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Spike Lee's Bamboozled, a satire about the return of the minstrel show on television, is a powerful indictment of the entertainment industry.

Critics say programs like Providence and Normal, Ohio play on the adult desire to recapture a happier time. But it's shows like The West Wing and Gideon's Crossing that really fill us with nostalgia.

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

The ultimate indie director shoots straight about breaking into the business, staying there, and loving it.

Yes, the merger of Austin's Paramount Theatre and State Theater Company is a business affair, but since theatres traffic in stories, human dramas that talk to us about life, this historic event deserves to be looked at as a story, the story of a wedding between two neighbors.

Snot-nosed Chronicle commentator Wayne Alan Brenner comments on the nature of mucous and somehow relates all this to one the great deities of the Roman Age. Okay!

City Council Member Gus Garcia retires after more than 30 years of public service

In Texas Prisons, It's Hard to Tell Who Your Enemies Are

Doug Sahm returns from beyond, MP3s shake up Austin music, Hip Hop meets R&B, and the Watermelon Saga continues...

Is it a coincidence that at the turn of the century, magic and the supernatural has made another appearance on TV?

Off the Desk

Spring Previews 2000

The Mercury enters a new orbit, how to build your own music festival, the Continental Club get's a new big brother, plus more food for thought about buildings and songs

Austinite Edward E. Toutant wants to be a millionaire : and in this interview, he tells of his near-miss adventure to get into the hottest seat on prime time.

The unlikely story behind the Austin-based black comedy, Natural Selection.

Gangsters, vampires, and conspiracy theories : the best television had to offer in 1999.

The world’s major corporations have realized that the media can be big money, and they have invested heavily.

Interview with radio-comedy pioneer Stan Freberg

Austin musician and Glass Eye expatriate Kathy McCarty sends greetings from the Sturgis, South Dakota, Black Hills Motor Classic & Rally, learns how to be a biker chick, and wishes we were there.

KJFK-FM fires conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, Daryl Janes goes to work for Comproller Carole Keeton Rylander, George W. Bush is still running for president

A timeline / discography of Doug Sahm

First, the good news ...

Second Place

Moving Violations

The Disco Box