Dr. Demento

The world's foremost authority on goofy music hosts an appropriately bent SXSW showcase.

"...If it only hurts when you laugh, then Dr. Demento is the M.D. for you. Though..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Sentimental Family Band Isn’t Hung Up on the High Times

The softie ex-art-rockers arrive at Austin’s honky-tonk revival

"...This is what Sagebrush was made for. The South Congress honky-tonk is..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

DVDanger: The Larry Fessenden Collection

Horror's underappreciated auteur on existential terror

"...Whale. Castle. Carpenter. Craven. Fulci. The great names of horror...."

Oct. 20, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW Music recommendations and hints

"...Wednesday Picks..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...Georges Melies never saw the Apollo astronauts tee off on the moon, but..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Frankenstein's Daughter

"...Frankenstein's Daughter D: Richard Cunha (1958); with Donald Murphy, John..."

April 14, 2000 Screens Review by Mike Emery

Seriously, Don't Stop Believin'

Scoot Inn's Confidence Rock Hoot Night makes you raise your hand if you're sure.

"...Saturday night, expect fist-pumping, high-fiving, and possibly even a mantage..."

Nov. 8, 2007 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

D: Fuse

Texas Platters

"...D:FusePeople (V2) D:Fuse has been poised for greatness so long it's a wonder..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Wine of the Week

"...The last decade has seen a huge increase in American consumption..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Flat Crazy

"...Flat Crazy by Ben Rehder..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Books Review by Virginia B. Wood

Kelly Hogan & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts Beneath the Country Underdog (Bloodshot)

"...Kelly Hogan & the Pine Valley CosmonautsBeneath the Country Underdog (Bloodshot)..."

June 2, 2000 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Public Notice

Don't Just Stand There

"...Stand tall? Stand up for what you believe in? Stand..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Conference Notes

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March 14, 1997 Screens Feature

The Swallowed Man

The Austin author's rich and strange take on Pinocchio has Geppetto tell the story from the belly of the giant fish

"...If only Victor Frankenstein had read Edward Carey's latest novel after he animated..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Behind the Scenes on Netflix’s New Austin-Made, Mexico-Set Anime

The many hands of Powerhouse Animation make light work of Seis Manos

"...Brad Graeber has two notepads. They're pocket-sized scrapbooks, crammed with..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Mary Moody Northen Theatre's ANON(ymous)

At St. Edward's, this reworking of Homer's Odyssey gives names to the nameless in today's immigrant crisis

"...In Homer's classic poem, Odysseus bests a ravenous Cyclops by telling the..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Necks of Kin

From Dusk Till Dawn bares its fangs for season 2

"...In an abandoned East Austin body shop, D.J. Cotrona hides behind..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Garth Manor Brings Out the Dead

FX maestro Robert Kurtzman on the seminal Evil Dead 2

"...The elevator pitch for 1987's classic comedy-horror Evil Dead 2 would..."

July 31, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dead Awakening

Rob Thomas unleashes iZombie

"...Post-The Walking Dead and post-Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., it's hard to avoid..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Housecore Headhunter Summons You

Festival boss Corey Mitchell makes his recommendations

"...If you ask Corey Mitchell which nation is making the most depraved,..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Post Linear'

The paintings of Beili Liu, Shawn Camp, and Sandra Pratt might be what cartographers dream

"...'Post Linear'Gallery Shoal Creek, 2905 San Gabriel #101, 454-6671 www.galleryshoalcreek.com Through..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Off the Record

Austin's Monster of Folk strolls down Mermaid Avenue, inside Woxy's DJ booth, and beating the drum for HAAM Benefit Day

"...Some Kind of Monster..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Ecuador v. Big Oil

Joe Berlinger documents the case against Chevron in Crude

"...There aren't many celebrity documentarians, but Joe Berlinger is probably on..."

April 17, 2009 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

TBS tries to be funny

"...There is no shortage of slogans to lure you to the small screen...."

Nov. 24, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the Germs

Sheet Music

"...Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the..."

May 31, 2002 Music Review by Crispin Sartwell

Billy Idol, Stubb's, July 8

"...July 8 Remember where you were in '82, the year "White Wedding" came out? Ron 'n' Nancy were in..."

July 20, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

And One for You...

Council Doles Out CDBG Candy

"...All the ingredients for a major battle were there. The..."

May 23, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Coach's Corner

"...I'm thinking of writing a book. Its working title: The Most Hated Team in..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Top 10 Festival Films of 2023 You Haven’t Seen Yet

From the Toxic Avenger to school shootings, the best of the fests

"...This year's festival selections are next year's award winners and blockbusters...."

Dec. 19, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Wonderful World of Frank Oz

It’s time to meet the folks behind Muppet Guys Talking

"...Muppets. They taught us to count, the value of diversity, and what..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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