The Hightower Report: Why We Should Reach Across Borders, Not Close Them

Trump's wall won't keep undocumented immigrants out

"...but with itself. In his rallies, Trump led his true believers in angry chants of "Build that wall!" –..."

Nov. 25, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

Having a Gas

Swiss Army Man is more than just "that farting corpse movie"

"...Finn and Jake. A shipwrecked loner and his one true pal, a talking, farting corpse...."

July 1, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...quartet promises new textures with literary touchstones, while remaining true to its blues & bruise style and aiming for..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Explosions in the Sky Debuts in Bangkok

Thailand’s capital is not a cold dead place

"...by sponsor Singha beer and the palpable excitement of true believers getting a possibly once-in-a-million-incarnations chance to see this..."

May 6, 2014 Music Post by Marc Savlov

We Are the World

Recapping this year's Austin Music Awards.

"...Painted Redstarts, brought rock with faint glimmers of the True Believers...."

March 21, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Live Shot: 2013/2014 Austin Music Awards

An epic last dance for AMA director Margaret Moser

"...Painted Redstarts, brought rock with faint glimmers of the True Believers...."

March 13, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

The ABGB

South Austin brewery hopes to host all local music and more

"...a lot of time seeing [local] bands like the True Believers. We recently had the Wild Seeds in here..."

Jan. 28, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Alejandro Escovedo, Vagabond & Wandering Spirit

Iconic rocker’s love affair with the USA, part one

"...AE: The True Believers played a sold-out show at Club Lingerie in..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

The Night Gwen Stacy Died

This oddly beautiful debut novel could garner a million no-prizes.

"...Yes, it's true. This book, with that title, is the first novel..."

Aug. 7, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Bright Lights, Big City

At the crossroads of the Austin Music Awards.

"...Creative Director Brent Grulke, who died suddenly last summer. True Believer Alejandro Escovedo, Soft Boys song sorcerer Robyn Hitchcock,..."

March 8, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

30 Rock

Thirty recordings for 30 years of music Chronicling

"...die. They reignite. Just as former bandmate Alejandro Escovedo's post-True Believers debut inflamed his songcraft, Graham's Monster was quietly..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two: No Virtue

The vicious circle of constitutional desecration

"...are groveling, wimpy, anti-American traitors aching for enslavement. These true believers are so happily self-anointed that they need do..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Safety Net or Dead End?

The politics of Austin animal welfare

"...APA's supporters are true believers in the moral necessity of no-kill, and therefore..."

Feb. 18, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Beacon Blues

Since 1970 at the One Knite, Jimmie Vaughan's worn the smile of a blues savior

"...even a figment of anyone's brain-addled imagination yet. For true believers, however, the Texas musicians drying up with the..."

July 16, 2010 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Page Two: And So It Begins

International spectacles of darkness and light

"...the American legal system for the purpose of arousing true believers and raising money is so mendacious that it..."

March 12, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: A Higher Court

Rash judgment and vitriol don't validate simplistic morality

"...which something is stated, the more certainly it is true...."

June 5, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Long Days of Journeys Into Nights

In quest of a simple metaphor

"...of the Contemporary World. All acknowledge that it is true that said history filled many, many notebooks, but some,..."

April 17, 2009 Column by Louis Black

A Shot in the Arm

Wilco

"...Sparhawk tore into his very own My Aim is True-era Elvis Costello epithet, “Kids,” followed shortly by True Believers..."

May 13, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Otis Redding, Lynyrd Skynyrd, & Whiskeytown

"...an emotional, lyrical, and musical certainty as sophisticated and true as Lucinda Williams' Car Wheels on a Gravel Road,..."

May 2, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: Righting Wrongs

A position checklist of pragmatic politics

"...will be that both extremes – the sky-is-falling, humanity-is-at-an-end true believers and those who know that global warming is..."

April 11, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Media Watch: The Improbable Rise of Dana Perino

Dana Perino took a circuitous path to job of Bush spokeswoman

"...not as important as loyalty and faith. For the true believers who make it into the administration's skimpy Rolodex,..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Juiced: Wayward Astros Still Hold Fans' Attention

"...his blog Sunday. "Even train wrecks can be fascinating." True enough, but forgive me for thinking Astro Nation would..."

June 4, 2007 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

Michael & Us

Canadian filmmakers Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine set out to celebrate a lion of the left. They ended up with something a little different.

"...interviews progress, we witness the filmmakers transforming from unquestioning true believers to disillusioned observers. Manufacturing Dissent takes us on..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Astros Down the Stretch: To Dream the Impossible Dream?

"...in batting in the second half, has been a true godsend. Eric Bruntlett is hitting over .500 on the..."

Sept. 28, 2006 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

Page Two

The debate over illegal immigration is nearly perfect for Bush's core voters

"...It all has to do with prayer. Nonbelievers think prayer is about asking the Lord for something..."

June 30, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Indecent Proposals

Indecent Proposals: If you oppose these propositions, you must be on the take

"...that deep). It is still a flying wedge of true believers who know that they are pure and serving..."

May 5, 2006 Column by Louis Black

I Am the Resurrection

Ignore Jim Morrison - do not cancel your subscription to the resurrection, because Roky Erickson is Lazarus unbound.

"...with a Stratocaster, an ashtray, and determination. From the True Believers to the Saxon Pub's Sunday supper club with..."

March 10, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Alejandro Escovedo String Quintet

Record review

"...plenty of shotgun casings on the floor of the True Believers, but in their aftermath, Escovedo emerged a songwriter..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two

The right's most troubling victory may be its brilliant subversion of the language of political debate

"...box: Why not? It sure sounds good. God, patriotism, true Americans, a simple culprit for most problems (the Democrats),..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Por Vida All-Star Tribute Concert

Last week's Por Vida All-Star Tribute to Alejandro Escovedo turns into 'The Last Waltz.' Not literally, of course.

"...the Fillmore in 1976 proved an apt analogy nonetheless. True, the Por Vida guest celebrants weren't quite as Mount..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

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