Strange but True

Jad Fair making art out in Manor with monsters, aliens, and dead dogs

"...January, a dead dog lies in the tall grass under a street sign. Upon closer examination, its mottled orange..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

General Lee and Me

My life and dirty times as a Jam & Jelly Girl with Dino Lee & the White Trash Revue

"...Navarro from Joe King Carrasco and 3 Balls of Fire, and Hector Muñoz from the True Believers and Alejandro..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Collective Wisdom

The Tonewheel Collective spins off Austin's indie scene of tomorrow

"...this month of a series of 12-inch vinyl singles under their Big Orange moniker, which housed both of Baird's..."

May 11, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Page Two: Persistence of Revision

Fascism, Frank Capra, and how legend becomes history

"...often at odds, for the most part they buckled under to Franco. Though there was still fighting among rival..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Bond on Bond

All seven propositions on the current ballot represent a triumph of thought, vision, and planning

"...Many people don't seem to understand the actual bond process. If voters pass a bond..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Column by Louis Black

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"...profit at the expense of our city's flavor and culture and history. A solution must be found that allows..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Column

Letters @ 3AM

The greatest sins of newspapers are sins of omission and emphasis. Historical context is usually ignored, and though facts are reported truly, a lack of context can make the facts lie.

"...especially, historical context is universally ignored. Like our pop culture, American newspapers live in an eternal present that the..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

La Onda Chicano

Tejano music, as a genre, might be on the ropes, but Sunny Ozuna – one of the genre's architects – is anything but

"...first garage combo in 1957 with future Latin Breed founder/sax player Rudy Guerra. The fledging act's earliest gigs were..."

July 21, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

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"...job of fact-checking. Thanks to Mrs. Landeros, readers should understand that Rudy Landeros is employed directly by the U.N...."

June 23, 2006 Column

The 'West' Shall Rise Again

A new generation creates its own take on the show that changed Austin theatre

"...its memorable characters and tall tales (something Big State founder Jim Fritzler, who hatched the idea for In the..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

What Does Business During the Day and Doesn't Suck?

Drakula's Romanian cuisine is all treats and no tricks

"...figure Vlad the Impaler (aka Dracula) is only superficially understood outside Romania, just as its culture, customs, and cuisine..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

2005 ACL Music Fest Preview

All 'picks' no 'sleepers' for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, one blurb at a time

"...devastation in Northern Florida's swamplands while chronicling the tenacious culture of those who live there. – Greg BeetsDios (Malos)..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature

Wake-Up Call

Looking back on the onetime heart of local hip-hop, Catfish Station, and the visuals that defined it

"...discriminatory place for even the musicians themselves remains an undercurrent. Few venues on Sixth Street (and/or the greater downtown..."

July 22, 2005 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Wild Rides

UT students pack bigger, better New Works Festival with more thrills than a carnival midway

"...theatrical inquiries, interactive installations, visual dramaturgy, works on stages, under stages, at the bus stop, on the buses...."

April 8, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Definitely Famous

Heart's Nancy Wilson, younger, wiser

"...out there – what's allowed for women in rock culture is still very narrow. There's room for every star..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

TCB

Austin from A to Z

"...Arizona hilariously dubbed Rim Country: breathtaking mountain scenery, extreme fire danger, and no nightlife to speak of. At one..."

July 18, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

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"...and "submitted materially false financial statements to secure the underlying loans."..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Column

The Last Sunset

The day the DEA came for Dan Del Santo

"...I began to understand that this guy with the beard was the one..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Music Feature by Anne Sherwood

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Austin - bands, bikes, billboards, ballots, Bradley, and beyond - under scrutiny.

"...should not be a surprise. What would you do under similar circumstances -- incarcerated for over nine years so..."

April 27, 2001 Column

Cubana Be Cubana Bop

Field guide to Cuba's second-biggest export after cigars

"..."El Manicero," a big hit in the early Thirties, under the name "The Peanut Vendor." Louis Armstrong's version could..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Life's Enriched Pageant

Good design, like good air, helps you breathe a little easier, and here are a few Austinites who are helping us all breathe easier through their work as graphic designers.

"...and Tangier, where he recently experienced and photo-documented the culture once inhabited by his literary idol, Paul Bowles). More..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Chief Priest of the Shrine

The epic life story of Nigerian soul superstar Fela Kuti.

"...with women, and for his penchant of wearing only underwear? Hugely popular and notorious, Fela Kuti was, and is,..."

July 14, 2000 Music Feature by David Lynch

TV Eye

Television's latest phenomenon Big Brother is here -- and it couldn't be more boring; also, Freaks &Geeks finds a home, and Austin at Issue introduces us to new council members.

"...seen the newest thing to tantalize television viewers, get under the skin of many a talking head, and become..."

July 14, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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.

"...inside each year. They describe the signage throughout the underground parking lot and the rest of the museum, which..."

June 23, 2000 News Feature by Bill Crawford

Blow Harder

The use of horns in local rock & roll bands

"...The visceral nature of someone blowing their lungs out under hot lights is tailor-made for rock & roll. Combining..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Things That Go Bump

Young writer Eli Kooris spends the night in a haunted photography shop to see what he can scare up.

"...to grab his father's hand, glancing back at me under a mess of feathered blond hair...."

Oct. 29, 1999 Features Feature by Eli Kooris

Mexican Food 101

Salvation in a Glass: An Ode to the Frozen Margarita

"...coping mechanism. In light of the blistering cloud of fire that stalls over our part of North America for..."

March 12, 1999 Food Feature

Scanlines

Dance With Me

"...the law because of his nationality and difference in culture. The national hate for foreigners, especially Americans, is also..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Screens Feature

Weird Bands From Texas

"...of mostly dingy, fly-by-night clubs that would eventually coalesce under the unfortunate banner of "alternative music." Austin was no..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Articulations

Yet More Dancing About Architecture

"...among others, bodes well for ALO's new headquarters... And under the "Painting About Achitecture" heading comes the news that..."

May 15, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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