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"...This Mess Around," "Planet Claire") and Yoko-like shrieks ("Private Idaho") were anathema to the East Coast's blitzkrieg bop and..."
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Feb. 15, 2002 Music Review by Margaret Moser
Wasted Wildlife?
Are diseased elk imported to Texas a threat to Texas wildlife?
"...a top-of-the-line stud. In states such as Montana and Idaho, which have large populations of indigenous elk, instances of..."
Nov. 9, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko
The Hightower Lowdown
Greedheads capitalize on terror; MBNA offers to "decrease" Jim's debt; and high-end garage sales.
"...Seattle, a $20 million California estate, a $7 million Idaho retreat, several other planes ... and, who knows, maybe..."
Oct. 12, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower
TO DIE FOR
A disturbing comedy that is both hysterical and wicked.
"...masturbation fantasy, Van Sant (Drugstore Cowboy, My Own Private Idaho) is at his best visually and conceptually and has..."
May 4, 2001 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser
They're History
The Blue Genie boys -- those whimsical artists responsible for the armadillo-festooned entrance to Threadgill's World Headquarters, the guitar gal atop Fran's Hamburgers, and other mini-landmarks around Austin -- have been fun for the people who see them and fun for the people who made them. Making giant panels for the new Texas State History Museum, though, was a bit more than just that.
"...my parents and I built a log house in Idaho and lived in it with no electricity or running..."
April 27, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
Cinema of the Americas
A Festival of Latino Films Showcases New Visions of an Old and Resurging Culture
"...-- Colorado, for instance, and Montana, the panhandles of Idaho and Texas -- they all convey a sense of..."
April 13, 2001 Screens Feature by David Garza
Postmarks
Policing the media, mediating the police.
"...have left his pen if Rodriguez were from, say, Idaho. I don't know about you, Savlov, but I prefer..."
April 6, 2001 Column
Life at the Cha-Cha Palace
Stephen MacMillan Moser takes a trip down the yellow brick-laid, disco ball-lit memory lane in the world of Austin's Seventies Disco scene.
"..."interpretive dancing" to Donna Summer's "The Wanderer" and "Private Idaho" by the always-popular B-52's. Around the same time was..."
Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser
The Great Escape
Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews
"...messy masterpieces like Drugstore Cowboy and My Own Private Idaho, Van Sant finally earned a little respect with the..."
Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones
Poetry in Emotion
Katherine Catmull never intended to pursue a career in acting. In fact, she seriously avoided it for as long as she could, choosing instead to earn her degree in English literature. Why is revealed in this profile of one of Austin's most sophisticated and literate performers.
"...country and when it found itself stuck in Rupert, Idaho, the couple met. After that, her grandfather became something..."
Oct. 6, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar
Karl Rove's Quick Count
As the presidential race tightens, the Bush campaign doesn't seem to be worried.
"...the Sierra Nevadas and the Missouri River -- from Idaho to North Dakota and from Arizona to Texas and..."
Sept. 8, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce
In and Out
Controversial sodomy law may be struck down
"...to both heterosexual and homosexual couples: Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Michigan, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Utah, and..."
Aug. 11, 2000 News Feature by Jonathan David Carroll
Coming Soon
From Lady and the Tramp to Showgirls -- our staff picks for most memorable sex scenes in film.
Aug. 11, 2000 Screens Feature
Coming Soon
The Most Memorable Sex Scenes in Film
"...Baumgarten: Strangest Ménage à Trois -- Twin Falls, Idaho, in which one attached Siamese twin has an affair..."
Aug. 11, 2000 Screens Feature
Two for the Road
Larry McMurtry's New Books Continue His Journey
"...James Agee's Knoxville; Teddy Blue's Montana; Ernest Hemingway's Michigan, Idaho, and Key West. After touring Hemingway's house in Key..."
Aug. 4, 2000 Books Feature by Mark Busby
Night Visions
Director Alison Maclean and author Denis Johnson on Jesus' Son, a soulful, darkly comic take on life and death as a junkie
"...the book," Johnson explains from his home in northern Idaho. "She's just orbiting by overhead, kind of lumbering past..."
July 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola
Where the Shadows Are Deepest
The search for, and subsequent conversation with, country singer James Hand
"...me, I don't see no sense in playing Pocatello, Idaho, where nobody knows who you are, just to say..."
May 5, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray
Council Watch
Too Big for Our Bridges: Will Pedestrians Take Back Seat to Traffic? That's an Easy One
"...on city government and environmental protection hosted by Boise, Idaho's alternative weekly.)Smart and Smarty In other news, the council..."
April 14, 2000 News Column by Erica C. Barnett
TV Eye
Now in its 15th year, the Independent Spirit Awards were created to recognize the so-called "indie" filmmakers who get by with low budgets, favor originality over the formulaic, and feature lesser-known or unknown talent in front of the camera. Well, that's what it used to be like.
"...John Malkovich, Boys Don't Cry, Three Seasons, Twin Falls Idaho, Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl..."
March 24, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
HighLife Cafe
Restaurants You Shouldn't Miss
"...I plugged the cafe's handful of variations on smoked Idaho trout (with eggs, as a complement to charcuterie, tossed..."
March 17, 2000 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery
Reflections
SXSW 2000 Film Festival and Conference
"...most enthusiastic about showing an eye-opening segment on Hailey, Idaho, a town in which Bruce Willis invested millions of..."
March 17, 2000 Screens Feature by Peter Debruge
More Flava Than Juicy Fruit
Wednesday Night SXSW Picks & Sleepers
"...LOVE CARS: Slo-core meets pop. Idaho meets Sunny Day Real Estate. Same result. On its..."
March 10, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer
Tigers in the Snow
"...four Americans, including Maurice Hornocker of the University of Idaho, joined forces with Russian naturalists to initiate the Siberian..."
Feb. 11, 2000 Books Review by Bruce McCandless
The Baby Namboos Ancoats2zambia (Palm/Durban Poison)
National Records
"...about as scarce as a gallon of Evian in Idaho on 11.31.99.11:59:59. Or maybe we're all just too blissed..."
Jan. 21, 2000 Music Review by Marc Savlov
1999 Austin Film Releases
A complete list of all films released for theatrical runs in Austin in the calendar year 1999 and eligible for consideration in the Top Ten.
"...CRIME3.5(R.S.)3/19/99 TWICE UPON A YESTERDAY2.0(M.S.)6/18/99 TWIN DRAGONS3.5(R.S.)4/16/99 TWIN FALLS IDAHO4.0(M.S.)9/3/99 20 DATES3.0(M.S.)3/26/99 24 HOUR WOMAN, THE3.0(M.B.)2/26/99 200 CIGARETTES1.5(S.D.)2/26/99 2000..."
Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature
1999 Film Critics Poll
"...10. Twin Falls, Idaho..."
Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...article to a fundamentalist Christian brother of mine in Idaho. He and I have been maintaining a superficial relationship..."
Dec. 24, 1999 Column
Over the 8 Ball
Anna Hanks consults one of the world's most enduring toy fortune tellers just in time for Halloween.
"...to this day, do not know the capital of Idaho...."
Oct. 29, 1999 Features Feature by Anna Hanks
Where Bush Is Banking on Votes
"...W. Virginia 5.96 Mississippi 3.75 Colorado 0.00 Hawaii 0.00 Idaho 0.00 Kansas 0.00 Kentucky 0.00 Montana 0.00 Nebraska 0.00..."
July 30, 1999 News Feature
Jesus Gonna Be Here
Johnny Toxic
"...the shadows, in the clubs and at the parties, Idaho native Doug Martsch was taking Austin and all its..."
