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Big, bright ALEGACY and retrostyles ! Designers has previouslyrevived manyfashions of the 20th Thecomedic roll out disco century —1950’sDior “newlook,”’80s power looks,Asian shoulders —and now shapes and fornextspring: the soft, simple, sensuous revivalof day-glowhues sexy disco style. agitator Silk and satin were cut into simple shapes, often By MICHAEL QUINTANILLA worn off-the-shoulder, FASHION WRITER sometimes colorfully Essential NEWYORK — Always printed and shown with eagerlyanticipated —and big-brimmed hats last copied —MarcJacobs seen on the French Riviera Collection again demonstrated the in St. Tropez, the jet-set staying powerofretro playground. underscores style as Fashion Week shifted into high gear. HERRERA’S BIG TRIP: stand-up Getreadytoreturn Carolina Herrera chose to the mid-1970s when Koreaasthe reference comedian Bianca Jagger,wearing forher spring collection. Yves St. Laurent, ruled Todaysuch artistic license Bill Hicks’ Studio 54, the disco requires avery light epicenter of style. Jacobs touch. Unfortunately, too manyofthese looks dutyto were heavy-handed, obviouslyderivative heckle the of traditional Korean costumes. Huge hats were status quo hugelydistracting. So were tricked-up, tucked, fold-over self- conscious design details. Some silhouettes were closelybased on the flat-chested tentlike aikido gowns of ancient Korea. Still, the showwas GRAHAM HABER beautiful. ASERIOUS COMEDIAN: Bill Hickswanted otherstoseethe world as he sawit, his friend Dwight Slade says. Fabrics were superb and luxurious, today, but Hicks’ career and the By ANDREW DANSBY waswell-documented. A workmanship ENTERTAINMENT WRITER newset, Bill Hicks: The displayed Essential Collection,seeks exquisite ILL Hicks died in early 1994,but these remain Bill Hicks to both introduce Hicks to artistry.Colors times.Orperhaps theywould have proven toomuch forthe anew audience while also included comedian and satirist. Forthe tempestuous tone of much opening up the vaults with cinnabar, rarematerial forthe older hibiscus, of his comedy, it still originated from afeeling of empathy. fans. The set —composed lime, Hicks railed againstall sorts of bullies and cheaters and of twoCDs and twoDVDs Please see hypocrites,but pancreatic cancer took him before he attained the —isafitting portrait of FASHION, B recognition of aGeorge Carlin or RichardPryor. the artist with some of his Page E3 best routines on egocen- tric pop stars and drugs MARC “I’msad that he’sdead, material formetowatch. been deprivedofthat.” as well as atrove of unre- JACOBS and I’malso (ticked) off It’s maddening that Bill Oswalt’s not alone. leased material. Thereis at him,”comedian Patton Hicks died beforeO.J., Ageneration of young footage of Hicks at age 20 Oswalt told me afew years beforeMonica Lewinski, comedians has been in- performing in Houston. ago.“It’s selfish of me, but the 2000 election. It’s not fluenced by Hicks. He’s At that point he’dbeen it’s like he wassupposed fair,because he should’ve not around to pick at the working on routines with to be around to write more been around. Ifeel I’ve loose threads of our times Please see HICKS, Page E2 Food’s‘bad boy’ showssigns of mellowing
! AnthonyBourdain’s blunt relatively unknown chef SUPERSTAR STATUS: into the superstar ranks AnthonyBourdain travels honesty is his trademark of foodie personalities. It the world tasting exotic food got him aFood Network forhis TV show Anthony Confidential assuming show. And contracts for Bourdain: No By GREGMORAGO no one would read it. I other food and travel Reservations. FOOD EDITOR didn’t have the burden confessionals. Then it got While writing Kitchen of expectations,”hesaid. him his signatureshow,
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LOOKING BACK HICKS: Startedcreating routines as ateenager ! In 1776,British forces occupied New York City CONTINUED FROM PAGE E1 but his approach veered siblings were fair game for “He wasserious,” he livedpast 32. Comedy during the American afriend foracouple of moretowardthe philo- routines, but his handling Steve says. “It wasfairly Central —both the TV Revolution. years and seemed to have sophical. The language of those bits revealed a obvious he wasmarching channel and the CD la- arrivedfullyformed. His could be crude, but from tenderness. to adifferent drum. He bel —has done much to BIRTHDAYS style would change over it sprang turns of phrase “I think our parents’ wasn’t going to be an ac- increase the visibility of the next 13 years, but that framed the world in a friends might have been countant.” comics today. It wasstill seeminglyfromthe outset novelway. offended, but our parents Mary adds, “He wasal- in its infancy when Hicks Actor TommyLee Jones Hicks wasvery funny. But Hicks also kept his neverwere,”Steve says. ways acompassionate per- died. is 64. Movie director Oli- Hicks wasborn in routines loose. His moth- “Wealways knewwhere son and very soft-spoken. But foracomic who verStone is 64. Britain’s Georgia in 1961,and the er,Mary,points out that he wascoming from.” But all those things he bristled at other comedi- Prince Henry of Wales is familymoved around be- he rarelywrote out his After an appearance on talked about, he believed. ans he felt sold out, Hicks 26. fore settling in Houston routines, relying instead David Letterman’s show, He felt like theyneeded to is preserved in his pure when he was7.Hegave on some general notes. his parents receivedalet- be said so maybesomeone lo-fi form. In one routine JOKES ON US an earlyperformance at a Interaction with the audi- ter addressed to Hicks. else’seyesopened to the on Essential he brings up summer church camp,and ence wascrucial. “He opened it and said, problems around us. his father’s objection to as ateen wasworking on “He thought that wasa ‘Who is this nut?’”Mary “I wasjust reading his use of profanity.Bob Acity girl, seeing a routines with his friend big partofit,”his brother says. “This man had lam- something he wrote the Hope, his father says, horse being shod, rushed Dwight Slade. Steve says. “Those little basted Bill formaking fun other day; he said he was didn’t need to use it. to her mother and cried, Hicks started attending revelations that come of his parents.” born old.” “Bob Hope,”Hicks says “Mother,there’saman out the ComedyWorkshop during the show. ... And Hicks’ familymembers Hicks found areverent bluntly, “doesn’t playthe therebuilding ahorse. I herewhile he wasstill in things could evolve from suggest he wasnever a audience but not quite (dumps) Iplay.” just sawhim nailing on the high school. night to night. If he’dwrit- cutup,which fits his body the widespread one he feet!” “He wasvery good at ten it all down, it would of work. might have cultivated had [email protected] — ORVILLE McLEAN, Pearland an earlyage,”Slade says. lock him into something.” “I think the reason is “He wasfast on his because he started very feet,”Mary says. early. By the time of that Hicks also viewedcom- clip in that anthology,he’d edyassomething more been doing it forsix, seven elevated than delivering years. 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First there’sthe flag: la in 1821 after signing the hosting aChiles en Nogada bicentennial of the Mexi- The dish also will be on bearing the colors of the Treaty of Cordoba, which Festivalthroughout Sep- can Revolution, Sylvia’s the Diez ySeis de Septi- Mexican banner,Chiles en established Mexico’s in- tember.Chef-owner Ar- Enchilada Kitchen (12637 embrecelebration din- Nogada aregreen poblano dependence from Spain a naldo Richards said the Westheimer and 6401 ner Thursday, which will peppers stuffed with pica- decade after the first battle festivalisdedicated to Woodway) is offering a featureatMexican buffet dillo that arecovered in a cry of Mexican indepen- Felipe Angeles, “who was Mexican Flag Enchilada ($35) with live entertain- white walnut sauce over dence (Sept. 16,1810). my grandmother’s first Platter,featuring three ment, dancers and food GARYFOUNTAIN which redpomegranate Let’s not forget tradi- cousin and whoplayeda enchiladas (Sarita, made and drink specials. 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