Fear & Loathing on the Inaugural Trail

One man's journey to the Bush inauguration confirms more than it denies.

"...a kid, like our last one. And W.? Former drunk. Kinda goofy. May or may not have arranged to..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Features Feature by Michael Bolduc

Livin' Lavaca Loca

In the early Eighties, back when Jay Leno was still funny, he and a number of now-big name comics told jokes at a little place on Lavaca called the Comedy Workshop. Being there changed the life of one person, who recalls what it was like.

"...performing for people who were too tired or too drunk, or both, to get out of their chairs. We..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Arts Feature by Angela Davis

The Dead Club Crawl

Club hopping through Austin's musical past.

"...policeman being 'taken from both ends'), he was too drunk to really register that he'd just gotten sick...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Will Anybody Ever Love Neal Medlyn?

For vulnerable performer Neal Medlyn, Dork = Cool.

"...the show but who was actually just a local drunk nodded off onstage. Medlyn and his friends Michelle Dean,..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

What Women Want

"...its buying needs); Nick does not. So Nick gets piss-drunk, tries out some hot wax and a pair of..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

28 Days

"...substance abuse films. Bullock plays Gwen, an irresponsible, pill-popping drunk. After ruining her sister's wedding and getting into a..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Screens Review by Mike Emery

Songs of Innocence and Experience

From poetry scrawled on walls to poetry inscribed on CD: the saga of the Gourds.

"...room were covered with wisdom from a Sharpie -- drunkenly scrawled stretches of poetry, lyrics, and drawings that would..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Hot Sweltering Summer Sex Vignettes

Brenner contemplates the going and coming of oral gratification.

"...you get the idea. But we'd never been this drunk together before. Both of us were pathetic lightweights regarding..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Barrel Chested Again

Chewing the fat with Brent Best of Denton tub-thumpers Slobberbone

"...Brent Best slouches behind the mike, looking a little drunk, a little tired -- like that Guild guitar weighs..."

July 28, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Nutty Professor Ii: The Klumps

"...his biting standup routines (his “The Five Stages of Drunk” remains a modern comic classic in my book). There..."

July 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

They Lost My Grandmother's Brain

One lover of the grape interviews another - one who writes songs and plays music.

"...taken care of; to say Charlie is just a drunk would be to belittle an odd fellow of the..."

July 21, 2000 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

I Dreamed of Africa

"...moves to a different rhythm” there; accordingly, Paolo gets drunk, goes fishing with the menfolk, and throws away his..."

May 12, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Between Worlds

Cine las Americas Festival of New Latin American Cinema

"..."Sex Drunk"..."

April 21, 2000 Screens Feature

Knick Knack Paddy Whack: A Novel

"...like your man the lead singer from Soft Cell." Drunk on vodka in some dark corner of a backwater..."

March 31, 2000 Books Review by Bob Pomeroy

Price of Glory

"...have used fewer clichés and more realism. Like a punch-drunk fighter, Price of Glory's storyline keeps threatening to topple..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

This is the master of subversion's most subversive work, a wartime romantic comedy built around a small-town sweetheart getting drunk and knocked up by a soldier she can't remember. Sturges covers himself by saying his heroine got married before she did the horizontal bop, but even so, the plot is a radical departure for the time.

"...wartime romantic comedy built around the single heroine getting drunk and knocked up by a soldier she can't remember...."

Feb. 17, 2000 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Champagne Uncorked

Wes Marshall provides a primer on Champagne: where to get it, when to drink it, and what to drink it with.

"...them to market and most are meant to be drunk rather than cellared...."

Dec. 17, 1999 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Breaking the Biker Code

Austin musician and Glass Eye expatriate Kathy McCarty sends greetings from the Sturgis, South Dakota, Black Hills Motor Classic & Rally, learns how to be a biker chick, and wishes we were there.

"...happy to be there. I didn't even see any drunk bikers. I know they were drunk, but they held..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

Men at Work

City's day laborer program undergoes successful overhaul

"...center, and workers can't stay if they show up drunk or high...."

Nov. 12, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Pokémon: The First Movie

"...few years we'll see a breed of aging Pokémon, punch-drunk and goofy in the head like a bunch of..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Nine Lives of Ol' Possum

An overview of country legend George Jones' life and career.

"...Jones played the gig, threw a party, and got drunk; word filtered back to Daily that Jones had flushed..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

The Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

A look back at the Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

"...want to do when you lose your job? Get "drunker 'n Cooter Brown," as Winger says to Travolta not..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Wonders of the Invisible World: Stories

Mason West reviews David Gates' new collection of stories, The Wonders of the Invisible World.

"...he has promised her he would quit. She gets drunk even though she is pregnant, and then sneaks off..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Review by Mason West

Why Should Anyone Care Now?

"...Famous for their motto "Show up drunk, show up late, or don't show up at all,"..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Feature by Kent H. Benjamin

Book Reviews

Hangover Soup

"...Jay, her husband of five years, is a hopeless drunk who loves her deeply but loves alcohol and drugs..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Books Review

Texas Platters

The Rev. Horton Heat

"...well-defined in classic country jukebox numbers like "Take Me Drunk (I'm Home Again)." Neither overly slick nor a caricature..."

May 28, 1999 Music Review

BS4 Improv & Sketch Comedy Fest Schedule

Thursday, Apr 8

"...John Henry Faulk Living Theatre Spoo (Chicago, IL) Drunk Baby Collective (Minneapolis, MN)..."

April 9, 1999 Arts Feature

BS4 Improv & Sketch Comedy Fest Schedule

Fri, Apr 2 - Thu, Apr 8

"...John Henry Faulk Living Theatre Spoo (Chicago, IL) Drunk Baby Collective (Minneapolis, MN)..."

April 2, 1999 Arts Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...HAMMERLOCK: S.F.'s Hammerlock plays slobberin'-drunk double-barreled tube-top white-trash rock. Their Man's Ruin debut, American..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Get It While You Can

"...on generations of style-hounds and rock & rollers. Too drunk, too high, and maybe even too caught up in..."

March 19, 1999 Books Feature

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