Scan Lines

The War Room

"...here he's a tragic King Lear who just can't catch a break. But as for the iffy pan-and-scan job..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Screens Feature

After a Fashion

Stephen's gratitude is sincere, and we may thank some great news for it

"...my mother's behest, I gulped and went for a CAT scan. The news was not bad. What I had..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

'Fruit'

Short Story Contest: Second place

"...happen in the modern world? Page radiology, order a CAT scan, the daughter found her like this and followed..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Books Feature by Lydia Melby

The Ten

Quirky comedy sketches illustrate each of the Ten Commandments.

"...goods, which in this instance take the form of CAT scan machines. The parody of the Woody Allen film..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Movie Review by Steve Davis

'Never the Same Again'

Jesse Sublett's 'Rock 'n' Roll Gothic': an excerpt

"...1. WHITE ROOMNovember 17, 1997 I'm lying inside a CAT scan tube in a bright white room at a..."

May 7, 2004 Books Feature

What, Me Worry? Yes.

'American Splendor' is one of the most celebrated movies of the year, and everybody loves my comic again. But … I dunno.

"...the attention of my doctor, who got me a CAT scan and biopsy, and, sure enough, I had lymphoma..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Screens Feature by Harvey Pekar

After a Fashion

What, this? This old thing? Oh, it's nothing but an enchanting line of staples straight down my abdomen!

"...referred to a urologist there who immediately ordered a CAT scan, chest X-rays, and a bone scan. During the..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Luv Doc: Supermodel Shape

Pretty much everybody has six-pack abs

"...Man, I feel fairly certain that if you could..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows

Austin Music Awards Director Margaret Moser goes out with a bang

"...Out-of-towners arrived from all corners to catch West Texas bard Joe Ely or banjo and fiddle..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Notes from the Chemo Lounge

Welcome to what’s left of the rest of your life

"...to see my doctor, who scheduled me for a CAT scan. Two days before the procedure, I knew something..."

May 9, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

After a Fashion

Why is Stephen suddenly interested in bed jackets and catheter cozies?

"...tests, culminating with a biopsy on my prostate that indicated a very aggressive form of cancer. It started as..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Postmarks

Rape saga redux and other local imbroglios.

"...If you check the Web site for the Texas Education Agency, you'll see that Austin has two low-performing high..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Column

Opening the Case on the American Sherlock

Kate Winkler Dawson reports on an early master of forensics

"...them down. The men had left behind pants that indicated to Heinrich that police should look for a lumberjack...."

Feb. 12, 2020 Arts Post by Mike Berry

A New Hope

Stroke survivor Robert Reyes gets another lease on life

"...unit back then with only 30 employees and one location. The line between employee and employer was often pretty..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Off the Record

All the fun fun fun that fits

"...run it's putting us in a bigger and better location," says booker Graham Williams. FFF is also boldly expanding..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Health-Care Showdown

Health-care reform rally draws a big crowd of people on both sides of the issue

"...after his first fight with cancer, "on a routine CAT scan – by the way, the word 'routine' is..."

July 31, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Dead & Buried

Recapping 2003

"...Locally, there were dozens of unique, provocative albums, led by Explosions in the Sky's The Earth..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

16 Spells to Charm the Beast

Playwright Lisa D'Amour's 16 Spells to Charm the Beast is an urban fable of loneliness and love set in a whimsical world where furry brutes pine for sophisticated housewives; at its best Salvage Vanguard Theater's production casts its own spell, capturing us in a thrall of poetic visions reflecting natural desire and supernatural devotion.

"...look out the window of her 26th-floor apartment and scan the skyline of the city to her heart's content...."

Feb. 28, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Raising the Dead

Actor Joseph Fotinos Wants to Resurrect Local Television

"...Midnight Shadow Show. Produced with Shane Scott by Franklin/Nasty Cat Productions, the show features Prof. Griffin as host, along..."

July 6, 2001 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, August 5-11

"...go, bring the spirits of fun and revelry. Be educationally entertaining and entertainingly educational. Amuse yourself by making life..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Kate Bush Bash, Urban Heat, Knife in the Water, Night Cap, Adrian Ruiz, and Shimmer Island

"...Wellness EP is six slices of darkwave synth-pop that scan like Depeche Mode or Erasure undergoing serious therapy, filled..."

July 29, 2022 Music Column by Tim Stegall

Letters at 3am: The World That Calls Itself "the World"

We're capable of so much – and look what we've settled for

"...Wars, celebrities, disasters, stock markets, gruesomeness of all kinds, cat videos, terrorism (often unsubstantiated), Nobel prizes, political theatrics –..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Wednesday Sleepers

"...aspirations languish in the living room. The Story Of's intricate, would-be anthems are girded with universal themes of struggle..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

Burly-Q Confidential

"...more cabaretish side, there's Mistress Stephanie and her Melody Cat, the latter a local musician (OK: Adam Sultan) dolled..."

July 9, 2004 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Cybernistas!

Will the Revolution Be Computerized?

"...broadsheet seeming to have failed). With our most essential communication no longer shackled by the panoptical monied global corporate..."

May 29, 1998 Screens Feature by Jay Hardwig

Burn, Aspen, Burn

Chasing Celebrity With a Basic Cable Nobody at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival

"...take out that Funsaver! Quick, what does a cartoon cat who's been hit over the head with a frying..."

March 27, 1998 Arts Feature by Brad "Chip" Pope

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...be dead not to be enthusiastic about singing a catchy chorus like, "Going to the place where only girls..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature