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Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...gallon, a 2006 lawn mower contributes 93 times more smog-forming emissions than a 2006 car, according to the California..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"..."TXU's proposed lignite plant would produce unsafe levels of smog, mercury, and particulate matter," said Robertson Co. President Paul..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature

Crack Music

2005's music haiku

"...(Black Sheep Boy), and the grandaddy of indie songwriters, Smog's Bill Callahan (A River Ain't Too Much to Love)...."

Jan. 6, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Shorten Traffic Light Signals

"...other way? We spew millions of tons of cancerous smog into our once fair city while waiting, and for..."

May 10, 2005 Postmarks

Get Visionary With Me Here

We are no longer pioneers of the digital age. We're miners.

"...grave problems with its quality of life: traffic jams, smog, and housing costs. Those are also Austin's core problems,..."

March 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Bruce Sterling

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Our readers talk back.

"...define to me the meaning of extortion? Talk about smog. 1) Traffic stalled at tollbooths waiting to go through...."

Oct. 1, 2004 Column

An Unhappy Taxpayer

"...define to me the meaning of extortion? Talk about smog. 1) Traffic stalled at tollbooths waiting to go through...."

Sept. 23, 2004 Postmarks

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Report claims state's air is much worse than the EPA thinks

"...the Environmental Integrity Project and the Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention. The two enviro groups recently released "Who's Counting:..."

July 2, 2004 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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Spending It All in One Place: The Unknown Texas Quarters

"...our best to save the gambling industry. Do your part!"Smog Capital U.S.A."..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature

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"...Tax Dollars Wasted on Smog..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Column

Capitol Chronicle

The TNRCC reports that the Voluntary Emissions Reduction program has produced zero reductions in air pollution

"...their promised reductions were the equivalent, say, of "the smog-forming pollutants of 500,000 vehicles." Unfortunately for the governor and..."

Jan. 12, 2001 News Column by Michael King

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Bush on Borderline

"...wish you could do something effective to keep Austin's smog from ending up like Houston's? Well, now you can...."

June 11, 1999 Column

Four-Track Rhapsody

"...in the same locale with different schedules. Bands like Smog, Guided by Voices, and Palace, musical entities with revolving..."

March 5, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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"..."Ozone action day" sounds like a celebration. It's Smog Alert, and it comes from cars. Have you looked..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Column

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"..."Ozone action day" sounds like a celebration. It's Smog Alert, and it comes from cars. Have you looked..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Column

Missoula, Montana and Boulder, Colorado

Tale of Two Cities

"...love most about their communities are disappearing in rush-hour smog that lasts all day. In response, some of these..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Feature

Album Review: Jackie Venson, The Love Anthology

Blues guitarist breathes life into improvisational jam sessions and soul-searching meditations

"...as an emotional release from the track’s lingering heavy-hearted smog and unveiling the revered guitarist’s first lengthy instrumental feature..."

April 11, 2025 Music Feature by Catalina Perez

Album Review: Big Bill’s Strawberry Seed

Austin’s Big Bill grows up – sort of

"...The band reimagines Smog through the eyes of the Velvet Underground on album..."

June 21, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, September 22-28

"...pulverized, so that I'm nothing, just particles of debris, smog, soot, and skin floating through the air." Hmmmm. I..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Opinion: The Outdoor Recreation Economy in Texas Depends on EPA Safeguards

An Austin bike shop owner on why the climate crisis isn't just bad for the environment – it's bad for business, too

"...air pollution from oil and gas operations contributes to smog and triggers asthma. It's not only harmful to the..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Column by Brad Wimberly

Bill Callahan on Escaping YTI⅃AƎЯ

“Every album I’m just a blank slate waking up to creation”

"...the dividing line there? Is it the change from Smog to Bill Callahan?..."

Nov. 2, 2022 Music Post by Julian Towers

Faster Than Sound: All Is New for Photokem, Freshly Graduated and Buzz Cut

On the senior-year making of inquisitive debut EP Luffon Bright

"...as "like some dream combo of Dean Blunt, Bill Callahan/Smog, Lambchop, and American Football."..."

July 8, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Valleyesque: Not Just Weird for Weird’s Sake

Inside the pages of the new anthology from Fernando A. Flores

"...epigraph, “Death hangs over the Valley like an invisible smog,” by William S. Burroughs. Over time, this quote from..."

June 8, 2022 Arts Post by Valeria Valdez

Spoon’s Britt Daniel confronts Lucifer on the Sofa

Q&A on his return to Austin and making a real rock record

"...jam on this. Reading a bit about where the Smog cover on the record comes from, it sounds like..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Music Post by Austin Powell

Spoon Album Review

Lucifer on the Sofa (Matador)

"...ruminative tracks, leading off with a faithful cover of Smog's "Held" and closing with the title track that begins..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Looking for Solutions for Residents Feeling Extreme Heat

UT-Austin partners with city, community orgs to mitigate local "heat island" effect

"...result of sunlight mixing with stagnant air to create smog. As Austin's hottest months – March-October – become hotter,..."

Sept. 17, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Faster Than Sound: Spoon Returns On Full Blast

Reigning local rockers' surprise show at Mohawk and more music news

"...cover of "Held" from Austinite Bill Callahan's Nineties band Smog by saying, "This would sound good on a record."..."

July 9, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Bill Callahan Finds an Elder Perspective on New Album

Paternal dynamics paint the Austin virtuoso's new Gold Record

"...and drummer Adam Jones recorded live with the former Smog maker, who also hastened pace by releasing a song..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Opening the Case on the American Sherlock

Kate Winkler Dawson reports on an early master of forensics

"...True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City – Dawson continues..."

Feb. 12, 2020 Arts Post by Mike Berry

Point Austin: From Earth Day to Climate Strike

In a dark time, it's worth recalling decades of progress

"...Republican president. Real skies were made free of deadly smog; real waters ran clear again. It's not unthinkable that..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Column by Michael King

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