Bad Chapters

"...Bad ChaptersEdge of Collapse..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Apprentice

Fctionalized account of Donald Trump’s rise (Sebastian Stan) under the tutelage of lawyer Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong)

"...the rise of Donald Trump, does: It shows a bad man becoming a monster...."

Oct. 11, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: The Apprentice

Controversy-sparking Trump biopic follows the birth of a monster

"...the rise of Donald Trump, does: It shows a bad man becoming a monster...."

Sept. 30, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lit-urday: All the Single Ladies

The life cycle of a female worker bee sounds strangely familiar

"...enjoy this unique novel. That is, if Beyonce digs bad-ass science fiction...."

July 26, 2014 Books Post by Jessi Cape

Bedside Manner: Before the Fall

Browsing the stacks

"...I had a pretty bad bookslide last night. Nothing as dramatic as the Alexander..."

March 28, 2011 Books Post by Nick Barbaro

I Wanna Take You Higher

"...lover of popular music and on the premise that "Bad music is bad for you."..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Simon Reynolds

Strange Darling

Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree

"...with revealing his story, breaking Strange Darling into six chapters and then showing them out of order. However, that..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Pinch of History, A Dash of Memoir

Windows on the World Complete Wine Course

"...make changes in more frantic life stateside, the later chapters of the book had me cynically thinking up new..."

June 11, 1999 Food Feature

Coach's Corner

In a very boring weekend, the very lowest point is watching the UT men's basketball team get thumped.

"...I play tennis at 8am on Saturday, a bad decision and bad start. It's 32 with a wind..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

No Prozac for the Wicked

The Cool Capers of Donald Westlake

"...novels ever written, with lean and mean prose and chapters that flash back and forward to drive a narrative..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

The Hells Angels Hit

Anthony Benesh was shot down by a sniper – the suspects, and theories, are legion

"...only when and where and by whom individual Bandidos chapters will be formed but also the exclusive power to..."

May 19, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...BADLANDS (1973)..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

Nymphomaniac: Volume 1

Lars von Trier's latest provocation is more meditation than outright flagellation.

"...a very early age, Joe describes herself as “a bad person,” but in Seligman’s eyes (and discourse), she’s more..."

March 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Record Reviews

"...cranked-up 4/4 to all the things that make boys bad, yet much like watching a tornado destroying a trailer..."

May 1, 1998 Music Review

Rock This Way

The Semi-Annual, Whenever-We-Feel-Like-It Rock & Roll Books Section

"...to prove it. Okay, so maybe it's not so bad in a Sixties art deco way, but compare it..."

March 20, 1998 Books Feature

Capitol Chronicle

An Update on Work in Progress at the Lege

"...be shifting under the Travis County delegation's feet. That's bad news, at least temporarily, for our one GOP Rep.,..."

April 27, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Holy Smoke!

The Barbecue! Bible

"...the real meat of this tome lies in the chapters dealing with the different classifications of grilled goodies: appetizers,..."

June 25, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Texas GOP's Book Bans Are the First Step in Anti-Public Education Crusade

Banning books (for Jesus!)

"...people discovering their gender and sexual identities. It has chapters on queer identities, the coming out process, homophobia, and..."

June 30, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

In Print

Peter Bogdanovich can't get enough of himself

"...living film director I've ever read. Taken with the chapters about him in Peter Biskind's Easy Riders, Raging Bulls..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Live Through This!

The Semi-Annual Rock & Roll Round-up

"...to trash hotel rooms and "fish" someone, alternating long chapters with shorter goodies like "M & Ms" (a test..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Books Feature

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

Werner Herzog goes down the internet rabbit hole

"...about it, yet Herzog knows plenty of dreams are bad ones. His chapter-long musings course from the astonishments of..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Last Airbender

M. Night Shyamalan's live-action film is based on a popular animated series on Nickelodeon, and although the movie retains the series' mythology, it loses all its humor and suspense.

"...cultures and a multiaged fan base hungry for more chapters in the now defunct TV series, this film dropped..."

July 2, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

"...a sudden nationwide resurgence, claiming more than 140 college chapters and 46 high school chapters. Bradley says he was..."

April 6, 2007 News Feature

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...rest enter the picture -- and that's only three chapters out of 10! By turns trashy, dishy, funny, profound,..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

Austin Punk Chronicles: "I Don't Think the Sex Pistols Inspired Anything Other Than a Buncha More Punk Bands!"

The San Antonio shoot-out ricochets locally in Chapter 4 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...written by veteran journalist Tim Stegall. The first three chapters delved into seminal expressions of the DIY music scene:..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

CodeNEXT: Take Four?

When is an addendum really a new draft?

"...to guide users through changes to the newest map. Bad timing: City Council expects to receive the LUC's recommendations..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Shiner at 100

After 100 years, the Spoetzl Brewery still shines

"...deadlines every day, but when the deadline includes 10 chapters and a hundred-and-ninety-something pages, it gets pretty scary...."

March 13, 2009 Food Feature by Lee Nichols

The Working Poor: Invisible in America

Aux armes, citoyens!

"...do. What the Furies were to the Greeks, a bad credit rating is to the poor...."

Jan. 16, 2004 Books Review by Roger Gathman

All Done Up

"...appropriate for our figure types. Men can be especially bad about this, but women can be worse. Just look..."

April 2, 1999 Books Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Lies, All Lies

The Silver Castle

"...Writing Commandments." But to the struggling, working writer, these chapters will likely sound like the drip, drip, drip against..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Books Review

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