Letters at 3AM: Behold The Maslin

The Maslin is not a person but, rather, a function of virtually every book-review staff in the Western world

"...Maslin attempts to enforce minimalism. William Shakespeare, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Henry Fielding, Henry Miller, they're all safely dead and can..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

Homer, the epic poet of ancient Greece, invented the cinematic close-up

"..."What did that fool say?!"..."

April 24, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters @ 3AM

The current economic crisis is real, probably systemic, and maybe dire

"...in Stable Growth." In April, our own Treasury secretary, Henry Paulson, "declared that all the signs he saw indicated..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

2004 ACL Fest Guide

Everything you need to know

"...Don't let the opening time slot fool you – Kacy Crowley deserves your attention. Last year's..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Music Feature

Confessions of a Cowboy

Working a cattle drive in Texas in the 1870s probably wasn't like what you imagine; ask Frank Harris -- he was there and he knows.

"...A Twist at the End: A Novel of O. Henry by Steven Saylor -- have been published by major..."

May 26, 2000 Books Feature by James C. Simmons

Making Lists

"...North Texas Press, $19.95 hard Well I'm just a fool for a list, whether it be an old baseball..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Mr. Easy Rider Takes a Wild Flyer

Peter Fonda Strikes the Father Lode in Ulee's Gold

"..."In most of his screen performances he's played the fool. I think you can respond to a tightfisted father..."

June 27, 1997 Screens Feature by Russell Smith

Book Reviews

"...jump-start a languishing dissertation while juggling her three-year-old son Henry and her handsome, accomplished, and perhaps unfaithful husband Peter,..."

May 2, 1997 Books Feature

Page Two: It's the Time of the Season for Absolute Moral Certainty

The "Anybody but Hillary" movement makes strange bedfellows of the progressive left and the hard right

"...enthusiastic though I'm sure that just makes me a fool...."

July 22, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Hidden Room Theatre Resurrects King Lear

The once-popular but now obscure revision of Shakespeare's play by Nahum Tate is revived, complete with happy ending

"...entirely from Tate's Lear are the character of the Fool and the massive body count with which Shakespeare's version..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Arts Feature by Stephanie Carll

Richard Jenkins Wields a Bone Tomahawk

Old Western horror with the Six Feet Under star

"...picked up an Emmy for his heartbreaking turn as Henry Kitteridge in Olive Kitteridge. After those intimate character pieces,..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Faces Behind the Beats

Thursday’s Flamingo Cantina Beat Battle puts mugs to the thuds

"...turning around at SXSW 2009 to track Curren$y’s Jet Fool classic “Star Power.” Then there’s Jay-Tigg, a rapper/producer from..."

April 30, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

I Sold the Lousy T-Shirt Off My Back and All I Got Was This iPad

What's Apple's touch tablet actually for?

"...anyone who decides to purchase it must be a fool. Video game enthusiasts fret that attention from a broader..."

April 30, 2010 Screens Post by Adam Theriault

Justin Townes Earle

Thursday

"...with skill and taste, such as "They Killed John Henry," an original folker easy to mistake for a traditional...."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Daniel Mee

Foot Foot

"...anxiety-fueled bursts of hold-and-release fuzz-pop. "I Have Been a Fool" has the faraway veneer of an obscure juke joint..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Music Review by Greg Beets

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Henry StopherKinky Is Not a Funny JokeDear Editor,..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Column

Lear Jaunt

Matthew Radford explains how a professional British actor wound up playing Lear in a Central Texas barn

"...will come in. You're sure not going to see Henry VI, Part II. But in the U.S., because people..."

July 28, 2006 Arts Feature by Clayton Maxwell

Conjunto

Gift guide

"...Don't let the stylishly somber cover fool you. Inside John Dyer's lithe book are vibrant, living..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Music Review by Belinda Acosta

Two With Ted Knight

'The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete Second Season' and 'Too Close for Comfort: The Complete Second Season'

"...Rhino, $39.95 Only a fool would sit through 545 second-season minutes of Too Close..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...May-August 2001: Alas, Poor Yorick (Fool's Guild Productions) P: Michael Dalmon; D/S: Johnny Stranger; with..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Fools, Fools, Fools, Fools, Fools!..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Henry V. Fitzgerald, Jr...."

Nov. 16, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...yes, the usual threadbare hippie-lib posturings by one damn fool named Belinda Acosta about terrorist America ["TV Eye," Sept...."

Sept. 28, 2001 Column

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"..."It was the holdout," says Henry Gonzalez, who first worked at the Armadillo and later..."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Postmarks

Words on the Jesus video, the Instrumental article, the Dance Festival, and other local points of contention.

"...do not have a lisp, and my associate Mr. Henry Carr is not a boy but a 46-year-old man...."

May 4, 2001 Column

What a Piece of Work Is Woman!

After four centuries of being berated, belittled, betrayed, bullied, battered, and butchered by the men in Shakespeare's plays, the women have had enough. They're ready to speak out, to give Will a piece of their minds. And in playwright Susan Kelso's Roses and Thistles, they do just that.

"...for Measure; Cressida, lover to Troilus; Margaret, queen to Henry VI; the innocent Perdita from The Winter's Tale; and..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips

The historic hotels of San Antonio.

"...the main lobby. A former San Antonio resident, O. Henry included the hotel in several of his short stories...."

Feb. 9, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Page Two

Welcome to the Austin That Was.

"...or Capitol City Playhouse, Stevie Ray Vaughan or John Henry Faulk. If you'd only been here when the Night..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Column by Robert Faires

The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the 1948 Election

"...one but two rival political camps. On one side, Henry Wallace's Progressives, featuring musical guests Woody Guthrie and Paul..."

May 12, 2000 Books Review by Bruce McCandless

The Loyal Lieutenants

Bush Applies Litmus Test of Allegiance in Choosing Inner Circle

"...investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, whose founding partner is Henry Kravis, a corporate raider who has been a major..."

March 17, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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