Coach's Corner

A few observations on the U.S. Open and Wimbledon

June 29, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Naked City

Local news this week in Austin

"...was hit harder than most Statesman sections by the dot-com crash, as dwindling technology ads shrunk the section from..."

June 15, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Naked City

The Greater Chamber of Commerce wants AMD to build its next mega chip facility in Austin; Gary Bradley is calling on his friends at the Lege for help; the city's libraries have been hit with a budget crunch; Molly Ivins is glad she's left the Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Austin police spokeswoman Sally Muir has moved upstairs to become Chief Stan Knee's assistant.

"...the group was pretty much rendered insignificant during the dot-com era. Clearly, an AMD recruitment victory could put the..."

April 27, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Downtown de-vitalization, flying Ron Wilson, Hyde Park flood & Ed Herman speaks

"...be wealthy, older, and not heavily invested in the dot-com market, FSR developers aren't too concerned about the impact..."

March 23, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Dancing About Architecture

SXSW begins

"...the city decided to bend over forwards for the dot-com revolution and tear down several blocks' worth of buildings,..."

March 16, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

King Lear

In the Public Domain Theatre Company's production of King Lear, director Robi Polgar and company bring Shakespeare's play into the present with high tech and high fashion, and the smooth execution of the concept create a novel version of this familiar tragedy with a striking proximity to our lives.

"...tell the story. The briskly moving scenes portray the dot-com magnate falling faster than a NASDAQ stock. As Lear's..."

March 9, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Hightower Lowdown

Bush's 'Real, Live Americans'; Nike's 'Freedom to Choose'

"...But where were the dot-com gabillionaires, the corporate CEOs, and the Wall Street elite?..."

March 9, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks

Further Lost Austin fallout and enviro-rhetoric from our readers.

Feb. 16, 2001 Column

It's the Village, Idiot!

The latest casualty in Regal Cinemas' nationwide overexpansion isn't just another movie theatre.

"...perimeter of either coast, and while Smart Growth and dot-com wealth (what remains of it) continues to mold both..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Naked City

GSD&M lays off 32 employees, the first lay-offs in the Austin ad company's recent history.

"...national firms are also taking some belt-tightening measures as dot-com firms and other companies slash their ad budgets, or..."

Dec. 29, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Saving All Our Changes

Cyber-castoffs are curated at Austin's Goodwill Computer.

"...a real computer museum in Austin." Maybe there's a dot-com tycoon out there with a pocket full of money..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Features Feature by Michael King

Young, Loud, and Cheap

The Skunks were a band. A loud one.

"...jams, sky-high housing costs, and a hovering cloud of dot-com doom, the sad fact is that musically, Austin (and..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

J Mascis & the Fog, The Mercury, November 21

"...through the new material like a Dinosaur in this dot-com world: out of key, out of tune, out of..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Good Taste

You spontaneously slow down and breathe easier when you enter Basil's, Barbara Chisholm writes. This is not a hipster hot spot that is peopled with folks checking the door to see if someone more interesting than their current partner has entered. People come here to concentrate on each other without distraction.

"...now it's nothing but a repository for rich, soulless dot-com Californians who don't appreciate our unique jewel. When I..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Postmarks

"If you fail light rail again, you've sealed your fate to sucking a tailpipe and damned your city's 21st century global position."

"...are literally dying to have a fraction of the dot-com action and would instantly tailor their city to enhance..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Column

Something Wicked This Way Comes ... Again!

Dueling Macbeths on the stages of Austin prove once again this Shakespearean killer's undying popularity.

"...love that everyone who sees our production, from the dot-com millionaire to the junior high school kid dragged to..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Holy conceptual contortions, Batman!

In his Austin Shakespeare Festival staging of A Midsummer Night's Dream, director Robert Tolaro creates a fantasy world of superheroes with a strong hint of modern Chicago 'burb, that pulls up a bit short conceptually, but is still a fun, rambunctious evening.

"...Dream with fairies as superheroes, Theseus and Hippolyta as dot-com CEOs intent on a (matrimonial) merger, and Bottom and..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Siena Wine

What to drink at Siena.

"...whole bottle, a boon to those of us without dot-com options. When you look at their efforts in roaming..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Media Clips

KUT's new general manager describes his vision for the future of the public radio station.

"...connected with and helped define was transformed by the dot-com world of fast money. KUT stands at a crossroads:..."

July 28, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

Esther's Follies: Forever Young

Even after 23 years, Austin's favorite musical comedy group, Esther's Follies, is still lively, still spirited, and the perpetual briskness and animation, the audaciousness and cheeky style, rub off on you, so that every visit is rejuvenating.

"...wheeled in on a dolly, and Kerry Awn's George W-dot-com Bush is a party-hearty good ol' boy who boasts..."

May 26, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

Big players in Austin's high-tech community form a new group, Get AroundAustin, to promote light rail in advance of the Nov. 7 referendum.

"...group, which includes some of the wealthiest high-tech and dot-com entrepreneurs in Austin, unveiled its slogan for light rail:..."

May 26, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Calexico, Ranchero Brothers: Cherilyn diMond's House, Thursday, Mar 16

Wednesday Night

"...Thursday, Mar 16 Private parties, club parties, label parties, dot-com parties, release parties -- bollocks! Ain't no party like..."

March 24, 2000 Music Review by Michael Chamy

South Austin Roots Crawl: The Zipcode, Saturday Afternoon, Mar 18

Wednesday Night

"...envision a world awash in the throes of a dot-com revolution. But behold, the music is very much alive..."

March 24, 2000 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Words for a Desert Island

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

What's on the Gaming Boards

Gearing up for 1998 Titles

March 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Food-o-File

Saying goodbye to a home-cooking hero with some sweet news about honey and cakes

Dec. 3, 2010 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

Dot's Place suffers a tragic fire but is already rising from the ashes; the Texas Book Festival hosts Bon Appetit, Y'all; and Halloween's around the bend

Oct. 29, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Light Rail on the Web

April 4, 1997 News Feature

Food-o-File

7 runs aground, while Dot's Place rises from the ashes; plus, 'Sideways' at Spicewood and HerbFest

Oct. 7, 2005 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Chosen One

Director Jamie Babbit sounds off on 'The Quiet' – Burnt Orange's first national release – and its discomfiting implications

Sept. 1, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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