Naked City

Being a write-in reduces Dems' chances from slim to none

"...Lorenzo Sadun's run for CD 10 is typical, about the same as a snowball in Texas...."

Nov. 12, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Dvorák's New World Inquiry

How a Czech composer helped America find its authentic voice

"...less lucky, increasingly resentful class lagging far behind. Right: the Nineties. But not those Nineties. Push back another hundred..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Tripods Sighted Over Barton Springs!

The Violet Crown Radio Players are re-creating Orson Welles' infamous radio version of 'The War of the Worlds,' and this time, the Martians are landing in Central Texas

"...One of the greatest "gotchas" of the past 100 years has to..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Every Woman Everywhere

UT, ALLGO, and Resistencia honor the life and work of the late Gloria Anzaldúa

"...or taught us well in spite of ourselves. In the U.S., an apple is an old-fashioned way of showing..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

TCB

A rock out, a rock opera, and a rock show. Must be Rocktober.

"...Even before the Red River Rock Out got under way last weekend,..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

After a Fashion

A babe on each arm and a case of forbidden Grey Goose: just another fabulous night in the life of Your Style Avatar!

"...GLAM, GLAM, GLAM Omigod, I went to the best party I've been to in a thousand years...."

Sept. 10, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Danny Deckchair

Aussie import is sweet but as emotionally ethereal as a Splenda meringue.

"...John Batchelor and Alan Flower. As sweet but emotionally ethereal as a Splenda meringue, this Aussie import, allegedly based..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

High Baptismal Flow

In search of rock & roll's psychedelic pioneers, Austin's 13th Floor Elevators

"...The words floated into my dreamworld, twisting and sliding throughout..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dark Side of the Potterverse

Brad Neely's 'Wizard People, Dear Readers' and the volatility of artistic alchemy

"...The God-Wheel of Fate has stopped for all these kiddies..."

July 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Born in the Barn

How Shakespeare at Winedale spawned some of Austin's – and the country's – best theatre

"...didn't set out to create an army of ardent theatre makers. All he was trying to do was help..."

July 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

Stephen explores the similar trajectories of the lives of Martha Stewart, Mother Teresa, and Nelson Mandela??!

"...a $30,000 fine – a reasonably fair sentence for the unrepentant Diva of Domesticity (fair, as long as the..."

July 23, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

TCB

This week's column brought to you by the letters J, O, U, R, N, E, and Y

"...When Emmis Communications bought out the LBJ radio family last year, the Indianapolis-based media parent..."

July 16, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

The Book on Lance Letscher

What lies behind the buzz of Austin's hot collage artist

"...than buzz going on; he has mystique workin', too. The buzz comes from Letscher's art: poetic collages concocted from..."

June 25, 2004 Arts Feature by Madeline Irvine

Everything Must Go

Tower's last hours

"...if consumers are carrying buckets of water back to the fire. Boxed sets and DVDs spill to the floor..."

June 25, 2004 Music Feature by Matt Dentler

Here Come the Transporters

In the endless Central Texas transportation wars, the lions and the lambs look for ways to make peace

"...two different transportation plans. Which are really parts of the same plan. Though the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority's..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Summer Reading

In Texas

"...The Z Radiantby Jessica Reisman..."

May 28, 2004 Books Feature by Rick Klaw

GameRiot

On Tuesday, GameRiot, the world's biggest video game festival, brought its sexy arcade to La Zona Rosa on its Spring tour, complete with a smoke machine, buxom blondes, and a cheeky British emcee

"...Long gone are the days of skipping school, Centipede, and mall arcades. Today,..."

April 2, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Page Two

Spurned by cool former friends and driven to distraction by Ralph Nader and the 9/11 hearings, Louis Black busts all Erma Bombeck in the SXSW aftermath

"...well-meaning people have asked me if I've recovered from the SXSW tornado. Since "normal" in my case isn't much..."

April 2, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Geeks Get Paid

What's cool about gaming? Apparently, everything.

"...published his first game in 1980, is creator of the Ultima Online series; currently executive producer at NCsoft, he's..."

March 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

The Place Where Worlds Join

Aztlan Dance Company explores the cultural interaction of old and new in Veracruz

"...who are unfamiliar with Veracruz, it's a state on the Mexican coast, not too far from Texas, bordered by..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Gathered Treasures

'Collected Response,' the first joint exhibition of artists Steve Wiman and Marjorie Moore, is an extension of their shared passion for collecting

"...flows through your veins, urging you on in a never-ending quest for the next acquisition. Some people speak of..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Arts Feature by Madeline Irvine

The Human Touch

Violinist Laurie Young Stevens finds the passion and flash in baroque music

"...or kowtowing to Couperin. Oh, she adores and esteems the music of these great composers as much as any..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'One From the Heart'

Coppola's critically, commercially, and conversationally ravaged Las Vegas romance makes a comeback

"...On the career road of director Francis Ford Coppola, One From..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Tale of a Tale Spinner

How a ballplayer, a piano player, beatnik poetry, and Lubbock made Terry Allen an epic storyteller.

"..."I'll tell you a funny story about my mother," offers Terry Allen, grinning wryly like he does. "I..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Whole Universe Rocks

The Harry Ransom Center's exhibition "Make It New" explores how modernism changed everything.

"...lost its tonic anchor and harmonic charm. Poetry jumped the fence of meter and rhyme. To read a "good"..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Inside and Outside the Curatorial Box

Husband and wife curators Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro and Regine Basha discuss the art of their profession.

"...being a curator all about? How do you influence the world through the art you select to exhibit? After..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Arts Feature by Madeline Irvine

Unrelentingly Hostile

Three decades later, 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' is still about everyday evil. In 1977, two UT grad students explained.

"...[Ed. note: The Seventies and Eighties saw the horror movie redefined yet..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Unrelentingly Hostile: Editor's Cut

This is an extended version of the story that ran in the print edition.

"...[Ed. note: The Seventies and Eighties saw the horror movie redefined yet..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Trees

Online music trading that "leaves" the RIAA and music industry in the underbrush.

"...and a basic lesson of biology: Trees grow from the ground. Branches grow from the tree trunks. Leaves grow..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Perdita

Perdita, playwright Monika Bustamante's chilling exploration of what can happen when loss barrels its way through everyday lives, is one of the most tightly crafted and beautifully written works of the year, and its production at Hyde Park Theatre is of sterling quality.

"...Hyde Park Theatre, through Sept. 27..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Arts Review by Molly Beth Brenner

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