Bad Law, Bad Lawyer: Davis Wings Abbott

Dem sinks in barb over Republican's defense of slashing school finance

"...Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, and Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott. The AG thought they would be arguing about..."

Dec. 5, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Monahans

"...threatening on the dark horizon as becalmed by frontman Greg Vanderpool's meditative vocals that finally burst into the racing..."

April 5, 2013 Music Review by Doug Freeman

'The NFL Beat': Week Two

Back to the grind

"...Raiders (0-1) at Dolphins (0-1) A few obvious lessons learned in week one were that the Raiders still..."

Sept. 15, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Haunting the Chapel

Q&A with Dave Lombardo of FFFF headliners Slayer

"...it’s the help of the producer we worked with [Greg Fidelman] that brought out the best in this band...."

Nov. 2, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Just Say No!

Rick Perry's approach to sex education has helped Texas boost its teen pregnancy rate

"...similar deal was canceled. This time, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's office was preparing an application when at the..."

Oct. 28, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...Competition D: Janet Grillo; with Beth Broderick, Ashley Rickards, Greg Germann..."

March 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

"...deliver justice is with a shotgun. Cast: Rutger Hauer, Gregory Smith, Molly Dunsworth, Brian Downey, Nick Bateman Insidious Director:..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Yates Lions Dare to Dream Big

Houston high school wins respect in 2010 UIL Championship series

"...work in Houston. Other high schools could take a lesson from the industry and tight-knit community shown by these..."

March 12, 2010 Sports Post by Anne Harris

Slanted & Enchanted

Matador Records magnate Gerard Cosloy turns the 'live music capital' into a Casual Victim Pile

"..."Homestead was a lesson that a lot of great things can happen whenever..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

ACL Day 3: Rodeo Day

Next Up susses out the last day of ACL Fest 2009

"...donning their colorful retro garb. “Hello Austin, here’s a lesson in ancient history," front man Fred Schneider lectured the..."

Oct. 5, 2009 Music Post by Aaron Miller

U.S. Geography

Whatever makes our states most mythic is going fast. Ain't that America?

"...of our greenscape." And that, perhaps, is the biggest lesson to be learned from this admirable, illuminating book: You..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Off the Record

Ben Kweller saddles up in Austin, Willie Nelson and company share one last night in the Backyard, and Bavu Blakes and others gear up for election night

"...Andrew Jackson's Manifest Destiny. "It's not just a history lesson," says the Monahans' Greg Vanderpool, whose follow-up to last..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Porgy and Bess

Zach's ambitious new staging of the Gershwin opera says a lot about those things that matter more than money

"...of George Gershwin's original 3½-hour opera and, with arranger Greg Bolin, scaled the orchestra down to just nine musicians...."

Feb. 1, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Windsor for the Derby

Record review

"...consumed by merit alone. Dan Matz, Jason McNeeley, and Greg Anderson's mid-Nineties Windsor for the Derby was worlds apart..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Be Real

Sound Team's major label debut has Capitol

"...the tiniest tweak of a knob served an aural lesson...."

June 9, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...to adjourn, and the new school? It took the lessons of the past to heart in ways Hollywood never..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Yes Deserves to Be in Rock Hall of Fame

"...deep-thinking, dutiful A student that never missed a piano lesson. They all belong to the same dysfunctional family. Sure,..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Postmarks

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...option in the Democrats' political arsenal. Let's hope the lesson isn't lost on the party's national "leadership."..."

May 23, 2003 Column

The Presidents

In The Presidents, Rich Little mimics every president from JFK to the present occupant of the Oval Office, and in his visit to the Paramount Theatre the impressionist nailed them all with his utter ease of delivery and master craftsmanship.

"...The play itself reads like a 40-year history lesson -- the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Civil Rights Act,..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

On Paper

So New Media: something old, something new, something borrowed, something to do

"...delayed to some extent. ... I learned an important lesson, which is that book publishing is dominated by large..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Is Anybody Laughing?

In the midst of economic hard times and a wave of terrorist attacks, the comedy business wonders what's funny.

"...comedy anyway. That seems at least part of the lesson to be found in the collapse of the Bad..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Food for Thought

Ken Rubin, Culinary Scholar

"...was growing up in New Jersey, his oldest brother Greg, who was in the sixth grade, decided that he..."

April 27, 2001 Food Feature by Clay Smith

Fool For Love/Cowboy Mouth: Nighttime Hollering and Thumps

Local Arts Reviews

"...father, Steve Zinkgraf nails the stoic cowboy swagger, and Greg Gondek is endearingly naïve as Martin, May's hapless would-be..."

June 23, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I wanna send out a 150-decibel "Hell, yeah!" to Greg Beets and Kevin Fullerton for their ["Live Shots," Feb.25]..."

March 3, 2000 Column

More Oar reviewed

"...and early dean of Austin's music scene, Bentley's latest lesson on forgotten genius focuses on an artist whose story..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Reissues

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

"...its original, more delinquent, context. This is a timely lesson in an era where both sides of the culture..."

June 25, 1999 Music Feature

What Is This?

"...released between 1982 and 1989 on Black Flag axeman Greg Ginn's influential indie label SST -- it may be..."

April 9, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Live Shots

"...It almost made you forget it was Monday. -- Greg Beets..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Music Feature

Record Reviews

"...wages of sin are death, says the Bible, a lesson grandson of Nazarene preacher man David Eugene Edwards espoused..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Music Review

Live Shots

"...Robin Zander in particular delivered a spirited and dynamic lesson in rock vocals that many of today's groups could..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Music Feature

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