New Fest

Why the Texas Book Festival decided to loosen its criteria

"...pageantry, pornography, type design, chicken and egg processing, and pearl button making...."

Nov. 16, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Day Trips

The USS Lexington has gracefully retired from fighting ship to military museum.

"...an aircraft carrier. At sea during the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Lexington was sunk in the Coral Sea...."

Nov. 9, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks

Righteous readers respond to recent rape reportage, and our Best of Austin issue garners a kudo or two.

"...we picked up the Japanese attack en route to Pearl Harbor with our radar? Of course radar was brand-new..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Groover's Paradise

Those were the days …

"...We drank Pearl, Lone Star, plain ol' Shiner before there was Bock,..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Marcia Ball's Cheers

"...idyllic image of carefree hippies smoking pot and drinking Pearl, Ball is the first to point out that those..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Letters at 3AM

As events unfolded on September 11, it became difficult to overcome the impression that no one was in charge.

"...Gingrich is the first to liken this attack to Pearl Harbor. At 11:39 Fox's Edie Donahue states the shocking..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...as significant in its magnitude as the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. That was, at least, an attack..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Column

Coach's Corner

Odds and Ends: NFL referees have an overinflated view of their own importance; the U.S. Open proved that in tennis, as elsewhere, youth will be served; and if people think Coach ignores UT football, well, there are good reasons for that.

"...should have been played. Sports schedules were maintained after Pearl Harbor, D-Day, Iwo Jima, during awful beatings at the..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

KLBJ Freedom Fest @ Auditorium Shores

Live Shot

"...same element of striving toward an unseen goal as Pearl Jam or Creed; Monterrey, Mexico's Zurdok, with sultry, sun-damaged..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

After a Fashion

Our Style Avatar charts a plethora of moving and shaking in the local scene.

"...Tyler. And we're dying to see the $25,000 Tahitian pearl-and-diamond necklace that they've donated to the Junior League of..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

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