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July 8, 2011 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants
After a Fashion
When Stephen is not getting his hair styled, he is watching TV
"...very chic short hairstyle. But she is one tough babe, and no glossy veneer can cover up the slightly..."
May 13, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
From the Watergate Break-in to a Broken News Media
Key players in All the President's Men reflect on what 35 years have wrought
"...to be interested in is whether Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's home run record. Besides, it's dirty tricks, and..."
April 15, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
First We Take the Convention Center
Texas Rollergirls explode into the 2011 season
"...Before the night, Babe Ruthless of the Hustlers said her team's tactic was..."
Feb. 25, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker
Bumpy Ride
Is Carnival Magic the weirdest movie ever made for kids?
"...same cast and make something along the lines of Babe: Pig in the City, but with a chimp. It..."
Dec. 10, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Psychotic Reaction
Golden Boys ringleader John Wesley Coleman indulges his compulsion
"..."Ooh Basketball" is four lines about basketball; "Get High Babe," well ... you get the point. The LP closes..."
Nov. 12, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder
Bad Lady Goes to Jail
"...raucous Memphis R&B; "My Friend Dan" and "Get High Babe" offer blown-out 1960s psychedelia. Bad Lady Goes to Jail..."
Nov. 12, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell
Off the Record
Scott Newton and Ginger Leigh go under the lens
"..."Spit on a Stranger," "Cut Your Hair," and "Summer Babe," offset by leader Stephen Malkmus' indie guitar heroics on..."
Oct. 1, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell
Pink and Black Threepeat
Hotrod Honeys keep the Texas Rollergirls title
"...both teams practicing pummeling defensive derby, both Molotov and Babe Ruthless got vital points on the board, bringing the..."
July 26, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker
TXRG Playoff Postgame
Hotrod Honeys and Hustlers head to July title bout
"...up with seven points and a grand slam from Babe Ruthless and a quick four-pointer from powerhouse jammer Molotov..."
May 24, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker
To London, With Love
Texas Rollergirls make history and cross oceans
"...never heard a place so loud. When they announced Babe Ruthless, it hit the fan. Lady Stardust? They loved..."
April 6, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker
Rolling Into 2010
Hotrod, Heartbreakers take first wins of the TXRG regular season
"...Molotov M. Pale plus pinch jamming from the real Babe Ruthless, the Hustlers were nipping at their heels. Yet..."
March 29, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker
Off the Record
The Parlor family serves pizza by the slice at the Monarch, Zeale gets down with Grooveline Horns, and crunching numbers for South by Southwest
"...recordings from the release show for 1995's Backfeed Magnet Babe at Liberty Lunch. "It took a full afternoon of..."
Jan. 15, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell
Tough Enough
Whip It director Drew Barrymore and scribe Shauna Cross roll with the punches
"...Bodeen, Texas, who straps on her skates to become Babe Ruthless, the ass-kicking jammer for the Hurl Scouts banked-track..."
Oct. 2, 2009 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Gender Studies
Kino goes back to the classroom with How to Be a Man and How to Be a Woman
"...her slip showing, and a sweater big enough for Babe Ruth."..."
Oct. 2, 2009 Screens Feature by James Renovitch
Media Watch: Animal Stories and Snacking Trends
If you think TV news is quite dumb enough – you have no idea
"...TV into YouTube classics. She eagerly sheds the serious news-babe role she played as the lead anchor on KXAN..."
Sept. 25, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Brass
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Eating feces, rubbing humps, and much more
"...During the 1927 season, Babe Ruth routinely rubbed the back of the Yankees' bat..."
July 10, 2009 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants
I Write the Folk Songs
From 1980s MTV Robert Plant look-alike to New Age icon, Marshall Styler knows his way around an eBay melody
"...Lady" beat ZZ Top to the tube for the babe-with-big-hair-in-a-tough-car video. "Little Lady" went to No. 68 on the..."
July 3, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Flat-Out on the Track
Make-or-break bouts give Hustlers, Hotrod Honeys season advantages
"...line-up, with co-captain Das-It absent from the track and Babe Ruthless out with a spinal injury. But even if..."
June 10, 2009 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker
The Pajama Game
St. Ed's gives this Fifties musical an energetic revival – in Act I, at least
"...stories, one between new Superintendent Sid (Andrew Cannata) and Babe (Sherry Mauch), the head of the workers grievance committee,..."
April 24, 2009 Arts Review by Barry Pineo
Carnival Ah!
ACC's central campus becomes a cultural extravaganza of music, theatre, and more
"...including his ex-wife Nadine Eckhardt, former Texas Sen. A.R. "Babe" Schwartz, and writers Gary Cartwright, Don Graham, Kay Northcott,..."
April 3, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Legends of Texas Letters Reflect on 'The Gay Place'
ACC's Carnival ah! hosts a Billy Lee Brammer retrospective
"...Bullet Meant for Me); and former state legislator A.R. "Babe" Schwartz, who helped lead the Killer Bees in its..."
March 31, 2009 Books Post by Kimberley Jones
Under the Stars and Maybe Some Space Aliens
The LBJ Library screens sci-fi classics
"...any monster kid or film studies major: sexy space babe Anne Francis and Robby the Robot battling it out..."
March 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
On the Frontera
Puppies, South Padre, and more from the front
"...country was put a little ayuk-sint in yore voice? Babe, you may have Texas blood but country ain’t your..."
Dec. 1, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser
The Next Fun Fearless Female Rock Star
Austin's now generation comes of age in Suzanna Choffel
"...sing Bonnie Raitt and Bessie Smith blues jams at Babe's on Sixth Street. The budding singer then attended college..."
Nov. 28, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
The Hightower Report
Help Stop Mountaintop-Mining Madness; and Pricing Fans Out of the Game
"...known as "the house that Ruth built," because the Babe drew thousands of working-class fans to each game, filling..."
Nov. 14, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower
Black Belt of the Rodeo
Paula Nelson will kick your ass
"...recent CD, Lucky 13, with cover "It Ain't Me, Babe," new tune "Riddles and Rhymes," and classic duet "Jackson."..."
Oct. 10, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
They're a Little Odd and Don't Know It
Randy Newman likes Billy Joel?
"...RN: Yeah, the song for Babe: Pig in the City that I wrote for [Peter]..."
Sept. 19, 2008 Music Feature by Robert Faires
7 and 7 Is
'Doves,' 'Silent Grips,' the Young, Camp X-Ray, and Country E.P.
"...Texas campfire. With their debut collaboration, Country E.P. (Righteous Babe), the two songwriters take turns leading each other on..."
Sept. 19, 2008 Music Review by Austin Powell
Playing Through
The Texas Rollergirls on Sarah Palin and what it takes to be both tough and feminine
"...bitchy. Smart but not brainy. Becoming but not a babe...."
