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Coach's Corner
Coach is having none of this "Subway Series" BS. Only question is: Which team does he hate the most?
"...pastime. Indeed, Yankee-hating is as American as a steamed hot dog with sweet pickle relish. If there's one characteristic..."

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

Postmarks
"If you fail light rail again, you've sealed your fate to sucking a tailpipe and damned your city's 21st century global position."
"...don't even know where they're going to put the damn thing yet except that it's going up somewhere between..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Column

Postmarks
Light Rail, Green Politics, and much ado about the city's growing pains.
"...would leave. Only those who really love this region, hot weather and all, would remain...."

Oct. 13, 2000 Column

Too Much Caffeine Woman
Watching Jean Caffeine's eyes light up.
"...-- trips to Orange County notwithstanding -- it's a damn good life, not one she's slept through at all...."

Oct. 13, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Bobby Lee Carter and the Hand of God
When Miss Lena came home from visiting her sister in Jackson and found out Bobby Lee Carter had hanged a man from her sycamore tree, she left the breakfast dishes unwashed in the sink for the first time in her life.
"...dogs and horses could get a drink on a hot day. Before long a couple folks heard the noise..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Features Feature by Susan Schorn

For the Good Times
The Life and Times of Texas country crooner, Ray Price.
"...Duncan. There are backing vocals by Mandy Barnett, guest shots by guitarists Jesse Dayton and Junior Brown, and as..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Music Feature by David Cantwell

Dancing About Architecture
Carrie Clark quits Sixteen Deluxe; Sire Records is in a muddle.
"...as cute as Carrie, but he does have a damn fine voice!..."

June 30, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Prepare for Departure
Mueller Airport Redevelopment Project Inches Toward Council Approval
"...less likely that Stratus -- or, for that matter, damn near any local developer -- would be the best..."

June 30, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks
Raves for Marc Savlov's recent article on Ecstasy.
"...of opinion is sickening. Remember, it is just the goddamn opinion page, a place for free exchange of opinion!..."

June 23, 2000 Column

Six Degrees of Ron Berry
With another acting job in a new play, his own new theatre about to open, his own stage company that champions theatre as something fun as well as substantive, and a lot of friends to help him make "good stuff" onstage, is Ron Berry the Happiest Man in Austin?
"...or it's probably not going to be worth a damn -- but it's the way you bust your back..."

June 16, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Media Clips
Although he's catching heat in the national media, here in Texas, Bush has been given kid-glove treatment by the media.
"...love with his main opponent. There was even that damn Yankee who sprung the foreign leaders pop quiz on..."

May 12, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

Evil New Yorkers and Bit-Whoredom
They're horrible! They're evil, mean, and terrible! They're New Yorkers! They're the Fabulous and Ridiculous Theatre, and they're giving laid-back Austin a shot of scrappy, sophisticated, lowbrow, smart-ass theatre.
"...say that his belly button was "where the Yankees shot him."..."

April 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

D'Angelo, Paramount Theater, Oakland, Calif., April 5
"...president), and a predominantly black population hungry for a hot, steaming slice of D'Angelo. On the first of two..."

April 21, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Speaking in Tongues
When Dan Dietz 'lets go,' he turns gibberish into art. And he proves it in the Salvage Vanguard Theater production of MacWellman's nonsense play Terminal Hip.
"...Still, Terminal Hip was a piece that Dietz was hot to do, and Neulander believed the timing was right..."

March 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Favorite Finds
Restaurants You Shouldn't Miss
"...lunchtime blue-plates, the correct "soppin' option" is always the steaming-hot lunch rolls, which easily beats store-bought tortillas and saltines..."

March 17, 2000 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

SXSW Music Festival
Picks & Sleepers
"...as a Fucking Asshole" and "Honey I Shit the Hot Tub," (Flamingo Cantina, 9pm-Midnight) -- Greg Beets..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

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.
"...of her native New York, and that she was damn serious in her adulation of Zuniga. "She had all..."

March 10, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Coach's Corner
Coach weighs in on UT men's basketball (still lacks reliable offense), Super Bowk 34 (the Tennessee Titans should take it in an upset), and Bobby Phills' fatal car crash (tragic, but it was after all his own fault, and at least he didn't kill any innocent bystanders).
"...Bobby Phills, at 10:30am, was drag racing in his hot new Porsche down a busy Charlotte street ... drag..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Postmarks
Don't look to the past, don't repeat other's mistakes, and don't read the Chronicle's movie reviews.
"...San Diego for me -- it is simply too damn crowded...."

Jan. 21, 2000 Column

Media Clips
After working out some of its kinks, Austin's all-news cable channel, News 8, earns a high "C" for constant availability, lengthy news segments, and decent-quality programming.
"...On the downside, News 8 has just too damn much weather. Weathercasts come up every 10 minutes and..."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

Coach's Corner
A best-of-the-century roundup
"...enough. America, on the other hand, was known for hot dogs and electing grade B actors to be President...."

Dec. 31, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...R&SA uno: Damn!..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Column

Blow Harder
The use of horns in local rock & roll bands
"...adolescent squawking of "Charlie Brown" or Junior Walker's double-barreled "Shotgun." Stax, Motown, James Brown, Sly Stone; imagine the theme..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Over the 8 Ball
Anna Hanks consults one of the world's most enduring toy fortune tellers just in time for Halloween.
"...especially sucky period, I went through six of the damn things. Consumer tip: Throwing them across the room does..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Features Feature by Anna Hanks

Prime Cut
"...to think too hard about what's really in a hot dog. A gangster is delivered back to his hometown..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Page Two
And I bet Carole Keeton Rylander can't stuff two twinkies into her mouth.
"...Damn Carole Keeton Rylander. She is the worst example of..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Column by Louis Black

Coach's Corner
"...screens of modern ballparks. Umpires developed their very own hot dog mannerisms for SportsCenter. They became, in their minds..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Live Shots
Brian Setzer Orchestra, Br5-49
"...this is obviously what Brian Setzer is happy doing. Damn, all too soon it was over, leaving more than..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Music Feature

Esther's All-Stars
"...photos by Todd V. Wolfson..."

July 30, 1999 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Reissues
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
"...surprisingly strong concept album The Last Temptation, Cooper is damn near back in top form before taking us into..."

June 25, 1999 Music Feature

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