Raped Twice?

Virginia Glore asked the APD for a rape test -- instead they're prosecuting her for DWI.

"...Virginia Glore sits in a plastic chair on the patio of Hill's Cafe, her legs drawn up underneath..."

Oct. 12, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Give Him Enough Rope

John Walch's new plays -- the monologue The Circumference of a Squirrel and the epic The Dinosaur Within -- are inextricably linked: In their ambitious scope, in their genesis, and in the amount of national attention they're generating for this award-winning Austin playwright.

"...One day, when playwright John Walch was wandering on the..."

April 20, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Safety in Words

If there is drama in Laura Furman's stories, Robin Bradford writes, it is not usually the life and death kind. It is the daily, wearing, ineffable drama of living as a human island among others who invariably seem more attractive, more connected, or simply more "normal."

"...I walk the dog at twilight so I can glance in strangers'..."

April 20, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

By Any Other Name

The history of Austin's cherished landmarks reveals the extent to which chance plays a part in who among their namesakes we remember and which fade with time.

"...So who's the more important figure in Austin history: Tom Miller or..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

He's Coming Back

Who gets punished when George W. Bush comes home to Austin after losing the election.

"...Gore Vidal doesn't think much of the Bushes, which is no surprise. And according to..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Radio, Radio

Satellite radio, the burgeoning technology that may ultimately shake up the broadcast world the most, is right around the corner.

"...Think about the history of radio as a medium. It has defined..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Wandering Preachers, Holy Fools

What best describes the modern playwright? Itinerant preacher? Holy fool? Several artists with an intimate knowledge of the playwriting life offer their views in this roundtable discussion.

"...The playwright today as itinerant preacher. Thinking about some of..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Things That Go Bump

Young writer Eli Kooris spends the night in a haunted photography shop to see what he can scare up.

"...effect nowadays can get a person in a lot of trouble. We are standing in the entrance hallway of..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Features Feature by Eli Kooris

Coal Hard Cash

Alcoa has applied for a mining application in Elgin, near Austin.

"...on a two-acre spread he had inherited from his mother in neighboring Milam County. With pockets of rich black..."

Sept. 3, 1999 News Feature

Alternate Universes

"...always been an especially tricky proposition, and probably not one that should be taken up by a fellow who..."

March 12, 1999 Books Feature

I'll Be Home for Christmas

"...With the holiday season comes an inevitable and familiar blanket of..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Saturday Night Live

Mayor Kirk Watson takes his downtown vision to the streets

"...No one has been more active or more vocal about the..."

Oct. 2, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

God's Own Clothesline

In Search of Far Flung Adventures With Butch Hancock

"...see Butch? He was just here," said Zenna through the whiny strains of an acoustic guitar coming from the..."

May 15, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Burn, Aspen, Burn

Chasing Celebrity With a Basic Cable Nobody at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival

"...So far, my only contact with "TV stars" consists of working with Howard Kremer, Laura House, and our other..."

March 27, 1998 Arts Feature by Brad "Chip" Pope

Rock This Way

The Semi-Annual, Whenever-We-Feel-Like-It Rock & Roll Books Section

"...Catherine Denueve. Une object d'arte. She should be in the..."

March 20, 1998 Books Feature

Men Who Would be Mayor

Scrambling for Money, Consensus, & Power

"...It's a weeknight in March and Ronney Reynolds, Max Nofziger, and Kirk Watson are sitting before a neighborly audience..."

April 25, 1997 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Looking for a Fight

Ruth Margraff Recasts Texas History as Barroom Brawl

"...On April 19, 1836, 46 days after the fall of the Alamo, the depleted Texan army stopped..."

March 14, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Whether You Like It or Not...

Eric Mitchell's Redevelopment Dreams

"...During his three-minute ration of participatory democracy, gadfly and homeless person Kirk Becker recently..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

Monte Carlo

Cute-as-a-button Selena Gomez stars in this tweener mistaken-identity comedy.

"...Cory Monteith and Andie MacDowell. Isn't Selena Gomez just the cutest? A lesser planet in the Disney Channel's star..."

July 8, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Texas Platters

"...THE CORNELL HURD BAND..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Music Review

Moving Pictures

Twenty years on, more than two dozen filmmakers pay tribute to Slacker and a city in transition

"...Like the city it depicts, Richard Linklater's Slacker sees no need..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...The U.S. taxes more corporate income at higher rates than..."

June 18, 2004 Column

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...It has often been said that rock & amp; roll is a..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...South by Southwest is a game of numbers: approximately 845 showcases/bands, divided by five nights, divided..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Playback: Waterloo Music Festival vs. Eastside Kings Festival

Austin music’s fall festival opens with a double-barrel bang

"...it filed suit against promoters Jam Fest LLC over the use of the name "Waterloo," this inaugural congregation of..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Parker

Action star Jason Statham plays the latest screen version of Donald E. Westlake's master thief Parker.

"...hell, Parker’s two-hour running time takes a lifetime. Plenty of time for mental doodling, too, sampled forthwith:..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Miracle Man

When an actor's bio claims 14,000 performances to his credit, you rather expect the fellow to have some good stories. And Eddie Bracken doesn't disappoint. In anticipation of his appearance at a screening of Preston Sturges' The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Bracken talks about Sturges, Betty Hutton, Hollywood, and hitchhiking.

"...actor's bio claims 14,000 performances to his credit, you rather expect the fellow to have some good stories. After..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Record Reviews

"...The following are albums by artists playing the 1997 South..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

311 Story in Error

"..."...The 311 club, which the Austin Police department says may..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Column

Silky Turnpike

"...We never show up dead, now do we..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Books Feature

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