Book 'Em

Recent Picks From the Summer Crop

"...Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land, and Edmund Wilson's Red, Black, Blond and Olive...."

Aug. 24, 2001 Books Feature by Mark Busby

Letters at 3AM

They may not truthfully reflect the way we live, but sometimes the big and small screen present honest explorations of the way we dream. The year 2000 gave us some exceptionally fine works in this regard.

"...2000 was on the small screen. The ghosts of Frank Capra and Howard Hawks haunt The West Wing, and..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Postmarks

Gore vs. Bush vs. Nader vs. Ventura vs. Hernandez vs. Simone, approximately.

"...Frank D. Bartlett..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Column

Dancing About Architecture

Last call for SXSW entries.

"...likely attendees -- like most of the roster of Frank Kozik's Man's Ruin label. As we reported a few..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Letters at 3AM

Being president of America is not good for one's health.

"...together. We feel something for Bartlett. We like his frank, fierce eyes. (Gore's eyes look like things he takes..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

For the Good Times

The Life and Times of Texas country crooner, Ray Price.

"...Price's pop croon, a dear relative of Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and Tony Bennett. The album's swinging, jazzy arrangements..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Music Feature by David Cantwell

Two for the Road

Larry McMurtry's New Books Continue His Journey

"...the modern West: William Kittredge, James Crumley, Denis Johnson, Frank Waters, Paul Horgan, Terry Southern, James Welch, Gary Soto,..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Books Feature by Dick Holland

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...the likes of George Strait, Dixie Chicks, and Brian Wilson. Ryan Adams is best known as the leader/singer-songwriter of..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Positively Operatic

The Year in Austin Culture

"...12. (tie) Fences, by August Wilson; The Iceman Cometh, by Eugene O'Neill..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sony Music 100 Years Soundtrack for a Century (Sony)

Box Sets

"...end of disc 2 -- featuring Austin's own Teddy Wilson accompanying Lady Day on "These Foolish Things" -- before..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Central Avenue Sounds (Rhino)

Box Sets

"...(the Hawaiian-style electric guitar solo on it is by Frank Pasley, not T-Bone). Walker is also heard a couple..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Review by Harvey Pekar

Dancing About Architecture

Jazzin' (But Not for Blue Jeans)

"...and Miss Lavelle White, but it's names like Nancy Wilson, B.B. King, Chuck Mangione, and one-time Ellington alumnus Clark..."

May 21, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Record Reviews

Prince Paul

"...stories from the lips of the Brothers Gibb or Wilson, everything being relative. Hey, everybody has their pet sounds,..."

May 14, 1999 Music Review

Off the Bookshelf

How Animals Mate

"...gamut: shoplifting, children's poetry, Patty Hearst, politics, Allen Ginsberg, Frank Sinatra, and much more. He makes his own case..."

April 23, 1999 Books Feature

Do a Little Dance

"...of a serial killer, The Minus Man starring Owen Wilson, to the fest. Two debuts by actors-turned-directors were also..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

From Southerners to Seventh Grade

"...Laura is able to meet and, apparently, influence Woodrow Wilson, first as a candidate and then as president. She..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Books Feature

Postmarks

No Schism

"...enhance their services by working together. ACG's executive director Frank Fuller never worked for the SFC, but we did..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Column

Scanlines

The Game

"...comes in the collection's smart midsection, where Plympton's Gahan Wilson meets Monty Python meets Ballard Street sensibilities are on..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...John Black, Eunice Saunders, Phillip Smith, Verna Safran, Phillip Wilson, Greg Shumann...."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Postmarks

"...1) To Paul Wilson: Your mouth needs a good soap washing, and some..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Column

Live Shots

"...albums and made him the Seventies equivalent to Brian Wilson. More importantly, this tune, buried at the end of..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Music Feature

Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights

Charles Whitman in the UT Tower

"...was completely normal. Just one of the guys," says Frank McCarty, a boyhood friend of Charles, in Lavergne's book...."

Sept. 5, 1997 Books Feature by Tom Aiken

Bunnies and Bongs

Getting Your Band Noticed: Promotional Gimmicks

"...plants, they'll send us a plant." To wit, Kim Wilson's Tigerman came with tiger-striped bandanas. The Butthole Surfers once..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Dancing About Architecture

Driving a New Buick

"..."I don't remember him playing," while Threadgill's owner Eddie Wilson counters sincerely with, "I don't recall him playing." Mixed..."

July 4, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Turning On

TV Eye

"...Renee O'Connor's mother Sandra is married to Threadgill's Eddie Wilson and 2) the Kelley Deal 6000 band did a..."

June 20, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

MAYOR: Watson's Plastic Past

"...is because of years of hard work by Diane Wilson, Calhoun County Resource Watch, Texans United and others --..."

May 2, 1997 News Feature by Alex de Marban

The Basement Tapes

The Netherworld of Iconoclastic Music

"..."Frank Zappa once told me, `Don't give up. As soon..."

March 28, 1997 Music Feature by Greg Beets

False Accusations

"...Why is it that other than Ron Wilson and just a few state representatives, no one cares..."

March 21, 1997 Column

Art

Art Openings

"...poster art by Danny Garrett, Michael Priest, and Jim Franklin...."

March 14, 1997 News Feature

Road Shows

"...Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis & Cassandra WilsonBass Concert Hall..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Music Feature

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