Romance in Rewrite

An extended conversation with Jeffrey Eugenides

"...release party for The Marriage Plot the previous night and his book tour commencing the next day, Jeffrey Eugenides..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Books Feature by Cindy Widner

'CockTales with Astronauts'

The Seattle performer on making an astronaut love triangle into a solo musical

"...Keira McDonald loves flying solo. "You can rehearse anywhere anytime, and you don't have to coordinate with other people's..."

June 3, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Emailing Plácido Domingo

"...My parents came to the Americas in the 1950s and to Mexico in particular to bring Zarzuela to these..."

May 27, 2011 Music Feature

Gotta Get Up

Harry Nilsson, the Pussy Cat who roared

"...documentary on the titular songwriter, Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)?, lends it the..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Off the Record

Getting the runaround from UT administration

"...allow a third-party contractor to run the venue's bar and booking operations, with occasional programming provided by various student..."

April 9, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

A closer look at the closing of the Cactus Cafe, Beerland's Casual Victim Pile, and Watchtower's Control and Release

"...decision that was made without proper consultation from individuals and bodies that would have had something to say about..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

A Rocky Road to Recovery

The lights are still on at ME TV, but is it a new dawn?

"...it didn't take long for him to decide when and where to do it. Sillers, a Fort Worth native,..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Crossing Over

Bloggers parlay their online success into print

"...these days, it seems. Everything from the subtly conservative (and slightly less subtly racist) satire of Stuff White People..."

March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

Fun Fun Fun Fest Saturday Picks

Blurbing Fun Fun Fun Fest one act at a time

"...musical upbringing – he's trained in the French horn and piano – to the DJ booth, mixing funk, classic..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Music Feature

Off the Record

Armed Forces Entertainment's metal of honor, the Judy's reunite for the Austin Music Awards, Bobby Whitlock and CoCo Carmel's Double Fantasy

"...write about our life, the same way John Lennon and Yoko Ono used to," says Bobby Whitlock of Lovers,..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...Bull Creek site while staff re-evaluates the available locations and scale of the project. See "The $360 Million Question."..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Feature

Chantilly Bakery Cafe

Irwan and Sandra Ojong have a nice surprise for you in South Austin

"...in South Austin. You'd like to go someplace pleasant and affordable with interesting sandwiches made on fresh bread, creative..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Food Review by Virginia B. Wood

Love in the Time of War

Nanci Griffith returns after a four-year absence, heart, mind, and activism in hand

"...can say they played the Hole in the Wall and headlined Carnegie Hall? Nanci Griffith can. In the Seventies,..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Page Two

The perception that the liberal elite mocks the rest of the country and holds its values up to ridicule is probably critical to the whole positioning of moral values as a national issue. And it is only perception.

"...at least the third Airplane anthology I've given her, and it's not like she lost the others. So I..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Column by Louis Black

New Elf in Town

Flaming Idiot Rob Williams trades his torches for the pointy little slippers of David Sedaris' department-store elf in 'The Santaland Diaries'

"...to headlining star. A pair of pointy ears made Orlando Bloom into a Middle-earth dream date for millions overnight...."

Nov. 26, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM

Cry over the election if you must, but don't let the bastards sap your vitality. American progressives started seriously mass-scale organizing only about a year ago, and in just one year we came within reach of victory.

"...I once shook the hand of a man who shook his hand. In the..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Equality

Ornette Coleman, speaking softly and carrying a huge legacy

"...New York, the saxophonist/trumpeter/violinist whose untethered sense of melody and harmony changed modern music forever – from John Coltrane..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Upping the Animé

Satoshi Kon's 'Tokyo Godfathers' is social commentary transposed onto a toonscape: an interview

"...At 40, and with just three feature films under his belt, Japanese..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Importance of Being Earnest

Oracle Theater Company makes its debut with a production of The Importance of Being Earnest, and just as there is much to admire in Oscar Wilde's play, there is much to admire in Oracle's production, starting with the work of director / designer Russell L. Wiseman.

"...that Wilde's satire was directed at their very souls, and Wilde probably had no idea that he had penned..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Capitol Chronicle

Lights On, Still Nobody Home: Entering the final innings, the lege scorecard is filled with zeroes

"...it would be lovely to believe that the rebellion and solidarity of the Ardmore 51 on congressional redistricting is..."

May 23, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Second Helpings: Always -- or Almost Always -- Open

Consider these always-open or almost-always-open places the enablers in your life of depravity and self-abuse.

"...Katz's Deli and Bar618 W. Sixth, 472-2037 At this popular eatery, "Katz's..."

March 14, 2003 Food Feature

The Lights Are On: Is Anybody Home?

Downtown's boom has busted, yet developers still build.

"...One evening last summer, Tim Hendricks and Craig Jones took the company credit card and set..."

Jan. 17, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Page Two

Bush's proposed economic reforms highlight the divide between Republican theory and practice.

"...argued that if Barry Goldwater was a true conservative and not just a convenient one, he could vote for..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Dancing About Architecture

Things get so bad in the Live Music Capital of the World that they're citing the 'King of Sixth Street,' Gerry Van King, for busking on the street

"...citation for performing on the street with his bass and small amplifier in front of Jazz, just as he's..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Letters @ 3AM

The author offers notes for a poem that tells how the America of our hearts is a forgotten country.

"...second theme (indented two tabs in) employs longer lines and richer syntax. Descriptive passages. Let the landscape serve as..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

"Austin City Limits" Festival Picks & Sleepers

"...Llano Estacado (aka Amarillo) are everything a great country band should be: hirsute, tongue-in-cheek, and intoxicating. If they're not..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Music Feature

"Austin City Limits" Festival Picks & Sleepers

"...SLEEPERS PAULINE REESE: Reese is one of the many up-and-comers in the "Young Texas" crowd. Like Pat Green and..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Music Feature

The $975,000 Question

The Hole in the Wall needs to dig itself out of one.

"...The Hole in the Wall has always been here and isn't going anywhere...."

May 17, 2002 Music Feature by Dan Oko

After a Fashion

There's no lack of fashion at Groopie; hair online; Marcy gets well soon, and another José Eber sighting. All inside!

"...former nightclub impresario (or is that impresaria? Or empress-aria?) and local legend is recovering nicely from hospitalization following heart..."

May 3, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Say Baby

Davíd Garza's still DIY.

"...August morning, Rolling Stone's recent fashion plate is skinny and rumpled. As is common among that breed of entertainer..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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