After the Wedding

An expat Danish aid worker in Mumbai returns to Copenhagen to meet with a benefactor, only to discover that the world is even smaller than it seems.

"...and condemnation. Maybe Carl Dreyer, who was putting a patent on emotionally oppressive films before films were making sound,..."

May 25, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

After a Fashion

Stephen goes green and manages to work both Maureen and Scarlett O'Hara into the same bit

"...pencil skirt and peplum cinched in with a narrow patent leather belt. The suit had a stand-up collar and..."

May 25, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Dead Silence

A supernatural thriller about a ventriloquist who goes mad, from the team that brought us Saw.

"...of American Grand Guignol. All three directors are such patent horror geeks that if it weren't for timeless popularity..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Get Visionary With Me Here

We are no longer pioneers of the digital age. We're miners.

"...living in a gated community built by an eccentric patent-medicine mogul in 1903. It's a belle epoque Spanish, Moorish,..."

March 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Bruce Sterling

The Hightower Report

Farmer David fights Monsanto Goliath; and it's not torture if Bush says it's not

"...Monsanto's hired spies found that some of the corporation's patented, genetically altered canola plants were in Percy's fields and..."

July 2, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

About AIDS

"...most people, especially young people, would. Unfortunately, because of patent disputes and profit angles, that isn't likely to happen..."

April 19, 2002 Column by Sandy Bartlett

The Hightower Lowdown

Less Muckraking, More Fluffmaking; Battling Biopiracy

"...of old. Instead, they hide behind a battalion of patent lawyers, who do their dirty work for them...."

Nov. 10, 2000 News Column by Jim Hightower

Food-o-File

Upcoming food and wine festivals, updates on local culinary news.

"...is the guest of the Coalition Against the Rice-Tec Patent (CARTP) and UT Students for Nonviolence. The focus of..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Still Hazy After All These Years

The Seventies may be long gone, but counterculture comedian Tommy Chong is still here and still doing what he loves: smoking dope, playing music, and making people laugh.

"...as much as they're looking for a way to patent the cure. There are trees and plants that could..."

April 21, 2000 Arts Feature

The Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

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

"...bull,'" says Cryer. "The ol' boy that owned the patent for that bull [Joe Turner], he lived out in..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Blattidae in the Park

"...wider, about three inches long, with a sort of patent-leather-looking helmet covering their roachy little heads, and possess the..."

April 30, 1999 Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

All the Pain Platinum Can Buy

"...of drug that cures cancer and I've got the patent." Even with those nameless, faceless replacement killers on their..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

"...bawdy, wisecracking roles on which she owns a virtual patent) and her protective 11-year-old son (Pagan). Though most of..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Austin Chronic: Crying at a SXSW Panel About Psychedelics

The power of healing evokes feelings on a trip down to the conference

"...I’m mistrustful of the business community that’s moved to patent aspects of naturally occurring substances with ancient practices. So..."

March 21, 2025 Column by Kevin Curtin

Damien Chazelle and the Fall of Silent Hollywood in Babylon

The director talks falling stars and the great studio inversion of 1927

"...vagabonds, a lot of immigrants, early filmmakers fleeing the patent trusts from the East Coast, even, you could argue..."

Dec. 22, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Homelessness and Mobility Top District 5 and 8 Issues

A southwest state of mind

"...report of over $100,000 on hand. Richard Smith, a patent attorney, former judge, and member of the Oak Hill..."

Aug. 26, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...was the first audio trademark accepted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The network began using it in..."

May 13, 2022 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Public Notice: Helping the Helpers

"...Maria Elena Bottazzi for their work creating Corbevax, a patent-free COVID-19 vaccine. Tickets start at $150, at austinpcc.org...."

May 6, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

TikTok Talents, Metal Gods and Comedy Provocateurs Added as SXSW Keynotes and Speakers

With a week to go, the fest expands its speaker and podcast list

"...Knight as they take a journey through the zeitgeist-iest (patent pending) of film, TV and comics, with fandom knowledge..."

March 1, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Lord Friday the 13th Album Review

Irrational Anthems

"..."Patent Leather" delivers a glossy mask to the crew's self-proclaimed..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Music Feature by Morgan-Taylor Thomas

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Philip Vaughan was the first person to receive a patent for the ball bearing...."

Jan. 8, 2021 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Ben Kweller hits the Continental Club stage, Threadgill's auctions some history, and more

"...polished and waxed for hygienic ears only. Music tech patent holder and longtime Austinite Jim Van Buskirk drums with..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Texas Monthly's Taco Editor on the Past, Present, & Future of the American Taco

Q&A with José R. Ralat, the man with one of the most envied titles in town

"...researching – I spent eight hours going through the patent office's online database. It was a wonderful day. It..."

April 22, 2020 Food Post by Lina Fisher

Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's Recalls the Moment Her Band Topped the Charts in 1981

Austin born and raised, Valentine and the girls reigned with Beauty & the Beat – as excerpted from her new memoir All I Ever Wanted

"...on a Go-Go's T-shirt and a pair of red patent leather stilettos and tried to freshen up my makeup..."

April 17, 2020 Music Feature by Kathy Valentine

One in a Crowd: "A Grievance With Gravity"

Help this local short about feeling out of place raise essential funds

"...Zoe (Kelsey Thomas, who starred in Horan’s first film..."

Dec. 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Death Watch: Is Randall Mays "Competent" to Die?

Trial court stays execution to consider if he's mentally unfit, again

"...as long. He believes he has been awarded a patent on a device that would put the oil and..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Roosevelt Room Stands Its Ground in a New Downtown

How the right lease negotiations kept the Fifth Street bar in business

"...and innovative bar tools and were going through the patent process when they first heard about 307 W. Fifth...."

July 12, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

What If Your Contact Lenses Could Change with the Light?

Acuvue debuts Oasys with Transitions, all eyes breathe a sigh of relief

"...also, our partner Transitions Optical is the authority and patent-owner on a lot of photochromic additives...."

April 3, 2019 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Startup Home Run Dugout Steps Up to the Plate

Pre-booking is open for the Dell Diamond facility in advance of baseball’s opening day

"...facility – think Topgolf, but for baseball. Utilizing a patent-pending proprietary pitching machine, Hermandorfer and Bambrick say their technology-driven..."

March 1, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

Pre-holiday travel tips

"...Legislature. The new moniker became official when the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office approved the city’s application to trademark..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

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