Point Austin: What's at Stake

Health care is just the hostage to a fanatical attack on democracy

"...hardly noticed by the perpetrators, who respond only when business travelers complain of airline delays – are amplified by..."

Oct. 18, 2013 News Column by Michael King

The Luv Doc: Dropping the Godfather Ball

Kids are inevitably disappointing - almost as disappointing as their parents

"...sociopath who will either end up as a hose monkey on a honey dipper or on the cast of..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Column by The Luv Doc

Civics 101

"...role West­ern education plays in destroying indigenous cultures. 6:30pm. Monkey­Wrench Books, 110 E. North Loop. Free. www.monkeywrenchbooks.org...."

July 5, 2013 News Column

Restaurant Flashbacks From the Frisco Shop

Last vestige of Nighthawk chain serves comfort food and memories

"...The Frisco burger is what the Frisco’s business was built on. A great burger patty and cheddar..."

May 29, 2013 Food Post by Mick Vann

The Luv Doc: Contagion

Sick people suck

"...even though they just got back from a bareback monkey-fucking expedition on the Ebola River. Yeah, if Peter doesn’t..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Column by The Luv Doc

Signed, Sealed and Delivered

Stevie Wonder, Arcade Fire, and Kanye West headline ACL 2011

"...Gomez, Theophilus London, J. Roddy Walston & the Business, the Moondoggies, the Cave Singers, AWOLNATION, Ruby Jane, North..."

May 17, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Live Music in Jeopardy

"...this council is going to run me out of business. Until this week, when the Austin Police Department measured..."

Feb. 16, 2011 Postmarks

Making the Best of a Bad Voter ID Bill

Dems hope to turn a lemon into lemonade

"...a filibusterlike technique that slowed down the pace of business in the House, basically running out the clock on..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Luv Doc Recommends: SIMS Benefit Bash

Austin Music Hall, Saturday, December 11, 2010

"...FBI, CIA, and extraterrestrials. Throw in a goat, a monkey, and a 50-gallon drum of Vaseline, and you have..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

Love Bath

SXSW 2010 keynote speaker Smokey Robinson originally wanted to be a cowboy, but they didn't have any horses in his hood

"...hand in hand. That's why the symbol for show business is a smiling face and a crying face. Joy..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Local Natives

Thursday

"...and again, these five musicians resist the urge to monkey around. Three-part harmonies proudly performed by Kelcey Ayer (keyboard),..."

March 19, 2010 Music Review by Dan Oko

Headlines

"..."City Hall Hustle" and "The AE Generation Plan's Latest Monkey Wrench." And good news for council junkies: Venerable community..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Feature

There Can Be Only One

Fronting and posting at B-Boy City 16

"...not your neighborhood thug or your new TV show monkey. Most of us do this for the love and..."

April 10, 2009 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

TV Eye

TNT's Trust Me could use a dose of David E. Kelley

"...Eric McCormack (Will & Grace) and Tom Cavanagh (Love Monkey, Ed) star as Mason McGuire and Conner (just Conner),..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Complete Motown Singles

"...In the music business, two plus two seldom equals four. Marvin Gaye's greatest..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

SXSW music news and carryings on

"...That doesn't mean that Cosloy wasn't prepared to talk business. "Essentially we're trying to take something that's close to..."

March 14, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

TCB

SXSW 07: a lot of carrying on, a massive jolt of energy, then oblivion

"...Austin Monday, those performers, and the thousands who had business with them (and SXSW's Film and Interactive counterparts), juiced..."

March 23, 2007 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...be a while before they have another chance. The business community wants their own amnesty, and now!..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Column

A Convenient Truth

Kevin Smith on 'Clerks II'

"...Bank who parlayed his stint as a snarky clerk monkey stuck in a nowheresville convenience store into one of..."

July 21, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Thursday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...trumpet and pedal steel. – Melanie HauptTHE HEATSEEKERS12mid, Chuggin' Monkey From the air-conditioned playground known as Fort Lauderdale comes..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Saturday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...your shoes. – Kate X MesserTAMMY FAYE STARLITE9pm, Chuggin' Monkey She's the wayward Hee Haw Honey whose pornographic gospelization..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

My SXSW

Music fest diary

"...Walking into the Chuggin' Monkey we found ourselves in yet another bad episode of..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature by Stan Ridgway

Big-Box Ban Bollixes Up Lowe's Plans

The City Council's moratorium slows down the hardware giant's settlement deal

"...retail projects over the Edwards Aquifer has thrown a monkey wrench into Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse's hook-or-by-crook development efforts...."

Oct. 31, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

How Can We Miss Them If They Won't Go Away?

Although the Die is not quite Sine, the buzz is already of a Legislative special session.

"...to shove aside altogether to get to the real business at hand: making the U.S. House safe for Tom..."

June 13, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Dancing About Architecture

All news: noise ordinance gripes, AMN budget crunch, Sound Exchange faces rent shortfalls, Williamson County refuses to give up on an amphitheatre, Clifford Antone back on the streets, and the first SXSW 03 confirmees. Plus, three music deaths.

"...Guadalupe thanks to the increasing costs of keeping a business open in the University area, and as such, it..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Coffee Sergeants

Texas Platters

"...The Coffee SergeantsConsolation Has No Phone... (Monkey's Paw) There's few surprises on this disc, but one..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Music Review by Ken Lieck

Right Where They Belong

Raoul Hernandez goes on tour with the Flatlanders

"...A bastardization of the misheard "Play the Radiator." Tough business, that -- writing serious silliness...."

July 26, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

"Sick'-Figure Drawings: Spike & Mike's 2002 Fest

Spike & Mike are back with an even dirtier and more deviant show than ever before.

"...organ. Yet more proof that comedy is an ugly business, dammit...."

Jan. 18, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

A Dream Collaboration: Richard Linklater and 30 animators team up to produce a startling, surreal new film.

"...Lab, Sabiston's award-winning animation ("Grinning Evil Death," "God's Little Monkey") earned him fans and admirers, among them some of..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Almost Famous

Three years after leaving Austin for Hollywood, comics Chip Pope and Howard Kremer still aren't celebs, but with pilots for HBO and Comedy Central and a willingness to schmooze, they've come agonizingly close.

"...that you aren't allowed to see; it's a tough business to be in, but no one is guaranteed success..."

July 20, 2001 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

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