Politics

"...Doggett gets waxed by Rep. Phil Gramm in the Reagan-landslide race for John Tower's Senate seat. Gonzalo Barrientos takes..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Burka on Bush

How did Texas Monthly's Paul Burka, a Democrat, end up becoming one of George W. Bush's biggest fans in the press corps?

"...-- the straw poll, a foreign-policy address at the Reagan Library in California "which was also weird," and a..."

July 20, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Duke Still Had It

"...playing, as "The Paul Gonzalves Trio ... Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, and Johnny Walker." Then, literally propped up against..."

May 14, 1999 Column

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...I can't stomach the Stooges. I loathe Jerry Lewis. Jim Carrey makes me cringe. But Clouseau? Ah, mon couer!..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

Tied to the Tracks

"...As Capital Metro assistant director Jim Robertson, the key player in the authority's light rail..."

April 4, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Elders: Meet Guitarist and Defense Attorney Bobby Earl Smith

From professional musician to professional defender of musicians

"...of the San Angelo school board, where they took Jim Crow head-on by leading a unanimous vote to make..."

May 24, 2024 News Feature by Oscar Rodriguez

TribFest Recap: Liz Cheney Chooses To Go Out the Hard Way

Scion of power learns the limits of 21st century politics

"...chair of the National Endowment of the Humanities under Reagan - are masters of the dark arts precisely because..."

Sept. 25, 2022 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: We Knew This Was Trouble

Institutional Democrats fail their parenting tests at the dawn of the Dobbs era

"...grew up an hour outside Los Angeles in the Reagan era, so I don't know how this went in..."

July 1, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Gift Guide: Mojo Nixon

The Mojo Manifesto (Manifesto Records)

"...The following year's Frenzy lashes out more directly at Reagan's consumer-driven America. "Stuffin' Martha's Muffin," the raunchy hit on..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Beto O'Rourke and Ethan Hawke in Conversation

Two Texans discuss politics, fear, and the power of Willie Nelson to bring us back together

"...impressed. It felt a little like meeting a 2018 Jimmy Stewart. Tall, humble, sincere, and funny, he seems like..."

Aug. 17, 2018 News Feature by Ethan Hawke

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...Ormide Armstrong, the Boss Street Brass Band evolved from Reagan High School's famed Soul Raider Marching Band and Soul..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

UT Took Down Some Confederate Statues On Sunday Night

Lee, Johnston, Reagan out; Gov. Hogg getting moved

"...commemorating Robert E. Lee, Albert Sidney Johnston, John H. Reagan, and James Stephen Hogg, a state governor from 1891-1895..."

Aug. 21, 2017 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Cruz Trumps Iowa

Now the spotlight turns to Texas' problem

"...Christie, Rick "Google it" Santorum, and former Virginia governor Jim "is this thing on?" Gilmore) all polled so low..."

Feb. 2, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

ACL Fest 2015 Saturday Listings

Blurbs on the hour

"...project Misterwives as an Eighties cover band. While the Reagan era impacts synth-rock debut Our Own House, this band..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Music Feature

Ageist Slant in Story?

"...cover story titled "The Big Picture" [Music, Nov. 28], Jim Caligiuri takes a look at women in Austin music...."

Nov. 30, 2014 Postmarks

Friday SXSW 2014 Showcases

Make like a shrub and plant yourself for Friday night SXSW showcases

"...from Cave In and Converge. Collaboration, you say? Iron Reagan's goofy thrashcore flows from current and former members of..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Housecore Horror Music Schedule

Full line-ups, plus one-day music passes available now

"...Jörg Buttgereit (Nekromantik, Schramm), and American underground horror master Jim VanBebber (The Manson Family)...."

Aug. 12, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Civics 101

"...bond package to the AISD board of trustees. 6:30pm. Reagan High School, 7104 Berkman. www.austinisd.org...."

Jan. 25, 2013 News Column

As the Years Go Passing By

Inner Sanctum Records and the Armadillo – rock & roll, Austin-historical-style

"...first time, anyway). At this darkening dawn of the Reagan era, the bookstore closed for the day and I..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Recent 'Rockpalast' Avalanche

"...German host during a preshow segment from Frankfurt, 1978, Jim Steinman the Broadway wannabe and Meat Loaf the Texan...."

Aug. 6, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Nov. 5-12

"...on all fronts with dinner, live music, and dancing. Jim Hightower emcees. Dinner & schmoozefest, 6-9pm; hoedown, 9pm-12mid. Barr..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature

Naked City

"...that a far more compelling suspect is Stites' then-fiancé, Jimmy Fennell Jr., then a Giddings police officer, who they..."

March 21, 2008 News Feature

David Van Os on Single-Member Districts

Texas attorney on the history of the "gentlemen’s agreement"

"...court in Austin was now occupied by a new Reagan-appointed Republican judge, James Nowlin, who was not sympathetic to..."

Feb. 28, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Happenings

Nov. 1-7

"...culminating in a regional forum on Nov. 15. 6-8:30pm. Reagan High School, 7104 Berkman. www.e3alliance.org/events.html. FRIDAY 2..."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Feature

What's Happening?

Ruta Maya toasts the Summer of Love

"...different then, and the idea of revolution more tangible. Reagan had just become governor of California, LSD was declared..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...will take place in Room 120 of the State's Reagan Office Building. – Jordan Smith..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature

Immigration Legislation Update

Immigrant rights taking a hit in D.C.

"...amnesty good?" and to "showcase the success stories of Reagan's 1986 Amnesty act" by introducing people who gained their..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature by Diana Welch

Navasky & Barsamian

Former editor of The Nation discusses the role of the alternative press

"...called less liberal. And they say oh what about Jim Hightower, what about Molly Ivins? Well, what about them?..."

April 7, 2006 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

'He's Forked Himself'

Our Full conversation with Louis Dubose about 'The Hammer'

"...time they came around to being validated by the Reagan election, then his moment arrived...."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...is an art form ["Wop-Bop-a-Loo-Bop," Music, March 19]. Ronald Reagan thought that ketchup was a vegetable, but somehow he..."

March 26, 2004 Column

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