Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...streets closing down clubs, leaving people waiting in long lines. This had never been a problem before, and we..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Postmarks

Neighbors relate their own housing crunches in response to last week's cover story.

"...the big telecommunications conglomerates to strip franchising authority from local municipalities and vest them in the state. Under this..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Column

Media Clips

Southwestern Bell and Time Warner push Jump.Net and other small Internet service providers out of the Austin market with anti-competitive pricing schemes.

"...Until recently, locally based ISP Jump.Net had been advertising its DSL (digital..."

May 26, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

R-e-s-p-e-c-t

The State of Austin's Hip-Hop Scene

"...And that's a good thing -- or so say local promoters, deejays, and artists who claim that our small..."

July 4, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Reform on Hold

Want Telecom Reform? Hang Up and Dial Again

"...have a few teeny questions to resolve. Like whether local telephone service in Texas will ever be competitive. Or..."

Dec. 20, 1996 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...a young man who one day walks into his local police station and demands an investigation into the death..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

The Vast of Night

Jaw-dropping reinvention of the UFO scare genre is audacious and brilliant

"...is, to a certain degree, about coloring within the lines the filmmaker has set for themselves. Those lines can..."

May 29, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

ATU Strikes, After StarTran Rejects Compromise

Can Mike Martinez's proposal avert a bus strike?

"...While most local Democrats, it seemed, were downstairs partying in celebration of..."

Nov. 7, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Rent Party Blues

Are post-boom rents killing the Austin music scene?

"...Downtown, lines mark the spots. Two clubs with the longest lines..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The New Rites of Spring

The Last Word in Instrumental Rock

"...from Chicago, one such moment occurred in the unlikely locale of Denton, Texas, more or less the penal colony..."

April 27, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Postmarks

"...community rights and values, and support strategies for sustainable local economies...."

Dec. 19, 1997 Column

City and Cap Metro Contemplate How to Make a "Real City” Transit System

Following the slow march toward a vote on a multibillion-dollar investment in public transit

"...who may not live along the Orange or Blue Lines. For example, transit all the way to the airport..."

Jan. 17, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The AggreGAYtor SPECIAL EDITION: The Chikin Chronikles

A extra heapin'-helpin' of LGBTQ news, dipping sauce not required

"...As reported this Wednesday and last Friday , the local response to Chick-fil-A has been swift. The AggreGAYtor took..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Second night SXSW handicapping

"...a rootsy singer-songwriter, but nothing prepared us for his local teaming with drummer Wes Cargal. Not in the Face..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

This Way to the Big Top!

From budget disaster to hysterical bloodletting, the legislative circus is back in town

"...Peña moves to the GOP side of the table. Locally, the Travis County delegation will include its first Republican..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Eats Is Now Bigger and Better Than Ever!

If these choices aren't enough for you, we don't know what is

"...Sunday market's vendors. Stop by for a taste of local, sustainable, and 100% artisanal Austin, and support our local..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Claudia Alarcón

A Moveable - and Musical - Feast

Eating at ACL Fest

"...provided to festival guests. After some rocky starts, long lines, and disgruntled customers, C3 moved former restaurateur David Bain..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Court nominee Harriet Miers. The New York Times, Oct. 16Headlines• At press time, U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks upheld..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature

The Smell of Success

Austin's poster art scene is back, and it's better than ever.

"...a handful of handbills flapping in the breeze, elsewhere, local poster artists and their work have been multiplying like..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin Eats

ACL's food court, 10 years later

"...The first year, there were very few vendors, so lines were long and attendees were unhappy. Organizers increased the..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Page Two: Inner Sanctums, Outer Orbits

The intertwined legacies of indie music and the alternative press

"...of the staff was also very involved in the local music scene in other venues. Kirby McDaniel had a..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...AC: And immediate timeliness?..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Working on the Railroad

The regional Transit Working Group is poised to make progress on passenger rail

"...the proposed voter referendum: Exactly what transit modes and lines would voters be authorizing? Would voters simultaneously vote yea..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Endorsements

Travis County Bond Election

"...got with this particular November election, it's along the lines of, "Is this exercise in futility really necessary?" In..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...adoption of a computer program that will draw district lines based only on population and not other demographic factors..."

May 23, 2003 Column

Austin Musical Theatre Hits the Heights

That's Show Biz!

"...upright piano, they move into and out of straight lines and diagonals, arms waving, legs kicking, performing what, in..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Arts Feature

Postscripts

Shuttle Carnage Looms

"...plundered our public coffers to build roads, schools, sewer lines, etc. to feed their greed while the needs of..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Column

Postscripts

Mixed Notes

"...first the news...The summer edition of Nova Express, a locally based SF fanzine, acknowledges that their "Shameless Politicking" paid..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Books Column by Clay Smith

Record Reviews

"...album, much of which was recorded in Austin, features local favorites like Lloyd Maines and Rich Brotherton, as well..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

Why Portland Doesn't Look Like Austin

Rose (City)-Colored Glasses

"...Greener?" teleconference. As long-range city planning comes back into local vogue, with the efforts of the Citizens Planning Committee..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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