On Leaving Paradise for an Oasis

An Austin foodie falls in love with Marathon and West Texas' other boutique towns

"...since watching Saints football at the Shoal Creek Saloon back in the early 1990s. He is the co-owner of..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Texas Top 10s

Local Top 10s of 2006

"...4) VIP, Welcome to Tha Ground Under (Nina Ross)..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Music Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...Re: The Back Room article ["Welcome to the Jungle," News, July 28]:..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Column

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"...heroes. Feisty Cynthia always has a wry and very welcome comment on current politics – and sometimes she even..."

July 28, 2006 Column

Page Two

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

"...work and, in less than a decade, pulled us back from the brink of success, stability, equality, justice, and..."

June 30, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Really Over There

The Texas Documentary Tour: Garrett Scott and Ian Olds' 'Occupation: Dreamland'

"...Welcome to the war in Iraq...."

Oct. 7, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

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"...Neighborhoods vision. The offices of AMD are more than welcome to our part of town. We look forward to..."

July 1, 2005 Column

Spacing Out in Round Rock

Carter, Paige, Christi, Doug, and two homeowners on 'Trading Spaces' in Central Texas

"...Welcome to the Chronicle Web extra full transcript of our..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

South for the Marijuana

The gringo travels to Mexico in search of weed and wisdom.

"...money and leave. The gringo always knew when his welcome was over. It inevitably coincided with the spending of..."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

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"...Ms. Ballard for her efforts ["The 'Mold Queen' Fights Back," March 21]. However, Jordan Smith's article fails to mention..."

April 4, 2003 Column

Rent Party Blues

Are post-boom rents killing the Austin music scene?

"...Welcome to the Live Music Capital of the World, where..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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"...Dallas, Galveston, Richardson, Arlington, or San Antonio for details. C.L.E.A.T.-backed unions publicly voice the view that this tactic gives..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Column

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"...Back to your writer's question: Did SOS Matter? Silly question...."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

I Before E

A career retrospective on one of the lost cosmic cowboys, Rusty Wier

"...Such covers are welcome, but the audience loves his originals like "Quervo's Gold"..."

May 31, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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"...that will allow us to move forward. I also welcome community input on this matter...."

March 22, 2002 Column

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Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...11. While most of the country has been shocked back into some semblance of a community by the attack,..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

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"...11. While most of the country has been shocked back into some semblance of a community by the attack,..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Column

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"...with several owners since moving in a few years back) to the list of properties which are recommended for..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Column

Juke Joint Madonna

Toni Price comes clean.

"...pants, her heels keeping time to the music in backless black pumps. In one liquid movement, she lifts her..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, April 27-May 6

"...cap's length, oncoming darkness wasn't going to be a welcome handicap for a first-time wrecker. Me. Maybe pride was..."

May 18, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Virgin Fiction

First-time publication is like a cotillion for writers, Martin Wilson writes as he reviews five new first novels. And debut novelists are the gussied-up belles at the ball, with butterflies in their stomachs, dreaming of the glorious future that awaits them.

"...makes a promise to Tomo: "I will bring you back." It's a promise that obsesses him, and every character..."

April 27, 2001 Books Feature by Martin Wilson

Serious Rock & Roll Anthropology

An interview with SXSW honoree Penelope Spheeris

"...Spheeris' new film is a jaw-dropping and entirely welcome return to the documentary form: We Sold Our Souls..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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Kudos for the Lost Austin issue, and much environmental ado.

"...omitted from the article on Antone's a few weeks back ["Blue Monday," Dec. 29]. Perhaps this was not a..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Column

Mapping Calle Ancha

The Avenue That Existed Before That Big Parking Lot in the Sky, I-35, Was Built

"...during the Depression, people worked hard to hang on. Back then, it seems like everyone was more united. Almost..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Belinda Acosta

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"...That much for Dubya's post-election reconciliation rhetoric. It's back to government of corporate interests, by corporate interests, and..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column

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Gore vs. Bush vs. Nader vs. Ventura vs. Hernandez vs. Simone, approximately.

"...10 feet to our fat American offices and sit back down in our fat American office chairs. Once the..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Column

Child's Play

Writer Kevin Wood discovers that there's a lot to learn while teaching kids.

"...this stranger at the door. There was no turning back. I swallowed hard as I looked at the 20..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Features Feature by Kevin Wood

From Here to Eternity

The only punk rock band that mattered, and why they still do

"...often, though, it's rather pathetic to see a band back together, 20 years older and 30 pounds heavier, slogging..."

May 19, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

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Readers hash over the war on drugs in response to an AISD principal's being busted for marijuana possession.

"...[2] You have things exactly backward on the budget overruns. These occurred under the previous..."

April 21, 2000 Column

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...a fat NBA deal, he can sign 'em all. (Back Room, 7pm-2am) -- Christopher Gray..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

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