Former Heartless Bastard Jesse Ebaugh Finds His Own Texas Touch

The Tender Things face hard truths on new LP

"...small rehearsal room at Space ATX off Menchaca Road, Jesse Ebaugh plugs in and turns his back to his..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

In Black and White

Jesse Jackson and Tom Wicker

"...Jesse: The Life and Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Books Feature

Deep Impact

"...the film seems leaden and moribund. Even Freeman's stilted, Jesse Jackson-esque speechifying (“life… will go on”) is comically trite,..."

May 8, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes

When Jack Jackson wasn't studying, researching, and presenting history in painstakingly drawn graphic novels, this wildly talented artist and scholar was making it himself

"...When you're talking about Jack Jackson, it all comes down to history. If this wildly..."

June 16, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Crackpot Crackdown

Joining a long East Texas tradition, Jackson County DA Bobby Bell has convicted 28 black people on drug charges via manufactured evidence and railroaded trials. One small-town exile, her family, and a few neighbors are finally fighting back.

"...the small Southeast Texas city of Edna, seat of Jackson Co. and just north of Port Lavaca, in 1954,..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Remembering Hazel Obey

Local civil rights leader, whose civic career spanned more than three decades, died Dec. 30

"...Falke-Obey "lived, died, and made a difference," the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., told hundreds of mourners gathered at the..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Hightower's Hoedown

Jim Hightower's Rolling Thunder Down-Home Democracy Tour kicks off in Austin.

"...activist Doris "Granny D-- Haddock, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. While speakers and musicians declaimed and performed..."

March 29, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Nationtime

Searing documentary from the 1972 National Black Political Convention finally restored

"...Baraka, and the conference’s undisputed breakout star, the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Indeed, the film’s title is the enthusiastic chorus..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Hightower Report

Bush goes on a spending binge; lawmakers demand Bush ask for war permission.

"...a favor and deserve our thanks: John Conyers Jr., Jesse Jackson Jr., Dennis Kucinich, Sheila Jackson Lee, Jim McDermott,..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes

Artist/Historian Jack Jackson

"...Jack Jackson, fiftysomething, wears glasses, has white hair and a white..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

The Brothers

"...Powell, Shemar Moore, Clifton Powell, Tatyana Ali, Nadege Auguste, Jesse Caldwell, Clifton Powell and Gabrielle Union. Hardwick's debut feature..."

March 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from around Austin and beyond.

"...The Rev. Jesse Jackson visited Austin Sept. 11-12 to attend the convention..."

Sept. 19, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

"...and impending ecological crisis. Sibling conflict arises when lead Jesse (Richter), an adolescent who has grown to love his..."

July 21, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Get on the Bus D.C. Report

If 100,000 march on the White House and nobody reports it, did it really happen?

"...heh … heh," they followed Cindy Sheehan, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Jim Hightower, Al Sharpton, and others, as well..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Diana Welch

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere.

"...18), featuring Democratic Party Chair Howard Dean and Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., as well as Texan columnists Jim Hightower..."

June 10, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Barbershop 2: Back in Business

The franchise is back in business, though this time the project has a more calculated feel.

"...responsibilities of a family man and small business owner. Jesse Jackson probably won’t have as much ammunition against this..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

"...Haddock and Hightower, media muckraker Michael Moore, U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream founder Ben..."

March 22, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Hightower Brings Thunder To Austin

Jim Hightower's Rolling Thunder Down-Home Democracy Tour promises to energize activists in a carnival atmosphere .

"...the Nation, is creating quite a stir), U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., campaign finance reform activist Granny D, and..."

March 15, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Say It Loud! A Celebration of Black Music in America

Box Sets

"...Wilson Pickett, Aretha, Marvin, Al Green, Temptations); gospel (Mahalia Jackson, the Soul Stirrers, Andrae Crouch); and rock (Fats Domino,..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Two of a Kind

Jesse Dayton & Brennen Leigh, Austin's new George and Tammy coupling, more or less

"...Brennen Leigh has a shotgun leveled at Jesse Dayton's head. Inside the rusting heap of a trailer,..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...harmony, a man with a vision. His name was Jesse Jackson. That man, his vision and his dreams, are..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Column

'Something Went Wrong'

Six months after he was killed by an Austin cop, Jessie Owens' family still wants some basic answers

"...out," she said, when she came across the Rev. Jesse Jackson's phone number. (Obey is the Texas chair of..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Coach's Corner

Ray Rhodes may not have been fired as the Green Bay Packers head coach because he's black, but he'd still have the job if he were white.

"...is the word has morphed into a political buzzword. Jesse Jackson has had a lot to do with that...."

Feb. 4, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Doesn't Like Obama

"...2) Because he pissed off that racial pride guy Jesse Jackson, and he is despairing since Jesse wants to..."

July 29, 2008 Postmarks

Reissues

"...Hill and hip-hop's suburban invasion) to Grandmaster Melle Mel's "Jesse" (the forgotten but essential plea for Jesse Jackson's '84..."

June 27, 1997 Music Review

GOP Leadership at Odds Over Response to Tragedy

Confusion, conflicting reports from Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in wake of Dallas shooting

"...Last week, Abbott was on a family vacation in Jackson Hole, Wyo., when he received second- and third-degree burns..."

July 15, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Gloomy Outlook

"...Interesting turn of events that Rod Blagojevich nearly gave Jesse Jackson Jr. Barack Obama's Senate seat. Jackson was one..."

Dec. 31, 2008 Postmarks

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...have joined the Ohio fight. They include the Rev. Jesse Jackson and his Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, who are filing an..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Column

The Election Contested

"...have joined the Ohio fight. They include the Rev. Jesse Jackson and his Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, who are filing an..."

Dec. 15, 2004 Postmarks

Gagging Graglia

Can We Talk?

"...by SOMEPHOTOGRAPHER / illustration by SOMEARTIST When the Rev. Jesse Jackson came to the University of Texas last semester,..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

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