Capitol Chronicle

Despite the hopeful numbers, the economic outlook on Main Street remains glum.

"...billion or so -- this year -- into the military-industrial complex is bound to create a few good-paying jobs...."

Nov. 21, 2003 News Column by Michael King

International Competition

Documentaries

"...apply to the film's overreaching attempt to condense the "drug-military-industrial complex in 'America's Finest City'" in 55 minutes and..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Short Cuts

New digs at dirt-cheap prices for filmmakers, plus Alan Watts' summer camp for kids, a free film series at UT, and some sticky fingers over at News 8 Austin.

"...quite a bit, actually, when it comes to the military-industrial complex, drawing attention away from Fearless Leader's asinine domestic..."

May 31, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Burning Down the Sixties

They don't normally let dogs in the LBJ Library and Museum, but after Chronicle writer Jesse Sublett explained that he was talking about James Ellroy, the demon dog of American literature, they graciously made an exception.

"...believe the single-gunman theory before I would believe the military-industrial complex theory. It's preposterous. "Gentlemen, I'll give you your..."

June 29, 2001 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Page Two

Sifting through the election fallout.

"...them, part of the war-making machinery and the ruling military-industrial complex. Forget that when it came to social and..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Theatre reviews! Film reviews! The Summer Smut Issue! Get your snipes here!

"...armies and guided missiles. However they profit from this military-industrial complex that Eisenhower warned us about. They cheerlead this..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Column

Apollo Creed

"...irrelevant, cosmic navel-gazing. A transparent diversionary tactic of the military-industrial complex. But have you ever seen the planet Earth..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Postmarks

"...change compared to what we've already squandered on our military-industrial complex. Sure looks like a win-win to me...."

Sept. 4, 1998 Column

Postmarks

Capital Metro Responds

"...breath of air, etc., will be worth a capitalist "fortune")=Military-Industrial Complex="666/Satan"=Nuclear Priesthood! (Our moon is composed totally of radioactive..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Column

Brouhaha Below the Border No Simple Answers

"...a rebel working for the greater glory of U.S. military-industrial capitalism and who uses the Cold War as his..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Arts Feature

The Hightower Report

A blanket of PR to make you want to hug a drone

"...Clearly, the drone-industrial-complex has a growing political problem. But, hey – in..."

March 22, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

Kambui Olujimi Speaks Art to Power in "Zulu Time"

This Brooklyn artist’s solo exhibition at the Blanton shows how those in power make sure the world runs on their watch

"...to better serve those in economic power. The prison-industrial complex, privatization of prisons, sex trafficking, sweatshop work – not..."

March 15, 2019 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Lenin'd last words, the derivation of skiddoo, and Wikipedia gets more cred than the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

"...Dr. Carol Rosin that the military, industrial, intelligence, laboratory complex would go from Cold War, to Rogue Nations, to..."

April 20, 2007 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Spotlights

SXSW Film Festival: Five in Focus

"...and societal liquor cabinet on this one, weaving a complex tale of a post-apocalyptic informational meltdown that leaves his..."

March 10, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Immaculate Perception

Author and Visionary Bruce Sterling

"...So, it's more complex than that. It's a difficult matter. I think that..."

April 18, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Vines of Ridicule

"...artist's cantos paralelos or parallel songs can be very complex at times, and each peels away the fine layers..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

22 to Think About

Austin Museum of Art shows new local art that engages the mind

"...the artist is the creator, the spider weaving its complex web...."

Aug. 26, 2005 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Keeping Busy

Armendariz moves from the EPA to the Sierra Club, still defending the environment

"...limit across an entire facility – especially a large, complex facility that has multiple boilers and multiple process units..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Film

Film Reviews

"...a handful of characters in a web so emotionally complex that occasionally the threads can't help but cross. It..."

Sept. 15, 1995 News Feature

Bigger, Better, Smarter

San Diego is everything Austin wants to be: livable, transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, and downtown-centric. But will tools that worked in the nation's largest border and military base town translate to Central Texas?

"...Mexican border. And it's home to the largest military complex on either shore of the Pacific Ocean. All quite..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Letters at 3AM: What Are Human Beings For?

No I, only robot

"..."Three-dimensional printing is capable of churning out an increasingly complex array of objects, and may soon move on to..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Eve of Destruction

Lawrence Wright on 'The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9 / 11'

"...been said that George W. Bush has a "daddy complex." Would you say the same about Osama bin Laden..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Books Feature by Taylor Holland

From Tokyo to Austin

The Japanese argument for the TPP and bullet trains

"...of negotiating a 12-nation trade treaty has been mind-numbingly complex and secretive, with the full text still not available...."

Aug. 15, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...Canadian – though her collab with Austin's BLK ODYSSY ("Complex of Killing a Man") is hard to top.  –..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Life's Enriched Pageant

Good design, like good air, helps you breathe a little easier, and here are a few Austinites who are helping us all breathe easier through their work as graphic designers.

"...will they be able to make it in the complex economic food chain that Austin is becoming? Is there..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup

Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days

"...and outs of escort review board culture, exposing the complexities of sexual power and social stigma in a post-#MeToo..."

April 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...outs of escort review board culture to expose deeper complexities of sexual power and social stigma in a post..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...Thu. 15, Cheer Up Charlies, 7:30pm Hannah Read's quietly complex indie rock compositions reflect her foundations in the tiny..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...raging through the fantasy realm of Darkon, investigating our complex relationship with fantasy and reality...."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

War Stories

From Austin to the Upper Peninsula to Afghanistan and back: Heather Courtney's long journey to arrive at Where Soldiers Come From

"...movie, that she set out to capture a more complex version of small towns, and particularly her hometown, than..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

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