Food-o-File

Sam Eaves swims for another shore, Central Texas barbecue is hotter than ever, and your Valentine's Day is all taken care of

"...Quality Seafood News..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

After a Fashion

"...itself was a fabulous success, with much of the local glitterati in attendance, as well as actress/model Estella Warren,..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

TV Eye

Happy 300th, The Simpsons.

"...and just-plain-fun adult cartoon. How many other shows in television history can claim to have accomplished as much?..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Food-o-File

"Food-o-File" sets sail with news about food cruises & more tamales.

"...I'm getting ahead of myself, and this piece of news really isn't about me at all. Early in the..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

After a Fashion

Stephen takes you to the Emmy's and deems them not worthy of any particular awards. Plus, a local retail roundup and more!

"...It was a charming exhibit featuring a range of local talent ... My good friend DJ Sliver was pleased..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Dancing About Architecture

Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital...

"...announce that the show had acquired its first major local underwriter, Schlotzsky's. The company is expected to prove an..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Scary Stories for the Thinking Man

Director Guillermo del Toro keeps company with the undead in two new films, Blade 2 and The Devil's Backbone.

"...these blood-soaked shots will ever make it into the local cineplex. This is horror at its most extreme, outlandish,..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

The Austin music scene benefits the Red Cross.

"...size, another Sixth Street music venue, Lucy's, caused much local jaw-droppage when their multi-band benefit Saturday brought in more..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

TV Eye

Zen and the art of Samurai cartoonage

"...episodes air Mondays beginning Aug. 13 at 7pm. Check local listings to confirm air dates and times.Fan-Addicts Unite! It..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

After a Fashion

What's this we hear about a new studio next to the Continental Club, and what well-known out-of-towner is involved?

"...WHAT ABOUT BOB? We caught up with local artiste (video, photo, music) Bob Sherman. He had work..."

July 20, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Right Man for the Job

Charlie Robison says 'fuck everybody.'

"...a booking deal with the William Morris Agency. The news landed him on the cover of Pollstar, the concert..."

June 29, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

After a Fashion

Our resident fashionista delivers a play-by-play account of the newest (fictional) reality game, Shopping Survivor; he also recommends the straight-to-video feature Intern, a bitchy, insidery take on the high-fashion industry, and Swap & Bop, an open-air flea market / music event at Waterloo Brewing Company this Saturday.

"...to tests every bit as grueling as those the television show contestants endured -- and they do it in..."

June 8, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Postmarks

The union's due, the boys in blue, The Sopranos' view, and Miracle Mike takes it on the, um, chin.

"...when I was elected Chief Steward of the CWA Local 6132 in Austin...."

April 13, 2001 Column

Chick Flick

Who amongst ye could have conjured Mainer Janet Bonney's true chicken story? Mark Lewis' documentary The Natural History of Chickens, playing on Wednesday at the Alamo Drafthouse as part of the Texas Documentary Tour, features real-life stories of fowl play so strange they must be true.

"...Valerie's recovery makes headlines -- a nice counterpoint to news of the O.J. trial that was going on at..."

April 6, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Dancing About Architecture

NXNW news; speak of the devil and Chris Gates shall appear.

"...for a new home while she's up there.) Those locals join some 310 other acts, from former Austinite Danny..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

TV Eye

Emmy Awards wrap-up, plus the skinny on Buffy the Vampire Slayer's season premiere and Live Free or Die, part of PBS' POV documentary series.

"...to ignore them like it tried to ignore cable television and the Fox Network? Not that every new thing..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Naked City

State employees get the shaft again; the last vacancy in the pool of City Council aides has been filled; the Austin Lesbian/Gay Political Caucus is giving Dr. Laura some guff.

"...I-35 for a new job at The Dallas Morning News......"

July 14, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

What It Is

Edie Brickell returns to tell the world what she is.

"...and the Grateful Dead stateside. A year of interviews, television appearances, and small club tours later, left Brickell exhausted..."

June 2, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...of weeks back I popped in over at my local java hole -- Ruta Maya -- and noticed that..."

May 19, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Readers take us (and each other) to task over mistaken identites and misguided ideas.

"...within minutes of returning from the taping of a television show where I was speaking for the vice-prez, I'm..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Column

Dancing About Architecture

New Year's New Clubs, New Arrangements for the Austin Music Network and, well, News.

"...start the new year out right -- not with news of club closings, but with announcements of new ones..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

How the WTO touches our readers' lives; and other hot-button issues like film reviews, bikes, and Kevin Fullerton.

"...Organization meetings in Seattle. The WTO, speaking in Orwellian newspeak, has almost completed a global power structure policed by..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Column

Festival of Lite

Arts writer Robi Polgar finds the true meaning of Chanukah, if not the true spelling ...

"...And television? Don't get me started. Everywhere you look: Christmas specials,..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Features Feature by Robi Polgar

Tiger Cry

Baseball enthusiast Lisa Tozzi takes a trip to Detroit and memory lane as she visits Tiger Stadium on the eve of its destruction.

"...you wouldn't know it from the bulk of the television, magazine, and newspaper coverage during the stadium's final year...."

Oct. 15, 1999 Sports Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Page Two

Close your eyes in Portland, and it sounds a lot like Austin.

"...good time, working hard but enjoying the process. The news from Austin is good, my family doing well. So..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Still Pissed

"...for. Starting at the bottom of the heap with local city councils all the way on up to higher..."

July 9, 1999 Column

Huckleberry Minh: A Walk Through Dreamland

"...in Georgia, where I was taught, we received our news about sex through Coach Chonko, a man who choked..."

May 28, 1999 Books Review

Further Reflections

"...safely in the can -- from silent films, historic newsreels, and a succession of state-of-the-art film advances -- was..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

Food-O-File

"...Guerra, produced cookbooks that are companion volumes to PBS television cooking programs. Herbalist Lucinda Hutson put out the second..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Postmarks

Turner Is Worthy

"...a pedal model but not in the Nashville style). Local legend and former Chronicle employee Herb Steiner (Texas Pedal..."

Sept. 25, 1998 Column

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