Thursday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...cold war music doc Theremin, these half-dozen local practitioners of "Good Vibrations" may have grown in ranks. Towered over..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

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It's time to celebrate the coming of South by Southwest and think about how we're going to pay for our roads

"...turn, turn, turn,And a time to every purpose under heaven..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Column by Louis Black

The Death of a Cat

C. Denby Swanson's unconventional new play, 'The Death of a Cat,' takes us into a weird world as dark and funny as an Edward Gorey cartoon

"...The Death of a CatThe Off Center, through Oct. 2, Running time:..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Definitely Famous

Heart's Nancy Wilson, younger, wiser

"...Sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson took their teenage love of rock & roll out of the bedroom and onstage..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Get Me Back to Austin

Five reasons to the celebrate the 2003-04 Austin Music Awards

"...Computer, and giving it a maiden whirl on the office boom box. That's how obvious Los Lonely Boys was...."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week: "For the first time some Republicans are..."

Feb. 27, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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The Planned Parenthood construction boycott is thuggery, pure and simple; conservatives' hysteria about Bush-bashing is ahistorical and largely fantasy-based.

"...The current assault on the construction of the new Planned Parenthood clinic is thuggery that is..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Column by Louis Black

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Our readers talk back.

"...at the SBOE" [July 25] and a subsequent letter of praise:..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Column

Dancing About Architecture

Another festival weekend, this time jazz; plus Mars Music not going under, and Bill Hicks -- still dead, more CDs.

"...upcoming broadcasts including Patty Griffin & the Blind Boys of Alabama (10/20) and Steve Earle & Riders in the..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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We're sorry you feel that way.

"...Unfortunately, some opponents of light rail are getting a little loose with the..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Column

Holding Venus

"...Much of the world's true beauty escapes us. We simply don't..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Books Review by Robert Faires

Other Voices, Other Rooms

"Sharon Bridgforth's works aren't meant to be read silently," Suzy Spencer writes. "Some folks would say that's like eating barbecue without the sauce. But if it's good barbecue, you can do without the sauce because it has plenty of flavor on its own."

"...The voice of Sharon Bridgforth had been ringing in my ears for..."

July 28, 2000 Books Feature by Suzy Spencer

... And Justice for All?

Bruce Sinofsky and Joe Berlinger's Paradise Lost depicted the grossly mishandled trials of three Arkansas teens. With Paradise Lost 2: Revelations, part of the Texas Documentary Tour, they return to the scene of the crime.

"...Filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky have spent the better part of their careers documenting..."

April 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Wild, Wild Webcasts

Why party in line when you can party online?

"...it's New Year's Eve 1999, the final few hours of hype, hope, and (possible) horror draining away like so..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Exhibitionism

Big River: Pleasantly Adrift

"...to find a plot will be shot by order of the author, Mark Twain." This tongue-in-cheek warning in the..."

July 30, 1999 Arts Review

Homage to a Road

"...illustration by Jason Stout In the music of the Southwest, one image is constant: the road. Whether..."

March 19, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

More Toons

"...C., "TVEye" now turns its attention to the outpouring of e-mail requesting information on other "lost" cartoons. (Thank you..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Asteroid Conundrum

"...fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood... and many men died... and..."

April 3, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

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One Is Enough

"...testicle removed, not both. Testicular cancer that requires removal of both testicles is quite rare and most men function..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Column

My Grandfather's Hamlet

"...I said, `But he'll bleed.' My father made fun of me for that for the rest of his life."..."

Jan. 31, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...We've already teased some of the highlights of the just-announced SXSW Film 2011 lineup..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Swampadelic

Grateful Dead + Papa Mali = 7 Walkers

"...Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann and Austin's godfather of funk Malcolm "Papa Mali" Welbourne share the same zodiac..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Dining del Lago 2010

What a difference some rain makes! The water is blue, the hills are green, and several new restaurants are cooking near area lakes.

"...day and serves them alongside the traditional bistro classics of his homeland. The neighborhood appears to have an enthusiastic..."

July 2, 2010 Food Feature

District Eternity

As Ronnie Earle steps down, he looks back on his life's work

"...December announced his decision to retire at the end of 2008, likes to tell the story of a waitress..."

April 11, 2008 News Feature by Michael King

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Our readers talk back.

"...May 7] inspired me with what a small group of dedicated public servants can accomplish...."

May 14, 2004 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...Best Billboard -- Please Pick up my Poop ["Best of Austin," Sept. 27]. I liked it because it was..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...I'm puzzled that Charles Davidson of TxDOT asserts that residents of Wilshire Wood/Delwood 1 "really..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Column

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"...Thank you for the run-down of the bills to expect in the upcoming Lege session..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column

Tru Artistry

With Jay Presson Allen's Tru, performer Jaston Williams takes a vacation from the little town of Tuna, Texas, with which he is so closely identified, to portray celebrated writer Truman Capote, and in the process reminds us what an actor of range and skill he is.

"...who makes comedy look too effortless runs the risk of being thought of as no actor at all. That's..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Two Generations, One Art

Like twins who have grown up apart and are finally reunited, writer-performer Terry Galloway and the Austin theatre company Rude Mechanicals are creative soulmates who have at last discovered their kinship through their collaboration on Galloway's dark comedy In the House of the Moles.

"...close kin to Galloway -- close creative kin, born of the same love of art, with the same restless..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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