Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and nowhere else

"...gather input from hundreds of Austinites during an upcoming Speak Week event April 20-29. According to a city press..."

April 2, 2010 News Feature

How to Train Your Dragon

Soaring animation should make this story about a Viking boy who befriends his enemy a perennial favorite.

"...looks like a summer’s day; Stoick and Gobber (Ferguson) speak in thick Scottish burrs, though the film’s other characters..."

March 26, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters From the Women of SAFPF

A small sample of the letters received by Austin attorney Derek Howard; transcribed and minimally edited

"...the duration of the shutdown, we were not to speak to anyone unless questioned by a staff member. We..."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Feature

Public Access

Is public access TV on the blink?

"...called Texas Politics Biker Style) – signed up to speak, although not all of them were around by the..."

March 21, 2008 News Feature by Matt Martinez

Letters @ 3AM

The United States failed because its people overvalued their ideals and undervalued their resources

"...But when we speak of "ironies of idealism," we do not speak of..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Depeche Mode / The Cure / The Jesus & Mary Chain

Record review

"...Speak & Spell (Rhino/Sire/Mute/Reprise)Depeche Mode..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man

Part concert film and part fascinating biography, this deft film is a moving tribute to Leonard Cohen’s musical legacy.

"...met Cohen. Bono and the Edge from U2 also speak eloquently of Cohen’s influence: Bono describes how Cohen’s music..."

July 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The New Reliable

With Dooce.com, pro blogger and crazy Utah housewife Heather Armstrong stands by her brand

"...her appearance as one of SXSW Interactive's four keynote speakers, Armstrong talked about her hate mail, the pressures of..."

March 3, 2006 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Page Two

The unprecedented outcry over toll roads ignores a larger problem: We want more government services than we can pay for

"...roads: letters, e-mails, opinion petitions, recall petitions, and people speaking out at public meetings – all passionately opposed to..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

A tainted prayer for the new year

"...will never reach the ears of God (so to speak). The government may run the post office, but evidently..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Being Robert McNamara

Through 'The Fog of War,' Errol Morris gets inside a mind full of hindsight, regret, and the lessons of Vietnam

"...the last surviving members of Camelot's inner circle – speak about the unavoidable strategic errors that arise in times..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...creating all this turmoil and expense, why don't you speak from the pulpit every Sunday on how the church..."

March 21, 2003 Column

Triumph of Love

"...to be: “If Gwyneth can wear a codpiece and speak in an English accent, why can't I?”) Her scenes..."

May 17, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...who run it for their own good. Good citizens speak out -- not against our country, as those in..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

Node Exit

What ails singers

"...the way they clear their throat, the way they speak, how much they speak, how loud they speak," she..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Speaking in Tongues

When Dan Dietz 'lets go,' he turns gibberish into art. And he proves it in the Salvage Vanguard Theater production of MacWellman's nonsense play Terminal Hip.

"...Dietz has to speak these lines and a lot more like them. And..."

March 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Wrong John, Wrong Reason

"...closure doesn't make good common sense. Although I cannot speak for John Wooley, downtown developer and land owner, or..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Column

A Night at The Opera: Artists Sing Out at Arts Commision

"...to provide the arts community an extended opportunity to speak directly to the nine commissioners during "Citizen's Communications." Anyone..."

June 18, 1999 Arts Feature

June 18, 1996: Aguascalientes in La Realidad, Chiapas

"...de etre to the military structure, the EZLN properly speaking...."

July 12, 1996 News Feature

The Mayor's Gift of Gag

Quiet Please...

"...The muzzled speaker this time? Environmental activist Karen Hadden, who apparently prompted..."

Feb. 9, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Cowboys & Critters

Take Back Texas' Marshall Kuykendall Says It's Simply a Choice Between...

"...questionnaire the candidates fill out for their membership's perusal speak for itself...."

Jan. 26, 1996 News Feature by Audrey Duff

Claire of the Moon

"...behavior in which she argues that men and women speak entirely different languages and that their experiences of intimacy..."

July 24, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

One Woman’s Battle for Justice After a Cop’s Reckless Driving Killed Her Partner

One moment destroyed Pam Watts' life and created an activist

"...made it clear to Goertz that she wanted to speak to the grand jury, or at least offer a..."

Sept. 16, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin Man’s Suicide in Jail After Seeking Medical Care Raises Question: Why Was He There?

Suffering from criminal depression

"..."I'm not able to speak on the specifics of many, if not all, of..."

April 1, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Twitter Flame War Fires Up Austin FC Supporters to Help the Unhoused

For Los Verdes, y'all means all

"...to show that Saldaña wasn't the right person to speak for the team. "Those are my neighbors," he said..."

Feb. 25, 2022 News Feature by Kit O’Connell

Five Things to Enjoy on the East Austin Studio Tour

From trees to tour buses, the highlights of weekend two of the celebration of tactile creativity

"...for this tour. AST #494, 1514 Broadmoor, robertwmelton.com We Speak For the Trees..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Riders Against the Storm Hit Their Stride With Flowers for the Living

Three-time winners of the Austin Music Awards' Band of the Year honors keep building community and creativity

"...The Northerners arrived here with that year's full-length album Speak the Truth, and a penchant for throwing memorable house..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

The Barge People

British monster schlock isn't good, but it's fun

"...Directed by: Charlie Steeds. Starring: Kate Davies-Speak, Mark McKirdy, Makenna Guyler, Natalie Martins, Matt Swales, Kane..."

Aug. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

From the Fonz to Gene Cousineau: Henry Winkler's Career of Fearless Reinvention

The man who defined cool on the changing demands of acting, being an icon, and the joy of fly fishing

"...road and I edit an episode of MacGyver. I speak publicly – before I go to Austin I'm going..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Author Chandler Baker Talks About Creating a Novel for the #MeToo Movement

Writer of Whisper Network offers a healthy dose of righteous indignation

"...great strides in the right direction. We see celebrities speaking out against their harassers and action being taken. I..."

July 26, 2019 Arts Feature by M. Brianna Stallings

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