Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...money from players. There was no mention of my dogs, dating habits, children, or vices. Hot damn, I was..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

History Repeats

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

"...landscapes of Central and South Texas. A sea of yellow coreopsis washes against the banks of the road, speckled..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Features Feature by Eli Kooris

Postmarks

Urban planning and noise in the Hood

"...If it's yellow, let it mellow; if it's brown, flush it down,..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Column

Heat

"...a spherical one in the living room, and a yellow rattan shade hung above the kitchen table...."

July 13, 2001 Features Feature by Robin Bradford

Bygone Buildings

Right in the booming heart of Austin, folks can still find evidence of times past. Devin Greaney explores some of Austin's abandoned haunts.

"...back the five best-known menu items: chicken fried steak, yellow cream gravy, salad dressings made from scratch, homemade yeast..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Devin Greaney

Public Notice

From race riots in South Florida to the MLK Day March in Austin, "Public Notice" reflects on how far we've come and how far we've yet to go.

"...Palm Beach County, courtesy of the school district's bright yellow buses. Some of us were confused, wondering the real..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Column by Kate X Messer

Letters at 3AM

Let's Get Drunk and Read Poetry

"...atop of the waters,/Who are they as bats and night-dogs askant in the capital?/What a filthy Presidentiad!"..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Coach's Corner

Coach went to his first Texas / OU football game last weekend, and boy, was it a doozie.

"...because people are wearing dark-blue jackets with a big yellow "Staff" written on the back, doesn't mean they're intended..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Meow Mix

Texans Are Wild About Exotic Cats, but at What Cost?

"...buying that lion," says Ramirez, who has a plastic yellow "lion crossing" sign on display near his store's front..."

Aug. 4, 2000 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Saturday Night at the Bookstore

The Dicks' Gary Floyd 20 years after Austin's first Punk Prom at the ArmadilloWorld Headquarters

"...we start talking. There's no long, 'Let's be like dogs and sniff each other's asses.' It's just, 'Hey, that's..."

May 12, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Least of These

UT professor Horace Newcomb reflects on the segregation South on the release of his friend and colleague Paul Stekler's documentary George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire.

"...King's face, too, the white bandage thick under the yellow porch light in the fall of 1963...."

March 10, 2000 Features Feature by Horace Newcomb

Coach's Corner

It's Valentine's Day, and Mavericks fans are in love with Dennis Rodman. But it'll pass.

"...It was a time of sleeping with dogs (canine) and being happy about it. Hours of angst-filled..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Making Hay Out of Y2K

Preparedness 101

"...food, water, guns (the question of packs of starving dogs taking to the streets is an actual issue in..."

March 12, 1999 News Feature by Marc Savlov

1998 Austin Theatrical Movie Openings

"...LAST EMPEROR: ORIGINAL DIRECTOR'S CUT Preview (M.B.) 12/25/98 LAWN DOGS 2.0 (M.B.) 7/10/98 THE LEADING MAN 2.5 (M.B.) 4/10/98..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature

Burst Bubbles

"...on laughably expensive vintage Champagnes. Clicquot Orange Label (or Yellow Label as the colorblind French insist on calling it)..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Food Feature by Robb Walsh

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...on "Viva Las Vegas," "What'd I Say," and "The Yellow Rose of Texas" keep the camp factor high. And..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

Casual Kosher

HEB Serves Up a Kosher Cafe, Austin Style

"...had whitefish salad in Austin, I nearly rioted; its yellowed mustiness sagged down the sides of a hapless bagel...."

Feb. 6, 1998 Food Feature by Ronna N. Welsh

Exhibitionism

Chronicle Art Reviews

"...it again, marking their territory like packs of stray dogs, snarling and snapping at anyone who steps across their..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Arts Review

Food-O-File

"...crisp romaine lettuce tossed with cucumbers, lovely red and yellow tomato chunks, the best tangy calamata olives from the..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Postmarks

Environs Observer

"...plants, plant habitats, private property structures, and some bring dogs that scare wildlife away. Many rafters enter by cutting..."

July 25, 1997 Column

Reflections

SXSW Film Festival and Conference

"...all involved when their chief competitors -- the hated Yellow Cab Company -- goes under. Suddenly the money is..."

March 14, 1997 Screens Feature

Local Palette

58th Faculty Exhibition

"...made me envy any UT art student. Those lucky dogs! "Faculty exhibition" sometimes resonates with "old school"; this one,..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Arts Feature

Naked City

"...burning of hazardous waste in cement kilns. Perhaps the yellow icon of good will melted a few hearts: the..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

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