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OoBer Alles
A guide to the troupes in the 2007 Out of Bounds Improv Festival
"...Backpack Picnic: Formerly known as Edmond Bulldogs, but now MTV's..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

De-Spurring the Moment
The making of the 2007 Out of Bounds Improv Festival
"...found a group in L.A. that's very similar to Backpack Picnic [formerly Edmond Bulldogs], who's gonna be doing a..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Out of Bounds: The lineup
"...Edmond Bulldogs (aka Backpack Picnic) (Los Angeles/Austin)..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Feature

Food-o-File
Gene's gumbo fakes not the funk on the nasty dunk
"...-- set to commence on Saturday, Sept. 8... The backpack drive continues at McCormick & Schmick's (401 Congress, 236-9600)...."

Aug. 10, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

'Magic' Game Day at the Dragon's Lair
"...as the grand prize turned out to be a backpack - and a $15 walking advertisement to boot. It..."

July 16, 2007 Sports Post by Sofia Resnick

Event Menu
July 6-12
"...per couple or single gets you a custom picnic backpack with service for four. Visit all eight wineries to..."

July 6, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

'Forgive Me: A Novel'
An excerpt
"...in the Nutthall Road house. After she dropped her backpack in what would be her bedroom, Nadine sat at..."

June 15, 2007 Books Feature by Amanda Eyre Ward

Clandestino: Manu Chao
"...Manu Chao after having traversed Latin America with a backpack and four track. Consider Chao’s 1998 solo debut Clandestino..."

June 8, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Once a Cardinal, Always a Cardinal
Josh Hancock, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher, dead at 29
"...two conversations about Hancock. Drank two Gatorades. Put my backpack in the car when it rained. Called a 12-year-old..."

April 29, 2007 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

Girls Can Tell
Gadding about
"...interesting was panelist Zach Galifianakis' fidgeting, digging through his backpack, rolling his eyes, rubbing his face, and looking generally..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Left Behind
AISD moves to close Webb Middle School – and transfer the "merchandise"
"...or recently swam across the Rio Grande with a backpack and a gallon of water...."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature by Michael May

The Hightower Report
The Invaders From Afar; and the Inspiring Power of Kids
"...little love. Schools in Boise, for example, shipped 600 backpacks to the Gulf Coast, with each backpack containing a..."

Jan. 12, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Year of the Squirrel
Ralph White, 21st century naturalist, 18th century musicologist
"...continue on their way. A dazed man with a backpack wanders in, then out, then in again, clutching a..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

King of Bongo
Tracking Spain/France's illusive King of Latin punk rock, Manu Chao
"...Records in Berkeley. The counter crew – cashiers, baggers, backpack hat check – controlled the stereo. Ministry, Pixies, Sinead..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...or a couple of sandwiches fit neatly into a backpack...."

July 14, 2006 Column

Bike It – You Might Like It
"...or a couple of sandwiches fit neatly into a backpack. Cycling as a movement isn't about replacement, it's about..."

July 12, 2006 Postmarks

SPURring Students Toward College
Pilot program brings students from high schools with low college-attendance rates into UT writing classes
"...Angela Gatto rose into the aisle to give the backpack-clutching teenagers in the seats a pep talk she proudly..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Weed Watch
Texas Longhorn football running back Ramonce Taylor arrested for possession of marijuana
"...in the back of the car they found a backpack, allegedly belonging to Taylor, that contained about 5 lbs...."

May 19, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW Picks & Sleepers
Saturday
"...sneering essence. – Greg Beets CHOPS12mid, Oslo A former backpack rapper and producer from Philadelphia's Mountain Brothers, CHOPS has..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Don't Fear the Interface
Web designers are wielding the coolest new tools for the greater good
"...really basic [i.e., Basecamp, a project management tool and Backpack, a task list], but people love it because it..."

March 3, 2006 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...everyone to rise up against the oppression caused by backpacks on the bus system. I don't know how many..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Column

Holiday Wish Lists 2005
Give 'til it helps: part one
"...Lifeworks Gift Card & Backpack Drive..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Features Feature by Anne Harris

Bus Riders Rise Up!
"...everyone to rise up against the oppression caused by backpacks on the bus system. I don't know how many..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Postmarks

This Ain't No Picnic: Minutemen on Patrol
The sinister legions of the 'Drug Cartel' have little to fear from the latest incarnation of border hysteria. As for the rest of us ...
"..."You can tell they're drug smugglers because they carry backpacks."..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature by Diana Welch

Wake-Up Call
Looking back on the onetime heart of local hip-hop, Catfish Station, and the visuals that defined it
"...manages to squeeze in an occasional taste of contemporary backpack rap and the Parish busies itself hosting Scion's monthly..."

July 22, 2005 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Who Killed Father Ryan?
A 1981 Odessa murder haunts crime researchers, the Catholic Church, and an ex-con determined to prove his innocence
"...room. When Reyos fled the apartment, he left his backpack behind him in the rectory. It contained his photo..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

'Romeo'
First place, the 13th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest
"...was gorgeous and she had him reach into her backpack and get the dollar out of this coin purse..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Books Feature by Bob Byington

Big Books
Panel Discussions: Further consideration on comix and graphic novels
"...and me and that guy over there with the backpack; he's a contemporary twentysomething everyman trekking across the world...."

Dec. 10, 2004 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The 72 Hours War
Embedded at the Texas Gaming Festival
"...So, equipped with my software, PC, 200-pound monitor, and backpack full of peripherals, I entered...."

July 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Ed Baker

Nut Goody Sets the Record Straight
Honorable Mention, the 12th annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest
"...don't bring that T.B. along. T.B. is for Tiny Backpack, as in tiny backpack of hate, which is a..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Books Feature by Jill Marquis

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