Gnappy, Clarksville Jazz Session

Live shots

"...musicianship over gutbucket release painted the scene with an aura of unfulfilled mastery. It's not that their songs didn't..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

Sheiks of Industry

Austin record labels, part 1

"...include CTRL's Lost the Image and the Alpha Conspiracy's Aura. www.diffusionrecords.com..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Garage a Trois

"...the downhome blues of "Delta Skelta" and Maceo Parker-inspired aura of "Interpretive Ape Dance" to the discofied feel of..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Christopher O'Riley

Record Review

"...skimp on grandeur or bombast, but the pensive emotional aura of OK Computer proves especially attractive for O'Riley on..."

June 13, 2003 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Crash Course: Guitar Workshop With Jeff "Skunk" Baxter

Conference Panels

"...trademark beret and handlebar mustache give him the visual aura of California mellow, Baxter is a formidable and engaging..."

March 14, 2003 Music Review by Greg Beets

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...over 15 years with his wonderful playing and charismatic aura. No doubt hundreds of thousands of visitors to Austin..."

March 7, 2003 Column

What's in a Face?

A lot, Mike Woolf discovered while making his short doc 'Growin' a Beard' -- and especially If the face Has got whiskers on the chin and Jowls

"...shut down industries, and moved services like hotels and restaurants out to the new highway. Reflecting the luck and..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by James McWilliams

Stories from the Midway

Coney Island Creepout

"...denizens of this strange realm all had an unnatural aura about them. Was it nostalgia, obsession, or simply desperation..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Michael Chamy

New in Print

Coffeetable book Great Women of Film touches upon the difficulties women face in Hollywood, but it's actually an invaluable primer for anyone who wants to work in film.

"...Allen gazing knowingly into the ether while exuding an aura of hard-won wisdom. As it turns out, though, readers..."

April 12, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Y Tu Mamá También

Boys, filled with testoterone and joints, will be boys.

"...Starring: Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Martha Aura Palacios and Diana Bracho Bordes. Willie Nelson's cracked pipes..."

April 5, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Second Helpings: Vegetarian

"...is excellent, the service hip and happening, and the aura comforting. Tangerine Mushrooms ($6.95) are a generous serving of..."

March 15, 2002 Food Feature

SXSW Film Reviews

"...effectively reduced to the role of court scribes, the aura of unreality is magnified -- and in endless close-up,..."

March 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael King

Escrito En El Cuerpo De La Noche

"...by: Jaime Humberto Hermosillo. Starring: Ana Ofelia Murguía, Marta Aura, Giovanna Zacarías and Ramiro Guerrero. A filmmaker revisits his..."

March 5, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Enron's Lengthening Shadow

Suddenly, Enron finds itself devalued in every sense, including politically.

"...The Lay aura was less visibly ubiquitous in Austin than on the..."

Jan. 25, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Discus Maximus

New and nifty dvds

"...would give the picture too much of a "showbiz" aura -- subsequently covered "Candy Man" anyway). He also continually..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Madcow

"...pursuit of chemically impaired hook-ups. Madcow captures this ripe aura of misspent youth with all the dubious fervor of..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Music Review by Greg Beets

Is Knowledge Power?

A profile of precarious global intelligence firm Stratfor

"...like a Kathmandu, preferring to bask in the company's aura of espionage, throwing in a colorful quote from Friedman...."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Feature by Michael Erard

Summer Reading

"...cries -- infuses the novel with an almost Lovecraftian aura of steadily mounting dread...."

July 27, 2001 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Rising Son

The son of Muddy Waters inherits the family bidness.

"..."Big Bill has the same aura of Muddy," attests Susan Antone. "And he plays Muddy..."

July 6, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

K.C. & the Sunshine Band, Star of Texas Rodeo, Travis Expo Center, Friday, March 16

Live Shots: South by Southwest 2001

"...as we could between showcases. Wallowing instead in an aura of corn dogs and cow dung, tight Wranglers and..."

March 23, 2001 Music Review by Kate X Messer

Deep Blues From Gatesville

Amy Smith thought a judge would give her two years max for possession of crack cocaine; why is she doing 20?

"...because of it, the outskirts of Gatesville creates an aura of a ghost town. It's easy for visitors to..."

March 16, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Veggie Heaven

Vegetarian and Vegan Spots in Austin

"...is excellent, the service hip and happening, and the aura comforting...."

March 9, 2001 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Man Writes About Woman!

Just about every story in Woodcuts of Women tells of male characters who suffer and sweat through long desert hours for the bitter perfume of sex, David Garza writes. But to label Gilb's effort at writing effectively and seductively about women an exclusively macho affair would be facile, if not plain lazy.

"...masculinity itself, is replaced with the decidedly less villainous aura of real emotional and sexual desire...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Books Feature by David Garza

The Madwoman of Chaillot

The gentle spirit of playwright Jean Giradoux is reflected perfectly in Gordon Peacock's amiable and astute direction of this UT Department of Theatre & Dance production of Giradoux's The Madwoman of Chaillot.

"...Each ensemble member succeeds in capturing something of the aura of that boulevard scene, creating lively layers to what..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Election 2000

Chronicle Election Coverage

"...and his months-long effort to give Bush's candidacy an aura of invincibility was a canard. But give Rove credit...."

Nov. 10, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

After a Fashion

Nothing validates a scene like its own magazine.

"...from "fanatic," which can have a slightly more sinister aura, so, I use the term "fan mail" loosely. Checking..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Futants (Aerosol)

Texas Platters

"...radio in the Seventies remembers the mellowtone, Rhodes piano-driven aura of progressive jazz and the cool uncle types who..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Music Review by Greg Beets

Jeff Hellmer Trio Peak Moments (Viewpoint)

Texas Platters

"...indeed, his untimely passing will forever lend a bittersweet aura to this memorable project...."

Sept. 8, 2000 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Karl Rove's Quick Count

As the presidential race tightens, the Bush campaign doesn't seem to be worried.

"...Bush was leading in Missouri by 11 points. "The aura of inevitability that Rove wants to re-ignite has a..."

Sept. 8, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Fear Not

Salvador rocks for the Lord, and plans to sell a lot of records.

"...like there's nothing for us there," Nick says. "The aura that's there is not of godliness."..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Music Feature by David Garza

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