Sales Tax in the Tank

Comptroller reports 12.5% drop in sales tax revenue

"...Another sign that the mythical recession-proof Texas economy is exactly..."

Oct. 9, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

After The Fall

Tank Farms: What Now?

"...Travis County District Judge Joe Hart's courtroom was deserted. The jury had been dismissed. No lawyers, clerks, or judges..."

Feb. 23, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Trouble With Tank Farms

East Austinites who saw the health impacts of a tank farm in the 1990s push back against new proposal

"...In September of last year, Amanda Carrillo, a 40-year-old mother of four who lives in a home on McCall..."

April 1, 2022 News Feature by Abe Asher

The Good Eye: Oh Buoyancy

... like Sandra Bullock in the Shenzhou capsule, hours after George Clooney's dimples have drifted into the fathomless beyond

"...The beginning of 2015 has felt a lot like the..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

The Slow Burn

Waco: The Rules of Engagement

"...is believing. But it's our lying eyes that become the background and text of a documentary, Waco: The Rules..."

May 2, 1997 Screens Feature by Dick J. Reavis

Want to Hunt and Blow Shit Up With a Tank?

New York Times insert advertises “Tank & Machine Gun Sampler Package”

"...Texas readers of the Sunday New York Times got an extra treat April..."

April 21, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

The Daily Hustle: 11/10/10

All along the water tower

"...favorite, and it isn't even operating yet. But today, the city inaugurates the 51st Street Reclaimed Water Tower by..."

Nov. 10, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Rick Perry, Lord of the Dance?

Why would a former Texas governor go on reality TV? Why not?

"...Graham. Legends of Terpsichore. And now … Rick Perry. The former governor of Texas and two-time GOP presidential primary..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The One About Erotic 'Harry Potter' Fan Fiction

Filmmaker Clay Liford on fan fiction from '50 Shades' to 'Star Trek'

"...my short film at Fantastic Fest this year is the one about erotic Harry Potter fan fiction...."

Sept. 21, 2013 Screens Post by Clay Liford

The Constancy of Sorrow

Native Texan Kevin Reynolds taps loss of innocence, from Cold War Commies to The Count of Monte Cristo

"...his work with friend Kevin Costner on films like their mutual 1985 breakthrough, Fandango; 1991's Robin Hood: Prince of..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Thomas and the Magic Railroad

"...Peter Fonda. “Little engines can do big things” is the nominal moral lurking in the background of this feature..."

July 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Fight of His Life

Are Ronney Reynolds' Mayoral Hopes on the Ropes?

"...afternoon when Kirk Watson announced his mayoral candidacy on the bandstand at Wooldridge Park in downtown Austin. Some blamed..."

Dec. 6, 1996 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Texas and the Congressional Suicide Caucus

Lone Star GOP on the losing side of shutdown fight

"...The passage of most Congressional House Resolutions goes blissfully ignored:..."

Oct. 17, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Beside the Point

With shrinking sales tax receipts, so much for shopping ourselves outta recession

"...we're not in a recession?" economist Jon Hockenyos asked the City Council last week at its first work session..."

May 2, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Killing Nazis the Finnish Way: Jalmari Helander on Hyperviolent Action-Comedy Sisu

How mud and sand made for a gritty World War II romp

"...In Jalmari Helander's office, there are two film posters. One is for Rare Exports,..."

April 25, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Burning World: Into The Territory With Alex Pritz

Documentary explores the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau tribe's fight for the Amazon

"...For years, people in the Northern Hemisphere have presumed they know how to save..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Way We Watch Now

Is theatrical-on-demand the next big thing?

"...On any given week, the average cinema screen runs at 15% capacity...."

June 22, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Year in Sports, as Pitched to the Head of a Hollywood Studio

"...hard to make it as screenwriters. Every one of them has taken a crack at writing about those golden..."

May 14, 2007 Sports Post by John Hunt

Explosions in the Sky, Kim Gordon, Dinosaur Jr., and More Reviews From Austin Psych Fest 2025

Alternative nation packs the Far Out Lounge

"...Austin Psych Fest braved spring showers and humidity when they returned to the Moody Amphitheater and Far Out Lounge,..."

May 2, 2025 Music Feature by The Music Team

The Webberville Conundrum

Austin's plans for an eastern landfill hit a little obstacle – the people who live there

"...Back in the early Eighties, Dave and Joann Gunlock bought themselves a..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Ink Tank Lab

The art collective take the gloom out of doomsday in 'Armageddon Outta Here'

"...The end is nigh, and Ink Tank Lab is ready...."

Dec. 21, 2012 Arts Feature by Caitlin Greenwood

Tank Girl

A movie that combines Busby Berkeley chorus lines with killer mutant kangaroos and the wildest female action hero this side of La Femme Nikita.

"...Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin's neo-underground cult comic book Tank Girl comes to life looking, amazingly, exactly like it..."

March 31, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sunday ACL Fest Interview: Tank & the Bangas

Poetry fuels the lyrics of New Orleans band

"...winning NPR's Tiny Desk contest this year, soul/hip-hop/poetry amalgamators Tank & the Bangas have gone into hyperdrive...."

Oct. 6, 2017 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Fish Tank

In this raw and award-winning film, a prickly British teenager hurls herself into scenarios fraught with danger.

"...Wareing, Rebecca Griffiths, Harry Treadaway and Sydney Mary Nash. The first words we hear out of 15-year-old Mia (Jarvis)..."

March 5, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Visualize Whirled Tank Farms

An update on the continuing controversy over the future of the tank farms

"...Last week's inaugural planning workshop on the former East Austin tank farm had barely started before..."

June 7, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Austinites Clean up in Shark Tank

Erin Whalen and Tim Stansbury get support for their product on ABC

"...Maybe you've never seen the ABC reality series Shark Tank where fledgling entrepreneurs hope..."

Jan. 18, 2010 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

The Off Beat: Freedom Day(s)

Early-bird celebrations pepper the lead-up to a midweek Juneteenth

"...Onstage at the Historic Victory Grill Wednesday, June 12, Scott Strickland marveled..."

June 21, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

Neighbors of Proposed Fuel Tank Strategize Against Relocation

Southeast Austin residents met in an effort to stop the construction of a new fuel facility

"...Southeast Austin residents met Saturday morning with Council Member Vanessa..."

April 8, 2022 News Feature by Abe Asher

ACL Review: Tank & the Bangas

Mardi Gras in Zilker Park!

"...Tank & the Bangas reside in a musical league of..."

Oct. 16, 2017 Music Post by Libby Webster

Who's Responsible for the Littlefield Spill?

City and state hunting through archives to work out who will foot bill

"...leak out of Waller Creek. But now, in 2008, the city of Austin and the Texas Com­mission on Environmental..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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