Blow Up Your Video

MTV forces American youth to sell their souls, but has Joan Jett in a bikini!

"...Drive-In fix without wading through gaggles of in-house promos desperately attempting to brand the network as something cooler and..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Summer Reading

"...in the late Seventies and early Eighties -- Leigh desperately uses the tools at hand to determine who she..."

July 27, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

After a Fashion

Stephen remembers his friend and mentor Joanie Whitebird.

"...into the grass and mud. I dove for it, desperately wanting some relief from my emotional agony, and popped..."

July 27, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Good Things in Small Packages

At Starlite, it's possible -- and exciting -- to belong to the Clean Plate Club, Rebecca Chastenet de Géry says.

"..."You don't have to eat it all," I would desperately reassure my husband during our initial meals out after..."

July 27, 2001 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Dancing About Architecture

Antone's Anniversary off to a bumpy start, and the same goes for local CD outlets.

"...went by this weekend, the woman behind the counter desperately tried to make 1,000 or so "new arrivals" disappear..."

July 13, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Marco Perella Reviewed

Movie actor Marco Perella has at least one doozy of a story for every picture he's made, and in his Adventures of a No Name Actor, he makes each one so light and salty and tasty, you just want to keep tossing 'em back, like popcorn.

"...of self-proclaimed stars, celebrity adulation, and his own actorliness: desperately seeking "the job," trying to impress agents and directors,..."

July 6, 2001 Books Feature by Robert Faires

The Hightower Lowdown

Jeffords and the Lobby, Karl Rove's ethics & the New Fast Track

"...corporate powers that profit from these exploitative trade deals desperately want the Fast Track scheme back. They're trying to..."

June 29, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Articulations

Arts Center Stage got a new lease on life -- or at least a new lease on Palmer Auditorium; the Bad Dog Comedy Theatre offers last call, and the Rude Mechanicals gets their second plug of the year in The New York Times.

"...be rescued if this week doesn't go well. It desperately needs cash to keep its doors past Monday. As..."

May 11, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Skate Listings

"...CALIFORNIA BOARD UNDERGROUND Taped precariously to the door, the desperately scrawled scrap of notebook paper read, "Gone to Taos,..."

May 11, 2001 Features Feature by Shadrock Roberts

Naked City

A long-awaited decision on the rezoning of the Bennett Tract, which has sat vacant awaiting redevelopment for more than 10 years, should happen this Thursday.

"...neglected east end of downtown where the city would desperately like to lure good developers...."

May 4, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Capitol Chronicle

The grandfathered pollution exemption celebrates its 30th birthday, and the Lege takes another look at cleaning up the air

"...the grandfathered exemption by requiring utility companies -- which desperately wanted deregulation -- to begin permitting and cleaning up..."

April 6, 2001 News Column by Michael King

PCU

The Animal House of the Nineties

"...ways than one) with Rand McPherson (Spade), who is desperately trying to get his aptly named fraternity "Balls 'n..."

March 30, 2001 Screens Review by Eli Kooris

Postmarks

What destroys a neighborhood? How can bikes help? What's wrong with the Julia Roberts/Brad Pitt vehicle THE MEXICAN? A few answers to these questions---and more!---right here, right now.

"...problem when in fact the real problem is people desperately clinging to the past. Look, I used to be..."

March 23, 2001 Column

What's Love Got To Do With It

"...the greatest comebacks in history. Of course, Ike tries desperately (and unsuccessfully) to woo her back. He tells her..."

March 23, 2001 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Letters at 3AM

Our secret fantasies were made public by Elvis Presley.

"...bar called Fat Dawg's. He said it arrogantly and desperately, as he'd been saying it when juiced for years,..."

March 16, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Everyday People: A Novel

"...We desperately want to believe our own "feel-good bullshit" about race..."

March 9, 2001 Books Review by Scott Blackwood

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

"...and into the mainstream. The Long Beach fourpiece wants desperately to be a mid-Eighties Minneapolis band, but instead of..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature

Turn Out the Lights ...

The Lege Has Barely Begun, and the Official Accountants Say We're Broke

"...-- which means that 81% of the people who desperately need TCADA's services are doing without. "If an agency..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Coach's Corner

In a very boring weekend, the very lowest point is watching the UT men's basketball team get thumped.

"...pushy, fat animals. I watch The Sports Reporters, hoping desperately for a column idea. No dice. The sports world..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

It's the Village, Idiot!

The latest casualty in Regal Cinemas' nationwide overexpansion isn't just another movie theatre.

"...ago, new theatre construction was going like gangbusters) and desperately trying to stave off debt via the wholesale disenfranchisement..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Showgirls

Like a car wreck you can't take your eyes off of.

"...but stops short of Valley of the Dolls. Trying desperately to be a morality tale with a twist, it..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Sonic Youth, Liberty Lunch, July 7 & 8, 1999

"...Lunch employees fought to keep out those who so desperately wanted in; Oasis; Blur; Garbage; Sixteen Deluxe; Stereolab on..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks

Defending the death penalty, the new Gov, the schools, and all that Jazz.

"...about the junk science that some people embrace so desperately, but she apparently could not, so she slipped into..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Column

Public Notice

Gather 'round the Yule log and the figgy pudding, get out a paper and pen, and jot down some of these items form our Annual Holiday Wish List 2000. Local organizations need you!

"...This whole leaping, hurtling, flailing, flying picture we are desperately trying to paint for you has a message --..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column by Kate X Messer

Public Notice

Gather round the Yule log and the figgy pudding, get out a paper and pen, and jot down some of these items from our Annual Holiday Wish List 2000, Part 2. Local organizations need you!

"...2 In addition to the following items, all groups desperately need cash, volunteers, and computers or computer upgrades. Call..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

Public Notice

Gather 'round the Yule log and the figgy pudding, get out a paper and pen, and jot down some of these items form our Annual Holiday Wish List 2000. Local organizations need you!

"...In addition to the following items, all groups desperately need cash, volunteers, and computers or computer upgrades. Call..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

Kiddie Spree

Local curmudgeon and Style Avatar Stephen Moser takes a gaggle of tykes on the shopping trail. O-mi-god.

"...need changing." "How will I entertain them?" I ventured desperately. Says Kate, "Let them entertain you! Ta-ta!"..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Caretakers

Even for die-hard Joan Crawford fans, The Caretaker (aka Della) is hard to stomach.

"...occurred, and I clicked the mouse over and over, desperately trying to submit a bid. But Joan was gone...."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Eliades Ochoa, La Zona Rosa, November 8

"...embodiment of the joy and brotherhood that was so desperately needed. Pausing after each song to give sincere thanks..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Hess

World of Books

The Fifth Annual Texas Book Festival

"...is doesn't matter. On the other hand, the audience desperately wants to know more about the author -- about..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

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