Developing Stories

City just says no to $1 million. Go figure.

"...the Baxter Bill (House Bill 2266, a 2005 farewell poison pill for Austin from former Dis­trict 48 Rep. Todd..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Taking On Another Identity

Lisa Kaselak, a straight woman, leads the Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival into its 20th year

"...Far From Heaven director Todd Haynes' seminal 1991 film, Poison. Lambasted for its stark depictions of gay sex and..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

When Will Austin Learn?

"...the view is dominated by giant motor vehicles, exuding poison gases and particulate matter. Walking is cheap, green transportation..."

Aug. 23, 2007 Postmarks

The Death of Brad Will

An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way

"...This poison spewed out of local radios all day Oct. 26..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross

Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s

"...But, unfortunately, when Winger and Poison get involved, the naysayers just might have a string..."

July 27, 2007 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Black and Bush Both Looney Tunes

"...of our movement (Black mentions the conspiracy-launched activism against poison inoculations, unwittingly disproving his accusation of nonimpact). Chief among..."

July 15, 2007 Postmarks

CIA Hand-in-Glove With Mafia

"...the rest talked on and on about Castro and poison pills. Hello? The point is that the CIA is..."

June 27, 2007 Postmarks

Kick the Can and Bag the Bag

A guide to preparing homemade pet food

"...there were many sources of contamination. Scientists found rat poison in some samples and contaminated rice protein in others...."

May 11, 2007 Food Feature by Fran Moody

Scratchman Strikes Again

Lotto superhero returns from the grave

"...As a poison pill to House Bill 2160, Rep. Kino Flores' somewhat-ill-considered..."

May 9, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Grady

"...A Cup of Cold Poison..."

April 6, 2007 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Gary Lucas/Gods & Monsters

Trolling South by Southwest 2007

"...Head Jerry Harrison on keyboards, they ripped through a "Poison Tree/Jack Johnson/Ghostrider" medley from their 1992 debut, a modal..."

March 23, 2007 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Down With Whitey

The old white dudes at the Lege sure get testy about their statues of Confederate dead.

"...doozy amendments thrown at this bill, presumably to be poison pills. The first, offered by Thompson, said that the..."

March 21, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Michael & Us

Canadian filmmakers Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine set out to celebrate a lion of the left. They ended up with something a little different.

"...popular myth that documentaries are synonymous with automatic box-office poison. However, as their interviews progress, we witness the filmmakers..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: When I Write the Book

On luck, anarchy, and the narrative vagaries of life

"...grave disappointment, and any kind of basking will fatally poison one's soul...."

Feb. 9, 2007 Column by Louis Black

On the Lege

The Cervical Wars Part I: Perry, HPV, and the Politics of Cancer

"...have thought their man Rick Perry had threatened to poison their wells with fluoride and seize their daughters, too...."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

The Hightower Report

Our "Made in China" Christmas; and Left-Wing Penguins and Devilish Tofu

"...he found the devil in soybeans. "There's a slow poison out there that's severely damaging our children and threatening..."

Jan. 5, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Jane's Addiction

"...Jane's was competing with the likes of W.A.S.P. and Poison for gigs, making the sledgehammer originality of "Ocean Size,"..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Doug Sahm & Band, The Sir Douglas Band

Reissues

"...punch them with his own righteous material ("Dealer's Blues," "Poison Love"). The results floundered below the charts but outlasted..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Pandora's Box

Louise Brooks. Berlin. The Twenties.

"...a classic example. Of course, her naivete and sexuality poison everything. Scenes between Lulu and Countess Geschwitz (Alice Roberts,..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Screens Review by Audra Schroeder

Jim Jones Jr.

on 'The Life and Death of Peoples Temple'

"...so many slanted documentaries ranging from the far-fetched, Purple Poison, to, you know, some fairly decent ones. Two, I..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Page Two: The Time of the Toad

The New McCarthyism, or why the way the Dixie Chicks incident passes into history matters

"...healthy men not similarly immunized would be a lethal poison...."

Nov. 3, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Big Chris Gates & Gatesville

Record review

"...of his allotted nine lives with the Big Boys, Poison 13, Junkyard, Skatenigs, and Charter Bulldogs. The gravel in..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Medicine Man

Up a Tree With Greg Ashley

"...a nasty looking spider's web and wonder aloud what poison oak looks like. It's the first day of fall,..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

TCB

Finally, nobody died this week, heralding several new beginnings: Trail of Dead hopes its career is reborn on 'So Divided,' ex-Domino Bobby Whitlock relocates to Austin, Stretford comes back on the scene, and even the boy-band craze is revived

"...Stuff" and the Dirty Hearts with Bell Biv DeVoe's "Poison," Cedar Fever left them in the dust with suggestive..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Song for My Father

An epic and personal reminiscence of Don Walser and what he meant to Austin

"...guy in town witnessing sets by Rusty Wier and Poison 13 in the same evening...."

Sept. 29, 2006 Music Feature by Mark Rubin

Mas Noticias Las Manitas: Council Members Take Stand

"...discovered under the Congress Avenue Bridge? Eradicate the bats! Poison them! Now look at what a huge tourist attraction..."

Sept. 29, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"..."Our crews build top-quality trails despite the heat and poison ivy, plus they learn lessons from nature, and they..."

Aug. 4, 2006 News Feature

Welcome to the Jungle

Metal and alt-rock collide and flourish during the Back Room's glory years

"...much). By then, links to the glam-metal era of Poison and Cinderella were fading fast; even the mighty Crüe..."

July 28, 2006 Music Feature by Ray Seggern

Travis County ME: Who's on First?

Lots of finger-pointing over who's to blame

June 30, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Cat Scientist

Record review

"...number among their lab coats guitar Ph.D. Bill Anderson (Poison 13, Meat Purveyors), whose adaptability stamps the title track's..."

June 23, 2006 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

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