Postmarks

Hyde Park Baptist foofaraw and assorted cultural allegations.

"...Editor:..."

March 9, 2001 Column

Good Taste

You spontaneously slow down and breathe easier when you enter Basil's, Barbara Chisholm writes. This is not a hipster hot spot that is peopled with folks checking the door to see if someone more interesting than their current partner has entered. People come here to concentrate on each other without distraction.

"...I moved to Austin about 10 minutes after the golden era..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Food & Drink

"...its 20 waiters and waitresses. They are the ones hunched over, maneuvering discreetly, and staying friendly -- hoofing it..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Best of Austin Feature

Postmarks

I never thought the letters in "Postmarks Forum" were real until this happened to me ...

"...Editor:..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Column

Lust for Life

Ahhh … the good old daze

"...The New York Times. Girls like Pamela, Powers wrote, "transformed 'hanging out' into a form of creative expression." The..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Cafe Spiazzo

"...More than 10 years ago, a small Italian cafe opened in the space vacated by another success story: Castle..."

June 16, 2000 Food Review by Barbara Chisholm

Out Front

Profile of newly minted solo artist Gurf Morlix

"...not to be a household name," says the nondescript, gray-bearded, shades-wearing musician hidden away in the back room of..."

April 14, 2000 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Reflections

SXSW 2000 Film Festival and Conference

"...Christine Vachon, Tim Bird, Daryl Hannah; DP: Paul Ryan; Ed: Brent White; Cast: Daryl Hannah, Clea DuVall, Eric Roberts,..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Hollis Chacona

Reflections

SXSW 2000 Film Festival and Conference

"...Carlos Ávila; Scr: Phil Berger; Prod: Moctesuma Esparza, Arthur Friedman, Robert Katz, Exec Prod: Loretha C. Jones, Carolyn Manetti,..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO AUSTIN: A faith-filled congregation of some of Austin's leading gospel evangelists would..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Reflections

SXSW 2000 Film Festival and Conference

"...Shadow BoxersDir/Prod/Ed: Katya Bankowsky; DP: Anthony Hardwick, Tony Wolberg; Music: Zoël...."

March 17, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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

"...Well, for a long while it looked as though the new Meat Puppets were gonna get..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...of mood or movie. Summer is light and carefree, aimed at all the kids out of school with time..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...it didn't originate there, it took hold of and thrived in the taverns and music halls of London, then..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Top 10 Decade/Local

"...6. The Golden Arm Trio (Shamrock/Jinx)..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature

Girl, Upgraded

According to the 1999 Interactive Digital Software Report (IDSA), the majority of people playing computer games are older than 18, and 38% percent of the people most frequently playing computer games are women. Boy, have things change

"...1. What are you most excited about learning from this article?..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Celebrated for the Least of Reasons

Chronicle reviewer Tom Doyal has took to writin' just like Larry L. King, the playwright behind The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (and much more, Doyal reveals, in his review of King's new book of letters).

"...Writer's Life in Letters, Or, Reflections in a Bloodshot Eyeedited by Richard A. Holland..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Books Feature by Tom Doyal

Day Trips

"...[Ed. note: This "Daytrips" was originally supposed to run in..."

July 23, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Eat His Dust

Ron Howard Premieres EDtv in Austin

"...every bit as sweet and nice and inquisitive and relaxed as his public persona appears to be -- at..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dancing About Architecture

This Is the Week That Is

"...venue (trivia contest, raffle, chain-smoking competition), there's still no immediate action you can take to ensure yourself a seat..."

March 19, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Exhibitionism

The Austin Cartoon Scene: Museum Worthy

"...sleep until noon on Saturday mornings, I was secretly relieved to discover the Sunday newspaper's comic strips. There Gary..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Arts Review

Reissues

"...Here's a historically significant, well-produced 2-CD set showcasing the singing of Clyde McPhatter, both..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Music Feature

Video Box Sets

"...All the warning signsare here: brightly colored lights on houses, plastic Kris Kringles leering from roofs,..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Books of a Lifetime

Dawn Powell: A Biography

"...really makes the jokes that Dorothy Parker gets the credit for?" asked the critic Diana Trilling in a 1942..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Books Feature

You Won't Hear That on Commercial Radio

"...Teresa Ferguson on Morning Edition photograph by Todd V. Wolfson..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Dancing About Architecture

The Jr. Files

"...Nashville Scene column that, "[Junior Brown] says he's been invited to appear on an upcoming episode of the X-Files"!..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Thai Me Up, Thai Me Down

A Sampling of Thai Restaurants Around Austin

"...has gone mainstream in the U.S. While demand has filled bookstores across the country with publications on Thai cookery,..."

March 27, 1998 Food Feature

Rock This Way

The Semi-Annual, Whenever-We-Feel-Like-It Rock & Roll Books Section

"...both European and still alive means she hasn't been iconographized like exquisite dead blonde American movie stars - Marilyn..."

March 20, 1998 Books Feature

Postmarks

Helping Herb

"...Editor:..."

March 6, 1998 Column

It's a Wonderful So-Called Life

"...Angela Chase (Claire Danes) and Jordan Catalano (Jared Leto). Teen angst, Nineties style. Being a teenager was..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

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