Page Two: A Column Where First We Ramble

Then we let others blow our horn. And with SXSW 2011 only weeks away, there's lots of horn blowing still to come.

"...But between the not-sleeping and the all-time sleeping, when one is not awake..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Cutting on the Bias

Is Christopher Dunn APD's designated fall guy ... or a potential domino?

"...(Michael Franklin and Sir Smith), to see if they were in violation of any probation conditions. If they were,..."

April 30, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Page Two: And It Was All Right

Notes on a life saved by rock & roll

"...are his chore to carry but then falls asleep. While out of it, Mickey misses that the brooms keep..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Campfire Horror Story

How Carole Keeton Strayhorn and the state destroyed a healing camp for kids

"...Trails Thera­peutic Camp and School. Inside the Chevy Suburb­ans were Texas Child Protective Services caseworkers who'd come to take..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...anyone who has been inside and they will tell you the same. State prisons do not rehabilitate, they infuriate...."

July 12, 2002 Column

Naked City

After months of litigation over who owns what portion of the Sand Beach Reserve on Town Lake, Lumbermen's Development Corp. has offered the city a deal. Also: the council discusses a settlement with Stratus properties over development on their land over the aquifer, and the city amends the camping ordinance.

"...south of the Cedar Door bar, depending on whom you ask. After months of litigation, Lumbermen's offered the city..."

Oct. 6, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Sleigh Ride

Robin Bradford takes a trip back to examine love, trust, and safety.

"...second marriage is the lights in my eyes. We were traveling through the dark cornfields of Kansas in her..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Features Feature by Robin Bradford

Canvassing the City for ECHO’s Point in Time Count

Nina Hernandez takes to the 4am streets for annual survey

"...and allow them to target where it's most needed. While organizers admit the PIT count doesn't provide a precise..."

Feb. 2, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Black as Your Lungs, Black as Pitch

First-Place Winner

"...You look hungry. And stupid, she said. She had a..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Books Feature by Greg Koehler

Talking Trash

A huge garbage dump in northeast Travis County causes a stink with its neighbors.

"...of buzzards, grackles, and other birds. When the birds weren't hovering around the trash, they'd hang out by a..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Down & Out in Atlanta

The Official Crock of the '96 Summer Olympics

"...had rung up a rap sheet of debts that were no match for that summer's Austin job scene. An..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jonathan Hennessey

20th Annual Team of Texas 4000 for Cancer Crosses Finish Line in Alaska

UT-Austin students complete 4,000-mile bike ride

"...and her husband, Keith, became aware of Texas 4000 while trying to learn more about the Longhorns’ recruitment for..."

Aug. 20, 2024 News Post by Aaron Sullivan

As Millions Demand Justice, Texas Prepares to Take Rodney Reed's Life

Looking back at a long road of injustice for the death row inmate

"...appeared on CBS This Morning days later. "Gover­nor, if you're watching, hello," Winfrey said. "Some­thing's off here. Something needs..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Texas Dems Set Their Eyes on the 2020 Prize

Their goal: Flip the state House of Representatives

"...her political start way back when – as a young and eager aide to Texas' last Democratic leader. "I..."

Oct. 25, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Mark Killian's "Future Planning"

Second Place winner

"...piling into the back of my dad's fuel-inefficient SUV, sleeping my way through a maze of interstates leading to..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by Mark Killian

Return of the She-King

In-depth Q&A with Dead Can Dance hypnotist Lisa Gerrard

"...a blur, especially back in the early days when you’re sleeping on a bus and you just turn up..."

Sept. 6, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

One More for Her

Dale Watson turns his grief into an album.

"...Acuff's hardscrabble hillbilly laments, or Johnny Cash's ruminations, and you'll soon feel the weight of their burdens. Even Ray..."

July 27, 2001 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Crossing That Bridge

Council approves a separate bike and pedestrian bridge over Town Lake near the existing Lamar Street Bridge, and hears neighborhood concerns about moving central booking to the new criminal justice center downtown.

"...this like Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, where you get one phone call?"..."

April 21, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Son of the Circus

Twistin' in the Wind

"...excited about the things coming out of here. But you know, I don't sell platinum albums. I never have...."

Oct. 2, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Nacho Vigalondo on Colossal

Combining the mediocre and cosmic with the creature feature director

"...high school pal Oscar (Jason Sudeikis, Saturday Night Live, Sleeping With Other People) and the wastrels that hang out..."

April 14, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Praying for The Overnighters

Director Jesse Moss stands and rests with the fracking migrants

"...principles tell him he has to help them, even while it drives some of his parishioners crazy. Moss said,..."

Oct. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Still Looking for a Home

Austin searches once again for a comprehensive solution for homelessness

"...and a particular set of life circumstances. Chances are you will never meet Patient No. 1, but you're deeply..."

Nov. 30, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

I'm New Here

Smog descends on Austin in the guise of Bill Callahan

"...stakes in Chicago and moved here in early 2004, sleeping in a car in the parking lot of a..."

July 1, 2005 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Art

Art Openings

"...Fleck," Women and Their Work (Mar 4); "Standing, Sitting, Sleeping, Sinking," Lyons Matrix Gallery (Mar 4); "N-O-N," Terra Children's..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature

SXSW Film Review: Fantasy Life

The most Gen X movie in years stars a millennial and Amanda Peet

"...eventually hires him for a summer on Martha’s Vineyard while David tours. When David’s mental illness takes a turn,..."

March 9, 2025 SXSW Post by Joe Gross

Point Austin: Undue Process

The Griffin decision fails to hold officers accountable

"...his decision means that – following actions for which you or I would certainly be liable for felony assault..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Outstanding!

Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...in town and high time for an awards tune-up. You see, these scribes initially focused their attention solely on..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

Students pull an all-nighter for tuition regulation

"...at the University of Texas – as long as you follow the rules, that is. This is what a..."

April 29, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Page Two

"...the floor - it is 1987, before CDs. I'm sleeping in this wretched bed but not really sleeping, staring..."

March 13, 1998 Column by Louis Black

Letters at 3AM

Within or Beneath the Din

"...antidote is the private speech of people whose eyes you trust, people who still value words and say what..."

May 30, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

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