That Was Then; This Is Now

The latest version of 'New Art in Austin' shows how much has changed in three years

"...you play Beethoven's melancholic "Für Elise" on the attached music-box instrument...."

April 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Salvador Castillo

SXSW Showcases

"...little 1960s garage swagger to their insanely awesome 7-inch, "Box of Records." On the more experimental tip, Columbus lifer..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

Simplexity Rising

Web usability reveals itself to be a game of hide-and-seek

"...better about my current lot in life. Click and boom: 15 embedded videos and 10 slide shows later, my..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Top 10 City Council Moments

"...2) Unboxing Day In February, after the Northcross Wal-Mart Supercenter got..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Council's Got ... Talent?

At intermission, we talk to the headliners

"...more than the Nineties dot-com swell did. But the boom Downtown has its political drawbacks, such as getting Wynn..."

July 13, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Day Trips

The past and present of the West Texas town of Iraan

"...During the Great Depression, Iraan was a boom town of oil-field workers and camp followers. Added to..."

April 27, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Beside the Point

If this was a good year, what's a bad one look like?

"...while the city inexplicably drag-assed everything from the Big Box Ordinance to affordability and PUD standards. This culminated in..."

April 13, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Day Trips

Port Arthur's the home of Janis Joplin's psychedelic Porsche

"...he saw a tourist resort and seaport. The oil boom at nearby Beaumont turned Port Arthur into the 12th-largest..."

March 9, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The Choke Canyon State Park is a haven for fishermen, birders, and campers alike

"...owned the land. The community experienced a short oil boom in the 1920s when the population peaked at 400...."

March 2, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Council Watch

"Planned Unit Development" doesn't necessarily imply responsible planning.

"...following statement, "Austin has clearly become the next Texas boomtown," appeared in the following:..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Beside the Point

Seaholm unveiled: Is the game worth the phalli?

"...In the new boom, we must destroy the city to save it...."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Cult of Pitchfork

How former record-store clerks and obsessive music nerds turned a Web site into a hit machine

"...Killers' album about as new and exciting as a box of saltines to find other avenues...."

Aug. 4, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Sufjan Stevens

Record review

"...we get to "The Perpetual Self," with its infectious boom-crash chorus, we're riding alongside Stevens like Slim Pickens astride..."

June 30, 2006 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

Notes From a Few Minutes With 'Over the Hedge' Creator Michael Fry

Austinite sees his comic strip hit the big screen

"...the two decades since the beginning of the comics boom – headed up by Frank Miller's The Dark Knight..."

May 19, 2006 Screens Feature by Ken Lieck

Strong and Solid

Big Oak Bar-B-Que might be new, but it's quickly establishing its roots

"...once-pastoral acres south of Austin are experiencing quite a boom, and, last spring, some construction workers building the housing..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

To Marfa, on a Tuesday in December

When high art and hipness move in, what happens to a tiny Texas town?

"...kids grew up and moved away. The Seventies oil boom drew families up to Midland and Odessa for work...."

Dec. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Dan Keane

Divorce, Alamo Style

From a small north-side apartment – via toney Rob Roy, a Hays County ranch, and several sojourns in jail – Janet Kennedy keeps fighting a battle featuring all the latest in family bitterness

"...– a relatively low price, considering the ongoing development boom in the Hamilton Pool Road area, but based in..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Wild Rides

UT students pack bigger, better New Works Festival with more thrills than a carnival midway

"...it. But that's deliberate, to keep it in a box that doesn't expand it to saying, 'It all has..."

April 8, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Saturday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...Austinite offered his Strange Mess of Flowers, a 4-CD box set with a brilliance-to-bloat ratio that reminded us David..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Ed Harcourt

"...albeit gradually and grudgingly. Strangers opens with a sonic boom in "The Storm Is Coming." It's bombastic, unexpected, and..."

March 18, 2005 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...(or, more properly, a do-over) of the city's controversial big-box retail study was released this week as we went..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

D-Day for Taco Xpress Deal

Walgreens / Maria's plan goes to City Council

"...the restaurant. That threat nearly materialized during the recent boom era, when Trammell Crow wanted to buy the property..."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

'Never the Same Again'

Jesse Sublett's 'Rock 'n' Roll Gothic': an excerpt

"...would've been damaged, but most were already packed in boxes for our move back to Austin. I loved L.A.,..."

May 7, 2004 Books Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...is now alleging was broken – that would allow big-box retail on the aquifer site. – M.C.M...."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Betty Baker Rules

Love her or fear her, Austin's land-use queen rules the city her own way

"...when he promoted the plan. Then, the economy was booming, thousands of cases were slogging through the system at..."

April 2, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Austin @ Large: Meet and Obscure

The new police contract is neither the cause nor cure of the APD crisis

"...taxes to pay for the last contract, during the boom when people had money, this would not be an..."

March 26, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...an article by Michael King, "Riding Out the Bush Boom" ["Capitol Chronicle," Nov. 21], especially in regards to the..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Column

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The mayor-elect faces opportunities and awkward options

"...to do otherwise, but the path between the ballot box and the dais isn't always easy to follow.Pow! Goes..."

May 23, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Borders Backs Out

A setback for Sixth + Lamar, a victory for keeping Austin weird

"...and "keeping Austin Austin" during its volatile years of boom, bust, and change. At least two candidates in the..."

April 25, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...projects, and neighborhood activists are now reporting a superduplex boom across the city. -- L.A...."

Feb. 21, 2003 News Feature

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