Pick Your Poison

"...nuclear nonproliferation treaty. Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time. You did renounce the pursuit of..."

Jan. 9, 2006 Postmarks

Bastion Standard Time

Austin theatre's 'enfant terrible' swapped his poison pen for a Poison Apple and still gets people talking

"...Pizza, and Carboni has just come up with an idea that he's thrilled with for a photo to accompany..."

July 13, 2012 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

The Hoax

Playing the con artist Clifford Irving, who notoriously forged the autobiography of Howard Hughes, Richard Gere has one of the best roles of his career.

"...for his transgressions with a prison sentence and a poison name. Was there ever a guy whose life was..."

April 6, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Fun Fun Fun Fest Preview

"...quintet returns armed with new songs. – Doug Freeman Poison Idea..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Music Feature

Rampage

"...to the movies, Rampage might be his cup of poison. Yet odds are, he'd regard Rampage's hero, Anthony Fraser..."

Nov. 27, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Luv Doc: Mostly Happy

Not only is the glass half empty, it's got a hole in the bottom and it's leaking poison

"...me. I don't know if this is a good idea, even though I know he is sincere about leaving..."

June 22, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

The Edge of Heaven

This Turkish film is a transgenerational, transborder microcosm of modern cultural melding.

"...most of the time, most of us have no idea. The film, split into three chapters, is a transgenerational,..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

How To Eat Fried Worms

This kids movie, which was filmed in Austin, is not as wormy as it sounds.

"...Thomas Cavanagh, Kimberly Williams and Andrea Martin. Doubtless the idea of watching people eat worms for more than an..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Empire

"...Shakespeare and left Leonardo DiCaprio's lovesick Montague in the poison dust. (I won't go into his killer clown role..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Annabelle Chairlegs Sees Red in New Video

Black-gloved assassin strikes in visual whodunit

"...A knife in the back, a poison apple, a drill bit to the dome: In the..."

Aug. 5, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Boy George’s New Life

Culture Club frontman relives the Seventies

"...Really Want to Hurt Me” and “Church of the Poison Mind.” These days, George O’Dowd, 57, would prefer to..."

July 4, 2018 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Sound on Sound Review: Damian Abraham

Fucked Up frontman podcasts from Sherwood

"...Approach’s first release, but in the LP arena it’s Poison Idea’s Feel the Darkness...."

Nov. 6, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback – Fun Fun Fun Fest: A Decade of Aggression

Flashing back on 10 years of Fun Fun Fun Fest

"...Undercard: Angry Samoans, Diplo, Poison Idea, Girl Talk..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Movies That Matter

An interview with Killer Films producer Christine Vachon

"...first feature – and Sundance grand jury winner – Poison. She has gone on to produce all of Haynes'..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Summer Reading

Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

"...recite and team owners like to promote, the patronizing idea of America's pastime selfishly rescuing the downtrodden brown people..."

June 4, 1999 Books Review

Howlin' Wolf Does Not Wear Panties

Walter Daniels' punk blues stirs up a whole new generational ilk, like Black Joe Lewis

"...bands he's played and recorded with: Bloodsucking Go-Devils, the Ideals, Hickoids, Jack O'Fire, Hank Street Ramblers, Gay Sportscasters, Buick..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Oral History of ABGB

Pils to wake, pils to sleep

"...beer to make a living doing that. So the idea was, let's just make a living and have some..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Food Feature by Eric Puga

We Remember What the Dormouse Said

Ten authors cut you a little slice of their own personal Wonderlands

"...In my book Summer and Bird, I borrowed that idea for a section where the grief-stricken Summer enters a..."

March 31, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

HOG Wild

How a concrete wasteland has become a street-art wonderland called the HOPE Outdoor Gallery

"...years: a neighborhood eyesore choked with weeds, human feces, poison ivy, and the concrete-walled half shell of a condemned..."

June 20, 2014 Arts Feature by Bob Makela

Grim History

Author traces Texas prison system from its roots in plantation slavery

"...took over the prison board, and they had this idea of selling all the prison plantations and building a..."

Aug. 20, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

The Hightower Lowdown

Cows Go High Tech; Sweet Smell of Poison

"..."They just shake their heads."Sweet Smell of Poison Lily Tomlin says: "I worry that the man who..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Column by Jim Hightower

Hands off My MUD

Davenport Fights to Retain Independence It Never Had

"...Hills. Assistant City Manager Toby Futrell then described a "poison pill" that prevents annexation of the Lost Creek Municipal..."

Nov. 14, 1997 News Feature by John Spong

Dancing About Architecture

The Austin Music Network changes administrations once again.

"...asked for T-shirts, though," says Sound Exchange's Craig Koon). Poison 13's reunion was stellar, looking as though nothing had..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Gosford Park

The servants know all in this Altman mystery set in a British countryside estate in the Thirties.

"...What Altman needs is a solid framework: a good idea and precisely drawn characters to work from. In Gosford..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Luv Doc: The Next Eva Braun

It’s probably not smart to tie the knot with someone who regularly bends your moral compass

"...talking about getting married. I am not against this idea, but I have one reservation. We work at the..."

March 24, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

From the Ridiculous to the Sublime

How do you take Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist and, in less than a month, condense it into a 100-minute one-man play, with the actor playing 20 characters from the novel plus a New York City drag queen? Everett Quinton and Eureka, veterans of the fabled Ridiculous Theatre Company and creators of Twisted Olivia, explain how they did it.

"...greatest thing for an actress to do is drink poison onstage."..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Looking for Mr. Goodbill

A look at what's been filed for the 77th session at the Texas Legislature

"...book at the poor deranged schnook who tried to poison the Treaty Oak.) Much less defensible is the bill's..."

Dec. 29, 2000 News Feature by Michael King

Postmarks

Pagan Cheer

"...Winter solstice (the shortest day of the year). The idea is that it is kind of scary when the..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Column

Camp Nowhere

"...Marne Patterson, Wendy Makkena and Peter Scolari. The initial idea of a bunch of kids escaping from their parents..."

Sept. 2, 1994 Movie Review by Brian Baker

Page Two

"...our famous "IF YOU DON'T READ THIS ISSUE WE'LL POISON BARTON SPRINGS," June 1, 1990, cover. The illustration was..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Column by Louis Black

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