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Rapping with Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, the funkiest Connecticut Yankees in King Arthur's Court
"...Resembling a shaggy Prince Valiant with collar-length hair, Weymouth took up the bass, and..."
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Nov. 3, 2000 Music Feature by John G. La Briola
The Facts So Far
"...controversies about Capital Metro's management and accountability (and the valiant efforts of anti-rail forces), dissolved the all-citizen Cap Met..."
Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
The Big Picture
Fall Movie Preview
"...more needy individuals in a growing chain. Despite his valiant efforts to aid a homeless junkie (Jim Caviezel), assist..."
Sept. 1, 2000 Screens Feature by Peter Debruge
Tying the Knot: A Drama
Yes, the merger of Austin's Paramount Theatre and State Theater Company is a business affair, but since theatres traffic in stories, human dramas that talk to us about life, this historic event deserves to be looked at as a story, the story of a wedding between two neighbors.
"...themselves upon moving into the State in 1995, a valiant job that had at least enabled them to stage..."
Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Crescent City Redux
The new version of Gumbo's has made the transition from mom-and-pop shop to a classy, upscale chain operation. It definitely makes the grade.
"...seemed to be borne of popularity and the staff's valiant attempts to satisfy as many diners as possible at..."
July 21, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood
Page Two
"...dear friend, has retired from the school board after valiant service. Having no agenda except what was best for..."
May 19, 2000 Column by Louis Black
Crossing That Bridge
Council approves a separate bike and pedestrian bridge over Town Lake near the existing Lamar Street Bridge, and hears neighborhood concerns about moving central booking to the new criminal justice center downtown.
"...the pesky Lamar Bridge issue remained unresolved. In a valiant attempt to get it over with, council members rallied..."
April 21, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson
As Much Magic as Fact
In the month since the much-hyped publication of Stephen Harrigan's historical novel The Gates of the Alamo, a visible restructuring of the public notion of the fort has seized the imagination of Texas.
Chronicle writer David Garza explains why.
"...glory of every deafening cannon blast and of the valiant, virile William Travis scratching his line in the sand,..."
March 24, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza
Slaid Cleaves, Cactus Cafe, February 1
"...Zandt. "Breakfast in Hell" related the grim ballad of valiant lumberjack Sandy Gray, the audience happily grunting in unison..."
Feb. 11, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray
Rick Treviño, Ruben Ramos, Joe Ely, AztexStubb's, January 18-19
"...so of black-hatted Baca and accordion whiz Joel Guzman's valiant efforts to save "Dreaming in Color" from sounding like..."
Jan. 28, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez
Back to the Garden
The musical Candide has had as tumultuous a life as its wandering hero. Robert Faires catalogs its journey and explains what has kept it alive and why it's always a pleasure to revisit.
"...time the material has been substantially reworked in a valiant attempt to finally get it "right." The book has..."
Jan. 14, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Positively Operatic
The Year in Austin Culture
"...that lies within the text. Sarah Richardson and her valiant four-man cast proved themselves true believers of the Bard,..."
Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
The Kid's Got Moxie!
Man of the Century director Adam Abraham talks about old-style Hollywood panache, the precarious nature of a career in independent cinema, and a little film that could -- and did.
"...ask what he remembered about that night, and in valiant Harry fashion, he soon replied: "The utter shock that..."
Dec. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola
Bliss Broyard's My Father, Dancing
"...father's attempts to help amount to no more than "valiant, misguided efforts."..."
Oct. 1, 1999 Books Review by Ada Calhoun
Articulations
The passing of a longtime professor of music and the birth of a new opera by Austin Lyric Opera.
"...away. Two weeks ago, on September 1, after a valiant struggle, Green succumbed to cancer. A member of the..."
Sept. 17, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Off The Bookshelf
Ultimate Sports Lists
"...and poetic, epistolary and didactic. Yet meaningful friendship and valiant character evolve as the ominous darkness of a deadly..."
July 2, 1999 Books Feature
Italia With & Without
Week One: The Tour
"...Italian, that I couldn't speak the language, people made valiant efforts to help me. As for male attention, I'm..."
May 28, 1999 Food Feature by Meredith Phillips
Book Reviews
My Grandfather's Finger
"...reflect on themselves, giggle and grin, then strike a valiant sodbuster's pose...."
May 21, 1999 Books Review
Record Reviews
Ani Difranco
"...to modern blues and rock. Rogers gave it a valiant effort that night and the results were heartening, if..."
Feb. 5, 1999 Music Review
Live Shots
"...equal aplomb. At center stage, Niki Duncan made a valiant foray into solo performance, prefaced with "I'm really tired..."
Jan. 29, 1999 Music Feature
All-Star Team
"...GOP Rep. Terry Keel. Revenge is likely, absent a valiant peacemaking effort on the part of the city...."
Dec. 4, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff
Scanlines
Modern Romance
"...acquaintance of his has been none other than Prince Valiant. You will squirm as he demonstrates the absurdity of..."
June 5, 1998 Screens Feature
Postmarks
For the Record
"...paranoid anti-government fantasies as Mr. Stevens. He's not some valiant crusader, valiantly fighting an oppressive regime, he's a fucking..."
May 15, 1998 Column
The Year in Books
What New Book Brought You the Most Enjoyment in 1997 and Why?
"...for former Blue Plate Poet Pasha, who continues a valiant battle with cancer, and if the trend of compassion..."
Jan. 9, 1998 Books Feature by Phil West
Dyed-in-the-Wool Fan
The Historical Fiction of Diana Gabaldon
"...of Culloden on April 16, 1746. Most of the valiant Highlanders were slaughtered and their second attempt to restore..."
Dec. 26, 1997 Books Feature by Virginia B. Wood
Articulations
Giving It Up
"...feeling, the effort, the giving of self, and how valiant those who give themselves over to it are...."
Nov. 28, 1997 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Cracks in the System
Is the City's Minority Procurement Process Up to Par?
"...and Susan Spencer and Dolores Hunter, who fought a valiant but doomed defensive action behind the bulwark of "the..."
Sept. 19, 1997 News Feature by Chris Walters
Postmarks
Environs Observer
"...The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is performing a valiant deed for Earth. Since neither the government, big business..."
July 25, 1997 Column
Reissues
"...piled into matinees to watch the grinning Autry, his valiant horse Champion, and his cutup sidekick Smiley Burnette ride..."
June 27, 1997 Music Review
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...Park neighborhood, said, "In spite of the tireless and valiant efforts of our representatives, Cencor's plan has not been..."
