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The Reluctant Celebrity
When you get caught between the moon and New York City, it's time to head back home to Austin
"...it's true nonetheless. Stardom thrust a sensitive soul with rock-solid credentials and a poet's heart into the unforgiving glare..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Year in Books
Thirty-one titles that got us talking this year
"...discovering what a spitfire seduction is Patrick deWitt's black-comic, gold rush picaresque about an assassin with the soul of..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Elvis Presley
When the album becomes Immersion
"...While the live fidelity is subpar, the show is solid gold. Disc four contains outtakes, including 11 of "Lawdy,..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Walking the No-Kill Tightrope
As Austin's animal welfare center moves to a new building, will the delicate balance of 'no-kill' and resources be maintained?
"...But for all its amenities and ambitions for LEED Gold certification, the new shelter actually has 56 fewer dog..."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Sarah Silver Hands
The magic in this new fairy-tale opera lies in its look more than its story
"...Marie Gordon's visually dominating Cornucopia Tree laden with sparkly gold- and red-leafed boughs, behind which several mysterious autumn sprites..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Killer Elite
Action-film icon Jason Statham is stuck in an overlong, perfunctory thriller.
"...through a second-story window, which the trailer wisely hyped? Solid gold...."

Sept. 30, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Science of Injustice
Capital murder case highlights Texas courts' resistance to physical evidence
"...handling of the case, and the science involved, remains solid. It's "one of the strongest cases I've seen," says..."

Aug. 19, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Best of 2011, So Far
Wrapping up Christmas in July
"...18) Centro-matic, "Solid States," Candidate Waltz, (Undertow Music)..."

July 11, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Reckless Kelly swings for the fences
"...Langer is also an acomplished first baseman with a solid gold glove.”..."

April 28, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

City Hall Hustle: Twisting the Knife
Is Austin heading for a double-dip recession?
"...as is: questionable (albeit previously agreed-to) practices like our gold-plated public safety contracts, combined with council directives like continued..."

April 22, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Goan, Goan ... Konkan
New India Cuisine gives South Austinites an option for Indian in the neighborhood, while the people-watching is solid gold
"...for Indian in the neighborhood, and the people-watching is solid gold...."

April 15, 2011 Food Review by Mick Vann

SXSW 2011 Aftershots
Friday night SXSW showcase reviews
"...Bradley's Daptone debut No Time for Dreaming is rock solid, but it barely begins to capture the raw emotion..."

March 25, 2011 Music Feature

'The Guardian' Recommends
Who better than the Brits to handicap SXSW UK?
"...such constituent (others include Trophy Wife, Pet Moon, and Solid Gold Dragons), a one-man musicmaker and British exponent of..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature by Rosie Swash

SXSW Friday Picks & Sleepers
Friday night blurbage of SXSW
"...Together, the two DJs reign supreme over the Fool's Gold family and have sired releases from Kid Cudi, Kid..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

sxsw: Get Your Shop on! No Badge Required!
Style X debuts pop-up shop for 2011
"...PLANE IVEY JANE SERVICE MENSWEAR SPECTACLE SOLA SOLE FRESCO SOLID GOLD STANTON STAG STRUT TEKGNAR TEXAS CLOTHIER UNDERWEAR..."

March 17, 2011 Design Post by Anne Harris

ACL Music Fest Sunday Interview
A slow-jam matrimony of Midwestern indie rock and hip-hop
"...Iver, Ivan Howard of the Rosebuds, and members of Solid Gold and Megafaun, among others, all brought together in..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Beer Flights
Rock out with your bock out
"...Opal Divine's Freehouse 700 W. Sixth. Not only a solid beer bar, Opal's also features a magnificent Scotch selection..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Food Feature by Lee Nichols

Off the Record
A curated survival guide to the Austin City Limits Music Festival
"...• "Under Armour Boxerjock. Say goodbye to chafing; puts Gold Bond to shame." – Quinn Donahue, C3 Presents talent..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Early Girl
This play set in a brothel is less about sex than about blocked hearts
"...it's into this stable of hookers with hearts of gold that Lana, the matron, brings a new girl, Lily...."

Aug. 13, 2010 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Jonah Hex
The disfigured Weird Western Tales antihero gets his own movie, which mixes elements of the Western and the supernatural.
"...Hunter From the Future). Nonetheless, Brolin turns in a solid performance as Hex, a former Confederate soldier haunted by..."

June 25, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Recycled Dreams: Three MRFs and a Phantom in the Wings
The council considers recycling proposals, with one offer off the table
"...nationwide company Waste Manage­ment, upped the LEED ante to Gold with its "green village" MRF, also with rainwater harvesting..."

May 21, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

A Year's Cheers
The nominees for the 2010 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...The Trash Project, employees of the city of Austin Solid Waste Services Department..."

May 14, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Plays With Expectations
Jake Silverstein mixes fact and fiction, funny and bleak, to dramatize one journalist's coming-of-age
"...everything in pursuit of the next hunt –for stolen gold, a dead author's lost grave, the perfect story that..."

April 16, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Hole
SXSW Music 2010
"...Woody Harrelson). More fender-bender than train wreck, the reasonably solid set revealed Love's talent and rage well intact even..."

March 26, 2010 Music Review by Dan Oko

New Bike City
In time for SXSW, Austin rolls out miles of new bike lanes and features
"...criteria in 2009; in addition, 10 cities ranked as gold and three as platinum (Portland, Ore.; Boulder, Colo.; and..."

March 12, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Beach House
"...but it only gets halfway up the mountain. A solid third LP, but it's not Beach House's "masterpiece." They've..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

After a Fashion
Stephen weighs his priorities: Purple cashmere or other people?
"...jewelry from 5 to 8pm, Tuesday, Dec. 8, at Solid Gold Boutique and Day Spa (www.solidgoldacademy.com). The El Paso..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Off the Record
Touring Austin's new clubs and digging into Heavy Light Records
"...Eastside studio. Having recorded his new album as Sunset, Gold Dissolves to Gray (due Nov. 24), there, Baird regularly..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Finding The Common Thread: Austin's New Fabric Heaven
Austin's newest fabric emporium is more fun than going for ice cream.
"...There is an excellent selection of cotton jersey in solid colors that feel like a second skin. There is..."

Sept. 29, 2009 Design Post by Anne Harris

Page Two: Love, Grace, and Tears
Borne aloft by Jefferson Airplane
"...back is the same as the way forward: using solid memories of family, friends, food, films, meals, memories, romance,..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Column by Louis Black

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