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Aug. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman
Letters @ 3AM
Cyberspace is nowhere and everywhere, a place where the articles on www.michaelventura.org hover and hang, nailed to a virtual wall like paintings in a museum
"...don't think about it much. It's a kind of defense mechanism: If I took my "body of work" too..."
May 9, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura
'Chronicle' Endorsements
May 10 municipal elections
"...appear motivated largely by a mixture of naivete and self-promotion. However, the three major candidates – Robin Cravey, Cid..."
May 9, 2008 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board
'Chronicle' Endorsements
May 10 municipal elections
"...appear motivated largely by a mixture of naivete and self-promotion. However, the three major candidates – Robin Cravey, Cid..."
April 25, 2008 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board
Beside the Point
Gentlemen's agreements, single-member districts, and more
"...– namely, African-American City Council Member Sheryl Cole's passionate defense of a system instituted years ago to simultaneously install..."
March 7, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Enviro-Rentalism
Saving the planet when you don't even own your own (low-flow) pot to piss in
"...your income, the lower your energy use. So, pat yourself on the back for your piddling paychecks. Second, if..."
March 9, 2007 News Feature by Nora Ankrum
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"...Re: "Page Two," Light and Darkness [Aug. 18]: I myself tangled with Austin Bay almost three years ago, in..."
Aug. 25, 2006 Column
As Naked as You Wanna Be
Celesta Danger presents a show of her favorite photographs, including images of her partner, art teacher Tamara Hoover, that led to Hoover's suspension by AISD
"...that two women so dedicated to the love of self-expression could turn it off on command is to deny..."
Aug. 11, 2006 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer
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"...the historic Oak Hill neighborhood. Anyone can see for himself or herself how bad TxDOT's plans will be by..."
June 23, 2006 Column
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...Quote(s) of the Week"She can call herself Carole Cougar Mellencamp if she wants, but when it..."
June 16, 2006 News Feature
2006 State Races
A sampling of some of the livelier contests taking shape in the March 7 primary and the general election in November
"...the party's nomination, thanks to Strayhorn's decision to recast herself as a Republican running as an independent. The real..."
Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
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"...They portrayed lies to the jury. If only our defense lawyer had introduced them to the real Brandon, this..."
Dec. 9, 2005 Column
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"...entertaining, biting, and "good textbook Chronicle," but, was it self-deprecating humor or a self-portrait to follow on the next..."
June 24, 2005 Column
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"...multiplying, healthy normal cells, interfering with the body's assimilative, defense, and repair capabilities, until these "medicines" finally kill you...."
April 22, 2005 Column
Point Austin: A Question of Vision
Austin's possible futures are prefigured in two very different sorts of public action
"...battle of sublimely virtuous grassroots citizens against the woefully self-interested and corrupted powers-that-be. Despite a moment of singular foolishness..."
Feb. 11, 2005 News Column by Michael King
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"...for diners with celiac disease as well as others.In Defense of KOOP..."
Jan. 28, 2005 Column
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"...[News Editor Michael King responds: Bastrop's Ricky Bird, self-appointed authority on all matters homeless, finds it amusing to..."
Dec. 31, 2004 Column
Film News
Austin movie crews are coming home for the holidays
and should quickly unpack for frightful film fun
"...and Focus Features' Revolver, starring Buffy her own bad self, Sarah Michelle Gellar, as a reincarnated woman looking to..."
Nov. 26, 2004 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell
Betty Baker Rules
Love her or fear her, Austin's land-use queen rules the city her own way
"...development process, is much, much larger than the woman herself. The former city staffer, a lifelong Austinite who rose..."
April 2, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith
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On love, culture, renewal, timelessness, and SXSW
"...lots of press, so that will take care of itself. Here, I offer some very abstract gleanings...."
March 26, 2004 Column by Louis Black
Blaming It on Ralph, Again
The real question remains: How do we replace this two-horse scam?
"...effective grief to those whose allegiance is solely to self-interest and the corporate bottom line, and to creating effective..."
Feb. 27, 2004 News Column by Michael King
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What would have happened if we had not invaded
Afghanistan and Iraq?
"...event would have been awfully devastating in and of itself...."
Jan. 23, 2004 Column by Louis Black
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"...I have a similar beef with cyclists. I myself am one on occasion, just for the exercise. Still,..."
Oct. 31, 2003 Column
Capitol Chronicle
The increases in tuition for Texas universities are symptoms of a much larger transformation in public life.
"...The most striking statistic offered by UT administrators in defense of their current move to raise tuition, this year..."
Oct. 24, 2003 News Column by Michael King
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Attending the Toronto Film Festival provides some perspective on global perceptions of the United States -- as well as a truly great film experience; the City Council's budget performance is embarrassing, as is Rick Perry's state of vacuous denial.
"...on our current policies, foreign and domestic, I found myself growing ever more agitated as, rather than dispute statements,..."
Sept. 19, 2003 Column by Louis Black
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"...to an appalling example of Austin's hypocrisy in calling itself a Music Capital. I have the good fortune to..."
March 7, 2003 Column
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"...of you who are not from New York, "chutzpah": "Self-righteousness, arrogance, and a sense of superiority so great that..."
Jan. 3, 2003 Column
Letters at 3AM
Weapons of Mass Deception
"...is unprecedented power for a federal agency to organize itself as it chooses, without congressional oversight or interference" (authority..."
Nov. 29, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura
Right Man for the Job
Charlie Robison says 'fuck everybody.'
"...but rather than quietly fall in line, he's positioned himself as a one-man "Outlaw Country" revival...."
June 29, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer
Coach's Corner
A glacial pace and overzealous refs are killing college basketball. Who's in charge here?
"...certainty that it's impossible to play 35 seconds of defense without an official calling another inconsequential foul. Administrators don't..."
