Boy, did Netflix have another lousy week. Not only did the company announce Monday that it had lost 800,000 subscribers in the last quarter, but a rapping band of stuffed animals has now devoted a whole song to inspiring insurgency against the company.
That would be Austin’s own Charles Edward Cheese Band. VHS preservationists Tommy Swenson and Bryan Connolly directed “Down With Netflix,” which is dedicated to independent video stores and was filmed at Vulcan Video’s south location.
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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...
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