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"...spared attendees the sight of his typical tight-fitting Mavs T-shirt, donning a black shirt that left a little more..."

March 19, 2004 Music Review by Michael Chamy

50 First Dates

Drew and the Sandman team up once more to make Valentine's weekend box-office dollars.

"...sidekick named Willie. (He even wears a little aloha shirt.) But in spite of all these machinations, Dates has..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Testosterone Rules

Third Place, the 12th annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

"...up tight, skin and shoulder pressed to R.'s button-down shirt. Sheen of sweat across her chest. Ribs raising the..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Books Feature by Ameni Rozsa

Glasgow's Punishment: A 90-Day Suspension

Family 'befuddled' by light discipline in Owens shooting case

"...his right hand. Owens resisted and Glasgow grabbed his shirt. "While Glasgow was grabbing Owens' shirt, he felt the..."

Feb. 13, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Luv Doc Recommends: Tribute to the King

Continental Club, Friday, January 9, 2004

"...his first mate’s hat and maybe even his red shirt with the white collar. If he’s lucky, maybe Maryann..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

After a Fashion

It's the holiday season and Stephen is already ho-ho-Hoin' it up. What did the fashionable eat for turkey day?

"...even Lulu the Dog was wearing an Isaac Mizrahi T-shirt (alternately, Chicken, the Chihuahua, had chosen a more subdued..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Mystic River

Clint Eastwood's newest is a dark, lachrymose tale of slowly snaking evil.

"...home late with someone else’s blood all over his shirt, the events of the past come ricocheting homeward, knocking..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In Person

There's something infinitely comforting in knowing, finally, that British fantasist Terry Pratchett is just as big a geek in person as he is on the printed page. More so, actually: Monday night's booksigning at BookPeople attracted a floodtide of both hard-core sci-fi and fantasy fans.

"...(we spotted more than one "Ferengi Rules of Acquisition" T-shirt in the crowd, which is two more than we've..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

'The Austin Chronicle' and Richard Linklater

The beginning of a beautiful friendship

"...time Rick's standard look was Prince Valiant haircut, shorts, T-shirt -- again, not a confidence inspirer (interestingly, the look..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The fuss over historic zoning is a symptom of larger city problems.

"...Last year about this time, gentrification was the bloody shirt being waved in the face of historic preservationists. As..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Whale Rider

This quietly powerful tale of youthful female empowerment in New Zealand is based on a cornerstone Maori myth.

"...emotionally charged finale, lest you exit with a soggy shirt. The elfin Keisha Castle-Hughes plays Pai, an 11-year-old female..."

June 27, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Travels With Saúl

Austin filmmakers Ryan Polomski and Frank Bustoz found not just a subject in Guatemala, but a co-director, too.

"...but a young, earnest Guatemalan in a crisp white shirt, gripping a microphone and learning, along with the audience,..."

June 20, 2003 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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Our readers talk back.

"...May 30]: This one says: Give me skinny, cigarette-smoking, tight-shirt-wearing, guitar-playing guys and girls with sweaty, uncut hair in..."

June 6, 2003 Column

The Real Cancun

"...clubs with names like Coco Bongo, engage in wet T-shirt contests, bungee jump, horseback ride, and swim with dolphins...."

April 25, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Laurel Canyon

"...simply is. She simply is, in leather pants, washed-out T-shirts, and just-right bleached and tousled hair. The performance is..."

April 11, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Recruit

"...that extra bulge and glisten that only a wet T-shirt can deliver? The film also tosses some "young man..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Denying Marisol

Third Place

"...up her neck, cresting the collar of her turquoise shirt. She felt God hovering with the mariposas in the..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Books Feature by Nancy Moser

"Pertaining to Painting"

Paola Morsiani, curator of the Austin Museum Of Art's exhibition "Pertaining to Painting," fit in the show's four rooms so many -isms and nationalities that he could have called this exhibition "Now That's What I Call Painting, 2002!"

"...emotion of Victorian photographs and his dark chocolate blouse (Shirt) reflecting the multiple shadows and tucks of the most..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Arts Review by Rob Curran

Catch Me If You Can

The film is based on the autobiography by Frank Abagnale Jr., who at the tender age of 17 led the FBI and various other law enforcement agencies on a giddy global romp while he kited, forged, and manufactured checks over a four-year period.

"...is obviously having a grand old time playing the starched-shirt Hanratty, and his exuberant role-playing is contagious. Everything about..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bash

In Bash, a collection of monologues by Neil LaBute, the protagonists appear to be considerate, decent people, but in the stories they share they prove themselves capable of committing crimes straight out of Greek tragedy, and the dirigo group production achieves a breezy intimacy with the audience, engaging us so thoroughly that when the darkness falls, we find it hard to abandon them.

"...he seems a nice enough guy. Clean-shaven. Crisp white shirt and dark suit with the tie loosened. Affable smile...."

Dec. 6, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

CQ

"...Truffaut's standard outfit of tight black suit over white shirt and dark tie throughout, Paul is already in lust..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Coach's Corner

Coach's old Vail nemesis Cedrick Trout has jumped on the Redskins / Steve Spurrier bandwagon, but Coach figures he's at least a year or two early. And in college -- surprise, surprise -- UT's really as good as their hype

"...regalia: a pirate hat and a tight, torn Raiders T-shirt (with a faded "Stabler" stenciled on the back) that..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

100% Texan

Kevin Fowler is among the brightest of the Young Texas rising stars.

"...with their little buckaroos. Bachelors in starched white cowboy shirts, tight blue jeans, and summer straw hats swig frosty..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Devil in the Details

Why Is 'Talented Amateur Historian' Leon Day Obsessed With the Death of Ambrose Bierce?

"...Wranglers with a hole in the knee, a gray T-shirt covered by a tobacco-stained work shirt, and black shoes...."

May 17, 2002 Books Feature by James McWilliams

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Our readers talk back.

"...my buddy to give up his obviously underappreciated Reivers T-shirt? John Croslin, et al., can take this much to..."

May 10, 2002 Column

Dancing About Architecture

Noise ordinance debate blows over -- for now -- while Internet radio crisis threatens, and SIMS crisis subsides.

"...DeVille, but since one member was sporting a Beerland T-shirt onstage at the Backyard, that gives credence to theories..."

May 10, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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Our readers talk back.

"...a steady 9-to-5 job, a closet full of golf shirts, and dreams of some day owning a minivan with..."

May 3, 2002 Column

Kissinger

Music Showcase

"...What's worse, the only discernable change was frontman Chopper's shirt. Fine, but if you're gonna take half an hour..."

March 15, 2002 Music Review by Michael Bertin

After a Fashion

State Democrats party, David Byrne gets shorn, and "After a Fashion" readers learn more about how to be a good customer and how not to be a fashion victim.

"...outfit, with its teeny little midriff-baring rock & roll T-shirt, hip-huggers, and strappy sandals. But before you spend another..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

20 Years of Austin Gifts

... And a slew of other local businesses celebrating significant anniversaries

"...would just look so perfect next to that vase/cowboy shirt/ lighter/bangle. If you've got time to browse -- and..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Brant Bingamon

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