I Want My 'Weekend' Back

In defense of Funny Farm

"...I've already resorted to numbering. Bad sign...."

Oct. 13, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Steve Earle,
Willie Nelson

"...title cut, woozy honky-tonk tirade of "Snake Oil," and Bad Company riffs of "Back to the Wall" set the..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Sometimes Rock Forgets Where It Comes From

Dead Pyrates rock the 17th century tonight at Lamberts

"...Richards had been from Texas and had taken over Bad Company in 1974, that’s a close approximation to their..."

July 24, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

News/Print

UT nets the papers of Liz Smith and Jim Crace, BookWoman's back in business, an O.Henry twofer, book-cart drill-team madness, and what's this about a new Books blog?

"...Cronkite, Robert Trout, Sig Mickelson, and Andy Rooney. Not bad company to keep... Additionally, the Harry Ransom Center announced..."

May 9, 2008 Books Column by Kimberley Jones

HighTone Records RIP

A roots label goes under; a Geezer cries

"...began in 1983 with the release of Robert Cray’s Bad Influence. A surprise hit, it set the course for..."

April 2, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

'Za Gotcha

Austin's Pizza doesn't suck, though their old logo lead Brenner to think otherwise.

"...pizzas. Because, look, how does one initially judge a company, a commercial concern, by other than its public face?..."

Nov. 7, 2007 Design Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Dumb but Pretty

Rilo Kiley vs. Devendra Banhart

"...on Red River appeared a sound bet. Lewis and company were anything but safe, however...."

Oct. 8, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Mario Bava Collection: Volume 1

"...a one-way trip to Venice with Nicholas Roeg for bad company. Best of all, Video Watchdog founder and Bava's..."

May 11, 2007 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

Friday Night Lights

"...Into this wordless West Texas sound and vision flies Bad Company's crusty "Seagull," FNL's only vocal, which somehow becomes..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

TV Eye

Belinda Acosta says bah-humbug to Law & Order and more.

"...That commercial for a pharmaceutical company hawking flu medicine. The mother is sick in bed...."

Nov. 28, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Down South Jukin'

The South rises again even if Southern rockers deny it.

"...ZZ Top on the radio, maybe even a little Bad Company...."

Oct. 17, 2003 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Born Again

Joel Schumacher & 'Phone Booth'

"...responsible for such megabudget turkeys as Batman Forever and Bad Company is something of a born-again independent filmmaker, turning..."

March 14, 2003 Screens Feature by Peter Debruge

Joe Bonamassa

'ACL' sides

"...That has more in common with Seventies bands like Bad Company (with whom Bonamassa has toured) than the estimable..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Devil in the Details

Why Is 'Talented Amateur Historian' Leon Day Obsessed With the Death of Ambrose Bierce?

"...recent biography of Bierce, 1995's Ambrose Bierce: Alone in Bad Company by Roy Morris Jr...."

May 17, 2002 Books Feature by James McWilliams

Be Real

The Bottle Rockets cut one helluva tribute to Doug Sahm.

"...takes. Some bands learn Skynyrd, Boston, Thin Lizzy, or Bad Company songs and are cursed with them forever; no..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Jeff Hughes and Chaparral

"...anything from the Seventies is always fair game (cf. Bad Company's "Feel Like Makin' Love"). You have to wonder..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Music Review by Ken Lieck

Live Shots

"...wasn't worth the trip: Slobberbone doing their best hick Bad Company impersonation; Six String Drag's jangled set, spiked with..."

April 24, 1998 Music Feature

Only Happy When It Rains

Jean Caffeine's...

"...Tweeter," a dollop of vintage disco, and everything from Bad Company to Liz Phair's Exile In Guyville with Garbage..."

April 25, 1997 Music Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...for breaking its reliance on an endless recycling of bad clichés. (Continental Club, 9pm) -Michael Bertin..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Raped by the Players

A lawsuit against an Austin dot-com firm reveals a world of fast times.

"...a party sponsored by executives of an Austin Internet company, and she had suffered in excess of $1 million..."

Jan. 18, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...female protagonist fighting off everything from hordes of zombies, bad dates, creepy rideshare drivers and supernatural forces."..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pressing the Flesh

The world's leading adult toy manufacturer for men wants to take the stigma out of sex

"...Life Forms, is sitting behind his desk in the company's base of operations, which is nestled in a nondescript..."

May 11, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Neighbors vs. Neighbors

A profile of the Central Texas struggle over Alcoa Rockdale and its plans for expansionAlcoa announces new "voluntary" emissions reductions.

"...to submit records concerning the power-plant renovations and the company's historical emissions. The agencies say they will complete their..."

July 27, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

How Safe Is Your E-Vote?

Proponents of electronic voting promise no repeat of Florida in 2000, but critics say it could be even worse

"...than you can say "conspiracy," the credibility of his company was damaged. As for ES&S, one of its board..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Is Knowledge Power?

A profile of precarious global intelligence firm Stratfor

"...On November 22, 1999, an Austin company called Stratfor sent a bold e-mail to 15,000 recipients..."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Feature by Michael Erard

No Commitment Necessary

As the economy takes a dive, many high tech workers find themselves stuck on the temping treadmill

"...up by noon, because your "contract" is between the company you're working for and the employment agency that hired..."

March 9, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Talking Trash

A huge garbage dump in northeast Travis County causes a stink with its neighbors.

"...roads were nice," she says. "Now it stinks so bad, nobody walks there."..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Ozone of His Own

Texas environmentalists wonder when George W. Bush will face up to the consequences of killing the Tejas emissions-reduction program.

"...time attending parties than legislative hearings. Tejas was a company put together by a group of investors lead by..."

Sept. 8, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Postmarks

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

"...the Eighties all over again, isn't it? Money and bad taste. Yuppies and excess. The stimulant of choice? Coffee...."

March 17, 2000 Column

Postmarks

We are wrong, wrong, wrong. So is golf.

"...were gritty and real, but came off like a bad imitation of Diane Arbus. The captions to the photos..."

March 10, 2000 Column

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