Roll Over, Beethoven

An interview with Francis Preve, laptop composer and producer

"...but were able to conceptualize the symphonies and put dots on paper to communicate their ideas to other musicians...."

March 26, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...debut, Better Than Before (Rainbow Quartz), which connects the dots between the Beatles, Byrds, and Flaming Groovies with a..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

"...to bet against him here: Nobody's better connecting the dots between KGSR, Waterloo, and Antone's. – Andy Langer..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

The Rest of the Races

Anti-Soifer site comes down, Hidalgo Co. turnout goes up, and Williamson Co. (as usual) veers right

"...site to her opponent Gisela Triana. Soifer connects the dots this way: Susan Daniels, president of the Capital Area..."

March 5, 2004 News Feature

Hope and Questions Greet Bush Immigration Plan

Austin immigrants share mixed feelings about the proposed federal guest-worker program

"...An unsuspecting visitor might not immediately connect the dots between inclement weather and the unusually heavy crowd gathered..."

Jan. 23, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

After a Fashion

Read all about the peacock-themed Christmas tree fit for a Style Avatar!

"...gold glitter, some were blue glass with green velvet dots ... and all of them were spectacular. For trinkets..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Austin @ Large: What Happens Next?

Suggestions for a 2004 City Hall to-do list

"...People have started to connect the dots between internal scandals like Mala Sangre and external debacles..."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Dwight Yoakam

"...as screenplays. Willie Nelson shows up to connect the dots between heartache and various precious stones on "If Teardrops..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Foundations of Democracy Being Eroded

"...they no shame? It is time to connect the dots, people! Karl Rove and all those that serve under..."

Aug. 12, 2003 Postmarks

A Shining Star Goes Dark

A tragedy at Reagan High School evokes a mother's courageous response.

"...still inhabits it. The blue wallpaper is splashed with dots of red and yellow, and a shaggy orange-yellow-pink daisy..."

May 16, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Book Review

"As with any good crime thriller / mystery, the plot -- as chilling as it is -- serves as a subterfuge to explore the darker realms of the hero's psyche," writes Russell Cobb of Stephen Graham Jones' All the Beautiful Sinners, "as well as themes of collective memory and identity." Jones will be at BookPeople on Tuesday, May 6, at 7pm.

"...monologue of FBI agent Sheila Watts to connect the dots: "steely dan. Before it was a band, it was..."

May 2, 2003 Books Feature by Russell Cobb

Picking Up the TAB

The Travis Co. DA and the courts consider Texas Association of Business money spent during the fall campaign.

"...the corporations' anonymity, thus foiling attempts to connect the dots to determine direct links between the big corporate donors..."

March 28, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Barton Springs Eternal

The reconstruction of Barton Springs Road suffers another delay

"...at least one landowner says she's already connected the dots. "My concern," said Susan Toomey Frost, "is that there..."

Jan. 10, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

One Two Three Faw!

A brief history of Texas garage rock.

"...recently Tortoise and Gastr del Sol. Or follow the dots from Tim Kerr and the Big Boys' influence on..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

French Free-for-All

The latest Austin Film Society free series surveys French cinema in the Nineties.

"...More connect the dots: Téchiné and new-schooler Olivier Assayas (of Irma Vep cult..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Those Magic Moments

Composer, classicist Stephen Barber's encoding and imprinting

"...of sheet music, carefully examining the endless series of dots spread across them. On Nov. 2, those intricately arranged..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

A Little Eclectic

Texas Documentary Tour brings Immy Humes to town.

"...trainer's name was Vicki Hearne, but didn't connect the dots to the writer/Yale professor. I called Vicki out of..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Book Reviews

"...reader is happy to have the author connect the dots. At the center of the drama is Bruder, "an..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Books Feature by Russell Cobb

Every Day Is Dress-Up Day

"...nature, after all. Other patterns for inch-ish hair: polka dots, checkerboard, stripes, spirals, plaid (tedious, but looks excellent)...."

Aug. 2, 2002 Features Feature by Iana Witham

Every Day Is Dress-Up Day

"...clothing, back-combed/colorful hair, lots of leather, reversible Converse, polka dots, lace, skinny ties, buttons, lots of jewelry ... or..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Features Feature by Brynn McIntosh

Second Helpings: Ice Creameries, Part II

Hurry, before it melts! Again! Erin Mosow chills out at local ice creameries in this week's "Second Helpings."

July 12, 2002 Food Column

A Cook's Tour

You just had to be there: The Chronicle's Mick Vann compasses the cuisine of Thailand, in Bangkok and beyond.

"...(poo pah) become a luminous red with white polka dots when cooked, a color straight off of a Fifties..."

June 28, 2002 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Connect the dots: Pfluger Bridge, northwest arm, Bowie Underpass, Bowie Street connecting..."

June 21, 2002 Column

Will Video Kill the Celluloid Star?

Most loves fade over time, and the romance of a hundred-plus years of filmmaking seems to be losing its luster as well. At least, that's what the new High Definition video vanguard, led by George Lucas and Robert Rodriguez, is saying. Is video the future of film?

"...sensors with two-dimensional fixed grids of pixels (those little dots that make up the image on your computer monitor..."

June 21, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

Crooner Chris Isaak plays himself to charming effect on his self-titled Showtime series.

"...you, but with the corn-doggy music, cheese-doodly dialogue, and connect-the-dots story, this movie is as predictable as sunrise and..."

June 7, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Greener Pastures

Youth, Joy, and Jean Arthur

"...are carefully combing their long hair. Those flickering, white-ish dots are probably some fairies of the commoner sort hurrying..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Stories from the Midway

Hot Purple Thunk

"...Later that afternoon, we found the bright spots. Dots of Becky's blood stained the concrete in a trail..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Sarah Hepola

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Portraying the kids from the Peanuts comic strips is trickier than you might think, but two of the performers in the Silver Star Theater Group production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown radiate the bold outline and broad humor -- the cartoon essence -- of the source material.

"...be simpler: a plain-vanilla circle for a head, two dots for eyes, a "u" resting on its side for..."

April 26, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Luminarias

Teatro Humanidad's production of Evelina Fernandez's play Luminarias has a hip, urban style and flair, but more importantly, it has characters who are individuals, distinct personalities who draw us into their lives with the feelings and thoughts they express.

"...lush vocals, and Mark Novick's twirling club lights spray dots of colored illumination across the stage and audience. Director..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Short Cuts

What Russell Crowe's been smoking.

Dec. 14, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

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