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"...and believable, but false, image of benevolent, protective power that feels good, especially since the image is candy-wrapped with..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Column

Response Proof of 'Chronicle' Failings

"...funds are wasted. Sadly, this "editorial" response is proof that the Chron is more party dilettante than community news..."

Jan. 11, 2005 Postmarks

In Print

'Oscar Night: 75 Years of Hollywood Parties'

"...essential to the photo's charm. Suffice it to say that the Vanity Fair editors selected a perfect photo to..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

On the Wing: To the Edge of the Earth With the Peregrine Falcon

A naturalist on the varied, extreme track of the 'wandering foreigner'

"...Among migratory birds, none is so extreme in its habits as the..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Books Review by John Freeman

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the wares in the evidence room, the department notes that the "goal of traffic enforcement is to increase citizens'..."

July 23, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...["North Loop Neighbors Cry for Help," News, July 2] that I just can't let go by. First off, the..."

July 16, 2004 Column

In Search of the Wild Art

'Cracks in the Pavement' leaves art objects in unexpected spaces throughout the city

"...is hung or placed specifically to be viewed. But that treats works of art somewhat like animals in a..."

June 18, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...he helped originate, and Hibbert remains the keeper of that irresistibly upbeat riddim. With a new album of re-recorded..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

More McCanlies, Texas

The full interview with the director of 'Secondhand Lions'

"...Tim McCanlies has a reputation that his filmography belies. Most of the major projects he..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

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Austin Stories

"...media market. On March 3 Luci Baines Johnson announced that mother Lady Bird and the family of the late..."

March 7, 2003 News Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...post-punk built on obtuse, Gang of Four-style rhythmic patterns that sound desperately prescient in wartime. The Athens-based quartet's debut,..."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature

Life by the Drop

The return of Doyle Bramhall

"...blonde named Janet Quist, divinely blessed with physical bounties that will soon land her in Playboy. It's three songs..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

WWJD?

Jesse Sublett's insider guide to Bouchercon.

"...author signing of Measures of Poison (3-4pm), an anthology that collects mostly new works by McMillan's authors. Novelists included..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

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"...It is incorrect to say that Austin school trustees ended their budget hearing on Tuesday,..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Column

An S-O-S for SOS

What will the Stratus deal mean for the Springs?

"...and thus a renewed interest in the citizen-driven law that turned the town on its ear a decade ago..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Austin Stories

"...lawyer Richard Suttle of Armbrust & Brown, the firm that has served as Stratus' general counsel; Alan Glen, Stratus'..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature

The Battle for the Springs: A Chronology

"...Okay, let's accept, for the sake of argument, that everyone in Austin wants to save Barton Springs. But..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature

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"...Patrick Goetz ["Postmarks: Don't Slush the Messenger," July 12] that we from the scum camp really do want a..."

July 19, 2002 Column

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"...of direction other than to pay back the system that has beaten them down. This, coupled with an education..."

July 12, 2002 Column

Great Expectations

Rebecca Chastenet de Géry hopes for the best at Collin B's Bistro and Wine Room.

"...frame it!" Finally, there was the word around town that Michael McGovern, the supremely knowledgeable wine steward and affable..."

May 31, 2002 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

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"...Last week's Chronicle [May 10] failed to mention that there still will be a run-off election June 1..."

May 24, 2002 Column

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"...Second, about half the people involved don't think that the sound is music. An impartial article would not..."

May 17, 2002 Column

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...they recently green-lighted the band's second major-label set, the follow-up to 2000's promising Into the New. (Town Lake Stage,..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Recommended

"...up and restless, Fiennes became intrigued by a goose that could be blown off-course. "I wondered at the mysterious..."

March 15, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

The Facts of Life and Other Dirty Jokes

Sheet Music

"...Nelson's autobiography. If to you "autobiography" means detailed recollections that follow a chronological order, then an autobiography this ain't...."

Jan. 18, 2002 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Truth or Consequences

Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffmann's Long Night's Journey Into Day confronts issues of justice and forgiveness as it documents the hearings of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The film screens Wednesday, Nov. 14, at the Alamo Drafthouse as part of the Texas Documentary Tour.

"...Not that it would be easy. There were 7,000 petitions for..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

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Our own little Gaza Strip, and the Halloween (Gas) Mask is taken to task.

"...making and directions how to carry out suicide bombings that look sickeningly familiar? Will the Chronicle print the truth..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Column

Letters at 3AM

Robert Bly's new book of poems is a haunting work that evokes all hisotry and culture.

"...in any great book is sweeter, because you know that though your efforts may have faltered and failed, one..."

July 6, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Dancing About Architecture

Butthole Surfers and Austin City Limits suffer set backs while Riverfest marches on.

"...early, in fact, if you can really call it that after months of delay. The weekend seems to have..."

June 29, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Boo-ya!

Let the Summer Games Begin …

"...cement bunkers and hidden in the thick hedgerows beyond that crisscross and divide the Normandy landscape. On the beach,..."

June 8, 2001 Screens Feature by Matt Pyle

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