Big Mischief

Like the protagonist in his latest novel, Miss Spellbinder's Point of View, novelist Edward Swift is still battling the "disease of the literal minded."

"...a particular gift for capturing the continuous low musical murmur of small-town gossip. ... He knows how stories seem..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

A Piece of Work

In her landscape narrative featuring two rows of large glass bottles, each filled with soil samples collected on a trip from Texas to California and labeled with a description of the soil's composition, artist Kate Catterall suggests her present-time impressions of each landscape, and hints at its history, both geologic and human.

"...both spiritual and physical, is distilled. Home: the constant murmur under the thoughts of every traveler. The poem's lines..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Arts Feature by Molly Beth Brenner

Remembrance of Flavors Past

Holiday food memories

"...commenced, Mother and I would tour the house and murmur the appropriate "ooohs" and "ahhhs" as we viewed Arletta's..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

'What Is Justice?'

A state program that enables offenders and their victims meet face-to-face has helped Andrew Papke take full responsibility for the drunken driving-related deaths of Beth Early and Daniel London.

"...neither one moves. It seems as if the slightest murmur would send them back to earth, where they will..."

Aug. 24, 2001 News Feature by Michael May

Wit: Who We Might Yet Become

Margaret Edson's drama Wit could be just another story about someone dying of a dreadful disease, but director Michael Bloom stages the State Theater Company production with the skilled and experienced hands of a surgeon and Megan Cole's striking performance as the terminally ill poetry scholar makes us face our own mortality and makes two hours feel like one.

"...And not a sound can be heard except the murmur of the audience. The overall impression is disturbingly peaceful,..."

May 25, 2001 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Fivehead Big Mistake Factory EP (Tight Spot)

"...singer-guitarist John Hunt's vocals so close to an amplified murmur that the song seems an internal conversation. But then..."

May 25, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Hess

Naked City

Council adopts the four-years-in-the-making Mueller redevelopment plan.

"...and green -- and it passed with barely a murmur. As everyone knew all along, it wasn't the plan..."

Dec. 8, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Postmarks

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

"...use, one can expect moderates, libs, and leftists to murmur something about disproportionality, treatment vs. punishment, and mandatory minimums..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Column

Confessions of a Cowboy

Working a cattle drive in Texas in the 1870s probably wasn't like what you imagine; ask Frank Harris -- he was there and he knows.

"...using their long whips to control the animals. The murmur of hooves became a thunder, and then they were..."

May 26, 2000 Books Feature by James C. Simmons

All in The Timing: Word Up!

Ada Calhoun critiques the Fabulous and Ridiculous Theatre's production of All in the Timing

"...five people came out to take their bows, a murmur rose: Weren't there closer to a dozen actors?..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Playing Kissyface

Profile of eclecto-rockers Adult Rodeo

"...comes Mankins' whispery falsetto, which seem barely above a murmur. The song goes on in this way, pitting soft..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Manchester Perps

Interview with Chemical Brother Ed Simons.

"...Instead I murmur, "I'm sorry, I can't quite hear you?" aping her..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Little Fleshlets, On the Run

"...rustle of the breeze in the shrubbery and the murmur of my friends talking not far from where I..."

July 23, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Live Shots

"...the room filled and the volume of the general murmur rose, Scarborough didn't try to compete, preferring instead to..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Music Feature

The Making of Olympia

"...often in heat over 100 degrees, with never a murmur of complaint...."

Nov. 13, 1998 Screens Feature by Bill Stott

Postscripts

Bookstore Bidness Buzz

"...- has recently increased its hum to an audible murmur. Jody Kohn, director of PR for Borders, says that..."

April 10, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...about these Albertans. First are the arpeggiated chords from Murmur and Reckoning. It doesn't sound as fresh or exciting..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Reflections

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98

"...With the buzz on "independent film" turning from a murmur to a shout to a downright roar over the..."

March 20, 1998 Screens Feature

Texas Platters

"...brave are rewarded with a few treats: the R.E.M. Murmur-era harmony vocals on "Leaving the Past Behind"; the hyperkinetic..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Music Review

Slum, Sweet Slum?

An Annual Look at My Own Backyard

"...has changed a bit. Today, with the constant background murmur about empowering neighborhoods and building, or rebuilding, the city..."

Oct. 24, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

School of Thought

Montessori Eschews by-the-Book Teaching Methods

"...atmosphere prevails. Every corner of the campus seems to murmur, "This is not your mother's school," from the sun-filled..."

Sept. 26, 1997 News Feature by Roseana Auten

A Mistake Made With Kinkade?

A Business Principle Takes Out a School Principal

"...What was once a murmur in the early days of Fox's administration is growing..."

Aug. 22, 1997 News Feature

Scanlines

Mothering Heights

"...romanticize incestuous relationships between mothers and sons. Louis Malle's Murmur of the Heart focuses on a boy's sentimental education..."

May 12, 1995 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

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