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Feb. 28, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Slum City
Texas Platter
"...Me" (as in "woke up with your") recalls the slam-happy ghoul rock of 45 Grave, while "No Body Loves..."
Feb. 7, 2003 Music Review by Greg Beets
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"...for the Mexican look? I hope it wasn't a slam at Latin women in general, because that's real close..."
Dec. 27, 2002 Column
Suit Blames Roadwork for Fatal Bike Crash
The family of late UT professor Bill Gardiner says an improperly performed street cut led to his 2000 death in a bike crash.
"...The case is not a slam-dunk. There were no witnesses to the accident, and defense..."
Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith
Look Ma, No Wrapping
DVD boxed sets, no assembly required
"..."Sports Night Season Finale Is a Home Run, a Slam-Dunk, an Ace" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch); "Sports Night Deserves Another..."
Dec. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley
Reindeer Games
The gift of joystick jollies
"...than three seconds en route to one 360 gorilla slam after another? The player maneuverability is awesome, but between..."
Dec. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Chamy
Supreme Entanglements
Homeless Austin lawyer Thomas Van Orden takes the state to court over the Ten Commandments
"...case? In purely legal terms, shouldn't this be a slam-dunk? Doesn't the Constitution make this separation-of-church-and-state thing pretty clear?..."
Dec. 6, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Your Neighbors, Your Money: ACC Looks for Support
Austin Community College seeks to build support for a tax referendum even as a state audit blasts ACC leaders.
"...about education, the referendum looks like anything but a slam-dunk...."
Dec. 6, 2002 News Feature by Michael King
Naked City
Sharing the Hospital District
"...on the local and consent calendar -- a virtual slam-dunk in terms of passage...."
Nov. 29, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith
In Person
Roger Gathman, Belinda Acosta, and Maria Hong recap three of the Texas Book Festival's finest panels.
"...good, but it's still the phone book. The poetry slam leaves me dead cold, because I've never heard a..."
Nov. 22, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman
In Person
Roger Gathman, Belinda Acosta, and Maria Hong recap three of the Texas Book Festival's finest panels.
"...good, but it's still the phone book. The poetry slam leaves me dead cold, because I've never heard a..."
Nov. 22, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman
Jim Brown's Shades of Gray
Spike Lee's latest documentary, Jim Brown: All American, looks at the turbulent life of the "greatest football player ever." Lee and Brown will be in town Tuesday to present the film at the Westgate Cinema.
"...in its treatment. We didn't go out there to slam the man. We wanted to present him as a..."
Nov. 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Roads to Commissioners Court ...
The Chronicle handicaps at the county races.
Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
Low Road at High Speed
"...of the video from authorities, but he obviously didn't slam the transom against it. Bentzin now says that Barrientos'..."
Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature by Michael King
Capitol Chronicle
The new Congressional districts alter the political makeup of Central Texas.
"...back into western Travis Co., also looks like a slam dunk for the GOP, at least at first glance...."
Oct. 18, 2002 News Column by Michael King
The Devil in the Details
After 10 years, the Great Streets master plan runs into controversy over two-way streets.
"...in the executive summary.The Big Wheels Object Babineaux's off-the-reservation slam might have been dismissed as inevitable from a traffic..."
Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Barely Adequate
The State Board of Education and legislative finance committees consider the public schools
"...no one expects the Lege to hit a grand slam on school funding. An "adequacy" study will get under..."
Sept. 20, 2002 News Column by Michael King
Arthur Phillips' Prague
Clay Smith reviews Prague, whose author, Arthur Phillips, will be at BookPeople on Tuesday, July 16, 7pm.
"...("insignificance," "cliché"), then hits a kind of literary grand slam by proclaiming, one sentence later, that this insignificance and..."
July 12, 2002 Books Review by Clay Smith
Coach's Corner
Anna wants to become a top-flight tennis star? Kan o' kourn. Just become a Williams sister.
"...a little thanks to Martina Hingis) two doubles Grand Slam titles on her résumé. She seems to perform best..."
July 12, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton
Landmark Prison Oversight Case Ends
"...of force. "Commonly, [guards] will take handcuffed prisoners and slam them into the ground to show them who's boss."..."
June 21, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith
El Paraiso
The Rude Mechs took a road trip to see the Marfa lights, and their journey has been translated by playwright Kirk Lynn, director Shawn Sides, and a gifted ensemble into a raucous, sweet, funny, fanciful meditation on the tension between desire and intellect, and heaven as embodied in the land called Texas.
"...desires and the ideas they have about them. They slam back whiskies together, they slug it out with each..."
May 17, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires
The Hightower Lowdown
Bush's policy toward democracy is loaded with irony; Corporate Big Brother is watching you shop; Our government legal robs us -- of our rights.
"...cause all the real Patriots of 1776 to gag. Slam-bammed through Congress last year by George W. and his..."
May 17, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower
The Kindermann Depiction
In The Kindermann Depiction, Physical Plant Theater's Steve Moore and director Carlos Trevino have created two worlds, one flooded with leaves, one made of cloth, that are full of strange wonders. We wouldn't want to live there; but our lives are much enriched by having paid a visit.
"...theatre-y work, in the best sense, and it's no slam-bang whizjob of excitement. But there are two worlds: Ours..."
May 10, 2002 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner
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"...After reading Marc Savlov's slam of this year's most enjoyable Bond remake, "The Scorpion..."
May 10, 2002 Column
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Record Review
"...entertaining than anything to come out of the "poetry slam" subculture -- check out "Duran Sirhan," "Happy Hardcore Mood,"..."
April 26, 2002 Music Review by Ken Lieck
Another State of Mind
Back in 1984, when it was neither profitable, nor especially safe, to be a Mohawk-wearing punk rocker, the tour doc Another State of Mind showed a softer side of hardcore -- the positive, politically conscious one.
"...for punk beginners, there is an in-depth look into slam dancing and fashion and make-up tips from Mike Ness...."
April 26, 2002 Screens Review by Mark Fagan
Coach's Corner
Tiger Woods is a column-killer; what more is there to say about The Glory of Tiger?
"...the head of an elderly fan. Sam doesn't exactly slam 'em any more, so the lazy pop-up just broke..."
April 19, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton
Naked City
Holding the Door
"...the City Council last week. It wasn't exactly a slam-dunk. No one seemed eager to make the motion for..."
April 12, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith
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"...Don't Slam 'Sam'..."
March 8, 2002 Column
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"...carry Jim Hightower's weekly whinefest ["The Hightower Lowdown"], always slamming Republicans but never speaking ill of Democrats. In his..."
