Street Corner Arts' Bull

Street Corner Arts turns a corporate office into a ring where fighting for your job is a bloodsport

"...conveys a wealth of useful information. "Bull" is one way of describing Thomas, the hapless, anxious figure at the..."

April 22, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Thursday SXSW Picks

"...last-minute additions to this year's SXSW, this Brooklyn (by way of Boulder) synth-pop duo boasts opening slots for MGMT,..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Fall Film Previews

September

"...story of a young girl who longs to break away from her dreary rural Pennsylvania existence. Adventure arrives in..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

City Council District 10: In Seven-Car Race, Alter Finds Center Lane

D10 appears most likely to end in a December run-off – predicting who will make it past Nov. 3 is not easy.

"...not escaped the conservative backlash to that vote. Robert Thomas, Jennifer Virden, Ben Easton, and Belinda Greene have each..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Awakened Bean Delivers Coffee, Vegan Donuts, and Positive Vibes

Local roaster infuses its treats with consciousness

"...your door. For free. Owners Kendall Krishna and Holly Thomas created a breakfast they believe in...."

Oct. 5, 2018 Food Feature by Alisha McDarris

Austin Toros Trimester Essay

On a winning streak, but what next?

"...with what you have. First we saw starter-forward Lance Thomas head off to the Hornets in mid-December, joined soon..."

Jan. 19, 2012 Sports Post by Will Schmidt

Scene of the Crime

Revisiting the yogurt shop murders: A cold case reconsideration of the 1991 crime points away from the prosecution's assumptions and conclusions

"...it was becoming more and more difficult to explain away mounting evidence suggesting that prosecutors and Austin police had..."

Dec. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Man With Two Brains

Ghostland Observatory pulls back the curtain

"...off, Aaron Behrens bursts through the sturdy door of Thomas Turner's home studio, letting the dog in. Boo-boo, a..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Rant, Revisited

A new doc explores the life and times of underground comic Bill Hicks

"...and much-coveted bootleg" of Hicks' work. For co-director/producer Paul Thomas, the interest was much more professional. Harlock explained, "His..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing Thursday night SXSW 09 talent

"...a new album in the can, it's time to sway in the dark. – Darcie Stevens Tori Amos..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

High Baptismal Flow: Part 2

The 13th Floor Elevators' ground floors: Where are they now?

"...Danny ThomasAge: 56..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Usual Suspects

The first year of the Will Wynn era closes to very mixed reviews, as Austinites wonder whether the city leadership is floundering.

"...performance has overshadowed that of her co-stars, in a way that city managers typically do not. (Remember, city managers..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Killing Fields, Kind Of

A culinary history of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre farmhouse

"...top of Quick Hill. These days, construction for State Highway 45 slashes through what was once a sloping hay..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Food Feature by MM Pack

The Trees

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

"...He expresses the prevailing opinion that acts know traders/collectors always buy official releases, yet are hungry for additional material...."

Oct. 3, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Spangles and High Heels

Dreams come true, just ask "Her Tallness," Marcia Ball.

"...and kids-at-heart as much as the games on the midway: Ride the Golden Dragon; brave the Inverter. Toss a..."

June 20, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Naked City

A motion to rename Rosewood Avenue after controversial East Austin activist Dorothy Turner is back on the council agenda after a unanimous rejection in 1998.

"...The motion, sponsored by Council Member Danny Thomas, also proposes rechristening Hargraves Street for the late Velma..."

March 2, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Book Reviews

Recent Titles Reviewed

"...Fiction and the Rise of Forensic Scienceby Ronald R. Thomas..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Books Feature

Detective Fiction and the Rise of Forensic Science

"...Fiction and the Rise of Forensic Scienceby Ronald R. Thomas..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Books Review

Do They Dare?

Austin Team Portland-Bound for the National Poetry Slam

"...from last year, joined by Danny Solis and Hillary Thomas -- is working Cinderella-like for the Nationals in Portland,..."

July 26, 1996 Books Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

White Man's Burden

"...that its intended purpose as a wake-up call, a way to spotlight deteriorating race relations in a new and..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...the haute but not haughty caterer/decorator, and in some ways, his character is a reflection of the movie as..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...falls for another addiction, Ethan. Cast List: Courtney Eaton, Thomas Mann, Francesca Reale, Gina Rodriguez, Joel McHale, Scott Mescudi,..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Byrne, Krew Boylan, Bobby Cannavale, Daniel Webber, Celeste Barber, Thomas Campbell (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Council Candidates in District 6 and 10 Diverge on Police, Housing, Land Use

Race(s) to the West

"..."The job of council member is always about making difficult decisions," Flannigan told us recently. "Inevitably,..."

Aug. 21, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

AISD: Thinking Outside the Schoolhouse

Task force schemes new ways to stabilize Austin ISD budget

"...of Austin Independent School District stakeholders tasked with conceiving ways to cut into the district's growing budget deficit met..."

July 20, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Death Watch: Intellectually Disabled or Mentally Ill?

Three cases raise the question

"...(the same ones that moved the needle the other way in Williams' case), but the judges believe even under..."

June 15, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Wednesday night SXSW handicapping

"...bassist Arnaldo Baptista) and Argentine vocalist Natalia Clavier. – Thomas Fawcett Skrew..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Scott Panetti: Sane Enough to Execute?

Supremes' June 28 ruling in case of Texas death row inmate Scott Panetti concludes that law requires condemned inmates have some 'rational understanding' of why they're being executed in order to satisfy Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment

"...That is irrelevant, says Clarence Thomas, writing for the conservative, four-justice dissent. The state owes..."

July 13, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Canoe Conundrum

Longtime proprietors of Town Lake's canoe rental franchise get sent up the river without a paddle

"...Park Boat Rentals. "The city seems inclined to throw away our 36-year marriage for something more shiny and brighter,..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Dancing on Main Street

Lorenzo Thomas of Houston is a thinking-man's writer. His critical studies of folklore, modernism, and music are substantial works, and in both prose and poetry he always addresses the difficult issues.

"...by Lorenzo Thomas..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Books Review by Dave Oliphant

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