Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...an emancipated juvenile; he could now be tried for adult crimes. After graduation in 1963, he decided to tempt..."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Secret History

That a man from San Antonio named Richard Santos has as much to add to the world of Jewish intellectual pursuits as an attorney named Rosen is as fascinating as it should be obvious, David Garza writes after he attended the Texas Jewish Historical Society's 22nd annual gathering. For the first time, perhaps, an entirely constructive revision may be taking place in the history of those we call the "people of the Book."

"...you can get and still call yourself an "angry young man." The San Antonio native, author or co-author of..."

May 11, 2001 Books Feature by David Garza

2001 Kids' Summer Fun Guide

"...or enrichment goals. For folks from first grade through adult. Centers north and south. Call for an evaluation. May..."

May 4, 2001 Features Feature

Soda Jerks

The AISD Vending Machine Scandal and the World of Snacks and Sodas

"...from the vending machine business for most of his adult life, and says it's a "cesspool" of corruption. He..."

April 27, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

The Art of Being Dagoberto Gilb

What's a successful writer like Dagoberto Gilb got against the establishment?

"...school or a professional laundry-sorter when you were even younger than that...."

March 23, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

What a Piece of Work Is Woman!

After four centuries of being berated, belittled, betrayed, bullied, battered, and butchered by the men in Shakespeare's plays, the women have had enough. They're ready to speak out, to give Will a piece of their minds. And in playwright Susan Kelso's Roses and Thistles, they do just that.

"...back to him? Or the one in which the young bride is falsely accused of infidelity by her fiancé,..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye

Will MTV's new "Fight for Your Rights" campaign against hate crimes call into question their longstanding promotion of rapper Eminem? Also, seats for sale on Politically Incorrect and fallout from this year's television top 10s.

"...communities and in themselves and to profile artists and young adults who are leading the charge against intolerance," said..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Experience: A Memoir

"...epic of a midlife crisis. Divorce (he has two young sons), remarriage, the death of his father -- all..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Books Review by Katherine Catmull

For the Good Times

The Life and Times of Texas country crooner, Ray Price.

"...as Ernest Tubb, Floyd Tillman, and Bob Wills. The young Price never got a chance to see them in..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Music Feature by David Cantwell

Prophet for Our Times

For 10 years, Lisa Crystal Carver has been writing about sex and doing sex-drenched performance pieces under the name Suckdog. But her lifestyle is born of a profound quest for an uncompromised life, a search for truth and adventure that makes her a prophet for our time.

"...fact she has been married nearly all of her adult life. At 19, she married French musician Jean-Louis Costes,..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Cruel Summer

Kate X Messer remembers Lisa Davis: professional photographer, Austin music scenester, activist, suicide victim.

"...Lisa Davis worked as a photographer all of her adult life, most of which she spent in Austin. She..."

July 7, 2000 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

What It Is

Edie Brickell returns to tell the world what she is.

"...co-produce 1994's Picture Perfect Morning, featuring thoughtful and compelling adult contemporary pop, R&B, and singer-songwriter fare Brickell says she..."

June 2, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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.

"...come. I suppose there was a time when a young Coach, understanding that DST signified the end of a..."

April 7, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Not Boxed In

Although filmmaker Carlos Avila grew up in Echo Park, only 10 miles from Hollywood, it couldn't have seemed farther away. With Price of Glory, Avila has finally arrived.

"...Arizona with Arturo as a family man with three young sons. He coaches his boys for Pee Wee boxing..."

March 31, 2000 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Lil' Brian and the Zydeco Travelers, Lucy's Retired Surfer's Bar

Wednesday Night

"...Lil' Brian and the Zydeco TravelersLucy's Retired Surfer's Bar Young accordion gun Lil' Brian Terry started his band's set..."

March 17, 2000 Music Review by Greg Beets

TV Eye

Is it a coincidence that at the turn of the century, magic and the supernatural has made another appearance on TV?

"...the history of, say, mankind, TV is a relatively young medium (and so am I, by the way), but..."

March 10, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The World of Sid & Marty Krofft / H.R. Pufnstuf: The Ultimate Box Set

"...below Six Flags Over Texas? Relive your encounter with young boys who act at the behest of their magic..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Screens Feature by Ken Lieck

Full of Schtick!

Greg Beets sends up Austin's wacky pop-punk-cum-Saturday-morning-send-up band, the Peenbeets.

"...shell and forced people to acknowledge my art. Maybe younger musicians can learn from my example."..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Oh, Oh, Those Summer Bites

Camp Food

"...sparked by the greatest freedom ever experienced by this young, shy girl. My world of chalkboards and suburbs, of..."

July 9, 1999 Food Feature

Postmarks

Bush on Borderline

"...the propaganda, er, information available to the well-heeled, market-playing, young, good looking, outta sight, outta mind, future fascistic people..."

June 11, 1999 Column

Record Reviews

Ibrahim Ferrer

"...the Offspring, and modify Mexico with Monterrey, since the young fivepiece incorporates traditional Norteñoisms like accordion and cumbias. In..."

June 11, 1999 Music Review

Where TV Fails

"...how they anesthetize reactions to violence and death. Perhaps young people are more susceptible to the lure of these..."

April 30, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Personal Effects

"...exclusively on the transition from subservient childhood to autonomous adult life. The writers of these memoirs document a catalog..."

April 16, 1999 Books Feature by Stacy Bush

To Make a Long Story Short

"...said that while rock & roll may be a young man's game, becoming a musician is a lifetime's work...."

April 2, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

It's Always the Nice Ones

"...look like nice, responsible photograph by Todd V. Wolfson young adults who always know when to say when. You..."

March 5, 1999 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Something to Live For

"...It was 1921 when a young barrelhouse piano player by the name of Georgia Tom..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

A Painter's Work

"...a wooden coat hanger factory." He is the third youngest in a family of six boys and two girls,..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

Moon-Shaped Panties & the Saint of White Trash

The Late Lucinda Williams

"...screen, you know? Lu made it when she was young."..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

Libertarians Say No to Doggett

"...endless stopped traffic and fumes that could send an adult at the corner to the doctor in a few..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Column

The Man Who Loved Little Girls

"...novels "should not be allowed to circulate indiscriminately among adults who are undergoing analysis." In any case, the curatorial..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

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