The Kingdom of Heaven

Psychedelic pioneer Powell St. John, on the Right Track Now

"...early folk scene was being born at the Student Union's weekly hoot nights, then moved to Kenneth Threadgill's gas..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

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"...government. As a member of the Texas State Employees Union, I urge you to just say no...."

Aug. 11, 2006 Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...to Third Street – will now pass under the Union Pacific Railroad line but not Bowie. Relocating an Austin..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature

'State vs. Reed' Gaining Steam: Pair's First Doc Becoming the Story

Local pair's first doc becoming the story

"...airings of the documentary on Bastrop's Community Access Television station, plans for a fundraiser at the Millennium Theatre, and..."

April 14, 2006 Screens Feature by Frank Rivera

Terms of Engagement

If 'We Can't Make It Here,' then James McMurtry's in big trouble

"...in at just under eight minutes, it's an alternate state-of-the-union, a scholarly commentary on the economy, the war, and..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Delay of Game

Seaholm, Block 21 challenge the Downtown Domino theory

"...or the Green Water Treatment Plant, or the electric substation next to Seaholm, or an aggressive expansion of urban-core..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...not so long ago when a fire at the Station nightclub claimed the lives of 100 young concertgoers. Public..."

March 18, 2005 Column

Short Cuts

Addressing Jerm Pollet, Owen Egerton, and John Erler's 'Sinus' problems; plus, 'Shaun of the Dead' and 'Tron' Suit Guy

"...Factory), Elisa Bell (Little Black Book), Thomas McCarthy (The Station Agent), and Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo), among scads more...."

Sept. 10, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Capital Metro Stays Its Course

All Systems Go!, but no extensions added, to a November commuter-rail vote

"..."regional" commuter rail service on the MoPac corridor (the Union Pacific line) and the abandoned MoKan corridor east of..."

Sept. 3, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

'All Systems Go!' ... Very, Very Slowly

Cap Metro proposes a rail plan that is much less than meets the eye

"...The plan does discuss additional "regional" rail along the MoPac/Union Pacific and (now abandoned) MoKan corridors, but makes no..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Day Trips

Not all day trips should be within a day's drive of your couch

"...Beth LeClaire at the national forest ranger station in Rochester says, "It's been called Texas Falls as..."

July 30, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

One System, Multiple Modes

The map lays out the main lines of the 'multi-modal' regional transportation plans in progress

"...Llano to Giddings) and often calls the Red Line. Station locations are still undetermined, but likely commuter rail stops..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature

City Bets the Farm on Robinson Ranch

Austin prepares to enable a new city on a huge chunk of Williamson County

"...at the interchange – McNeil Junction – of the Union Pacific and Capital Metro freight rail lines, both of..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

The transit authority debuts Rail: the Sequel, four years in the making

"...new technology choices, frequency of service, [and] locations for station stops and transfers." The transit authority will hold "open..."

May 14, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

The 'Saveur' Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival

"...6:30pm, and proceeds go partly to our favorite television station, KLRU, with the balance going to a scholarship for..."

April 2, 2004 Food Feature

Naked City

City prepares to solicit proposals for reusing the Art Deco power plant

"...crying out to be the classic central city rail station," McCracken told the Chronicle. "It's necessary to make commuter..."

April 2, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

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"...groups raised questions about Speaker Craddick's direct donations of Union Pacific PAC funds to particular House candidates. Shack may..."

March 19, 2004 Column

City Budget Blues

The city budget battle moves toward an unanticipated quick conclusion.

"...a morning news conference at the Hyde Park fire station -- one of two that would end up with..."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

TCB

Austin from A to Z

"...the Merc both Moonlight Towers central and a way station for My Morning Jacket and the Used; Cotton is..."

July 18, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Braying for Plutonium

The U.S. Dept. of Energy visits Amarillo in search of friendly site for manufacturing nuclear warheads.

"...Chamber of Commerce president, the manager of the radio station, the nuclear-engineering professor, the mayor, the county judge, two..."

July 11, 2003 News Feature by William M. Adler

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"...The American Civil Liberties Union, Drug Policy Forum of Texas, NAACP, and numerous other..."

June 20, 2003 Column

Call and Answer

It's been a hard spring of politics in Texas; now it's time to relax with a book.

"...the thoroughly (and intentionally) destructive international consequences of "globalization," union-bashing at Wal-Mart, and so on. Palast always swings hard..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

TCB

Austin soldiers on beyond SXSW with hot rods, SPAM, and puking

"...who turned in an awe-inspiring performance at the Texas Union Ballroom a few days prior, were detained for questioning..."

March 28, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...RUTHIE FOSTER: The Tracy Chapman comparison is lazy; College Station breakout Ruthie Foster and her percussive accompanist Cyd Cassone..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...a chick singer" is how they describe it. (Texas Union Theatre, 9pm) -- Jim Caligiuri..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...Spelce, late of the KEYE-TV news team before that station did some major housecleaning, is the new spokesperson for..."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Jim Brown's Shades of Gray

Spike Lee's latest documentary, Jim Brown: All American, looks at the turbulent life of the "greatest football player ever." Lee and Brown will be in town Tuesday to present the film at the Westgate Cinema.

"...such self-help organizations as the Negro Industrial and Economic Union in 1957 and Amer-I-Can in the late Eighties, and..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin City Limits Festival Picks & Sleepers

"...RUTHIE FOSTER: Currently based in College Station, Ruthie Foster possesses a voice that will stop you..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Music Feature

Coach's Corner

Cedrick Trout (shudder) comes to dinner. But that's not quite as big a joke as Major League Baseball's idea of steroid testing.

"...goat in a mountain glade. All three Denver network stations led off their newscasts with extensive footage, interviews, and..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Paradise

Ten years after Gravity, Alejandro Escovedo finds his "Paradise."

"...Neil Young, Gang of Four, Shaun Cassidy. TV and PlayStation are off...."

June 28, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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