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First, the good news ...

"...McLarty from Iowa as deputy and Nancy Doorey from Delaware as "facilitator" for a meeting with the school board..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Column

Music of the Spheres

Sinatra in the Sahara

"...sea. Impressive to say the least, but enough to warrant its equally huge cost of nearly $1 billion? This..."

July 9, 1999 Music Feature by David Lynch

Junior High Spy

"...of Austin filmmaker Marcus van Bavel, whose many-years-in-the-making, Cold War, CinemaScope comedy Redboy 13 is opening this Friday at..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Media Clips

"...8. "Colin Powell plans to win the war here at home the same way he trained soldiers..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Column

Not Monopoly

"...year old retired Army combat officer of the Persian Gulf War. For 22 years of my life, I wrote..."

Sept. 30, 2021 Postmarks

Austin Filmmakers Announced for Sundance

Several local filmmakers chosen to compete at Sundance 2017

"...Austin this weekend) that are sure to be big award contenders come the end of the year. Also, it’s..."

Dec. 1, 2016 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hot August Nights: Hot/Cold

"...makes this 1991 indictment of the first Bush administration's Gulf War fantasia sound like a dissertation no sloganeering anthem..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Sondheim: Side by Side – by Side

Austin gets a triple scoop from the musical master: 'Company,' 'Merrily We Roll Along,' and 'Assassins'

"..."Isn't it warm, / Isn't it rosy, / Side by side by..."

April 4, 2014 Arts Feature by Russell M. Dembin

Planned Parenthood Announces Imminent Closure of East Texas Abortion Clinic

Cites onerous restrictions of HB 2

"...Planned Parenthood of the Gulf Coast today announced that it would close three clinics..."

July 18, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

DNC Roundup

Follow along with Jen Sorensen as she reports from Charlotte, N.C.

"...dreckfest in Tampa, Fla. I want to see Elizabeth Warren smack down Chris Christie six ways from Piscataway. As..."

Sept. 7, 2012 News Feature by Monica Riese

Live From the DNC

From the streets to the nosebleed seats

"...into the middle it. The protesters wanted to march toward the convention, and as I arrived, the police allowed..."

Sept. 5, 2012 News Post by Jen Sorensen

Cain: 6,324 ... Perry: 2,494

Rick Perry's campaign fell hard and fast in 2012

"...Third: What's a Texas Republican presidential hopeful without a Gulf War? At the Jan. 7 ABC debate, Perry announced..."

Jan. 27, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Right Snuff

Savage survivor and Sex Pistols witness Artly Snuff isn't just another face in Austin's eccentric crowd

"...of each other. While everyone else was analyzing the Gulf War, he made up anagrams for Saddam Hussein. You..."

July 8, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Long, Last, Happy: New and Collected Stories

This posthumous collection showcases Barry Hannah's wit, his humor, and an ear finely tuned to the myriad dialects of the South

"...the book, all new, tell an interconnected tale of Gulf War veterans and church-burning. Linked tales of pyromania in..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Books Review by Katherine Smith

Survivalism Never Looked So Relevant

"...Constitution; 3) quoting the Founding Fathers; 4) being Vietnam, Gulf War, Iran, and Afghanistan veterans; 5) owning firearms; 6)..."

July 29, 2010 Postmarks

Carnage, Wrath, and Righteous Waves

What's the story with Doug Dorst's The Surf Guru?

"...hat connoisseur: "he dons the biretta, the hat of wariness and watchfulness"). There's not another story like it in..."

July 16, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...When Bill Hicks was really on – which, toward the end of his far-too-brief 32 years, was nearly..."

March 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Rant, Revisited

A new doc explores the life and times of underground comic Bill Hicks

"...at the nation that gave the world the First Gulf War and Carrot Top, he was the best evidence..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

McMoldy High School?

For one McCallum High student, every day is a sick day

"...problems for teachers and students, and routing district dollars toward costly remediation efforts. The problem has not spared AISD...."

July 10, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

The Next Fun Fearless Female Rock Star

Austin's now generation comes of age in Suzanna Choffel

"...bright orange, a bold, sensual color guaranteed to elicit warm responses when she says, "I'm from Texas."..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Texas Gets Spirited Away

Taste-testing Texas liquors against the world

"...the world in the machine-tool business. When the first Gulf War hit, no one was buying the huge toolmakers..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Vance Joins Porky in Wackyland: Bogus Economic Analysis Offered With Authority

"...Mr. Cuddy's other statements concerning Ronald Reagan's policies, the Gulf War economy and minimum-wage boosting consumption, he is simply..."

June 18, 2007 Postmarks

Making It Happen

The 2007 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...most, as so much of art is about moving forward, about pushing into new realms of creative expression and..."

June 1, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

For Fans of Government Oversight

The U.S. government is pushing for investigations into corrupt arms deals. Yes, you read that right.

"...an $80 billion deal above trying to pressure the gulf state over its terrible human-rights record. The deal in..."

April 30, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Smokin' the "Colombians"

"...been ground zero for a raging Mexican drug cartel war, have been trying to clear the mountainsides of the..."

Dec. 22, 2006 News Post by Jordan Smith

Page Two: Lest We Forget

Lest We Forget: Reveling in the communal greatness that is Austin, without getting too specific

"...Onward Through the Fog: Sometime in the mid-Seventies, I ended..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Column by Louis Black

In Print

On Thursday, Feb. 24, the Alamo Drafthouse Village will host the third Bill Hicks Night, in part to celebrate the release of this collection

"...prescient were his rants against Bush Sr. during the Gulf War: "Boy, Bush turned out to be a real..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Screens Feature by Audra Schroeder

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Ted Kennedy, Emmylou Harris, gas, and UFOs

"...$1.60. Back in 1991, the year of the first Gulf War, the average price there was $1.07. In April..."

June 11, 2004 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

BYOV

(Bring Your Own Venue)

"...Latifah Taormina directs this monologue which considers the first Gulf War from an Iraqi's point of view. Thu.-Sun., Jan...."

Jan. 9, 2004 Arts Feature

Short Cuts

Credit where credit is due: Bill Broyles takes on Brian Grazer in The New Yorker.

"...13, and specifically references a quote from longtime Ron Howard producer Brian Grazer, who curiously notes that Broyles and..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

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