Dark Side of the Potterverse

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

"...this amazing passion for them and their world, and desperately wants to connect with the audience by making them..."

July 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...to take the spotlight from John Kerry when he desperately needs to begin defining himself seems calculated to hurt..."

June 25, 2004 Column

In Case You Missed It: More Tired Lame Clinton Bashing

"...to take the spotlight from John Kerry when he desperately needs to begin defining himself seems calculated to hurt..."

June 21, 2004 Postmarks

The Elephants at Play

GOP State Convention features flags, sanctimony, preaching … and a little politics

"...beyond the pale, even while the party's D.C. champion desperately maneuvers for the UN to pretend to take Iraq..."

June 11, 2004 News Column by Michael King

3 Women

It came to Robert Altman in a dream, and that much is clear

"...(Duvall), who emulates the fashion magazines and looks up desperately to everyone else. The two women go unnoticed by..."

June 11, 2004 Screens Review by Courtney Fitzgerald

A Night in Vienna

Friendship was the theme of the Budjanova Chamber Orchestra's A Night in Vienna, which was dedicated to the memory of Danielle Martin, the late UT professor whose life touched many of those at the concert

"...night. She confesses to him her personal tragedy: Wanting desperately to be a mother, she allowed herself to be..."

May 28, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

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Our readers talk back.

"...cram-it-down-their-throats-before-they-figure-it-out approach should alone set off alarm bells. Austin desperately needs the Chronicle to pay considerably closer attention to..."

May 28, 2004 Column

Toll-Road Piece 'Riddled With Nonsense'

"...cram-it-down-their-throats-before-they-figure-it-out approach should alone set off alarm bells. Austin desperately needs the Chronicle to pay considerably closer attention to..."

May 26, 2004 Postmarks

The Latest in Paper

Mother Knows: 24 Tales of Motherhood

"...shit the floor like babies; immigrant mothers who abide desperately in snowbound New York slums, frying lime and cilantro..."

May 7, 2004 Books Feature by Marrit Ingman

On the Lege

The Lege special session gets down to business, and it's woefully business as usual

"...that Arlington's Kent Grusendorf, chair of the Select Committee, desperately attempted to sell the House Tuesday afternoon, over loud..."

May 7, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Money Changes Everything

Greg Pak's 'Robot Stories' is ap-pealing to just about everyone, seven years after his appeal to the Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund launched his career.

"...TFPF class of '97 – see below) as the desperately needed financial influx that got the ball rolling, not..."

May 7, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

The Dalai Lama was a swinger.

"...a hidden location not known to the Nazis. Hitler desperately wanted to rescue and reinstate him. Two astrologers pinpointed..."

April 30, 2004 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Working-Class Hero

Is Michael Fracasso's Austin's best kept musical secret?

"...He cared desperately. One device he still uses at solo shows is..."

April 23, 2004 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

News/Print

Tom Doyal vs. Rasputin would be a damn good dogfight draw, don't you think?

"...Right now, as far as I can tell, they're desperately doing so, since the content at www.superficialflesh.com comprises exactly..."

April 9, 2004 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Big Fat Independent Movies

Sending Off SXSW Film 04

"...coffee, finagles his way into the bed of a desperately needy woman, and harasses his estranged wife (Wolfe) before..."

March 26, 2004 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Unhappy With Police Reaction

"...offers a generous amount of training potential, and we desperately need our "boys in blue" to hone their skills..."

March 22, 2004 Postmarks

Hamlet

Through the vision and skill of choreographer Stephen Mills, Ballet Austin told the story of 'Hamlet' with an urgency and imagination made the prince's pain palpable

"...late husband. Amid this wild festivity, one figure is desperately out of place, the only person still attired in..."

March 19, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Nellie McKay

"...be the breath of fresh air this business so desperately needs if that were the case. McKay played it..."

March 19, 2004 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

SXSW Film Reviews

"...gutter balls. He follows the PBA as it tries desperately to wrench itself out of Eisenhower-era obsolescence and into..."

March 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

Hangin' with your Style Avatar, the B-52's, Pam Des Barres, Miss Kitty, and mo' – oh, and some ho's … San Ho's that is …

"...a stoplight while gazing ardently at milady. We tried desperately to hide our laughter for fear of retribution, and..."

March 19, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Escape From Loserville

Online dating gives the personals a new cachet

"...on the Web." In the interest of serving the desperately self-aware and sarcastic, Brown set out to conquer the..."

March 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Finding a New Rhythm

After a health crisis, Tapestry's Acia Gray slows things down

"...just when she should have been allowing herself some desperately needed rest, she was getting on a plane for..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Failure of Intelligence

It won't do just to point fingers at Bush for the lies about Iraq

"...by reading the Bushian pundits who quickly followed him, desperately attempting damage control. The funniest of these was David..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Are We on the Edge?

In The Bateman Trilogy, about a family of working-class suburbanite Texans, Ken Webster reveals a fine playwright's voice to go along with his strong directorial style

"...very real. Kelsey Kling's trio of characters includes the desperately rough Rebecca Wallace – murderess or self-defender – another..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Behind America's Funnyman

For rare comedian Neil Hamburger, it's all about the laughs – and keeping the bug spray close

"...NH: We are trying desperately to help the men and women out with some..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

About AIDS

Law closing in on serostim abuse

"...About time! The ADAPs are desperately in need of just over $100 million dollars this..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Column by Sandy Bartlett

Frame of 'Reference'

"...Angry, sad, dramatic, cathartic, and desperately confused, Reference is all of those things, like a..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

The Hightower Report

Exploring Mars trumps health care; and Bush's tax cuts have spurred spending … by the rich people who got one

"...the things the majority of us Americans want and desperately need?..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

Down and Dirty

Pasty people vs. pretty people, low budget vs. big budget, Peter Biskind vs. Robert Redford: the 20th annual Sundance!

"...life of a working-class wife and mother who is desperately trying to kick cocaine. Farmiga's understated yet devastating portrait..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

To Your Health

I desperately need more energy. I know my adrenal glands are not up to par, and I have heard about using adrenal gland concentrate for this. Is it safe to try?

"...Q. I desperately need more energy. I know my adrenal glands are..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

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