Texas Tests Limits of Death Penalty With Mentally Ill Man on Death Row

"[The] applicant is clearly 'crazy,' but he is also 'sane' under Texas law."

"...Thomas, 39 years old, is without a doubt one of the most mentally ill people ever sent..."

March 24, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

In an iLL Manner: How Jamal McKinney Sells Out Rap Shows at Antone’s

Inside the promoter’s euphoric, elegant vision for hip-hop booking

"...historic blues venue, he seems optimistic and game for anything. Yet one brief anecdote slips out during our conversation..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Time to Get Ill

Five songs to fire up Lone Star legislators

"...jeering crowds, egotistical stars, and take place under a dome. The key difference remains a soundtrack. Just as “We..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Gravely Ill Inmates Awaiting Trial in Hays County Jail See No Improvements

Is anyone here a doctor?

"..."I have a doctor in San Antonio who could tell me how much..."

Jan. 6, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Page Two: The U.S. Swings Like a Pendulum Do

The good news is, the Constitution is specifically designed to work amidst controversy and hatred

"...each other. In this version, to many, the defining document is the Constitution of the United States, which more..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Tower of Ill Dispute

When the city settled its boundary dispute with Lumbermen's Investment Corp., it didn't close the book -- it opened up a sequel.

"...of Town Lake, the truce between the city and landowners didn't exactly close the book on controversy. Rather, it..."

Sept. 28, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

An Interview with Kevin Shields

The sonic architect deals with the past

"...Kevin Shields: We were always intending to do something again. Colm [Ó Cíosóig] and Debbie [Googe] left..."

April 16, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

Sweet Film Fight

"...pup to be contentious, I never know what to do with myself when you and I aren’t fighting online...."

Oct. 13, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

'When I Was Your Age'

The full text to the Obama back-to-school speech

"...they feel ill, that is. You know, so they don't infect everyone else. That's part of his Back to..."

Sept. 7, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

So What's Funny?

"...The anecdote is well-known in the theatre, especially among those who..."

March 5, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Loss of Sexual Innocence

"...Julian Sands, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Saffron Burrows, Stefano Dionisi, Kelly MacDonald, Hanne Klintoe, Femi Ogumbanjo and Johanna Torell. I've just..."

July 16, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Two Lives Lost

Danielle Martin and Jackson Ngai shared a close friendship, a passionate love for music, and mental illness. They cared for each other as best they could. And then he killed her.

"...stand trial. Just five months later, in late October, doctors at the North Texas State Hospital found that new..."

Nov. 12, 2004 News Feature by Emily Pyle

The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King

The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.

"...back of the head") and police bias ("They wouldn't do that to a white lady on the west side")..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

The Dark Knight

The visuals soar and Heath Ledger's Joker is magnificent, although this Batman movie is grim and chilly, as if made for our age of anxiety.

"...But sacrifices must be made, because that's what heroes do. Or so goes the nihilistic logic behind The Dark..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mental Health Care Meltdown

The mental health care system for Austin and Travis County is increasingly overwhelmed, with no relief in sight.

"...necessarily a problem with [officer] training. You can always do more or improved training -- but there have to..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...eyewitnesses in Spanish, as well. Altogether, I estimate (I don't have my notes here at home) we interviewed close..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Column

State of the City Address

As delivered by Mayor Lee Leffingwell today

"...find yourself overcome with emotion during my speech, please, don’t be embarrassed to weep openly...."

Feb. 2, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Things Not To Fear: 1) The Reaper, 2) The World Horror Convention in Austin

An Interview with Convention co-chairs Nate Southard and Lee Thomas

"...cities vying for … ? Lee Thomas: That we don’t know. It’s sort of a blind bid system. You..."

April 27, 2011 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Invocation of the Duke

daKAH Hip Hop Orchestra's chamber music

"...inherent similarities between jazz and hip-hop than anyone had done prior. Q-Tip followed a year later, with A Tribe..."

May 27, 2009 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...will tax our children's children for generations to come. Do you mean Strayhorn is the only politician who lobbies..."

May 6, 2005 Column

Chicken Run

Absolutely delightful filmmaking, chock-full of gorgeously goofy animation and a storyline that cleverly echoes everything from Stalag 17 to Cool Hand Luke. – Marc Savlov

"...front of me as I write this, so, yes, I'll bet you do.) Park had already nailed three Academy..."

June 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Sick Jock Guide

Marion Winik has discovered yet another addiction, but this time, she probably won't quit. The Sick Jock Guide outlines her 10-step plan to late-life fitness.

"...decades of life with no idea that I was anything but an overweight, nearsighted, accident-prone, orally fixated spaz with..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Features Feature by Marion Winik

One Missed Call

This American horror remake of Takashi Miike's eponymous Japanese original is a dud.

"...asphyxiated on soggy tendrils of lank, black hair and kabuki-doomy, fright-faced shock cuts. For every solid attempt to translate..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Band on the Run

ACL's battle of the bands, the Sound and the Jury, represents another new paradigm of indie music exposure in the post-label era of the music industry

"...appearances at Sasquatch and Lollapalooza, with the Vegoose and Voodoo festivals still to come...."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Page Two

The vision of a healthy, dynamic, impressively powerful country having a tortured, ongoing internal dialogue about its actions serves to inspire rather than discourage dreams

"...the young entails being confronted by a language you don't begin to understand. Which doesn't mean it is not..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Get Schooled at Buck U With 'Mr. Angel'

Buck Angel talks about life and love, porn and plans

"...give a lecture perhaps we should start there. The documentary leaves off as you begin to become a presence..."

March 8, 2013 SXSW Post by Andy Campbell

Gaming Luminary Writes DuckTales Comic

And no one thinks this is weird?

"...in the video-game industry you take the time to do an email interview...."

June 30, 2011 Books Post by James Renovitch

Bedside Manner: Ten Commandments

A self-described brat ponders his sleep situation

"...know I need to sleep, probably more than I do even, but it seems like such a waste when..."

May 24, 2011 Books Post by Doug Freeman

Smart People

Smart people, dumb choices: It's true for both the characters and the filmmakers in this acerbic comedy that stars Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, and Ellen Page.

"...tire of Bleak House," says Lawrence Wetherhold (Quaid), a widowed professor of Victorian literature at Carnegie Mellon University, who..."

April 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tasting Defeat

"...photograph by Todd V. Wolfson Don't go looking for a long stage rap from Beaver..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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