Dancing About Architecture

SXSW 02 is over -- finally

"...at 6pm. Finally, from RoadStar's Luis Zapata comes the (unsolicited) news that "rock shows [have been] declared cultural events..."

March 22, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Jello Biafra@La Zona Rosa

Live Shot

"...revival atmosphere in which converts are compelled to spew unsolicited bumper sticker hosannas of agreement. Both speak with a..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Music Review by Greg Beets

Marilyn Rucker Tea Pot Lady (Furry Gecko)

"...closer "Email Legends," a run through all the amazing, unsolicited "true" facts one gets through their electronic mail. It's..."

May 25, 2001 Music Review by Ken Lieck

Who Owns Sixth Street

Is Austin's Sixth Street Entertainment District undergoing an identity crisis? -- and who are the designated shrinks?

"...that business and property owners have grown weary of unsolicited advice. "There will be some heartburn because you are..."

May 4, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

U2 Rattle and Hum (Island)

The U2 Catalog

"...What I'm Looking For," the remedial three-chorder "Desire," the unsolicited sequel to the John Lennon opus "God Part II,"..."

March 30, 2001 Music Review by Michael Bertin

Dispatches From the Edge

Rounding Up the 2001 FronteraFest Long Fringe

"...wants to give this script a fuller production. My unsolicited advice: Don't. At the curtain call, the actors looked..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Best Bites

The Cuisines Staff Noshes Through 2000

"...was more surprised that I was to find an unsolicited upscale mail-order product on this list but the stellar..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Short Cuts

To the eyes of Austin animator Bob Sabiston, those ubiquitous Earthlink.com commercials by Klasky Csupo Inc. (the creators of Rugrats) look an awful lot like the work created by his proprietary software, which is being used in the new Richard Linklater feature Waking Life.

"...did send me a check, actually, but it was unsolicited and I haven't cashed it. Right now, I'm just..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Coach's Corner

Coach is having none of this "Subway Series" BS. Only question is: Which team does he hate the most?

"...the Yankees, might be an excellent subway start." These unsolicited e-mails are typical examples of the extraordinary, unprecedented venom..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Coach's Corner

Coach weighs in on a couple of sports-related lawsuits, and the presidential race.

"...-- and not at all reluctant -- to dispense unsolicited advice to Phil Jackson, Paul Tagliabue, Scottie Pippen, Bud..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Heaven's Metal

Austin Christian metal magazine is a must-read to those moshing for Jesus

"...even a year later, there are still Christians offering unsolicited prayer and barraging him with nasty notes -- plus..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Dear Everyone ...

Online Diarists Show Us a Little More

"...with the audience. It's common for readers to offer unsolicited advice, or attempt to make exposure a two-way street..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Screens Feature by Kim Mellen

Monster Achievement

Diablo 2 Lives Up to the Hype

"...beta of the game (which were distributed among an unsolicited sign-up pool of 138,495 wannabe game testers), anticipation and..."

April 28, 2000 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

Dancing About Architecture

The usual suspects return: Miles Zuniga, Daniel Johnston, Sandra Bullock, Bob Schneider, and the Asylum Street Spankers; also, Patti Smith returns to Austin for SXSW, as do a bunch of other people.

"...as in the tale of Bullock's horror over receiving unsolicited attention from the National Enquirer under the headline "Sandra..."

March 10, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Coach's Corner

Gratuitous media guides and preseason games.

"...I receive unsolicited football media guides -- useless to me -- from..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Articulations

Eulogy for an Empty House

"...gathered to pay their respects. The next day, this unsolicited account of that party arrived at my desk. Big-hearted..."

July 9, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Coach's Corner

"...she won. Still, I felt for Hingis. Here's some unsolicited advice: Don't change, just learn. Understand that the reason..."

June 11, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...St. Louis, showed up in San Antonio with an unsolicited performance review of VIA, San Antonio's public transportation authority...."

March 26, 1999 News Feature

The Net

A Brief History of the Internet

"...five before you get your first piece of "spam" (unsolicited commercial e-mail, or UCE)...."

Jan. 1, 1999 Screens Feature by John Avignone

Food-O-File

"...format. All reviews are assigned; we do not purchase unsolicited reviews from freelance writers...."

March 13, 1998 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Visions of This Town

Max Crace & the 1998 Austin Guitar Calendar

"...has indeed become the SIMS Foundation's "Year of the Unsolicited Offer." First, in March, Wimmer got a call from..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Fox Faux Pas

Staffing Changes and Low Morale at Fox-7 News

"...GQ, where he received what he says was an unsolicited offer "in the six figures, to write five to..."

Sept. 26, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

The Road to Publication

The University of Texas Press

"...keeps only about 5% of all the solicited and unsolicited projects deposited in her mailbox daily. She tells potential..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Bunnies and Bongs

Getting Your Band Noticed: Promotional Gimmicks

"...The practice of sending unsolicited junk to print and radio is fairly widespread and..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

You Are What You Art

"...then, a huge accidental art collection, a hodgepodge of unsolicited gifts? What sort of mind -- let alone house..."

July 11, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

The Musical Middle Class

Shawn Colvin May Live in Austin, But She Resides in...

"...at that. Even more pertinent, though, can be the unsolicited and perhaps unrealistic expectations of others --those on the..."

Jan. 31, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Let's Fix That

How New Plays Are Developed in Austin

"...or the Seattle Repertory Theatre, that usually don't accept unsolicited scripts...."

Oct. 18, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Cyberculture Evolution

From Zines to Zen With R.U. Sirius and Jon Lebkowsky

"...weren't that great, so we decided not to take unsolicited fiction. The fiction editor morphed into the Cyborganic Jivemeister,..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Screens Feature

Wing Commander IV

"...and apparently a sense of humor as well, since unsolicited comic appraisal flows freely from those age-old commentators, the..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Screens Feature

Coach's Corner

"...me." Coloradans are accustomed to loud-mouthed Texans and their unsolicited, if well-meaning, opinions. Still, the elderly couple left the..."

July 26, 1996 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

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