Center of Gravity
City's influx of new money and new businesses shifts council's political sails
"...the pendulum away from the left back toward the center. Perhaps a better analogy is that the policy engine..."
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May 26, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
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The Chronicle endorsements (or lack thereof) under fire.
"...did not endorse Mrs. Johna Edwards for the Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees, District 3. Your assessment..."
May 5, 2000 Column
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Readers are baffled by the Chronicle's "no endorsement" for the mayoral
race.
"...legislation. Personally, I thank the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center for accepting the third-party role to ensure that Bradley..."
April 28, 2000 Column
Media Clips
The Internet offers new opportunities for newspapers to expand their coverage, but so far, Texas dailies have yet to heed the call.
"...it won't be a great democratizing force leveling the media field. For the most part, the major, most-visited sites..."
April 21, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols
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"...fair article concerning my termination from The Texas Triangle ["Media Clips," April 7]...."
April 14, 2000 Column
Fanning the Flames
Did TV News Reports Jeopardize Out Youth Austin's Partnership With AISD?
"...gist of the two stories was that the Austin Independent School District was going to make Out Youth materials..."
March 24, 2000 News Feature by Suzy Spencer
String Theory
Do-It-Yourself Symphony
"...from the ragged strains of punk rock, the largely independent nature of Reynolds' and Stopschinski's approach to symphonic music..."
Feb. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Greg Beets
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The world’s major corporations have realized that the media can be big money, and they have invested heavily.
"...Bagdikian first published his seminal study of the nation's media, The Media Monopoly, in 1983, he noted that only..."
Dec. 24, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols
Girl, Upgraded
According to the 1999 Interactive Digital Software Report (IDSA), the
majority of people playing computer games are older than 18, and 38%
percent of the people most frequently playing computer games are women.
Boy, have things change
"...here's the biggie) in the way advertising and the media treat you. I know things have changed since I..."
Dec. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola
The Memory of Music
Discovering Moby Grape's Skip Spence via his only solo album Oar, and it's new tribute album, More Oar
"...the songs not as movements of a symphony, but independent works. Robert Plant's "Little Hands" and surprisingly, "Lawrence of..."
Dec. 17, 1999 Music Feature by Louis Black
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Corporate media giants cause journalism to become less competitive; Walter Cronkite and Bill Moyers speak at The Daily Texan's 100th birthday event; Grassroots Media Conference held in Austin
"...mega-merger of CBS and Viacom was announced, the news media dutifully gave us most of the details -- how..."
Oct. 15, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols
The Rocky Horror Show: Spaced Out on Sensation
Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin
"...Zachary Scott Theatre Center Kleberg Stage,..."
Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Review by Robert Faires
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The Daily Texan student newspaper celebrates 100 years in publication as two former editors publish a book on the Texan's history.
"...most of it from microfiche at the Barker History Center [on the UT campus] because I didn't want to..."
Oct. 1, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols
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Puzzled by Oppel
"...my head over Rich Oppel's recent forays into enviro-bashing ["Media Clips," Vol. 18, No. 51]. I spent about 45..."
Aug. 27, 1999 Column
Coming of Age
"...Dawn Cooper and Cyndy Kirkland of Reel Women inside..."
Aug. 20, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola
There's Something About Kubrick
"...Stanley Kubrick, 1964..."
July 23, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Music of the Spheres
Sinatra in the Sahara
"...photograph by David Lynch..."
July 9, 1999 Music Feature by David Lynch
Going for Broke
Fruit Salad Days
"...model for Watermelon has been well-documented: to create an independent record label that provided opportunities for Texas artists similar..."
June 18, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer
Book Tour Confidential
"...illustration by Nathan Jensen..."
May 21, 1999 Books Feature by Carol Dawson
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...the city and SOS staff to conduct "a full, independent analysis of the bill's impact." SOS sent a letter..."
May 21, 1999 News Feature
Mothers of Invention
"...Annie Melvin (l) with Gus and Exene, and Julia..."
May 7, 1999 Music Feature by Greg Beets
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The Real Obscenity
"...Bee Caves and Hwy 71. They built a shopping center there, narrowed the road, and created gridlock in the..."
April 30, 1999 Column
Great Scott!
"Why Not?"
"...photograph by Todd V. Wolfson..."
April 16, 1999 Screens Feature
Separated at Birth?
"...Documentarian Michael Moore At first glance, Minnesota Governor Jesse..."
April 9, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
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VanScoy's Agenda Part 2
"...of Ginger Eways, first at the Austin Rape Crisis Center (ARCC) ["Crisis at the Rape Crisis Center," Vol.16, No.16],..."
March 12, 1999 Column
Making Hay Out of Y2K
Preparedness 101
"...relations director at the American Red Cross, says the center receives 12-13 calls a day from Austinites concerned about..."
March 12, 1999 News Feature by Marc Savlov
Page Two
"...Dobie, the Paramount, the Alamo Drafthouse, and the Convention Center)...."
March 12, 1999 Column by Louis Black
Art
Art Openings
"...the Sun Gallery (Mar 11-12) Rebekah Baines Johnson Health Center Mural..."
March 5, 1999 News Feature
Something to Live For
"...photograph by Austin American-Statesman..."
Feb. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig
Short Cuts
"...February 17, 7:30pm, at GSD&M. The speaker will be independent documentary filmmaker Anne Lewis (not to be confused with..."
