After a Fashion

Our Style Avatar gives the lowdown on the TV Judges' style (or lack thereof).

"...GUILTY I'm shameless. It doesn't bother me at all to admit that..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Dancing About Architecture

The Live Music Capital threatens another stake in the heart of live local music.

"...to help judge on Thursday at Highland Mall, wherein shameless parents attempt to "perform" N'SYNC songs in order to..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Short Cuts

Sony Pics faux crix, 10-year Slacker reunion.

"...it -- seems entirely beyond their grasp. And Sony's shameless blunder may generate far more serious repercussions than the..."

June 8, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Red Headed Woman

Jean Harlow was never sexier than in this pre-Hays Code comedy, risque even by today's standards.

"...a go at the chauffeur, played by Boyer). The shameless homewrecker uses every trick in the book to snag..."

May 25, 2001 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Coach's Corner

As the NBAplayoffs wind toward their conclusion, Coach is struck by how bland the announcers still are.

"...to look away and hold your wallet. A more shameless lie would be hard to find. But when Barkley..."

May 18, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

An Activity of Alchemies

The alchemy of baseball makes possible the elongation and compression of time.

"...Love is shameless. Or it's not love. And that does not excuse,..."

May 11, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Jesus Is Coming

The video mailed across the state, the Christian film that found an audience in Austin, and other stories of evangelicals using film to spread the word

"...turn, embraced the movie. Johnson and Priest have a shameless, infectious enthusiasm for Christian entertainment, and they want to..."

April 27, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Soft Boys, Austin Music Hall, Saturday 17

"...promise, not unfulfilled, just still unresolved. To be a shameless apologist, this was the band's first proper show in..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Michael Bertin

Coach's Corner

The XFLdebut: It has to get better, doesn't it?.

"...honest politician in America, unafraid to admit he's a shameless huckster, a grinning hyena with fresh blood still dripping..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Letters at 3AM

If you want to understand the legacy of Bill Clinton forget the Elvis analogies and remember Orson Welles, who created film characters marked by their own self-corruption.

"...have the decency and/or patriotism to resign when that shameless lie was exposed ... had he resigned, Gore would..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Will Anybody Ever Love Neal Medlyn?

For vulnerable performer Neal Medlyn, Dork = Cool.

"...declaring himself to the world in a manner both shameless and profoundly appealing...."

Dec. 29, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

TV Eye

The Mole, Temptation Island, and Survivor II -- get ready for a whole new season of watching contestants backbite, cheat, weasel, outsmart, and canoodle their way to the win.

"...Morimoto was the winner in that go-round. If Flay's shameless posturing in that battle is any indication, he's probably..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Pagan Babies: a Novel

"...Pagan Babies is a riot of shameless con artistry and silicon-smooth dialogue, a neo-classic of comic..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Books Review by Mike Shea

After a Fashion

Rants and raves about the state of the Austin fashion scene.

"...continues, "I came upon your column that seemed like shameless self-promotion of you and your friends that occasionally slipped..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Read My Chips

George Bush claims he supported Children's Health Insurance in the 1999 legislative session. He did, but only at the lowest level.

"...bill providing health insurance for almost 500,000 kids. "It's shameless to take credit for something he wasn't supporting," Maxey..."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

TV Eye

By the time you read this, it will all be over: Reflections on a summer spent loving to hate Survivor.

"...The only thing worse than Probst's lines were the shameless product placements he was responsible for pointing out, oh..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Coming Soon

The Most Memorable Sex Scenes in Film

"...With its shameless attempts at metaphor -- at lyricism, even -- the..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Screens Feature by David Garza

Tiger, Tiger

Creatures Great and Small Live Together on Noah's Land

"...pellets. Along the safari, the goats and emus are shameless moochers, unabashed in their quest for visitors' farm pellets,..."

Aug. 4, 2000 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Five Pack

Making sense out of the local country-groove merry prankster quintet Li'l Cap'n Travis

"...Li'l Cap'n Travis alter ego, the band made a shameless grab for some cash and won a Celis jingle..."

July 28, 2000 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

A Taste of Summer

Summer Food Essays: A Pinch of Recollection, A Dash of Tradition

"...A gourmet cook and a shameless Francophile, even during the popular prefab years of the..."

July 14, 2000 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Him Write Funny

"If somebody hates me," David Sedaris confesses in an interview with Sarah Hepola, "I just go to pieces. I mean, it doesn't really seem fair that I've made my career making fun of people, and if someone makes fun of me, I fall apart. But that's the way it is."

"...of deadpan humor, mixed with wry social commentary and shameless bitchery, has led critics to place the bestselling author..."

June 16, 2000 Books Feature by Sarah Hepola

Boss Cupid

"...weariness of the self-conscious is, after all, to be shameless. In 1998, Craig Arnold's first book of poetry, Shells,..."

June 16, 2000 Books Review by Craig Arnold

Letters at 3AM

Advice to a high-school graduating class: Face your fear and take risks.

"...... the kids expect the speaker to spout a shameless mishmash of well-meaning clichés, more to comfort their parents..."

June 9, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Postmarks

A plethora of environmental concerns are argued in this week's letters to the editor.

"...forgot to mention some very important info in her shameless, degenerate screed promoting Out Youth Austin. The Texas Penal..."

March 31, 2000 Column

Postscripts

The politics of the new publishing.

"...youth," she told me. She has called herself a "shameless shill."..."

March 24, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Let It Rock

Rock & Roll Books Spring 2000

"...it all in here -- mysterious deaths, crazy drunks, shameless adulterers -- but without coming across as the slightest..."

March 17, 2000 Books Feature by Ken Lieck

More Flava Than Juicy Fruit

Wednesday Night SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...to notice the vocal similarities. But Bramblett ain't no shameless rip-off artist. He's a gifted Austin songwriter in his..."

March 10, 2000 Music Feature

AFS Preston Sturges Retrospective Schedule

"...the opening credits is one helluva gag, with a shameless payoff in the final shot.Feb. 15 Hail the Conquering..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

The Doobie Brothers Long Train Runnin' 1970-2000 (Warner Archives/Rhino)

Box Sets

"...Cajun Woman," for instance, is nothing more than a shameless rip-off of B.B. King's "The Thrill Is Gone," while..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Review by Greg Beets

Garth Brooks / Clint Black, Austin City Limits, November 3 / November 8

"...plenty of pop-rock kick to "Standing Outside the Fire," "Shameless," and "We Shall Be Free." "Rodeo" was tough and..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Music Review by Christopher Gray

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