In Person

Who's dumber: Republicans or Democrats? The official results are in.

"...Old Party won the "dumbest election" staged by author Bill Crawford and Monks' Night Out comedian Andy Cobb last..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Books Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...native folk around, I like to take exception to Bill Crawford's story on the Bob Bullock Texas History Museum..."

June 30, 2000 Column

Texas Justice

Book on Texas' Death Row Presents Just the Facts

"...since 1982 is brought to us by Michael Donahue, Bill Crawford, and Bill Carson, the three "editors of the..."

Oct. 20, 2000 News Feature by Dick Holland

Borderline Vaudeville

Bill Crawford and Gene Fowler go off-off-off Broadway with Border Radio.

"...as border radio requires a little explanation. In 1987, Bill Crawford and Gene Fowler, two Austin writers, published Border..."

May 10, 2002 Music Feature by Clay Smith

Texas Book Festival

Photos by John Anderson

"...Left, Right, & in the Middle: Pundits on PoliticsWith Bill Crawford, Nicholas Lemann, and Marvin Olasky..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Books Feature by Michael King

Dancing About Architecture

SX3 (South By Cubed)

"...Bill Crawford, co-author (along with Joe Nick Patoski) of the..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

More From 'Iconoclast' Country

W. Leon Smith on freedom of speech, peace, and Crawford

"...The small town of Crawford, Texas, is accustomed to making news. The modest rural..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Adam Sandler: America's Comedian

"...Adam Sandler: America's Comedianby Bill Crawford..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Books Review by Christopher Gray

Postscripts

News on how to attend what is certain to be the dumbest book reading in Austin all year long.

"...to see improvisational comedy troupe Monks' Night Out and Bill Crawford, author of Democrats Do the Dumbest Things and..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

'Iconoclast' Country

It's election time in Crawford – peace and free speech keep right on waving and smiling

"...The sun is shining on Crawford, Texas. Business isn't exactly booming, but it's enjoying more..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Welcome to Texasland

Bob Bullock's final monument to himself, the Texas State History Museum, won't have many historical documents, but it promises to be entertaining.

"...Rick Crawford, the executive director of the museum, is an affable,..."

June 23, 2000 News Feature by Bill Crawford

'The Border Radio Show': Blast From the Past

In The Border Radio Show, a stellar cast of Lone Star artists revive the days when radio towers south of the Rio Grande filled the airwaves with revival meetings, wild product pitches, and all kinds of music.

"...wacky history of border radio, as Gene Fowler and Bill Crawford richly documented in their 2002 book Border Radio:..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Postscripts

Neal Barrett Jr. and Bill Crawford both win the Busiest Texas Writer of 2000 Award.

"...last year knows that he and fellow Austin writer Bill Crawford didn't exactly do that. Somehow, both of them..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postscripts

Not one day back from vacation and the growing list of noble souls who need to be congratulated is making Books Editor Clay Smith uneasy.

"...called the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center: local philanthropist Bill Johnson of the Burdine Johnson Foundation; SWT's Tom Grimes..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Books Column by Clay Smith

2002 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...House Chamber Bookend Award Ceremony Honoring Bud Shrake & Bill Wittliff, including tributes by Ann Richards & Stephen Harrigan..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature

Where They're Coming From

Connecting the Dots of Texas Writers Month 2002

"...the likes of such Texas institutions as Bud Shrake (Billy Boy), H.W. Brands (The First American: The Life and..."

June 7, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Slaves to the Underground

"...bland pop culture and the digital Soma of Chairman Bill Gates. The principals are Shelly (Gross) and Suzy (Ryan),..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

1998 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...Bend Moderator: Ron Tyler; Kenneth Ragsdale, D. Gentry Steele, Bill Wright..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Books Feature

Postscripts

Austin literary agent Jim Hornfischer hasn't been sleeping. He's taking the bar at the end of the month, he and his wife have three children, and he recently founded his own agency, Hornfischer Literary Management, Inc., after eight years with The Literary Group, an agency headquartered in New York known for handling celebrity books.

"...the film rights have been sold to DreamWorks; Austin's Bill Broyles is writing the screenplay). Among local authors' books,..."

July 13, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

That's All, Folks!

"...as his father, I thought. Then I ran into Bill Crawford, my co-author on Rock Stars Do the Dumbest..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Mr. Wrong

"...Directed by: Nick Castle. Starring: Ellen Degeneres, Bill Pullman, Joan Cusack, Joan Plowright, Dean Stockwell, Ellen Cleghorne,..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Border Radio: The Big Jukebox in the Sky

'Border Radio: The Big Jukebox in the Sky' was as eclectic as the border radio culture it re-created, but one couldn't avoid feeling overstuffed by evening's end

"...Following the format of the book Border Radio (by Bill Crawford and Gene Fowler, who also wrote the show's..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Arts Review by Belinda Acosta

'To the Limit': Austin Radio Spanish

Austin's Hispanic broadcasting market makes huge changes, too

"..."a sea change" in Austin's Hispanic radio culture, said Bill Crawford, co-author with Gene Fowler of Border Radio: Quacks,..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Food-o-File

An Austin restaurant legend is gone but hardly forgotten.

"...Staff and Managers by Mike Kirkham, Peggy Weiss, and Bill Crawford to leave behind as a tip. As a..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

Why two new books that cover the basics of waiting tables are so necessary.

"...and Cippolina, longtime Shoreline manager Mike Kirkham, and author Bill Crawford. While somewhat less formal, The Waiting Game is..."

March 30, 2001 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Postscripts

Neal Barrett Jr.'s third book in as many months, Perpetuity Blues and Other Stories, is all previously published material but well worth the re-read.

"...the Dumbest Things, by Margaret Moser, Michael Bertin, and Bill Crawford is the No.2 bestseller at BookPeople... Talk about..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Happenings

August 23-29

"...TEXAS DEATH ROW EXHIBIT showcases the photos seen in Bill Crawford's book of the same name. These images tell..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Feature

American Caste

Seven authors react to the photos and documentation in Rich Crawford's Texas Death Row.

"...County District Attorney E.A. Eads for their reaction to Bill Crawford's Texas Death Row. What follows is their response..."

Oct. 20, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Postscripts

How to get Book Sense and why you'll be seeing lots of Texas Monthly in book form this fall.

"...access www.bookweb.org/booksense/bestsellers/... Expect yet another book in October from Bill Crawford, the Tasmanian devil of Austin letters, whirling here,..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Dancing About Architecture

The Jr. Files

"...The August 22 issue of Billboard magazine was another Austincentric issue, with articles on Los..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

1   2   3   4   5     NEXT ›    5 »