Naked City

"...cut their losses. Thirteen insurers have abandoned the Texas market since 1999, leaving only four. This is mostly because..."

May 10, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...everything else that you indie hipsters hold dear. Exene's mark on DIY can't be overstated. (Red Room, 10pm) --..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

SXSW Film Reviews

"...Mr. Smith. The director who unleashed Mike Schank and Mark Borchardt on the unsuspecting psyches of the world with..."

March 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Be Real

The Bottle Rockets cut one helluva tribute to Doug Sahm.

"...In no time at all, drummer Mark Ortmann was pitching the idea to Bloodshot Records ("He's..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Day Trips

Fort Griffin once served as a lonely military outpost on the Texas frontier.

"...miles from a cliff 60 feet above the river valley behind the old fort. One unit of the state..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

"...Also from the Times, the latest classic Bushism: "You mark my words: People are going to get tired of..."

Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Capitol Chronicle

Cornyn's health-care opinion is neither compassionate nor conservative.

"...Montgomery County, and some smaller districts (e.g., in the Valley) have responded to Cornyn's opinion by running and hiding..."

Aug. 24, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Day Trips

By the books: two new tomes to whet your traveler's appetite for adventure

"...dried up, and the thermometer has topped the century mark. Find a cool place to recline and enjoy these..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Public Notice

Check out ways to help the Houston flood victims, get a free HIV test, and find out what's up this week in Pride.

"...UMCOR, 475 Riverside Dr. #330, New York, NY (please mark it with the following: "Advance#982350-4 -- 2001 Storms") or..."

June 22, 2001 Column by Kate X Messer

Naked City

The Greater Chamber of Commerce wants AMD to build its next mega chip facility in Austin; Gary Bradley is calling on his friends at the Lege for help; the city's libraries have been hit with a budget crunch; Molly Ivins is glad she's left the Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Austin police spokeswoman Sally Muir has moved upstairs to become Chief Stan Knee's assistant.

"...the latest report card put out by the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, an industry watchdog group. Save Our Springs..."

April 27, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...GORDON: With a trio of similarly frustrated artists, ex-Borrowers Mark Addison and Nina Singh founded India Records last year,..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

The Nature of Generosity

"...an ecosystem and exploited workers. There in the Warner Valley, the young Kittredge learned to value the deep human..."

March 2, 2001 Books Review by Mark Busby

Looking to the Future

"...driving technology, anchored by University of Southern California prof Mark Pesce, author of The Playful World, a book about..."

March 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Sonic Youth, Liberty Lunch, July 7 & 8, 1999

"...any Fugazi gig. Last year's underattended Mudhoney show and Mark Arm spitting out "Dicks Hate Police" during a riotous..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Election 2000

Chronicle Election Coverage

"...(too close to call) Arkansas-4Pine BluffJay Dickey*Michael Ross California-15Silicon ValleyJim CunneenMike Honda California-27L.A. (Pasadena)James Rogan*Adam Schiff California-31L.A. (El Monte)NoneHilda..."

Nov. 10, 2000 News Feature

Coach's Corner

Coach picks the AFC's winners and losers for the upcoming football season. And, as promising as the Longhorn football team looks, don't get carried away just yet.

"...Jacksonville Jags even less than the Titans. Oft-injured QB Mark Brunell is "an overrated crybaby." Of the Baltimore Ravens..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Two for the Road

Larry McMurtry's New Books Continue His Journey

"...sort of Down-and-Out in L.A. and the San Fernando Valley in the 1950s. Although the story is part of..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Under One Roof

Can the City Make Good on Its Affordable Housing Promise?

"...given serious thought to fleeing this insane real estate market and moving out of town? Maybe your hand didn't..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Between Worlds

Cine las Americas Festival of New Latin American Cinema

"..."Las Mujeres del Valle (The Women of the Valley)"..."

April 21, 2000 Screens Feature

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...Montana." Last year, he and his band the Visitacion Valley Boys released Acres of Heartaches on Hightone which likened..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Say Hello to Kitty

Join Austin writer Anna Hanks in her desperate search for the "Hello Kitty" hotline.

"...the living room," is not too far off the mark. But as members of my support group like to..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Features Feature by Anna Hanks

The Pilgrim Returns

Q&A with Kris Kristofferson

"...Back then, in an interview with Mark McKinnon, now a media advisor for current Texas Governor/presidential..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Postscripts

Books can heal your soul and there are several ways to do so in the upcoming weeks in Austin. Also, this year's Violet Crown Award winners.

"...it's literary insight you're seeking, you might want to mark your calendars for this year's Stanley Burnshaw lecture at..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

Corner to Corner

There's more development slated for the already-crowded RM 2222 and Loop 360 interchange.

"...road [that] funnels all traffic from the Bull Creek valley into Austin," says Jim Cousar. "I suppose we could..."

Sept. 10, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Neighborhood Watch

"...sweep the floor to making every physical cut. She'd mark them with grease pencil, and I'd make the cut..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Esther's All-Stars

"...in abundance; for whatever reason, the city produces a remarkably consistent level of quality comics and entertainers. When Esther's..."

July 30, 1999 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Dancing About Architecture

Hitting the Ceiling

"..."Schizophrenia," "Shadow of a Doubt," "Tom Violence," and "Death Valley 69," the band's two-night stand was a bittersweet affair..."

July 16, 1999 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks

Bush on Borderline

"...access the propaganda, er, information available to the well-heeled, market-playing, young, good looking, outta sight, outta mind, future fascistic..."

June 11, 1999 Column

Huckleberry Minh: A Walk Through Dreamland

"...point -- it is of the kind of lies Mark Twain called "stretchers," and calls less for our belief..."

May 28, 1999 Books Review

Postmarks

Sucking Us Dry

"...Dear Editor: Every week I read the Postmarks and every week I get insanely angry at the..."

May 21, 1999 Column

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