Dancing About Architecture

The Austin music scene benefits the Red Cross.

"...temporary relief, but that hasn't really happened. The Back Room's Mark Olivarez counters that it's the unthinkable enormity of..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Anna Bella Eema

In Anna Bella Eema three women sitting behind TV trays spin an incredible tale of a girl who builds a girl out of mud and what happens when she comes to life. And as written by Lisa D'Amour and directed by Katie Pearl, it is glorious, with a beauty and depth almost beyond language.

"...if only mutely, by all those who haven't committed suicide. Lisa D'Amour, who remains among the living (for which..."

May 18, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Safety in Words

If there is drama in Laura Furman's stories, Robin Bradford writes, it is not usually the life and death kind. It is the daily, wearing, ineffable drama of living as a human island among others who invariably seem more attractive, more connected, or simply more "normal."

"...move to the big moss-colored couch in the living room. By the window, cacti and orchids share the light...."

April 20, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

In God's Country

Why U2 is the best band ever

"...came out, how they just shut themselves in a room and let the songs come -- the same way..."

March 30, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Public Notice

This week is "Public Notice"'s SXSW special. Oh, special.

"...in memory of local musician Sims Ellison, who committed suicide in June of '95. Where does one without health..."

March 16, 2001 Column by Kate X Messer

Coach's Corner

Like a veteran rock & roll band, the Westlake High football team delivers the goods, week after week, show after show.

"...is Westlake High football -- a culture where a bedroom suburb almost indistinguishable from Austin's urban sprawl manages to..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Hot Sweltering Summer Sex Vignettes

Brenner contemplates the going and coming of oral gratification.

"...excommunicated Scientologist who'd previously set me up with a room (after I'd been ingloriously booted from the U.S. Air..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Straight Out the Trailer

Examining the current overwhelming white trash influence in popular culture

"...Rock's "Only God Knows Why" -- finds him contemplating suicide and "stuck-together porn pages" while drowning in alcohol and..."

July 28, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Dancing About Architecture

The ins and outs of Sixteen Deluxe; Josh Cisneros has a couple clubs he hopes will save Austin music.

"...partner." Barnett first encountered Love in an AOL chat room back in 1993, but they actually met in person..."

July 14, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Getting Over It

"...know, a truly evil statement, but I have no room in my heart for other people's whinging grief. I..."

July 7, 2000 Books Review by Katherine Catmull

"...duet between Daniel Johnston and Lydia Tomkiw of Algebra Suicide... The single from A Roman Scandal (Paintcan Chandelierier) takes..."

May 5, 2000 Music Review by Greg Beets

Life Again in Oz

On the 20th anniversary of the premiere of her play Ozma of Oz, Suzan Zeder revisits Frank Baum's enchanted land to turn the show into a musical and finds a part of herself there.

"...diagnosis. In November 1998, Suzan's younger sister Wendy committed suicide. Two weeks later, her mother passed away. Zeder has..."

April 21, 2000 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Therapy?: Gallery Lombardi Lounge, Thursday, Mar 16

Wednesday Night

"...even caused the beginnings of a rare SXSW (non-Back Room) mosh pit, at least until the industry pros remembered..."

March 24, 2000 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Public Notice

"Public Notice" is the sassy yet totally sincere public service column.

"...in memory of local musician Sims Ellison, who committed suicide in June of '95 after a long bout with..."

March 17, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...course of one evening in a Wichita, Kansas, hotel room. Test audiences have reported solid performances by Spacey and..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Coach's Corner

It's Valentine's Day, and Mavericks fans are in love with Dennis Rodman. But it'll pass.

"...house. This is how single people keep from committing suicide on V-day, cruelly timed to strike just when the..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Tea

"...waits, a cup of tea cooling in the next room, for her mother. A young woman's hand cups another..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Books Review by Barbara Strickland

Public Notice

Public Notice dips deep into the well of depression, but looks on the bright side, noting that Austin is full of cool groups like the SIMS Foundation and Project Transitions, not to mention fine, compassionate people who put themselves before others.

"...stupid. No matter what shit life dishes, there's always room on the plate for more -- yeah, sometimes more..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

Coach's Corner

Coach weighs in on UT men's basketball (still lacks reliable offense), Super Bowk 34 (the Tennessee Titans should take it in an upset), and Bobby Phills' fatal car crash (tragic, but it was after all his own fault, and at least he didn't kill any innocent bystanders).

"...a playoff game (let alone a Super Bowl) allows room for the fans' ultimate fantasy: a good game. St...."

Jan. 28, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Media Clips

KJFK-FM fires conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, Daryl Janes goes to work for Comproller Carole Keeton Rylander, George W. Bush is still running for president

"...and in his insistence that they had not committed suicide in the Waco debacle but had been attacked by..."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

To Sitcom Hell and Back

Getting her own sitcom nearly killed Margaret Cho, and she talks about the experience in her new show I'm the One That I Want.

"...a successful drug addict and alcoholic and a successful suicide. That's what I felt my life had come to...."

Oct. 1, 1999 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Exhibitionism

Sandbox: Young at Heart

"...Will Kidder stands in a corner of the living room of his grand new home -- the envy of..."

July 16, 1999 Arts Review

Dylan Plays Vegas

"...northwest of town between 1951 and 1961 -- the mushroom clouds rose above the Madre Mountains and any window..."

July 9, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

All About Guitars

"...AV Club: charming, intelligent, just more comfortable in darkened rooms. They're not particularly goth or scary, they're just self-admitted..."

April 16, 1999 Music Feature by Kim Mellen

Alternate Universes

"...in to a grinning Leslie Epstein in a dark room, twirling his pen in his hand. The novelist's father..."

March 12, 1999 Books Feature

The Gift of Words

Corrido

"...bad. Until he breaks his leg in a high-school suicide attempt, he excels at athletics. And in the book's..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Books Feature

Dancing About Architecture

The Star System

"...coming on TV on Farm Aid in the other room, so ya' know I'm in good shape if I'm..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Black to Africa

African Literature Conference at UT

"...on the bookshelves, and even in the high school classroom...."

March 13, 1998 Books Feature by Sarah Hepola

Public Notice

"...Mental Health & Mental Retardation Hotline 24-hour crisis counseling, suicide prevention, information, and referrals. 703-1330...."

Dec. 26, 1997 Column by Kate X Messer

O Solo Me-O

From Cosmic Accident to Refined Art: Rob Nash Onstage

"...takes the stage. When he steps out, however, the room is suddenly alive, full of voices and characters. In..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

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