How to Be a Popular Girl

What will shy novelist Sarah Bird do now that she's back in the limelight, Dick Holland asks in this profile of the author of The Yokota Officers Club.

"...Sold Western wear at Penney's; worked on archeological digs at Taos..."

June 22, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Ray Wylie Hubbard's 1999 Philo CD Crusades of the Western Nights found him staying true to his roots as..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Bluegrass Tribute to Bob Wills, and appears here with Western swinger emeritus Johnny Gimble. (Broken Spoke, 8pm) -- Jerry..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

SXSW Film Reviews

That this Western succeeds as well as it does on its very low budget is a testament to the passion of these filmmakers.

"...takes a lot of chutzpah to make a classic Western in this go-go day and age. That The Journeyman..."

March 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Penelope Spheeris Retrospective

"...The Decline of Western Civilization, 1981 "I had never seen anything like that..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature

Wall of Separation

Neighbors of Hyde Park Baptist Church Take a Final Stand Against Its Proposed Parking Garage

"...to build "on all or a portion of the western half" of its land (which currently serves as surface..."

Feb. 2, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Postmarks

Defending the death penalty, the new Gov, the schools, and all that Jazz.

"...It Ain't Got That (Western) Swing..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Column

Hillbilly Hollywood: The Origins of Country & Western Style

"...Hillbilly Hollywood: The Origins of Country & Western Styleby Debby Bull..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Books Review by Lee Nichols

Redd Light Special

One right fine Tele-pickin' dude

"...the Buckaroos ("The Buck Stops Here"), and touches of Western swing, all with Volkaert putting the Tele through its..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Forced From Home

Tim Miller Fights to Stay in the U.S. With the Man He Loves

"...And not so for same-sex couples in many other Western countries: They can get their governments to recognize a..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cowboy Nation A Journey Out Of Time (Western Jubilee/Shanachie)

"...Cowboy NationA Journey Out Of Time (Western Jubilee/Shanachie) In the 20 years that Chip and Tony..."

July 28, 2000 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Postmarks

Raves for Marc Savlov's recent article on Ecstasy.

"...Texas Department of Transportation would spend it on a western alignment ($913.9 million) for SH 130, which costs $66..."

June 23, 2000 Column

The Philosophers: Introducing Great Western Thinkers

"...Introducing Great Western Thinkers..."

June 9, 2000 Books Review by Ada Calhoun

Kids Summer Fun Guide

Horse Camps

"...a camper horse show as the camp's finale. Both Western and English riding are taught, alongside safety training, grooming,..."

May 5, 2000 Features Feature

Coach's Corner

Daylight Savings is a bummer, but Austin's hosting of the NCAAs was an upper. And as the NBA regular season winds down, disappointments outnumber pleasant suprises, but the Lakers are a big, big, exception.

"...understanding that DST signified the end of a long Midwestern winter, was pleased with the confusing adult discussions about..."

April 7, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Cars and Speed and Flight

Just prior to his appearance at SXSW Film for a retrospective of his work, Monte Hellman talks about a career in film.

"...a professional relationship spanning several films, including 1967's existential Western The Shooting...."

March 10, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Soldier of Fortune

Comic Steven Wright offers observations on his return to short film, "One Soldier," the pressure of following up an Academy Award, and this bad trick called life.

"...I thought, "Someday, I'd like to be in a Western." As time went by, I thought, "No one's going..."

March 10, 2000 Screens Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Sharing the Dance

A new generation of Austin choreographers is expanding our concept of dance through the combination of movement styles and traditions from across the globe, and Barbejoy Ponzio talks to them about the part fusion plays in their work.

"...the ancient and the modern, the Eastern and the Western, the traditional and the experimental, to create new dance..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Arts Feature by Barbejoy A. Ponzio

King Ranch

Bring your appetite and a healthy Western palate to Ranch 616.

"...ranch, and a somewhat nontraditional spin on that tried-and-true Western motif works very well in Leslie Fossler's design for..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris, Bass Concert Hall, October 10

Descriptions of live shows

"...and their Austin appearance, in support of this year's Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions, was notable for at least..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Music Review by David Lynch

Second Coming

Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Definitive Director's Cut (1977)

"...The last of John Ford's black-and-white Westerns is certainly one of his best. Ford takes halting..."

July 30, 1999 Screens Feature

And Then Some

The Best American Short Stories of the Century

"...Dead Language pokes endless fun at an arguably superficial Western fascination with India, and anyone who's ever dreamed of..."

June 25, 1999 Books Feature

Collision Course

Competing Visions

"...In addition to traffic concerns, opponents say the western route could also wipe out a section of rare..."

June 11, 1999 News Feature by Bryan Mealer

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

"...That's a problem for the fiends in the little western outpost of Bottleneck, because every time Destry tells a..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

Short Cuts

"...to stories set in that setting. It's like a western on water, because the ocean is just a surreal..."

April 30, 1999 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scanlines

Zulu Dawn

"...the Zulu army sweeping over the landscape. Rarely in Western films do indigenous people win victories, though this one..."

April 2, 1999 Screens Feature

A League of Their Own

"...like this genre of films have become the new Western, don't you think?..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

America's Ethnic Music Mantle

"...Matocha, and the man who married Czech music to Western swing, Adolph Hofner...."

Oct. 30, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Pete's Principle

Ex-Chamber Head Winstead Takes Us to the Toll Road

"...alignment: Will TxDOT's technically preferred alternative, also called the western alignment (see map), result in increased traffic on East..."

May 22, 1998 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Rock This Way

The Semi-Annual, Whenever-We-Feel-Like-It Rock & Roll Books Section

"...music colloquially known as "country" picked up its now-ubiquitous "western" attachment...."

March 20, 1998 Books Feature

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