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April 6, 2012 News Column by Jim Hightower
Stop Putting Fluoride in Our Water
"...a good idea. Fluoride is a toxic chemical. It lodges permanently in our bodies, undermining our kidneys, bones, and..."
Oct. 26, 2011 Postmarks
Who's on Sixth? Perry
Governor finally declares, but trails in Ames poll
"...However, it might have been to avoid local opposition...."
Aug. 14, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Boogie 4 Stu
Ben Waters' boogie for Rolling Stones sideman Ian Stewart
"...the first notes. When Amos Milburn’s “Rooming House Boogie” lodges next on ripe roadhouse blues, the guitar licks are..."
May 10, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Neil Lodges HD48 Challenge
But is this really about the House?
Dec. 20, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Day Trips
Historic dance halls in Texas still offer a cold beer and a welcoming dance floor
"...verein movement in Texas, there were more than 200 lodges from Galveston to Fredericksburg. Many of them survive more..."
Oct. 1, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Day Trips
Pine Creek Country Inn creates a European-style retreat among the towering pine trees of East Texas
"...of the 18 rooms are motel-style in two single-story lodges. The oldest of the lodges was built by the..."
Sept. 24, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Micmacs
This French-language film from Amélie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet resembles a live-action cartoon.
"...in the Parisian street by a random bullet that lodges in his head as he leaves work. (Bazil is..."
June 25, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Day Trips
Avoid Garner State Park between Memorial Day and Labor Day, and you'll have a great nature experience
"...the Frio Canyon, the dozens of privately owned cabins, lodges, and guest ranches in the area are well prepared..."
April 16, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Get the Flare Out: Carving Up Old Clothes Again
Dig out the dated flares and make skinny pants.
"...after already enduring the sweat-lodges of Marshall's and T.J. Maxx, dragging the jacket around..."
April 8, 2010 Design Post by Anne Harris
Quantum of Solace
It's grim, dark, and relentlessly violent – James Bond as Terminator rather than Templar – but it delivers the goods in bloody high style.
"...He was craggy even in his youth and therefore lodges in the mental craw somewhat more pointedly. Connery. That's..."
Nov. 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Iron Man
Robert Downey Jr.'s sly take on Marvel Comics' cold warrior elevates everything about this film.
"...unyielding charm and subtle underplaying of his role, that lodges in your mind. Well, that and Iron Man's first..."
May 2, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Saturday Sleepers
"...and Louise" ingratiates itself to your music mind and lodges there like a beautiful, blood-filled bullet. – Marc Savlov..."
March 14, 2008 Music Feature
Two Towers, Six Years, and 16 Millimeters
The remarkable journey – and uncertain toll – of Steve Bilich's 'Native New Yorker'
"...happened on that awful day, and although emotion sometimes lodges in his throat, Bilich is remarkably composed in the..."
Dec. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Vacancy
Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale play a couple who try to escape from the snuff-film motel at which they're stranded.
"...inviting those quaint, Fifties-era roadside travel courts and motor lodges appear. But – and this is some serious advice,..."
April 27, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Like a dream, the Quay Brothers' The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes is wispy and ethereal; like a nightmare, it lodges in your hindbrain and gnaws away with gleeful abandon.
"...film is wispy and ethereal; like a nightmare, it lodges in your hindbrain and gnaws away with gleeful abandon...."
Dec. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Page Two: A Little Light-Rain Music
A holiday meditation
"...more than welcome – unlike when some bubblegum-pop song lodges there, returning every time you think it's finally gone...."
Dec. 22, 2006 Column by Louis Black
The Hightower Report
Professor Bush's Economic Nostrum; and Fran's Travels
"...parks with such dark problems as closed trails, leaky lodges, reduced staff, shortened hours, and curtailed services...."
Sept. 1, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower
Drive-by Truckers
"...Drive-by Truckers downshift somewhat on this seventh effort. Blessing lodges in the mold-ridden nooks and crannies between the broad..."
April 14, 2006 Music Review by Christopher Gray
Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2006
Know this going in: Sex and violence are the currency of Spike & Mike’s gory, twisted economy.
"...Only one film, the nine-minute-long, live-action-meets-animation howler "Save Virgil," lodges in the mind long enough to be considered a..."
Jan. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Food-o-File
Will 'Cooking Under Fire' get an audience anywhere near that of 'The French Chef'? Plus: Mother's Day musts.
"...special vintage tasting in one of the Ranch private lodges are $200. For more information, contact Melanie Harris at..."
May 6, 2005 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood
Downfall
Hitler's final days in the claustrophobic bunker are envisioned by the filmmakers, with an able assist from Bruno Ganz at the Fuhrer.
"...emotionally bankrupt madman, but it’s Matthes’ Goebbels who finally lodges in your memory. Skeleton-gaunt and with a piercing gaze..."
April 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Day Trips
Two new guides lead the way to some hidden Central Texas jewels
"...(512/847-5010) outside of Wimberley, places to stay, like Neal's Lodges on the Rio Frio near Leakey (830/232-6118), and little-known..."
Feb. 27, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
The Devil's Backbone
Set in a crumbling boys' school/orphanage/fallout shelter during the Spanish Civil War, the lost boys of this haunting film contend with a vengeful ghost as well as the more worldly traumas of war, greed, and abandonment.
"...One night, an errant bomb falls to earth and lodges itself in the cracked earth of the school's courtyard,..."
March 15, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Three Canyons
The Southwest Edge of Texas Hill Country -- Home to Lost Maples and Garner State Park -- Is Rich in Both Beauty and History
"...In the words of Mary Anna Roosa of Neal's Lodges in Concan, a 74-year-old vacation spot, "In just the..."
May 18, 2001 Features Feature by Brant Bingamon
Day Trips
The idyllic River Haven Cabins near Garner State Park.
"...The all-electric kitchens in the lodges come fully equipped with dishes, silverware, microwave, coffeemaker, pots,..."
March 23, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
The Cripple of Inishmaan
The company of Different Stages' production of Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan bring the script to life, but to in the eyes of reviewer Rob Curran, they work too hard to get a chance to enjoy it.
"...same way that the grass on the treeless islands lodges itself between rocks...."
Dec. 1, 2000 Arts Review by Rob Curran
Natural State
San Antonio-based Presidian wants to enter into public private partnerships with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
"...feasibility studies for instituting privately run yet environmentally friendly lodges at several state parks. The state's original list, according..."
Aug. 4, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko
Reclaiming the Land
"...allow the San Antonio-based firm Presidian to build nature lodges on two state parks, Palo Duro Canyon and Guadalupe..."
Aug. 4, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko
By the Book
Reviews
"...Indian exhibits, where masks hang above dioramas of villages, lodges, and primitive salmon fishing operations, takes me back to..."
July 21, 2000 Books Feature by Dan Oko
Dougherty Arts Center
