Life and Debt

Set in Jamaica, this is an eye-opening documentary and primer on why the IMF and the World Bank are not to be trusted by emerging third-world countries.

"...Directed by: Stephanie Black. Watching Life and Debt, it's easy to see why the 1999..."

March 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

An Excerpt From Omar Dykes: The Life & Times of a Poor and Almost Famous Bluesman

Hard truths about the music business by Kent “Omar” Dykes and spouse Issa Medrano as they revisit Glory Days (for Bruce Springsteen).

"..."On Hard Times in the Land of Plenty, Omar & the Howlers know exactly who..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Music Feature

Doubt and Caution at All Times

An interview DBC Pierre and Dan Rhodes on tour, together

"...a funny car, the approximate path of decapitated poultry, and the approximate intensity of a thousand flashbulbs decides to..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Red, White and Forever

Comic writer Mark Waid explains the appeal of Captain America

"...But it is his mid-90s runs on Captain America, and his critically acclaimed 2010 return Captain America: Man out..."

July 29, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Wins: Breakfast and Dinner and Art in Between

Here’s a South Lamar hat trick that’ll make your whole damn day

"...near where that well-traveled stretch of asphalt meets with and terminates Oltorf Street...."

Nov. 1, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Debt

Helen Mirren stars in this film that's part espionage thriller and part moral meditation, though the emphasis leans more toward the former than the latter.

"...Worthington, Tom Wilkinson, Ciarán Hinds, Jessica Chastain, Marton Csokas and Jesper Christensen...."

Sept. 2, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

What Is Going On With Ken Paxton and Nate Paul?

What we know – and don't know – about the strange connection between the embattled Austin real estate magnate and the Texas attorney general

"...the years, we'd both acquired some knowledge about Paul and his World Class property empire that we hadn't seen..."

Jan. 8, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Boom and Gloom

Austin's Budget Struggles to Keep Up

"...taxed by this year's budget process. photograph by John Anderson Last year, when we wrote about the city budget,..."

Aug. 22, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Love and Death on Long Island

"...Hurt, Jason Priestley, Fiona Loewi, Sheila Hancock, Maury Chaykin and Gawn Grainger. Every one of us is a fool..."

March 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wendy and Lucy

From the director of Old Joy comes this minimalist story about a girl (the elfin Michelle Williams) and her dog getting by in society's margins.

"...Williams, Will Patton, Wally Dalton, Will Oldham, John Robinson and Larry Fessenden. Is Wendy and Lucy the Bicycle Thieves..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SAFPF Program Saved My Life

"...for correcting the spelling of my name [“Will 'SAFE-P' and TDCJ Be Held Accountable?” News, July 18]. I want..."

Aug. 11, 2008 Postmarks

Every Day of Your Life

Remembering Sims Ellison, and profiling the SIMS Foundation

"...had not turned out the way anyone in the band wanted and shoulda been a contender. Not with Geffen..."

July 7, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...Joe Dishner had left to go into film production, and Ed Lowry had just headed off to teach at..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

A Double Life

Splitting the difference between Peter Schickele and his alter ego, P.D.Q. Bach

"...The actor whose role takes over his life...."

Feb. 26, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Black Pumas Backline Lauren Cervantes and Angela Miller Maintain 20 Feet From Stardom – On Purpose

Respect and admiration remains the key to their success as co-frontwomen and backup singers

"...Feet From Stardom, Lisa Fischer, a Grammy Award-winning soloist and arguably the music industry's preeminent backup singer, defiantly stated..."

May 28, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Dewhurst Down, and Out Come the Jackals

UPDATE: Lite guv hopefuls turn on incumbent after SB 5 meltdown

"...true sign of how badly the GOP's plan to abandon the rule book on Tuesday night went, it was..."

June 27, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Star Wars Day: Happy May the Fourth, And a Very Merry Revenge of the Fifth

One man's 35 year trip to a galaxy far, far away

"...saw a Star Wars film. It was early 1978, and it changed my life...."

May 4, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

West Campus Murder Motivated by Drug Debt

Police have charged 19-year-old Ricky Thompson with capital murder

"...July 21 killing former UT students John Goosey, 21, and Stacy Barnett, 22, who were found shot inside the..."

July 26, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Farewells to Albert Huffstickler and Ed Eakin

Books Editor Clay Smith marks the recent passing of poet Albert Huffstickler and publisher Ed Eakin.

"...poetry," says ACC English professor Joe Hoppe, Huffstickler's friend and former pupil. "I'd say we lost a great observer..."

March 1, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

DVDanger: 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'

John Barrymore's lascivious trip into the heart of his own darkness

"...As Samuel Johnson allegedly said (and as Avenged Sevenfold quoted), "He who makes a beast..."

Feb. 8, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Todd Phelps: 'Creativity and Common Sense'

"...Austin Chronicle: I understand you're both a musician and a businessman. Can you..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature

Dougherty Arts Center Relocation OK'd and Affordable Housing Program Gets Pushed Through at Council

And more notes from the May 9 City Council meeting

"...Affordable housing, climate change, and the Dougherty Arts Center took center stage at a..."

May 10, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Fat and Mostly Healthy

City Rolls Out Brave New Budget

"...Let it not be said - as we and others have said about the last few city budgets..."

Aug. 14, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

What We Talk About When We Talk About Debt

Jennifer Baichwal adapts to screen Margaret Atwood's ideas about indebtedness

"...issues without easy answers. Her last film, 2006's Manufactured Landscapes, followed the photographer Edward Burtynsky and his stunning pictures..."

June 8, 2012 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Which Way Will Austin Swing? Ninth Inning, 3 and 2

Home By the River

"...Colorado River Park. But while supporters - including Reynolds and Mayor Bruce Todd - have hailed the stadium as..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

Jackie Venson Strips Off Her Blues Band and Becomes Her Own "DJ"

Austin's reigning Best Guitarist scales the ladder to the roof

"...Jackie Venson intersperses casual munching, humorous sarcasm, and smacking her hand on a countertop into a discussion..."

July 26, 2019 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Texas Radio and the Really Big Beat

Capstar's Austin-based Empire

"...John R. Brinkley headed down to the Texas/Mexico border and built the world's most powerful radio station. When bureaucrats..."

May 22, 1998 Music Feature by Bill Crawford

Thanks to Austin Community for Love and Support

"...On Sept. 19, I was fortunate enough to experience firsthand the outpouring of love and kindness from the Austin..."

Oct. 12, 2004 Postmarks

All Life's Cracked Up to Be

The last days of Tobias Pecans

"...barreling through Ellinger, Texas – the Tex-Czech kolache bakers and roadside respite deserves all kudos earned. But 100 or..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Food Feature by Kate X Messer

The Life of a Sandwich

Schlotzsky's from sandwich to bankruptcy

"...1971: Don and Delores Dissman open first Schlotzsky's sandwich shop, 1301 S...."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature

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