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All Creatures Great and Small
With the current state of the environment, long belabored by activists and scientists who point to any number of warning signs of planetary collapse, it makes sense, Chronicle contributor Dan Oko writes, that writers with deep green inclinations would juggle literary aesthetics and scientific data in their efforts to jar us from the stupefying impact of too much information and too much bad news.
"...and beautiful river spread throughout the country. A great battle arose, and ultimately the conservationists won. Part of their..."

May 18, 2001 Books Feature by Dan Oko

An Activity of Alchemies
The alchemy of baseball makes possible the elongation and compression of time.
"...base coach; a runner at each base; and a batter at the plate. Then there's the dugout and bullpen..."

May 11, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Daft Punk Discovery (Virgin America)
"...That they're French says a lot right off the bat. Parisian-bred house music hit the map with all the..."

May 11, 2001 Music Review by Marc Savlov

BATMAN RETURNS
One of the best comic adaptations ever produced as well as one of Tim Burton's most understated fantasy efforts.
"...BATMAN RETURNS..."

May 4, 2001 Screens Review by Mike Emery

They Got the Beat
Living the pop life in Austin
"...enhancement? He can name one advantage right off the bat:..."

May 4, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Who Owns Sixth Street
Is Austin's Sixth Street Entertainment District undergoing an identity crisis? -- and who are the designated shrinks?
"...age is actually more strictly enforced," said 21-year-old Dan Bates. "If you go to a bar up, like, on..."

May 4, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Coach's Corner
Land of the underdog? Not hardly. Nowadays everyone roots for the frontrunner -- just look at Duke and Tiger Woods.
"...Duke Woods, down 22 against a top-five team, doesn't bat an eye. Anyone understanding anything about basketball knew at..."

April 13, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Naked City
Legislators introduce a bill to protect endangered Texas bats.
"...tell most of the good people of Austin about bats: The fact that the Texas Hill Country is a..."

April 6, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

Outkast, Ludacris, Austin Music Hall, April 1
"...his partner. Dwellers of Stankonia freaked right off the bat on the fuming "Gasoline Dreams," Andre and B-Boi posse-d..."

April 6, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Philadelphia Freedom
Hockey, My Brother, the '74 Flyers, and Me …
"...back to Flyers land and my nephew's game, Ice Bat fever flaps up behind me, bites me hard on..."

March 23, 2001 Features Feature by Spike Gillespie

Transforming Herself
Sissy Spacek's Most Memorable Movies
"...conflagration at the prom. The split-screen recording of the bloodbath at the end, cutting away all sound except for..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Wild Ride
Bruce Branit and Jeremy Hunt made "405" with a digital camera, off-the-desktop software, and a desktop computer. The action / comedy has now become the most popular short film on the Web.
"...agency and really took to it right off the bat. It was a way to make movies without having..."

March 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM
Actions are our only true belongings.
"...to Ebbets Field a memorable one. In his first at-bat, Stengel called time, stepped out of the batter's box..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Endless Honeymoon
"...the hands of evil by giving it a metaphorical bat upside the head: That's what Don Webb's new novel..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Books Review by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts
South by Southwest announces attendees, the Texas Hall of Fame releases names of first honorees, and other news and events of interest to the local film community.
"...concerned for the welfare of the Congress Avenue bridge bat population? Ozzy's appetites are legendary, though with an estimated..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Head Over Heels
"...-- that's whacking as in with a large baseball bat and a body bag to hide the evidence. But..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Rod Moag
"...Bob Wills (Textracs) The obvious question, right off the bat: Why do an album of Bob Wills music in..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Music Review by Lee Nichols

Lobbying for Little People
A Profile of Austin's Center for Public Policy Priorities

Feb. 2, 2001 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Shadow of the Vampire
"...his arm shoots out, lightning quick, snatches a wayward bat from mid-flight, and pops it into his frenzied maw...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Notes on Mad Dogs
If you were young, talented, and a little crazy in the old Austin, you may have answered to the bizarre title of "Mad Dog."
"...and treatise-like about Camp," she declared right off the bat, and proceeded to sketch the sensibility of camp in..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Future-Kill, Roadie
Hoping to capitalize on the success of Tobe Hooper's 1974 surprise horror hit Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Future-Kill reunited that film's stars Neal and Burns and aimed for a similar creepy / kitschy vein. It failed.Meat Loaf quits his day job to become the world's best roadie. Sound weird? It is.
"...at least it makes an impression. Right off the bat, Roadie positions itself as something left-of-center (in the opening..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

Putting It Together
The Austin Symphony's Peter Bay on Leading an Orchestra, Interpreting a Score, and Seeing Music
"...it's not realistic to do that right off the bat; that might take a few more years before we..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Culinary Studies
Cooking Schools in Austin
"...world has changed in all its aspects. Cultural observers debate why it is so, but it is absolutely a..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Food Feature by MM Pack

As Max Schreck, Willem Dafoe Sinks His Teeth In
Dafoe has given some of the most riveting performances of the last couple of decades. With Shadow of the Vampire, he adds one mre to the list.
"...he's remembered (not counting the homage to him in Batman Returns). He cuts such an indelible figure as the..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Day Trips
Baseball, bats, obits, no buts, and environmental action figure into this year-end wrap-up.
"...was a home run hitter's dream, especially for visiting batters. Fans flocked to the new brick-and-limestone stadium to see..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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.
"...taken their particular fringe performance skills -- juggling, floor acrobatics, sideshow stunts -- and worked them again and again..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Comfortably Butt Numb
11 movies, 24 hours, 230 stinky film fans -- a diary from Harry Knowles' second annual Butt-Numb-a-thon
"...bar to order food, and lining up for the bathroom. But there's a palpable sense of community here --..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

A Man and a Half
Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler
"...the door of his modest-looking abode (two stories, five bathrooms, we're informed later), tucked just off the main drag..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Peek-a-Boo Book of Spells (Peek-a-Boo)
"...late, but it's nevertheless a spot-on cauldron of bubbly bat-wing stew, dry ice, and sugary wax fangs -- and..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Coach's Corner
To hell with the critics! Remember the Titans is a great sports movie -- the best since Rocky.
"...Story) often appeared to have never picked up a bat, caught a pass, or thrown a punch...."

Nov. 10, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

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