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The Rest of the Fest


April 19

Page Two: All in the Family
BY LOUIS BLACK
Debunking the hippie Mafia theory, and starting to say goodbye to Rollo Banks


April 6

After a Fashion
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Your Style Avatar discovers Voxtrot


March 30

After a Fashion
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Stephen takes issue with "guys"...

TCB
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Permits, or lack thereof, cause a huge to-do between FactoryPeople, SXSW, and various city agencies, while musicians spin some hot-rod yarns and the King of Sixth Street abdicates his throne


March 23

Page Two: Mea Culpa Redux, and Again Mea Culpa
BY LOUIS BLACK
Confessions of an evil dwarf

After a Fashion
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
What a week! Stephen revels in Austin in its top form.


March 17

After a Fashion: Saturday
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Our Sytle Avatar's Style Avatar, one Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las rocked his little world


March 16

After a Fashion: Friday
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Your Style Avatar is on the scene at the AMAs!


March 15

After a Fashion: Thursday
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
A field guide to festival attendees, and more random notes from inside the circle


March 16

Page Two: The Glory of It All
BY LOUIS BLACK
Celebrating the insane energy and rippling barrage of popular culture

After a Fashion
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
How many times did Stephen wear that suit? Come along to the premiere of the Domain and this year's Texas Film Hall of Fame.


March 9

Gallery Lombardi: A little farther from the train tracks, but the art still rocks
BY BARRY PINEO
Gallery Lombardi has left its longtime home on Third Street for new digs on West Seventh, but you can expect the same great salon-style group shows for which it's known

Page Two: Let's Get Lost
BY LOUIS BLACK
An invocation on the eve of South by Southwest

After a Fashion
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Something's burning a hole in Stephen's pocket as he carouses a number of Austin retail delights

So, Basically, Breakfast Tacos and Free Beer
BY KATHY MCCARTY
Enjoying good food and drink for $10 a day during SXSW


March 1

Page Two: Scratching the Surface
BY LOUIS BLACK
Festival films, the Austin Music Awards, and the truth about South by Southwest

Smoke Trail
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Taking the central-city barbecue tour


Feb. 16

TCB
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Changes in the air at the Parish and Emo's, a new label on the horizon, Li'l Cap'n Travis gets a Friday Night Lights close-up, and a Grammy surprise for an old Texas Playboy


Feb. 9

TCB
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
SXSW inches closer, the Scoot Inn rises again, Arclight Records booms, and Cindi Lazzari and Chris Foley depart much too soon


Feb. 2

TCB
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
SXSW's Brent Grulke explains the reasoning behind the blog-bemoaned band-list delay.


Jan. 5

TCB
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Ringing in 2007 with a brawl, a new club, Top 10s, and the Chronicle's annual Music Poll

Music


March 23

2006-07 Austin Music Awards Show Encore
Austin Convention Center, Wednesday, March 14

TCB
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
SXSW 07: a lot of carrying on, a massive jolt of energy, then oblivion

Funhouse



March 17

The Insider: Jim Pitt
BY ANDY LANGER
Conan O'Brien's music booker sees Explosions in the Sky

My SXSW
BY ANDREW W. K.
Music Fest Diary

'Mojo' Recommends
Field Music, from the Beatles and Monk to Igor Stravinsky

Spotlight: Boris
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Japenese metal trio Boris lurch into drone

Spotlight: The Strange Boys
BY DARCIE STEVENS
Soon to be Austin garage quartet the Strange Boys and their American Bandstand

Spotlight: Graham Parker
BY MICHAEL BERTIN
Graham Parker, still squeezing out the sparks

Spotlight: Saints
BY MICHAEL BERTIN
The Saints, not stranded in punk nostalgia

Spotlight: Girl Talk
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Girl Talk's fantasy mash-ups

Spotlight: Trae
BY ROBERT GABRIEL
Trae's not too 'Restless' to be real

TCB: Saturday
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
SXSW music news and carryings on

Ballroom Dancing
SXSW Panels

Girls Can Tell
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Gadding about

Day Party Crawl

Live Shots
BY DOUG FREEMAN
SXSW showcase reviews

Live Shots

SXSW Pixels
Friday music in pictures




March 16

The Insider: Chuck D
BY ANDY LANGER
Chuck D, gathering no moss

My SXSW
BY DONOVAN
Music Fest Diary

Ice Cream Man Presents!
BY MATT ALLEN
Friday's Flavor: The Pipettes

Girls Can Tell
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Gadding about

'Mojo' Recommends
Super Furry Animal Gruff Rhys, driving popsters and cows mad

Spotlight: Pam Tillis
BY JIM CALIGIURI
Pam Tillis plots her comeback.

Spotlight: Willie Tee
BY ROBERT GABRIEL
Willie Tee won't just be "Teasing You" at the Ponderosa Stomp

Spotlight: Dennis Coffey
BY ROBERT GABRIEL
Dennis Coffey, "Scorpio," and funk soul brother forever

Spotlight: Hoodoo Gurus
BY MICHAEL BERTIN
Aussie essentials Hoodoo Gurus, back from the dead

Spotlight: Green Milk From the Planet Orange
BY GREG BEETS
Japanese prog-punk in two minutes or 40

Spotlight: Bobby Patterson
BY GREG BEETS
Dallas soulman Bobby Patterson, no blues caddy

Ballroom Dancing
SXSW Panels

TCB: Friday
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
SXSW music news and carryings on

Day Party Crawl

SXSW Pixels
Thursday music in pictures

Live Shots



March 15

2006-07 Austin Music Awards Show
BY GREG BEETS
Austin Convention Center, Wednesday, March 14

SXSW Music: Pete Townshend Keynote Address
BY MICHAEL BERTIN
Hilton Grand Ballroom, Wednesday, March 14, 6:30pm

Girls Can Tell
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Gadding about

Day Party Crawl

My SXSW
BY THOMAS DOLBY
Music Fest Diary

The Insider: Scott Lapatine
BY ANDY LANGER
Blogosphere's big gun on SXSW and who to stalk

Ice Cream Man Presents!
BY MATT ALLEN
Division Day

TCB: Thursday
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
SXSW Music News and Carryings On

Spotlight: Billy Cook
BY ROBERT GABRIEL
The sampled sound of the South: Billy Cook

Spotlight: Shearwater
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Okkervil River offshoot Shearwater finally takes flight

Spotlight: Micah P. Hinson
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Back from back surgery, Micah P. Hinson tries his hand at Roy Orbison

Spotlight: Hacienda Brothers
BY JIM CALIGIURI
The Hacienda Brothers' Western soul gives Chris Gaffney his uppercut

Spotlight: Bill Kirchen
BY JIM CALIGIURI
The King of dieselbilly, Bill Kirchen, taking one step forward and two steps back

Spotlight: Nightwatchman
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Tom Morello doesn't have to preach revolution through Marshall stacks

Ballroom Dancing
SXSW Panels

'Mojo' Recommends
British picks for SXSW by 'Mojo' Editor-in-Chief Phil Alexander

Live Shots

March 16

Shake Appeal
BY MARGARET MOSER
Iggy Pop, whistling a merry tune

Spiritual Boys
BY JODY DENBERG
Pete Townshend pays tribute to Ronnie Lane

Austin Music Award Winners

SXSW Music Fest Preview Guide
Picks & sleepers

TCB
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
SXSW at 21 is one heckuva wascawwy wabbit

SXSW Reviews

March 9

Wooly Bully
BY JIM CALIGIURI
Simple, the 2006/2007 Austin Music Awards

SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

TCB
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Beyond borders with Austin's Lonesome Heroes, U2 tribute band Mysterious Ways, Whiplash the Cowboy Monkey, and a bunch of SXSW international bands with their fingers crossed.

SXSW Platters

March 1

SXSW Picks 2 Click 2007
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
SXSW Picks 2 Click raison d'être

TCB
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Roky Erickson gets his life back (literally), UT's Harry Ransom Center and the White Ghost Shivers remember the 18th Amendment, and Shaft heading for SXSW? Shut yo' mouth.


Feb. 23

Come Together!
SXSW 07 International Bands Supplement

  • BY MARC SAVLOV
    Damon Albarn leads SXSW 07's UK act armada. Again.
  • BY DAVID LYNCH
    The Irish, Scottish, and Welsh stick it to Union Jack
  • BY BELINDA ACOSTA
    Mexico takes on Brazil: winner, metal-based dance?
  • BY DARCIE STEVENS
    Pop quiz on Canada, with a SXSW 07 musical cheat sheet
  • BY GREG BEETS
    A decade at SXSW and Japan's musical jack-in-the-box has lost none of its delight. China, Singapore, India, and Iran take their cue, in baby steps.
  • BY MICHAEL BERTIN
    They're still streaming into SXSW from the land down under
  • BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
    Scandinavia brings the lobster tail to SXSW 07
  • BY AUSTIN POWELL
    France and Israel put in a strong SXSW 07 showing, with Holland, Spain, South Africa, and Germany bringing up the International Bands' rear

TCB
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
UK grime dirties up Red River, Explosions in the Sky take to the airwaves, and a local drummer makes his bid for "News of the Weird"'s Least Competent Criminals.

Film


March 23

Movie Nights
Scenes from SXSW Film 07

Come as You Were
BY TODDY BURTON
Sarah Kelly and Connie Britton on The Lather Effect


March 17

SXSW Film
Daily Reviews and Interviews


March 16

SXSW Film
Daily reviews and interviews


March 15

SXSW Film Minute: Honeydripper
BY MICHAEL BERTIN
Indie film icon John Sayles, not lip-synching

SXSW Film
Daily reviews and interviews


March 16

 Film News
BY JOE O'CONNELL
Texas could be like New York

SXSW Film 07 Awards
Jury and audience awards announced on Tuesday, March 13

Texas Film Hall of Fame

SXSW Film Reviews
From the festival front: reviews, panel reports, photos of famous people, and more

SXSW Panels

TV Eye
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Showtime for This American Life


March 9

Run Granny Run
BY JUSTIN WARD
Granny D makes big-screen debut at SXSW

SXSW Film 07
March 9-17

State Fair
BY STEVE UHLER
Recognizing the pictures, but also the kinds of spirits who appreciate them: the Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

Road Movies
BY C. AMBER PEARCE
Lisa McWilliams' Mobile Film School

This Month Only
From turtles to "The Next Tim Day"

Like Out of a Movie
BY JOE O'CONNELL
The legend of Alejandro Gomez Monteverde

Before the Flood
BY MARRIT INGMAN
In the struggle between local environmentalists and developers, Laura Dunn's documentary reminds us, Barton Springs was only the beginning

Property Value
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
Andrew Garrison on how Houston artists and inner-city neighbors rebuilt a community

Call-and-Response
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Marcy Garriott on the intricate dance between documentarian and subject

Battle of the Jam Bands
BY MARC SAVLOV
Bob Ray and Werner Campbell's five-year rock & Roller Derby adventure

Perfect Liberty
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
To find themselves, the subjects of this year's rock docs found that they had to follow their own sound

We Have Met the Future, and It Is Us
BY SPENCER PARSONS
Film on the Web, part II: the movies

  • BY SPENCER PARSONS
    David Hudson on cyber cinephilia

Looking More Closely When Others Look Away
BY NORA ANKRUM
On directors examining structure, storytelling, and how pictures can move us

Different Stages
BY DAVE MARSH
The divergent paths of one disease, in life and on film

Michael & Us
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Canadian filmmakers Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine set out to celebrate a lion of the left. They ended up with something a little different.

The Few
BY DIANA WELCH
A former Marine's unfiltered photography leads an American documentary crew into Darfur

Taking the 'Us' out of It
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Michael Tucker hears the voices calling him back to the war in Iraq

... Vs Liger?
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
New Zealander Taika Waititi doesn't mind if you compare his charmed comedy to Napoleon Dynamite

In Stereoscope
BY SHAWN BADGLEY
Sarah Lipstate's songs – and shorts – of innocence and experiments

Interactive


March 16

SXSW Interactive 07 Web Awards
OwnYourC wins Best in Show, and more from Sunday's ceremony

Playing Around
BY CARSON BARKER
Reports From Interactive Panels on Gaming

TV Eye
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Showtime for This American Life


March 1

The Game of Life
BY MARC SALTZMAN
An early look at Will Wright's Spore

ScreenBurn
BY CARSON BARKER
The gaming arm of SXSW Interactive gets pumped

Morgan Romine
BY JOEY SEILER
Shooting her way into the public eye

Connective Issue
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Web 2.0, online gaming, but everything's in-between

Electric Sheep Co. of 'Second Life'
BY MEMORY HARKER
Herding pixels for fun and profit

Kevin Slavin
BY CARSON BARKER
Off the screen and on the streets

Paul Slocum
BY JEREMY MARTIN
Modding the game

The Future of Film on the Web
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Part I: The means

Where the Wild Things Blog
BY MARRIT INGMAN
What we're afraid of finding – or who we're afraid is finding us – when we tell stories on the Web

Brooklyn's Answer to Bristol
BY SHAWN BADGLEY
Will Leitch, World Wide Web leader in sports