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June 1, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese
News Ticker: May 20
All the news that's fit to blog
"...blighting everything sacred and pure. We hate it when Garfield's right...."
May 20, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson
DVD Watch: 'Dinotasia'
'Aguirre, the Wrath of God' meets 'Jurassic Park'
"...in an Avengers flick. Your choice. That said, Andrew Garfield is a much better Spidey than Tobey Maguire ever..."
Nov. 6, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Football Prophecies: NFL Week 9
Redskins mascot woes, chai fives in Seattle, and more
"...and driving, firearms and sass, and the cohabitation of Garfield with Jon Arbuckle...."
Nov. 2, 2012 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell
Wolf At My Door, Sharpening His Teeth
Crime fiction bleeding into the literary fiction now
"...(You might be familiar with David Peace's Red Riding..."
June 4, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Lyle Lovett
"...and genuinely. It begins with a traditional instrumental, hoedown "Garfield's Blackberry Blossom," and closes with a Martin Luther hymn,..."
April 6, 2012 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri
Letters at 3AM: In a Lonely Place
Film noir is a cinema of failure
"...scripted by Clifford Odets, Joan Crawford accurately insults John Garfield. He smiles: "Evidently, you don't think so much of..."
June 3, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura
Off the Record
Music News
"...Russell succumbed to liver cancer at his home in Garfield on Sunday. He was 62. An Austin native born..."
April 8, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell
Of Thee She Sings
A conversation with Sarah Vowell, America's patriot laureate
"...jokes. "It's not like people are clamoring for President Garfield and the Massachusetts Bay Colonists."..."
Feb. 26, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The real Parnassus of this story is director Terry Gilliam, who salvaged his movie despite the sudden death of his star, Heath Ledger, midway through shooting.
"...Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, Lily Cole, Andrew Garfield, Verne Troyer, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law...."
Jan. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Day Trips
Bob 'Daddy-O' Wade's sculptures made of junkyard parts or shiny urethane can be found in the most unusual places
"...Del Rio: Giant Sixshooter, Humphreys Gun Shop, 124 E. Garfield Ave. Wade was in town to give a lecture..."
Nov. 6, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
The Outsiders' Insider Guide to the Modern Jewish Experience
Ben Greenman at the 2009 Austin Jewish Book Fair
"...one-night stand she had with a man who collected Garfield stuffed animals, and dozens of other tales of woe,..."
Oct. 30, 2009 Books Feature by Josh Rosenblatt
The World Is Flat
How King of the Hill helped make Texas three-dimensional again
"...in its later years was "trying to get ridiculous Garfield smiles off Bobby's face."..."
Sept. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner
Quintessence
Quincy Jones has lived a career that would make his hero, Duke Ellington, proud
"...I just went to Seattle to my high school, Garfield, where Jimi Hendrix went, and Bruce Lee. I think..."
March 20, 2009 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger
Risk Immersion
Time again to sink deeply into FronteraFest's exhilarating experiments in performance
"..."A Brilliant Revolution" by Francisco Rodriguez, Amanda Garfield, and Fred Jones. KOUP Radio is on the air:..."
Jan. 16, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Event Menu
Sept. 5-10
"...• The Water-Hole Saloon (5244 Hwy. 71 E., in Garfield, 512/247-5119, www.waterholesaloon.com) hosts the Outlaws and Ladies BBQ and..."
Sept. 5, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood
So Hard to Say Goodbye: Unnecessary Sequels 2
previewing the Alamo's Unnecessary Sequels 2
"...looking at you, Lost Boys: The Tribe. And you, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties. And definitely you, Weekend..."
Aug. 22, 2008 Screens Post by Ashley Moreno
Letters @ 3AM
Globalization isn't only something that's happening to our economy: Globalization is happening to us – to our bodies, our families, and our psyches
"...like Jacob Julius Garfinkle, whose screen name was John Garfield. It was okay for ballplayers and boxers to have..."
April 25, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura
Lions for Lambs
Robert Redford's Lions for Lambs, in which he co-stars with Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise, is a piece of nervy political theatre that argues against individual complacency in wartime.
"...Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Derek Luke, Andrew Garfield, Michael Peña and Peter Berg. "Wake up, America!" That’s..."
Nov. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Recycling for Biodiesel Down on the Farm
What happened when Kim Alexander met Luis Centeno
"...and their eight children live on 300 acres near Garfield. Fans of Alexander Family Farm Eggs line up at..."
May 25, 2007 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood
The Saints of St. Paul, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving 'Fun Is Good'
"...Murray's (Golden Globe-winning actor of such classic flicks as Garfield and Ghostbusters II) fingerprints are all over this franchise...."
May 21, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun
Letters @ 3AM
Every contributor to a newspaper – not least, the letter-writers and ad designers – creates an artifact precious to history
"...of Gasoline Indicated. "Washington, Sept. 11 – Fuel Administrator Garfield informed the Senate today ... that, unless conservation steps..."
Sept. 1, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...However, as Bush only reads Highlights Magazine and Garfield comics, he most likely won't see that article. And..."
Aug. 25, 2006 Column
Bush Administration Incompetent
"...to. However, as Bush only reads Highlights Magazine and Garfield comics, he most likely won't see that article. And..."
Aug. 21, 2006 Postmarks
Who Is Mandy?
The author hopes that history – so cruel to African-American women in the kitchen – can help breathe real life into a 19th-century portrait
"...Jr., who still lives on the family homestead in Garfield and is John Caldwell's great-great-grandnephew, softened the news that..."
Feb. 24, 2006 Food Feature by Toni Tipton-Martin
Fiery Furnaces
Record review
"...of "Slavin' Away" and the piano on opener "The Garfield El," it's tedious where there should be tension. To..."
Nov. 18, 2005 Music Review by Audra Schroeder
Ashcroft's Porn Wars Come to Texas
Adult-video magnate's bust part of DOJ anti-obscenity effort
"...in North Austin, Adult News on Texas 71 in Garfield, and the Adult Video store near the Dell Computer..."
Oct. 1, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...Oasis Adult Video and the Adult Video locations in Garfield and Round Rock – and their contents, including a..."
Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
French Twist
Sylvain Chomet's 'The Triplets of Belleville' takes animation in a profoundly odd direction
"...likely to annoy and perplex George W. Bush and Garfield fans alike...."
Feb. 13, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
"...James A. Garfield assassin Charles Guiteau purportedly bought the biggest revolver he..."
