Plane Crash Update

City holds first press conference

"...Mayor Lee Leffingwell, City Manager Marc Ott, Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr and..."

Feb. 18, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

News briefs from Austin and elsewhere.

"...U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone of Minnesota died in a plane crash last week. On Wednesday, Walter Mondale announced his..."

Nov. 1, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Zaffirini and the Senate vote for lieutenant governor, handicapping the recession, and the debate videotape mystery

"...Policy School economist rides an aircraft metaphor to a crash and suggests that the pilot doesn't want to pull..."

Jan. 5, 2001 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Naked City

Downtown de-vitalization, flying Ron Wilson, Hyde Park flood & Ed Herman speaks

"...aren't too concerned about the impact of the recent crash. "Our buyers do not meet the profile of people..."

March 23, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

The Mountain Between Us

This is what a boring plane crash movie looks like

"...non-epic about two people trying to survive a private plane crash in the high Rockies while a passive sort..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Into the Blue

There's a crisp little thriller anchored in this movie about pretty people wearing skimpy swimwear in a beautiful locale.

"...toothsome like father James), on vacation from New York City with a skanky gal (Scott) and the keys to..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Uptown Girls

"...rock star who died with his wife in a plane crash. Molly lives in a tony New York City..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The 'T' Word

Politicians and media dance around what to call the plane crash

"...So what to call yesterday's kamikaze attack on the..."

Feb. 19, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Platters

"...ideal for militia trainees (Killeen, Waco, Dallas, and Oklahoma City!), but by linking Austin and Minneapolis, Conspiracy Corridor is..."

July 11, 1997 Music Review

Orange Mothers

Texas RePlatters

"...Orange MothersPlane Crash City (Jim Thunder Productions) Since so many songs..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Music Review by Christopher Gray

I Am the Jellyfish That Walks Upon the Land

The Mother of all pop bands

"...appears on the band's second full-length (cassette only), 1997's Plane Crash City. Another, "Country Song," dates back at least..."

June 30, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

TCB

Austin soldiers on beyond SXSW with hot rods, SPAM, and puking

"...into the future, look for the Mothers' 1996 opus Plane Crash City, which contains live-show staples "Rocketboy," "Marshmallow Girls,"..."

April 4, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Songs in the Key of Ethan

A Postmodern Fear of Significance

"...sit them down and go over selected works from Plane Crash City and Big Blue House to discover just..."

June 30, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Spell

Appalachian hoodoo horror flips the switch on hillbilly cinema

"...now he's a high-price lawyer with a little private plane, a picture-perfect family, and a swaggering attitude displayed in..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Nicolas Cage plays a master sorcerer who selects a seemingly average guy to become his protégé and save New York City from his arch-nemesis.

"...why the sorcerer Balthazar (Cage) is in New York City and has spent the last millennium (and a few..."

July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Quarrel With the Status Quo

Charlie Baird on criminal justice, equity, and the Travis County D.A.

"...job, here are the people to call at the city. Or, what we found – what I found –..."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup

Travel news for history buffs, art appreciators, foodies, and more

"...the U.S. military used gliders – motorless and unarmed airplanes – to support airborne troops. The most widely used..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

TCB

Lubbock or leave it, with Buddy Holly, the Flatlanders, and some dude who says he's James Dean's bastard son

"...Even 45 years after the infamous plane crash of Feb. 3, 1959, the legacy of Buddy..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Dziekuje Mr. Wrona

Q&A with Decapitated survivor 'Vogg' Kiełtyka

"...flew back from Warsaw, Decapitated returned to that same city – except the landing gear for the commercial Polish..."

April 27, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Dreamer

The Protagonist of Denise Chávez's New Novel Is in Love With a Long-Dead Movie Star

"...today. Forty years ago, he was killed in a plane crash, at the height of his career. But his..."

April 13, 2001 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

Down & Out in Atlanta

The Official Crock of the '96 Summer Olympics

"...The nightmares and painful memories even now crash the gates of my subconscious, invasive as the airborne..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jonathan Hennessey

Headlines

"...• City Council is back to full-time work this week, with..."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Feature

Face to Face With Fiction

Five notable authors come to New Fiction Confab

"...Pop stars and plane crashes, cultists and zombies: If these are a few..."

April 12, 2013 Books Feature by Amy Gentry

SXSW Film Review: Nossa Chape

Football's tragedy becomes a tale of imperfect healing

"...there is a swathe of personal suffering. When the plane carrying the Brazilian football team Associação Chapecoense de Futebol..."

March 14, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...more diverse Madrid. Osaka threepiece JinnyOops! plays with the ferocity of Bikini Kill but with a rudimentary Ramones style...."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

A Crumb and a Spank

"...Suit Serenaders. Next came a much larger show (with electricity) on the main stage, after which the band was..."

June 5, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

Expanding on neighborhood expansion, taking C. Robison to task, and much more.

"...11 tracts using similar Smart Growth ideas. Under the city's SMART Housing Plan, this development could have included a..."

July 13, 2001 Column

Squaring the Triangle

The Three Austins Collide at a Central-City Crossroads

"...the Capitol of Texas, the People's Republic, and the City on a Hill. All three want this three-cornered chunk..."

July 4, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Fox Sports House Brings Soccer at SXSW

Stu Holden on coming to Austin, the World Cup, and more

"...the story of the Brazilian team Chapecoense, their tragic plane crash in 2016, and the rebuilding since then, which..."

March 8, 2018 Events Post by Nick Barbaro

Postmarks

Readers weigh in on the criminality of musicians, the integrity of neighborhoods, and more.

"...stop the destruction and razing of our traditional central city neighborhoods!..."

July 6, 2001 Column

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