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"...regarding your Aug. 30 article ["No Sports, Lots of Spin"]. When voters choose cities or countries in highly competitive..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

An S-O-S for SOS

What will the Stratus deal mean for the Springs?

"...C] as a logical extension of development," Bradley explained.A Deadly Logic This "logical extension of development" was a recurring..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Invasion of the Kiddie-Lit Plays

Characters from children's literature storm Austin-area stages in July.

"...Cyberella KidsActing revives its musical spin on Cinderella, in which the downtrodden heroine meets her..."

July 5, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

"...important public health protections against acid rain, choking smog, deadly fine particles, and toxic pollutants," said a statement issued..."

June 28, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Coach's Corner

As much as he dislikes Longhorn football, Coach feels for Chris Simms.

"..."Get out," she repeats, this time (with nothing deadly like an ashtray or knife handy) throwing a TV..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Dead Man Blues

7-CD box set contains all anyone could ever want to know about Charley Patton.

"...it. During this time, Blackwood read an article in Spin that updated readers on the whereabouts of Fahey, whose..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Clay Smith

A Macbeth

In the State Theater Company production A Macbeth, director Guy Chandler Roberts strips the Scottish Play of its dramatic spectacle and boils it down into a compelling ritual of human evil, a Black Mass.

"...again for Shakespeare's murderous Scots to set about their deadly work, to unsheathe their ambition and cruelly spill the..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Chief Priest of the Shrine

The epic life story of Nigerian soul superstar Fela Kuti.

"...as a publicity stunt, but the Chief Priest was deadly serious in his criticism of the authorities. Imagine if..."

July 14, 2000 Music Feature by David Lynch

Titus

Taymor creates a spectacularly imaginative piece of Shakespearean cinema set in a world out of time.

"...us in and holds us there even as events spin horrifically out of control, as Titus kills one of..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Next Wave

A comprehensive look at the emerging Rock en Español movement in the United States

"...fusion of ska and rock on their 1991 release. Spin magazine listed it among the 90 greatest albums of..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

Money to Burn

John Cornyn tries to keep tobacco case lawyers from reaping all of the financial benefits.

"...tobacco lawsuit. Indeed, three or more of the seven deadly sins are represented. Filling the role of gluttony are..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

TV Eye

Guilty Pleasures for June

"...Crusade (6/9, 9pm, TNT), a spin-off of the Emmy- and Hugo-award-winning series, Babylon 5, premieres..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Faculty

Co-written by Scream scribe Kevin Williamson and George Huang (Swimming With Sharks), The Faculty is pure Robert Rodriguez: jam-packed with action, suspense, humor, horror, and plenty of cinematic homages.

"...school's faculty and, eventually, the whole planet. This sly spin on the high school caste system (think The Breakfast..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Christmas Records

Celtic Christmas Iv

"...becoming a Kodak commercial (then again ... ). Twelve Deadly Cyns, Lauper's greatest hits collection from several years back,..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Music Review

Dancing About Architecture

The Jr. Files

"...to play a villian whose blue jeans secrete a deadly poison or some such, but in fact, Brown's management..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Live Through This!

The Semi-Annual Rock & Roll Round-up

"...Genet, but The Real Story's Lovely prose is more deadly than deathless, culminating in the single worst final biographical..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Books Feature

Natural Born Leader

Mayor Hits the Ground Running His First 100 Days

"...strike back as swiftly as a rattlesnake, and with deadly effect. The public got perhaps its first glimpse of..."

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"...she is really a secret agent immersed in a deadly plot. (Oct. 11)..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Record reviews 8/2/96

"...each listen, because records this solidly crafted tend to spin straight through. 4 stars -- Andy Langer..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Music Review

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...the future sent back in time to stop a deadly plague Ð possibly created by the mythical ÒArmy of..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Butterfly and Sword

"...wife, who is unaware that her husband is a deadly assassin and a drunken swordsman who is secretly in..."

Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Clifford

"...Vegas and Fifties Hollywood to put his kitschy comic spin on the creature called “the problem child.” And who..."

April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

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