Arrested Development?

Young-at-heart Austin is home to a booming Young Adult literature scene

"...Forget about plucky babysitters, globe-trotting blue jeans, and toothsome blond twins. Forget about butterbeer-swilling wizard..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Books Feature by Melanie Haupt

Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Reggae Fest

Auditorium Shores, Friday, April 16, 2010

"...rage for eating the remainder of his quart of Blue Bell Caramel Turtle Fudge (you were wicked baked) and..."

April 16, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

High School Homecoming

The nation’s best runner, that guy from Spoon, and me

"...Homecoming can begin before the Frito Pie is served. Big heaping chunks of corn chip were plopped on our..."

Oct. 19, 2009 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

A Recipe for Revolution

Food, Inc. serves up some scary facts on food production in America

"...them one by one, rams them headfirst into a blue ink stamp of some sort, and tosses them aside...."

June 19, 2009 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

The Good Times Ain't Over

Freddy Powers keeps on truckin'

"..."I love ol' Freddy," offers Haggard on his tour bus after the show, a long black pipe held in..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Slow Dying of Johnston High

State accountability standards may close a school on the edge of survival

"...my mind the campus is going to close." Homecoming Busters..."

Nov. 30, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

TCB

The ACL Festival turns five, and the weather gods (might) give Austin a break. Trae tears up Red 7, and the obituary roll call grows.

"...from neighboring stages and interminable post-show waits in the shuttle-bus lines. Just kidding – but don't forget that the..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Hang the DJ

The new political theatre invites you into its messy, sexy conversation

"...But when it's alive, when it's surprising, when it's busy doing its proper job of snapping us out of..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Honky-Tonkers Don't Cry

Dale Watson's heads for the streets of Baltimore

"...outsiders still think of as the home of Texas blues, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and a certain liberal element. But..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

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"...and lack of studies on target populations, there's a big piece missing here ["Tasers Helped Reduce Use of Force,..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Column

Dream Lady

Cindy Walker, the queen of Western Swing, reflects on a lifetime of songwriting

"...CW: Well, I wrote "Cherokee Maiden" and "Bluebonnet Lane" for Bob Wills and was gonna send them..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

QT on Trio

With five Austin QT Fests under his belt, Tarantino will be sharing this format with the world, as the Trio cable network presents six nights of Tarantino-presented movies to coincide with the opening of his new film Kill Bill Vol. 1 on Oct. 10.

"...out of circulation for some 20 years. "It's a big deal, at least in my house," says the director...."

Oct. 3, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

TCB

Willie's July 4th picnic showers Spicewood with more than just fireworks.

"...Canyon Ampitheatre, "TCB" witnessed 16 brave individuals do their business alongside Highway 71, including three especially valiant squatters. The..."

July 11, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

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"...a fight just because they no longer possess the biggest weapon are a bunch of wimps. They can stay..."

May 23, 2003 Column

Limited Edition

The file-sharing antidote: Bonus DVDS

"...giant piece of rolling paper in Cheech & Chong's Big Bambú or the plastic shopping bag included with The..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Dancing About Architecture

Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital...

"...cash-spending shoppers during the day, while Saturday night found big, sold-out shows at numerous clubs, from Queens of the..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Pure Happiness

Unassuming Austin singer-songwriter stumbles upon the big time.

"...cutting one of my songs. It wasn't in my business plan."..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...Ruling the roost is an unpopular business, and over the years, O'Connor's reputation has often overshadowed..."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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"...final passage and his funeral orations (of which Gov. Bush was a very complimentary participant as well as Byron,..."

June 30, 2000 Column

City of Great Bread

"For some time now," Virginia B. Wood writes, "I've had this fantasy about putting advertisements in selected East Coast newspapers to entice Italian immigrant or Italian-American bakers to relocate to River City and bake their wonderful breads for me. And for you, too, of course."

"...worth a second visit. On Spruce Street, the tour bus driver pointed out Caserta Pizzera, a family-owned joint that..."

April 14, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Y2Klean!

Follow Lorne Opler on his New Year's quest to make his laundry A-okay for A2K!

"...in need of attention. I grabbed the box of blue-specked, mega-stain-removing, perfume-drenched soap flakes, bolted out the door, and..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Features Feature by Lorne Opler

Country of Exiles?

Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life

"...surrounding cast of visibly poor people, often renters, usually blue collar workers, are called upon to bear the entire..."

July 9, 1999 Books Review

Day Trips

"...words he could make out as the cooks and busboys yelled in Spanish was "Que paso?"..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Heavy Pedal

Will City's Bike Plan Ever Hit the Road?

"...transportation alternatives, for example, cyclists could account for as big a percentage in traffic reduction as the proposed State..."

May 15, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

Bradley U?

ACC Considers Circle C Campus Site

"...Circle C developer Gary Bradley is leafing through the blue pages of the telephone book and discovers that there..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

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