More Historical Arguments

"...made things worse than they may have been. World War II would have happened anyway. But if begun earlier,..."

June 9, 2005 Postmarks

Tout Va Bien

Jane Fonda is a fixture in the American imagination – and as it turns out, the French imagination, too

"...mea culpas for her extreme fraternization with the North Vietnamese 30 years ago. Jane Fonda is a fixture in..."

May 27, 2005 Screens Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

True Hollywood Stories

Texans who took a chance and headed west tell all

"...trying to rationalize the little-known plus sides of the war in Vietnam...."

Feb. 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Eli Kooris

Letters at 3AM

As we approach the most pivotal election since 1860, the work of Stirling Silliphant comes to mind because he shows that our present situation was not created by 9 / 11 but has been brewing for a long time

"...several years before "women's liberation" became a strong movement. Vietnam was two years from heating up. John Kennedy was..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Bush Dodges Another Bullet

Dan Rather takes one for the president

"...weighing in – not on his dishonest and disastrous war against Iraq, but on the far more pressing controversy..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Republicans Can't Run on Record

"...old-time movie monsters, and rhetoric straight out of the war room scenes of Dr. Strangelove. Seriously. Has anyone seen..."

Sept. 8, 2004 Postmarks

DKT/MC5

Live shot

"...at the end of "The Human Being Lawnmower," a Vietnam-era anti-war anthem with newfound relevance. As Arm screamed "chop-chop-chop-chop,"..."

July 2, 2004 Music Review by Greg Beets

Page Two

Liberals' core beliefs are as vital as ever, but they've forgotten how to communicate

"...vetted by polling, this language is now populist. "Class war" once concerned social inequity, damning the upper classes for..."

June 11, 2004 Column by Louis Black

The House

The House, director J. Ed Araiza's third collaboration with the student artists at St. Edward's University, is unapologetically about them, which makes for the show's strengths and its weaknesses

"...The HouseMary Moody Northen Theatre at St. Edward's University, through April 25..."

April 23, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Kennedy Not What He Is Now Cracked Up to Be

"...article, the exclusions. The big one, of course, is Vietnam, which Kennedy inherited, yes, but which he dramatically escalated...."

Nov. 10, 2003 Postmarks

The Touch, The Feel

Three books that take on evil

"...been shaped less by Hollywood than by Chile and Vietnam and Auschwitz and Cambodia are at more of a..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Books Feature by Scott Blackwood

New on DVD

Sam Peckinpah attracted controversy as reliably as a dog attracts fleas. Upon their release, each of his films would stimulate new debate about the uses of onscreen violence and his manhandling of women, as was the case with 1971's Straw Dogs.

"...Sixties and Seventies, with their televised depictions of the war in Vietnam and the mainstream inroads of the women's..."

April 11, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Insider: Wavy Gravy

Brief Interviews with Importnant Pepole

"...intuitive clown to turn shit into fun. And if war ain't shit, I don't know what is. It's painful..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature by Andy Langer

2002 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...Saturday, Nov. 1610:30-11:15am House Chamber Bookend Award Ceremony Honoring Bud Shrake & Bill Wittliff, including tributes..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature

Letters @ 3AM

The author offers notes for a poem that tells how the America of our hearts is a forgotten country.

"...names in the middle of nowhere. (Contrast with the Vietnam Memorial.) Write of lightning-struck trees in the wilderness of..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Too Tough To Die

The last surviving real Ramone takes us back to the best years of our lives.

"..."53rd & 3rd," about being a Green Beret from Vietnam and turning into a male prostitute. He sang about..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Letters at 3AM

All the tumult, all the culture, all the relentless historical brouhaha, has not changed the irreducible loneliness that haunts us.

"...Adams and Jefferson created was rending itself in civil war. In Walden, Thoreau wrote: "The mass of men lead..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Day Trips

"...The army's refusal fanned the passions of the young warriors on both sides...."

July 12, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Stuart Bloody Stuart

Filmmaker Stuart Gordon hits the Alamo with his latest H.P. Lovecraft adaptation.

"...writings. We did science fiction -- a trilogy called Warp -- and Kurt Vonnegut's The Sirens of Titan...."

June 28, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...and could hear the shouts of the neighbors and afterwards Koreans agitatedly discussing the game on the street. The..."

June 7, 2002 Column

May 4 Election Wrap-up

"...support of Don Turner's re-election bid to the Barton Creek/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District board, the Save South Austin Political..."

May 10, 2002 News Feature

Notes of an Old Leftist

Lone Star liberal Dave Richards releases his memoir at the Scholz Garten to much fanfare.

"...after our arrival. We had agreed to host an antiwar fundraiser at the house, probably for the Vietnam Veterans..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature by Clay Smith

Articulations

Photojournalist David Douglas Duncan returns to Austin to inaugurate a new lecture series named in his honor, homegrown musical Jouét touches down in the pages of Show Music magazine, and Gerard Lebeda lands a European tour of Evita.

"...taking part in every major military conflict from World War II to Vietnam. He was on board the USS..."

April 5, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

History Repeats

A writer and his artist aunt explore cave paintings and see more than just writing on the wall.

"...Junior College, where she met my uncle Wayne, a Vietnam veteran (and one of the most amazing men I..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Features Feature by Eli Kooris

Universal Talent

From 1961 to 1992, Julioeloy Mesa worked in the Cuban Institute of Cinematic Industry and Art, making movie posters that earned international awards, exhibitions in museums, and even a permanent collection in the Library of Congress. Though he now lives comfortably in Austin, Texas, Mesa's artistic struggle continues.

"...spoke more to the people. Mesa's film posters won awards in international competitions, including the Cannes Film Festival, and..."

July 13, 2001 Arts Feature by Rob Curran

Summer Film Calendar

Your month-to-month guide to summer film

"...The Vertical Ray of the Sun: Vietnamese film about four adults trying to come to terms..."

May 25, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Looking to the Future

"...alternatives for science and technology policy in the post-Cold War era," Chapman says. "We have an emphasis and focus..."

March 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Democrat all my life but I don't like their rightward shift and I know it won't change under Gore...."

Dec. 15, 2000 Column

The Best of Broadside, 1962-1988: Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine (Smithsonian Folkways)

"...of Donald White"; Phil Ochs' "We Seek No Wider War"), obscure (Richard Black's "A Very Close Friend of Mine"),..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Music Review by Jay Hardwig

True Hollywood Stories

Peter Lev's American Films of the 70s looks at several genres of films (cop movies, disaster films, teen movies, war films, blaxploitation, sci-fi, and feminist films) and puts examples of each genre into the context of the times.

"...the wake of Watergate and the end of the Vietnam era. The Seventies also signaled transitions in Hollywood. Older..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

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