No on Project Duration Ordinance

"...and ask them to vote no on grandfathering or not complying with established city ordinances. It was bad enough..."

March 27, 2013 Postmarks

Some (Re)Assembly Required

From mapping to extrapolating, recontextualizing the data we've been given

"...Increasing food shortages. Rising commodity prices. Tightening rare earth exports. Signs everywhere point to..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Hightower Report

Mott's Workers Make a Stand; and It's Raining Overdraft Fees

"...get such leadership from Washington – and damned sure not from those in the corporate suites who are ruthlessly..."

Sept. 10, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Off the Record

Gary Clark Jr. becomes a Honeydripper, Tee Double sounds off on Kinetic Global, Future Clouds & Radar charts, and yet another Austin Music Hall progress report

"...on Saturday. "The band is more of a creative community than anything else," Harrison muses. "There's an innocence to..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Media Clips

The world’s major corporations have realized that the media can be big money, and they have invested heavily.

"...the nation's media, The Media Monopoly, in 1983, he noted that only 50 giant corporations controlled the majority of..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

Saint Teresa: Richard Linklater and John Pierson on the Icon of Slacker

The director of Slacker and the film's sales agent discuss the creative importance of actor and musician Teresa Taylor

"...RL: Anyone who knows Teresa knows Teresa was not really a very hands-in-pocket kind of person. And that..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Screens Feature

SXSW Panel Recap: Solving the Food Desert Dilemma

McDonald’s hamburgers should not cost $1 in any universe

"...type of dietary restriction or culinary preference, there are not even fresh options for many families living inside food..."

March 12, 2019 Food Post by Jessi Devenyns

A Level Playing Field

Due to a city loophole, a charter school can build a campus in less than half the time AISD can

"...Seeger said, "This is a land use issue. It's not a referendum on if charters are good, about their..."

June 3, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Making Plans for Planning

Planning and Development Review Department is under the microscope

"...long overdue, but he added a caveat: "I do not think our current code is as bad as a..."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Mail?

The Paula Deen story gets wackier every day

"...Deen fan in Indianapolis who has put up a community Facebook page in support of the beleaguered celebrity cook...."

July 18, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

UT's Brackenridge Tract: Speculating on Speculation

What will become of these coveted 345 acres where Lake Austin Boulevard meets Enfield Road?

"...Lake Austin Boulevard, the property would be a hot commodity in Austin's feverish real estate market. Half of the..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Feature by Justin Ward

TCB

That's the news, and I am outta here

"...Not so long ago, Austin's music scene was struggling alongside..."

June 29, 2007 Music Column by Christopher Gray

The Utter Daveness of Dave!

A farewell tribute to artist and co-founder of the Fresh Up Club Dave Bryant

"...he admired from afar, like Andy Coolquitt and Heyd Fontenot. He overcame these social fears rapidly and came to..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Hard Luck in Heritage Heights

Renters in Eastside housing project feel misled, misused by the city.

"...in Austin at this time was becoming a scarce commodity. According to an Austin Equity Commission report released in..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature by Jessica Chapman

Enron's Masters of the Universe

A Conversation with Robert Bryce

"...venture. The fact of the matter is, it was not, and the only profitable venture they were making with..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

The Weakness of the Flesh

Actor Bill Paxton gets behind the camera for his directorial debut, the Texas gothic terror tale, Frailty.

"...best middle-ground actors, which is to say that he's not quite a household name; he instead falls some place..."

April 12, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Coach's Corner

Odds and Ends: NFL referees have an over-inflated view of their own importance; the U.S. Open proved that in tennis, as elsewhere, youth will be served; and if people think Coach ignores UT football, well, there are good reasons for that.

"...seem to have been offered a fair deal -- not many of us would go on strike because we..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Media Clips

Corporate media giants cause journalism to become less competitive; Walter Cronkite and Bill Moyers speak at The Daily Texan's 100th birthday event; Grassroots Media Conference held in Austin

"...squarely aimed at debunking myths. In Part I, the notions that the giants have attained their status fairly by..."

Oct. 15, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

Public Notice

Spin the Bottle

"...that nipple is on good and tight, so as not to waste one li'l drop of life's precious essence...."

July 16, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Naked City

"...roadways and re-orienting the buildings to them.) This did not sit well with the "radicals" who've energized the opposition,..."

Nov. 21, 1997 News Feature

Summer of Laugh

This Year, Austin Comics Got Really Hot

"...of mundane stuff sound exciting, particularly when you have nothing but a big, fat pencil and wide-lined paper to..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"...return of SXSW in 2022 manifested a precious human commodity: hope...."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...GeorgetownProblems May Not Be Fault of BayardoDear Editor,..."

July 7, 2006 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...by an educator to successfully mentor our most valuable commodity...."

Oct. 7, 2005 Column

Is Anybody Laughing?

In the midst of economic hard times and a wave of terrorist attacks, the comedy business wonders what's funny.

"...the streets, generating peals of laughter. BS5 isn't happening, not this year anyway. While festival producer Ed Carter had..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

No Purchase Necessary

Does Napster, the MP3-sharing software program that has spawned several lawsuits and been banned at universities across the nation, mean the end of music as we know it?

"...she says. "The intent is to steal music and not pay for it ... I can't imagine any artist..."

May 5, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

So What's Funny?

"...theatre, especially among those who have played comedy. While not everyone can agree on the source -- the saying..."

March 5, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Laws of the Land

Hatfield and McCoy Drama Unfolds Over Aquifer

"...reasoned response to a civic issue - whether or not a local governmental body should manage the Edwards Aquifer..."

April 24, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Postmarks

MUD Myths

"...who is fun to read (assuming, of course, you're not the latest mint in thze bowl of his "pissoir")...."

April 18, 1997 Column

The Big Crapshoot

Tracking South by Southwest

"...contracts like business cards at South by Southwest, it's not an entirely invalid inquiry. Artists do get signed as..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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