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The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records
Jazz sides
"...styles are represented in this comprehensive 4-CD, 38-track Impulse primer that coincides with the release of jazz writer Ashley..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

More on Bike Helmets
"...make of Professor Goetz’s curious letter: Is it a primer for "How to Lie and Dissemble Statistics"? ["Postmarks," August..."

Aug. 17, 2006 Postmarks

Julieta Venegas
Record review
"...and ditched in Cancun on the same weekend. Tijuana's primera señorita of Rock en Español, last witnessed in a..."

June 30, 2006 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism
Pretty much all the major culture war battlefronts are encapsulated in this very readable primer on the burgeoning Christian political movement in the U.S.
"...major culture-war battlefronts are encapsulated in this very readable primer on the burgeoning Christian political movement in the U.S...."

June 23, 2006 Books Review by John Dicker

The May Queen
Women on Life, Love, Work, and Pulling It All Together in Your 30s
"...yet, the smart twentysomething will use it as a primer for graceful entry into life as we know it..."

May 5, 2006 Books Review by Melanie Haupt

Daniel Johnston
Record review
"...that doesn't negate its value as a Meaty, Beaty-style primer for newbies brought into the fold by theatrical document..."

April 21, 2006 Music Review by Greg Beets

Good to Go
Taco Bell is for suckers. This town's taquerias are for SXSWers.
"...and taco-centric restaurants, and we've put together a taco primer, as well as a listing of our favorite first-rate..."

March 10, 2006 Food Feature by Mick Vann

SXSW Picks and Sleepers
The Blurbing of SXSW 06
"...Who's Gonna Go Your Crooked Mile?, is a grand primer. – Greg BeetsKNIFE IN THE WATER10pm, Spiros Where the..."

March 10, 2006 Music Feature

Don't Fear the Interface
Web designers are wielding the coolest new tools for the greater good
"...is WebXites' Kelsey Ruger. His blog, www.themoleskin.com, is a primer for anyone wishing to better acquaint themselves with the..."

March 3, 2006 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Todd Snider
"...version of Buffet's signature tune, this is a commendable primer to the former San Marcos-based singer-songwriter's early days. Those..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

New Year, Old Films
Mid-20th-century must-sees: Part I
"...The following list – primer, guide, whatever – is what I came up with..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Luv Doc Recommends: Dr. Seuss: An American Icon
Austin Museum of Art – Downtown, Saturday, November 19, 2005
"...full of Seussian penises? Sort of a McElligot’s Pool primer on the various shapes and sizes of the erect..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

DVDnds
DVDnds
"...is a 1979 film often compared to seminal reggae primer The Harder They Come, and it lives up to..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Review by Martin de Leon II

TV Eye
Next week is a big week in network TV

Sept. 16, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Zupan on Impact
'Murderball' and the making of a celebrity
"...films as Spellbound, The Story of the Weeping Camel, Primer, and The Assassination of Richard Nixon. He discovered Murderball..."

July 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Luv Doc Recommends: Willie Graham Legg Perthes Benefit
Saxon Pub, Friday, June 24, 2005
"...earbuds, lips pantomiming the lyrics to some deathmetal suicide primer or maybe Achy Breaky Heart. Point is, they know..."

June 24, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

DVDs
This 1951 film about a middle-class Japanese family trying to arrange a marriage for their 'aging' 28-year-old daughter is considered one of Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu's most characteristic
"...to small moments, and Criterion's DVD makes a good primer, with its commentary track by Japanese-film expert Donald Richie..."

May 27, 2005 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

In Print
While it's bad form to judge a book by its cover – stunningly iconic in this case – this glancing Buster Keaton biography betrays its shortcomings by its page count
"...in a Flat Hat begins reading like a DVD primer; Sherlock, Jr., The Navigator, Steamboat Bill, Jr., and The..."

May 27, 2005 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The New New Journalism: Conversations on Craft With America's Best Non-Fiction Writers
When Tom Wolfe's introduction to The New Journalism' appeared in the 1970s, did he anticipate the semantic fallout his term would create?
"...diminishing readership for print media, Boynton offers a valuable primer for how strong journalism and the attention to craft..."

March 11, 2005 Books Review by Belinda Acosta

Food-o-File
The Meat Shop shuts its doors in anticipation of SH 130; plus, the Shoal Creek Saloon's Ski Lodge and Quack's Maplewood Bakery
"...only popular with locals (see "Cut and Dried: A Primer," Jan. 30, 2004), it was featured on the menus..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

News/Print
You ain't getting in to see Don DeLillo, so you might as well read about Seymour Hersh, Laura Bush, and Eli Wallach rolling around in the green, green grass together. Get your mind out the gutter! It's the Claiborne K.H. Smith connection.
"...possibilities of exclusively Spanish-speaking panels, the emergence of practical publishing-industry-primer panels, more effectively "selling" the participating authors to the..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Tasting the Stars
Champagne: an appreciation and primer

Dec. 31, 2004 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Big Books
"...Bitch Nation – a follow-up to last year's excellent primer, Stitch 'n Bitch – suggests that the granny craft's..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Books Feature by Jess Sauer

Mento Madness, Motta's Jamaican Mento: 1951-56 (V2)
Record review
"...schooled in jazz bands. Mento Madness is a delightful primer, introducing the styles and stars of this all-but-forgotten roots..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Tyranny Killed the Radio Star
Jonathan Demme on 'The Agronomist'
"...and human rights – while also serving as timely primer on Haiti, a country that when not subject to..."

June 4, 2004 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Short Cuts
Cinemania implodes at the last minute; plus: South by Southwest moving to Dallas?!
"...Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for his feature film Primer, a Dallas-based production that was eventually picked up for..."

June 4, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Yummer Reading
"...close relationship with a knowledgeable butcher (see Mick Vann's primer on Austin meat markets, Jan. 30, austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2004-01-30/food_set.html) to acquire..."

May 28, 2004 Food Feature by MM Pack

It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues
It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues is a blues primer covering every variation on the form, and in the Zachary Scott Theatre Center's production its lessons are driven home with verve and fervor and musical excitement
"...in a Nashville opry house. This is a blues primer covering every variation on the form since it made..."

April 23, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Passion of the Journalist
Jonathan Demme on 'The Agronomist," his tribute to Haiti's bravest, loudest voice for democracy
"...human rights – while also serving as a timely primer on Haiti, a country that when not subject to..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Confusing 'Democracy' With Mob Rule
"...Dear Editor, If you wanted a primer on exactly how clueless the religious right is, you..."

March 2, 2004 Postmarks

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