President Biden Rolls Out Supreme Court Reform in Austin

Biden marks 60 years since Civil Rights Act with new proposal

"...to address the recent SCOTUS ruling that holds U.S. presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for “official acts” committed..."

Aug. 2, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

We Have an Issue: Why We’re Still Talking About LBJ

Reflections on the LBJ Library at 50, and a fond farewell to Food Editor Jessi Cape

"...Dead presidents are not often on the tip of the..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

Luv Doc: Giving Thanks

The Luv Doc is not not conned by the deluded nostalgics who claim that turkey is their favorite meat

"...2) That the plagues of amphibians and locusts and dead fish and biting insects and darkness that I have..."

Nov. 24, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Friday ACL Fest Face-Off: The xx vs. Jay-Z

Compare the headliners!

"...should play: "The Story of O.J.," "Big Pimpin'," "Takeover," "Dead Presidents II," "Where I'm From"..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

American Assassin

The bestselling series hits the screen

"...of terrorists everywhere. The book series is beloved by ex-presidents and frequent fliers alike. However, this introductory film is..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

ATX Television Festival Adds FX's Snowfall

Fest adds more premieres, plus network president panel

"...panel featuring broadcast, basic cable, premium, and streaming network presidents, from NBC to HBO...."

March 23, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

TV in Trumpland

Quality struggles to take one step forward while culture takes 10 steps back

"..."Presidents in general have always been a source for comedy,..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...Disappear Pamela Erens, Eleven Hours Jon Land, Strong Cold Dead Bill Wittliff, The Devil's Sinkhole Benjamin Rybeck, The Sadness..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

ACL Review: Jidenna

Dude is so cold his hype man doesn’t use a mic

"...“I met Bill Clinton when I was 17, but dead presidents is all my niggas need.”..."

Oct. 12, 2015 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Nineties Retro Weekend

Three Saturday events make for one hella dope throwback spectacular

"...but only $10 in advance, so break out them dead presidents and pay homage to the Nineties goddess, aka..."

July 22, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Blake McCoy

The Art of Gothic Brings Darkness in Full Slick Color

New coffeetable tome from Backbeat Books is an inky danse macabre.

"...Bela Lugosi's dead, of course, but we can imagine that man's Dracula..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Perry's Vexing Vetoes

Perry kills 24 more bills

"...With the veto deadline passing June 16, the body count of dead bills..."

June 21, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Broken City

Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe mix it up in this mystery thriller directed by Allen Hughes.

"...the Hughes Brothers’ early movies, Menace II Society (1993), Dead Presidents (1995) and the 1999 documentary, American Pimp. Wahlberg..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Letters at 3AM: The System Ain't the System

The goal of oligarchy is to utterly disempower the workforce

"...Let's see. Since 1973, we've had eight presidents – five Republicans and three Democrats (one of those..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Power Play

In Robert Schenkkan's new play, LBJ roars back to life to make civil rights history

"...was that American Revolutions' plays be specifically about U.S. presidents, as Shakespeare's histories had been about English kings, so..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'There To Tell the Truth'

Seymour Hersh on journalism, politics, presidents, and war

"...sort of a scary fact for me: Until Clinton, presidents never went to AIPAC. They wouldn't do it. It's..."

March 30, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

We P.2ed

Art that surprises, delights, disturbs and, yes, bores.

"...American electoral politics by way of Disney’s Hall of Presidents. The very same room that was once littered with..."

Jan. 12, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Letters at 3am: Zelda's Law and 9/11

9/11 conspiracy theories will outlive their perpetrators

"...Iranian revolution or India's and Pakistan's nuclear bombs. (Our presidents learned of these from CNN, not the CIA.) If..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Hickenlooper Lobbies for 'Casino Jack'

George Hickenlooper on his Jack Abramoff film

"...night, flew to Denver on Friday, and was discovered dead in his hotel room on Saturday morning. He had..."

Jan. 5, 2011 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Everybody's Talking at You

Austin's reading series scene is booking good

"...If print is dead, as has been suggested by the usual boys and..."

July 30, 2010 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

City Hall Hustle: Of Human Bondage

Transpo bond to cost 100 mil in dead presidents – and dead precedents

April 2, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Luv Doc Recommends: The Gourds New Year's Eve Masquerade Ball

ND Austin, Thursday, December 31, 2009

"...There are certainly lessons to be learned. For instance: Presidents of the United States should at least be able..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

No Posthumous Pardon From Perry

Why is it so hard for the governor to clear an innocent man's name?

"...is not possible since the inmate in question is dead, and thus, "the pardon not being delivered to the..."

July 17, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The International

This conspiracy thriller starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts never gets past second gear.

"...been investigating IBBC for years but keeps running into dead ends and dead bodies, no matter which country he..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Love Craft

Stitch Austin, your rockin' showplace for indie design

"...a line of glittery dresses hand-painted with portraits of dead presidents. Are you kidding me? Chia's designs are known..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Independent Food

A letter from Boggy Creek Farm

"...we need to know all the "minor" holidays, like Presidents Day, for on the farm, the vegetables recognize only..."

July 13, 2007 Food Feature by Carol Ann Sayle

Page Two: Sluggish by Design

The only "original intent" of the Constitution was to foil extremism and maintain a balance of power

"...to improve the Articles. Obviously, some who participated were dead-set on maintaining a confederation. Some supported the Articles just..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Hurd Is the Word

Cornell Hurd, Austin's most prolific C&W songwriter? It's no joke.

"...funnier than Junior Brown doing 'My Wife Thinks You're Dead'? Is the humor more important than the music?..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Culture Flash!

Police believe they have the killer of Esther's juggler Warren Ryder Schwartz, Jenny Hart puts 'Space Ghost's Brak in stitches, more stage hits are back by popular demand, and construction starts on Ballet Austin's new dance center

"...has already launched its now-annual summer resurrection of The Dead Presidents' Club (through Sept. 3); and this week, Zach,..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Arts Column by Robert Faires

TCB

TCB sees dead people, lots of them, and one extremely live band

"...days, but early-shopper passes, enabling holders to start dropping dead presidents at 10am Friday, are available for $25. Since..."

March 31, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

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