Free Comic Book Day: Picking Through The Shelves

The annual graphic giveaway is this weekend, so what should you pick up?

"...you'll know that May 4 marks the 11th annual Free Comic Book Day, the yearly celebration of graphic story..."

May 3, 2013 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

The Future is Free

Wired’s Chris Anderson keynotes SXSW Interactive

"...Southwest, his concepts of the Long Tail and the freeconomics of his upcoming book, Free, have had perhaps more..."

March 17, 2009 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The Death and Life of Free Radio

Austin microradio lived fast and died young -- can the movement live to broadcast another day?

"...willing to let you in." The recorded voice of Free Radio Austin's last broadcaster. "Just show me your search..."

June 22, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

The Luv Doc: Little Agents of Satan

Slow clap for almost getting the ball across the goal line

"...you're trying to do your job. Then they're little agents of Satan – especially the quiet ones because you..."

Jan. 14, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, June 7-13

"...potentials are expansive, and you are as open and free as it’s possible for you to be...."

June 7, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 11-17

"...aligned in such a way as to help you free yourself from those despots and bullies. Here's more good..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 14-20

"...surprise or two ahead, but they will ultimately be agents of healing...."

April 14, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 18-24

"...In ancient Greek myth, dolphins were sacred companions and agents of the sea god. In Maori culture, dolphins were..."

April 18, 2025 Column by Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 22-28

"...carry out repair and restoration. You will summon curative agents whenever you reclaim lost and missing fragments of your..."

Nov. 22, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 5-11

"...it fights to quash our imaginations and limit our freedoms? Will we outflank and outlast the authoritarians that threaten..."

April 5, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Rosa Jimenez Is Free: "Exciting, Overwhelming, and I Feel So Blessed"

New DA Garza commits to "aggressively pursue innocence"

"...27, when state District Judge Karen Sage ordered her freed on probation, saying, “There was no crime committed here..."

Jan. 28, 2021 News Post by Brant Bingamon

'NFL Analysis 101': Fiendish Fish, Frolicking Amphibians, and the Fancy Lads of Fitzgerald

"...have broken from past ideologies of catching affordable, blue-collar free agents. Instead, the Pats have scrambled to build a..."

March 19, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Big Changes in Big D

Cowboys offseason happenings

"...offseason for the Dallas Cowboys is marked by multiple free agent signings and the usual “Why can’t we win..."

March 5, 2009 Sports Post by Justin Sanders

Coach's Corner

"...person in the world of sports: David Falk. Sports agents are the lawyer jokes of today. If you see..."

April 23, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

SXSW Interactive Festival

It wasn't all doom and gloom at SXSW Interactive, but anyone who doubts that the New Economy euphoria has been replaced with a post-dot-com hangover need only check out the list of career-track panels offered this year.

"...Mismanagements, and Other Supposed Career Setbacks," for instance, or "Free Agent Nation: Bridge Over Troubled Waters?"..."

March 23, 2001 Screens Feature by Stuart Wade

Paul

Two comic-book geeks (played by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost) encounter an alien (voiced by Seth Rogen) in Area 51.

"...and is now on the lam from black-suited federal agents. Like Superbad, Paul is a quest movie; where Superbad’s..."

March 25, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Walk on Water

A homophobic Israeli assassin insinuates himself into the life of a former SS officer's gay grandson in hopes of learning the Nazi's location in a well-intentioned but ultimately simplistic plea for tolerance all around.

"...you wonder what the Mossad is teaching its field agents these days. Apparently, they’re tops at employing toxic syringes..."

May 6, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mission: Impossible Two

"...a film that could easily have been retitled Young Agents in Love. It's rife with matchless stuntwork and derring-do..."

May 26, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'Chronicle' Mock NFL Draft

"...players at almost every position later in the draft, free agency, and even Canada. But, when a team gets..."

April 25, 2008 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Coach's Corner

"...one of the state's maximum security prisons, but he's free to move about. There are no walls. No guard..."

July 21, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...and thousands of bullets fired at you, as FBI agents did during the Branch Davidian siege, and never once..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Column

TV Eye: Front and Center

Eyeballing what NBC and Fox are serving up in the the fall

"...star in a U.S. version of the British series Free Agents, about a newly divorced man who finds it..."

May 20, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Tweeting With Adam Schefter

Sportswriter thrives in new media atmosphere with old-school style

"...will listen to the coaches, the general managers, the agents, and team representatives; and for good reason. The NFL..."

Feb. 22, 2010 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Coach's Corner

Dennis Miller on MNF? Who cares? In other news: The Spurs and Heat are the NBA's big winners in the free-agent sweepstakes, and the Cowboys -- despite what you may be reading elsewhere -- will continue to slide.

"...media feeding frenzy about nothing ... except buckets of free publicity for the network's ailing flagship sports product. Cynical?..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Out of Left Field

Tim Walker looks at this abysmal year in Texas baseball.

"...an even more vexing problem in the case of injury-free Jose Lima, a 21-game winner last year who put..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Sports Feature by Tim Walker

Coach's Corner

"...their fifth Super Bowl, Jay Novacek would be running free as the wind, Charles Haley's back would be strong..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

The Verde Report: What’s Next for Austin FC as the Page Turns to 2024

Rebuilding begins after disappointing season

"...just one offseason, and where should they start? Impending Free Agents..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Soccer Watch: 10 Steps Toward Major League Soccer for Austin FC

"...Dec. 13-16: MLS trade day, MLS Expansion Draft, MLS free agency window. This is actually No. 11; call it..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

SXSW Panel Explores the Rising Number of Journalists Killed on the Job

Free press under fire

"...Khashoggi, the Saudi Arabian journalist-in-exile assassinated by Saudi government agents at the country's Istanbul consulate on Oct. 2, 2018...."

March 8, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Texans Rookie Mini-Camp Report

Texans welcome their newest additions

"...Undrafted free agents and "tryout players" are also brought in during..."

May 11, 2013 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

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