Articulations

Adios to longtime arts service organization Artists' Legal and Accounting Assistance of Austin, and real-life election shenanigans give Zach's Evita a boost.

"...says, "it did not do so well recently." A sad irony that, at a time when more local accountants..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Broken Hearts Club

"...off his hand); Howie's the neurotic one; Patrick's the sad sack, etc. It's all pretty standard stuff, following closely..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Coach's Corner

To hell with the critics! Remember the Titans is a great sports movie -- the best since Rocky.

"...de la Hoya's. In fact, these C-movies set a sad precedent which was to dog sports movies thereafter: the..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Venus Beauty Institute

"...co-worker/friend. Marie, in turn, is won over by the sad-faced man easily 40 years her senior, aided not a..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Criminal Conversation

How Christopher McQuarrie, the writer of The Usual Suspects and the director of the upcoming The Way of the Gun, learned to say no.

"...of a downward slide into misery, and a really sad ending is, "It's going to get better. Tomorrow is..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

What's In Store

The city's self-storage business is changing as corporate giants push mom and pop operations aside.

"...natural, Bell admits that at times she finds it sad, because so many can't afford the high prices that..."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Clem Snide Your Favorite Music (Sire)

"...sounded so beautiful. "Your favorite music always makes you sad," sings songwriter Eef Barzelay on his band's major label..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Music Review by Jeff Mccord

Coming Soon

The Most Memorable Sex Scenes in Film

"...even if it means breaking his rod. It's a sad, sad day when naked pool people raise only titters,..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Replacements

"...life. And Jon Favreau (best known as the likable sad sack from Swingers and Friends) is almost unrecognizable as..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Every Day of Your Life

Remembering Sims Ellison, and profiling the SIMS Foundation

"...part of the story. He worries "the hardcore, gory, sad part" will focus too much on his brother's death,..."

July 7, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Night Visions

Director Alison Maclean and author Denis Johnson on Jesus' Son, a soulful, darkly comic take on life and death as a junkie

"...a wild night journey, full as they are of sad poetry and bone-deep revelations and mystic visions. Which is..."

July 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Kikujiro

"...the sort you'd expect to find companionship with a sad young boy. Their journey takes them first to the..."

June 30, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Perfect Storm

"...Shatford (Wahlberg), the feuding Sully (Fichtner) and Murph (Reilly), sad-sack Bugsy (former Austinite Hawkes), and taciturn Alfred Pierre (Payne)..."

June 30, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Car Crashes & Other Sad Stories

"...Car Crashes & Other Sad Stories by Mell Kilpatrick..."

June 9, 2000 Books Review by Marc Savlov

Book Reviews

Southerners, Strange Foreigners, and Unabashed Perverts

"...is grossly funny but the narrative voice is appealingly sad. More importantly, The Toy Collector seems familiar because I,..."

June 2, 2000 Books Feature by Lissa Richardson

Book Reviews

Southerners, Strange Foreigners, and Unabashed Perverts

"...I was horny. I was horny because I was sad, because the night had been awful, because it was..."

June 2, 2000 Books Feature by Martin Wilson

Day Trips

The live oak tree at the top of Enchanted Rock, which has inspired religious devotion for centuries, is now in a fight for its life.

"...the demise of the Tree of Life or a sad reminder of the sometimes cruel power of Mother Nature?..."

May 19, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Elliott Smith, La Zona Rosa, May 5

"...Asking the crowd if they'd like a happy or sad song, he responded with the sounds-like-Miss-Misery-song, "Easy Way Out."..."

May 12, 2000 Music Review by Mindy LaBernz

Where the Shadows Are Deepest

The search for, and subsequent conversation with, country singer James Hand

"...happy, you want to hear happy songs. When you're sad, you want to hear sad songs. It oughta be..."

May 5, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Postmarks

Readers are baffled by the Chronicle's "no endorsement" for the mayoral race.

"...will live forever in infamy as one of the saddest and most repulsive days in U.S. history...."

April 28, 2000 Column

Postmarks

Readers hash over the war on drugs in response to an AISD principal's being busted for marijuana possession.

"...It's really a sad, sad day when a white man blames illegal and..."

April 21, 2000 Column

The Waiting Game

"...Lenny, sporting a lengthy mane of hair and a sad little headshot that you just know is going to..."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

28 Days

"...cast in the role of therapist. Buscemi!? The twitchy, sad-eyed actor who, for his directorial debut, made the alcohol-soaked..."

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Where the Money is

"...cute backstory, and it fits nicely with Henry's present sad state of affairs -- the downturned mouth, the vapid,..."

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rules of Engagement

"...new movie too. And although correct, these assumptions are sad, especially since they are being wielded by some of..."

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sk8 Baby Sk8

Austin author Inga Muscio (Cunt, Seal Press) reflects on her experience as a badass skateboard babe and wonders why more women in Austin don't fancy life on four wheels.

"...is not available to me. It would make me sad that I am a woman, and I have never..."

April 7, 2000 Features Feature by Inga M. Muscio

Eyes Wide Shut

"...(1999); with Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack It's sad when a legend's final film winds up as one..."

April 7, 2000 Screens Review by Mike Emery

Velvet Underdog

Sterling Morrison: An Oral History With Interviews

"...Tucker: I sure wasn't aware of Gail. What a sad situation for all, very sad. For her, for [Sterling's..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Seela

Something happened to local singer-songwriter.

"...I don't like songs that are sung in a sad voice so I know it's a sad song."..."

March 3, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks

Readers react to last week's cover story on the murder of Lauryn Paige Fuller.

"...me, you paint an ugly picture of Austin. It saddens me too that the publication that I once waited..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Column

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