At the Crossroads: Joe Nick Patoski’s Austin to ATX

Book, launching Feb. 13, tracks Austin’s evolving character

"...For Joe Nick Patoski, Austin is a city like no other,..."

Feb. 11, 2019 Arts Post by Lauren Jones

Last of a Breed

Veteran Austin music scribe tackles a topic equal to his skill: Willie Nelson

"...It may not be Willie World, but author Joe Nick Patoski has leveraged his own slice of Texas..."

April 25, 2008 Music Feature by Dan Oko

Nacho Daddy

What do Michael Jackson and Manu Chao have in common? Joe King Carrasco.

"...Onstage, an eager young rocker held court first. Joe Teusch hailed from Dumas, up in the Panhandle, the..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Resurrection of Doug Sahm

Sneak peak at SXSW Film biopic plus deets on SXSW Music blowout

"...Ray Vaughan, and Willie Nelson, longtime local music scribe Joe Nick Patoski now debuts as a filmmaker with Sir..."

March 10, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Live Shot: Doug Sahm Tribute

Induct the Texas groover into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!

"...just go back to where you came from,” offered Joe Nick Patoski to a packed Paramount Theatre Saturday night...."

March 22, 2015 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...of 1982, Sarah Whistler had moved out of Austin, Joe Dishner had left to go into film production, and..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...bringing Uncle Kent 2 (the first Uncle Kent being Joe Swanberg’s back in 2011)...."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: True Stories: Then and Now

Connecting the dots between the SIMS Foundation and a day on the set of David Byrne's sleeper hit film

"...Grupo Fantasma Horns, the Jones Family Singers, and me. Joe Nick Patoski is the master of ceremonies with the..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Texas Me

New Doug Sahm documentary and SXSW all-star concert resurrects Austin's cosmic groover

"...Writer Joe Nick Patoski marvels at the end result of his..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Behind the Crown

"...In 1976, author and then-Texas Monthly writer Joe Nick Patoski heckled an act onstage at Soap Creek..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Playback: Doug Sahm for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!

The Austin Music Hall gets slated for teardown, the Roost closes while looking for a cash infusion, Backyard owner Tim O'Connor gets back in the concert game, and a Kickstarter campaign to get Doug Sahm into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

"...Doug Sahm," proclaims Texas music sophisticate and first-time filmmaker Joe Nick Patoski, who's penned bios on Lone Star mononyms..."

July 10, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

'Willie Nelson: An Epic Life' Book Review

567 pages might not be enough to cover Willie Nelson's Epic Life

"...Willie Nelson: An Epic Lifeby Joe Nick Patoski Little, Brown and Co., 567 pp., $27.99..."

April 25, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

How a Collaboration Between Roky Erickson and Doug Sahm Became Part of the Blueprint for Punk Rock

Chapter one of the Austin Punk Chronicles concludes with two local legends setting the stage for a global music revolution

"..."They were friends," says local historian and author Joe Nick Patoski of Erickson and Sahm. "The Elevators and..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

SXSW Film: Sir Doug and the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove Red Carpet

"...Augie Meyers, Dawn Sahm, Joe Nick Patoski, Shandon Sahm, and Shawn Sahm..."

March 20, 2015 Photo Gallery

Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir

'Austin, 1972,' an excerpt from Joe Nick Patoski's new tome, Willie Nelson: An Epic Life

"...From the book Willie Nelson: An Epic Life by Joe Nick Patoski. Copyright 2008 by Joe Nick Patoski. Reprinted..."

April 25, 2008 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

That's All, Folks!

"...phone calls, except my mother and Weezer. But when Joe Nick Patoski from Texas Monthly paged me at 11:45am,..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Siempre Selena

Game changer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez prompts Corpus Christi's inaugural "Selena Fest"

"...Likewise, Texas music bon vivant Joe Nick Patoski, author of Selena biography Como La Flor..."

April 10, 2015 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

At the Top of His Game

Longtime Texas Monthly editor Gregory Curtis calls it quits; deputy editor Evan Smith will succeed him. Louis Dubose, editor of the Texas Observer for 13 years, announces he will retire.

"...like this, perspective is suddenly clarified," longtime staff writer Joe Nick Patoski says. With Curtis, Patoski says, "It wasn't..."

June 9, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

Amor Prohibido

Selena's Crossover Dream

"...Joe Nick Patoski's excellent new book, Selena: Como la Flor..."

June 28, 1996 Books Feature

Jay Trachtenberg's Top Books of 2019

From the social upheaval of the Sixties to the double life of an intelligence agent to the secular past of an Orthodox rabbi, splits resolved into memorable books

"...Two delicious Austin books are Joe Nick Patoski's AUSTIN TO ATX: THE HIPPIES, PICKERS, SLACKERS,..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Media Clips

Although he's catching heat in the national media, here in Texas, Bush has been given kid-glove treatment by the media.

"...did result in higher scores. But, as senior editor Joe Nick Patoski noted -- echoing a common sentiment among..."

May 12, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Kingpins D: Brendan FitzGerald Producers: Drea Bernardi, Brendan FitzGerald, Nick August-Perna The Oxy Kingpins covers the untold story of..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Girl Who Met Robert Johnson

Shirley Ratisseau wrote a song with Robert Johnson

"...buts to his statement echoes corroborations by Austin author Joe Nick Patoski (Willie Nelson: An Epic Life), Texas Music..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret 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”

"...playing the right chords, for a start!" the Clash's Joe Strummer snarled in 1979 at an American TV newscaster..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

One Big Guitar

The return of the True Believers

"...Joe King Carrasco & the Crowns are plying their Tex-Mex..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Off the Record

Blazing Saddles: Willie Nelson campaigns for the Teapot Party

"...in Texas in 1997. However, his criminal defense lawyer, Joe Turner, is quick to point out that Nelson was..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Pulpwood Queen, the TV show?

Kathy Patrick's already got the Pulpwood Queen's Book Club fanning out across the country. Now she wants her own TV show.

"...flogging his novel-in-stories Evacuation Plan) with insightful questions. Leleux, Joe Nick Patoski (Willie Nelson: An Epic Life) and I..."

Jan. 17, 2009 Books Post by Joe O'Connell

Pages as Presents

2001's crop of coffeetable books

"...$39.95), photographer Laurence Parent and Texas Monthly Senior Editor Joe Nick Patoski capture a side of Texas that strangers..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Books Feature by Dan Oko

Our Barbecue, Ourselves

Third annual Foodways Texas Symposium showcases Texas barbecue arts

"...Texas barbecue spread. Panel topics range from the politics (Joe Nick Patoski) and Southern roots of community barbecue (Robb..."

March 22, 2013 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Texas Book Festival Announces 2012 Lineup

Hot off the press: Justin Cronin, Junot Díaz, and Cheryl Strayed among 200 authors to attend

"...In: The Life and Times of Ann Richards); and Joe Nick Patoski (The Dallas Cowboys: The Outrageous History of..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

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