The Little Station That Could

Austin's AAA station KGSR and its market ascendance.

"...the representatives of the ownership said, 'Hey, I know our program director at KGSR approached you about mornings and..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Taking Stages

Young, optimistic, and flaky in a way that belies their revolution-for-the-hell-of-it satire, the KAiROS Co. has cultivated a name for itself as "poetic terrorists." Now, after five years in Austin, this theatrical sketch comedy troupe is readying to face down New York.

"...you brought it out of us. Every one of our sketches has an agenda, something under the jokes that..."

July 7, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"..."After about half an hour or so, my girlfriend and I went outside to..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

The Watson Way

Mayor Kirk Watson talks about challenges for austin during his next term.

"...And that creates problems. We have not sat on our hands. But the fact is, we are going to..."

March 31, 2000 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

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Our readers talk back.

"...Thanks for your consideration...."

Dec. 31, 1999 Column

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Puzzled by Oppel

"...was on the Commission in his next effort at "journalism." I attempted to set the record straight in the..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Column

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Different Traditions

"...Editor: I have just read your piece on SCI ["Funeralgate Hits Texas," Vol. 18, No...."

July 30, 1999 Column

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Bush on Borderline

"...what I believe is an inaccurate impression left by your article "Borderline Bush" [Vol. 18, No. 39] on the..."

June 11, 1999 Column

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Nonprofit Needs

"...effort to conduct an exhaustive review of CEACO in your March 5 issue ["CEACO Sinking," Vol. 18, No. 27]...."

March 19, 1999 Column

Writing by Degrees

The Unfolding Now

"...expansion, and the narrative intricacies of Chinatown. And, of course, the unfolding now...."

Jan. 29, 1999 Screens Feature by Jay Hardwig

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Speaking With Authority

"...Oops! We all make mistakes, but when I stumbled across the opening lines of..."

May 29, 1998 Column

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For the Record

"...of being able to make a permanent home for ourselves here...."

May 15, 1998 Column

10 in Focus

Alma

"...and go home to their `real lives.' In documentary, your story is real life."..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature

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"...I'm a 47-year-old black female who reads your paper weekly, as does my four sisters. We are..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Column

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Muddying the Waters

"...however, an inaccuracy which could lead to misunderstanding among your readers. At the city council hearing last week during..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Column

A Revolutionary Letter on Education

Letters at 3AM

"...you see one." So wrote the great essayist Randolph Bourne in 1916. He was not trying to radicalize American..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

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Keep Off Barton Creek

"...more sympathy for their position. While we may congratulate ourselves on our respect for nature and probably rightfully consider..."

July 18, 1997 Column

Jingles With Hair

Musicians for Hire: A Career in Advertising

"...Watson. "Plus, there's something about driving into Pennsylvania on tour and hearing yourself on commercial radio that's kind of..."

June 20, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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Justice Denied

"...safe, the springs will flow clean, natural habitats will flourish, and developers like Moffett and Bradley will be forced..."

June 6, 1997 Column

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Nofziger Responds

"...either very ignorant, or you wish to willfully mislead your readers about my record as a city councilmember. You..."

April 25, 1997 Column

False Accusations

"...enlightened folk who dig KVRX and our sibling-station KOOP. I think it's pretty amazing that a..."

March 21, 1997 Column

Casting Votes Against Development

"...We need those spaces, which have been kept with our tax dollars for many years to remain community spaces...."

Feb. 21, 1997 Column

Growing Pains

Austin Theatre for Youth Builds on First Season

"...belief in a fairy godmother who will descend in your hour of greatest heartbreak and grant you what you..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...borrows heavily from what has come before, from the stakes through the heart to Renfield (Geary) to much of..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

Film

Film Reviews

"...street dealer. While Victor spends his days working two jobs and saving every penny to try to get his..."

Sept. 15, 1995 News Feature

Is Austin’s New Arts Umbrella Organization Just in Time or Too Little, Too Late?

After two decades of treating culture and creativity as an afterthought, the city of Austin finally has a real arts department

"...we provide services and create synergistic opportunities that attract tourists, generate revenue, and elevate Austin’s profile as a cultural..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

ERCOT Says Texas Power Demand to Double by 2030, With Bitcoin to Blame

Gas demand also increasing with electrification

"...bitcoin miners will have competition for an already scarce resource, amid increasingly hot summers. Frackers in West Texas are..."

June 18, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...changes will make it easier for the TEA to take over school boards, as a single campus' failed rating..."

Aug. 25, 2023 News Feature

Sex, Lies, and Katie Folger

The Austin artist on her new show, Getting in Bed With the Pizza Man

"...than usual. But for Katie Folger, it was a source of creative inspiration...."

May 11, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds Iron Man, Captain Kirk, New Order to Speaker List

Robert Downey Jr., William Shatner, Deepak Chopra headed to Austin

"...to fight back at the push to let AI take over the creative industries, expect a boisterous discussion from..."

Feb. 14, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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