Fables of the Reconstruction

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

"...tenuous, the Bush administration continues to spin the ominous news with matter-of-fact optimism. According to Secretary of Defense Donald..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by Jason Vest

Black and White and Rick All Over

The ABCs of 'The School of Rock'

"...pretty immature already, so you just take away the bad words, and it's kind of a perfect fit." After..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The School of Rock

In Linklater's studio-financed comedy hit, Jack Black brings his rock & roll vibe to riff-needy prep students.

"...few surprises – it is at its core The Bad News Bears with musical instruments, with Jack Black as..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Local screenwriter Todd Morris gets in good with Miramax / Dimension, and our apologies to the Ragamuffin Film Festival … not that they needed us, anyway.

"...co-wrote Range Rats -- described by him as the "Bad News Bears playing golf" -- with Los Angeles-based partner..."

July 25, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Call and Answer

It's been a hard spring of politics in Texas; now it's time to relax with a book.

"...I welcomed the request from Chronicle Books Editor Shawn Badgley to slow down, retreat a bit, and consider matters..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Suit Blames Roadwork for Fatal Bike Crash

The family of late UT professor Bill Gardiner says an improperly performed street cut led to his 2000 death in a bike crash.

"...most probable cause of the accident. A police report bears no mention of how the accident occurred...."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...seem so intent on making me look so terribly bad, I am forwarding a photo which is unflattering enough..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Column

Hardball

"...pitches, would have you believe, Hardball is not a Bad News Bears for the urban set. For starters, Keanu..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Short Cuts

Mark Miks and Murder in Small Town X, festival season upon us, and pre-production on The Life of David Gale.

"...its premiere this past Tuesday evening to moderate acclaim, bears watching due to an unlikely Austin connection. Longtime local..."

July 27, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

All Creatures Great and Small

With the current state of the environment, long belabored by activists and scientists who point to any number of warning signs of planetary collapse, it makes sense, Chronicle contributor Dan Oko writes, that writers with deep green inclinations would juggle literary aesthetics and scientific data in their efforts to jar us from the stupefying impact of too much information and too much bad news.

"...full complement of pre-colonial American species, including fearsome grizzly bears, cunning gray wolves, daring whitewater harlequin ducks, bugling elk,..."

May 18, 2001 Books Feature by Dan Oko

Postmarks

Hyde Park Baptist foofaraw and assorted cultural allegations.

"...that. I hope and pray Hyde Park Baptist Church bears witness to this fact when relating to its neighbors...."

March 9, 2001 Column

Fighting Words

David Gordon Green Slams Indie Filmmakers and Snubs Cannes. Who Is This Kid, Anyway?

"...depending on whom you talk to, isn't always a bad thing...."

Feb. 23, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Not Clucking Around

East Texas chicken magnate Bo Pilgrim wants a state permit to build a bigger chicken slaughterhouse and waste disposal facility -- right across the creek from Sen. Bill Ratliff's in-laws' vacation home.

"...flying in style. Last December, in his company's monthly newsletter, he sang hosannas to his new corporate jet: a..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Coach's Corner

Coach picks the AFC's winners and losers for the upcoming football season. And, as promising as the Longhorn football team looks, don't get carried away just yet.

"...1) She's strongly anti-dome: bad news for Indianapolis. "Teams playing indoors are overwhelmed playing..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Coach's Corner

"...Denver -- struggles to win half its games. A bad team -- New Orleans -- will struggle with Baylor...."

Sept. 1, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Trial and Error

Questions raised about whether cards were stacked against Davidians in their civil suit against the federal government.

"...have no desire to talk to anyone, attorneys or news media," said U.S. District Judge Walter Smith Jr. "They..."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Love Thy Neighbor

Christine Fugate's new documentary The Girl Next Door follows Stacy Baker from her childhood in Tulsa to her rise as porn star Stacy Valentine.

"...last February to initiate her own clothing line, she bears none of the emotional scars you'd think such a..."

June 23, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

"...I read your newspaper every week almost religiously, even after I found out..."

April 14, 2000 Column

Coach's Corner

Coach goes the Davis Cup quarterfinals at the Great Western Forum in L.A.

"...bothering at all. A story in The Dallas Morning News, reflecting most American coverage, belittles (to a degree well..."

April 14, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Dancing About Architecture

A recap of favorite SXSW venues that no longer exist, a few festival hot tips, some non-festival tips, a celebrity-sightings checklist.

"...I call it SXSW Week because, whether your wrist bears a band or not, the arrival of the enormous..."

March 17, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

A Fond Farewell to the Texas Tornado himself, Doug Sahm.

"...was without a clue as to what channels the news had gone through. As I approached the door, however,..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

Texas Our Texas loves Texas; Neighbors for Neighbors hate strip-mining; Justin B. Andrews returns; and other delighted and dismayed letters from readers.

"...more than one viewer questioned "Is strip-mining really that bad?" Take a trip to Rockdale. What's more is when..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Column

Coach's Corner

"...pro football thoughts as the Dog Days ease: •The Bears got rid of Dave Wannstedt because he seldom made..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...a piano, banging out "Fear"? The Raul's Reunion reminding Bad Mutha Goose's Billy Pringle (right) photograph by Todd V...."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

Scanlines

Murder, My Sweet

"...From This Day Forward and, after the blacklist, The Bad News Bears Go to Japan)...."

July 9, 1999 Screens Feature

Country of Exiles?

Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life

"...'Good morning. I'm. Ron Hall.' ... He reads the news. 'Employees and patrons of the pizza shop chased the..."

July 9, 1999 Books Review

Scanlines

The Crazies

"...by Paul Brickman, who went on to write The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977), Deal of the..."

April 16, 1999 Screens Feature

Old Hollywood Tales

"...to be interested in my suggestions. The cheapest gummi bears are at Sam's Club in the seven-lb bags. Starbuck's..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Moon-Shaped Panties & the Saint of White Trash

The Late Lucinda Williams

"...and the $60 bottles of wine written about in Newsweek flow freely. It's Just a Record, Lu..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

Cars the Issue, Not Parking

"...chief, a UT president, a UT football coach, a newspaper editor, an AISD school principal, an ice sport team?..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Column

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