Looking for 'Real' Democrats

A report from the endorsement circus

"...you might not yet have realized there will be names on the ballot other than Clinton, Obama, Huckabee, and..."

Jan. 25, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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Our readers talk back.

"...without the ramblings, and you wouldn't have to read my rambling sentence...."

Sept. 8, 2006 Column

Naked City

"...stopping the district from coming close to bumping its rollback tax rate while still continuing to maintain its current..."

Sept. 8, 2006 News Feature

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Readers weigh in on the criminality of musicians, the integrity of neighborhoods, and more.

"...24 and 30. When I picked up the Chronicle, my first impression was a story on evil corporate behavior...."

July 6, 2001 Column

Letters at 3AM

Monet's Water Lilies transport us to a time before the definition of eyesight and humanity.

"...But when I worked the day shift, on my lunches I'd walk north a few blocks, then west..."

June 8, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Dancing About Architecture

A New Year and those who didn't and almost didn't make it

"...five albums with his father and played on a myriad of others including those by notables such as Dickey..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

To Ancient Troy (By Way of Denver)

Ancient Greece and modern Denver may seem an incongruous pairing, but in the new Greek epic Tantalus, produced by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, they prove a striking fit, creating a work that's heroic.

"...the first performance of Tantalus to begin. We are taking our seats in the middle of the morning because..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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Readers' last gasps on light rail.

"...a decent light rail system, then I could leave my car at home and forget about MoPac. Indeed, over..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Column

The Memory of Music

Discovering Moby Grape's Skip Spence via his only solo album Oar, and it's new tribute album, More Oar

"...very early Eighties. The water has mellowed to lukewarm. My head is laid back, my eyes closed, my body..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Feature by Louis Black

Rock, They Wrote

Writing From Both Sides of the Musical Fence

"...Cash, Bill Morrissey, and Richard Hell think. In a backwards twist on Erickson's notion, this disparate trio has temporarily..."

June 21, 1996 Books Feature

Cowboys & Critters

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

"...compared the freeing of the slaves to an unconstitutional taking of property...."

Jan. 26, 1996 News Feature by Audrey Duff

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...nifty-looking lineup. There are the big projects from bold-faced names, like the work-in-progress premiere of Judd Apatow and Amy..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Film What You Know

'Ping Pong Summer' draws on filmmaker Michael Tully's own experience

"...school: "What if I wrote a love letter to my own adolescence," he remembers thinking in 1992, and "inserted..."

June 20, 2014 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

From Rick Perry to Don Rickles: A Hot Cup of Talk With Kathy Griffin

Lez get real with the D-Lister about that Law & Order kiss

"...Oh yeah, this is fine, I was just plucking my eyebrows...."

Jan. 11, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Smith

Page Two: Spin and Cinema

An understanding of the U.S. Constitution by way of Robert Thom

"..."And my dinner partner: 'My name is Rita Hayworth.'..."

May 16, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Thank You, Central Time Zone: A Preview of the 2007 NFL Draft

"...to wear pants (this is cut-off country). I like my food to stand on the tongue and howl at..."

April 26, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Can Schlotzsky's Be Saved?

John Wooley and the battle to bring Schlotzsky's back to life

"...in recent years, ballooning debt and deflating sales were taking their toll on the company and worrying the relatively..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

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Our readers talk back.

"...all I know is that transportation choices heavily influenced my selection of a place to live and raise my..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Column

Born on the Fourth of July

Explosions in the Sky are blowing up. (Sorry, we resisted the pun as long as we could.)

"...the World Trade Center was surreal, and they came back to haunt them on the band's first European tour..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

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Our readers talk back.

"..."News" department is suffering from invalidus SOSorum diatribus. Apparently taking the 18-plus hours of SOS Axis invective against the..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...Thanks to Amy Smith for last week's excellent "You Call This a..."

June 21, 2002 Column

TV Eye

Television's best girl-power trio isn't on primetime -- it's the Cartoon Network's The Powerpuff Girls

"...The sexual innuendo of the opening sequence went over my head, and it wasn't until very recently that I..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Warning! Nudity!

Austinites love to shed their clothes, and a number of them do it onstage -- what's up with that? Some of the city's most nakedness-prone actors, performance artists, and directors expose their reasons to arts writer Ada Calhoun.

"...man, Miller has been working out, for vanity's sake. Tommy Vasquez: His Heart's Desire Actor Tommy Vasquez used to..."

April 14, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Dancing About Architecture

SXSW Says...

"...perform their current single "Handslide" and the album cut "My Mind." Bob Small at Lone Wolf Records says that..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Column

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Helping Herb

"...candidates, allowing each candidate 30-40 minutes; we also did background checks on some candidates. After all that effort, we..."

March 6, 1998 Column

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Lewis Rebuts Ads

"...Recently my opponent, Eric Mitchell, has attacked me on TV and..."

May 30, 1997 Column

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Red & Yella Hurt a Fella

"...I don't know about you all, but I'm puttin' my vote in for Max Nofziger and encourage you all..."

May 2, 1997 Column

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The Xicanindio Poet

"...all of January of this year. I recently came back to Austin from a classless, nasty sewer, scam city,..."

April 11, 1997 Column

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...every point, here his "-er" on "answer" and "dancer" taking a hard R, like "-errr."..."

June 11, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Live Flower Arranging Workshops Make Business Bloom for House of Margot Blair

Austin florist Carly Blair adapts her business to the era of social isolation and interest blooms

"...While mindlessly scrolling down my Instagram feed one day, I came across an image..."

May 8, 2020 Arts Feature by Sumaiya Malik

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