Speed

Up With Downtown

"...It's a foundational principle of Smart Growth, its partisans say: Because doing business downtown costs..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

Changing of the Guard

"...an era," County Attorney Ken Oden declared on the phone the other day. The twang in his voice carried..."

Oct. 23, 1998 News Feature by Amy Smith

Election Coverage 1998

"...with information on all the candidates and issues. Their phone number is 451-6710. Project Vote Smart also has compiled..."

Oct. 9, 1998 News Feature

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...post-Cobain angst (complete with loud guitars and prodigious pop smarts), the Bay Area quartet had come to SXSW for..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

J.C. Herz's Multi-track Mind

Have We Become a Joystick Nation?

"...go down the street, you will see kids swiping smart cards through slots in arcade machines and watching 50..."

March 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Adrienne Martini

Postmarks

"...a cliquish, exclusive club seems calculated and malicious. Our phone number was on every piece of publicity that went..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Column

Postmarks

"...a cliquish, exclusive club seems calculated and malicious. Our phone number was on every piece of publicity that went..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Column

Future's So Brite

I Love the Scent of Burning Flesh...

"...with Brite over a fiery Thai dinner and via phone over the course of this year (as Exquisite Corpse's..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Audio, Audio

Books on Tape

"...Saturday night wedding. Sunday morning hangover. The phone rings at around 9am. It can't be anyone I..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Books Feature by Michael Bertin

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...stupidity of the police be inversely proportionate to the smarts of the killer? The film's screenplay offers a couple..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...stupidity of the police be inversely proportionate to the smarts of the killer? The film's screenplay offers a couple..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, June 3-9

"...epiphanies are only possible when you put away your phone and go completely offline for a while." She adds..."

June 3, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

hellsite.austin.gov

Everything needs to be online now. Austin is a world-renowned tech capital. Why can’t the city get it right?

"...But if you didn't have that person on the phone, you just had a list of dozens of PDFs..."

June 11, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...young Brooklyn couple head upstate to disconnect from their phones and reconnect with themselves. Cut off from their devices,..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Keep Calm and Party On

Everything you need to know to navigate SXSW Film

"...http://vsb.sxsw.com/, or via the SXSW Go app, available for iPhone, iPad, and Android...."

March 4, 2013 Screens Post

Tovo's Triumph

Place 3 winner pledges to look out 'for the public interest, not special interest'

"...was nailing down final details on the fieldwork and phone banking needed to close the deal on election day...."

June 24, 2011 News Feature by Amy Smith

Melodymaker

Slayer's oracle originates from Palestine, Texas, for 15 years now

"...reaching me in Palestine," replied Tom Araya over the phone in late July, pronouncing it "Pales-teen" in correcting me...."

Sept. 24, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Witty, Pretty People

The real deal on Austin as a reality TV casting mecca

"...for me," Lopez said of Top Shot in a phone interview from her Austin home. "I thought it would..."

April 2, 2010 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Tinkering With Death

Texas Defender Service attorney David Dow's memoir covers his his work defending the condemned

"...even where constitutional violations are egregious." Still, they are smart, he writes. "That means they are very good at..."

Feb. 22, 2010 Books Post by Jordan Smith

Cine las Americas Previews

"...dog? – while driving and reaching for her cell phone. (There's always a phone ringing somewhere in this movie,..."

April 17, 2009 Screens Feature

Letters at 3am

A bounty to getting older is that you grow tired of the uselessly dramatic aspects of yourself, and most of your fears evaporate

"...the bartender, Lofty, Sam, Andy, Debby, Jane, Juke, Milton. Smart, interesting, haunted folk. Finally, in no condition to drive,..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Democracy's Feet of Clay

AFS Documentary Tour presents Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?

"...Smith was just the kind of guy – smart, articulate, energetic, and a hardworking advocate for the disenfranchised,..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

After a Fashion

Stephen lines up some fat rails of white powder for deserving fundraisers

"...a pile of virtual messages, correspondence, press releases, and phone calls. Fortunately, dinnertime gave a lovely reprieve, and I..."

May 2, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Lake of Fire

Meat Puppets, Chapter 3: Curt and Cris Kirkwood, reunited, and it feels so good

"...24 hours before an anonymous call from a pay phone in Phoenix alerted the police. In response to the..."

July 20, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

We Have Met the Future, and It Is Us

Film on the Web, part II: the movies

"...Wilcox first told me about watching movies on cell phones. I'm sure of it, because I remember nearly snorting..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

On the Line, Two Shots

The Texas Documentary Tour revisits Steve James' 'Hoop Dreams'

"...There were times when Arthur's family didn't have a phone, which meant we had to stop by – usually..."

April 7, 2006 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

How to Read a Charter Amendment

Ballot language too confusing? Let us translate!

"...the Barton Springs Zone, such as solar energy rebates, SMART Housing incentives, and other rebates or subsidies; (d) make..."

March 17, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

After a Fashion

Stephen at ACL?! Were there buff men with rickshaws to cater to such VIPs?? Were they giving out free Prada??

"...go in around noon on Friday, but with my smart summery outfit wilting in the relentless heat, I just..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Following Tomstown's Money

It's election season in Texas. Are there indictments in the air?

"...Democrat (that's all we elect in Travis County), he's smart, he's impeccable – I got somebody I wanted."..."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Holiday Wish Lists 2002

Presents for public service

"...appointed rounds -- especially those that help fellow humans. Smart Santas also know that the end of the calendar..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Features Feature

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