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Beware the Jungle Trap

James Bryan was behind the lens, on set, and in the editing room for low budget movies' most impactful transition. From sexploitation reels to drive-in horrors and video ninjas, he survived the sleaze cinema revolution from 16mm grindhouses to omnipresent VHS.

2:00PM Sat. Jul. 22, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Buoyed Up By A Life in Waves

Brett Whitcome dabbles with keyboards, but Suzanne Ciani, subject of A Life in Waves, understands them. For most musicians, he said, "You plug stuff in and you make a sound, and you're like, that's cool. She approaches it as, I want to make this kind of sound, and then she physically programs the modular to make it. She truly engineers her sound."

11:02AM Sat. Jul. 22, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Live Music to See This Weekend

Interested in a concert escape? Let the music team hand hold you through the city’s standout moments Friday through Sunday.

9:00AM Fri. Jul. 21, The Music Staff Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Owen Egerton: Hollow

BookPeople

Steve Dean Benefit
at Saengerrunde Hall

The Wilgus Stories
at AFS Cinema

MUSIC | FILM | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Planned Parenthood Sues Texas Over Anti-Choice Bill SB 8

They promised a fight and now they’re delivering.

1:00PM Thu. Jul. 20, Mary Tuma Read More | Comment »

Drink to Me Only With Thine Lies

You want to go to a place where everybody knows your name? That’s your house, right? Where you live? Dollars to donuts, citizen: Everybody in your house – unless you’re being, what, burgled? – everybody there goddamn well knows your name.

8:00AM Thu. Jul. 20, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

Bennu Coffee’s New Place on South Congress

You know that Bennu Coffee place on MLK, the one with the gorgeous custom-built bar? The one that’s open 24/7 and is usually filled with people slaking their need for caffeine and tasty noms and a place to hang or study their asses off?

3:45PM Tue. Jul. 18, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

Song/Book: Grapes of Wrath vs. 1984

It might seem a bit odd, comparing our Trump-tainted trainwreck of a 2017 to the Spandex-flexing DayGlo paroxysm that was 1984, right? But, when you’re talking about George Orwell's novel, well, things can get real insightful really fast – and pretty fucking creepy, too. And what about – hello, climate change – what about John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath?

2:45PM Tue. Jul. 18, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

Cardboard Fantasy in Dave Made a Maze

Ever had too much time on your hands? That's what fantastical horror comedy Dave Made a Maze is about. So what's the craziest thing that producer John Charles Meyer ever built when killing time? "This movie."

9:00AM Tue. Jul. 18, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Buzzfeed's Anne Helen Petersen on the Rise of the Unruly Woman

The westward migration from NYC to Missoula, Mont., may sound like a strange choice for a celebrity gossip writer, but makes more sense when taking into account Anne Helen Petersen’s penchant for nationally conscious storytelling that weaves the cultural into the political. Also, today’s celebrities mostly exist on the internet.

8:00AM Tue. Jul. 18, Rachel Rascoe Read More | Comment »

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