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Jan. 20, 2006 Column
Why Not More on Drunken Driving?
"...don't understand, however, why you never write stories about drunken driving killing innocent people (multivehicle accidents). A Google search..."
Jan. 17, 2006 Postmarks
Many Unanswered Questions in Officers' Deaths
A fatal motorcycle accident was preceded by a long afternoon of barhopping
"...traction and, ultimately, control of the bike? Was Kurt drunk? Had he been drinking at the four poker stops..."
Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Luv Doc Recommends: Two Note Solo's Drunken Film Festival
Dobie Theatre, Saturday, July 10, 2004
"...If your weekend plans don’t involve getting drunk, then you may want to flip back up to..."
July 9, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...Happy Fourth of July. Don't get drunk and blow off any fingers. Instead, think about what..."
July 2, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Vic Chesnutt
Record review
"...(New West) Vic ChesnuttWest of Rome (New West) Vic ChesnuttDrunk (New West)Vic ChesnuttIs the Actor Happy? (New West)..."
June 25, 2004 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri
Short Cuts
South Austin hip video store Pedazo Chunk celebrates its third anniversary with a new store, and it's time to get soused again with the Drunk Film Festival version 3.0
"...of Bon Scott Dept.: Two Note Solo's summer '04 Drunk Film Festival version 3.0 is fast staggering toward us,..."
June 25, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov
Who's That Girl?
The Bookslut -- aka Jessa Crispin -- is getting people excited.
"...dinner party, and he was there, and I was drunk, and he said that I looked like Dorothy Parker..."
Jan. 24, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley
Pillow Talk (1959)
Doris Day, the Sixties' most popular professional virgin, croons over the opening credits that "there must be a pillow-talkin' boy for me." Boy, was there ever, and his name was Rock Hudson.
"...as Jan's maid, who wavers between two states -- drunk, and getting over being drunk (which, presumably, entails getting..."
Nov. 29, 2002 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones
Good Show
It was a good year -- not a great one -- for the Toronto International Film Festival.
"...Another eagerly anticipated movie was Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch-Drunk Love. Anderson switches gears here slightly; instead of his..."
Sept. 20, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Insider: Lorraine Ali
Brief Interviews With Important People
"...hardly see, so I said, 'I'm just gonna get drunk and have fun.' I looked in my wallet and..."
March 15, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer
The Tenth Annual "Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest Results
"..."Close the door, boy," barked the drunker and rougher of the two burly men sitting closest..."
Oct. 19, 2001 Books Feature
Fat City
One of John Huston's latter-day successes, Fat City is long on character and short on plot, but it's a crawl through the mud that'll stay in your psyche for days.
"...29-year-old boxer with his glory days long past, a punch-drunk drunk, a has-been who maybe never was to begin..."
May 18, 2001 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw
After a Fashion
What was up with that tacky television coverage of Austin's local New Year's Eve celebration? Find out inside!
"...was the seemingly unattended camera that allowed legions of drunk people to behave stupidly in front of it, spouting..."
Jan. 19, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
Jailbird
The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard
"...the band, but I no longer believed him. Just drunk talk! What I didn't know was that it was..."
Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard
Rush Hour
Todd Phillips' Frat House, screening at the Alamo this Wednesday as part of the Texas Documentary Tour, asks the question: Will you ever dick a brother?
"...on the wall, but it's not true. Unless they're drunk or high and, of course, there were those moments..."
Sept. 8, 2000 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis
In All Your Future Endeavors
A young writer comes to grips with his lot in life after graduation.
"...stage, went to dinner with my parents, got really drunk, packed my stuff, and moved into another apartment for..."
May 12, 2000 Features Feature by Kevin Wood
SXSW Showcase Picks: Saturday
"...1am: Ex-Husbands, Opal DivineChristopher Gray 8pm: Drunk Horse, Emo's..."
March 17, 2000 Music Feature
Drunk Horse (Man's Ruin)
SXSW Records
"...Drunk Horse(Man's Ruin) Rearing up on its hind legs like..."
March 10, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez
DrunkTableside Manners (Jag Jaguwar)
National Records
"...DrunkTableside Manners (Jag Jaguwar) The orange glow burning through the..."
Jan. 21, 2000 Music Review by Kim Mellen
Waters' Edge
"...about Pink Flamingos. You know what it means? They're drunk. That's all. The audience that vomits is drunk when..."
Aug. 27, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Picks & Sleepers
Sxsw
"...boys on Dreamworks? Not when singer Stewart Lupton is drunk on fairy dust, and guitarist Paul Maroon is the..."
March 20, 1998 Music Feature
The Last Don
Bob Bullock: The Crusty Boss of Texas Politics
"...finance issues with Comptroller John Sharp. Altars, Hospitals, and "Drunk School" Although Bullock the politician sometimes seems invincible, his..."
Jan. 31, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Live Shots
"...Best night of the week to get rip roaring drunk. And get drunk they did -- though not just..."
Nov. 8, 1996 Music Feature
Doing the Bret Thing
On the Town with Bret Easton Ellis
"...actually hungry at all. I start to wonder how drunk we are going to get and whether we are..."
Oct. 20, 1995 Arts Feature
Roadkill
Vic Chesnutt Electric Lounge, October 1& 2
"..."Well, I was drunk and trying to hit people with bottles," Chesnutt recalls..."
Sept. 29, 1995 Music Feature
How to Have Sex
Un Certain Regard winner explores first sex and consent from the perspective of a British teenager on a holiday in Crete
"...British teens head to pass as twentysomethings to get drunk and laid. That’s what’s happening with virgin Tara (McKenna-Bruce)..."
Feb. 2, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Saoirse Ronan Battles Addiction in Unflinching Drama The Outrun
Nora Fingscheidt’s nonlinear film goes to hell and back
"...a low point in her life – belligerent and drunk in a bar, kicked out only to be picked..."
Jan. 26, 2024 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez
I.S.S.
Spacebound political thriller lacks any sense of gravity
"...get along like they did when they were getting drunk and singing Glasnost anthem "Winds of Change" (which, I..."
Jan. 19, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Fantastic Fest Review: Eileen
Novelist Ottessa Moshfegh gets her first adaptation
"...her spare time, she takes care of her brutal drunk father (Shea Whigham, doing a superbly wincing job doling..."
