Cool Jerks

It takes a cool character to weather the hot lights of a comedy club stage, so who better to share tips for beating the summer heat than stand-up comics from Austin, the hot-spot in Texas?

"...is a rather quaint euphemism. The heat is like Michael Jordan; you cannot stop it, you can only hope..."

May 26, 2000 Arts Feature

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

Page Two

If you have a gossip columnist, have the courage to stand behind him.

"...successful as the opening weekend of SXSW had been, Michael Corcoran's Statesman gossip column that morning contained a cheap..."

March 31, 2000 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...shows; but unmentioned was the life lesson to be learned from the fact that "good" or "bad" ("babyface" or..."

March 3, 2000 Column

A Walking Contradiction

Exploring the legacy of one of Austin's great, unsung singer-songwriters, Blaze Foley

"...For starters, he was Michael David Fuller. Searching for a stage name, he played..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

Hey, who put a vegetarian in my aquifer?

"...across to a broad and uninformed audience such as Michael Ventura did in his second article on the coming..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Column

Dancing About Architecture

Is the new Sir Douglas Quintet collection is from the original masters? Doug Sahm makes the final call. Also, Michael Nesmith, Junior and Tanya Rae Brown, and Clifford Antone updates.

"...Houston-born Michael Nesmith, of the Monkees and alt.country progenitors First National..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Media Clips

"Media Clips" weighs in on Web site parody of George Bush, Statesman reporter Ben Wear moved off of the city hall beat, and Travis County District Judge Jeanne Meurer declines to issue ruling in KOOP case.

"..."I've learned as much as I can about who's running, and..."

Sept. 3, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

Riding With Bob

"...Leon McAuliffe and all the Playboys. That's how we learned. You had to do that. And we were very..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...the August 16 issue of Newsweek, Rogers tells reporter Michael Isikoff that he and SCI's CEO, Robert Waltrip,met with..."

Aug. 13, 1999 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...at the table with Oden. "The more we have learned about problems in gathering dropout data," he says, "I..."

July 16, 1999 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...neighborhood activist Janet Blake, Southwest Texas criminal justice professor Michael Supancic, and engineer Robert Martinez. The group is expected..."

June 11, 1999 News Feature

Performing in the Moment

"...whose only knowledge of dance included Fred Astaire and Michael Jackson, asked himself while intently watching the culminating performance..."

May 7, 1999 Arts Feature by Barbejoy Ponzio

Postmarks

Economic Cleansing

"...Austinites learned from that past experience. Trains mixing with cars is..."

April 16, 1999 Column

Gumbo Weather: Winter Warmup, Cajun-style

"...each student developing his or her own favorite. (I learned my gumbo basics from Michael Vidallier of Kaplan, Louisiana,..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Food Feature

Coach's Corner

"...the Rockets, the Suns, or retire to caddie for Michael. The Spurs might sign Steve Kerr. Some union thugs,..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Dancing About Architecture

"...As you learned here last week, long-beleaguered local label Watermelon Records filed..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Making Lists

"...his screenplay for Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb...."

Jan. 1, 1999 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Permanent Visitors?

Unique View

"...Visiting Teacher Elizabeth Hall has learned over the years to confront problems calmly, no matter..."

Jan. 1, 1999 News Feature by Traci Terrill

Dancing About Architecture

Flipping Your Whigs

"...We've learned through repeated experience that Austin artists on Mercury Records..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Liaison d'Etre

"...agreement, adding that for his part, "One thing I've learned as a manager is that when you don't feel..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

A Holy Cause

"...eating it all up," says the ULI's conference planner Michael Pawlukiewicz. "It was really a new experience, because we..."

Nov. 27, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Libertarians Say No to Doggett

"...the coverage was appreciated, if a little cult-of-personality-ish. I've learned a bit more about his record on myriad issues..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Column

Postmarks

"...city's overall Smart Growth initiative. UT football game patrons learned this long ago, occasionally parking as far away as..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Column

Nice Work if You Can Get It

AWL Writers Are Making Deals

"...next month's Austin Writer, Agent X revealed himself as Michael Larsen, a San Francisco literary agent, who justifies his..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Books Feature by Clay Smith

photograph by Todd V. Wolfson

Bob Schneider

"...Blood Night" at the Ritz for Chronicle music columnist Michael Corcoran. Before long, Schneider decided he really wanted to..."

June 5, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Points of Departure

The Viewpoints Invade Austin

"...further via the book Anne Bogart: Viewpoints, edited by Michael Bigelow Dixon and Joel A. Smith...."

May 8, 1998 Arts Feature by Danielle McClelland

Record Reviews

"...but not one worth making repeatedly. 2 Stars - Michael Bertin..."

May 8, 1998 Music Review

Off the Road and Hungry

Where Austin Musicians Eat When They Get Home

"...is great, too," Barnes said. Rubin explained that they learned how to evaluate Mexican restaurants while on tour with..."

March 20, 1998 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Competing Tunnel Visions

Traffic Solutions at Sixth and Lamar

"...traffic consultant who came to Austin touting the design, Michael Wallwork, says the roundabouts will allow Fifth and Sixth..."

Jan. 30, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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