Reefer Madness: Seeds vs. Suds

Marijuana: A safer alternative to America's favorite social lubricant?

"..."Alcohol, quite literally, is a poison," Fox said in a recent AlterNet interview. "That's why..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Column by Jordan Smith

Classics Comeback

Are the great dramas of yore reclaiming their place on Austin's stages?

"...now than it did in 1664." Bastion Carboni, whose Poison Apple Initiative production of No Exit ends its three-week..."

July 3, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Don't Trust the Government

"...are exposed to toxic levels of fluoride, a proven poison which is used in our toothpaste and in rat..."

Feb. 23, 2009 Postmarks

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A Chicago art group brings Austin punk and the mighty congresswoman together

"...Research on the Dicks led the trio to Big Boys/Poison 13 guitarist Tim Kerr, who became a major focus..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Edge of Heaven

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

"...your bones the way those movies did. Pick your poison, I suppose...."

Sept. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The McMansion Nightmare Continues

"...they installed a system around their home that sprays poison three to four times a day. It kills all,..."

April 28, 2008 Postmarks

Page Two: Sugar or Salt?

Severed heads, barbecue, and SXSW

"..."From soul to poison soul to poison soul..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Blood Diamond

This action-packed take on the issue of blood diamonds is an example of social critique masquerading as cineplex fodder.

"...always-excellent South African actor Vosloo) and RUF maniac Captain Poison (Harewood). While the film never quite reaches the emotional..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

M. Ward

Record review

"...creates, and how none of that ultimately matters on "Poison Cup": "If love is a poison cup, then drink..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Music Review by Christopher Gray

How To Eat Fried Worms

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

"...the skin of its victim, the ring inserts a poison, which lays dormant until the recipient dies in the..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...If you are highly allergic to poison ivy, you should also avoid ginkgo nuts, lacquered boxes,..."

July 9, 2004 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Beyond Limits Otherwise Prescribed

George W. Bush refuses to put our money where his mouth is in matters of domestic defense, even though all the experts testify that America is as vulnerable to major terrorist attacks today as it was on 9 / 11.

"...As for chemical and biological weapons: The "poison factory" Powell claimed was operating in northern Iraq was..."

March 21, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

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

One Two Three Faw!

A brief history of Texas garage rock

"...people still talk about. After the Big Boys came Poison 13, a band whose slow-and-sloppy blues/garage riffs resounded during..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

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

'Heaven' Sent

Writer / director Todd Haynes resurrects the gloriously overwrought weepies of the Fifties in Far From Heaven.

"...schools and independent video stores.) His first live-flesh feature, Poison, won the 1991 Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, prompting..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Day Trips

Check out the new poisonous fish exhibit at Fair Park in Dallas. Just don't touch!

"...but don't touch, a special exhibit of venomous and poisonous fish from around the world. The toxic, aquatic animals..."

June 28, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Picks to Click

The SXSW Class of 2002

"...of garagey, blues-influenced rock calls to mind forebears like Poison 13 and Jack-O-Fire, much more so than some Strat-slinger..."

March 1, 2002 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Gosford Park

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

"...at those pokey Agatha Christie whodunits (a bottle of poison is labeled such in big black letters, and every..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Page Two

Austin music clubs are usually one of the first casualties in an economic downturn.

"...Big Boys, the Dicks, the Butthole Surfers, Scratch Acid, Poison 13, etc. This is no mea culpa, but rather..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Column by Louis Black

Rock Star

"...you were like me, you dug the hair bands. Poison, Slaughter, Bon Jovi, Mötley Crue, Winger, Warrant -- you..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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

Dancing About Architecture

Microradio back in Austin, Fortune 500 gone.

"...Anniversary show behind the store, with the Motards and Poison 13. Last week, I got an e-mail from P13's..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Austin's live music scene turns up missing.

"..."Funny you should joke about a Poison 13 reunion happening," Bill Anderson said to me a..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Naked City

A landslide at Freeport's Grasburg mine raises questions about the company's practices in Indonesia.

"...New Orleans and approved a measure known as a poison pill that will forestall any attempts by an outside..."

May 19, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Romeo Must Die

"...there is to it, and the requisite philter of poison never makes its third-act appearance. Instead, we're treated to..."

March 24, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Real Life Rat Tales

Carol Brorson consults the experts to get to the roof of Austin's rat problem.

"...Rats can detect poison mixed with food in as little as two parts..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Features Feature by Carol Brorsen

The Baby Namboos Ancoats2zambia (Palm/Durban Poison)

National Records

"...The Baby Namboos Ancoats2zambia (Palm/Durban Poison) Excluding mainstream fringe dwellers like Portishead or Dot Allison,..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Loss Soul: If You Think Church Is Just an Hour on Sunday

The Johnson / Long Dance Company production of Loss Soul

"...as if a wound in us has had the poison drawn out of it; now it has a chance..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Things That Go Bump

Young writer Eli Kooris spends the night in a haunted photography shop to see what he can scare up.

"...front of him, side by side, dressed in silver poison control suits, complete with gas masks...."

Oct. 29, 1999 Features Feature by Eli Kooris

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