TV Eye

Belinda Acosta frees her inner dork, with big ups for The Lone Gunmen and BattleBots, among others. Also, a partial Oscar ballot.

"...me. I'm still not used to the idea that people actually read the column. (I maintain this fantasy that..."

March 23, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Spotlight: Soft Boys

Austin Music Hall, 10pm

"...last real rock 'cult' band." In other words, few people listened and even fewer got it...."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

The Commissioner Has Left the Building

Johnny Torrez was one of the first Austin comics to work on a professional level, and every local comic who ever made a living in the business credits the self-proclaimed "Commissioner of Comedy" as an early influence and inspiration. On Valentine's Day, the Commissioner died. Here's how he is remembered.

"...young comic John Duke, "If you're having fun, the people will have fun." While other comics of the time..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Talk Stories

"...and Eighties when she would go around and tell people she was a writer. She wrote them when she..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Books Review by Robin Bradford

Barenaked in America

"...moment to be sure.) Some man-on-the-street interviews prove particularly funny, considering most of the people approached either have never..."

Oct. 19, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

He's Coming Back

Who gets punished when George W. Bush comes home to Austin after losing the election.

"...or wife is in the audience." It wasn't rip-roaringly funny, but it was at least amusing, and when the..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Get Crazy

"...to teens and rock music is corny, absurd, and funny. At the same time, it is a fairly honest..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Screens Review by Mike Emery

TV Eye

For working-class people who didn't get a college education handed to them, CBS' That's Life rings true. Also, reports on the loss of UPN in Austin, the upcoming Larry David series, and Buffy & Angel season premieres.

"...financial support were never in short supply. But for people from working-class backgrounds, particularly those who were the first..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Letters at 3AM

Follow the yellow brick road to Wounded Knee in this account of L. Frank Baum's effort to tame the untamable.

"...Orphaned among such people, in such a place, this child is truly alone...."

July 21, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

By the Hand of the Father

Previewing Alejandro Escovedo's new autobiographical play, By the Hand of the Father.

"...Reed's claimabout the record Escovedo's mom broke ("not many people bought it, but everybody who did started a band"),..."

June 16, 2000 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

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