Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Handicapping SXSW 09 Wednesday night showcasers

"...onstage with the likes of the Allman Brothers. – Jim Caligiuri St. Vincent..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Fun Fun Fun Fest Saturday Picks

Blurbing Fun Fun Fun Fest one act at a time

"...while South San Gabriel shows a smoother side. – Jim Caligiuri Bishop Allen..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Music Feature

The Making of an Endorsement

"...OFFICE SUPPLY, BOLDIN INSURANCE AGENCY, BOOKPEOPLE, BOULDIN CREEK COFFEEHOUSE, BRAND AUSTIN, BRAVE NEW BOOKS, BRENDA LADD PHOTOGRAPHY, BY GEORGE,..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...• On May 20, former Georgetown Police Sgt. Jimmy Fen­nell Jr. pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping..."

May 23, 2008 News Feature

News/Print

UT nets the papers of Liz Smith and Jim Crace, BookWoman's back in business, an O.Henry twofer, book-cart drill-team madness, and what's this about a new Books blog?

"...it had acquired the archive of award-winning British author Jim Crace (Being Dead, Quarantine). Crace recently passed a month..."

May 9, 2008 Books Column by Kimberley Jones

When There's Nothing Left to Burn ...

Cinematexas throws itself a Viking Funeral

"...European space-colonization mission written and directed by former Cinematexan Jim Finn...."

Nov. 30, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Stranger Than Paradise

When it was first released in 1984, Jim Jarmusch's tale of three lost souls going nowhere was a revelation – a dry-as-the-desert revelation in black and white, or rather gray and lighter gray

"...When it was first released in 1984, Jim Jarmusch's tale of three lost souls going nowhere was..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Screens Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...from lieutenant to deputy in retaliation for supporting predecessor Jim Wilson [no relation] in the 2004 primary and for..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...and assembly, according to Texas Civil Rights Project director Jim Harrington, who is representing the 51 plaintiffs. "These unjustified..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature

Is the Hammer Nailed?

Yet another indictment of DeLay, this time for money laundering. Will it reverberate for other politicos?

"...jury indictments in a three-year-old political money probe, a brand-new grand jury convened Monday and, within hours of its..."

Oct. 7, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Health science complex could be part of master-planned community

"...First came the announcement of the brand new Dell Children's Hospital, a major coup for Mueller,..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Sixth Street Blues

Downtown stakeholders raise questions about policing ... the police

"...process, Marquez also shocked several other officers with his Taser-brand stun gun.) As in the higher-profile cases, Brooks' account..."

March 18, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

My Obsession

Joe Nick Patoski leaves this terrestrial plane -- radio plane, that is.

"...being too intimate with the tics of Brad Messer, Jim Bohannan, Carl Wiglesworth, Jim Rome, Tony Bruno, and La..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Who Can Vouch for the Charters?

The state's freewheeling experiment with charter schools gets a poor grade.

"...(i.e., schoolchildren) to change schools than to change, say, brands of cereal. When a cereal company fails, you may..."

April 4, 2003 News Feature by Michael May

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Okkervil River lurks in that corner, playing a stirring brand of folkish stuff that would border on mopey if..."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature

Page Two

When they label war protesters' speech as traitorous, right-wing war supporters reveal themselves as truly anti-American.

"...Director and star Peter Fonda offers a brand-new print of The Hired Hand, his 1971 classic Western...."

Feb. 28, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Will Seton Touch Down at Mueller?

The old airport may become home to a new Children's Hospital.

"...These differing views will set the stage for a brand-new round of talks in the ongoing custody battle over..."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Atonement, Etc. -- Top 10-plus, Special 2002 bonus edition

Books for which we confess our true feelings, reconsider our disdain, or finally find room: top 10-plus, 2002 edition …

"...writing and vitriolic wit, not to menton his curious brand of animal kindness, he discernibly warrants no pursuit. "'No..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Books Feature

A Shared Vision

MM Pack reports on the combination of generosity and hard work that built the Institute of Hospitality & Culinary Arts at Travis High School.

"...During the last week in October, the brand-new Institute of Hospitality & Culinary Arts at Travis High..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Food Feature by MM Pack

Road Rage

The Barton Springs Road project has encountered more than few speed bumps

"...neighborhood wishes by including sidewalks, bike lanes, and landscaping. Jim Nix, a local architect who voluntarily drew up the..."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Hightower Lowdown

The Pentagon lies to us … and unashamedly admits it; Global Crossing investors and employees get Enronized; New York City whores its parks to the highest bidder.

"...a toe into the Big Muddy of corporatization, letting brand-name corporations plaster their commercial logos on our tax paid,..."

March 1, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks

Readers sound off on a variety of touchy subjects: politicos, abandoned kittens, even the brachiation of apes.

"...I offer the following in response to Jim Harrington's letter to the editor of June 8, 2001..."

June 15, 2001 Column

The Hightower Lowdown

Killing workplace safety rules, Paul O'Neill's Alcoa conflict, and Poppy's international hustle

"...former president George Bush and former secretary of state Jim Baker, as well as a former prime minister of..."

March 23, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

Dell Computer moves to drinking water protection zone, sister neighborhoods program to launch May 20, Bruce Mills becomes Chief of Austin Bergstrom International Airport, Tom Ridge.

"...who is co-organizing the workshop with Cathy Echols and Jim Walker. "We need to stop saying why we're angry..."

May 12, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Top 10 1999/National

"...9. Jim Lauderdale & Ralph Stanley, I Feel Like Singing Today..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature

Postmarks

How the WTO touches our readers' lives; and other hot-button issues like film reviews, bikes, and Kevin Fullerton.

"...direct your attention (as well as Ms. Bishop's and Jim Hightower's) to a recent Wall Street Journal (10-29-99) front-page..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Column

Against the Grain

A profile of Bad Livers bassist Mark Rubin

"...enough to produce Polish fiddlers, film scores, and Santiago Jiménez Jr. Not surprisingly, the roots of Rubin's approach reach..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Hill Country Grape Harvest

"...optimistic about their respective harvests. Becker Vineyards general manager Jim Brown reported a "better-than-expected" quantity of the temperamental viogner..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Food Feature

Lipstick Traces

Pretenders

"...couple of ex-Go-Go's (Caffey and Wiedlin), sitting between a brand-new bachelor and Miss Belle de Jour: "I'm smiling, thinking..."

July 16, 1999 Music Review

Live Shots

The Barkers

"...Robert Johnson, White sang songs from Loretta Lynn and Jim Lauderdale that proved her roots are firmly country. --Jim..."

June 4, 1999 Music Feature

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