Legends of Texas Letters Reflect on 'The Gay Place'

ACC's Carnival ah! hosts a Billy Lee Brammer retrospective

"...a Texan, and with Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men it gracefully holds its place as one of..."

March 31, 2009 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Off the Record

Examining the foreign exchange rate with Ocelot, White Denim, and Dizzee Rascal, while Suzanna Choffel promotes further tourism to Texas

"..."We've got a fucking legend in the building tonight," Dizzee Rascal of East..."

July 25, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Bonnaroo (From the Pit)

"...to throw up. There was no way we were taking a trip anywhere. The flights, hotel, limo, and premiere..."

June 19, 2008 Music Post by Gary Miller

Guy Forsyth

"...on 2007's live double-disc, Unrepentant Schizophrenic Americana, so fans looking for fresh material will be disappointed. The folksy "Hometown..."

May 23, 2008 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

Ruins of the Realm

Talking turkey with James McMurtry

"...day, hens emerge to check on the mature toms making all the noise. A wrong step, a snapped branch,..."

May 2, 2008 Music Feature by Dan Oko

Off the Record

James White goes on location at the Broken Spoke, Marky Ramone defends his namesake and Phil Spector's innocence, and the Summer Wardrobe gives Roky Erickson a makeover

"...Rock Album of the Year.) The icing on the cake came courtesy of Sonic Youth's six-string scholar Thurston Moore,..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Next Next

Jasper Fforde reveals the secrets behind the new Thursday Next adventure, narrative gymnastics, and the job of writing

"...three?), and when she isn't tending the kids, she's working for Acme Carpets, Swindon's premier purveyor of floor coverings...."

Aug. 3, 2007 Books Feature by Robert Faires

Chewing the Rat

With Patton Oswalt

"..."Just being in a Pixar movie – that's the cake and the frosting on top of a Jet Ski,..."

June 29, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Reading J. Willard Marriott's let-them-eat-cake comments regarding Las Manitas' fate ["Point Austin," News, Sept...."

Oct. 6, 2006 Column

TV Eye

There's been some mild hoopla over the current crop of female detectives on TV crime dramas

"...in The Closer's pilot with a chocolate covered snack cake is deliciously erotic and humorous at once. It's hard..."

June 3, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Le Soleil

The vast majority of the customers are Vietnamese, which is something we love to see

"...King Crab With Asparagus Soup ($9.95 for a massive bowl)..."

May 13, 2005 Food Review by Mick Vann

Anybody's Home?

The Texas Documentary Tour: Liz Lambert's 'The Last Days of the San José'

"...of a father for some time now; Gerry Van King, familiar to Austinites as the guy who plays R&B..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...spent the last year in quiet negotiations with landowners seeking surface water for their proposed developments, despite a regional..."

May 21, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

More McCanlies, Texas

The full interview with the director of 'Secondhand Lions'

"...the relationships are just as arcane, while determining and decision-making are even more obscure and primitive. His adaptation of..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Oye Como Va

This trio of brothers from San Angelo aren't gonna be lonely for long.

"...the Antone's anniversary crowd as though he were prom king -- laughing, smiling, glad-handing friends and family...."

Aug. 1, 2003 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...When the economy recovers, businesses will be looking for skilled workers. If businesses can't find skilled people..."

April 25, 2003 Column

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...murder. The Travis Co. District Attorney's office is not seeking the death penalty against Marino at the request of..."

Oct. 11, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Music Awards

"...musicians and instruments and a constant stream of people working their way across the stage. Something's bound to get..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Naked City

"...With a passel of former council members looking on, Assistant City Manager Betty Dunkerley announced last week..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

"...does not end my advocacy," she said. "I'm just taking it to a different level."..."

Feb. 15, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...eerie color with white spotlights and red flashers. The parking lot was filled with fire trucks, and firemen were..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Nouveau Bistro

On any given evening, Rebecca Chastenet de Géry writes, Zoot's cozy, warmly lit dining room fills with a cross-section of the city. Seated around the white-clothed tables you find young and old, dates and small groups, black-clad hipsters and the obvious "out of towners," all nodding in approval as they spear forkfuls of sautéed veal sweetbreads, roasted chicken, or seared duck.

"...to celebrate about the direction the CIA-trained chef was taking the menu. We still find reason for celebration in..."

March 30, 2001 Food Feature

49th-Inning Stretch

Both the players and the announcer have the same dreams of going to the major leagues. The difference between the players and announcer Mike Capps is that none of the young men on the roster of the Round Rock Express earned an Emmy nomination, covered the Persian Gulf War for CNN, or did a 10-hour marathon broadcast of the end of the 51-day Branch Davidian siege in Waco.

"...jeans and pulls behind him a rolling suitcase. After taking care of some pregame duties, he stops outside the..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Sports Feature by Mike Butts

Dancing About Architecture

Jump on It skips a beat but keeps on keepin' on; Solid Gold 40 gives up the ghost.

"...out in September. David Craig, aka Dr. Favorite, is taking a hiatus to devote himself to his recent marriage..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Will Travel for Food

Texas Restaurants Worth Visiting on the Road This Summer

"...quarters for weekends of respite and sport (fishing, hunting, biking, hiking), Rough Creek Lodge opened some two years ago..."

May 26, 2000 Food Feature

Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Creepshow, Maniac

"...like a black comedy, with montages of our heroes stocking up on goods from the various stores and living..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Something to Live For

"...golden-throated, steeped in harmony, these quartets sang with minimal backing, often with no backing at all. Most famous were..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

The Ut Madrigal Dinner

"...and wenches, servers and jokesters). Picture a tornadic wind sucking up some Rennaisance Faire, an off-Broadway play, a smattering..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Food Feature

Postmarks

"...The true icing on the cake, however, was the slightly sexist accusation that Max had..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Column

Dancing About Architecture

"...for the bulk of the world the clock is ticking steadily toward snowflakes and sugarplums. This holds especially true..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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