Everything That Rises Must Converge

SXSW 2000 Interactive Festival

"...the world to know him intimately, yet he clutches desperately to his anonymity. The roundtable discussion itself was a..."

March 17, 2000 Screens Feature by David Garza

Letters at 3AM

Death is not a separation, but a living presence.

"...don't mean it serenely. I mean it restlessly, sleeplessly, desperately. The serenity comes, when it comes, later -- and..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

String Theory

Do-It-Yourself Symphony

"...in their audience are longtime veterans of rock fandom, desperately eager to be blown away in an era where..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Greg Beets

The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket: Are we going to be tested on this?

Local Arts Reviews

"...this show, full of 25-year-old preteens and miracles, so desperately needs -- suspension of disbelief -- never materializes. It..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

The Naked Gym Ape

Stuart Prestidge wades into the exotic jungle of the Corporate Gym and surveys its creatures.

"...on a bench or with a pair of dumbbells desperately trying to increase the mass of their chosen body..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Features Feature by Stuart Prestidge

Executing Justice

Larry Robison, a schizophrenic killer whose parents tried to get help for their son but were turned away by state mental hospitals, is scheduled for execution on Friday.

"...the professional help and medication his parents said he desperately needed. Instead of being released from institution after institution..."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Coach's Corner

He may not be smart enough to put up shutters, but Coach offers his NFL divisional playoff picks nonetheless.

"...I just trying to act rational, covering up how desperately I want -- need!-- Miami to lose? Hate's better...."

Jan. 14, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

TV Eye

Gangsters, vampires, and conspiracy theories : the best television had to offer in 1999.

"...of jams -- like the episode in which Grace desperately sets Will up with an obnoxious client, or Will,..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Rockpile

Any Old Way You Choose It

"...a definitive collection of female rock criticism is so desperately lacking that this book is a poor substitute, trading..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...sheer despair. I grieved for my fallen comrades who desperately tried to hold on to their visions as developers,..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Column

Coach's Corner

A best-of-the-century roundup

"...goal midway through the third period. The USA clung desperately to the one-goal lead for ten minutes that seemed..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Letters at 3AM

When the new Millennium begins, we should be asking the same questions about life we always have.

"...than a date on my calendar. I feel, quite desperately, that by now I ought to know something that..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Aristocrats

"...woman, whose background both were deeply ashamed of and desperately tried to conceal. When their eldest daughter Caroline, an..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Screens Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

Gucci buys Saint Laurent, International Male sells trendy trash at reasonable prices, Calvin Klein crams raggedy jeans down our throats.

"...hallmark of all that was chic since 1961, but desperately needs the facelift that Ford can give it. Unfortunately,..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Wandering Preachers, Holy Fools

What best describes the modern playwright? Itinerant preacher? Holy fool? Several artists with an intimate knowledge of the playwriting life offer their views in this roundtable discussion.

"...though armed with our convictions. We are people who desperately need to be taken care of, and that's one..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Edge of Marriage: Stories

"...Here, Kip Thierry is detached and cynical, but is desperately trying to salvage his fledgling ocean resort property after..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Books Review by Annine Miscoe

Justice League of America

"...live together in the same apartment! This JLA wants desperately to be Friends with superpowers. Instead, sadly, it comes..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Screens Review by Ken Lieck

What It Takes to Get to Vegas

Short reviews of recently published books.

"...as a boxer's wife in Las Vegas even more desperately. The novel suffers from too many characters with too..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Books Review by Roseana Auten

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Short reviews of recently published books.

"...boy in the midst of a group of friends desperately trying to hide the fact that they are lost...."

Oct. 15, 1999 Books Review by Rod Machen

TV Eye

A small-screen return to twitching noses, magic potions, and girls who hold the power; also, a review of TNT’s daring live-action Animal Farm.

"...and frustrated me during the day, when I very desperately wanted to turn my brother into a toad. But..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Othello: Less Than Regal

In this week's section of Austin Chronicle arts reviews, Robert Faires reviews Austin Musical Theatre's The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and Rude Mechanicals' Lipstick Traces, Sarah Hepola reviews the Zachary Scott Theatre Center's Shakespeare's R & J and Marshall Ryan Maresca's Slow Night at McLaughlin's, and Robi Polgar reviews Austin Shakespeare Festival's Othello and Physical Plant Theater's Fatigue.

"...Towery, rather, is jovial and cloyingly servile, without a desperately needed, dangerous connection to his audience. How slow and..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

The Art of Conversation

Austin Men's Project encourages young gay men to hone their social -- and safe sex -- skills through communication

"...change in which that intimacy isn't something that's so desperately needed."..."

Sept. 24, 1999 News Feature by Clay Smith

Can Tom Zigal Really Say That?

"The truth is, I didn't know a thing about the world of mystery writers and crime publishing," Tom Zigal, the author of three mystery novels, says. Chronicle writer Dick Holland discovers why Zigal might say such a thing and why it may not matter in light of Pariah, Zigal's new installment in the Kurt Muller mystery series.

"...Kurt Muller one book at a time -- trying desperately to fill the pages and not make a fool..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Postmarks

Texas Our Texas loves Texas; Neighbors for Neighbors hate strip-mining; Justin B. Andrews returns; and other delighted and dismayed letters from readers.

"...We love it!" repeated about a thousand times. Disney desperately tried to ruin Toy Story (which they did not..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Column

After a Fashion

Fur is back, just like it's always been.

"...victims of the Prada "joke" are Nicole Kidman (who desperately needs my fashion guidance) and Natalie Imbruglia. Most awards..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Spanking Watson: A Novel

Chronicle reviewer Mike Shea gives Kinky Friedman's new novel, Spanking Watson, a lukewarm reception.

"...for telephone) and then back again. The character is desperately in need of a story. Claustrophobia abounds...."

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Review by Mike Shea

The Wonders of the Invisible World: Stories

Mason West reviews David Gates' new collection of stories, The Wonders of the Invisible World.

"...a children's book, a project on which he is desperately behind, he smokes in the hermetic refuge of his..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Review by Mason West

Dancing About Architecture

The clubs just keep closing (or being raided by comptrollers), but at least we still have television.

"...the infamous murderer of the beloved Armadillo World Headquarters, desperately attempting to hog the spotlight once again by inviting..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Tributes

"...sound of a band playing at breakneck speed and desperately trying to keep up with each other. So, if..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Music Feature

The Poetry of Pain

The Fires

"...protagonist. Julia McNicholl is the Viennese woman he fell desperately in love with 10 years prior, only, of course,..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Books Review

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