Poetry in Prison

The Freehand Arts Project steps into the county jail

"...than a finger (lest they be labeled a weapon). Notebooks are forbidden. Most days in Carter's classroom, students read..."

Feb. 10, 2017 News Feature by Mary Bryce

Born to Run

Born to Run

"...Written over seven years – longhand, in the author's notebooks – Born to Run transcends mere fulfillment of fans'..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Music Review by Libby Webster

Cobalt Cracks the Crust

Enigmatic metallers make a rare Austin appearance

"...we’d cut and paste lyrics from either of our notebooks and see what happened...."

Aug. 31, 2016 Music Post by Michael Toland

ACL Review: Brand New

Sic Transit Gloria? Not yet.

"...who also spent their childhood scribbling lyrics in school notebooks. That didn’t look promising as they launched into opener..."

Oct. 10, 2015 Music Post by Abby Johnston

The Outskirts of Hope

Jo Ivester launches civil rights-era memoir

"...after several years, having amassed a pile of handwritten notebooks a foot high, she felt her task was done;..."

April 14, 2015 Arts Post by Jessi Cape

We Remember What the Dormouse Said

Ten authors cut you a little slice of their own personal Wonderlands

"...you can eyeball photos of the actual Alice Liddell, notebooks filled by C. L. Dodgson, various antique English editions..."

March 31, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Strong and Talented and Young

Austin's Raw Paw collective inhales life, exhales art

"...writer, and we had, you know, a lot of notebooks filled with half-baked ideas...."

Dec. 26, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

So This Is Permanence

Move over Kurt Cobain Journals

"...This Is Permanence. Sourced by the Joy Division frontman's notebooks, this clothbound hardcover spans the British quartet's brief career,..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Letters at 3AM: A Long Goodbye

In the first of four parting columns, Michael Ventura announces his decision to end his bieweekly column

"...My reasons have titles: The Dragon, The Poetry and Notebooks of Mario Berlotti, Mook, The Other Mary, The Walls..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

U2

"...Bono to cobble together any cohesion from his lyric notebooks. Ireland's conquering quartet thus moves from contemporary rock band..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Tarantino Sits in 'The Director's Chair'

Robert Rodriguez puts the spotlight on his old friend for El Rey

"...credit. It's anecdotes like that – many drawn from notebooks Rodriguez has kept over the years – that seem..."

Aug. 13, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chaotic Platters

"...composite turns acerbic with a backhand endorsement of Moleskine notebooks. From skittish garage-blues ("Duckin and Dodgin") to pale blue-eyed..."

May 23, 2014 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Pat Snow: Monologue

The exhibition weaves anecdotes into a story of the artist's life and also his creative range

"...vignettes – quotes and quips spanning decades of Snow's notebooks, which provided the source material – cover an entire..."

May 2, 2014 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood

Gary Floater: A Hero Never Learns

Owen Temple lookalike pretends not to care but does, no joke

"...If Bill needs more songs, I have thousands of notebooks full of songs for those willing to pay...."

April 1, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Playback: Mother Falcon vs. Scottish Rite Theater

Mother Falcon's open letter to the Scottish Rite, Frontier Bar's transformation into Lost Well, and soul man Bobby Patterson

"...guitarist for the Relatives, to glimpse his many weathered notebooks of sharp-witted rhymes. Ernst then helped him shape them..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Lege's Final Days

May 21, 2013. 17 photos.

"...South Austin, sits at her desk piled with three-ring notebooks...."

May 28, 2013 Photo Gallery

Linklater Loses Insurance Lawsuit

Director will not be paid for lost archive

"...he noted that it contained an "extensive series of notebooks, working drafts, memos, scripts and books with handwritten annotations,..."

May 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mother-Daughter Dance

Anuradha Naimpally and Purna Bajekal are of two generations, but they share one timeless tradition

"...number of steps to take, crouching side-by-side over their notebooks to review the choreography. They converse (in English for..."

March 29, 2013 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Pogue Mahone Pickles Wins National Good Food Award

Austin picklers also acclaimed by colorful Irishman

"...taking copious notes on the process. I have crazy notebooks going back twelve years, just full of madness!” he..."

Jan. 29, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Beck

"...The Green Box with replicas of his art, sketches, notebooks, etc. His radical vision blooms as relevant as ever..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Music Review by Graham Reynolds

Point Austin: The Law Is a Ass

The Great Open Meetings Scandal comes to its legalized conclusion

"...spent on a flock of lawyers plowing through emails, notebooks, calendars, phone records, and recollections, Travis County Attorney David..."

Oct. 26, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Tom Huck: 'Hillbilly Kama Sutra'

Raise a jug of moonshine to printmaker Huck for his exquisite care in depicting backwoods redneck sex

"...of such detailed balance and impact, outside the coveted notebooks of, say, Robert Crumb or Jim Rugg – and..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Overthinking Man's Fighter

Floyd Patterson biographer W.K. Stratton explains the appeal of boxing's gentleman eccentric

"...after knocking him out. He filled attentive sports writers' notebooks with musings about his self-doubt and his failings as..."

July 6, 2012 Books Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Experience Joy

The quality comedy at SXSW 2012 is worth making extra time for

"...letters to his parents from teachers, and high school notebooks – like a performance on Mortified by a stand-up..."

March 16, 2012 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

Beauty Is Embarrassing: The Art of Wayne White

White's phrases painted meticulously onto found artworks leave us at a loss for words

"...of art books, specifically, comprising works from ancient Leonardo's notebooks and last century's Bauhaus architecture to yesterday's brightest spray..."

March 16, 2012 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Notes from a Kitchen?

You don't have to be Prince to call it foodsexy.

"...flooded by and overlaid with the innards of chefs' notebooks:The chefs' thoughts, their plans, their menu-tweakings, their endless ingredient..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Letting the Monster Out of the Box

Did Spalding Gray have any secrets left for his journal?

"...thousands of pieces of Gray's writing, from journals to notebooks to performance notes...."

Oct. 21, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Bedside Manner: Chasing the 'Infinite' Dragon

What do you read next when you really, really loved what you last read?

"...should return in September with a new haircut, crisp notebooks, newfound romantic confidence, and an effortless comprehension of every..."

Oct. 17, 2011 Books Post by Sarah Smith

Res Publica

Civic calendar of events, Aug. 18-25

"...to school will not be taxed this weekend: clothes, notebooks, crayons, glue, etc. See a complete list of tax-free..."

Aug. 19, 2011 News Column

We Can't Go Home Again

Piecing through Nicholas Ray's archive at the HRC

"...his life and all the problems he had." Journals, notebooks, sketches, storyboards, script ideas, address books, teaching notes, correspondence,..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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