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Dollar Wells

I am here for Friends

About Me

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Staff Writer for the Austin Chronicle 's News department, lately I've been spending too much time at our newly launched news blog, Chronic .
I also write a weekly column on the Austin City Council, called Beside the Point . It's made me nothing but friends.
Over on my YouTube profile , you can find footage of my beer-drenched scenster rap group circa-2001, Town Drunks.
Cultural anthropologists, twelve-steppers, spock-rockers and pop-lockers, take note: with the statute of limitations now expired, we are free to unveil these recently rediscovered white belt classics. Dolla Wells and PMS are Town Drunks. Come revisit the beer drenched originators of Austin's emo-scenester hip-hop scene. Cinema Chingasos has opened its vaults to show what life was like in a pre-9/11, post-herpes American Idol wasteland. All performances and incidentals filmed in the spring of 2001.
And while we're at it, here's my Flickr profile. Ooh, pretty pictures!

My Interests

Balling On a Budget

I'd like to meet:

Willie D

Music:

RapidShare: 1-Click Webhosting

Movies:

CARNYAGE!

Television:

Cable ruined my life

Books:

Poli-sci, lotsa blogs, academic and wankerly film criticism, Feral House, periodicals, newspapers and such...

Heroes:

Is a shitty TV show and a great album

My Blog

I Was George Bushs Pool Boy

Or he was, actually. The SF Gate has an article on James Razsa, a hapless but politically-active, liberal minded resident of Kennebunkport, Maine. Down on his luck, he finally gets a temporary job  ...
Posted by Dollar Wells on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:54:00 PST

Funny Games Redux

My friend Jonathon sounds less than impressed, but I'm obscenely psyched about the remake of Funny Games, a shot for shot recreation of the original Austrian film by its original director, Michael Han...
Posted by Dollar Wells on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:13:00 PST

Ron Paul Sucks Balls

I am genuinely mystified as to why many young folks, folks I assume to be otherwise intelligent, are drawn to Ron Paul. Sure, he's against the Iraq war, and is the only one with balls in the GOP race ...
Posted by Dollar Wells on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 05:13:00 PST

Every Movie I See in 2007 (Continuously Updated)

Le Cercle RougeChildren of MenCitizen DogBob le FlambeurCARNYAGE!Pan's LabyrinthBloodrayneThe Three Burials of Melquiades EstradaInland EmpireThe MirrorTwin Peaks: Season 1(minus the pilot)The first 3...
Posted by Dollar Wells on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:05:00 PST

My Hidden Career as a Porno Link Farmer

Googling myself has turned into a major bummer nowadays, dudes. Apparently, a feed of this blog post I wrote for work was cannibalized by spambots, and automatically republished on a spam blog - pres...
Posted by Dollar Wells on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 10:36:00 PST

I Can't Tell You How Happy This Made Me

I finally got my first bit of online sniping calling me out by name - "Like Austin really cares what Wells Dunbar's opinion is." Well, obiously, this chap did! Is my shtick -- err, voice -- distinctiv...
Posted by Dollar Wells on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:02:00 PST

SXSW Reviews & Online Video

For the fine folks at Twitchfilm.net, I assembled some reviews of the SXSW animated shorts, experimental shorts, and music video programs. But I did one better - they all have links to the full clip o...
Posted by Dollar Wells on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:45:00 PST

Water Flows Downhill

I have the feature story in the News section of the Chronicle this week, a 4,000 word monster on the strange, suspect saga of Austin's soon to be Water Treatment Plant No. 4. So good to have it done -...
Posted by Dollar Wells on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:10:00 PST

Urban Dictionary

How long will my submission be in limbo?I mean, I'm in ther right here, right?
Posted by Dollar Wells on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:55:00 PST

Mesage from New Orleans

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Posted by Dollar Wells on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 04:28:00 PST