Naked City

"...Texas Commission on Jail Standards' monthly meeting today in Amarillo, to present a detailed plan to get county jails..."

Oct. 12, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Day Trips

The Best of "Day Trips"

"...world of the weird from the Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo to "Old Sparky," the state's electric chair at Huntsville's..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Ceviche Sublime

Cool ceviche -- with its clean, fresh flavors of citrus-cured seafood -- is proving to be the hot dish in restaurants all over Austin this summer.

"...a relative of our key lime. The fiery aji amarillo pepper usually finds its way into the Peruvian recipe,..."

July 6, 2001 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

More Songs of Route 66

"...steel great Herb Remington for an ethereal "Midnight in Amarillo." Dale Watson's two numbers, "Tucumcari Here I Come" and..."

June 29, 2001 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Thirty Years on Location

An overview of the Texas Film Commission, which has been wedding film production and the state economy for 30 years.

"...Local film commissions in Amarillo, Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, El Paso, Houston, Lubbock, San Antonio,..."

June 15, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Shaver The World Rolls On (New West)

"...swagger of "It's Not Over Till It's Over." "Leavin' Amarillo" has Billy Joe doing some venting ("Screw you, you..."

May 25, 2001 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Capitol Chronicle

Living on the Dole

"...to the direct advantage of WCS by Teel Bivins, R-Amarillo, it appears likely that Lege will finally permit the..."

May 11, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Capitol Chronicle

An Update on Work in Progress at the Lege

"...DOE dump site amendment (added by Sen. Teel Bivins, R-Amarillo) to support "economic development" -- even if it glows...."

April 27, 2001 News Column by Michael King

The Dreamer

The Protagonist of Denise Chávez's New Novel Is in Love With a Long-Dead Movie Star

"...the best of luck in her new job in Amarillo, Texas. We were sad to hear that Del Wayne..."

April 13, 2001 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

The Groobees Buy One Get Eleven Free (Downtime)

"...Get Eleven Free (Downtime) If you're not familiar with Amarillo's Groobees, odds are you've heard their song "Wide Open..."

April 13, 2001 Music Review by David Lynch

Redistricting 2001

Putting Texas Politics on the Map

"...13 (Mac Thornberry), the state's most underweight, stretches from Amarillo to Denton, and will further have to give back..."

April 6, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Letters at 3AM

Our secret fantasies were made public by Elvis Presley.

"...And about 120 miles straight north up I-25, in Amarillo, in the summer of '74, not long before he..."

March 16, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Li'l Cap'n Travis, P2 Party, Thursday 15

"...feel stupid." Set closer and white-trash anthem "Life in Amarillo" ("We got nothing to see and nothing to block..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Michael Bertin

The Commissioner Has Left the Building

Johnny Torrez was one of the first Austin comics to work on a professional level, and every local comic who ever made a living in the business credits the self-proclaimed "Commissioner of Comedy" as an early influence and inspiration. On Valentine's Day, the Commissioner died. Here's how he is remembered.

"...drive all day to get to some bar in Amarillo, walk in, 'I'm here to do the show.' And..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Naked City

AISD hosts a conference of public and higher education leaders to determine and discuss priorities for public education in Texas.

"...state legislators, including Senate Education Committee Chairman Teel Bivins, R-Amarillo, showed up to report on the status of educational..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Naked City

The James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Act makes a comeback in the 77th legislative session.

"...other Republicans on the Senate committee, Teel Bivins of Amarillo voted against, and Todd Staples of Palestine abstained, saying..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Letters at 3AM

If you want to understand the legacy of Bill Clinton forget the Elvis analogies and remember Orson Welles, who created film characters marked by their own self-corruption.

"...he'd gone to fat, I saw Elvis perform in Amarillo. It was a small-ish hall, seating only a few..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Total peace in Jerusalem or a volcano emerging in Amarillo...."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column

Postscripts

Caleb Carr, Dr. Phil and his son Jay, Neal Barrett Jr., and other assorted personages will be performing at Austin bookstores soon.

"...Phil helped Oprah through her mad cow trial in Amarillo, when she was accused of verbally tainting the minds..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Naked City

Grappling for the Gavel

"...Sibley of Waco, Bill Ratliff (Mount Pleasant), Teel Bivins (Amarillo), Buster Brown (Lake Jackson), and Jeff Wentworth (San Antonio)...."

Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature by Michael King

Race With the Devil

"..."How far to Amarillo?"..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

They Lost My Grandmother's Brain

One lover of the grape interviews another - one who writes songs and plays music.

"...Born in Amarillo, his family moved to San Angelo in 1968, when..."

July 21, 2000 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

All Together Now

City makes some headway on synchronizing traffic lights

"...Dallas, and Fort Worth), as well as smaller ones (Amarillo, Lubbock) have coordinated systems already in place, but considering..."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Jonathan David Carroll

Leininger Unplugged

Bad management and drug tests lead to txn's demise.

"...of the smaller markets like Corpus Christi, Lubbock, and Amarillo," says Moore. "But those were not the markets advertisers..."

July 14, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community

"...right after I'd moved to back to town from Amarillo, that I spent many a late summer night climbing..."

July 7, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

In All Your Future Endeavors

A young writer comes to grips with his lot in life after graduation.

"...got towed, and I got a speeding ticket in Amarillo. I moved furniture for money and meals, painted an..."

May 12, 2000 Features Feature by Kevin Wood

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...pack it in and move to the hinterlands of Amarillo, is on the receiving end of yet another powerful..."

April 7, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Day Trips

All sixty-eight years and 170 members of the "the world's longest-running Western Swing band" are covered at the LIght Crust Doughboys Hall of Fame and Museum in Mesquite, Texas.

"...Southern Methodist University band and an original score for Amarillo's Lone Star Ballet...."

Jan. 14, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town

"...Texas once again came away with a winner when Amarillo's Kimberly Willis Holt claimed the prize in 1999 for..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Review by Martin Wilson

Edibles in Isolation

Send Me to a Desert Island, but Let Me Have My ...

"...Cheese Dogs on toasted fresh baguettes and the mighty Amarillo Burgers with roasted serranos and pepper jack cheese from..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Food Feature

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