertent yet constant humble-brags), and in that time the tapestry of their friendship..."

March 18, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mickey and the Bear

Life on the front line of the opioid crisis

"...seen me in the second battle of Fallujah,” he swagger-brags at one semi-lucid point...."

Dec. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The First Saturday in May

This documentary follows six horse trainers and their experiences on the 2006 trail to the Kentucky Derby.

"...throughout the entire movie, except for one preteen who brags of the $1,000 "brick" in his pocket); and what..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Vacancy

Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale play a couple who try to escape from the snuff-film motel at which they're stranded.

"...doesn't advertise "free Wi-Fi in every room" but instead brags about air conditioning and iceboxes, steer clear and stop..."

April 27, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hurd Is the Word

Cornell Hurd, Austin's most prolific C&W songwriter? It's no joke.

"...Austin gumshoe office. Not just the family man who brags about his wife and children. We're talking about the..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Beauty Academy of Kabul

This documentary shows how real power flows not from the barrel of a gun but rather a can of hairspray.

"...kind of disconnect must be happening when a teacher brags that all the scissors were donated by Frederik Fekkai..."

May 26, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Are Her Hands Really Tied?

"...she supports the negotiator hired by StarTran who openly brags on his Web site of his "union busting" techniques...."

Feb. 2, 2006 Postmarks

Cold Creek Manor

Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone are home alone in a haunted house in this film that was not screened before press time.

"...(and let’s hear it for farming automation, people) and brags about it from his deathbed, crop up in a..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips

At the Wiseman House in Hico, Kevin Wenzel serves up some of the finest chocolates in Texas.

"...with nuts (Nutty Wild Woman). Besides chocolates, Kevin makes Brags, which are like chocolate turtles except bigger, several kinds..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks

Don't Shelve Smart Growth

"...realize that the $1.85 billion tax cut that Bush brags about cut taxes by approx. $60 per $100,000 home,..."

July 2, 1999 Column

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 29 - April 4

"...the cosmos to be a wildly charismatic egomaniac who brags incessantly and insists on getting your selfish needs met..."

March 29, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Farming Local Connections With Barton Creek Farmers Market

Austin’s longest-running farmers’ market continues to support small farms from a mall parking lot

"...Barton Creek Farmers Market has been, as their website brags, endorsed by Wolfgang Puck (of frozen pizza fame) as..."

March 1, 2024 Food Feature by James Scott

Election Day, STEM Day, Amplify Austin Day, and More Days to Remember This Week

Our guide to community events for the week

"...Downtown Lockhart’s First Friday. Venue Lockhart Arts & Craft brags up a menu of specialty drinks both alcoholic and..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Meanwhile Brewing’s Free Birthday Bash and More Crucial Concerts This Week

From Jonathan Richman at the Continental to Saweetie at AFROTECH

"...with pure thrashing angst – or, as their Bandcamp brags, "Anthems that fucked up a generation." L.A.-based psych-kraut experimenters..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Gov. Abbott Says Hell Yes to Probably Violating More People’s Civil Rights

Updated: While feds investigate border initiative, he goes all in

"...billion program’s success disrupting drug smuggling networks. The state's brags about thousands of arrests were based on messy data..."

July 7, 2022 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Project found data does not support that. The state's brags have been based on metrics that include crimes with..."

March 25, 2022 News Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...verse of trademark content. The 10K Projects rapper merrily brags about having relations with women "in more rooms than..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 13-19

"...UK found that 62 percent of the adult population brags that they've read classic books that they have not..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Fantasia Review: The Oak Room

Canadian crime labyrinth cuts deep and cold

"...professional bullshitter behind the bar?) "Goose the story," Paul brags. Yet the inversions in Steve's shaggy dog story are..."

Aug. 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Stanning for Siegel

"...of all of the local progressive groups. Dr. Gandhi brags that he is not a politician, but success in..."

June 30, 2020 Postmarks

Quin NFN

"...Trippie Redd), one of the city's brightest rhymers cheerily brags and admonishes throughout sophomore mixtape 4NUN. The 10-track, 26-minute..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Music Review by Derek Udensi

ACL Live Review: Lil Uzi Vert

First weekend no-show puts on a G-rated rager

"...on my money now I’m 6’6”,” the diminutive rapper brags in a song littered with chest-puffing quotables and horns...."

Oct. 12, 2019 Music Post by Derek Udensi

The 12 People You Meet at Sam’s Town Point, Austin’s Real-Life Roadhouse

You’d never know the South Austin honky-tonk is there, but wait 'til you meet its cast of characters

"...lacks glossy modern architecture, serves no craft cocktails, and brags no contrived concept. It feels like old Austin because..."

April 26, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Evan Smith on the Secret of Texas Tribune’s Success

Founder and CEO on the present and future of nonprofit journalism

"...Ah, the funding: Smith unapologetically brags about raising now $66.5 million over the 9+ years..."

March 13, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Girls Girls Girls' Broad Ambition

In this improvised musical, the women of this acclaimed troupe take it to the Eighties and take over the workplace

"...Deter­mined to straighten out his wife's work woes, Peter brags on her to the boys at her office –..."

April 27, 2018 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

In Search of Amazon

Mayor writes in support of Austin location for corporate “HQ2”

"...an “incredible opportunity for a precedent-setting partnership.” The mayor brags on Austin’s “innovative and collaborative spirit,” our environmentalism, the..."

Oct. 26, 2017 News Post by Michael King

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