Kingdom of Days

Bruce Springsteen doesn't call E Street pianist Roy Bittan "Professor" for nothing

"...complement in one word supplied by an accordionist describing the emotional palette of his instrument: pathos. Bittan (pronounced "bitten")..."

April 3, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

To the Lighthouse

After 20 years, WTP4 returns to a still unanswered question: Do we need it?

"...Wynn was hand-delivered to Travis County Judge Sam Biscoe. The topic was the city's proposed water plant, Water Treatment..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Dreaming of Buffalo

Prairie preservationists want to turn Austin's eyes – and energies – eastward

"...one. That flat, boring stuff you see driving through Kansas? That ain't prairie. Those monotonous fields of scraggly knee-high..."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Off the Beaten Track

Can Light Rail Build Livable Communities?

"...MetroLink light rail system photograph by Rita Debellis At the end of October, about 800 planners, community activists, transit..."

Nov. 21, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Summer of Laugh

This Year, Austin Comics Got Really Hot

"...illustration by Robert Faires It was the essay that struck fear into the heart of every..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Previewing the knockout bracket

Round of 16 matchups now set; U.S. to play Monday

"...So, here we are, almost two weeks into the tournament, and the U.S. women are finally getting their..."

June 21, 2019 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

'Possession Arrow': Badgley<-Razook

"...Jan. 15 John: I dip my quill at halftime of the Missouri-Kansas "Border Battle." I lament the term "Border..."

Jan. 15, 2007 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

Longhorns Topple Aggies in Double OT

"...John Razook's excellent Big XII Conference tourney preview (“Out of Town, to a Conference”) in this week's print edition.]..."

March 2, 2007 Sports Post by John Razook

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

Baby Buc-ee's, a bonfire ban, and bluebonnet planting top our fall news

"...The start of the holiday season means it’s time to..."

Nov. 1, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Le Draft 2007

"...a freshman slumming in a dorm flat. This was the first year of my life with the magical and..."

April 29, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Just Call Him "Coach"

Westlake senior Eli Kooris profiles the Westlake Chaparral football's legendary head coach, Ron Schroeder.

"...Dotted with ash juniper, limestone and an overpopulation of white-tail deer, Westlake Hills lies just outside of Austin..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Sports Feature by Eli Kooris

Perilous Road Ahead for UT Men's B-Ball

Aggies and Jayhawks loom

"...Walker and No. 10 UConn was hard to digest, the (14-3) Horns have since inflicted their residual anger on..."

Jan. 17, 2011 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Big 12 Power Rankings: Week 4 … or Is It 5?

Sports blogger livin' on 'kickoff time'

"...Whatever the case, I'm already lost in the madness of it..."

Oct. 1, 2009 Sports Post by John Razook

Title Contenders?

UT basketball has the national media's attention

"...The No. 3 ranked Longhorns are all the rage on..."

Feb. 8, 2011 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

'Possession Arrow': Barnes<->Huggins

"...[Two contemporary classics of the coaching ranks, two bloggers with nothing better to..."

Feb. 3, 2007 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

Thank You for Your Service

American soldiers return from Iraq and try to readjust to civilian life

"...They’re out of the war zone, but now that these..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

This martial arts film succeeds as a great pulp yarn, a historical drama, an epic love story, a humorous action tale, and a modern feminist fable.

"...Lung Sihung. “Leaping lizards,” you might hear yourself exclaim the first time you see Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon's characters..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Life in Prison for Hemp

José Peña brought some roadside weeds home from Kansas. Cops decided it was reefer, and a Texas court sentenced him to life in prison – without the evidence. It took a decade for Peña to get back some of the pieces of his life.

"...was tired as he drove south toward Houston on the morning of Sept. 27, 1998. Following a quick trip..."

March 16, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Horns Men's Basketball Team Out Snipe Hunting

Signature win alludes them

"...On an early episode of King of The Hill titled “The Order of the..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

'Possession Arrow': Badgley->Razook

"...12 FYI: Durant, Okla., is, in addition to being the Magnolia Capital of the great state, the headquarters of..."

Jan. 15, 2007 Sports Post by John Razook

World Series Soundtrack 111

Songs that are played at the boiling point and winning moments

"...The 111th World Series, Kansas City Royals vs. New York..."

Oct. 27, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Prez for Life & Beyond: Lester Young

Tenor sax king helped put Kansas City on the musical map

"...Still the President of Cool, Lester Young would’ve turned 106 today...."

Aug. 27, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Big 12 Power Rankings (and Whatnot)

Impressions in the aftermath of Week 1

"...case you missed it, no doubt too busy playing softball or watching the St. Louis Cardinals run away with..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Sports Post by John Razook

'Chronicle' Mock NFL Draft

"...I keep Patrick Rosal’s collection of frenzied-cool poetry Uprock Headspin Scramble and Dive on the..."

April 25, 2008 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Infamous

It's another Truman Capote picture about how the author wrote In Cold Blood – and it stands solidly on its own merits.

"...Lee Pace and Gwyneth Paltrow. Comparisons are inevitable, although they're not truly necessary. The last couple of years have..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spark: A Burning Man Story

This doc's not for burning.

"...In case you’ve been living in Kansas for the past 20 years, Burning Man is a..."

Sept. 13, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fearsome Freshmen Phenom Fantasies

"...In the old days before scholarship limits, the University of Texas..."

Sept. 24, 2007 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

UT Football: Should Strong Stay, or Should Strong Go?

Strong’s curious Miami question, plus the Iowa State preview

"...The Longhorns weren’t drinking the proverbial Kool-Aid, deflecting the hype..."

Oct. 27, 2015 Sports Post by Kahron Spearman

Football Prophecies

Extra-terrestrials and more highlight week six

"...The Football Prophecies foretell the outcomes of each week’s slate..."

Oct. 11, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Big 12 Power Rankings: Week 9

UT stays atop weak Big 12

"...Texas has been akin to a hellish trip through the kind of House of Horrors where things go so..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Sports Post by John Razook

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