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Slow news week in the Live Music Capital

"..."Maybe they were tired," she speculates. Right. In semirelated power-pop news, Household Names singer-songwriter Jason Garcia reports a downloadable..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

After a Fashion

"...THE POWER OF THREE To be a female in Austin means..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Braying for Plutonium

The U.S. Dept. of Energy visits Amarillo in search of friendly site for manufacturing nuclear warheads.

"...of 24,000 years, but their usefulness as engines that power nuclear weapons is limited to 40 to 60 years...."

July 11, 2003 News Feature by William M. Adler

"I Made a Movie, and They Didn't Want It!"

Shut out by distribution companies, indie filmmakers go DIY when it comes to getting their movie out there.

"...that gets behind my film, but that is the power of a distributor, even a low-level distributor."..."

July 11, 2003 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

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"...former state Rep. Rick Green (with help from Judge Powers and Commissioner Molenaar) weakened our local HTGCD by prohibiting..."

March 28, 2003 Column

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...skinny tie umbrella of their fat, stalking groove. (Filling Station, 10:15pm) -- Raoul Hernandez..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...guitarist Wayne Kramer's MuscleTone Records on April 15. (Filling Station, midnight) -- Greg Beets..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Austin Music Awards 2002-03

Austin Music Hall, Wednesday, March 12

"...$220,000 check to the SIMS Foundation, as Best Radio Station; Eric Johnson as Best Electric Guitarist; Monte Montgomery as..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Everybody Loves a Wynn-er

Will Wynn is his own flavor of ice cream -- pure vanilla, but mixed with nuts

"...to come back." He got as far as College Station, where he studied architecture. "In retrospect, I wasn't very..."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Jim Brown's Shades of Gray

Spike Lee's latest documentary, Jim Brown: All American, looks at the turbulent life of the "greatest football player ever." Lee and Brown will be in town Tuesday to present the film at the Westgate Cinema.

"...was at the forefront, trying to organize, use his power in the league, trying to organize guys, getting to..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chuck Palahniuk and Gabe Hudson at BookPeople

Chuck Palahniuk and Gabe Hudson will be at BookPeople on Thursday, Sept. 26. Wayne Alan Brenner reviews the former's fifth book, Lullaby, while Martin Wilson examines the latter's debut, Dear Mr. President.

"...cribbed. It's a fast, bickering road trip of countercultural power plays through the arteriosclerotic heart of America, and it's..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Books Feature

Dancing About Architecture

As the Live Music Capital dries up, along comes the Austin City Limits festival to quench parched musical thirst.

"...the Austin Music Network, with $665,000 dedicated to the station for the next fiscal year. Whether you're a fan..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

In Memoriam

Longtime friends and colleagues of Eagle Pennell remember the filmmaker.

"...I'll remember a guy who was as personally empowering as anybody I ever met. It may have been..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Screens Feature

Spreading the Word

Six "New' acts for people who appreciate good music

"...Foster is her voice. It seems too big and powerful to be coming from just one person. She uses..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Paradise

Ten years after Gravity, Alejandro Escovedo finds his "Paradise."

"...Neil Young, Gang of Four, Shaun Cassidy. TV and PlayStation are off...."

June 28, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Dancing About Architecture

The city's noise ordinance proposes to drown out live music in Austin.

"...live music industry, while seemingly doing everything in its power to scuttle the efforts of those who make their..."

April 26, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Short Cuts

Here's a chance for you to give a little love to your friends at the Austin Film Society.

"...the month of April as part of the cable station's "Extreme" film series. In addition, Premiere magazine's annual Power..."

April 19, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Never Mind the Bollocks

Ray Benson decides to cut a solo album

"...With the ever omniscient power of hindsight, Benson's skepticism about the ability to turn..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Enemymine) unleashes a whole new level of brute rock power. (Hard Rock Cafe, 11pm) -- Michael Chamy..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

SXSW News

"...get off on a rant here, but if the station would wise up and eliminate the middleman by simply..."

March 15, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Mueller Contenders Present Plans

The major contenders for the New Mueller development make their case to the city.

"...serving on the advisory commission actually have little decision-making power. So if they, and by extension the public, want..."

March 15, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

"...removing fuel oil from two tanks at the Holly Power Plant -- a step toward the plant's eventual retirement...."

March 15, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

A Land Shaded in Melancholy Hues

The Austin Museum of Art exhibition "Visualizing the Blues: Images of the American South, 1862-1999" connects the blues aurally and visually, and reveals how the South, like the blues, is full of contradictions: dark and woeful yet beauteous and jubilant.

"...in a way that meshes sweetly with the vocal manifestation by James...."

March 8, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

March 1, 2002 Column

Welcome to the Primaries

A roundup of primary races important to the Austin area

"...you will -- that have contested Eastside Hispanic political power for decades, and both can point to a long..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature

Naked City

"...given its every-10-minutes forecasts. Nevertheless, the cable-only local news station announced on Friday that it will launch "News 8's..."

Feb. 8, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

After a Fashion

Harken back to the days of yore … on the dancefloor, as "After a Fashion" trips the disco ball fantastic in this boogie down Memory Lane.

"...The Kitty-licious Miss Kitty and the crew at radio station Mega 93.3 rule the airwaves with this new wave..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

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"...They have the power to do this, but not as environmental/neighborhood preservationists; they..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Column

Effendi

Talking jazz with piano great McCoy Tyner

"...the opaque and alabaster keys. And with the synthesized power of Art Tatum, Bud Powell's lyricism, and the creative..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Music Feature by David Lynch

Behind the Scenes

They're not exactly famous, but onetime Austinites Buddy and Julie Miller make some of the most authentic country music around.

"...a song that never got played on any radio station ... and the song of the year was 'Murder..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

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