Songwriters and Spirit Chasers

Resentments Jon Dee Graham and Stephen Bruton go mano a mano about their new albums.

"...It's not just that they're unlikely bandmates. After all, the Resentments are an unlikely band. But..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Letters at 3AM

It takes fierceness to grow old well

"...sentence came to me, as they sometimes do, suddenly and without much context – came around 1am while rounding..."

June 25, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Top 9 Letters of 2009

"...year. In the name of fun we've chosen nine letters from the calendar year '09 that readers may find..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Features Feature by Mark Fagan

Letters at 3AM

It's time to put our money and our mouths where they're needed in order to defeat George Bush in 2004

"...be catastrophic to the economy, the Bill of Rights, and the safety of the world had better get serious..."

April 2, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...Joe Dishner had left to go into film production, and Ed Lowry had just headed off to teach at..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Letters to the Editor: Classic Cuts

35 years of "keeping it weird"

"...For this special anniversary issue, we've gathered letters from over the years that embody the voice of..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Features Feature by Danielle White

Letters at 3AM

The institution of marriage has been undone by the changes brought about by modern technology and therefore has nothing to fear from the legalization of gay marriages.

"...Say you're married, and, somewhere, two people whom you don't even know are..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

Happiness costs. I know better now than to indulge this happiness, but still I drive on and I can't or won't stop. It isn't right that I and my Chevy, and you and your car, eat up the world's resources at the rate we do. We're driving in sin.

"...The only time I saw my father truly happy and almost free was on a winter night when I..."

May 27, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters @ 3AM

Walking nervous breakdowns are so "normal" they're barely noticed

"...thing about doing radio is that you can't stop and think. That's what they call "dead air." Radio artists..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

In setting up a "shadow" government, the Bush administration has flouted its obligation to obey and enforce the Constitution. September 11 may be the best thing to happen to Bush totalitarians.

"...the Senate Appropriations Committee, one of the most powerful and knowledgeable elected officials in Washington: "In this war on..."

March 22, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

'My love is an imperfect thing but it sings.' Those are the words to be carved on the tombstone of Michael Ventura's brother Aldo, an unstable soul who died last week.

"...the occasional jail cell. After our childhood of poverty and chaos, Aldo took a lot of LSD during his..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

What does a Dark Age demand of a good person?

"...At the end of one Millennium and the beginning of another, "What can we do?" is..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

A week of truth.

"...September 6: The people you lie to, they own you. They own the..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Art Prom, Pup Crawl, Eeyore’s Birthday, and More Recommended Events

A smattering of ways to fill your weekend

"...be truer than this Thursday’s tiara-topped triumph of women and non-binary chefs/grillmasters. Under the theme “Dame Prom,” these feminine..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Letters at 3AM

8:15am, the moment Hiroshima was bombed, comes around every morning: It is something we live with

"...a 1914 Ingram/Foster biplane, a craft of elegant simplicity and, to me, astounding audacity. It's just some wood, wire,..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Yours Ever: People and Their Letters & Cassette From My Ex: Stories and Soundtracks of Lost Loves

In praise of dead and dying art forms, Parts I and II

"...Yours Ever: People and Their Lettersby Thomas Mallon Pantheon, 352..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Books Review by Kimberley Jones

Was It Good for You?

The year in books

"...33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen (Random House) before I kicked it under my bed, bored..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...I've been working on a photo project in Kosova and Macedonia. Just before I left the U.S. in mid-September..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...in her letter (Sept. 28), especially regarding Belinda Acosta and the "TV Eye" column. I can't imagine why Dr...."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

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Plan for People, Not Cars

"...more extra automobile trips in central Austin daily. (Three thousand employees each owning an automobile and making two trips..."

March 26, 1999 Column

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Park and Ride

"...The Austin Parks Foundation endorses and supports Proposition 2 and Proposition 4 in the upcoming..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Column

The Universal High School Experience

Sarah Dessen's latest novel is 'The Moon and More'

"...just the faintest whiff of irony, she admits, “All people thought was any good were my stories about the..."

Sept. 26, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

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How the WTO touches our readers' lives; and other hot-button issues like film reviews, bikes, and Kevin Fullerton.

"...self-styled "progressive" writer be trusted to provide an accurate and truthful portrayal of events and trends if published in..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Column

AGLIFF Closing With Mapplethorpe

Festival adds major bio-pic, plus complete line-up

"...AGLIFF, the All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival, has just announced the rest of..."

July 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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Our readers talk back.

"...Benedict Demands Change..."

April 25, 2003 Column

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Still Pissed

"...trademark registered by us with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a variety of fluorescent products. We..."

July 9, 1999 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...To the editor, and Ms. Smith:..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...ago I began my teaching career full of enthusiasm and hope. I chose to teach and live in East..."

March 29, 2002 Column

The More You Learn About God, the Further Away from Him You Move

mewithoutYou frontman Aaron Weiss likes a good question, but finds some answers easier than others

"...about Judeo-Christian matters throughout the Philadelphia quartet’s four-LP oeuvre, and especially its latest for Tooth & Nail Records, It’s..."

June 15, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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Our readers talk back.

"...on the Brackenridge Hospital oversight council in 1998, 1999, and 2000. I have been the chief of staff at..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Column

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