A Closer Look at the Paramount Lineup

Spike Lee, Amy Heckerling to present films

"...A female pioneer in feature comedies, Heckerling also directed Fast Times at Ridgemont High (which screens in July) and..."

May 15, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Sillakh Wants To Change the Way You Look at Boxing

And save his sport in the process

"...just a fight. It’s a smart sport and a fast sport. Like chess, you need good strategy and every..."

April 26, 2012 Sports Post by Kenny Pailes

'The Butcher's Hands'

Short Story Contest second-place winner

"...vegetables and stock splattering everywhere, a great brown mud color, a dried blood color. The Major stood to touch..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Books Feature by Dana De Greff

Lions and Leone

We do the historic hotel, and the historic hotel does us

"...at the Monteleone inspires the tumble of verbs and color, for true. But you know how we writer-types are,..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Chris the Conqueror

Chris Roberson takes on Superman, Elric, Captain Kirk, and Cinderella – and wins

"...to the top of the comics industry has been faster than a speeding bullet. His first mainstream title, Cinderella:..."

July 29, 2011 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...jams continue with Peace pals Black Helicopter and Awesome Color, Aussie newcomers Violent Soho, and West Coast psych majors..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Texas Biennial 2009 – DIY: Double Wide

This group exhibition spins an intriguing narrative of fusion and confusion

"...a flurry of wildly diverse video images flipping past fast enough to give you whiplash. You're being welcomed into..."

April 10, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Zocalo Cafe

Bland decor, not-so-bland food

"...local chain of casual dining establishments that brought "upscale fast food" to Austin – Zocalo Cafe sits near the..."

May 9, 2008 Food Review by Claudia Alarcón

Art + Commerce

Marc English Design's DIY Criteria

"...Not so fast, Moneybags. Cox's pseudo-historical bloodbath epic is finally getting its..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Point Austin: MUD in Your Eye

Northwest Austin suburb chal­lenges the Voting Rights Act

"...long campaigned for what he insists on calling a "color-blind America," arguing that affirmative-action measures are no longer necessary..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Column by Michael King

The Next Next

Jasper Fforde reveals the secrets behind the new Thursday Next adventure, narrative gymnastics, and the job of writing

"...a family dynamic, you have to really do a fast-forward and get to the interesting bit with children. 'Cause..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Books Feature by Robert Faires

Letters @ 3AM

No class can cultivate what a writer most needs, the gift I call the 'talent of the room'

"...phrase refers to writers whom, by their deaths and color, apparently, her teachers deemed not worth her time. If..."

May 25, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Holiday Wish Lists 2006

Give 'til it helps: Part 1

"...Color printer (new or used, preferably high-volume)..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Features Feature

Our Shostakovich Year

On the centenary of Dmitri Shostakovich's birth, Austin arts groups join forces to throw the Russian composer a yearlong party

"...he played the end of the piece twice as fast as it's written in front of the composer, and..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Power, Forward

Dave Zirin on 'What's My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States'

"...a ponytail, with a release on her shot so fast it looks like she's setting a volleyball," which is..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Holy Ghost

Austin's Revenant Records follows up its Grammy-winning Charley Patton box set with free jazzman Albert Ayler's 9-CD 'Holy Ghost'

"...his honks, above-the-normal-upper-register screams and squeals, lines played so fast they seem to be a blur of notes and..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Page Two

The United Way and the Boy Scouts have both acted admirably in their parting of ways; their decisions call for a sense of moral nuance that is lately all too rare.

"...community, without excluding anyone on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation,..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Column by Louis Black

'Heaven' Sent

Writer / director Todd Haynes resurrects the gloriously overwrought weepies of the Fifties in Far From Heaven.

"...only have 15 minutes, so I have to move fast...."

Nov. 22, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...words "white," "Hispanic," "Asian," and "African-American." Why is a color used to describe one group (and in all lowercase..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

Right Where They Belong

Raoul Hernandez goes on tour with the Flatlanders

"...jukebox, first the Eagles' playboy creed "Life in the Fast Lane," then the Lone Star's "Boys of Summer."..."

July 26, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Right stuff, 'Wrong Numbers': 26-year-old Alex Holdridge's feature debut is not only the little movie that could, but did, and in the process could become very big, indeed.

"...it toward something more commercially viable, while still holding fast to the film's sometimes bittersweet anarchy. The suits want..."

April 26, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

To Your Health

Is earwax supposed to be dry or sticky? Mine seems to be too dry and is hard to remove. Is there a remedy other than having a doctor remove it?

"...influence on the consistency of earwax, and like the color of your eyes, the wet form is dominant over..."

April 12, 2002 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...at least with one or two more students of color in their magnet classes. The question should be, "Why..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Column

Chapter 3: Crazy Weekly

September 1988-August 1991

"...machines with giant rolls of film that spun so fast they'd slice your hand up if you weren't careful...."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...movie. The entire area was bathed in an eerie color with white spotlights and red flashers. The parking lot..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Blow Up Your Video

MTV forces American youth to sell their souls, but has Joan Jett in a bikini!

"...Hallyday. Unlike the Panoram, the Scopitone showed clips in color and allowed the customer to choose from 36 clips..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Red River Valley

Red River, home to Austin's real live music venues

"...capital city's ongoing infatuation with the big checkbooks of fast-talking developers and high tech outfits. But things were equally..."

June 22, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

After a Fashion

The Style Avatar expounds on the First Family Jewels.

"...ABCs and went directly to the Four Cs (cut, color, clarity, and carat weight)...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Putting It Together

The Austin Symphony's Peter Bay on Leading an Orchestra, Interpreting a Score, and Seeing Music

"...AC: And can color it so that it ties into something later on,..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Postmarks

Recent coverage of light rail and of access-TV personality Alex Jones pushes readers' buttons this week.

"...Wimbledon Color Commentary..."

July 28, 2000 Column

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