Austin at Large: Back (and Forth) to the Future

At some point Austin history will stop looping upon itself. Until next time …

"...rate dipped about a half-point in 2001 with the dot-com bust, then held steady for the next 18 years..."

March 17, 2023 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Persephone Station Recasts the Magnificent Seven as Women in Space

Austin author Stina Leicht pens a rip-roaring mix of planetary intrigue, intergalactic adventure, and righteous sisterhood

"...after losing her job in the burst of the dot-com bubble around 2001. "I started writing to keep myself..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Arts Feature by Mike Berry

ACL Live Review: Flamingosis

Omnidirectional aspects of soulful stereophonic music

Oct. 12, 2019 Music Post by Rick Weaver

Live Music Soundtrack for Your Weekend

Austin Reggae Festival, and more if you're not too high

April 20, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

How Do You Pet a CryptoKitty?

ConsenSys Capital co-founder Andrew Keys on how Ethereum could be a game changer

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Dan Gentile

Esther's Follies: The Laughs, the Gossip, and the Story Behind Texas' Most Celebrated Comedy Troupe

In his history of Esther's Follies, author Jesse Sublett follows the flow of four decades of frivolity

"...sleazy alter ego, the Amazing Frank; Kerry Awn's George W-dot-com Bush; Cindy Wood's H. Ross Perot; Margaret Wiley's Chi..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Speed of Sound: Breaking the Barriers Between Music and Technology: A Memoir

How the one-hit UK synth-pop entrepreneur transcended the Top 40

"...file format Beatnik through the peril and pitfalls of dot-com life – before wrangling early ringtone success by synthesizing..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Music Review by Kahron Spearman

Point Austin: Getting From Here to There

Will the driver-eat-driver "free market" imposed by billionaire corporations rule the day?

"...– you've got to hand it to these multi-billion-dollar dot-com giants for having portrayed the process as a moral..."

Dec. 25, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Race to the Board: Fundraising

Some 80% of Mary Ellen Pietruszynski's contributions came from three donors in the tech community

"...third big IT donor is Neil Webber, co-founder of dot-com success story Vignette, who gave $9,550...."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Wednesday night SXSW handicapping

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

'The Guardian' Recommends

Who better than the Brits to handicap SXSW UK?

March 18, 2011 Music Feature by Michael Cragg

SXSW Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Last night of SX handicapping

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Mexican Institute of Sound

March 18, 2011 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

MOJO Recommends

Rising British Talent at SXSW as selected by 'MOJO' editor-in-chief Phil Alexander

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Drink Upscale

Post-classic cocktails for the holidays

"...For smart-phone aficionados, try the fabulous app from local dot-com refugee Matt Hillebrand, Mixologist (99 cents). It catalogs your..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

The Cookbook Collector: A Novel

This isn't a story about amusing misadventures of a hapless but lovable forager for forgotten recipes

"...cultural values just prior to 9/11. These include the dot-com explosion and immense wealth it created for twentysomething entrepreneurs,..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Food Feature by MM Pack

History Reheats Itself

Twenty-year timeline of 'The Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival

"...2001: Dot-com bust hits, and all the computer geeks join the..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Food Feature

'Site Dance'

A new book cites Blue Lapis Light's founder as a dancemaker of national importance

"...set on the most notorious relic of the city's dot-com belly flop. But when the run was done and..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sons of Austin

Murph and Ben Willcott develop a new paradigm for the next generation of a beloved family business

"...UT campus area. And perhaps most significantly, the local dot-com bubble began to enlarge, bringing with it national attention,..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Luv Doc Recommends: Lebowski Fest

Stubb's, Friday, October 9, 2009

"...the millennium came the third tier of slackers: the dot-com cash-outs and trust fund babies; late-in-the-gamers who also bought..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

Candidates Forum on the Arts

Candidates for mayor and City Council will outline their positions on cultural matters

"...past 30 years, even through the real estate and dot-com busts. Hey, if you're looking for economic stability ......"

March 27, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Too Many Races Hurt Small Businesses

"...yet another race is being held by some obnoxious dot-com that has the city wrapped around its finger (Liberty..."

Sept. 11, 2008 Postmarks

Luv Doc Recommends: First Ever Film Fight Party

Artseen Alliance, Thursday, July 17, 2008

"...couple of Gulf Wars, Branch Davidians, the internet, the dot-com boom and bust, presidential fellatio, electoral thievery, the Twin..."

July 18, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage

How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago

"...Of course, by the time 2003 rolled around, the dot-com economy had jumped the rails, leaving those big dreams..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Are We Masters of Our Domain?

Critics are concerned that rather than boosting local shops, a subsidy deal struck by City Council with developers of the Domain is dropping cash into an already successful project, filled with high-end stores

"...said. "It was a real bad time after the dot-com bust, so sales and property taxes were cratering." SDS..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Council's Got ... Talent?

At intermission, we talk to the headliners

"...altering Austin's urban fabric much more than the Nineties dot-com swell did. But the boom Downtown has its political..."

July 13, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Community Access

The groundbreaking Austin Past and Present archive projects means free museums, movies, music, and more all over town

"...story of Austin – from the dinosaurs through the dot-com bust – without having to go near a mouse...."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Keeping Pace, Culturally

Proposition 4 calls for an investment in cultural facilities for the city, and, Austin, it's time

"...claim on the bond money, only to see the dot-com bubble burst forcing it to scuttle plans for a..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mission: Improvable

Austin's improv community gathers intelligence

"...made contact with each other. And soon after the dot-com crash came the improv crash, and all those troupes..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Naked City

Moving treatment plant draws both applause and scrutiny from enviros

"...when the city was flush with cash from the dot-com delirium, all Wynn's had so far has been the..."

Aug. 12, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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