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Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, Thursday, September 10, 2009

"...his plumage. The French also have a thing for Jerry Lewis, who, even though he was Dean Martin's bitch,..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

Day Trips

Alamo Village, where John Wayne shot The Alamo, has lost the 93-year-old matriarch who kept the movie set and Western-themed park open for nearly 50 years

"...continue a piece of Texas history," says Tulisha Shahan Ward­law, one of the ranch's founders' three children...."

Aug. 21, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The True Value of a Seven-Cent Nickle

"......"

Oct. 14, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Letters @ 3AM

Globalization isn't only something that's happening to our economy: Globalization is happening to us – to our bodies, our families, and our psyches

"...1960 Democratic National Convention that nominated John F. Kennedy – remembering that many in 1960 were troubled deeply that..."

April 25, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

he benefits of exercise and alcohol together, why Tibetans loved to be devoured by dogs, and more

"...The final performance of the comedy duo of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis was on July 25, 1956,..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Welcome to Hazleweird

Lee Hazlewood

"...between Hee Haw and forgotten 1950s comedy duo Bob & Ray. “On each [song], Lee begins telling a tale,”..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Gilded Lili: Lili St. Cyr and the Striptease Mystique

Author Kelly DiNardo recounts the fascinating life of 'the queen of striptease'

"...Fifties, Lili St. Cyr influenced Marilyn Monroe, performed with Dean Martin, and danced well into her 50s. Author Kelly..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Books Review by Rick Klaw

DVDnds

DVDnds

"...decades, they passed for reality TV, with everyone from Dean Martin to Donny and Marie Osmond hosting programs that..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Dumb but Pretty

Rilo Kiley vs. Devendra Banhart

"...ladies turned out en masse at Stubb’s for Jenny Lewis’ Rilo Kiley, while Tolkienesque beards swept the floor at..."

Oct. 8, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Music DVDs

"...Bobby Darin starred in an NBC variety show while Dean Martin's program went on summer hiatus. Most of the..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

TV Eye

Crazy like a mediocre lineup

"...Where it falters: Another law show? If there's something Jerry Bruckheimer (CSI, Without a Trace) is good at, it's..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Letters at 3AM: Effete!

It's never too late to see yourself as you are

"...a self-image by equal parts fate, chance, and intent – the fate of one's family plus chance influences, mixed..."

April 14, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Those crazy, crazy presidents

"...Dean Martin used to be a New York City taxi..."

March 24, 2006 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Bobby Darin

Gift guide

"...premiered in 1972 as a summer replacement for The Dean Martin Show. Despite the antiseptic television mix of these..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Working-Class Hero

Is Michael Fracasso's Austin's best kept musical secret?

"...as a particularly insightful singer-songwriter; he might make rock & roll noise. Someone once said, "He's like Buddy Holly..."

April 23, 2004 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Discovery Institute's Center for Science & Culture..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Column

"Best Of" and Journalistic Ethics?

Sept. 29, 2003 Postmarks

Willie Nelson & Ray Price

"...Willie Nelson & Ray PriceRun That by Me One More Time (Lost..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Comin' at Ya!

3-D is back on the big screen -- again.

"...were also shot and shown in 3-D. So was Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis' Money From Home, the lavish..."

July 25, 2003 Screens Feature by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Fame in Lubbock, I mentioned Frank Sinatra's comment about Dean Martin. "He was not my brother by blood, but..."

April 4, 2003 Column

Letters at 3AM

Even though 2002 was an exceptional year for American cinema, American art has never been more marginalized, ghettoized, and controlled, than it is today.

"...Don Siegel (Hell Is for Heroes), Otto Preminger (Advise & Consent), Vincente Minnelli (Two Weeks in Another Town), and..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Ciola's Italian-American Restaurant

Lakeside dining 2002: by boat or by car, bring your appetite

"...alcoves for those little romantic dinners. Everything about the décor and the service at Ciola's makes you feel right..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

After a Fashion

Hmmmmmm, didn't our Style Avatar's psychic "see" what awaited him at the Brown Bar? Why was he not forewarned? Also, AAF checks in on George Michael's potty habits.

"...the altar of Day-Glo tikis interspersed with busts of Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Sammy Davis Jr. accompanied by..."

May 17, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

20 Questions With Eliza Gilkyson

The maturation of Eliza Gilkyson

"...was a distinguished songwriter who wrote Harry Belafonte's "Marianne," Dean Martin's "Memories Are Made of This," and "Bare Necessities"..."

April 19, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...same could be said for Mortville. (Beerland, 8pm-1am) -- Jerry Renshaw..."

March 8, 2002 Music Feature

The Bruce & Cory Show

Sterling and Doctorow debate scarcity, or the lack of it.

"...was taking the suave, bitter, and drunken role of Dean Martin, while Doctorow was given the role of twitchy..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Roger Gathman

Big Love

Charles Mee's Big Love swirls almost madly from brainy discourse to visceral activity to contemplative imagery and back again, like a manic dance or, well, life, and the Rude Mechanicals, who are always up for a good dance, take Mee's play and tear up the floor with it.

"...campy back-up moves like the Goldiggers in some Sixties Dean Martin special...."

Sept. 14, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Ocean's Eleven

"...Directed by: Lewis Milestone. Starring: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.,..."

Sept. 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

How to Be a Popular Girl

What will shy novelist Sarah Bird do now that she's back in the limelight, Dick Holland asks in this profile of the author of The Yokota Officers Club.

"...Autry advancing the argument that he's an old cowhand, Dean Martin crooning "Besame Mucho," and Bobby Goldsboro's truly awful..."

June 22, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

The Dreamer

The Protagonist of Denise Chávez's New Novel Is in Love With a Long-Dead Movie Star

"...waned. Thousands of fans make a pilgrimage to El Panteón Jardín in Mexico City on the anniversary of his..."

April 13, 2001 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

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