Take Five

In the Place 5 Race, Activism Is the Operative Word

"...in these policies." (Her pleas have not fallen on deaf ears. In response, Clare Barry offered to appoint Babich..."

April 14, 2000 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...back down to the conference with the self-released, EP-length Tonedeaf, which clamors with Jeff Robbins prodigious songwriting talents ("Radio..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

PostFest

Organizers of Three Recent Arts Festivals Pass on Lessons Learned

"...in an auditorium on the Texas School for the Deaf campus, a building that turned out to have no..."

March 10, 2000 Arts Feature by Dawn Davis

In The House of the Moles: Live, Love, Get the Fuck Up!

Writer Terry Galloway and theatre company Rude Mechanicals are "an amazing match" in the slapstick-and-death piece In the House of the Moles.

"...Night is an intimate, highly articulate monologue about being deaf, queer, suicidal, alive, surrounded by death, and from a..."

March 10, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

More Flava Than Juicy Fruit

Wednesday Night SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Johnny Cash. There, it's been said. And you'd be deaf not to notice the vocal similarities. But Bramblett ain't..."

March 10, 2000 Music Feature

Naked City

The City Council considers architects for its new City Hall.

"...and Vernooy worked on the Texas School for the Deaf, Central Market and the Central Park Master Plan, and..."

March 10, 2000 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Ideas Through Movement

Political and philosophical issues aren't just topics for writers and dramatists. Several Austin choreographers are using themas subjects for dances. Toni Bravo, Jeffery Bullock, Lisa Fehrman, and Andrew Long explain how they see ideas through movement.

"...& Sat, 8pm, at the Texas School for the Deaf, South campus, 1102 S. Congress. Call 346-6288...."

March 3, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dancing About Architecture

More record label shuffles for the Meat Puppets, the Hole in the Wall gets bigger, Ray Benson gets taller, and music lawsuits get uglier

"...Thing" performed at Antone's, and what with Matlin being deaf, she, Queenan, and Moloney would have been at a..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Naked City

Texas Department of Housing and CommunityAffairs board members have begun questioning TDHCA staff guidelines for administering the agency's low-income housing tax credits, which critics say are arbitrary and too subjective.

"...all criticism of the board's management has fallen on deaf ears...."

Jan. 28, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

The Jesus Lizard Bang (Touch & Go)

National Records

"...its two studio tunes, the undeniable "Glamorous" and galloping "Deaf as a Bat," followed by five electrifying songs that..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Naked City

The latest public hearing on the proposed Longhorn pipeline through south Austin brings out 2,000 protesters and a few supporters to speak the gas pipeline, whose environmental impact is being debated.

"...if Austin's opposition to the pipeline should fall on deaf ears, it might lead to new legislation that would..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Jasper

Positively Operatic

The Year in Austin Culture

"...who played Tony was a football captain and so tone-deaf that his solos should have been prohibited by law...."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature

Mr. Smarty Pants

Natural diuretics and other festive "facts."

"...White, blue-eyed cats are more often deaf than white cats that have green eyes, yellow eyes,..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Too Dumb to Die

A profile of Austin's longest-running musical parody, the Uranium Savages.

"...the record-breaking 14 guitars plugged in onstage during their deafening debut were no accident...."

Dec. 10, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Alexander Graham Bell hasn't touched everyone yet; nuke and nibble; Sheryl Crow's pedigree

"...old wives' tale is that many white cats are deaf. Another school of thought is they just don't care...."

Nov. 26, 1999 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Taboo Topics, True Subjects

Reflections on Race in the NBA

"...of the NBA, a white coach would be so tone-deaf to say this...."

Nov. 19, 1999 Books Feature by David Shields

When in Rome

"..."I am not deaf," says Davis. "I hear from the people who work..."

Oct. 1, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Postmarks

Readers against Starbuckfucking, violence against children and rattlesnakes, and internal combustion engines.

"...I purchased from the Church of Christ for the Deaf, coincidentally at the same time the second one was..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Column

Dancing About Architecture

Austin Jazz & Arts Festival doesn't need saving after all; the strange sounds coming from Austin's backyards; barbecue to replace Austin Blues; Honky attacked by lesbians in Chicago!; and more news from the Live Music Capital of the World.

"...should have also been supporting the School for the Deaf, as a Honky song about stinky feet called "Badfoot,"..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Body Is the Music

The Beginnings

"...be dancing as if you are dancing for a deaf person. You're showing them what the music is on..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Arts Feature by Barbejoy A. Ponzio

Nothing Succeeds Like Access

"...a sign interpreted performance and a person who is deaf comes to your aisle. In order to ensure clear..."

June 11, 1999 Arts Feature by Dawn Davis

Traffic Stop

Neighborhood Concerns

"...attempts to address traffic concerns have fallen on mostly deaf ears, Crane says. "We've even amassed a large fund..."

June 11, 1999 News Feature by Lee Simmons

A World of Their Own

Growing Population

"...Condon, the full-time expert, has a master's degree in Deaf/Blind Multi-Handicapped education. Part-timer Kelley King has a degree in..."

June 4, 1999 News Feature by Spike Gillespie

Where's the Party?

"...cops showed and found that out, they turned a deaf ear to further complaints. Maybe that's a clue to..."

May 21, 1999 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Oil's Well That Ends Well

"...and scores, including this record from 1909: Texas, 39, Deaf and Dumb Institute, 9. For the women, the history..."

May 7, 1999 Books Feature

All About Guitars

"...rotation Seven Percent's albums have received aren't falling on deaf ears, as Beeman notes that the group has much..."

April 16, 1999 Music Feature by Kim Mellen

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...rallying, he said those efforts have fallen on mostly deaf ears in Congress since gay voter turnout has not..."

April 9, 1999 News Feature

Spotlights

"...by the symphonies Beethoven created after he had become deaf. Eileen, who also shares this studio, sometimes draws crude..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature

Status of the Original

"...blind and still play music and I could be deaf and work on my books, they're like two opposite..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Books Feature by Clay Smith

About AIDS

"...be shot by a total stranger or go completely deaf rather than be infected with HIV," observes Dr. Mithilde..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Column

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