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Crimes of Passion and Prose

With Quills, Philip Kaufman (Henry & June, The Unbearable Lightness of Being) has made another film about the startling fusion between literature and sex.

"...AC: You go from an innocent-ish game of strip poker in The Wanderers to the priest in Quills [Phoenix]..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Screens Feature by Michael Ventura

From Galveston to Cozumel on a Carnival cruise ship: food, gambling, food, and ruins.

"...room full of one-armed bandits and one room with poker, blackjack, and dice tables. Through the gaming seminar I..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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.

"...their next cues, sitting around in their Barcaloungers, playing poker, learning how to needlepoint, watching a TV ball game,..."

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

Ahhh … the good old daze

"...but I offered to teach Marianne Faithfull to play poker. We bought bandannas at Chrissie Hynde's request, drove Annie..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Chief Priest of the Shrine

The epic life story of Nigerian soul superstar Fela Kuti.

"...Nigeria's cultural diversity. Add to this the biggest political poker chip of the modern age -- oil -- and..."

July 14, 2000 Music Feature by David Lynch

Where the Shadows Are Deepest

The search for, and subsequent conversation with, country singer James Hand

"...owner Aubrey Gerik, who won the bar in a poker game...."

May 5, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Homegrown Don Quixotes

Austin writer Neal Barrett Jr.'s latest mind-over-matter comic thriller, Interstate Dreams, "has an oddly disorienting effect," Chronicle reviewer Mike Shea writes.

"...Every day is a new adventure -- "fate plays poker around the clock" as he says -- and everything..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Books Feature by Mike Shea

Money, It's a Gas

Economics, schmeconomics: Chronicle reviewer Roger Gathman compiles the latest books about the (almost) first commodity, money.

"...efficient markets equate to young fund managers playing video poker with some poor country's GDP...."

Jan. 14, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story

"...when he's discussing complex topics. His 1989 debut Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street was a..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Books Review by Stuart Wade

"...he beats the rat catcher to death with a poker, and he passes through this so quickly into a..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Screens Feature by Paul Seydor

A profile of Austin’s pre-eminent honky-tonkers, the Derailers

"...are folding faster than a pair of deuces on poker night, James White's live music landmark holds its ground..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

"...redevelopment table from Smith. "He has a very good poker face," adds MariBen Ramsey, a Junior League representative in..."

Aug. 27, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

"...made baseball's dreams come true by overplaying his dead poker hand. The public didn't care if the umpires quit...."

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

"...for council members when they're off the dais." Perrault's poker face explodes into an enormous grin. Larry Warshaw, aide..."

Aug. 13, 1999 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Country of Exiles?

Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life

"...the truth? "Never has before," muses Barrett. Gun-running, extortion, poker, racism, tight-assed Baptists, and the usual forces of nature..."

July 9, 1999 Books Review

Losing Our Lunch

"...last column. Do you think I'm just some generic poker-playing dog framed for your bathroom? Oh sure, you want..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Column

Fall Film Previews

"...memory with his take on New York's high-stakes underground poker world. Having Damon of the killer watt smile as..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

"...late. From the opener "Field Day Jitters" through "India Poker Parts 2&3," a tribute to the late Tim Taylor..."

July 31, 1998 Music Review

The Texas Gamut

Titles From Texas

"...break out. It was all there: plenny of gunfights, poker games, and bawdy-house whores; bad whiskey, men named "Kid,"..."

May 15, 1998 Books Feature

Multimedia Plunge

Barton Springs to Life on New CD-ROM

"...the Barton Springs Diving Championship. Alvarado keeps a perfect poker face while discussing his ambitions to use the Barton..."

Dec. 5, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Ray of Light... and Dark

"...first-season repeat, with a very girlish Scully and more poker-faced Mulder. That premiere episode also placed second in the..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

"...many on-air teams, these guys were not golfing and poker buddies out of the studio. Their on-air chemistry, however,..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Environs Observer

"...Would that you could come to my Friday night poker games and see what real gambling is like. No,..."

July 25, 1997 Column

Dancing About Architecture

"...to the general public for his music than his poker hand -- and unfortunately, two hearts won't keep you..."

July 11, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Dragon & the Tiger

Shadow Warriors, Glorium

"...Softs, a veteran of studio time with the equally poker-faced, intense, and self-reflective Palace, the For Carnation, and Windsor..."

July 11, 1997 Music Feature

"...Lewis achieved with Wall Street in his bestseller, Liar's Poker, he breaks down a complex topic into humorous, and..."

July 4, 1997 Books Feature

End of the Line

The Passing of Grey Ghost

"...including bootlegging, gambling ("I'm good at Coon Can and poker"), and working as a chauffeur. He was also a..."

July 26, 1996 Music Feature

The Plight of the Pils

A Brief History of an Old Standard

"...tasted -- sipped surreptitiously from the dregs of dad's poker game, downed on a dare during a high school..."

July 19, 1996 Food Feature by Gerald E. McLeod

Spoken Word Crash Course at Hyde Park Theater

"...sincere and all-boy, tackling his feelings on subjects like poker, football, and topless bars (he will be accompanied on..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Books Column

Ac/dc, the Poor

"...Zeppelin music, with a frontman who probably does Wednesday-night poker with El Vez and Ted Roddy, and a ragga..."

Jan. 26, 1996 Music Feature

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