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May 12, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
The Last Word
A young writer has to pen a woman's obituary before she dies
"...Harriet has gotten it into her head that her obituary should be prepared prior to her death, and so..."
March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Saint Teresa: Richard Linklater and John Pierson on the Icon of Slacker
The director of Slacker and the film's sales agent discuss the creative importance of actor and musician Teresa Taylor
"...can't think of an actor or a figure whose obituary picture would be a poster to a movie they..."
Aug. 4, 2023 Screens Feature
Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins
The legend of Texas journalism gets the coverage she deserves
"...could claim the honor of having penned Elvis Presley’s obit for the NYT, wherein she referred to the King..."
Aug. 30, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Burnt
Bradley Cooper is a "bad boy" chef; Sienna Miller and others are garnish
"...The West Wing from the first line in his obit. But in both television and film, he’s shown real..."
Oct. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
What We Do Is Secret
Darby Crash, the L.A. punk rock junkie godhead leader of the Germs who died of an overdose in 1980, is revivified in this long-gestating but strangely sterile biopic.
"...Crash, thereby relegating the Nietzche-spouting howler to an also-ran obit that no one outside of the tight-knit L.A. punk..."
Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Naked City
"...to sign the online guest book can go to obit.harrellfuneralhomes.com/obit_list.cgi. – K.R...."
June 8, 2007 News Feature
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...because today in the Austin American-Statesman I saw an obit for an employee of yours. This fellow and I..."
March 14, 2003 Column
Great Gifts for the Digerati
Computer Fun for Under $100
"...pointer. The Logitech TrackMan Marble (http://www.logitech.com) and the Kensington Obit (http://www.kensington.com) are the front runners for trackballs. Both sell..."
Dec. 19, 1997 Screens Feature by John Avignone
All in the Family
Bonded for life
"...I wrote the obituary, because that's what happens when you're the writer in..."
Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Kimberley Jones
The Austin Chronicle Presents Rollo Banks' Lunar New Year Series
A pirate with ink in his veins
"...Though he didn't live to see his own laudatory obit in The New York Times, no one would have..."
Feb. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by S. Emerson Moffat
Raising Hell With the Legacy of Molly Ivins at SXSW
Texas’ beloved crusading journalist gets her documentary due
"...could claim the honor of having penned Elvis Presley’s obit for the NYT, wherein she referred to the King..."
March 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov
Giving Proper Credit
"...writing credit to Danny Garrett for the beautifully written obituary of Micael Priest? [“Not Fade Away: Micael Priest,” Nov...."
Nov. 19, 2018 Postmarks
Playback: Strike Up the Bond
Can the City finally save endangered clubs? Plus J.J. Offender obit and an Austin Music Poll plug.
Jan. 12, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript
"...to do it. I remember Nicholson wrote a wonderful obit for Brando which is saying that actors—it's so hard..."
March 11, 2016 Screens Feature
In Memoriam: Robin Goodfellow
Singular Austin improviser has taken his final bow (wow wow)
"...by Buddy Daddy's human half, Arthur Simone, in an obituary on Facebook, Robin was "half beagle and half dachshund,..."
Aug. 12, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Lit Up Inside: Selected Lyrics
Gruff Irish soul man translates onto the printed page
"...bass, and drums are self-sustaining, so pen the other's obit in advance. "Into the Mystic," "Tupelo Honey," and "Jackie..."
Dec. 5, 2014 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
There’s a Blue Note in Each Song That I Sing Since You’ve Been Gone
George Jones, 1931-2013
"...there in the first graph to Guitar World’s website obit: “Country Music Hall of Famer, Grand Ole Opry member,..."
April 26, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall
DVD Watch
'Sunday Bloody Sunday'
"...Midnight Cowboy – that headlined his New York Times obit, director John Schlesinger funneled his most intimate bits into..."
Oct. 23, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
Clint Eastwood: Good, Bad & Ugly
Hey, at least Sondra Locke didn't show up
"...speech-y-thing is sure to be line five in his obit, and that just plain sucks, kinda like Paint Your..."
Aug. 31, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
Joe Cocker killed it at the Backyard Sunday
"...age of 130, we sympathized. “Still, she'll see an obit one day and say, ‘My sister took me to..."
July 24, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Remembering Nora Ephron
Comfort and a clear-eyed, ever-witty lens on the lovelorn
"...Charles McGrath's obituary for The New York Times does a fine job..."
June 27, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
After a Fashion
Stephen laments the political heat generated by the fires
"...others along the banks. You heard it here first! Obit..."
Sept. 16, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
Letters at 3AM: Dead and Alive on the Fourth of July
A eulogy spoken over the coffin of our empire
"...Still, none dare write Elvis' obit. Kids no longer care about his music, but what..."
July 2, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura
In Memory of Dennis Hopper
'A walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction'
"...in its meaning, would fall short. Almost every Hopper obit will begin by citing Easy Rider, the 1969 film..."
June 4, 2010 Screens Feature by Louis Black
Off the Record
UT pulls the plug on the Cactus Cafe
"...The news spread like an obit over the weekend, the local music community collectively rattled...."
Feb. 5, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell
No Small Feat
Scott Blackwood's novel experiments in form
"...For Blackwood, it came when he stumbled across an obituary in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about Lionel Luckhoo, who..."
March 13, 2009 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones
Crime Writer James Crumley Passes Away at 68
Native Texan James Crumley dies
"...NY Times obit here...."
Sept. 23, 2008 Books Post by Kimberley Jones
My Clone Sleeps Alone
"...book had been published in 1961. Awestruck over Clarke’s obit in The New York Times in March, I searched..."
July 25, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Venus: Shocking Blue & Cabanel
The Shocking Blue scores Alexandre Cabanel's Birth of Venus
"...your fire at your desire. The New York Times obit on Veres last December (cancer, 59) noted that her..."
