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Aug. 30, 2002 Column
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Our readers talk back.
"...was an opening at the ACA Gallery of "Go Figure 7" in which over a dozen local artists participated...."
Feb. 15, 2002 Column
Blood and Guts and Dirt and Joy
Michael Miller may appear at first meeting to be withdrawn, but he is absolutely present onstage and off, and his willingness to "get dirty" with his characters and continuous challenge to himself to be better make this seemingly reserved actor one of Austin's best.
"...wants; so it's about what you want and the action, not the emotion. Emotion sucks, as far as I'm..."
Aug. 10, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar
What a Piece of Work Is Woman!
After four centuries of being berated, belittled, betrayed, bullied, battered, and butchered by the men in Shakespeare's plays, the women have had enough. They're ready to speak out, to give Will a piece of their minds. And in playwright Susan Kelso's Roses and Thistles, they do just that.
"...and stiff posture, Traci Laird's Volumnia cuts a regal figure, but when she speaks of Coriolanus, Laird reveals the..."
Feb. 23, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Professors of Pleasure
Their name may suggest a lack of intelligence, but make no mistake, the Flaming Idiots are wise men when it comes to comedy.
"...solid base, no matter who's on top doing the action, you have a very good base below you. Sometime..."
Dec. 22, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Light Rail Debate
Former City Council Member Max Nofziger vs. Current City Council Member Daryl Slusher
"...only get 1% of cars off the road. That figure gives fuzzy math a bad name. It is calculated..."
Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Daryl Slusher
Field of Dreams
Confessions of a Sensitive Jock
"...myself. With no other option, I enrolled in a figure-skating class, way across town where I was sure to..."
Oct. 6, 2000 Features Feature by Lorne Opler
Color of Justice
A drug bust in tiny Tulia, Texas opens up old racial wounds and raises questions about the veracity of the undercover cop-for-hire who orchestrated it all.
"...not wear a wire during any of the alleged transactions. No video surveillance was done, and no second officer..."
July 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee
Postmarks
Mueller re-development is a rip-off and "affordable housing" is a sham.
"...path because it makes it easier than letting people "figure it out for themselves" ["Texas Platters," June 30]. Well,..."
July 7, 2000 Column
Countdown to Ecstasy
A New Drug for a New Millennium
"...convinced that said dance culture makes up only a fraction of the whole, a notion echoed many times not..."
June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov
Postmarks
Quote of the week: "You, my hyphenated friend, are an ambassador of evil."
"...that something be done. It's not that hard to figure out a solution, but no one is listening. Please..."
March 17, 2000 Column
The Year It All Went Wrong
Looking back at club closings in Austin in 1999.
"...being upped from approximately $2,000 to $12,500. The lower figure, according to the state, was based on outdated sales..."
Dec. 31, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin
Land of the Freberg
Interview with radio-comedy pioneer Stan Freberg
"...and animator Bob Clampett's Time for Beany -- a live-action puppet-show precursor to the animated Beany & Cecil --..."
Dec. 10, 1999 Music Feature by Ken Lieck
American Filmmaker
Chris Smith's American Movie depicts one man's passionate struggle to make a film.
"..."Come on up and make your film and we'll figure out the logistics of it all later." So I..."
Oct. 15, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Oh, Oh, Those Summer Bites
Camp Food
"...lost a filling to taffy sticks and a slim figure to Snickers bars. I invariably shamed my grandfather with..."
July 9, 1999 Food Feature
Those Crazy Kids Will Do Anything ...
"...that lumbered back and forth between film and live action, but should have been about half its 45+ minutes,..."
April 16, 1999 Arts Feature
Coach's Corner
"...Kelly I'm thinking about going to a game. I figure this sorta commits me to some action. She's miffed..."
April 2, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton
SXSW Records
Jeff Beck
"...Oliver Reed doppelganger Jonboy Langford, have nevertheless gotten the action on their .45s so fine and smooth that every..."
March 12, 1999 Music Feature
The Texas Book Festival
Chapter Three
"...by medical doctor Abraham Verghese. For people trying to figure out how to live in a world half-ruined by..."
Nov. 13, 1998 Books Feature
Postmarks
"...activist and former president of the (national) Breast Cancer Action Group, I'd like to thank you for highlighting the..."
Oct. 2, 1998 Column
Young Guns and Typewriters
"...Most rewarding is seeing the work in action. Lynn describes a typical response by the Rudes to..."
Sept. 18, 1998 Arts Feature
Postmarks
Think Positive
"...and his bandmate. It sounded familiar and I couldn't figure out why. Something about the cop's technique of intimidation,..."
May 8, 1998 Column
SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections
"...when he shows up is unprepared for the prisoner's reaction. Tom is a glib, self-centered fellow whom the muse..."
March 27, 1998 Screens Feature
Rock This Way
The Semi-Annual, Whenever-We-Feel-Like-It Rock & Roll Books Section
"...designed album covers comes quick. From the colorful, angular abstractions of Saul Bass (Man With the Golden Arm), and..."
March 20, 1998 Books Feature
Literary Guisado
An Interview with Francisco Goldman
"...categorized under any one label. He is an American figure rather than a North American one, his work an..."
June 6, 1997 Books Feature by Marion Winik
Looking for a Fight
Ruth Margraff Recasts Texas History as Barroom Brawl
"...with inflammatory language and wild violence. All of the action, including the battle and Santa Anna's drug dreams, takes..."
March 14, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini
Scanlines
Marjoe
"...former minister has appeared mostly in TV films and action quickies, but he also had a season's run as..."
Feb. 28, 1997 Screens Feature
An Off-Key Carol
"...Surely there is no more troubling, astonishing figure in history. Ignoring the tracts of believers, sticking to..."
Dec. 20, 1996 Column by Michael Ventura
Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes
Artist/Historian Jack Jackson
"...to telling the untold, true sagas of Texas historical figures Quanah Parker, the last chief of the Comanches (Comanche..."
Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett
Bard Choices
Two Directors on Making Shakespeare
Contemporary
"...a way that interests a crowd reared on maximum action/minimum talk movies is an arduous test for any director...."
