Postmarks

I never thought the letters in "Postmarks Forum" were real until this happened to me ...

"...it's been murdered. That way you can impress your friends with just how glamorous big-cat ownership really is...."

Aug. 11, 2000 Column

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...of March and the end of May. Opening dates, when provided, are listed and reflect the specific dates movies..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hard Water

Second Place

"...do in the movies." I'd had plenty of practice. When the time came, I puckered my lips Maureen-style and..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Features Feature by Sharon L. Dutton

Book Reviews

For the Relief of Unbearable Urges: Stories

"...unifying voice responsible for telling these nine stories frequently spends too much time talking and not revealing the beautiful..."

June 11, 1999 Books Review

Postmarks

Barrientos Misrepresented

"..."And back when S.B. 1704 was accidentally repealed during the 1997 legislative..."

May 7, 1999 Column

Jazz Sides

"...jazz. Maybe that's why, 40 plus years later, there's something wonderfully eerie about hearing alto saxophonist Charles McPherson; no..."

June 12, 1998 Music Review

Real Austin Stories

Austin's Exploding Documentary Scene

"...coast Hollywood," and all its implications, from our vocabulary when discussing the Austin film scene? It bespeaks the terminology..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature by Jerry Johnson

Reissues

"...secret you only dared whisper to your more open-minded friends -- dare to speak their name aloud and there's..."

June 27, 1997 Music Review

Postmarks

Pagan Cheer

"...The idea is that it is kind of scary when the Sun goes away and everything dies, so the..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Column

Far From the Land of Guinness

Future Pub Owner Ian McLagan

"...recounts how this one-time keyboard player for English rock leg-ends the Faces (née the Small Faces) landed in Austin...."

April 28, 1995 Music Feature by Rob Patterson

From Revolution to Entertainment in We Are Fugazi From Washington, D.C.

Chronicle writer Joe Gross goes documentarian for the hardcore pioneers

"...part of the Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival. "Something that I love about this movie – and I..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Screens Feature by Tim Stegall

Day Trips & Beyond: September Travel Updates

Go the social distance

"...of chili con carne and pan de campo and ends under the stars with stories and music by the..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...Wonderful YA authors? Check. Scaremeister R.L. Stine (Young Scrooge); Jon..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

DVDanger: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

Bill Moseley on being Chop Top, and living as a horror icon

"...Bill Johnson (the film's Leatherface) calls him "enigmatic, ineffable, wonderful person." Similarly, FX guru Tom Savini (who still has..."

April 26, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

NMASS 2015 Resounds

“We’re not fucking around! This is serious!”

"...a synthesizer rendition of Funkadelic’s Maggot Brain. The act ends with the two holding each other very close, almost..."

June 15, 2015 Music Post by Waylon Cunningham

Perry Estate Looks to Next Chapter

Two structures on grounds up for demolition

"...part of the redevelopment. "What bothers me is that when you look at the National Register listing, it's not..."

June 6, 2014 News Feature by Amy Smith

Page Two

It was 20 years ago today, Ed Lowry taught the gang to play.

"...Which was bad but not the worst, which was when the ground was iced over, there was a fierce..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Letters at 3AM

Carnaval literally means 'Goodbye, meat,' but in spirit it's more like 'Farewell to desires of the flesh.' Let's celebrate our desires before we bid them farewell.

"...... the entity within us that gets reincarnated ... something that is our essence and yet is not ours..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Here Comes the Train

Can city staff, citizens, and neighborhoods realize – and build – a more livable city?

"...Hill Country live oaks and cactus. The three-quarter-mile spur dead-ends at the Capital Metro-owned railroad tracks, punctuated there by..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

After a Fashion

This week, Uncle Style Avatar explore Platforms, Vespa Girls, red pumps that mysteriously turn into black high-tops and back again, and what's in Blackmail's trunk

"...FASHION IN FILM In our continuing series on wonderful clothes in the movies, there's Eyes of Laura Mars..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Day Trips

Get lost in the Sweet Berry Farm maze.

"...greenery leading in circles, crisscrossing, and coming to dead ends...."

Nov. 14, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

TV Eye

What's so funny about being fat? Lots, if you're Jiminy Glick.

"...to an impossible standard, one that strangely celebrates them when they look less like women and more like young..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

After a Fashion

Stephen gets a new hairdo!

"...Karl Lagerfeld, replete with sunglasses, fan and ponytail, and wonderful cosmetics by Austin's own Face It; see them at..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Past Has Never Been Better for Chris Ware

"...tough not to get into the politics of style when speaking of Ware), the Jimmy Corrigan series -- featuring..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...why does she keep condemning people who drive? As wonderful as biking is, it is not a viable option..."

June 2, 2000 Column

Dancing About Architecture

The Weak in Rock

"...a banner week for punk rock -- after all, when's the last time the Dead Kennedys got a new..."

July 23, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Exhibitionism

Hay Fever: Child's Play

"...doing all those distinctively puerile things that kids do when they're put out...."

June 25, 1999 Arts Review

Exhibitionism

A Delicate Balance: Darkness Falls

"...tale. It is in darkness that Tobias and Agnes' friends Harry and Edna feel some nameless terror and seek..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Arts Review

Let the People Speak

Documentarians Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky

"...an overabundance of intelligence or knowledge of personal hygiene. When the youngest brother was accused of murdering one of..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Screens Feature by Patrick Taggart

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