Council: A Tapestry Dance for Fall

Cabs, parking, and marriage equality are all on the docket next week

"...along with a brace of proclamations, from a Clean Air Force contest award to Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Nothing..."

Sept. 21, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

The Hightower Report

Victory for Truth in Labeling; and Tea Partying Like Old Pros

"...the profiteers behind an artificial growth hormone that induces dairy cows to produce more milk. This stuff is not..."

Dec. 24, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Attorney General: Abbott Amps Up Conservative Credentials

Radnofsky points to attorney general's flip-flop on immigration

"...caught trying to meet up with underage girls for sex. But in so doing, Abbott has, at times, contributed..."

Oct. 29, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...is the Madrid-based Charades, fronted by Isabel Reviriego, whose airy, lithe voice brings a dreamy quality to the fivepiece...."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Filth and Wisdom

Madonna's film-directing debut, which stars Gogol Bordello charismatic frontman Eugene Hutz, is a slight and philosophically dubious effort.

"...same coin. It even tosses a coin in the air to make sure we grasp this two-bit (and arguably..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Man on Wire

In a guerrilla act, French wirew-alker Philippe Petit crossed the space between the World Trade Center towers in 1974. His daring and artistry continue to amaze and inspire, as demonstrated in this documentary.

"...a neat name), formerly of a band called the Sex Pistols (which I thought was an even neater name)...."

Aug. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sleepwalking

Sleepwalking might have been a terrific character study of damaged adult siblings, but instead becomes a muddled road trip toward redemption.

"...Sleepwalking, and their modesty and psychological detail have the air of true life about them. Watching James stir awkwardly..."

March 21, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...5 o'clock?" – Silvestre Reyes, D-El Paso and incoming chair of the House Intelligence Committee, deflecting a reporter's attempts..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Thursday

"...BELAIRE7:30pm, Emo's IV Everyone loves to dance and smile. Austin..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...vote on Prop. 2, the constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. Counter-demonstrators, heavy security, and full moons are all..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature

Letters at 3AM

No recent commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' shared the poem's spirit or its author's invitation to expand the very definition of 'human being'

"...mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine..."

July 22, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

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Our readers talk back.

"...Sinclair (wrote "The Eyes of Texas")..."

June 3, 2005 Column

The Show With No Home

The current antsiness among broadcasters nails a local favorite

"...current moral flinchiness, the program was pulled off the air in mid-broadcast and replaced with a program about Johnny..."

April 23, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

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Our readers talk back.

"...perhaps that is what Austin politics is, a musical fairy tale...."

Feb. 20, 2004 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...Jan. 30] wherein King says, "Ben/Tesía was not a transsexual."..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Column

Luv Doc Recommends: Rock and Roll at Ruta Maya

Ruta Maya, Saturday, February 7, 2004

"...The original Fourth Street location was a barely converted, un-air-conditioned warehouse filled with aging, mismatched furniture and an even..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

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Our readers talk back.

"...A Vote for Sexual Freedom..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Column

Revolution Rock

At the crossroads of the Clash and the great state of Austin, Texas.

"...in a coherent way. They steered clear of the Sex Pistols' scattershot nihilism, and the real-world focus of their..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Music Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...I don't like Sexy Scissors and I think the sign is objectifying women..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...road renovation, and I credit you for quoting me fairly. But then, my words were fair. Trying to be..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Column

After a Fashion

Wait a polyester minute! What is our Style Avatar doing in Sugar's, the Showpalace, and Exposé??? You'll just have to read to find out. Thank goodness Lucinda's also in there to soften the blow!

"...you), and great jewelry, as usual. She had beautiful hair color, though she opted for the bed-head look that..."

May 10, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Thank God It's Friday

UT grad Christian McLaughlin discusses Spyder Games, his MTV "soap opera on crack."

"...Julie goes back to see Temple, the hairdresser, desperate to make her fledgling marriage to [closeted gay..."

July 20, 2001 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

How to Be a Popular Girl

What will shy novelist Sarah Bird do now that she's back in the limelight, Dick Holland asks in this profile of the author of The Yokota Officers Club.

"...moments in the novel, all based on character: The Air Force mother Moe is a WWII songbird who knows..."

June 22, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Virgin Fiction

First-time publication is like a cotillion for writers, Martin Wilson writes as he reviews five new first novels. And debut novelists are the gussied-up belles at the ball, with butterflies in their stomachs, dreaming of the glorious future that awaits them.

"...First-time novelists are undeniably sexy. What more proof do you need than a recent..."

April 27, 2001 Books Feature by Martin Wilson

Before Night Falls

"...government labeled Arenas a dissident for his writings and homosexual orientation; he was regularly censored and jailed). Barring a..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Fantastic and Utterly Disreputable History of the Bevy of Sin Known as Guy Town

Before downtown Austin had the Warehouse District, it had the Whorehouse District: a notorious neighborhood of brothels and fandango houses called Guy Town.

"...everywhere. The Civil War, far from being a stoic, asexual conflict, stimulated a booming sex trade in both the..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Ian Quigley

Years of the Dead

The Mexico of now, David Garza writes, is not held only within the borders of Mexico itself. It has spread northward, re-entered its old space, in a sense. For so many of the Mexicans, displaced but still infatuated with the idea of spirit and ghost, the nation itself is a ghost in the back of the head.

"...industrial utopia that Diego Rivera stubbornly painted, not the fair-market democracy for which the Tlatelolco students were killed in..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza

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Last week's Summer Smut Issue gets a whuppin' from some prudent readers.

"...has occurred with our local alternative weekly. Reading autobiographical sexploits -- all of which end in happiness (unlike real..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Column

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Puzzled by Oppel

"...is on the wall for the rest of Sixth: Sex on the Beach and fake ID's are the bomb...."

Aug. 27, 1999 Column

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Different Traditions

"...balance would be great. I see no need to air Car Talk and The Prairie Home Companion twice. Although..."

July 30, 1999 Column

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