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Our readers talk back.

"...of the city's engineering reports, you might note on page 3 of the October, 1999, report that concrete surfaces..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Column

The White Stripes

Record Review

"...scuzz and skronk, choosing instead open-ended riffs à la Jimmy Page -- he even howls like Robert Plant once..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

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The Clark-Madison brouhaha continues amidst tributes to Mambo John and more.

"...when we all know it was a 'helicopter' accident." Page 298 and page 20 of this book both say..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Column

Dancing About Architecture

Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital...

"...Bond on Mondays and Travis County Ramblers on Tuesdays. Jimmy Bradshaw and Charlie Ribble should also be starting something..."

July 27, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Judas Priest

"...a grinding metallic cry that suggested Led Zeppelin if Jimmy Page really had assumed the spirit of Aleister Crowley..."

July 13, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Devil Went Down to Austin

"...worse behavior (drinking, drugging, and unfortunate allegiance to the Jimmy Buffett devotees known as Parrotheads). Tres and Maia (have..."

July 6, 2001 Books Review by Mike Shea

Uncle Blubbafink

Keith Graves, the author of seriously ridiculous stories like Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance, is garnering Hollywood’s attention, but did he ever want it?

"...Who Wanted to Dance. Opens it to the first page, where Frank, in his purple bathrobe and mouse slippers,..."

June 8, 2001 Books Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Dancing About Architecture

Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital...

"...under" its surface, and his picture appears on the page with the chart in the current issue). He's already..."

April 13, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Page Two

Robert Rodriguez, Chris Ware, Ben Sargent -- what do these men have in common? They all worked as cartoonists for The Daily Texan.

"...film at the box office. On Wednesday, the first page of The New York Times Arts section featured a..."

April 6, 2001 Column by Louis Black

Guys Like Me

Was America Really Made for Dick Price?

"..."It's not like the bad Jimmy Cagney movie where the guy runs in and says,..."

April 6, 2001 Music Feature by Clay Smith

The Morells, Waterloo Brewing Co., Thursday, March 15

Live Shots: South by Southwest 2001

"...the Seventies revival bands, reaching for the hem of Jimmy Page's garment, while the audience hollers, "Turn up the..."

March 23, 2001 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

00100, Emo's Jr., Saturday, March 17

Live Shots: South by Southwest 2001

"...something hopelessly ethereal, the lead guitarist would unleash a Jimmy Page-style riff followed by a punkish melody and bring..."

March 23, 2001 Music Review by Michael Bertin

Dancing About Architecture

SXSW ends. Thank the Lord …

"...The illustration on this page comes from a Jack T. Chick religious cartoon booklet,..."

March 23, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Holmes Brothers, Antone's, Wednesday, March 15, Bobby Rush, Antone's, Thursday, March 16, Ike Turner Revue, Antone's, Friday March 17

Live Shots: South by Southwest 2001

"...Sherman Holmes' grimacing face was splashed across the front page of the local daily. Only time will tell whether..."

March 23, 2001 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...lauded Mass Romantic album featured Neko Case on vocals. Jimmy Swaggart, by writing the anti-rock screed Music: The New..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Atombombpocketknife: This Chicago-based trio seems to have borrowed a page from My Bloody Valentine's book of tricks -- well,..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Bad Blood

Did the Austin Police Department Shut Down an Investigation of Its Own Cops?

"...Mala Sangre investigator. The allegations are summarized in a 10-page document (the Mala Sangre "Summary of Allegations") prepared in..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Better Than Nothing

Documentarian Ken Burns' takes on Jazz -- and loses.

"...tracks from the Thirties featuring Ellington, Armstrong, Count Basie, Jimmy Lunceford, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Bennie Moten, Noble Sissle..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...The Third World Cop soundtrack, modern reggae's bookending of Jimmy Cliff's classic The Harder They Come film companion, lit..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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Our readers talk back.

"...why you would choose to print a professionally posed quarter-page "publicity" photograph of someone suspected of doing such horrendous..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column

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These letters spell highway violence, the environment, and a lost bracelet.

"...Jimmy Castro..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...logo on our double EP (top left upper corner, page 84) is none other than my lovely wife, Lois..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Column

Here Comes the Nice

Small Face Ronnie Lane's tenure in Austin is preserved on Live in Austin.

"...fame as his friends Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page, was no less one of the seminal figures..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Peter Frampton

"...and never had the stature of Eric Clapton or Jimmy Page, Frampton was (is?) a pretty decent player. Plus,..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Review by Michael Bertin

Texas Book Festival

Photos by John Anderson

"...Gates of the Alamo, I then settled into the "Page Turners: How Authors Keep Readers up All Night" panel...."

Nov. 17, 2000 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

The Past Has Never Been Better for Chris Ware

"...designer of cartoons, and his first hardcover collection -- Jimmy Corrigan: the Smartest Kid on Earth -- has just..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

101X fires program director Alan Smith; Man's Ruin ain't coming back after all.

"...my music-related experience was drinking fruity rum things at Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville and being forcibly serenaded by the lady..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Child's Play

Writer Kevin Wood discovers that there's a lot to learn while teaching kids.

"...quickly reading with Freddie; he was barely through one 11-page picture book after our first 15 minutes...."

Aug. 18, 2000 Features Feature by Kevin Wood

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Recent coverage of light rail and of access-TV personality Alex Jones pushes readers' buttons this week.

"...And Louis Black introduces the story in "Page Two" by thoroughly distancing the Chronicle from Jones, while..."

July 28, 2000 Column

B.B. King Making Love Is Good for You (MCA)
B.B. King & Eric Clapton Riding With the King (Reprise)
Jimmy Page & the Black Crowes Live at the Greek (TVT)

National Records

"...You (MCA)B.B. King & Eric ClaptonRiding With the King (Reprise)Jimmy Page & the Black CrowesLive at the Greek (TVT)..."

July 14, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

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