News Ticker: September 3

All the news that's fit to blog

"...Smitherman beats the bushes, Ted Cruz shoots the breeze, Michael Burgess fishes for compliments. Poaching is on the News..."

Sept. 3, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

News Ticker: June 18

All the news that's fit to blog

"...Dannel Malloy disses Texas, Sheryl Cole plays matchmaker, and Michael Burgess indulges in weird science. Scratched heads are on..."

June 18, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Point Austin: In Defense of Women's Rights

The GOP does battle for a government of men, not laws

"...comedy. The Boob of The Week is Texas Congressman Michael Burgess, R-Lewis­ville, who informed a House committee considering an..."

June 21, 2013 News Column by Michael King

The Hightower Report

Slaphappy politicos

"...Whatever, let's move on to Texas, where U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess is always full of little-known "scientific" facts about..."

July 19, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

Malignant

Homage to giallo is fun, but is it good?

"...The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It cinematographer Michael Burgess, whose lens is dull and flat, colors drained..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Run-off Election Night

Primary Run-off Report

"...son Scott lost the Dist. 26 congressional run-off to Michael Burgess by 10 percentage points, and in Dist. 31,..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Not Just the Goofy Guy

The Actor Behind the Antics of Michael Stuart

"...actor who nearly caused me to lose it was Michael Stuart. Stuart is a playful actor, one who occasionally..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas and the Congressional Suicide Caucus

Lone Star GOP on the losing side of shutdown fight

"...Joe Barton (R) Kevin Brady (R) Michael Burgess (R) John Carter (R) Michael Conaway (R) John..."

Oct. 17, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Vetoes and V-22s

Even with Texas Congressional Republicans supporting it, Bush vetoes the SCHIP extension

"...coming from Texans (Jeb Hensarling, John Abney Culberson, K. Michael Conaway, Mac Thornberry, Randy Neugebauer, Ted Poe and Michael..."

Oct. 3, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Here's Your Congress!

The U.S. Supreme Court refusal to stay the new Republican-drafted congressional map formally inaugurates the electoral season

"...former Judge John Devine of Houston, former U.S. Attorney Michael McCaul of Austin, and intermittent Austin candidate and banker..."

Jan. 23, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

News Ticker: July 11

All the news that's fit to blog

"...• U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess is continuing his crusade against CFLs and LEDs...."

July 11, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Sandy Nay-Sayers

The eight Texas congressmen who voted against storm relief

"...the returning Steve Stockman (a one-termer from the mid-90s), Michael Burgess and even Mike McCaul voted for the $9.7..."

Jan. 9, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...• Republican Congressman Michael Burgess has stripped the "Doggett Amendment" from the federal..."

Feb. 25, 2011 News Feature

What's at Stake?

The federal redistricting trial will reverberate through national politics for years.

"...in respect to people like Martin Luther King, Stokely Carmichael, Ron Karenga. ... They were fighting for a place..."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Lege Lines: Dubious Tax Cuts, Senate Shenan­igans, Twitter Trysts, and More

Business lobby doubts tax cuts, and more from the Capitol

"...More from the schadenfreude files: Longtime lobbyist Michael Quinn Sullivan may be headed back to court for..."

March 13, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Riding on the Wrong Side

"...article was compiled and faxed to police spokesman Mike Burgess, who declined to comment on specific allegations concerning police..."

Oct. 17, 1997 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Evil New Yorkers and Bit-Whoredom

They're horrible! They're evil, mean, and terrible! They're New Yorkers! They're the Fabulous and Ridiculous Theatre, and they're giving laid-back Austin a shot of scrappy, sophisticated, lowbrow, smart-ass theatre.

"...the gamut from Clive Barker's Frankenstein in Love to Michael Albo's Sexotheque, the New York-spawned troupe has turned its..."

April 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Texas Titles in Toto

"..."Alleys of Austin," Michael Martin Murphy..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...COUNTRY LIFED: Michael Blakemore; with Blakemore, Sam Neill, Greta Scacchi, Kerry Fox,..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

The Graduates

Once They Were My Students Now They Are

"...Michael On the first day of school, I asked students..."

May 25, 2001 Features Feature by Sarah Hepola

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Freeman Blasted from the Past by James McMurtry Diana Burgess: You RunBandcamp..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Book of Eli

In a post-apocalyptic time, Denzel Washington is the lone man who carries the world's last remaining Bible.

"...Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Jennifer Beals, Evan Jones, Michael Gambon, Frances de la Tour, Tom Waits and Malcolm..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jess: To and From the Printed Page

The Ransom Center exhibition reminds us how the written word sparked a cultural revolution in the 1950s

"...the relationship between Kerouac and Jess – as artist Burgess Collins was known – might seem a bit oblique..."

March 28, 2008 Arts Review by Rachel Cook

Live Shots

"...has, occasionally, obscured the fact). Live, with singer Tim Burgess flailing away and inciting the crowd into paroxysms of..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Music Feature

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...Khan, Sheetal Sheth, Shawn Parsons, Andrea Cirie, Nitin Madan, Michael Pemberton (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival Winners

Past winners

"...SV: 1) Jack Jones; 2) Vera Rubio; 3) Fred Burgess & Paul Martin..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Food Feature

The 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival Winners

"...SV: 1) Jack Jones; 2) Vera Rubio; 3) Fred Burgess & Paul Martin..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Food Feature

The 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival Winners: 1991-2004

"...SV: 1) Jack Jones; 2) Vera Rubio; 3) Fred Burgess & Paul Martin..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Food Feature

SXSW Thursday Showcases

Turnstile Presents, 2k14 SeoulSonic, Metal Injection, Womex, Sounds From Colombia, BBC Introducing, Ground Control Touring, M for Montreal, Western Vinyl

"...out the tab with anthemic instru-metal from The Migration. Michael Toland Womex8pm, Flamingo Cantina..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...D: Stanley Kubrick; with Malcolm McDowell, Michael Bates, Patrick Magee, Adrienne Corri. (R)..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

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