Dying in Committee - Mass Culls

It turns out that 150 House members can't be everywhere at once.

"...the Lege this week, because you may be struck down by a fast-moving legislator, desperately trying to get to..."

May 8, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

How Does an Artist Get a Passport?

Two Austin playwrights join dozens of writers from across the hemisphere to 'dream the Americas'

"...the pay scale between male and female performers. They broke down the data about roles on television shows into..."

March 16, 2007 Arts Feature

Playing Around

Reports From Interactive Panels on Gaming

"...elaborate and detailed as the games he's constructed. Spector broke down game-writing to its most essential details like a..."

March 16, 2007 Screens Feature by Carson Barker

Catastrophe and the Cure

Explosions at the Hogg.

"...galaxies of guitar was like witnessing Roger Waters tear down the wall. Explosions in the Sky last night, at..."

March 5, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

After a Fashion

Is our Stephen turning over some new leaves before the new year? What was more horrifying? Karaoke or ear-candling?

"...by Abba, Diana Ross, and the Shangri-Las before I broke down and consented to sing lead on "My Boyfriend's..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

'Pig Skinny': Horns Ranked No. 9
AD Out for the Season

"...the rest of eternity on Saturday afternoon after AD broke his collarbone diving into the end zone after a..."

Oct. 16, 2006 Sports Post by Taylor Holland

Place 6

Lawyer promises promotion of affordable housing

"...talk returned to the issue of affordable housing. That broke down into a number of issues: not only property-tax..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Place 6

Lawyer promises promotion of affordable housing

"...talk returned to the issue of affordable housing. That broke down into a number of issues; not only property-tax..."

May 19, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Nordic Noise

Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland – 26 inches of SXSW over four days and nights

"...a Bergen-bred aural raconteur who adds a hint of broke-down twang to sweeping, Air-like electronic canvasses. His remake of..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

What the Folk?

The 2006 Folk Alliance washes ashore in Austin – brace the bulkheads!

"...until recently. This weekend its annual conference invades Austin's downtown Hilton Hotel for four days of panels, films, workshops,..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Gift guide

"...about the pirates not eating the tourists when shit broke down at Disneyland. While there's a fair bit of..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Thursday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...CLEAVES9pm, Caribbean Lights Slaid Cleaves' past two releases, 2000's Broke Down and 2004's Wishbones (Rounder), brought the Austin singer-songwriter..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

TCB

Going Braless in city of Small Stars and smashed guitars

"...Stevie Ray Vaughan statue at Auditorium Shores. Their bus broke down, but the bassist, also the band's resident therapist..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

TCB

'Almost Famous,' part two, starring What Made Milwaukee Famous, the Murdocks, the Good Looks, Gibby Haynes & His Problem, and Endochine

"...The trio's trip was further extended when their van broke down in Philadelphia; Cano says the East Coast's extensive..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Ocote Soul Sounds and Adrian Quesada

Texas platters

"...Afrobeat Orchestra hit a snag when his eco-luxury vehicle broke down in Austin. In perfect improvisatory fashion, the saxophonist..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

Stalin's Favorite Pianist

"...succumbed to the pressure and had to stop. He broke down. Again, the messages flew out, another conductor was..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

My Obsession

Joe Nick Patoski leaves this terrestrial plane -- radio plane, that is.

"...In October, I broke down, got one, had it installed, paid $156 for..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...into San Antonio on Highway 87, and their bus broke down. They were able to roll into Hero's Ice..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Column

China Grove Tales

"...into San Antonio on Highway 87, and their bus broke down. They were able to roll into Hero's Ice..."

Dec. 4, 2003 Postmarks

Rodney Hayden

Texas Platters

"...old sophomore slump. He does justice by Slaid Cleaves' "Broke Down," imparting a proper sense of melancholy to it,..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Unrelentingly Hostile

Three decades later, 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' is still about everyday evil. In 1977, two UT grad students explained.

"...war that allowed us to cope with disguised genocide broke down and we were forced to confront a new..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Unrelentingly Hostile: Editor's Cut

This is an extended version of the story that ran in the print edition.

"...war that allowed us to cope with disguised genocide broke down and we were forced to confront a new..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

TCB

"...reported last week that White Stripes drummer Meg White's broken wrist forced the Detroit duo to cancel a surprise..."

March 21, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

The Governor Salutes Texas Music

Conference Panel

"...goods, as expected. Highlights include the good ol' standbys, "Broke Down South of Dallas," "My Wife Thinks You're Dead,"..."

March 15, 2002 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

The Cancer Conspiracy

Music Showcase

"...problems. "We've had a very bad week. Our van broke down in Indiana, so we had to rent a..."

March 15, 2002 Music Review by David Lynch

Naked City

Can the Democrats take down Rick Green?

"...mistaking the numbers. At last count, Hays' political makeup broke down this way: 55.6% Republican, 44.4% Democrat...."

Nov. 9, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Unchained Melody

"I guess I started with this high idea -- 'Yeah, social criticism!'" says Austinite Alexander Parsons about his first novel Leaving Disneyland. "And then I realized more and more that the story was about a guy and that I should stick with that."

"...its title implies: fleeting and joyless, its onslaught of broke-down characters ricocheting off of each other, disappearing into the..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Spit Out the Seeds

Lucinda Williams bares all

"...I wrote about Gurf were "Reason to Cry" and "Broken Butterflies." That anger ......"

Aug. 10, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Real Good

Karen Poston knows a few Austin musicians

"...one of many highlights on Slaid Cleaves' 2000 breakout, Broke Down...."

July 27, 2001 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Sergeant Rutledge

John Ford's Sergeant Rutledge, about the trial of a black Army officer accused of murder and rape, has a striking, formal sort of beauty.

"...over and over until by the final take, Strode broke down in tears; Ford's response was, "Now Woody, stop..."

July 20, 2001 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

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