This Way to the Big Top!

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

"...If that's not enough, there's the usual mix of Christian conservative/family values bills, sprinkled with tea party obsessions like..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Stranger Than Paradise

Tucked up in the Catskill Mountains, All Tomorrow's Parties stages a music festival for its own

"...Mike Watt, hobbling backstage on crutches earlier, morphs into a..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

FronteraFest Schedule

"..."Christian U2ber" by Tom Truss. A look at a young..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Arts Feature

Sex, Thugs, and Thanatos

The mad, bad bounty of Fantastic Fest 2009

"...Lovecraftian Mountains of Madness, and from a morally specific Judeo-Christian religious background to deliciously vile nunsploitation cinema and worse..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Secret, Profane and Sugarcane

Elvis Costello's spectacle at the Bass Concert Hall

"...he brought those musicians - Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, Mike Compton, Jim Lauderdale, Dennis Crouch, and Jeff Taylor -..."

Sept. 2, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Soccer Watch

"...Longhorns dropped their season opener Friday, 2-1 to Texas Christian University, and with it went a 26-game home unbeaten..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Off the Record

Spiros closes and now Room 710, too? Meanwhile, the Bizarros' long, strange trip returns them to the Hole in the Wall.

"...project," enthuses Maas, who, along with fellow Black Angel Christian Bland, kicks off a new free-form residency at Antone's,..."

June 12, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

The best things in life are free, at least on Red River for the first week of January

"...a crowd that wrapped around Mohawk as elastic frontman Mike Wiebe incited a stage-crashing mob scene not seen since..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Yesterday When I Was Younger Than Yesterday

Surveying the local scene then and now

"...stepped up to co-produce this straight country offering from Mike Runnels speaks well for Jukebox Boulevard. Runnels led the..."

Dec. 15, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Solar Helps Keep Eastside Homes Affordable

Thanks to neighborhood-based nonprofit Blackland CDC

"...camp," McCarver said, adding that the brothers, Jesus and Christian Martinez, learned how to operate a cordless drill while..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Paul Ends Campaign

Where do former GOP presidential candidates go?

"...Meanwhile, from the Christian Conservative collection of ex-presidential hopefuls, Mike Huckabee will be..."

June 13, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

"...a scholarship should direct inquiries to CNU board member Mike Krusee: mike[email protected]. To learn more or register, visit www.cnu.org/cnuxvi...."

March 21, 2008 News Feature

Off the Record

The countdown to South by Southwest continues, while the Black Angels turn on and Ghostland Observatory marches onward and upward

"...and it's having a huge resurgence now," posits guitarist Christian Bland of the Black Angels. He's right on both..."

March 7, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Election Notes

Notes from the campaign trail

"...the religious right in Texas came out for Gov. Mike Huckabee and against the "Republican aristocracy." The new Texans..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature

World Series: Red Sox in Five

"...Kaplan playing poker interspersed by ads for Time Life’s Christian Rock series is slightly more entertaining than the Monday..."

Oct. 24, 2007 Sports Post by John Hunt

Off the Record

"...compilation contributors Grand Champeen, Kill Devil Hill, Militant Babies, Mike Nicolai, Ramsay Midwood, One Mississippi, Fivehead, Rockland Eagles, Mandible,..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Music Column

Naked City

"...tentatively scheduled for June 29 was cancelled; District Judge Mike Lynch has not rescheduled it as of press time...."

July 6, 2007 News Feature

A Blue Year: Top 10 APD stories

"...the union became cohesive and politically powerful – President Mike Sheffield announced in November that he will retire from..."

Jan. 5, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Cyclists Run Over Helmet Law Idea

Former Mayor Bruce Todd's proposed mandatory bicycle helmet ordinance coasts to a stop for now

"...Thursday night, despite apparent interest (especially from Council Member Mike Martinez) in putting it to a vote. Todd and..."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Bye Bye Bible

5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds earlier ruling that Harris County courthouse Bible monument must go

"...the cause because the Bible is the "essence of Christianity."..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...ignoramus Scott McClellan or whose mother's milk nourished the crypto-Christian marionette Dr. Mark McClellan is unqualified by intellect and..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Column

A Question of Fairness

Austin voters will have another chance to broaden city insurance coverage

"...a time – not too long ago – when Christian conservatives dealt progressive local forces a resounding defeat, on..."

March 24, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Progressions: 100 Years of Jazz Guitar

Gift guide

"...disc, Lonnie Johnson, Eddie Lang, Django Reinhardt, and Charlie Christian, all of them demonstrating why they were innovators. The..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Mike Blizzard..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Column

Luv Doc Recommends: The Intergalactic Nemesis: Twin Infinity

The Off Center, Friday, June 10, 2005

"...also mean diplomatically bowing out of attending your brother-in-law’s Christian rock concert even though he’s clearly moved by the..."

June 10, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

Lege Wrap-Up

Reproductive rights

"...– which sought to protect pharmacists of conscience (aka Christian pill counters) from prescribing contraceptive products that conflict with..."

June 3, 2005 News Feature

Doesn't Trust the President

"...America's military welfare programs? It worries me when corporate Christians care more about helping out Muslims than they do..."

May 10, 2005 Postmarks

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...current ethical problems to Schiavo's predicament, telling a conservative Christian group, "One thing that God has brought to us..."

March 25, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Lege Notes

"...our democracy," said Phil Strickland of the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission. "Voters have a right to know the..."

March 25, 2005 News Column

Thursday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...She Is Not (DeSoto) features songs like "Martin Sheen," "Christian Slater," "Arnold Schwarzenegger I," and "Arnold Schwarzenegger II." –..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

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