SXSW Encore: A Phone-Less Festival?

You lost your cell the first night of SXSW Music – now what?

"...my worst fears. Luckily, thanks to a bit of persuasion and begging to Verizon, they agreed to replace my..."

March 22, 2012 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Benjamin and Byron's Long-Term Affair

An émigré author, a bad-boy poet, and an epic trilogy at its end

"...are. It's also another part of the act of persuasion that makes you want to write books in the..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Books Feature by Roberto Ontiveros

Point Austin: Muffling the Monitor

Frasier's reviews send salutary ripples through the APD pond

"...but they should certainly be allowed the force of persuasion...."

June 10, 2011 News Column by Michael King

John Oliver

The British comedian perseveres through pundits, politics, and Peter Pan

"...never yet found ourselves lacking for buffoonery of every persuasion, and I can't see that well running dry any..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Outlaw

Alex Cox, still shooting film, and the finger, after all these years

"..."I think liberals" – the persuasion, Cox points out, of most studio suits – "are..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

'To See the Dream'

Wyler by the bullet

"...• Jessamyn West adapted her book Friendly Persuasion (1956) with Wyler's brother Robert. The author, who wrote..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Screens Feature

When It Felt True

The Austin Chronicle's Raoul Hernandez curates an AFS Essential Cinema series on the 'enigma' of William Wyler

"...Heiress (1949), Detective Story (1951), Roman Holiday (1953), Friendly Persuasion (1956), and The Collector (1965). Save perhaps for Bette..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Christeene, Liza, Heather, and Bears

There's plenty to do for queers

"...the conference. Video blogs and those of the textual persuasion to come! XOXOXO..."

March 12, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Indie Pizzas II

The return of indie pizzas!

"...those that fans felt were of the New York persuasion (see "Indie Pizzas," Nov. 14, 2008). Since that article..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Food Feature by Mick Vann

MassEquailty's Lessons

Melissa Threadgill, former communications director for MassEquality tell us how they did it.

"...of messaging: telling personal stories is the most effective persuasion tool we have. An early informal slogan of the..."

Aug. 15, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Almost Lights Out at the Ballpark

Emo's turns off KOOP, Wheatsville SKUs skewer BookPeople, Waterloo Records grounds Vampire Bats

"...umpire, who was amenable to the presidents’ powers of persuasion...."

Aug. 14, 2009 Sports Post by Mike Crissey

A Girl Named Soo

'Never the Pretty Girl'? Surely not BettySoo!

"...makes all-American music, especially an Asian in the Caucasian persuasion of folk and pop. The answer's almost as obvious..."

June 19, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Gay Place

Is there a proposition against love?

"...baboon, woman to slave, and we of the LGBT persuasion to out ourselves amidst hatred, bigotry, and the American..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Column by Ash Bell

Tommy James

"..."Mony Mony" and backseat soundtracks such as "Crystal Blue Persuasion." The innocent AM airwaves of the mid-1960s gave way..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Review by Margaret Moser

She Doesn't Look a Day Over 232

Jane Austen turns 233

"...the many Austen offerings – I especially recommend 1995's Persuasion and the sparky, protofeminist Mansfield Park (with Harold Pinter!),..."

Dec. 16, 2008 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Demling Was the Case That They Gave Me

Allen Demling's house shot at by unnamed assailants

"...city council. Maybe someone thought I needed a little persuasion to stay out of the race. I also kinda..."

Sept. 18, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Texas Fiction Science

The State Board of Education does its part to fantasize biology

"...good chance of advancing a weak-evolution curricula. Indeed, the persuasion skills of the conservative seven have already been demonstrated..."

July 25, 2008 News Feature by Andrea Grimes

Letters @ 3AM

We have become a space-faring species and are discovering that the universe is stunningly gorgeous and implacably dangerous – like us

"...than humanity is here. I am not of that persuasion. If we make it out there, we'll be who..."

June 6, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

The Honorable Charlie Baird

Judge Charlie Baird is ruffling official feathers at the Travis County Courthouse

"...Behind the scenes, courthouse insiders of the prosecutorial persuasion are rather more blunt: Baird is "rude" and "disrespectful"..."

May 30, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Infinity and Beyond

Return to Forever captain Chick Corea takes his Millennium Falcon out of mothballs

"...CC: [laughs] There was no persuasion. He just pointed to this funny-looking thing on the..."

May 23, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Point Austin: Who's Blue?

Understanding Austin political speak

"...(or without) people of the wrong (or right) professional persuasion – e.g., "developers," "political consultants," "insiders," "outsiders," "environmentalists," "the..."

May 9, 2008 News Column by Michael King

TV Eye

Summer hiatus is almost here. 'TV Eye's ready to fall under the thrall of the next new thing.

"...of negotiators who use their wits and power of persuasion to defuse tense hostage situations. The Listener is about..."

April 25, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Local Politics of Climate Protection

Q&A with Will Wynn on his efforts to fight global warming

"...WW: The one power I have is persuasion, for good or bad. So, for the most part,..."

April 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

(don’t Go back To) ROCKVILLE

R.E.M. Accelerates

"...City Limits taping tomorrow: friendly fire lighting up pretty persuasion...."

March 12, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Free to Speak and Think Like Me

"...America are alive and well. Those of Mr. Callaghan’s persuasion are infatuated by the illusion of postmodern, hyperemotional, leftist..."

Feb. 21, 2008 Postmarks

Ronnie Weeks: Reinventing the Wheel

Collage is a valid form, and artist Ronnie Weeks uses it well

"...the question of focus. Do the histories hold enough persuasion to involve the viewer? If the narratives are truly..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Arts Review by Salvador Castillo

The Page and the Caterpillar

For years, Second Youth Family Theatre has set the standard for children's theatre in Austin, but its latest show, The Page and the Caterpillar, doesn't quite live up to that standard

"...that appeal not only to those of a younger persuasion but to adults, as well (and thus the "second..."

May 11, 2007 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Tee Double

"...and "Celebrate," point to a refreshing take on Hieroglyphic persuasion. Cuss-free flows affix themselves to the rafters of spacious..."

April 20, 2007 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

Point Austin: How Are We Managing?

Targeting city manager may be hunting the wrong game

"...Wynn also reiterated that under current law, other than persuasion, there is little the city can do to change..."

April 20, 2007 News Column by Michael King

David Chenu Quintet

"...format, the listener easily succumbs to the album's wistful persuasion. A delicate, aptly titled "The Waltz" and a slightly..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

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