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April 29, 2010 Sports Post by Mark Fagan
We'll Be Here for the Rest of Our Lives: A Swingin' Showbiz Saga
The Late Show With David Letterman bandleader spills some beans
"...Swingin' Showbiz sagaby Paul Shaffer with David Ritz Flying Dolphin Press, 322 pp., $26..."
Dec. 4, 2009 Music Review by Margaret Moser
Just Can't Get Enough
DVD year-end box sets
"...Funny Books (Twitchy Dolphin Flix, $15.99)..."
Nov. 27, 2009 Screens Feature
Day Trips
The Aquarium at Rockport Harbor offers a glimpse into the underwater world along the Texas Gulf Coast
"...You won't see a dolphin show at the Aquarium at Rockport, but you will..."
Oct. 30, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Contemporary Culture
A show offering a wonderful variety of strong art, but grouped by an unnecessary theme
"...images from the civil rights movement moved me. Graham Dolphin's 56 Lennon Songs is a perfect example of his..."
Oct. 16, 2009 Arts Review by Kate Watson
Day Trips
Terry Jones of Jewett in Leon County is a shade-tree sculptor who destroys illegal firearms in the making of his art
"...from gasoline-pump handles. One of his favorites is a dolphin that he did for the Gaylord Texan Hotel in..."
July 24, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
'Chronicle' Mock NFL Draft
"...1) Miami Dolphins: Now under the guidance of Bill Parcells, these “Tuna”..."
April 25, 2008 Sports Post by Timothy Braun
Foie Gras Fracas
Animal rights activists who recently vandalized Downtown
restaurants that sell duck liver or veal may be
unintentionally screwing up efforts of separate animal
rights campaign focusing on banning foie gras
"...the protests will have the same impact as the tuna-dolphin debate of more than a decade ago. So far,..."
July 13, 2007 News Feature by Amy Smith
Business Deal Top 40 of 2005
Record review
"..."Date With Myself," a jerkin' song about flogging the dolphin, and delicious tunes from Teenage Dog, Fart Face, Zom..."
July 1, 2005 Music Review by Audra Schroeder
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
A wholphin, some Harp seal milk, and 1 quadrillion
operations a second
"...wholphin is a cross between a whale and a dolphin. There is one at Sea Life Park in Hawaii..."
Nov. 19, 2004 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants
Holy Ghost
Austin's Revenant Records follows up its Grammy-winning Charley Patton box set with free jazzman Albert Ayler's 9-CD 'Holy Ghost'
"..."Sonnymoon for Two," and standards "Summertime" and "On Green Dolphin Street." Guitarist Herbert Katz leads the group, which also..."
Oct. 8, 2004 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar
Summer Fun
Oh, Galveston
"...THE MERMAID & DOLPHIN This sparkling white palace was once the Texas Governor's..."
May 14, 2004 Features Feature by Kate X Messer
Linus Pauling Quartet
"...through the Honky-ish plod of "Thorn" like a bottlenose dolphin using sonar to navigate the souplike Houston Ship Channel...."
March 12, 2004 Music Review by Christopher Gray
Miles Davis
In Box
"...including standards "If I Were a Bell," "On Green Dolphin Street," "All of You," "Bye Bye Blackbird," and "Autumn..."
Aug. 15, 2003 Music Review by Harvey Pekar
The Reivers Reviewed
"..."Tell Me So" and the Tony Bennett standard "Green Dolphin Street" to End of the Day...."
April 26, 2002 Music Feature by Ken Lieck
Postscripts
First Marco Perella told us about the apparently very funny experience of being a nobody in his Adventures of a No Name Actor; now Bruce Campbell wants us to know what it's like to be both a B-movie king and a regular Joe.
"...reworking of the three editions of Notebook, and The Dolphin. Lowell fans should get their hands on McSweeney's 6,..."
June 29, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith
Dancing About Architecture
Butthole Surfers and Austin City Limits suffer set backs while Riverfest marches on.
"...the Day, look for the Tony Bennett fave "Green Dolphin Street" and "Tell Me So," which finally gets released..."
June 29, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck
Uncle Blubbafink
Keith Graves, the author of seriously ridiculous stories like Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance, is garnering Hollywood’s attention, but did he ever want it?
"...a dragon in his copy, while Esther desires a dolphin. Youngest sibling Ava, in absentia, gets a rabbit. Benton's..."
June 8, 2001 Books Feature by Raoul Hernandez
SXSW Film Reviews
Gorgeously shot and superbly acted, Felicidades is a fascinating nightmare.
"...in the middle of nowhere, amuses himself by doing dolphin impersonations. Gorgeously shot and superbly acted, Felicidades is a..."
March 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Hollis Chacona
Straight, No Chaser
Brannen Temple, aspiring to be Austin's Max Roach
"...-- an aggressive take of Eric Dolphy's "On Green Dolphin St." -- down to the 61st and final minute...."
March 2, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Honoring Johnny
"...? ... Why don't you just hollow out a dolphin for me?"..."
Feb. 23, 2001 Arts Feature
Dancing About Architecture
Broken Spoke is broken into and thieves ride away with owner James White's family heirloom: a saddle, mister.
"...Johnston on Abbey Road should've been credited to Graham Dolphin. Hey, I assumed by now someone had just set..."
Dec. 1, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck
An Immense World of Delight
It used to be a commonplace of moralists that man was the only creature in the animal kingdom to slaughter his own kind. But as Chronicle writer Roger Gathman points out, kind is slaughtered by kind routinely among ants, salamanders, and, as any child can tell you, guppies. The golden rule, in nature, is not "do unto others" -- it is "why waste the protein?"
"...is also one of the sensory modalities of the dolphin. Hughes explores how birds get their sense of direction..."
June 30, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman
Coach's Corner
Any Given Sunday bites, but no worse than the Coach's prognostications last week. Old wisdom: The Colts are the best in the league. New wisdom: Titans may be for real.
"...Jacksonville's total destruction of a good Dolphin team was ... uh ... impressive. Only moments late..."
Jan. 21, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...in and the complimentary bags of roasted peanuts and dolphin-shaped cheese crackers had been distributed, the VIP-packed plane took..."
May 28, 1999 News Feature
Put Your Weight on It
"...he wound up working in the L.A. record store Dolphin's of Hollywood. Before he knew it, artistic inspiration came..."
April 30, 1999 Screens Feature by Mike Emery
Just Can't Get Enough
More Summer Reading
"...a woman drawn into a sexual relationship with a dolphin) and so subtle that it creeps up on you..."
June 12, 1998 Books Feature
Day Trips
"...The largest member of the dolphin family, there has never been a documented unprovoked attack..."
Dec. 26, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
A Hundred's Not Enough
One Word Is Too Many...
"...a modeling session, be placed next to a blunt-nosed dolphin? Lindbergh also adds in a dollop of whimsey to..."
Dec. 19, 1997 Books Feature by Margaret Moser
Breaking Away
Austin's Newest Bike Plan May Finally Pull Ahead
"...In another part of the city, East Austin resident Dolphin Salazar stops at an intersection he rides through every..."
