Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...a grand political statement against the evils of Gatesian tyranny, but as a cost-saving strategy, the city says. --..."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...the right to be free from any type of tyranny -- right now! Therefore, I only place my trust..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Column

New Pledge?

"...the right to be free from any type of tyranny – right now! Therefore, I only place my trust..."

Oct. 21, 2003 Postmarks

Foundations of Democracy Being Eroded

"...The tyranny of the majority is alive and well. The Republicans..."

Aug. 12, 2003 Postmarks

Follow Founding Fathers' Lead

"...intended. It protects the least of us from the tyranny of a simple majority. Now, the Republicans are upset..."

Aug. 12, 2003 Postmarks

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"...large) becomes a true one-party state -- an unchecked tyranny of the majority. This Republican "perrymandering" is being pursued..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Column

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"...issue of Vanity Fair and a half gallon of Häagen-Dazs' best...."

July 11, 2003 Column

The Roots of the Left

Sixties Austin took a deep whiff of revolution.

"...in the movement. I spoke out against injustice and tyranny then and I continue to do so now."..."

July 4, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

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Chapter Two: The Re-Redistricting Hearings Produce Much Heat, Little Light

"...Luna, D-Corpus Christi -- bristled with charges of "racism," "tyranny," even "Nazism." And whatever the intent of the GOP's..."

July 4, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Letters at 3AM

Within or Beneath the Din

"...from Brendan, who will be 30 this year: "When tyranny triumphs the jester is the only one left with..."

May 30, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Killer D's Come Home, But the Saga Goes On

The Ardmore walkout reverberates at the Capitol.

"...citizen-legislators would treat them as terrorists. This is how tyranny begins."..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Why We are Here -- Working to Defend Texas

The "quorum-busting" Democrats defend their actions.

"...from what is before the House today -- the tyranny of a majority. By our actions today, we are..."

May 16, 2003 News Column

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.

"...26 years after completion -- withstood the fires of tyranny. The adaptation might have taken more liberties for more..."

May 2, 2003 Arts Review by Rob Curran

A Lege Too Far

With Six Weeks to Go, the Legislative Future Looks Dark and Darker

"...them. (The industry lobby, howling in anguish at such tyranny, prefers Arlene Wohlgemuth's HB 3346, which would effectively declare..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

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"...little to do with the "terrorist threat." This is tyranny. This is classic fascism, and it's becoming an everyday..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Column

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"...This is particularly true for the Chronicle, whose raison d'être is largely coverage of the local entertainment scene...."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

Who's Texas?

The story of Texas history says a lot -- about the storytellers

"...Eventually the project was awarded to GSD&M, the high-profile Austin advertising agency responsible for creating the..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Book Reviews

"...world events, struggling with the personal consequences of political tyranny. Dawidoff's unusual perspective as a grandson might be most..."

July 5, 2002 Books Feature by John H. Summers

Cruel and Unusual

The Supreme Court decides the death houses can do without a few more victims

"...Even small victories against tyranny need to be celebrated, so last week's 6-3 U.S...."

June 28, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Capitol Chronicle

Despite John Cornyn's jokes and the end of the Ruiz suit, Texas prisons still need reform.

"...that after more than 100 years of institutionalized prison tyranny, the state of Texas is finally beginning to live..."

June 21, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Contents/Discontents -- Abby Levine

Accounts of the death of irony since last September 11th have been greatly exaggerated, and in her showing of work at Gallery 1313, artist Abby Levine provides three-dimensional proof that it is still a powerful way to communicate and process ideas about life, death, and pop culture in America.

"...Contents/Discontents -- Abby Levine: Irony Alive & Well at 1313 S. Congress..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Arts Review by Jesse Sublett

Romeo and Juliet

For its new production of Romeo and Juliet, Stephen Mills and a gifted company delivered the eloquence with which Shakespeare described the couple's profound passion -- without ever using the Bard's words.

"...-- a taut Shell Bauman. Here was the unshakeable tyranny of grief, in the figure of Lady Capulet --..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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Our own little Gaza Strip, and the Halloween (Gas) Mask is taken to task.

"...Austin Metro Trails & Greenways..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Column

Northern Lights: The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Borealis

"...union with Sweden and was chafing badly under the tyranny. It must have been an exciting time to be..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Books Review by Anna Hanks

Chapter 5: An Ongoing Odyssey

Twenty years of The Austin Chronicle: the final chapter and coda

"...genius, part last rebel holdout, part tin-pan redoubt against tyranny and dullness, part (freezing or boiling) slacker sweatshop. Either..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

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Living on the Dole

"...In five years of diligence, this grandiose exercise in techno-tyranny has caught nine -- count 'em, nine -- cases..."

May 11, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Cloud Nine

After rumbling greatness in the first act, the UT Department of Theatre & Dance production of Caryl Churchill's Cloud Nine ends thin and foggy.

"...in the first act, the UT Department of Theatre & Dance production of Caryl Churchill's Cloud Nine ends thin..."

March 9, 2001 Arts Review by Rob Curran

The Hightower Lowdown

Major league baseball ticket gouging in New York, grassroots rebellion in Carmel, Ca., the oil industry's assault on the Project on Government Oversight, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce attacks new OSHA protections for workers.

"...225 years ago to discuss separating themselves from the tyranny of King George III and the British trading companies...."

Jan. 5, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Lowdown

Monsanto Cares; Welcome to the 'New Economy'

"...saying that the funds will "liberate millions from the tyranny of hunger."..."

Dec. 8, 2000 News Column by Jim Hightower

Win, Lose, or Draw

What 16 Color offers is an incredibly user-friendly template for people interested in making short (15 seconds), Web-based animations. His press release says it best: "Alan Watts dreams of ways to help people procrastinate."

"...16color.com in 1999, a natural outgrowth free from the tyranny of alleged trademark infringement that had dogged his previous..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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