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Deep Blues From Gatesville
Amy Smith thought a judge would give her two years max for possession of crack cocaine; why is she doing 20?
"..."I thought he was kidding," Amy says, recalling the seemingly relaxed atmosphere of the..."

March 16, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Liquid Assets
Four Great Red Wines
"...and try it with this wine. No, I'm not kidding...."

March 2, 2001 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Fear & Loathing on the Inaugural Trail
One man's journey to the Bush inauguration confirms more than it denies.
"...then-governor. They called it a weapons confiscation, but who's kidding whom?..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Features Feature by Michael Bolduc

Born on Highway 61
Famed superharpist James Cotton settles into Austin.
"...me Junior was playing Friday and I thought, 'No kidding, wonder if I can get a pass.' So the..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Sterling Lands' New Mission
Sterling Lands II and the Eastside Social Action Coalition fight for equity in Austin's public schools.
"...'Why are you so impatient?' I say, 'Are you kidding? I need to be flogged -- we should've been..."

Jan. 12, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Short Cuts
To the eyes of Austin animator Bob Sabiston, those ubiquitous Earthlink.com commercials by Klasky Csupo Inc. (the creators of Rugrats) look an awful lot like the work created by his proprietary software, which is being used in the new Richard Linklater feature Waking Life.
"...in the post-film Q&A, but who -- I'm not kidding -- really does look like Halloween's Michael Myers in..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

New Writers of the Purple Prose
The romance field, Margraet Moser writes, is unique in its symbiosis: Most writers come from the ranks of readers and therefore understand the marriage of reader and book. The sisterhood and moral support in this almost exclusively female dominion is palpable. It is also gratifying and empowering and, in a few cases, exceedingly lucrative.
"...it as the "Party of the Century," she's not kidding. November 9-12 is packed with theme days, costume parties,..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Blur
"...to be the Stone Roses. "She's So High"? No kidding. "There's No Other Way"? Indeed. Whoever started the vicious..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Naked City
The latest casualty of Vignette's relocation downtown: The Chain Drive, a gay leather bar that sits on property owned by Perry Lorenz that is directly in the path of Vignette's expansion.
"...create a gay and lesbian district? "What, are you kidding?" Jatho asks. "There's no way any neighborhood in town..."

Dec. 8, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks
It's a salmagundi of responses this issue, with bits regarding dolphin bacteria, word use, national politics, and Marc Savlov's cinematic taste (or lack thereof).
"...greatly enhance H. pylori-induced gastritis in Mongolian gerbils." No kidding...."

Dec. 1, 2000 Column

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...greatly enhance H. pylori-induced gastritis in Mongolian gerbils." No kidding...."

Nov. 24, 2000 Column

Short Cuts
The Austin Film Society announces ticket sales for the locally filmed Miss Congeniality benefiting the Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund, and other news, workshops, and gatherings of interest to the film community.
"...titans of local indie cred. (If you think I'm kidding, please recall what happened to Rick Linklater's fledgling film..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Favorite Sonero
Buena Vista Social Club Cowboy Eliades Ochoa
"...He wasn't kidding. One of the best albums of 1999, Sublime Ilusion..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Dancing About Architecture
The Austin Music Network changes administrations once again.
"...and the way they were running AMN. He wasn't kidding. As of right now, Melchior and company are gone,..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Making a Front Porch for the City
As he was completing the final design for the Austin Museum of Art's long-awaited downtown facility, architect Richard Gluckman took time to discuss the project, his approach to architecture, and what it means to design buildings for a boomtown.
"...RG: Oh no, no, not at all. Are you kidding? I don't want to look back. We have a..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Public Notice
Our weekly calendar of activist and volunteer events and fundraisers.
"...A woman's work is never done ..." You ain't kidding. Speaking of which, conference keynoters Glenn & Mary McIntosh,..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

Dancing About Architecture
Microradio back in Austin, Fortune 500 gone.
"...they were keeping their tour options open, they weren't kidding. Since the Chronicle's recent feature on the band, they..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Field of Dreams
Confessions of a Sensitive Jock
"...skate with guys his own age. What, was I kidding? There is no such thing as a learn-to-skate class..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Features Feature by Lorne Opler

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.
"...the picture and I thought, 'Oh, she was just kidding.'" Catmull laughs, then continues. "I still have an anthology..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

A Night at the Opera
Jon Else's Sing Faster, showing this Wednesday as part of the Texas Documentary Tour, shows us opera Like we've never seen it before from the stagehands' perspective.
"...down and listened to it. I thought, "Are they kidding? People actually listen to this shit? I can't imagine..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Sometimes You Get What You Want
Ira Cohen was a bongo player, drummer type person who picked up gigs whenever he could, which wasn't often.
"...The thing is, he wasn't kidding. I paid for the drinks and was gently hooked...."

Sept. 29, 2000 Features Feature by Alana Cash

I Am Hiphop
One of the hiphop elders delivers a sermon.
"...No kidding. In an interview to discuss his first Austin appearance..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Big Picture
Fall Movie Preview
"...the laughs and not just the T&A (though you're kidding yourself if you think this Holy Trio of Hollywood..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture
Ken Lieck goes to Florida and leaves readers high and dry with a best of column.
"...locals? Well, seeing as how those rockin' B-52s weren't kidding back in their heyday when they recounted the horrors..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Hot Sweltering Summer Sex Vignettes
Brenner contemplates the going and coming of oral gratification.
"...Force) in a Hollywood apartment complex called, I'm not kidding you, The Shangri Lodge...."

Aug. 11, 2000 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

All Together Now
City makes some headway on synchronizing traffic lights
"...care of our congestion problems, then they are really kidding themselves."..."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Jonathan David Carroll

Coach's Corner
Ray Lewis may not have committed murder, but he's hardly the wronged innocent that the media are now making him out to be.
"...him through this unfair and trying time. Is he kidding? Are we to believe that this fellow, deeply involved..."

June 16, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Short Cuts
Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.
"...for the my Hicks-starved friends in far-away places (just kidding, Kevin). For Ken Lieck's reviews of other Booth-produced Hicks..."

June 9, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

2000 Kids Summer Fun Guide
Listings
"...our best, er, um, injuries from inline skating. Just kidding, mom. Motorblade offers all kinds of fun and safe..."

May 5, 2000 Features Feature

The Ego Has Landed
Love Supreme frontman Noah Lit shares his interests and disinterests - and talks about his band occasionally.
"..."He's not even kidding," says the bassist gasping for breath. "He is having..."

April 28, 2000 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

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