Page Two: Madness in General

A film review and recommendation for this blur of a year

"...don't. Instead, in most ways, it's business as usual: dealing with the good, the bad, and the ugly –..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Working Playwright

Steven Dietz just wants to get in, roll up his sleeves, and make the words better

"...and that's something you as a playwright need to deal with. It goes with the territory; it's part of..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

On Any Sunday

Continental Sunday nights at Heybale's two-step cotillion

"...to showcase for the competition and inked a publishing deal while there. Life in Music City was an educational..."

June 24, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Fables of the Reconstruction

A confidential internal U.S. memo describes a Coalition / Iraqi administration sinking into chaos

"...regulations," they are making a pretty penny as small arms dealers, with the CPA as an unwitting partner. "CPA..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by Jason Vest

Here We Go Again

The Riddlin' Kids -- DIY with a bullet.

"...heels. Last year, as is typical of Aware's grassroots ideals, the label laid some serious foundation work by releasing..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Age of Aquarius

With a new production of the "American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" Hair, director Dave Steakley caps 10 years of making the Zachary Scott Theatre Center rock -- and so much more.

"...whirlpool, form themselves into a circle. They lift their arms to the heavens, and one among them describes a..."

July 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Happy Trails to You

Writer-director Jill Sprecher journeys toward enlightenment in "Thirteen Conversations About One Thing"

"...grew up a middle child," she states with her arms crossed timidly, "so I stayed out of the way...."

July 5, 2002 Screens Feature by Piet Levy

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...enough to consider the tasks the president had to deal with on that terrible day. There was no indication..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...other businesses on the music scene that I'd been dealing with already, but had not advertised in the Chronicle..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

'What Is Justice?'

A state program that enables offenders and their victims meet face-to-face has helped Andrew Papke take full responsibility for the drunken driving-related deaths of Beth Early and Daniel London.

"...Within moments, Papke's arms -- the very same arms that steered a car..."

Aug. 24, 2001 News Feature by Michael May

U2 -- Opening Night, National Car Rental Center, Sunrise, Fla., March 24

"...held on tight with every communal bounce and leap, arms up and out to welcome the boys home...."

March 30, 2001 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

Point and Shoot

Without looking Matt knows the deer is dead.

"...Anna alone, flinging her frilly garter into the air, arms outstretched, mouth open. Matt caught the garter that day...."

Sept. 29, 2000 Features Feature by Bonnie West

Postmarks

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

"...the addiction the Republicans and Democrats have with the arms races, nuclear and conventional...."

Aug. 25, 2000 Column

The Poetry of Pain

The Fires

"...fire -- a deformity confined to her torso and arms, where it can be hidden. But perversely, obsessively, Ella..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Books Review

Postscripts

Big Fish, Bigger Fish

"...repugnant. Some independent bookstore owners allege that if the deal goes through, Barnes & Noble would have access to..."

March 12, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

A Theatre Mecca?!?

Honest, Some Folks Move to Austin for the Theatre

"...live-and-let-live sort of atmosphere that welcomes people with open arms and invites them over for some barbecue...."

July 18, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Catching His Breath

For Performance Artist Sxip, It's All in the Breathing

"...the name implies, the song spins out a great deal of music, and in playing it, Sxip is perhaps..."

April 11, 1997 Arts Feature

Days of Being Wild: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Reflects on Source Tags & Codes

Twenty years after its release, the band and producer look back ... while always looking forward

"...Domino records had snagged Madonna for a UK release deal. As Trail's music spread across the island (motored by..."

March 4, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Five Posh Options for Your Favorite Liquor Cabinet

You do, after all, deserve the best

"...neglects to mention is that rosolios were a big deal back in the 16th century and all the way..."

Nov. 24, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

An Excerpt From Willie Nelson and Sister Bobbie's New Book

A new family bible Me and Sister Bobbie finds the Nelson siblings moving to Austin and making Shotgun Willie.

"...have to wonder long. Austin welcomed us with open arms. Austin was also home to Darrell Royal, the University..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Feature

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin. Aquarela D: Victor Kossakovsky, Aquarela..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jimmy Scott: Always All the Way

The legendary jazz singer died last week at 88

"...marionette whose strings were controlled by an extraterrestrial. His arms would move around his body with a logic all..."

June 19, 2014 Music Post by Bill Bentley

DVD Watch: 'Hill Street Blues'

An aural history of the cop show that changed TV

"...was the plan, but instead the pair lived to deal with the emotional consequences of their brush with death...."

April 29, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: Too Much of Nothing

The United States pacifies Afghanistan just enough so that China can profit

"...This is what the president is proud of: "The deal ... allows either nation to walk away on a..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Blood, Sweat & Murder

Redemption for Austin's definitive one-man band? Just don't ask Scott H. Biram what the 'H' stands for.

"...he hollers to no one in particular, throwing both arms into the air. "Thou shall not understand me."..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

UT's Brackenridge Tract: For Love or Money?

West Austin readies for another battle over redevelopment

"...the public. By 1989, Save Muny had spearheaded a deal to extend the city's lease until 2019, although there..."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

Streetcar Desires

The Austin streetcar has a consensus – it still needs champions

"...an upswelling of heat and desire to get a deal brokered...."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Play the Role

Mr. Bavu Blakes, ridin' herd on Texas rap

"...of the streets. Austin rapper Bavu Blakes stands with arms outstretched at that very crossroad. Whereas most of his..."

April 27, 2007 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Point Austin: Getting Bonded

Making the wish list was the easy part ...

"...those projects are actually allotted funding depends a great deal on which neighborhood wheels squeak the most. So if..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Sixth Street Blues

Downtown stakeholders raise questions about policing ... the police

"...are shared by several local defense attorneys (who regularly deal with the legal fallout of Sixth Street confrontations), Downtown..."

March 18, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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