The Luv Doc: The Hot Zone

If you really want to be sure, complete immolation is the way to go

"...but if you really want to be sure, complete immolation is the way to go...."

Jan. 5, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Theo Lawrence, the Dead Coats, Doug Kershaw, Immolation, Action Bronson, Earl Sweatshirt, and Conan Gray

"...Memoir of a Louisiana Man in 2019.– Raoul Hernandez Immolation, Imperial TriumphantCome & Take It Live, Saturday 26..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Music Column by Abby Johnston

American Pastoral

Philip Roth's beloved book hits the screen

"...deeply and obsesses easily; after she watches the 1963 self-immolation of a Buddhist monk on the nightly news, she..."

Nov. 11, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Jackass: Number Two

Strange as it may be to say, Jackass: Number Two is just the kind of vicarious excitement for which the movies were invented.

"...men continue their quest to create entertainment out of self-immolation and to conquer lingering human fear by laughing, and..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Trespass

"...by an enigmatic old man just before his fiery immolation in a recent job of theirs. Prowling around the..."

Jan. 8, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ashkal: The Tunisian Investigation

Tunisia's buried history burns in this chilling supernatural noir

"...but doesn't shock the cops. After all, death by self-immolation is a part of Tunisian political history, the Jasmine..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Bridge Farmers, Sue Foley, and Caelin top our list of recommended shows

"...music ensemble Less Than 10.  – Michael Toland Obituary, Immolation, Blood Incantation, IngrownMohawk, Monday 22..."

May 19, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

The Luv Doc: The Next Eva Braun

It’s probably not smart to tie the knot with someone who regularly bends your moral compass

"...vampire into the living room. I would say some self-immolation is in order, but I don't want to give..."

March 24, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Searching for Sugar Man

Rodriguez, a Seventies-era singer/songwriter who flopped in America, became a superstar in South Africa, unbeknownst to him. This documentary uncovers the legend.

"...rumored dead. (One bit of apocrypha had him committing self-immolation onstage.) Rodriguez was a bust in his native America...."

Aug. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

After a Fashion

Stephen ponders self-immolation

"...... and lighting a cigarette without glasses is practically self-immolation... Good news from a friend of many of us..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Austin Punk Chronicles: "Hard, Fast & Unapologetic" – Raul's Shifts Into Fourth Gear

In the wake of the one-night debut of the Skunks and the Violators, Austin punk begins in earnest in Chapter 5, Part 2 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...his San Franciscan residency where he'd witnessed the Pistols' self-immolation at Winterland, stood out with a peroxide spike-top haircut..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Emily Wells, Dwight Yoakam, Sir Woman, Tony Kamel, Jake Lloyd, and more recommended shows

"...modern Pure Moods comp if it weren't ostensibly about self-immolation. – Kevin Curtin Dwight YoakamRound Rock Amp, Friday 3..."

June 3, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

To Oblivion and Beyond: A Breakdown of the Bands at Oblivion Access

Translating the scrolls at Austin’s most interesting festival of the year

"...LP Trumpeting Ecstasy (2017) even though last year's fifth immolation, Garden of Burning Apparitions, erupted as if all Hades..."

May 6, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Three minutes longer, the concluding title track's grisly sound immolation – a crushing, crumbling sloth of white static phosphorus..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Life Is Terrible ... and Triumphant for Portrayal of Guilt

Metallic punk trio drop a sophomore rager of pandemic frustration and societal grievances

"...That idea resonates on We Are Always Alone. "My Immolation" is informed by Interpol, one of King's youthful favorites,..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Portrayal of Guilt Album Review

We Are Always Alone (Closed Casket Activities)

"...rage and despair screech to an Italo-horror halt. "My Immolation" all but fuses the three into a suite, a..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

How I Won the War Against Stress With A Little Help From Vinyl & Tequila

Giving praise before the altar of the turntable

"...a pair of splintered drumsticks from a Spirit Adrift/Skeleton immolation at Hotel Vegas against the headrest. Argentinian punks Los..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Terror Fest Album Reviews

Seven platters spanning the spectrum of extremity

"...Weeping Choir collides hardcore and grindcore into a grander immolation of base genres. Eleven songs under 25 minutes each..."

June 7, 2019 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Top 10 National Albums of 2017

National themed lists

"...8) Immolation, Atonement (Nuclear Blast)..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Isabella Castro-Cota

Live Music This Weekend, Aug. 11-13

Elvis tribute to Japanoise, take your pick

"...Kyle Rosin’s strobe displays. Japan’s Sakura Shock plies guitar-based immolation, while Berlin’s Blue Stork fashions overdriven samples into a..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Music Post by Victoria Mycue

Playback: Come & Take It

On Austin as a metal town, and a leaked shortlist for the next Austin Music Office boss

"...skipped Austin. Notable gets thus far include Superjoint, Destruction, Immolation, Alcest, D.R.I., Marduk, Upon a Burning Body, and last..."

July 7, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Hickoids

"...the Dicks' "Dead in a Motel Room." A six-minute immolation of Doug Sahm's "At the Crossroads" makes an appropriate..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Music Review by Greg Beets

Austin Film Society Announces 2016 Grants

Program gives much-needed funds to Texas filmmakers

"...corporate power, in a last attempt to reverse planetary self-immolation...."

Aug. 29, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Waxahatchee

"...rock and "Bonfire" chars a bassline to close in self-immolation. Cat Power for the next generation. (Noon, Miller Lite..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Luv Doc: Getting Your Groove On

Ain't no shame in that lame

"...as close as you can possibly get to actual self-immolation – although maybe a little bit tougher to watch...."

July 10, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

"Elizabeth McDonald: I Only Know Plenty"

McDonald's ambitious solo show targets scapegoating, though some of its power is lost in repetition

"...effort from McDonald and in its perspective of digital immolation in online cultures. All That Ever Was feels like..."

June 12, 2015 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood

Pastoral Nights & Pagan Rites

Two film series lie back and think of England

"...screams to an absent God as he faces sacrificial immolation in The Wicker Man. Now two film series at..."

May 29, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

School for Scandal

In Scandals of Classic Hollywood, UT grad Anne Helen Petersen analyzes the machinery of celebrity gossip

"...their misbehavior; nothing less than a full-on public image immolation will do. And while the celebrity scandals Anne Helen..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

DVDanger: Death Rattle Shakes

A case of "Rigor Mortis," and we pay our dues at the 'Death Spa'

"...middle distance, mulling his ex-wife who killed herself by self-immolation, and d: wondering exactly how many people can die..."

July 13, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The AggreGAYtor: July 9

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...A retired North Texas UMC minister has self-immolated in..."

July 9, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

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