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The Glass Castle
Jeanette Walls' beloved memoir hits the big screen
"...– there are moments of family drama where you scan the screen frantically wondering, “Where is the mother, and..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Pause/Play
Filmmaker Andrew Shapter's battle to make art and beat cancer
"...Dozier, who urged him to get a full CT scan. He paid $1,800 cash for it. The scan found..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Obvious Child
Jenny Slate stars as a standup comic in this indie film about abortion that comes snuggled in the broad strokes of a quirky comedy.
"...avert their gaze from these undainty truths and instead scan the horizon for a more user-friendly dick joke. (You..."

June 20, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Scan Hopper
"...Scan HopperMariana Bridges (Simplexity)..."

April 25, 2014 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows
Austin Music Awards Director Margaret Moser goes out with a bang
"...walked into her doctor's office to take a CAT scan and walked out with stage III colon cancer. The..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Bitcoins 'R' Us: Cyber-Money Arrives
Virtual currency captures Austin's attention
"...completing a three-step verification process – a government ID scan, palm scan, and facial recognition match – a user..."

March 14, 2014 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

Elysium
In the year 2154, the rabble live on the garbage dump of Earth while the elite live in the perfect Elysium in the sky; Matt Damon is a mad Max who breaks on through.
"...these ultra-elites have perfected medicine via technology: A simple scan removes everything from hangnails to cancer...."

Aug. 9, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Notes from the Chemo Lounge
Welcome to what’s left of the rest of your life
"...see my doctor, who scheduled me for a CAT scan. Two days before the procedure, I knew something was..."

May 9, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Take Two Aspirin and Ping Me in the Morning
Heath care: an oral future
"...Tricorder and all of these different devices that can scan your body. They're actually coming to fruition now. Not..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

'Fruit'
Short Story Contest: Second place
"...in the modern world? Page radiology, order a CAT scan, the daughter found her like this and followed the..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Books Feature by Lydia Melby

BPness, Part 2: A (Long) Line (of Boom) in the Sand
Notes from Kate's trip thru Lafourche Parish to Grand Isle, LA., Part 2.
"...the rise, there's one of those white party tents. Scanning the beach, it's clear this is but one of..."

June 25, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

What is forensic anthropology?
"...It takes out the human error. We have 3-D scanners, so we scan skulls and have a permanent record..."

April 4, 2008 News Feature

After a Fashion
Why is Stephen suddenly interested in bed jackets and catheter cozies?
"...metastasized. So then I was scheduled for a CAT scan, bone scan, and manicure (the manicure was just something..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Ten
Quirky comedy sketches illustrate each of the Ten Commandments.
"...which in this instance take the form of CAT scan machines. The parody of the Woody Allen film Broadway..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Next Next
Jasper Fforde reveals the secrets behind the new Thursday Next adventure, narrative gymnastics, and the job of writing
"...Goliath having his identity confirmed not by a retinal scan but a scan of the knot of his tie...."

Aug. 3, 2007 Books Feature by Robert Faires

Return of the Wal-Mart Push Poll? (UPDATED)
A pro-Wal-Mart mailer hits Northcross neighbors.
"...to recruit supporters? Just FYI. If anyone gets a scan of the mailer, send it in so we can..."

April 18, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

After a Fashion
Stephen does drag in cartwheels or cartwheels in drag... you'll have to read to figure it out
"...a great idea – if only it worked. "Please scan your first item," the capable-yet-friendly synthesized voice of a..."

May 13, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Weed Watch
Latest dispatches from the drug war
"...$50,000 contract with a Louisiana company to conduct "trace scanner" sweeps to detect the presence of drugs at 47..."

Jan. 14, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Thunderbirds
A TV show from the Sixties that starred marionettes gets the live-action treatment … or does it?
"...close on their hidden island paradise from which they scan the world for news of disaster like flat-hunters eagerly..."

July 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'Never the Same Again'
Jesse Sublett's 'Rock 'n' Roll Gothic': an excerpt
"...WHITE ROOMNovember 17, 1997 I'm lying inside a CAT scan tube in a bright white room at a radiological..."

May 7, 2004 Books Feature

What, Me Worry? Yes.
'American Splendor' is one of the most celebrated movies of the year, and everybody loves my comic again. But … I dunno.
"...attention of my doctor, who got me a CAT scan and biopsy, and, sure enough, I had lymphoma again...."

Sept. 5, 2003 Screens Feature by Harvey Pekar

Packs a Punch
Chances are you've seen Powerhouse Animation's work, whether you know it or not -- its portfolio includes Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights, Disney TV's The Proud Family, and plenty of local TV spots, ad campaigns, and one-off Flash animation projects.
"...it's working from an artistic standpoint, and then we scan it into the computer and do a test to..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Will Video Kill the Celluloid Star?
Most loves fade over time, and the romance of a hundred-plus years of filmmaking seems to be losing its luster as well. At least, that's what the new High Definition video vanguard, led by George Lucas and Robert Rodriguez, is saying. Is video the future of film?
"...and the first to emulate the 24 frames-per-second progressive scan rate of film, allowing for an image similar to..."

June 21, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks
Rape saga redux and other local imbroglios.
"...a parking ticket, and go in for a CAT scan, and the APD can connect my test with my..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Column

Liam
"...familiar, but not easy to exactly recall. A quick scan of his filmography, and he comes more clearly into..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Thirteenth Floor
"...to sleep, and have your consciousness “transferred” via computer scan to a pre-existing game character in good old L.A...."

May 28, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Coach's Corner
"...a brainy girlfriend. I still get Esquire. I quickly scan the table of contents to see if Mike Lupica's..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...collectively assembled as the Southeast Corner Alliance of Neighborhoods (SCAN), say the council's acceptance of free land from the..."

March 27, 1998 News Feature

Postmarks
Slusher Kicks Ass!
"...activists, led by the Southeast Corner Alliance of Neighborhoods. SCAN's first priority has always been increasing home ownership because..."

March 13, 1998 Column

Naked City
Off the Desk :
"...president of the Southeast Corner Alliance of Neighborhood Organizations (SCAN), said she preferred single-family zoning even if it meant..."

Feb. 20, 1998 News Feature

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