Big Bad Love

"...when director Howard was still a pup, but Big Bad Love -- adapted from the stories of Mississippi author..."

April 19, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Holiday Viewing: Bad Santa

Foul-mouthed fun for the holidays

"...and stockings, glad tidings and goodwill toward men, 2003’s Bad Santa introduces itself with all the Christmas cheer of..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Mobility Plan’s Bad Date With ZAP

Began in 2016, Austin's proposed transportation plan still manages to be contentious

"...plan for two hours, but ended up making no recommendation to Council...."

March 22, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

A Bad Year Gets Worse

The Austin Arts Commission has found itself stewing in a bubbling gumbo of controversies this year, and lately that gumbo has been getting hotter and hotter, with resignations from the Commission, an investigation by the Texas Commission on the Arts, and a call for reforms by a City Council member.

"...commitments, and the criteria involved for those who decide recommendations and those who are the subject of recommendation," and..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Round Rock ISD Considers Recommendation That Superintendent Leave Amid Abuse Allegations

The latest development in a culture-wars-fueled fight against progressive RRISD Board

"...podcast series, Exposed, devoted to Azaiez and the so-called "Bad Faith Five" trustees who support him. Last month, a..."

Jan. 7, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

The Common Law

My Old Boss Said What?

"...out that he gave a new potential employer a bad recommendation about me. Is that grounds for a lawsuit?..."

April 27, 2007 Column by Luke Ellis

Project Connect: Phases and Stages

Advisory group gets closer to official Council recommendation

"...While a final mass transit recommendation isn't expected until May – to be brought to..."

April 4, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

Dangerous Men

Instant midnight classic marries inspiration with sub-par technique

"...any movie I’ve ever seen (not that that’s a recommendation, but merely an odd observation)...."

Nov. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: Madness in General

A film review and recommendation for this blur of a year

"...it's business as usual: dealing with the good, the bad, and the ugly – although seemingly in ways lacking..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Come in From the Old

Warming up to folksonomies, recommendation systems, and glocalized environments

"...know everything – but coming across terms like “folksonomies,” “recommendation systems,” and “glocalized environments” left me feeling somehow out..."

March 3, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Will Austin's New Wildfire Code Be Enough?

"The risk is bad"

"...not something where [just] I'm saying the risk is bad, it's something where people who have been there, done..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Point Austin: Webb Games

Webb Middle School is a test case for bad public policy vs. community resolve

"...the Webb community, has backed down from his initial recommendation to close the school outright, proposing instead that the..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Holiday Viewing: Eyes Wide Shut

Stanley Kubrick’s lovely holiday tale of marriage and orgies

"...rockin’ & rollin’ to Chris Isaak’s “Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing.”..."

Dec. 19, 2017 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Public Notice: Ends at Odds

Good deeds, bad deeds, restricted deeds

"...Code rewrite (see "A Code, Foretold," May 10). Council's recommendations are an aggressive attempt to move the status quo,..."

May 10, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

You Don’t Miss Your Water … ’Til It Turns Green

Council hears Onion Creek wastewater future … and El Gato Negro

"...There was good news and bad news at City Council’s Nov. 3 meeting (last Thursday)...."

Nov. 7, 2016 News Post by Michael King

House Arrest

APD brass decided they had a problem with Officer Jermaine Hopkins – so they assigned him to stay-at-home duty until they could figure out what to do with him. That was a really bad idea.

"...of traffic stops, practiced proactive policing, and accepted training recommendations without being negative. Concerning a transfer request Hopkins made..."

Dec. 19, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Capitol Chronicle

The legislative leadership sends out feelers about a pilot voucher program.

"...finance committee was unable to agree on a single recommendation to reform the system. Legislators and witnesses all duly..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Roadkill

Rugrats

"...Not a bad recommendation for the kiddies, and if you adults out..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Music Feature

21 Austin Rappers to Know in ’21

A hard-cut list of MCs proving the local hip-hop scene’s legitimacy

"...least one song since June 1, 2020. Abhi the NomadRecommendations: Modern Trash and "Risky Business"..."

June 25, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Let's Go Gun Crazy

UT working group recommends allowing guns in classrooms, while a "mock mass shooting" and a "mass farting" protest in response bring out the national media

"...of the "theatrical performance," as they called it, the "bad guy" actors wore hoodies, bandannas, and Sharpied "thug" tattoos..."

Dec. 18, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

Postmarks

Warning: blatant use of music knowledge within

"...development in the board summary. "F" was a final recommendation; "P" meant a pending recommendation -- from the underwriting..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Column

A Cacophony of Passions

Why the City Council changed the boards and commissions system – and what still needs to be done

"...job. Rather, the changes made were drawn from 45 recommendations issued by the citizen-led Boards and Commissions Process Review..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

How to Hire an Architect

"...of ARTS Center Stage (ACS), "that will make a recommendation to the executive committee of ARTS Center Stage. It..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Public Notice: “We Can’t Hear You.”

CodeNEXT planning process remains a mystery

"...special called meeting Wed­nes­day, with a clear and unanimous recommendation from its top land-use commission. The city's Zoning and..."

June 2, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Pioneers or Settlers?

Balancing renewables and affordability at AE

"...Austin Generation Resource Planning Task Force issued a bold recommendation to Austin Energy, the city's municipally owned utility. Charged..."

Jan. 16, 2015 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Family Court Feud: Public Defenders for CPS Cases?

Two civil court judges hope to ensure better legal representation for indigent families

"...with little public input. Moreover, they say, it's a bad idea to have defense attorneys working for the county...."

Aug. 29, 2008 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...defeating Props. 1 and 2. Simply stated they were bad public policy. Maybe this time, the Pendejo Kirk Mitchell..."

May 19, 2006 News Feature

No Mercy

The case of James Allridge raises familiar questions about the Texas justice system

"...means nothing unless the governor chooses to accept the recommendation: Of the three clemency recommendations he's received, Perry has..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Bedside Manner: Treehouse Tomes

Up in the air with Klosterman, Murakami, and more

"...Bad news: I have the distinct disadvantage of sleeping in..."

Jan. 3, 2011 Books Post by Monica Riese

Point Austin: The Schroeder File

For APD and Austin, Knee's decision was the right one

"...away from the police. But teenagers make instinctive and bad decisions all the time – indeed, youths running madly..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Column by Michael King

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