Big Mischief

Like the protagonist in his latest novel, Miss Spellbinder's Point of View, novelist Edward Swift is still battling the "disease of the literal minded."

"...deserves. Although they feature expertly observed detail and brisk narratives, his novels are not soberly grounded in realism. They..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Beat Box

Beat Box

"...school friends/ Neptunes, the Clipse's entirely unique middle-east coast narratives and incredible production on Lord Willin' give the Neptunes'..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Music Review by Christopher Coletti

Good Show

It was a good year -- not a great one -- for the Toronto International Film Festival.

"...amazing amount of archival footage is used along with narratives by the few surviving band members (whose guiding inspiration..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The World as He Knows It

H.W. Brands? The Age of Gold is just the latest in a long line of well-crafted history.

"...history is boring -- by fusing rigorous research with narratives as compelling as any novel...."

Sept. 13, 2002 Books Feature by Tim Walker

TV Eye

The next few weeks bring numerous 9 / 11 specials.

"...by Dennis Smith, this ABC News special provides personal narratives from those on the frontlines. 9/10, 8pm, ABC...."

Aug. 30, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Patrice Pike Reviewed

"...commonplace as they should be, the same going for narratives; then again, the social conscience of "The Honey Tree..."

June 7, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Woozyhelmet

Texas Platters

"...hang back and let the jagged edges and dangling narratives speak for themselves. That's ultimately what makes this album..."

May 24, 2002 Music Review by Greg Beets

Patty Griffin Reviewed

"...and efficiency. Better still are the taut, but vivid narratives of "Chief" and "Making Pies," the latter being the..."

May 17, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

TV Eye

Summer fun, air-conditioned and remote-controlled: The Discovery Channel airs a triptych of roller coaster specials, and Buffy fans can get their jollies in book form.

"...providing inspiration for Slayer fans to concoct their own narratives. That, or you could just stay by the pool,..."

May 10, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Book Review

Jonathan Safran Foer's 'Everything Is Illuminated' has appeared under an unusually beneficent conjunction of stars for a debut novelist. The first chapter was excerpted in 'The New Yorker'. The book was featured on the very cover of 'The New York Times Sunday Book Review'. Reviewer Roger Gathman explains why all the fuss is being made.

"...of Trachimbrod, Foer has created one of those Escher-like narratives, where the hand draws itself...."

April 26, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Cine Las Americas Schedule

"...American short films make up this program, which includes narratives, documentaries, and animated shorts. (MYEC, 2pm)..."

April 12, 2002 Screens Feature

Waitin' 'Round to Live

The making and subsequent success of Poet: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt

"...So much of Poet trades in similarly complex narratives that it's earned little in the way of radio..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Hi Mom, I'm Home

On the heels of threatened industry strikes and life-changing world events, this year's Sundance Film Festival in Utah featured more deals, more attendees, and more stars.

"...limitations. In all, I counted having seen 35 feature narratives and documentaries, and close to that many shorts. There..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Narcocorrido: A Journey into the Music of Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas

"...what of biographers like Edmund Morris, who embellish their narratives with their imagination? In Narcocorrido: A Journey Into the..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Music Review by Belinda Acosta

Coming Out From the Cold

aGLIFF screens two short docs focusing on the coming-out process.

"...of slain gay student Matthew Shepard, punctuate the first-person narratives. While many of the stories are compelling, the most..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Ice Cube

Best of ...

"...always been among hip-hop's finest, whether on bellicose gangsta narratives ("Steady Mobbin'") or simply detailing the virtues of chillin'..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Beat Currencies

In a look at some recently reprinted classic works by the Beats, Chronicle writer Dale Smith examines why being on the road was such a dangerous place -- and why it no longer is.

"...mundane, at others difficult, appalling or revealing, the dream narratives here are sustained by frank observations and unlimited internal..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Books Feature by Dale Smith

Slack Where We Started

Richard Linklater and John Pierson Ponder 'Slacker' and Its Aftermath

"...the interesting aspects of those things -- the experimental narratives and the anti-corporate expressions -- they had moved on..."

June 29, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

Remembering Carroll O'Connor, the man who immortalized Archie Bunker, and giving chickens their due.

"...Lewis film deftly blends sublimely colorful visuals with heartfelt narratives to reveal how chickens are as unique and complex..."

June 29, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

In Person

"When I was talking to my wife about coming to speak at the conference I told her that I expected to be pelted with rotten tomatoes," environmental journalist Michael Pollan said at the opening session of the Organic Trade Association's (OTA) first annual All Things Organic Conference & Trade Show, held in Austin last week. "She said, 'Well, at least they'll be really good, organic tomatoes. Hopefully, Muir Glen.'"

"...the movement, and encouraged OTA members to develop new narratives that will accommodate the expansion of "organic" beyond its..."

May 25, 2001 Books Feature by Maria Hong

Won't You Come In?

For four years, playwright Lisa D'Amour and director Katie Pearl have forged an uncommon bond with audiences through the welcoming, intimate quality of their theatre work. They've also forged an uncommon bond with each other, a mutually fulfilling creative partnership that will continue for the rest of their lives.

"...spaces that audiences may roam through and explore. The narratives their characters spin are where they live, the specialized..."

May 11, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye

In anticipation of the upcoming writers' strike, networks are beefing up their reality programming, including Worst Case Scenario, No Boundaries, and -- yep, it's that bad -- another Big Brother.

"...end. Of course, someone still needs to write the narratives that knit these shows together, but no one seems..."

April 20, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Mike Nicolai Woody Allen Stunt Footage (Garage D'or)

"...songs. His songs are about the stories: the rambling narratives of killing a cuckold in "Spider," a stranded couple..."

April 13, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Hess

Storyteller

Talking turkey with X-Ray

"...into one big narrative, rather than lots of little narratives hooked up with a piece of chat in between...."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

Adam Carroll, Momo's, Wednesday 14

"...Carroll worked the crowd with his adept lyrical linear narratives and nimble guitar playing. Though it seemed as if..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Hess

Speaking With the Angel: Original Stories

"...up about halfway through this vivid collection of first-person narratives, edited by High Fidelity author Nick Hornby to raise..."

March 9, 2001 Books Feature by Sarah Hepola

Wesley Willis

Acts Playing South by Southwest

"...eschews songs about bands in favor of deeper, darker narratives of salvation ("Jesus Christ"), damnation ("Lake of Fire"), and..."

March 2, 2001 Music Review by Greg Beets

Master of the Crossroads

"...the historical narrative. In certain chapters, particularly the first-person narratives with Riau, a sometimes deserter, sometimes captain in Toussaint's..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Books Review by Scott Blackwood

Guess Again: Short Stories

"...strongest stories here mix humor and genuine feeling into narratives that will always have a reader guessing where they..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Books Review by Martin Wilson

Better Than Nothing

Documentarian Ken Burns' takes on Jazz -- and loses.

"...Geoffrey Ward, but it's the latter, who wrote the narratives for Jazz, Baseball, and The Civil War, that seems..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

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