Eve of Destruction

Lawrence Wright on 'The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9 / 11'

"...The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Books Feature by Taylor Holland

The Lone Ranger

The legend of Jerry Lynn Williams

"...You say you want it and you want it bad..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Justice or Vengeance?

A tale of tragedy and punishment in Williamson County

"...Four seconds. A flash. A moment here and gone. In four seconds, lives can change forever. One..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Page Two

When Gravity Fails: Notes on the influence of Ed Lowry, 'Crazy Mama,' and not sweating the small stuff

"...And it's Eastertime too..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Zupan on Impact

'Murderball' and the making of a celebrity

"...the world's greatest rugby players is in a wheelchair, and even if he's currently slumped in a booth at..."

July 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Inside the Actor's Superego

How Michael Baldwin got here (hint: It involves a showbiz upbringing, Oreo cookies, and shrieking armadas of flying, brain-sucking spheres)

"...be a teenage girl living in Japan in 1976, then chances are your heart still quickens at the mention..."

July 1, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...As an attorney and the editor of a national journal on No Child..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Column

Letters at 3AM

Memories of the first stirring of Self and Soul.

"...of us, he looked like a 10-year-old. The instigator and prime attacker was called Big Archie, a heavy, vicious..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

The Toronto International Film Festival

A first-timer's diary

"...well as a broad range of new Canadian films and a Canadian retrospective of silent actress-writer-director Nell Shipman. There..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Feast of the Dragon

Hong Kong Sundays at the Alamo bring watermelon monsters and world-class Asian cuisine together.

"...When Tim and Karrie League opened the first Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Southern Destroyer

Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

"...The Square Now there is something for tomorrow. What are women like? What..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Revolution Rock

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

"...to drink coffee, get caught up on cable news, and generally jump-start my nervous system. Two days before Christmas,..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Music Feature

What It Is to Be Human

Actor Martin Burke, now in the midst of his fifth sell-out run as David Sedaris' Little Elf in The Santaland Diaries, talks about that show's success and his career as an actor.

"...I wish everybody could sit down and talk for an hour or two with Martin Burke...."

Dec. 27, 2002 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The Smell of Success

Austin's poster art scene is back, and it's better than ever.

"...Rogers, Uncle Charlie, Jason Austin ... all Texas guys. There's something in the water down there!..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

'Idol' Chatter

Local celebrity judge Belinda Acosta graded Austin's American Idol hopefuls.

"...Lights, cameras, and buffalo wings were a few things I faced in..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Weak at the Knee?

Chief Stan Knee's tenure at the APD has had many external successes, and several internal failures.

"...was in very public disarray: A decade of sensational scandals and infighting had pitted officers against one another; a..."

Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...your "Page Two" attack on term limits, Linda Curtis, and Kirk Mitchell [April 5]. It along with much recent..."

April 12, 2002 Column

The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

A Dream Collaboration: Richard Linklater and 30 animators team up to produce a startling, surreal new film.

"...life imitating art imitating life. In fact, philosophical ruminations and life's big unanswerable questions are the real subject matter..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

What's Wrong with Public Housing?

The remarkable turnaround of the city's Housing Authority

"...June 29, 1939: Accompanied by Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson and Mayor Tom Miller, the first families move into the..."

Aug. 31, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Call It a Draw

Last year's eye-catching Earthlink commercials imitated local animator Bob Sabiston's -- and his software's -- style. A little too much, in his opinion.

"...lives, you get the feeling he means it. Sabiston and his company Flat Black Films are the creative force..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Georgetown Smackdown

Suburbanites Wrestle Over Managed Growth, Smart Growth, and "Stupid Growth"

"...It's just after 10am on Monday, July 30, and the Georgetown City Council chambers are thick with tension...."

Aug. 17, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The New Rites of Spring

The Last Word in Instrumental Rock

"...at Woodstock, Johnny Rotten singing "No Fun" at the Winterland, or perhaps Igor Stravinsky inciting a riot with his..."

April 27, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Search Through the Skies

The new musical Jouét represents a journey not only for the title character, a pop star in search of a home, but one for Austin composer Allen Robertson and for the city's Zachary Scott Theatre Center, which is producing its first original musical.

"...Allen Robertson and I are on our way to lunch. As usual,..."

April 6, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The People vs. Mike Sheffield

The new APD oversight agreement is a first for Austin -- but will it do what it's supposed to do?

"...most powerful cop will be enough to make you and your neighbors satisfied with the APD...."

March 30, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Make Your Mama Proud

The Gospel According to Bill "The Mailman" Martin and Chester Baldwin

"...uphold sacred traditions in a world of the here and now. It must translate the idea of eternity to..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Trouble Men

The post-SRV trials and tribulations of Texas' most famous rhythm section

"...birds, trees, cars -- looked like they resented being there. The few times he left the house for the..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Dead Club Crawl

Club hopping through Austin's musical past.

"...weeks ago, a few of us jaded writer types were sitting at the Hole in the Wall bar. We..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Standing Next to a Mountain

Examining the 3-CD Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble box set.

"...Having had the Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble box set laid in front of them,..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

I Am Hiphop

One of the hiphop elders delivers a sermon.

"...Hiphop? Is being Hiphop as simple as claiming it? And, if KRS-One truly is Hiphop, then what about everyone..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Postmarks

Theatre reviews! Film reviews! The Summer Smut Issue! Get your snipes here!

"...Can anyone down there in the land of longhorns, cowboys, and cactuses (I'm..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Column

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