Naked City

Bush and NARAL, GetHeard.org voters Web site, Kay Bailey Hutchison on abortion, Carole Keeton Rylander speaks to Austin Rotary and attacks AISD, Mike Levy for Mayor, Austin Police endorse Ronnie Earle

"...The Washington Times honor roll for her vote against "partial-birth abortions" and voted to prohibit abortions for women at..."

Sept. 29, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

What's In Store

The city's self-storage business is changing as corporate giants push mom and pop operations aside.

"...belongings. The old storage units have been replaced by climate-controlled rooms spread along corridors equipped with alarms and security..."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Meow Mix

Texans Are Wild About Exotic Cats, but at What Cost?

"...die a gruesome, undignified death, all before its fourth birthday. Simba lived in a 10-by-22-foot cage behind Ramirez's business,..."

Aug. 4, 2000 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Big River

How healthy is Austin's Colorado River?

"...without Tom Miller and the other dams that gave birth to Austin's reservoirs and the Highland Lakes, Central Texas..."

June 16, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

The Devil and Sonny Liston

"...really knew the exact date or year of his birth, and no one knows the exact date of his..."

April 21, 2000 Books Review by Clay Smith

Postmarks

Readers hash over the war on drugs in response to an AISD principal's being busted for marijuana possession.

"...of citizens whose minds and actions it could not control, therefore has deemed as dangerous. So, the U.S. government..."

April 21, 2000 Column

One Man Talking

In these days of HDTV, IMAX theatres with SurroundSound, and interactive software in 3-D hyper-realism, who wants to listen to one man talking for 90 minutes on a stage? A lot of people, when the man is Steven Tomlinson, award-winning economics lecturer, lay preacher, and Austin's premier monologist, as Wayne Alan Brenner explains.

"...We're here at the birth of the 21st century, friends and neighbors. We have..."

March 31, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Book Reviews

The Politics of Prose

"...Maumort's life was isolated. His mother died at his birth. His father was distant and preoccupied. His sister, Henriette,..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Book Reviews

Winter's Tales

"...course, I replied, but they also know it and control it. Without technique, they would either look ridiculous or..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Books Feature by Katherine Catmull

The Uncooling of America

"...Civil War, you think slavery, right? You don't think "birthplace of the corporation in America." Yet, the war allowed..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Books Review by Tom Grimes

Letters at 3AM

When the new Millennium begins, we should be asking the same questions about life we always have.

"...who came before us, buffeted by forces beyond our control and even beyond our comprehension; we are, like all..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Superstar Search

Three decades after its debut, Jesus Christ Superstar may not seem a radical piece of musical theatre, but Austin Musical Theatre's new production just may return the rock opera to its revolutionary roots.

"...Webber emphasize the fact that the Romans are in control of Israel, and if Jesus is the Messiah, the..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

First, the good news ...

"...Israel feels no need to make concessions. Israel still controls about 90% of the 1967 occupied areas and continues..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Column

Complete Freedom

A profile of Bad Livers banjo player Danny Barnes

"...Looking back over the 20th century, the birth of American popular music is tantamount to the Big..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Producers of Piquant Pods of Perfection

"...be Boggy Creek, before the city poured concrete to control flooding and turned it into a giant skateboard ramp...."

Aug. 27, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Writes of Spring

"...does it mean?" The first question gives you a birth story, mythology, and history. The second gives you eroticism,..."

April 9, 1999 Books Review

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...convinced Flynt to sign a power-of-attorney that gave her control over all his assets, including Hustler magazine. But O'Hair's..."

Jan. 8, 1999 News Feature

Shooting Star

"...Curt says drugs began taking control of Cris about four years ago. The Meat Puppets..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Feature by David Holthouse

The Gift of Words

Corrido

"...visions that plague Molly Veeka are kept tightly under control, and her demons seem to pop out of the..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Books Feature

I Wanna Take You Higher

"...a 215-page mystery. Is this the story of hip-hop's birth, as the book's smart opening chapters seem to indicate,..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Simon Reynolds

In With the Old, In With the New

"...multiple places within a poem, using surprising observations and control of language to twirl beauty and purity around her..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Books Feature by Phil West

Postmarks

Libertarians Say No to Doggett

"...things have gotten just a little bit out of control. Letitia Gutierrez [Vol. 18, No. 6] writes, "what does..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Column

photograph by Todd V. Wolfson

Bob Schneider

"...Schneider was a song and dance man almost from birth. Born in Michigan, but raised in Germany where his..."

June 5, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

SXSW Record Reviews

"...then and there: It's no coincidence Case shares a birthdate and birthplace with Patsy Cline (you can just imagine..."

March 20, 1998 Music Review

10 in Focus

Alma

"...Fort Apache, the Bronx. The students are out of control, the school district has no money, the teachers are..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature

India Ink

The Literary Coming of the Second Continent

"...been renamed Mumbai by the Hindu fundamentalists who now control that city's government, so Chandra's insistence on the old..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Books Feature by Michael J. DiLeo

Ray of Light... and Dark

"...X-Files a while back, playing around with the remote control buttons. It looks remarkably good in black & white...."

Nov. 7, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Scanlines

Alice in Acidland

"...mine shaft in a Nevada desert town, then gives birth to what appears to be a pulsating raw brisket...."

Oct. 17, 1997 Screens Feature

The Pen-Ultimate Fest

Austin Heart of Film Screenwriting Conference & Festival

"...work of a collective soul. If you want total control, you should be writing something else -- a novel..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Screens Feature by Russell Smith

Untrained Wonders

UT's Exhibition of Self-Taught Artists Features Miracles

"...order on a world over which he had little control."..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

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