Firefighters Union Gets Burned

Members' insurance coverage in limbo after funds go missing

"...and death insurance, prepaid legal services, and pager and cell phone accounts. Pike then sent a generic letter to..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Who You Gonna Call? Dem-Busters!

A U.S. Dept. of Justice report chronicles the 'wacko' attempts to trace and trap the Killer Ds.

"...the Dems. This intervention was confined to a few cell-phone calls to Rep. Juan Manuel Escobar, D-Kingsville -- a..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Killer D's: Investigate This!

"...in locating a reported 'missing aircraft.'" From the transcribed phone calls attached as Exhibit 8 (the only one of..."

June 20, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

TV Eye

After much off-season media attention, the Emmy Award-winning The Osbournes returns to MTV for its second season on Tuesday.

"...Electronic equipment still perplexes Ozzy (this time it's his cell phone). The f-word is still the expletive of choice...."

Nov. 22, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Between Round Rock and a Hard Place

Northridge Acres can't find water, water anywhere.

"...and the worse water bills, and a few sly phone calls beginning to come from realtors claiming to represent..."

Nov. 15, 2002 News Feature by Walter Howerton Jr

Gael Force

Austin's Celtic tributaries feed into Austin Celtic Festival -- and the larger whole.

"...Phone calls flew -- to their insurance agent, to a..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Meanwhile Back at the Ranch

Kinky Friedman will be at BookPeople on Thursday, Sept. 19, and Tom Doyal takes a look at his latest novel, Meanwhile Back at the Ranch.

"...successfully assays a satire of noir fiction with a telephone ever called a "blower" and being "cradled" instead of..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Books Review by Tom Doyal

Brave New Web

In the wake of Sept. 11 and the hard-line USA Act, the Internet has become a very unfriendly place for hackers.

"...describes the sensation of hacking as "rushing through the phone like heroin through an addict's veins, an electronic pulse..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

The Hightower Lowdown

Jeffords and the Lobby, Karl Rove's ethics & the New Fast Track

"...dangerous than maybe getting a neck cramp from excessive cell phone use. But you haven't factored in the explosive..."

June 29, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Graduates

Once They Were My Students Now They Are

"...worked 25 hours a week administering surveys over the phone. "Sad to say, I had to give up skating,"..."

May 25, 2001 Features Feature by Sarah Hepola

Jesus Is Coming

The video mailed across the state, the Christian film that found an audience in Austin, and other stories of evangelicals using film to spread the word

"...too. She was in line to buy her first cell phone when her Jesus video T-shirt caught the eye..."

April 27, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Down & Out in Atlanta

The Official Crock of the '96 Summer Olympics

"...my car idling in a suburban parking lot, I phoned in. What I then heard made my blood curdle...."

Sept. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jonathan Hennessey

Die Hockzeitskuh (The Wedding Cow)

Spotlight:

"...year's SXSW Film Festival. Although Streiff is on the phone from Manhattan, where nothing but sirens bleat in the..."

March 17, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Dancing About Architecture

Jeff Cole Leaves Doolittle Records, Marc Katz Leaves Top of the Marc, Hank Sinatra Returns and so does Ray Benson (again!). Plus all the news that pitches a fit.

"...not available for comment, and apparently has had his cell phone disconnected since his resignation, but he did send..."

March 3, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

The Gotham backlash continues.

"...the same time -- unbelievably! -- talking on her cellular phone. I was in the well-stickered Saab that zoomed..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Column

Greil Marcus and the Mad Parade

In his book Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century, Greil Marcus explained punk to the world and created a bible for that music's true believers. As Austin theatre company Rude Mechanicals opens its stage adaptation of Marcus' book, the author talks about the Stones, the Sex Pistols, and the "mad parade" of history.

"...Greil Marcus answered his phone just after 8am on a Monday morning with more..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

Working Worked Out

Theaterless Theater Corps, Rude Mechanicals, KAIROS! Co.

"...the show was over, Rockwell reportedly whipped out his cell phone and made a phone call. He then sought..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Moon-Shaped Panties & the Saint of White Trash

The Late Lucinda Williams

"...the garage door open, he makes his way through miscellaneous furniture, boxes and boxes of Lucinda's books, trunks containing..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Wired to What?

Letters at 3 A.M.

"...The cellular phone, the beeper, and e-mail allow us to be..."

May 1, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...of a murder for which the best evidence was cell phone records placing him within 10 miles of the..."

May 2, 2025 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...users pay by tapping a credit card or a cell phone to validators that are currently being installed. The..."

Jan. 17, 2025 News Feature

Farewell to an Austin Touchstone

"...McKeown, another friend who just died. Like a bad cell phone signal, the touchstones to "old Austin" are rapidly..."

Oct. 30, 2024 Postmarks

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

Get ready for spring with travel tips and eclipse news

"...to the two-lane blacktop that disappears around a bend. Cell phone service is almost nonexistent out here, so this..."

March 2, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

A Very Merry List of Junk to Gift to News Junkies

For loved ones in the good fight and those you’ve yet to indoctrinate

"...Last but not least, extended power outages can be..."

Dec. 8, 2023 News Feature by the News Team

Prosecution Makes Opening Statements in Murder Trial of APD Officer

Christopher Taylor is accused of murdering Michael Ramos

"...the eight officers who confronted Ramos – by watching cell phone video recorded by Tavon Jefferson, who at the..."

Oct. 23, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Hays County Sets Trial Date for Man Stuck in Jail for Five Years

Cyrus Gray's murder case was dropped; why not Devonte Amerson's?

"...in a mistrial, was scant. It consisted mainly of cell phone records putting Gray and Amerson within 10 miles..."

Aug. 3, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

How to Fight Fires in Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire

David Oyelowo narrates new documentary about our burning world

"...Camp Fire in California, documented in all its horror. Cell phone footage and haunting testimony from Paradise, California residents..."

June 27, 2023 Screens Post by Amelia Nonemacher

Locked Courtroom Sends Mike Ramos Murder Trial Back To Square One

First of two murder trials for APD’s Christopher Taylor begins

"...under the same conditions – standing room only, no cell phone usage at all. When we were finally let..."

May 22, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin Cop Who Killed Mike Ramos Denied Qualified Immunity

Judge’s order allows case against officer, city to proceed

"...air during the entire encounter, as seen in witness cell phone footage and on the officers’ body-worn cameras. Eventually,..."

Dec. 19, 2022 News Post by Austin Sanders

The Wildcards of TV and Cinema in 2021

Highs, lows, and strange moments that caught our critics eyes

"...privileged Gen Z kid discovering the world outside his cell phone. He also struck gold with Netflix films, starring..."

Dec. 30, 2021 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

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