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Nobody Can't Beat Him

"...address of your office which was just up the street so what the heck. It's a rainy day and..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Column

Proposition B: Getting Behind Active Transportation

Voters also have the chance to approve a record investment in pedestrian, bike infrastructure, and traffic safety improvements

"...several major projects, including a new pedestrian and bike bridge over Lady Bird Lake at Longhorn Dam; a better..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Jack Craver

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Readers hash over the war on drugs in response to an AISD principal's being busted for marijuana possession.

"...between the users of prescription drugs and users of street drugs, whom Quick Wit Micky tagged "the 'Scripts' and..."

April 21, 2000 Column

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...the giant outdoor stage at Stubb's Wednesday night, the first night of South by Southwest. Toxic was part of..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Further Reflections

SXSW Film Festival

"...These self-proclaimed "black faggots with a political agenda" launch street assaults on conservative politicians who won't support a hospice..."

March 21, 1997 Screens Feature

Public Notice: The 30% Solution

Capital Metro slow-rolls out the next draft of the rail plan

"...just this past Tuesday evening ("What Kind of Rail Bridge …" Daily News, April 26) covered the new Blue..."

April 29, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...Antonio. But Monk decided they were stopping in Austin first. I Dared to Ask for Sunshine, and I Got..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

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Bush League lambasting, locally-grown concerns, and a side of jazz.

"...As to your comment about Marvin Olasky, may I first say "Amy Babich."..."

June 22, 2001 Column

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Speaking With Authority

"...created by the Legislature in 1953, not 1998. Its first project was the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike. In the years..."

May 29, 1998 Column

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We Get What We Want

"...is a volunteer mediator in juvenile court. She has first-hand knowledge of the difficulties that at-risk youths face. And..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Column

Sxsw

"...stick to your ribs like good chicken-fried steak. (Brazos Street Stage, 7pm) -- Christopher Gray..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Is This UTopia?

A Long-Overdue University Master Plan is Unveiled

"...rationale, it seems, is that the worst should come first, and as you move away from RLM and toward..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

The Joy of Bicycling in Austin

A one-person sociological study of springtime biking where every ride is his favorite

"...I've come here to clear my head, but first I'll break a sweat because my impulsive ass happens..."

April 21, 2023 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

Point Austin: Not So Smart

Jury rules in favor of officer, but APD policy still stings

"...of anti-war demonstrators in 2003 on the Congress Avenue Bridge. The verdict was hardly surprising – the evidence presented..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Column by Lee Nichols

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Indy's final adventure remembers the whip, forgets the charm

"...by: James Mangold. Starring: Harrison Ford, Mads Mikkelsen, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Ethann Isidore, Toby Jones, John Rhys-Davies, Boyd Holbrook, Shaunette..."

June 30, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Raul's in Overdrive: "Have a Good Time, Get in Free, and Drink Some Beer"

Enter 1978, when Austin punk meets San Antonio’s the Next and Dallas’ the Nervebreakers

"...needed was a haircut. The Next: "Halfway Between a Street Gang and Glam"..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Camera Is Mightier Than the ...

Documentarians Kim Bartley and Donnacha O'Briain were right in the belly of the beast when the Venezuelan coup began -- specifically, in the Presidential Palace, right as the opposition stormed it.

"...on projects, though not as co-directors. We funded the first exploratory trips to Venezuela ourselves and then got development..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Michael King

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Readers weigh in on the criminality of musicians, the integrity of neighborhoods, and more.

"...and 30. When I picked up the Chronicle, my first impression was a story on evil corporate behavior. Only..."

July 6, 2001 Column

Day Trips

Take a dip in these secret swimming holes.

"...road. The state highway department built a low concrete bridge in 1931. It was replaced by a bigger bridge..."

July 6, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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Housing, ACC, and Spooner.

"...First, it doesn't work because it concentrates poverty. Second, it..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Column

In Memoriam: George Wilkerson

Remembering Esther's Follies' first sketch-writing superstar

"...bounced around the state of New York for the first quarter-century of his life: grade school in Long Island,..."

June 17, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Day Trips

Artists have tried to replicate the method of creating cement sculptures that look like wood, but few have mastered the technique like Dionicio Rodríguez

"...by Rodríguez between 1925 and 1930. One of Rodríguez's first commissions in the city was an arbor footbridge in..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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Expanding on neighborhood expansion, taking C. Robison to task, and much more.

"...Barnes writes "the Bruces would have better served their street through the renovation of the existing housing stock." Sure,..."

July 13, 2001 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...at land uses within the entire neighborhood between Fifth Street and the river and west of San Antonio. Of..."

March 16, 2001 Column

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...working in a bakery on Courtlandt Avenue near 161st Street. Gerald Wexler, running through the streets of Harlem, Queens,..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Day Trips

Rockport captures the sea breeze and the hearts of visitors.

"...(to distinguish it from the TX35 Bypass) and Austin Street. A four-block strip of South Austin Street was once..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, July 9-15

"...he went half-mad and conversed with the sun. At first he called the supreme radiance a "lazy clown," complaining..."

July 9, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

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Our readers talk back.

"...that Feldman was not even born when I was first elected to public office in the mid-1970s in an..."

April 4, 2003 Column

Bad to the Bone?

Mitchell Allegedly Threatens to Kick Some Ass

"...vote to add more vehicle lanes to the Lamar Bridge, Kirk laughed derisively from the audience when Eric suggested..."

March 14, 1997 News Column by Alex de Marban

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Book Smart

"...in the Galleria area and one on Post Oak Street. They were all rejected by Mr. Bloch. Then, while..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Column

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