Surreal Science

Looking at three books -- Plague Time, Cancer: The Evolutionary Legacy, and The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine, Roger Gathman observes that for every advance in technology, nature counterbalances with new opportunities for disease.

"...as to oppose and tire the hand of the operator, who was forced to change from the right to..."

March 2, 2001 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Night Hawk Alumni

"...Chile Company for several years and was the original operator of La Zona Rosa...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Postmarks

A mixed salad of Green letters and more.

"...owners is our largest local landfill and salvage yard operator...."

Jan. 12, 2001 Column

Kids in Black

That innocuous-seeming crew of people listed beneath the actors in every program, who scurry around in black backstage and hover over the proceedings in the sound and light booth, may not be well-known to most theatregoers, but this silent, hidden army is all-powerful. Techies get almost no share in the glory, but they run the world, and here's how.

"...creepily all-powerful. Without the sound and light designers and operators, the actors would not be seen or heard. Without..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...to the sound, credit also goes to our board operator, Philip Montoya, who artfully juggles over 130 sound cues..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Column

Faith-Based Homes on Trial

"...connection with the case, as was pastor and program operator Wiley Cameron, who refused to turn over the home's..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Lady in Waiting

Prospective First Lady Anita Perry Prepares for Life in the Spotlight

"...that ... she's just a little more of an operator than Laura Bush, and if you don't want to..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Short, Quirky, and Totally in Control

Chicago documentarian discusses the inspiration behind four of his most popular short films, showing at the Alamo Drafthouse as part of the Texas Documentary Tour on Wednesday, Dec. 6.

"...Married a Munchkin" (1994) about Mary Ellen St. Alban, operator of Chicago's The Midget Club bar, a little person..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Only the Wicked

"...private eye characters, Ivan Monk, an African-American donut shop operator and private detective in South Central post-Rodney King Los..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Books Review by Jesse Sublett

Not Clucking Around

East Texas chicken magnate Bo Pilgrim wants a state permit to build a bigger chicken slaughterhouse and waste disposal facility -- right across the creek from Sen. Bill Ratliff's in-laws' vacation home.

"...years and followed Pilgrim's progress from a humble feed-store operator to chicken zillionaire. Pilgrim, the mayor says, doesn't get..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Postmarks

Cap Metro wants to hear your complaints; a reader asks whether the Summer Smut issue was worth the offense it generated; a radio fan finds sustenance in a substitute; and more letters to the editor.

"...has a zero tolerance for buses leaving early. Bus operators have embraced the policy and are working hard to..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Column

ALSO PLAYING

"...feature with The Ladies Man, based on his smoove operator character and co-starring SNLers Will Ferrell and Jimmy Fallon..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Screens Feature

Tying the Knot: A Drama

Yes, the merger of Austin's Paramount Theatre and State Theater Company is a business affair, but since theatres traffic in stories, human dramas that talk to us about life, this historic event deserves to be looked at as a story, the story of a wedding between two neighbors.

"...through the city's hoops, satisfying its requirements for an operator of a city facility, even though the State really..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

About AIDS

Pump away: The new AIDS scare circulating over e-mail is a hoax.

"...called the Jacksonville Police Dept. number provided by the operator. When they answered "Sheriff's office," I asked "Is this..."

July 28, 2000 Column by Sandy Bartlett

The Reel World

Korey Coleman started The Reel Deal as a scam; he ended up with a show.

"...interrupt Martin and Tony, or refer to sound effects operator Joel as a drunk. "I don't mind if people..."

July 14, 2000 News Feature by Sarah Hepola

Impulse Buying

City approves $15 million toward Convention Center Hotel, which the city will own in 30 years.

"...that it awarded, this time last year, to Hilton (operator) and the Landmark Organization (developer), has gone from zero..."

July 7, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Big Kiss: One Actor's Desperate Attempt to Claw His Way to the Top

"...performer, department-store perfume salesman, and as a gay sex-line operator...."

June 16, 2000 Books Review by Stuart Wade

Naked City

Dell Computer moves to drinking water protection zone, sister neighborhoods program to launch May 20, Bruce Mills becomes Chief of Austin Bergstrom International Airport, Tom Ridge.

"...including 28,500 acres of watershed -- to a landfill operator and junkyard dealer. "This is an absolutely obscene deal,"..."

May 12, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Further Reflections

Film Reviews and reports from the SXSW Film Festival 2000

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital...

"...pretty sure bet that her Valentine's Day was ruined. Operator 2727, I salute you!......"

Feb. 18, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

The Mercury enters a new orbit, how to build your own music festival, the Continental Club get's a new big brother, plus more food for thought about buildings and songs

"...whatnot. Meanwhile, it's business as usual at Jazz, where owner/operator Tom Prindible says he's dropping some $70K on repairing..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Count Me In

there's power in numbers with the census 2000 data.

"...guide at the assistance centers, or talk to an operator on the Census Bureau telephone hotline, in more than..."

Feb. 11, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Food-o-File

Why were Pacifica's employees locked out of the restaurant, much to their surprise? Virginia B. Wood updates readers on that news and other restaurant updates.

"...interesting to see who steps in as the new operator...."

Jan. 14, 2000 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Naked City

George W. Bush's tightly choreographed campaign excludes all but the friendliest media; but will it backfire?

"...campaign's efforts to shut down a pesky Web site operator that has a less-than-flattering attitude toward him, Bush performed..."

Dec. 31, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

High-Tech Heist

A former Power Computing company employee stole memory modules and drew a 25-year prison sentence.

"...He said so from the start, whereas a canny operator would have kept his mouth shut. And no doubt,..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Life A.D.

Former Austin Sun writer Bill Bentley says a prayer for Doug Sahm

"...do was with Doug. Jim Groenewegen, the Sun's camera operator, had been Sahm's road manager over the years and..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Across the Universe

Gearing up for a new national tour of her hit show The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, Lily Tomlin took a few minutes to talk about connectedness -- her connectedness with The Search, with audiences, and with Austin.

"...the homemaker Mrs Beasley; the child Edith Ann; the operator Ernestine; the revivalist Sister Woman; the philosophical bag lady..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Iron Writer

"...To earn a living, McCanlies became a computer operator at Telecredit. But when the company discovered their new..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts

Something for Nothing?

"...enough of an incentive, apparently, for the other six developer-operator teams who responded to the city's invitation to submit..."

July 30, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Bush on Borderline

"...motorists and do indeed understand completely the motor vehicle operator's point of view. I suggest the opposite is not..."

June 11, 1999 Column

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