Still Kickin' at the Chron

Despite what you may wish, Katherine Gregor going nowhere

"..."The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated" – Mark Twain, Letter to New York Sun, 1897..."

May 14, 2008 News Post by Katherine Gregor

The Return of Robbie Taylor

"...the kind of humor that makes you wonder if Mark Twain is in his gene pool. Taylor’s forte is..."

Jan. 8, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Top 10 (plus one) Theatrical Treasures and Pleasures of 2007

'Chronicle' Arts Editor Robert Faires recalls 2007, in the theatre

"...Daniel Adams lighting up the entire Paramount stage as Mark Twain's irrepressible hero made rollin' on the river a..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Welcome to Hazleweird

Lee Hazlewood

"...is a Lonesome Town preceded the NSVIP LP, its Mark Twain-ish spoken intros preceding tall tales of small town..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Film News

Little children and Little Children; plus, the Texas Bigfoot

"...with his daughter Amanda, apparently has a thing for Mark Twain. The pair recently finished a Prince and the..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Big River

TexARTS' Big River, its first foray into full-scale musical production, was more than impressive; it was energetic, entertaining, and joyous

"...more beloved in American literature cannot be found than Mark Twain's school-skippin', pipe-smokin', shack-dwellin' boy, who fakes his own..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time

It must be hard to come up with a new conceit for a novel at this late moment in literary history

"...Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time. Picking up where Mark Twain, Lewis Carroll, and H.G. Wells left off, Jensen..."

July 28, 2006 Books Review by Melanie Haupt

The Sound of No Hands Clapping

Maybe it's because Americans so instinctively put British folk on a pedestal of erudition, but it's a welcome relief to find one who, however book smart, is a complete social imbecile

"...you're a first-person prodigy along the lines of, say, Mark Twain or David Sedaris, is there any reason to..."

June 30, 2006 Books Review by John Dicker

Summer Reading

"...Keith Graves know no less, spring-loaded with big toes, Mark Twain pussycats, and bugs. Barcie, in an upside-down close-up,..."

June 9, 2006 Books Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Here Comes the Guv

Kinky Friedman lights up his campaign

"...guaranteed-friendly audience; instead, the sometimes-just-winging-it approach that is a hallmark of Kinky Friedman's run to unseat incumbent Republican Gov...."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Kinky's Mexican Riptide

A near-death experience convinced Freidman that 'I have to do more with my life'

"...Gov.] Gray Davis," Friedman says. "They're Will Rogers and Mark Twain; they were humorists, not clowns."..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Food-o-file

Betty Meyer survived our big mistake, Eddie Wilson gets Gaynelle Neville in the kitchen, and Justin Raiford previews his new menu; plus, a whole lot of food stuff going on Sunday, Nov. 6

"...Alive! In the off-with-everyone's head department, we'll just quote Mark Twain and say the reports of her death were..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Gyroscopic forces of spinning wheels don't keep a bicycle upright

"...Will Rogers and Friedrich Nietzsche, but it was really Mark Twain's character, Pudd'nhead Wilson, who used the phrase, and..."

May 27, 2005 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Letters at 3AM

As the semester begins, I present my high school seniors with the words of our great American authors and hope they provide a road map or the bread crumbs that can lead them through the journey of their lives

"...Crane, Cather, Hurston, Poe, Melville, Hawthorne, Baldwin, Sherwood Anderson, Mark Twain, Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe – and Nathaniel West, who..."

May 13, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Battleship Paul F. Tompkins

The Cap City Comedy Club capos unleash the smart bomb that is comic's comic Paul F. Tompkins

"...Attuned to Mark Twain's notion that "the human race has one really..."

April 22, 2005 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

Utter Hypocrisy of Letter's Claims

"...I read Mr. Younger's letter, "The Sludge Also Rises" [“Postmarks,” Feb. 11], I was not as horrified to think..."

Feb. 14, 2005 Postmarks

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...– in the construction of this magnificent new Austin landmark. These hard workers build so much of our great..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Column

Liberalism Not Dead Yet

"...Dear Editor, Richard Stovall ("Postmarks," Nov. 19) expresses satisfaction in the death of liberalism,..."

Nov. 23, 2004 Postmarks

The Coyote Kings of the Space Age Bachelor Pad

Afro-Canadian political activist, poet, and playwright Minister Faust's first novel, The Coyote Kings of the Space Age Bachelor Pad, begins at the end.

"...for the absurd, it is as if Faust channeled Mark Twain to write a Neal Stephenson novel. Although flawed..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Books Review by Rick Klaw

Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo: The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World

Sheet music

"...the form; in A Tramp Abroad, none other than Mark Twain noted, "During the remainder of the day, we..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Lingering on the Beloved Characters of 'What Ever'

Talking with Heather Woodbury about the people in her eight-hour performance novel, What Ever.

"...Greek myths and classic archetypal figures in literature. Like Mark Twain, or even Henry Fielding. Especially, I think, the..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Arts Feature by Heather Barfield Cole

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...schools and other public buildings. Maybe you've read the Mark Twain quote: "The coldest winter I ever spent was..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Column

Now Is the Time for Solar Power!

"...schools and other public buildings. Maybe you've read the Mark Twain quote: "The coldest winter I ever spent was..."

Dec. 2, 2003 Postmarks

The Latest in Paper

'Portis' characters are painfully human; they are often complicated, sometimes plain wretched, and always worth the price of admission," writes Anne Harris of the great man's True Grit. "And his frugal comic dexterity can be so subtle as to just whisper beneath catastrophe."

"...has been described by his literati fans as the Mark Twain of the 20th century...."

March 21, 2003 Books Feature by Anne Harris

Naked City

War Fever

"...That was U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett last week (paraphrasing Mark Twain), touching base with Naked City on the death..."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Can Lazarus Rise Again?

Gary Bradley faces bankruptcy, and Austin wonders if he'll survive and thrive one more time.

"...ruling, delivered from the bench, reads like a folksy Mark Twain oration on wealth and the moral obligations of..."

Oct. 11, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

In Review

"...it I want to drop names, including those of Mark Twain, Sam Shepard, and David Mamet, among others, people..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Screens Feature

Articulations

The Texas Commission for the Arts gives Austinites a chance to see the state's best artists for free, and praise from the out-of-town press for local playwrights Cyndi Williams and Joe Sears and Jaston Williams

"...of Thornton Wilder's Our Town, Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio, Mark Twain's Hannibal, the River City of Meredith Willson's The..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Cruel and Unusual

The Supreme Court decides the death houses can do without a few more victims

"...the death penalty for the mentally retarded. But, as Mark Twain was fond of pointing out, if there were..."

June 28, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Judge's continued service, at least in part, to his remarkable wife, Sue. I have heard him say, "Sue wouldn't..."

April 19, 2002 Column

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