Hurd Is the Word

Cornell Hurd, Austin's most prolific C&W songwriter? It's no joke.

"..."On my tombstone they will probably write 'The Genitalia of a Fool.'"If..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Who Killed Porter Middle School?

The evidence points to George W. Bush. But he wasn't alone.

"...time has come to put Porter down, let its tombstone read, AISD wounded it and left it to die...."

March 10, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The Tombstones

Bonus tracks

"...The Tombstones..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Music Review by Greg Beets

I Love the Status Quo and the Establishment but I'll Pretend to Be a Renegade by Endlessly and Contemptuously Attacking All Who Disagree With Me

"...Second Amendment. At the end of the fight, a tombstone white with the names of the malcontent blight And..."

Sept. 13, 2005 Postmarks

Worthy Stories

Third place, the 13th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

"...The tombstone is cold against her cheek...."

Feb. 18, 2005 Books Feature by Katie Williams

Austin @ Large: Which Way Did We Go?

Looking for the starting line as the Council races begin.

"...a bit too long to be engraved on his tombstone, it's certainly apt fodder for a time capsule –..."

Nov. 19, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

'You Were Right, Andy'

Getting beneath the surface of Andy Warhol with Tom Sokolowski

"...what he would want as the epitaph for his tombstone. He thought about it and said that he would..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Arts Feature by Jacqueline May

The Master and Margarita

Gaslight Theater is only the second U.S. company to stage Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita, as adapted by Richard Helweg and Michael Franco, and while their faithful tribute beguiles in places like the original, it runs a little too long and treats the source a little too reverentially.

"...get the last word. As it says on Gogol's tombstone, "And I shall laugh my bitter laugh."..."

May 2, 2003 Arts Review by Rob Curran

Bob Dylan

Live Shot

"...every scornfully tossed harmonica, for every mangled verse of "Tombstone Blues," for every scornful look at his loyal bassist..."

April 25, 2003 Music Review by Shawn Badgley

The Weakness of the Flesh

Actor Bill Paxton gets behind the camera for his directorial debut, the Texas gothic terror tale, Frailty.

"...the Texas FBI agent; I had met him on Tombstone, and he had always been one of my favorite..."

April 12, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Day Trips

Fort Griffin once served as a lonely military outpost on the Texas frontier.

"...Texas prairie northeast of Abilene as a lonely, weathered tombstone to the Old West. The wind whips around the..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

It's a Wrap!

A Legislative Wrap-Up on the 77th Session

"...on the Capitol steps, complete with an enormous prop tombstone to mark the occasion. Robin Schneider of Texas Campaign..."

June 1, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Dancing About Architecture

Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital...

"...Monsieur Jefferey Evans & the C.C. Riders, and Stevie Tombstone, with many others yet to be announced. Former Dicks..."

April 6, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Naked City

The James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Act wins approval at a House committee hearing, after several hours of emotional testimony.

"...for James Byrd Jr. to rest in peace. "His tombstone has been vandalized repeatedly," said Rep. Senfronia Thompson during..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Signs of Other Times

A photographic guide to some of the markers that still point to parts of Austin that have disappeared.

"...the cement: "R.I.P. CACTUS COURTS '84," with a small tombstone drawn beside it. A couple of years ago, as..."

Jan. 26, 2001 News Feature

Grave Importance

Meiling Guentzel explores her fascination with small local graveyards and death and learns about life in the process.

"...my free time. I take pictures of my favorite tombstones, enlarge and frame them, and put them on my..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Features Feature by Meiling Guentzel

The Waco Brothers Electric Waco Chair (Bloodshot)

"...to kick their way back in. "Dragging My Own Tombstone" and "Walking On Hell's Roof Looking at the Flowers"..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Dancing About Architecture

Doug Sahm returns from beyond, MP3s shake up Austin music, Hip Hop meets R&B, and the Watermelon Saga continues...

"...life" with a set of photos of his own tombstone. Ironically, the back of the marker (not shown) displays..."

April 21, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...us could be on the receiving end of the "tombstone piledriver" of life (or love) at any moment!..."

March 3, 2000 Column

Coach's Corner

The only remedy for your lard ass is a daily regemin of realism.

"...lean, Wyatt Earp, for example, didn't saunter into the Tombstone drug store and have to pass by a 20-yard-long..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

A Walking Contradiction

Exploring the legacy of one of Austin's great, unsung singer-songwriters, Blaze Foley

"...in 1993 at a benefit to buy him a tombstone...."

Dec. 24, 1999 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Fashion Gets Grave

Austin's Caskets by Design can insure that death will become you.

"...of your lullaby locker and the tip of your tombstone?..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

One Block's History

"...both parts of the building. Julius Seaholm opened a tombstone-carving shop at the other end of the block...."

Aug. 27, 1999 News Feature

Titles That Can't Myth

"...later ambushed his brother, Virgil, that really cleaned up Tombstone and assured Earp a place in history. Not to..."

May 28, 1999 Books Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...the posse's relentless gallop through the dust 'n' bones tombstone towns of John Ford's Old West -- their fourth..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

No Law & Order

"...imagery with Jimmy Cliff grooves; Buffalo Soldiers traipse around Tombstone all throughout their 1996 album Tell the Truth, which..."

March 12, 1999 Music Feature

A Stone for Norman Mailer

"...Has Norman Mailer published a book or sculpted a tombstone? The Time of Our Time is a massive slab..."

June 12, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

Family Matters

The Texas Documentary Tour: Alan Berliner

"..."There was one tombstone standing all alone," Alan tells his father upon returning..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Feature by Jason Silverman

Postmarks

DeWitty Center Helpful

"...P.S. -- The "Monument" cafe was named after a tombstone builder that had the spot. Stick to the steak..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Column

Postmarks

Balance, Yes; Reality, No

"...through the windshield beyond -- to the huge white tombstone and waiting for those allegories of a civilization gone..."

July 11, 1997 Column

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