Castle in the Sky / Kiki's Delivery Service

Miyazaki conjures a pubescent fable out of whole cloth that both kids and adults will enjoy immensely. Castle in the Sky, from 1986, isn’t Miyazaki’s finest, but that’s like saying Jackson Pollack’s Panel With Four Designs isn’t as good as his Lavender Mist.

"...(It's true, though: You simply can't have too many plush Totoros on your shelves.) Miyazaki's film catalog was purchased..."

May 2, 2003 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

TCB

More Fun in the New World

"...places where people can get their groove on (Nasty's, Plush, Spiros), right now, "There's not a lot of time,..."

April 18, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

After Mosley Murder, Tough Questions About AISD Campus Violence

The stabbing of a Reagan High student is a symptom of a much larger problem, say community leaders

"...isolated incident. The whole district has problems, even the plush high schools." Lands said that he has long been..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...Verse of a Dumb Punk Song, also appropriates the plush, ruminative textures of recent Flaming Lips. (Hard Rock Cafe,..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Tasting 2002

The year in food

"...It's fast, inexpensive, and your child will love the extra-plush highchairs...."

Jan. 3, 2003 Food Feature

Critics Poll

"...Coletti: Plush/Mercury..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Music Feature

Cabaret Voltaire

Best-Ofs

"...synths present an absurd clash of aural brutality and plush jigs as faux-happy as a John Wayne Gacy clown..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Tech Toys

Gift guide for the tech-minded.

"...AIBO pups with FurReal Friends ($34.99), a line of plush, lifelike cats for kids aged 6 and up. These..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

The Hightower Report

Organics: good enough for the pilgrims, good enough for us; and, trailer trash go upscale.

"...luxurious 280 square feet. This house has designer interiors, plush furnishings, solid oak cabinets, a king-sized bed, a four-door..."

Nov. 8, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Cedar Park, Over Ice

Southwest Sports Group's high-powered campaign to win voter approval for an ice rink/concert complex could "put Cedar Park on the map."

"...up treats for the PTA bake sale.) There's the plush Web site -- www.starsandguitars.com -- and the slick promo..."

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

Up South

Austin MC Bavu Blakes takes it to the streets.

"...few exceptions, including Nasty's on Mondays and NickNack at Plush on Saturdays, hip-hop MCs and DJs have been relegated..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Music Feature by Chale Nafus

Right Where They Belong

Raoul Hernandez goes on tour with the Flatlanders

"...on Lubbock, nod their approval down front of the plush auditorium. Back a row, Butch's spouse Adrienne doesn't need..."

July 26, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...with psi-trance and the occasional drum 'n' bass fusillade. (Plush, 12:45am) -- Marc Savlov..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...their money on his self-produced River Walk Riots disc. (Plush, 9pm) -- Marc Savlov..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Kaito

SXSW Records

"...guitars and half pixiefied waifbomb. Now bring on the plush dolls. (Thursday, March 14, Empanada Parlour, 11pm)..."

March 15, 2002 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

Steamboat returns, SXSW looms closer.

"...local acts with ties to the high tech community: Plush, Stickpony, Brotha Magnum, Casamar, the Atlantics, and Planet Zorn...."

March 1, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

SXSW needs venues, and the TABC keeps shutting 'em down. Public Enemy would be proud.

"...Mother Egan's, Opal Divine's Freehouse, Pecan St. Ale House, Plush, Rehab Lounge, Ritz Lounge, Room 710, Ruta Maya, Saengerrunde..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Coach's Corner

Nebraska and OU both had their seasons ruined on the same weekend, but Coach saw it coming -- now, if he'd only foreseen this global warming thing …

"...really cares about. But as I sit in my plush, drastically reduced-in-price downtown hotel room, looking out on the..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Day Trips

The homey hospitality of the Panhandle's Hotel Turkey

"...The hotel's lobby resembles a homey parlor with plush velvet couches and antique furniture. Overhead the original pressed..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Playing the Violin

Mr. Sinus Theater's Jerm Pollet is also a musician!

"...of living in a sanctified, sacrosanct zone -- very plush, very collegiate atmosphere -- that just happened to be..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Bobby Blue Bland, The Blues Specialists, Victory Grill, July 14

"...I Used to Do") and originals from last year's plush N2Deep alike, the quintet's set created such a steamy,..."

July 20, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Won't You Come In?

For four years, playwright Lisa D'Amour and director Katie Pearl have forged an uncommon bond with audiences through the welcoming, intimate quality of their theatre work. They've also forged an uncommon bond with each other, a mutually fulfilling creative partnership that will continue for the rest of their lives.

"...was going to be the proscenium auditorium and red plush seats. So when I moved here, to find Lisa,..."

May 11, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Radiohead Listening Party, Plush, Thursday 15

"...Radiohead Listening PartyPlush, Thursday 15 Damn that Radiohead. Of course they've got..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Coach's Corner

Mark Cuban may get heat for his unconventional style, but there's no doubt he's done wonders for the recently-moribund Dallas Mavericks.

"...move to what I'm sure will be the very plush, very profitable, and very sterile American Airlines Center. As..."

March 2, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Capitol Chronicle

The New Governor opens his campaign for re-election.

"...Rip, whose embalmed corpse remains on display ("in a plush lined casket") at the courthouse, bore no visible grudge..."

Feb. 2, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Day Trips

Baseball, bats, obits, no buts, and environmental action figure into this year-end wrap-up.

"...The Houston Astros baseball club had a new, plush $250 million stadium and then went 72-90 for the..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Public Notice

Gather 'round the Yule log and the figgy pudding, get out a paper and pen, and jot down some of these items form our Annual Holiday Wish List 2000. Local organizations need you!

"...I-35, 478-4939 Toaster oven Microwave Desktop photocopier Children's books Non-plush toysYWCA of Greater Austin2015 S. I-35 Suite 110, 326-1222..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

TV Eye

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.

"...his death in 1991, Cat in the Hat hats, plush toys, games, and, now, theatrical and film productions have..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Dancing About Architecture

Freddy Fender is diagnosed with Hepatitis C, as news comes in that Direct Events owner and longtime local live music promoter Tim O'Connor is getting ready to retire.

"...of the old Blue Flamingo -- a club called Plush is now in place there), but says that with..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Queen of Truth

With two beautifully crafted memoirs under her belt, a third book of poetry out, tenure at Syracuse University, a teenage son, and a blissful romance, Mary Karr is definitely hardworking and real. And if her soul isn't entirely pure, well, readers of Cherry will be grateful it isn't.

"...his breath until you feel yourself vanish into the plush warmth of his tongue, each movement of which is..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

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