Flip the Switch

"...sit down. Okay, go ahead. The guy delivers his pitch. I listen --incredulously. You gotta be kidding. My mouth..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

No No: A Dockumentary

Famous for pitching a no-hitter while high on acid, Dock Ellis the man was so much more.

"...the acid in me” is how legendary Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis described his state of mind when he..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Food Events

Upcoming food related events

"...› Myrna & the Bulldog present their second SongTasting at Ventana del..."

April 20, 2012 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Austin Restaurant Take-Out and Other Food Delivery Options During Coronavirus Quarantine

Support local business while maintaining your social distance

"...Austin’s thriving restaurant community is being forced to switch gears. As restrictions and guidelines surrounding COVID-19 continue to..."

March 16, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Cape

There Can Be Only One

'Chronicle' beats BookPeople for the millionth time to capture ASL title

"...the team's very existence – the Chronicle flipped the switch in time to emerge as 2008 champions, dispensing of..."

Nov. 13, 2008 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

The Real Crash Davis

Alan Zinter of the Round Rock Express still lives the big-league dream

"...valuable for a stretch run. Maybe he'll get a pitch, maybe he won't...."

Aug. 4, 2006 Sports Feature by Kevin Brass

... In With the New

More on Upgrades for PCs

"...look at when comparing monitors. The first is dot pitch size. The smaller the dots that make up the..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Screens Feature by John Avignone

No Stone Untenured

ACTLab Director and Visionary Sandy Stone

"...old specialty of mine. Donna Haraway calls it code switching. It's just talking to multiple audiences in multiple languages...."

May 15, 1998 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Bad Boys

"...get into here, results in the detectives having to switch identities (“to hilarious comic effect,” I believe, went the..."

April 7, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Enrollment Stalling, IDEA Gets Magnetic

IDEA begins recruiting districtwide, magnet-style

"...becoming increasingly concerned that Allan will become another magnet – recruiting the best students away from their campuses...."

April 13, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Get Your Game Face On

'Tis the season to glue yourself to the PlayStation controller and get in some batting practice.

"...Somehow, though, when it came time to switch platforms to the PlayStation2, EA Sports dropped the ball..."

May 17, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Chamy

The Devil and William Friedkin

The director's journey from The Exorcist to a real exorcism

"...impulses. An hour in his company, and the topic switches wildly, from 14th-century mystical tract The Cloud of Unknowing..."

Jan. 5, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What the Right Hand Is Doing

Magician turned sitcom star Harry Anderson returns to Austin at Palmer Auditorium this weekend, and his former partner and cohort, Austin author Turk Pipkin, looks back as he looks forward to reuniting with his old pal.

"...waded into the crowd and performed first on the pitcher's mound, then on both team dugouts and the warning..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Features Feature by Turk Pipkin

Texas French Bread Burns, La Mexicana Says Adios, Texas Sake Company Brings the Sushiko, Delysia Brews Up Major Wins, Patika Reopens Downtown, and More …

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Let’s please switch to something generally happier now? How about Texas Sake..."

Jan. 26, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

We Have an Issue: How’s Your Blood Pressure?

Platitudes don't help. Now is 100% the time to get political.

"...flipped abortion care on and off like a light switch for millions of Texas women. The light is back..."

May 1, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Dial "M" for Money

New Law Puts Police Telemarketing on Hold

"...rooms will be prohibited from employing the so-called blood-on-the-badge pitch unless either 100% of the donations will directly benefit..."

Aug. 8, 1997 News Feature by Amy Smith

Record Reviews

"...as anything on Telephono, Big Foot Chester's blustery "Booze Party," Fastball's aquiline Iggy Pop cover "Knockin' Em Down in..."

March 7, 1997 Music Review

Peerless

All About Joe (York)

"...like the nicest fella, steadfast and true, happy to pitch in to help anyone in need, a guy you..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Who Wants to Be Mayor Pro Tem? More People Than You Might Think.

Council members jockey for the mostly ceremonial title

"...someone who would break through some kind of barrier – such as former Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza, the..."

Jan. 1, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Minnow Mountain Co-Founder Goes Into the Archives

Animation studio's Steph Swope takes a mountaintop view

"...The idea of an animated documentary – never mind one dealing the with still-raw horrors of..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Screens Feature

Playback: You Can’t Press Pause on Life

A musician’s life: laid off, livestreaming, and … giving birth?

"...way up and out, crammed amongst the roof’s narrow pitch, running speaker wire. I emerged, wide eyed, covered in..."

April 24, 2020 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Complicity And #MeToo in The Assistant

Kitty Green unravels systems that enable the Weinsteins of the world

"...first pure narrative drama. It may seem like a switch in style but Green said she didn't see herself..."

Feb. 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Seth Gibbs Promises to Fight

Cancer stricken pop savant crafts his NOT-posthumous album

"...when discussing the rate of survival for his condition – 1% live beyond a year and a half –..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Lust for Life

The 2015/16 Austin Music Awards' bedrock mania

"...with the Fabulous Thunderbirds at the second-ever Austin prom – Thursday, March 8, 1984. Last year's AMA centerpiece, a..."

March 11, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

DVDanger: Things That Go Bump

Ghosts, nightmares, and flashlights in this horror roundup

"...her because she gets knocked out at a lakeside party, almost drowns, and develops severe hydrophobia. So bad, in..."

May 16, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Food Is People

Look at Jody Horton's photographs of food, and you'll see the passionate folks who make it

"...the colors combined with the precise moment being captured – the instant that boiled-up goodness hits the weathered wood..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Everything Went Black: Rewriting Sight & Sound's Top Ten

What, no Polanski?

"...that. Ditto Vertigo. And to my mind the big switch-up between the two is not only fair but accurate...."

Aug. 29, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Face Off Recap: The Finale And What Came Before

So what happened to Matt? The long overdue wrap-up

"...that got in the way of any TV watching – even the ongoing chronicling of local FX maestro Matt..."

March 29, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sports Games Stocking Stuffers

A last-minute list for last-minute shoppers

"...results when two players come into contact on the pitch with each player's size and strength taken into account..."

Dec. 22, 2011 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Luv Doc Recommends: Gagarazzi: A Lady Gaga Burlesque and Variety Show

The HighBall, Friday, September 30, 2011

"...steak and call it haute couture. Tim Gunn would pitch a fit. Heidi Klum would fold her arms and..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

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