'Something Went Wrong'

Six months after he was killed by an Austin cop, Jessie Owens' family still wants some basic answers

"...that what happened that night on Tillery Street was wrong. "I don't understand how you can't look at this..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Year It All Went Wrong

Looking back at club closings in Austin in 1999.

"...releases from Don Walser, the Derailers, and the Damnations went DOA as their label, Sire Records, focused on finalizing..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Two Men Went to War

A WWII comedy of errors begins when two British military dentists swap their drills for grenades.

"...Majesty but, like his Sergeant, is stuck on the wrong side of the channel, slated to attend to the..."

April 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

There Is Something Wrong at the First Unitarian Universalist Church

"...For many the dismissal process was unfair, upsetting, and wrong. While many others felt the dismissal was fair. Many..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Postmarks

Let Me Show You Something You May Have Missed

Sean Perry's photographs offer to show you familiar settings in a whole new light

"...the one of the Zilker Christmas tree. There was something about that image that, when I got the film..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Down the Rabbit Hole With Something in the Dirt

Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson explain their favorite conspiracies

"...seems that he's sporadically distracted during our conversation about Something in the Dirt, his new film with long-time creative..."

Nov. 23, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Riding on the Wrong Side

"...This perception, right or wrong, appears to be widespread among local pedalers, and was..."

Oct. 17, 1997 News Feature by Lee Nichols

AFF Has the Right Idea About ‘Wrong Numbers’

Made in Texas series revisits Alex Holdridge’s first film

"...Wrong Numbers was Holdridge’s first film, cobbled together over four..."

May 7, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Starting From Something

After an eight-year break, Shane Black is back with 'Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang,' taking himself in a different direction

"...want to see it on the screen? Starting from something is so much better than starting from nothing...."

Nov. 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Something Weird

How Tim League discovered 110 drive-in films in an East Prairie warehouse and other stories of disappearing celluloid.

"...There's a community of traders and collectors, and it's something that easily progresses from a hobby to an avocation..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

How Cranky Granny's Sweet Rolls Went From a Teenager's Dream to a Must-Stop Destination

Sianni Dean wants to see her cinnamon rolls across the country

"...a boss.' When he told me that it set something off in me. It went from 'now I have..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

What's Wrong With Cap Metro ... and What's Right

The transit agency is good at a few things – like digging itself into a public relations ditch

"...To say that the month of March went poorly for Capital Metro is putting it mildly...."

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Something to Live For

"...When not shagging flies, Akins went to Austin's Gregory School (now Blackshear Elementary), an all-black..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Conservatives' Tax Figures Often Wrong

"...these bullshit tax debates one day so I did something unthinkable. I went to www.irs.org and lo and behold..."

June 15, 2004 Postmarks

Something the Grackles Made

The life and works of Mr. Pants

"...goods. I'm thinking about a really big swag project, something bigger, thanks to a great idea from Mark Gates..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Features Feature by Cindy Widner

Death Watch: The Wrong Man?

Rodney Reed execution stayed

"...person in custody) who told police that the two went to sleep together on April 22 and that she..."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Something Short of Miraculous

Months in the making, the city's plan to maintain reproductive services at Brack still raises questions.

"...actions -- or lack thereof -- assist others in wrongdoing. And according to the Ethical and Religious Directives, "wrongdoing"..."

Jan. 11, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

What's Wrong with Public Housing?

The remarkable turnaround of the city's Housing Authority

"...the kids there or pay the fees? They need something on site."..."

Aug. 31, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Something for Nothing?

"...so. Even Daryl Slusher says so. We have been wrong all these years. We must repent. Repeat softly to..."

July 30, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Billy Bathgate

"...about as informative as the President's press corps. Obviously something went wrong, though. Bathgate is a stylistic stunner, with..."

Nov. 8, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton's portrait of 19th century New York society as rendered by Martin Scorsese.

"...full belly). Despite all these cumbersome appointments, however, there's something integral missing here, or perhaps there's too much of..."

Sept. 24, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fathers' Day

"...are clearly less than the desired result. So what went wrong? American adaptations of French comedies are, in general,..."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Leaving Normal

"...mistakes like Thelma and Louise the weekend before everything went wrong. It's a surprise, but Lahti gets annoying in..."

June 5, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"..."Something clicked," says the 56-year-old promoter today. "For the first..."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Speaking of the Dead

To mark the Grateful Dead's final performances this weekend, a look back on the band's local history

"...I felt like I was going to Woodstock or something, but without the alienation I usually feel when someone..."

July 3, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Ngai Found Insane – What Now?

Without reform, Texas' mental health system might fail killer of piano teacher again

"...must determine whether a defendant knew his actions were "wrong." It's a tough standard, and rarely met. But last..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Saturday Night at the Bookstore

The Dicks' Gary Floyd 20 years after Austin's first Punk Prom at the ArmadilloWorld Headquarters

"..."Like at 1-1:30, something like that."..."

May 12, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Police Consider Community Reforms

After a year spent making headlines APD prioritizes policing equity

"...line with the shared values of police and communities," something Acevedo reiterated that week in a Q&A with The..."

Nov. 4, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

DVDanger: 'Devil's Pass', 'Die, Monster, Die!', 'The Whip and the Body', 'Birth of the Living Dead'

A modern shocker, two vintage terrors, and a history lesson in zombies

"...Of course, the contemporary taste is for something with a touch of verite: like Devil's Pass (IFC),..."

Jan. 11, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

All There in the Music

Mandy Mercier puts down her fiddle to talk about her eventful life.

"...Borsey went his own way in the mid-Seventies, changing his name..."

May 11, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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