The Luv Doc: A Surreptitious Grope

Not exactly the Kama Sutra of hugs

"...the rivers, the lakes, and yes, I love the people – for the most part. There is, however, one..."

May 18, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Point Austin: A Turning Point?

Flake, Corker, and Straus ... does the new GOP have room for decency?

"...warning against accepting Trump's reckless and malevolent behavior as "normal." "We must never regard as normal the regular and..."

Oct. 27, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Astraea Sees the Future

Director Kristjan Thor brings snowy apocalypse to Austin

"...theatre scene. They had already adapted Halfnight's play Diving Normal for the screen, "and we fell in love with..."

July 20, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Charles Attal Discusses C3/Live Nation Deal

“We needed each other”

"...the world. If we go into Berlin, they have people in Berlin to help us. If we go into..."

Feb. 26, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Doug Dorst puts the S. in 'Ship of Theseus' with this JJ Abrams Collaboration

The author presents his new literary creation at BookPeople tonight

"...talking about the intricacies of his newest book at BookPeople tonight...."

Dec. 9, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Embracing Code Compliance

New director Carl Smart discusses his goals for a more user-friendly department

"...from what I can see, with a lot of people moving here all the time. It has some unique..."

Sept. 30, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Common Law

My Neighbor's Dog Won't Stop Barking – What Can I Do?

"...Problems arise when people and their animals live in close proximity. One common..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Column by Luke Ellis

Elaine: The Extended Cut

The incomparable Ms. Stritch on humor, happiness, Tennessee, Beckett, and bad directors

"...a lot in the theatre. More so than most people. Because I love it. I love meeting new people..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cine Joven Sin Fronteras

Teaching technology, telenovela, and how to straddle two countries and two cultures with a camera

"...the highly melodramatic lives of a group of young people as they came of age in a modern Mexico..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Mabuta no Ura

The Japanese rainbow spectrum of Boris' amplifier worship

"...you listen to the album and consider it in normal musical terms, it will strike you as weird, but..."

June 27, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Two Towers, Six Years, and 16 Millimeters

The remarkable journey – and uncertain toll – of Steve Bilich's 'Native New Yorker'

"...Two weeks to the day before 9/11, Bilich, whose normal 9am bike ride took him around the twin towers..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Page Two

Libby indictment evokes more scapegoating and hypocrisy from the right

"...considered beyond bizarre has come to be regarded as normal. George Orwell, who was always inspired in so many..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...When referring to people or organizations that practice polygamy, terms such as those..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Column

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...out that they were flying all of their effects people in from Los Angeles. It was the same with..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Everybody Loves a Wynn-er

Will Wynn is his own flavor of ice cream -- pure vanilla, but mixed with nuts

"...good way, of course). Being all things to all people is, of course, a useful political skill. But unlike..."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Further Lost Austin fallout and enviro-rhetoric from our readers.

"...that it pulls you out of yourself -- your normal, ego-driven self -- into something greater...."

Feb. 16, 2001 Column

Normal Girl

"...Normal Girl by Molly Jong-Fast..."

July 21, 2000 Books Review by Stacy Bush

Letters at 3AM

ABC's short-lived TV show Wonderland failed to depict mental illness and its treatment in a realistic light.

"..."These are the people that society would prefer just go away. The shadow..."

May 12, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Postmarks

Readers take us (and each other) to task over mistaken identites and misguided ideas.

"...go to support MHMR "counselors" trying to talk homeless people into accepting the encampment ordinance, and social service "caseworkers"..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Column

Going the Distance

"...in documentaries that focus on the daily lives of people in Africa, China, Nepal, and the South Pacific. He..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature by Lee Nichols

The Sounds of Silence

"...if you were one of the 700 or so people packed into Emo's on a Monday night last May..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Selective Enforcement

The Sixth Street Load-In Policy

"...of the downtown strip. There's a large contingent of people who don't fit the categories of sheep and shepherd,..."

May 1, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Living on the Air in Austin

Live Music Flourishes in the Studio

"..."We have to convert the production room from a normal production room to the Local Live production room," says..."

April 10, 1998 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Redd, Write, and Blues

Interview With Louise Redd

"...kind of woman that frowsy-haired, cackling women like me normally find it easy to dislike. Except for one thing...."

Jan. 31, 1997 Books Feature by Barbara Strickland

Sixth Street Blues

Downtown festivals cramp merchants' style

"...of these festivals bring in a narrow group of people," adds Richard Aleksander, a Sixth Street gallery owner. "So..."

July 26, 1996 News Feature

Letters at 3AM

Black Helicopters

"...run from 30 to 50), nor on how many people are in those militias (some say 15,000; some 100,000)...."

May 12, 1995 Column by Michael Ventura

Selena Gomez Sparks Mental Health Conversation at SXSW

The star talks embracing treatment, Girl, Interrupted, and a new app

"...the film’s release. “There wasn’t just this image that people could see and think, ‘Oh, it looks nice.’ It..."

March 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Miranda Garza

Austin FC Fans Prepare to Pack the Trains on MetroRail

The Red Line turns Verde

"...Andrew said she slightly prefers working game days to normal days, but both have their pros and cons. On..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

SXSW Announces First 2023 Speakers

Olympian and entrepreneur Allyson Felix, Cecile Richards, more

"...Street Journal bestselling author of upcoming book The Future Normal: How We Will Live, Work and Thrive In The..."

Aug. 30, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Court Halts Abbott's Depart­ment of Family and Protective Services Investigation Directive

"Abuse" directive hits a roadblock

"...play politics with the very lives of transgender young people and to terrorize families in this state," Klosterboer told..."

March 18, 2022 News Feature by Kit O’Connell

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