Letters at 3AM

Every dollar we print is a prayer that China won't turn us away

"...Nothing, that is, but a fantasy of American inevitability – which goes something like this: We are..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Wednesday Picks

"...– Austin Powell Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

How the West Was Won

SXSWUK 2008

"...a human face – forever." Prescient though he was, bear in mind one Liverpool lad's more optimistic visioneering: "Imagine..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Wincing the Year Away

2007: Bad year for albums (Raoul), a prize-winning 365 for the iPod (Audra Schroeder, Christmas recipient of the same).

"...8) Panda Bear, Person Pitch (Paw Tracks)..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Letters at 3AM

No concept lies more firmly embedded in our national character than the notion that the U.S.A. is No. 1,' the greatest.' A number of facts reveal that we can no longer even consider ourselves among the Top 10 nations in the world.

"...suicide. In fact, anyone saying otherwise will be labeled "un-American." We're an "empire," ain't we? Sure we are. An..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Day Trips

Capt. Day Trips ventures north of the border to magical Victoria, British Columbia

"...the Puget Sound. The double-decker ferryboat was packed with Americans taking advantage of flu shots across the border...."

Nov. 19, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Second Half of the Double Feature

Jesse Sublett on Willeford anthologized

"...kidding, he's kidding," a comment that'll be good to bear in mind when reading pieces like "Behind Him Goes..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Books Review by Jesse Sublett

A Quarter Ounce a Day

Texas man lives by -- and fights for -- medical marijuana

"...innocence under federal law -- but said it did bear on his motives in considering a sentence. Prior to..."

June 20, 2003 News Feature by Andrew Slaton

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...under-construction basketball practice facility next door -- would still bear the name of Erwin, former chair of the UT..."

May 30, 2003 News Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...cross-section of Austinites, including members of Kissinger and the American People. "Sweetly melodic, somewhat depressing pop with a chick..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Song of Life on Death Row

How Dead Man Walking came to be an opera -- and to be produced in Austin before almost every other city in the world -- reveals the great risks and rewards in developing new works for the modern operatic stage.

"...Knoxville: Summer of 1915 by Renee Fleming -- an American work sung by an American singer -- and encouragement..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Battle for the Springs: A Chronology

"...Austin American-Statesman environmental reporter Bill Collier resigns to become public relations..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...pet breeding adventures. I know, George Bush is bad, Americans are stupid and self-absorbed, UT is oppressing us with..."

March 8, 2002 Column

Cinema of the Americas

A Festival of Latino Films Showcases New Visions of an Old and Resurging Culture

"...compared to the rich plentitudes and mysteries of Latin American culture? What commonalities exist between our America and the..."

April 13, 2001 Screens Feature by David Garza

puh-LOB-o-liss!

How a handful of Dartmouth College stoners started a revolution in modern dance.

"...deep space to become the most exciting word in American dance, Richard M. Nixon was in his first term,..."

March 2, 2001 Arts Feature by John Job

War of Words

Hays County planning battle turns into a war of words.

"...Crew development district, Powers was quoted by the Austin American-Statesman as saying "This is a way to get roads..."

July 7, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Postmarks

Quote of the week: "You, my hyphenated friend, are an ambassador of evil."

"...Lunch and the closing of Quakenbush's is disgraceful. Why Americans can't seem to respect their landmarks and preserve their..."

March 17, 2000 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the current version of the profit motive paradigm (Austin American-Statesman's cruel hits on Tim Jones) is systematically trying to..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Column

Contemporary Art from Cuba: No Need to Be American

Local Arts Reviews

"...Contemporary Art from Cuba: No Need to Be American..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Arts Review by Sheri Jacobson

Postmarks

Jesus Loves Hyde Park, Too

"...Editor: Recent action by the American Psychological Association (APA) remind me of One Flew Over..."

June 25, 1999 Column

Public Notice

Whether 'Tis Nobler...

"...The inspiration for Bag Day is three-fold. First, the American Booksellers Association along with two dozen independently owned bookstores..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Column by Kate X Messer

Out of Reach

Living Wage Eludes the Average Austinite

"...As local economic prognosticator Jon Hockenyos told the Austin American-Statesman on March 3, "you're talking about a very healthy..."

March 20, 1998 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

I'm Sorry, Yogi

"...has to be the Sebadoh poster in which Boo-Boo Bear, his teddy-bear sincerity lit by the moon, is looking..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Booze, Bad Guys, and Bamboozlement

Analyzing the Stereotype of Detectives and the Bottle

"...entrenched as the Himalayas. "Eco-noir," tough-as-nails female detectives, and African-American "facilitators" only begin the list now confronting the reader...."

April 25, 1997 Books Feature by Tom Aiken

Grey Rain at Graceland

"...proof as I've ever had that I am an American -- that the history not of my genes, but..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Graphic Delight

Japanese Comics Artist Rumiko Takahashi

"...the recent death of her husband. And so we bear delightful witness to the ups and downs of their..."

Dec. 1, 1995 Books Feature

It's Knives Out For Rian Johnson at Fantastic Fest

The Last Jedi director's latest to close fest

"...LEILA D: Amin Sidi-Boumédiène (Algeria, France, Qatar, 2019, North American Premiere, 139 min) In the midst of the Algerian..."

Aug. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival Announces Full Lineup

From R.L. Stine to Reza Aslan, 225-plus converge on the Capitol

"...24-Hour Bookstore David Hale Smith, Dallas Noir Matthew Specktor, American Dream Machine J. Courtney Sullivan, The Engagements Manil Suri,..."

Sept. 10, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Fantastic Fest Announces Keanu Reeves as 'Man of Tai Chi'

Plus 'Big Bad Wolves' and 'Nightbreed - The Cabal Cut' and more

"...showing of Drafthouse Films titles. First off, the North American premieres for two acquisitions out of Cannes: German (im)morality..."

July 24, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: An Arbitrary Nation, Part 1

We are governed today by an arbitrary legal hodgepodge

"...any coherent code of principles. This state of affairs bears no resemblance to what we mean by the rule..."

April 19, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

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