Turning Taylor Around

The Williamson Co. authorities bring law-and-order urban renewal to the Taylor black community

"...Co. district judge) played an integral role in the Turn Around Taylor campaign, which sought to clean up "The..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Love Is All Around

Lucinda Williams gets married onstage in Minneapolis

"...Mary Tyler Moore Show theme sang, "Love is all around," so were Lu and Tom's closest friends and family...."

Sept. 21, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

You Coulda Walked Around the World

The LBJ of Lone Star songwriters lays siege to the Cactus Cafe

"...only two solo albums since then, You Coulda Walked Around the World, my onetime $105-a-month Hyde Park abode dilapidated..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Ready to Wear (Pret-A-porter)

"...Stephen Rea, Tim Robbins, Julia Roberts, Jean Rochefort, Lili Taylor, Tracey Ullman and Forest Whitaker. Ready to Wear is..."

Dec. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

If You're White, It's All Right

The colors of justice in Williamson County

"...months making a series of crack cocaine buys in Taylor. Those transactions eventually resulted in nine arrests...."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Ma

Octavia Spencer subverts expectations and racist tropes in this fun horror

"...Directed by: Tate Taylor. Starring: Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers, Luke Evans, Missi Pyle,..."

May 31, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Color of Justice

A drug bust in tiny Tulia, Texas opens up old racial wounds and raises questions about the veracity of the undercover cop-for-hire who orchestrated it all.

"...an undercover agent, who began making buys in and around Tulia. Only a select few knew about the deep-cover..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Chappaquiddick

The car crash that changed America.

"...Jim Gaffigan, Clancy Brown, Olivia Thirlby, Andria Blackman and Taylor Nichols...."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2001

"...some things never go out of style. Converse's Chuck Taylor high-tops, for example, have remained the best-selling athletic shoe..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Household Saints

"...by: Nancy Savoca. Starring: Tracey Ullman, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lili Taylor, Judith Malina, Michael Rispoli and Victor Argo. The glory..."

Dec. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Little

Time goes backward in this riff on Big (or maybe it just feels that way)

"...Rae, Regina Hall, Marsai Martin, Mikey Day and Marley Taylor...."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

Heart Attack & Fine

Actor Douglas Taylor is alive (again) and well in Austin, Texas

"...Douglas Taylor wasn't dead for all that long, really. "Between three..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Kinky Boots

One man's ailing boot factory and a transvestite's need for extra-large thigh-highs become a perfect match in this British comedy about tolerance.

"...Fluevog? Manolo Blahnik? Dr. Martens? Chuck, for God's sake, Taylor? A duller world if not a better one. A..."

May 19, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

An English Spaceship Lands at SXSW

Director Alex Taylor finds the alien in teenage alienation

"...unifies them. It's a contradiction that dances through Alex Taylor's Spaceship, which debuted this year at SXSW...."

March 15, 2016 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Changing Places

The new Pickle Elementary School is a crucible of the changing St. Johns neighborhood

"...of the highest attendance rates in the city, teacher turnover is next to nothing, and Zavala has been federally..."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Feature by Michael May

Who's the Daddy?

House Republican Caucus Chair compares Democrats to "whiny kids"

"...House Republican Caucus Leader Larry Taylor is not, repeat not, calling Democrats "kidnappers and terrorists."..."

May 26, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...what they do anyway, follow that rare black customer around their stores and watch them like hawks. The gut..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Column

Saturday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...from the BSS catalog of off-kilter melodies and percussive reach-arounds, but Apostle is more pensive, precious, and special. It's..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Playback: Lost in the Silent City

Crowdsourced sci-fi, getting steamy with Black Pistol Fire, and a mighty storm of music

"...Saturday night and I'm snooping around the Museum of Human Achievement as Octopus Project/Dialtones multi-instrumentalist..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Brenda Ramos Sues City Over Son’s Killing

Lawsuit argues killing was "a direct result of the racism that has permeated policing in Austin"

"...up!" "Hey, relax! Relax, Michael! I need you to turn around for me." "Hey, hey, Michael, get on your..."

Jan. 8, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

A 'Texas Chain Saw' Pedigree

‘Butcher Boys’ are after you, and on DVD today

"...Down syndrome. Little did I know what a bloody turn his career would take...."

Oct. 8, 2013 Screens Post by Joe O'Connell

There They Go ... Here They Come Again

A no-drama session ends – will a high-drama special follow?

"...how fast. Ultimately, they didn't even have time to return to their hotel rooms, as Gov. Rick Perry called..."

May 31, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Hedda Games

Two productions take a new look at Ibsen's troubled and troubling heroine

"...to her temple and pulled the trigger. When talk turns to Hedda, we so often begin with her end...."

March 4, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

Let us not forget the reason for the season, people … club crawls and parties!

"...was a Christmas party thrown by Gomi, Creatures, and Turntable Records on the corner of W. Mary & S...."

Dec. 21, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Ripping the Shrew

The Rude Mechanicals Tear Into Shakespeare

"...all? Does anybody want to mention it?" The professor turned to me and said, "What sexism? I don't know..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

The Mighty Hannibal Sees All

The Atlanta soul man has stories to tell, and who cares if they're true?

"...Scoot Inn. Bump & Hustle catches up this time around, rapping about Barack Obama, upstaging James Brown, and how..."

Aug. 27, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Sugar and Spice

"...me, "How did they know to have the cameras around?" How indeed. It was tough to explain...."

Oct. 16, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Naked City

"...the end of this year if the school can't turn around its academic record. At the meeting, principal Celina..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature

Timeline/Discography

A timeline / discography of Doug Sahm

"...1971 The Return of Doug Saldaña (Philips PHS 600 353) as Doug..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Sxsw

"...sunset; on a previous EP, they even managed to turn Barry White into pure pop. (Driskill Hotel Crystal Ballroom,..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

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