Building Utopia
After years of pipe dreams, politics, and planning, the new Mueller Neighborhood is rising at last
"...Who doesn't love a utopia?..."
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Sept. 29, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Eric Zimmerman: Simplon Pass
Eric Zimmerman's "Simplon Pass" plays off utopian visions of the past in ways that are beautiful and painful in their longing for release from spatial bounds
"...not sure they ever do, or should, dissolve completely, utopias seem to make their way into art with renewed..."
Sept. 22, 2006 Arts Review by Nikki Moore
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"...Austin in the mid-Sixties. But even in the relative utopia of Austin, Texas overall was still ruled by very..."
Aug. 25, 2006 Column
Not the Early Sixties but the Early Seventies
Aug. 17, 2006 Postmarks
Tape & Float: Kurt Mueller and Rebecca Ward
With its second exhibit, The Donkey Show moves away from the spectacular toward something a little closer to home, or at least to Home Depot: Rebecca Ward works with masking tape, and Kurt Mueller's supplies are straight from the paint aisles
"...it could rebuild and repaint the world into a utopia for all, the post-war 1960s and Seventies saw the..."
July 14, 2006 Arts Review by Nikki Moore
Shall We Bike?
Local bike advocates pedal optimistically uphill
"...town, one might guess Austin must be a bike utopia by now...."
May 26, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Naked City
Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond
"...26 rally will also feature local band Slaves of Utopia; Nunn is slated to play after 4pm. For more..."
March 24, 2006 News Feature
The Rise of McMansions
Those large-scale "starter castles" on postage-stamp plots of land bring two of the Austin City Council's most cherished ideals into direct conflict.
"...Our Springs Alliance, and the Sierra Club. That ideal utopia of Austin as a highly dense, highly walkable city..."
March 3, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves
Here Comes the Guv
Kinky Friedman lights up his campaign
"...plays at playing gumshoe; as the founder of the Utopia Rescue Ranch, a no-kill haven for abused and abandoned..."
Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Kinky's Mexican Riptide
A near-death experience convinced Freidman that 'I have to do more with my life'
"...Friedman still lives, sharing with 60 dogs that call Utopia Rescue Ranch home. He graduated from UT (with honors)..."
Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Aahhh, Sweet Utopia! Just Forget Institutionalized Segregation, the Cold War, Religious Prejudice, Blacklisting, Labor Unrest, Inequality of Women, and Polio
Jan. 9, 2006 Postmarks
Curling Up
Gift guide
"...declare the "death" of any number of things (television, utopia, reason, the future) – but ultimately leaves the effect..."
Dec. 9, 2005 Books Feature by Cindy Widner
The Bloodthirsty Killers of Circle C
Victims take flight! ... Officials shrug! ... Stealthy predators stalk the suburban streets!
"...fences that allow each resident to craft a backyard utopia. For some, that means a St. Augustine lawn as..."
Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May
After a Fashion
Stephen at ACL?! Were there buff men with rickshaws to cater to such VIPs?? Were they giving out free Prada??
"...show features rescued dogs – from Kinky's very own Utopia Rescue Ranch, Blue Dog Rescue, EmanciPet, Wee Rescue, and..."
Sept. 30, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
Iggy Pop / The Stooges
Record review
"...and like the flower-power exfoliate, Iggy Pop writhed under Utopia's shattered idealism. A Million in Prizes: The Anthology, which..."
Sept. 9, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez
Film News
Kadeem Hardison is in for 'The Cassidy Kids'; plus, 'Poodle Dog Lounge,' 'Rescue Me,' 'Mexican Sunrise,' and more
"...interview with governor wannabe Kinky Friedman, who founded the Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch in Medina. Schoolfield is also busy..."
Aug. 5, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell
Creature of Unusual Size
Bonus tracks
"...Paris Utopia..."
July 29, 2005 Music Review by Darcie Stevens
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"...all stop driving cars and peddle our way to utopia. Maybe you can call the column "The Crackpot."..."
July 8, 2005 Column
Need to Make It Easier for Him to Skip Babich
"...all stop driving cars and peddle our way to utopia. Maybe you can call the column "The Crackpot.”..."
July 1, 2005 Postmarks
KillSport
In KillSport, Spank Dance Company's latest, performers shoot, stab, bludgeon, and explode stuffed animals to satirize our lust for blood
"...Utopia isn't all it's cracked up to be, and things..."
April 1, 2005 Arts Review by Barry Pineo
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"...work on fixing. Instead he's comparing us to some utopia he imagines in his head. He makes a lot..."
Feb. 4, 2005 Column
Here Comes the Train
Can city staff, citizens, and neighborhoods realize – and build – a more livable city?
"...The TOD Ordinance hardly envisions a car-free utopia; it merely seeks to make the most of the..."
Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Minimize or Eliminate Regulations and It Will Be Utopia!
Jan. 27, 2005 Postmarks
Which Country Is No. 1?
"...work on fixing. Instead he's comparing us to some utopia he imagines in his head. He makes a lot..."
Jan. 27, 2005 Postmarks
Into Thin Air
The already under way adventures of Austinites at the Dances Sun and Slam, and what they might mean for the local scene
"..."On Plastic Utopia [1997] and Frontier [2001], we didn't have big festival..."
Jan. 21, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons
The Home Stretch
Texans should have a visceral sense of what's at stake in Bush vs. Kerry
"...more space. And maybe a little less war. No utopia, just a little more breathing room for ordinary people.From..."
Sept. 10, 2004 News Column by Michael King
My Weetzah Days
A case study of one post-Winedale company, the Weetzah Players
"...blowing open the great stage loading doors of the Utopia Theater during the intense final scene of Measure for..."
July 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Clayton Stromberger
Orange
Refraction Arts Project's production of Orange is a true accomplishment, with interlaced stories weaving an explosive tale about the destruction of humanity
"...socialists in early 20th-century America wants to create a utopia in the desert. A Satan-worshipping rocket genius urges the..."
May 21, 2004 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole
The Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund Class of '97
"...TFPF grant for the wildly popular feature comedy Plastic Utopia. Says Nathan, "The distribution grant we got for Plastic..."
May 7, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Home on the Range
It’s fitting that this is Disney’s last traditionally animated feature; the whole affair has a warm, nostalgic feel.
"...of heaven way out west"? Is this a gynocentric utopia or what?..."
