Crackpot Crackdown

Joining a long East Texas tradition, Jackson County DA Bobby Bell has convicted 28 black people on drug charges via manufactured evidence and railroaded trials. One small-town exile, her family, and a few neighbors are finally fighting back.

"...for evidentiary purposes, they'd photocopied back at the police station), placed an audio transmitter in her purse and sent..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Nightclubs aren't the only things for which smoking will be banned

"...on certain industrial chemicals, greater pollution controls at local power plants, and in Travis and Williamson counties, vehicle emissions..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Point Austin: Dreaming Downtown

The conversation resumes on how to remake the second street district

"...who are currently poring over corporate résumés, presentations, sketches, Power Points, and videos in an attempt to get their..."

March 4, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Love in the Time of War

Nanci Griffith returns after a four-year absence, heart, mind, and activism in hand

"...have sold it out of the back of a station wagon if that's what it would have taken."..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

'To the Limit': Austin Radio Spanish

Austin's Hispanic broadcasting market makes huge changes, too

"...last year, the Houston-based company gobbled up seven Hispanic stations in Austin, one short of the FCC limit...."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Naked City

A roundup of issues before the city council last week

"...headline subject of the day: Whither Seaholm? The long-mothballed power plant is targeted for a yet-to-be-determined combination of private..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

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"...Council members – who really do have absolutely no power on that score.]..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Column

High Baptismal Flow

In search of rock & roll's psychedelic pioneers, Austin's 13th Floor Elevators

"...philosophy-turned-psychology major named Tommy Hall, who recognized the sonic power of rock & roll and its potential as a..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Behind the Music

George Hickenlooper and 'Mayor of the Sunset Strip'

"...the fence." Former Dramarama member Chris Carter, then Bingenheimer's station producer and friend, had approached Hickenlooper about doing the..."

April 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

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"...of Austin (due to the necessary wide spacing of stations and the in-expressway routing through most of Austin). You..."

April 16, 2004 Column

Born on the Fourth of July

Explosions in the Sky are blowing up. (Sorry, we resisted the pun as long as we could.)

"...The Return of the King trailer glowing on the Power Mac in front of him...."

Oct. 24, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Tuned In, Burnt Out: Psychedelic Sounds on CD-R

"...Texas Psych aficionado should be without the Golden Dawn's Power Plant album from 1968. Active again after a 30-year..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

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"...Is it that Ms. Apple would prefer our community station to be uncolorful and pedestrian? Or is she referring..."

May 30, 2003 Column

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...alarm about the safety of the long-troubled Bay City power plant. STP 1 remains shutdown while plant officials research..."

April 25, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Air Clearing Over Rockdale?

"...should have been triggered when the company rebuilt its power units almost 20 years ago. "Had Alcoa followed the..."

April 18, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...Lloyd, but he never lost his soft spot for power pop. Tulsa's 20/20 put out their self-titled debut in..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...to see that John Atkins, leader of late Seattle powerhouse 764-HERO, has found quite the, uh, magic with new..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Transforming a Neighborhood Near You

Since 1985, Austin's Art in Public Places program has placed more than 100 works in 57 facilities, transforming not only the look of the city but neighborhoods and the lives of people in them.

"...talk about a simple, elegant memorial at a police station in South Austin (Linnea Glatt's Reflect) or lush oil..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

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"...KOOP has problems. Come on -- maintaining a radio station run by volunteers, funded by donations, open to the..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Column

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"...play. Bouncy rock transitions conjure the wackiness of Austin Powers and Laugh In. The musical interludes seem quite appropriate..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

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"...a "political subdivision" of Austin. That we had quasi-judicial powers and these "suggestions" are really "quasi-judicial advisories" that are..."

May 24, 2002 Column

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"...CD -- and live -- with tenderness and luminous power...."

March 8, 2002 Column

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...of fuzzed-out guitars that would sound perfect in a space-station singles bar. Their 2000 debut Left Hand Turn captured..."

March 8, 2002 Music Feature

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"...Council Member Griffith has worked very hard to empower citizens and neighborhoods in the process of city decision-making...."

Feb. 15, 2002 Column

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...political writers are taken seriously in the corridors of power; Amy Smith's calls to Kirk Watson and Lloyd Doggett..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

TV Eye

PBS's landmark documentary series, "Point of View," announces its summer lineup.

"...account of how ordinary people come to realize the power of their convictions in the face of fear and..."

June 15, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Letters at 3AM

Let's Get Drunk and Read Poetry

"...and begrudged admiration, wondering what it means that the Superpower is a country where a man can win the..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Take the A-Train

Mike Clark-Madison discusses 10 years covering light rail, and urges voters to support it.

"...trains, roads, ridership, traffic, smog, sales tax, sprawl, infill, station areas, headways, lane miles, corridors, Crestview, Pflugerville, El Concilio,..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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We're sorry you feel that way.

"...the courage exhibited in standing up against the established power to fight fraud and to tell the truth. However,..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Column

TV Eye

Television goes back to school; Fox Family picks up Freaks and Geeks; promising TV movie Witchblade could become a series.

"...fiction, that is. Fiction with backbone, bite, and the power to transport you to another world. My hankering was..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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