@ Chronic: Campaign Karl

Is his rep as the campaign killer still intact?

"...elected office? Getting past the association with the Bush administration that most GOP presidential candidates are trying to avoid,..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Summer Chores

Summer blockbusters become video games, and fun is lost in translation

"...Ratatouille (THQ, $49.99, Xbox 360) is also fixated on tasks..."

July 27, 2007 Screens Feature by Jeremy Martin

Notes on Kitsch

... or W.W.S.S.T. (What Would Susan Sontag Think) about Austin's love of camp?

"...tais, and Yma Sumac. But fans of rockabilly and drag-race culture (think: Ed Roth and Rat Fink, not NASCAR)..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

The Latest in Paper

In his clear, descriptive style, Christian Parenti delivers not only the now-familiar voice of the "embedded" journalist, but also that of one who is intelligent and curious enough to seek out the resistance.

"...with Madhi fighters who describe Improvised Explosive Devices as "rat poison for the American rats" and with a powerful..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Books Feature by Diana Welch

South of France by Southwest

In keeping a journal during my five days in Cannes, where my first feature, 'Room,' premiered internationally, it occurred to me that it's the creative energy in Austin that has carried me this far.

"...to house our posse. After all the months of preparation, I still don't believe this is happening. All I..."

May 27, 2005 Screens Feature by Kyle Henry

The Rove M.O.

If you read this story, your career could be over by the end of the day: Michael Paradies Shoob examines 'Bush's Brain'

"...sheer aptness of the term to describe the Texas Democratic party post-Rove. Note the recurring canine imagery.)..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Cinemakids 2002

Watch movies, make movies: It's all in a weekend's work at this year's Cinemakids program, an offshoot of the Cinematexas International Short Film Festival.

"...gumshoe breaks a murder case involving cannibal zombies and rat poison. It's a remarkable panoply of films -- from..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

True West

The dirigo group production of Sam Shepard's True West sees Corey Gagne and Judson L. Jones swapping the roles of petty criminal Lee and screenwriter Austin every other night. While both are exceptional actors, offering plenty of sharp character work, both versions bring that pervading sense of threat that gives the show the violent inevitability of Greek tragedy.

"...Shepard's blast of brotherly discontent, where the ragged desert rat and petty criminal Lee narrates his idea for a..."

July 19, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Short cuts

We are potential Davids all, at this time and in this place more than ever before.

"...the lingering echoes of Y2K redux and a presidential race straight out of Bizarro World, finishing with a global..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

It's a Wrap!

A Legislative Wrap-Up on the 77th Session

"...Following a very long day and evening of deliberations -- the heaviest lifting concerned nursing-home legislation -- Wilson..."

June 1, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

The Dead Club Crawl

Club hopping through Austin's musical past.

"...bizarre is that I'm not even penning it myself, rather I'm passing it along exactly as told to me...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

The Austin Music Network changes administrations once again.

"...version of AMN being city-run, and the second privately operated, Roberts hopes the community will help support the newest..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Managing the Media

As the Bush presidential campaign unravels after Labor Day, a press offices tries to keep the candidate on message and out of trouble.

"...up lights for a satellite interview with Bush's chief strategist, Karl Rove. A bank of TV monitors in the..."

Sept. 22, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

"...consistent winners, and Fivehead's new, two-song gem, "Goodie the Rat" b/w "Better Part of the Year," continues that tradition...."

Sept. 8, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Country of Exiles?

Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life

"...expectations of international shareholders, the ideology of ivory tower bureaucrats, and the will to power of various nondemocratic entities,..."

July 9, 1999 Books Review

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...illustration by Jason Stout You know you're in for a..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

Prairie Fires

Dessau Road Burns With New Boom Fever

"...City of Austin, its extra-territorial jurisdiction (ETJ), and the incorporated limits of Pflugerville, one of our few suburbs...."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

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