Top 50 Users
(from the past 30 days)| rank | avatar | name | comments | recent comment |
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| 1 | mdahmus | 77 |
Laura Morrison in specific and BATPAC in general have garnered big donations from Jim Skaggs and his wife. Yes, that fucker - the guy who wants to stop rail; and then take a quarter to a half of Cap... |
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| 2 | LoudMouth | 62 |
Imagine that... a full-of-hisself, busy-body 55-year-old perverted tanning salon owner. I don't necessarily agree with the law student's continued discussion with him when it looks like she's got a gr... |
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| 3 | seth | 48 |
I wouldn't say that Trent is rich enough "give away tunes for the rest of his life without suffering any lifestyle privation." The guy got pretty strung out on heroin and woke up to realize the record... |
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| 4 | Grape Ape | 29 |
Development at that location is dead now, everything scrapped. There are no plans at this time and the owner is unaware of what he will do with the land now to my knowledge.... |
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| 5 | Gekco789 | 18 |
You guys are awsome thanks for the wonderful laughs!!!!!... |
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| 6 | w7cook | 16 |
(Mike, i think your last message may have been garbled. Did you mean "more" instead of "less"? I dont view off-street parking as a negative. The absence of public parking is a negative.) You may thin... |
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| 7 | Slickshu | 16 |
Council did the right thing here -- beware the rogue who offers you a deal that you must take now or never. If a deal is so good, it will still be good after the public has had a chance to chew on it... |
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| 8 | cram | 13 |
I'm going to buy a Defend East Austin tote bag for when I go to Whole Foods!... |
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| 9 | angryrobot | 13 |
I forgive you, Seth.... |
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| 10 | truecraig | 12 |
Dave, all I want to know is WHERE THEY GRANBABIES AT?!! ... |
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| 11 | Benj | 12 |
But seriously. As an unqualified outsider, this is by far some of the best content on the site. The fact that the format isn't conducive to commentary shouldn't mean shiite.... |
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| 12 | leggyblonde | 11 |
"I'm sure not perfect."... |
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| 13 | shilli | 11 |
w7cook, pavement is just pavement. If it is only connected to one street, it is a driveway. Connected to two streets, it is a street. Connected to a grid of streets, can extend the grid. Driveways... |
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| 14 | davetx | 11 |
The only funny thing is trying to imagine the discussion that led up to the decision to do this. I mean seriously, how fucked up to you have to be to decide that this is the logical Point B that's ... |
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| 15 | spikegillespie | 9 |
I LOVE goats! And yes, they have weird eyes. And I loved your chickens, too. June succumbed to death by heat when she got super nesty and wouldn't get up off her eggs to get water. I was out of town a... |
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| 16 | deadflowers | 8 |
This is a really big deal, but mostly because of his upcoming tour. With the positive reinforcement of a free album for his fans, more of them than ever will come out in droves to see his shows. And, ... |
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| 17 | Justin Cox | 8 |
I'd like to take a moment to point out that Jack is guilty of voter fraud. and being ridiculously cute.... |
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| 18 | heyzeus | 8 |
Actually, Random, Kingwood was annexed by Houston back in 1996. Never doubt Houston's sprawlpower.... |
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| 19 | Scooby | 7 |
Jennifer Kim wins the award for "Understatement of the Year."... |
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| 20 | tim | 7 |
I enjoyed the play quite a bit. <theater-geek-digression>But I doubt Mamet would have liked it. This production made his language quite natural, and it's my understanding that he likes it perf... |
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| 21 | beatyou | 7 |
Yea im not sure throwing him in jail and putting him through all this bullshit is the right thing to do. hes just gonna be more pissed and sad when this is all over....... |
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| 22 | ratz | 7 |
nickl, you must have too much time on you hands if you're calling the city about graffiti on a bridge. Let's just white wash the whole city while we're at it. The bridge is industrial and gritty and ... |
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| 23 | mbartnett | 6 |
Check out the Chronicle's CITY HALL HUSTLE (Part 3), covering the Place 4 race, including interviews with Robin Cravey, Cid Galindo, and Laura Morrison.... |
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| 24 | Tarvin | 6 |
One minor point: Reynolds 531 is steel tubing, not aluminum. And that must have been a sweet bike!... |
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| 25 | Trancereducer | 5 |
Wow. Kim is living up to my expectations of her.... |
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| 26 | AC | 5 |
Here's Hyde Park's position in a nutshell: If a developer fails to provide some multiple of code-required parking, the neighborhood is entitled to wall off the new residents from adjacent neighborhoo... |
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| 27 | kingkirbythegreatoftexas | 5 |
For hugging a student? The end of civilization can't get here quick enough. We need to start completely over.... |
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| 28 | Random | 4 |
They actually live in Kingwood. Even with Houston's sprawl, including Kingwood in the Houston umbrella is a bit of a stretch... |
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| 29 | Waterlewd | 4 |
Pregnant teenage girls?!?!?! Giggidy!... |
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| 30 | BramleyDirk | 4 |
GOMER... |
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| 31 | elvislives | 4 |
I guess knowing that Cid Galindo's responses were received prior to this series' publishing does more to support the thought that he is a very strong candidate in touch with many current issues. Than... |
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| 32 | JohnM | 4 |
Beyond the debate of "would this even work," where else could this possibly work in Texas other than Austin? Wasn't half the point of Villa Muse to interact with Austin's creative capital?... |
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| 33 | helloali | 4 |
oh, and i believe that event was part of an over-commercialized mtvu college concert series, which just made the whole thing more salient.... |
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| 34 | Barney Noodles | 4 |
Little Red Corvette was the first (and maybe only) song I ever requested to the radio in my youth. Eh hee hee hee!... |
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| 35 | meatpillow | 4 |
what? is it the end of the year already? i haven't even started christmas shopping. ... |
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| 36 | austinist_julie | 4 |
Ahhh, interesting! Yes, the language was quite natural, as you say, which is one of the many reaons I enjoyed the production so much. Like being a fly on the wall. I still have my doubts that the b... |
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| 37 | Stella | 4 |
I am upset about Radiohead because I couldn't afford ACL *and* a trip to Houston/Dallas complete with overnight stay at $60-something ticket prices. And I have been a Radiohead fan since 1994. I hav... |
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| 38 | natrius | 3 |
I'm not saying that he has chosen the most effective way to go about getting what he wants, since as you say, he hasn't really championed an alternative, but I don't think pointing out huge the conseq... |
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| 39 | bluejar | 3 |
wrong solution.. poor guy.... |
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| 40 | batlady | 3 |
Gekco, you seem wholely unawares of the nature of comment posting.... |
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| 41 | Ersatzeric | 3 |
I don't mean "exploit" in the sense that he chains his workers to the stove and lashes them every time they slow down or screw up. I have no reason to believe he's not a nice guy and a great person to... |
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| 42 | poptartjen | 3 |
I don't know the history of the band but there were 4 members during SXSW. ... |
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| 43 | M_Twilson | 3 |
There's actually not really much to comment about, its obvious the owner of darque tan is a genius.... |
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| 44 | austinsoundcheck | 3 |
I realized how wrong the situation had become when I got out of a concert at the Backyard and then walked across the parking lot of a strip mall to pick up a CD of a band I'd just heard.... |
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| 45 | dollar wells | 2 |
I wouldn't go as far as "subtle racism," but this talking point does make him sound extra-crackerish.... |
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| 46 | Jamess | 2 |
I heard the same story about the developer sending out emails. But, it was when his "boy" was elected mayor. It was referring to Mcracken, who was a strong supporter of this terrible idea.... |
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| 47 | shototsu | 2 |
You gotta get out to the desert, man. 40 days and 40 nights. Wait - that might just make you crazier.... |
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| 48 | nauticalsam | 2 |
stubbs = no good. the bad: too expensive. the security/bouncers suck: routinely bust people for pot or flasks. the shows always start early. the plus side: good booking. sloping site for nice vie... |
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| 49 | chairvaincre | 2 |
Speaking of elections, and dumb, arrogant Republicans - Why has there been no mention of our beloved Mike Krusee, (soon-to-be ex) chair of the Texas House Transportation Committee, being recently arr... |
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| 50 | mandenator | 2 |
and anyone mad that radiohead is not playing is just upset because they forgot to buy tickets for the shows in may before they sold out... |