Remembering Teresa Taylor, Stand-Up Butthole Surfers Drummer With a Memorable Role in Slacker

The Texas percussionist and “Madonna Pap smear girl” has died at 60

"...what many consider Texas acid punks Butthole Surfers’ classic lineup, passed away after a long battle with lung disease..."

June 20, 2023 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Glue Kicks Up a Long-Awaited Punk Rock Rodeo

The reclusive quartet played This Is Austin, Not That Great

"...From the moment Austin-originating punk act Glue hit the first note until the final primal..."

March 6, 2023 Music Post by Robert Penson

Finally Punk, All-Girl Aughts Act, Talks Austin Reunion Shows

Unbanned, pioneering punks play Swass Nite Wednesday

"...Good news for fans of mid-Aughts punk, all-girl groups, and DIY goofiness: Finally Punk is finally back, and..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

Ways for Grownups to Act Like a Kid This July

Youthful diversions from kickball to video games

"...Playland is 18 and up on select nights, so leave the rugrats at home!Tuesdays,..."

June 30, 2022 Events Post by Katherine McNevins

Putting the Art into Fart: Peter Strickland Heats Up Flux Gourmet

The filmmaker traces how industrial music informed his new work

"..."Ah!" Strickland chirps up in recognition, adding American controversialists like Butthole Surfers and..."

June 24, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Energy Gives Up on Fayette Plan, But Not on Climate Goals

Keep Austin dirty?

"...Earlier this fall, City Council adopted a new Climate..."

Nov. 12, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

ACLU Warns Border Counties: Abbott’s Setting You Up

County officials warned they'll be flouting Constitution and federal law if they follow governor's immigration edict

"...In response to Gov. Greg Abbott's declaration of a..."

July 9, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Council Recap: A Big Bucket of BidenBucks to Stitch Up the Safety Net

Homelessness response anchors $263.5 million spending plan

"...more than half of the city’s American Rescue Plan Act funding will motivate other public, private, and nonprofit investments..."

June 11, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Pull Up the Drawbridge

FoHP has their historic zoning; no one else need apply

"...the rest of the grounds. A local social media group, Friends of Hyde Park, has been roiling the waters,..."

Dec. 11, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Democracy is Saved, Salt & Time Patties Up, Chicken Salad Rules, and Here Comes Another Broken Egg

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...The basic act of peristalsis just got a whole lot easier –..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Dave Franco Picks Up The Keys to The Rental

How scary hotels and Atlanta shaped his horror debut

"...debut as a feature director, The Rental. When two couples (Dan Stevens, Alison Brie, Sheila Vand, and Jeremy Allen..."

July 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Council Recap: Austin Revs Up COVID-19 Relief Efforts

"All things on the table" to help Austinites weather crisis

"...usual Thursday throngs of staffers, lawyers, lobbyists, advocates, and active citizens, the Austin City Council held its first-ever semi-virtual..."

March 27, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Cheer Up Charlies Owners Take Over Rio Rita

Tamara Hoover and Maggie Lea plan to re-open the East Austin bar by 2020

"...bar Rio Rita on 12th and Chicon found an actual “Gone Fishin’” sign taped to the door. The posting..."

Nov. 21, 2019 Food Post by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Ryan Bingham Warms Up His Western Festival

Onetime local Americana star inaugurates his fest on a chilly day in Luckenbach

"...marked one of only two women artists on the 10-act assemblage, following cancellation from original headliner Margo Price. Alt.country..."

April 19, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

CodeNEXT Leak Stirs Up Drama

Long-awaited land development code proposal expected Jan. 30

"...A surprise leak has juiced up the drama surrounding the impending debut of CodeNEXT's first..."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Feature by Caleb Pritchard

Afternoon ACL Acts Worth Waking Up For

Get the most out of your pass with these nine artists

"...court dark undercurrents and quaking, heavy guitar licks built up from a strong foundation of pop. Just a self-titled..."

Sept. 28, 2016 Music Post by The Music Staff

When the Movies You Loved as a Kid Don’t Hold Up

Shedding film nostalgia

"...call your mom, and of course, getting to watch grownup movies. While most kids are gently dangled into the..."

July 29, 2016 Screens Feature by Beejoli Shah

The Luv Doc: Help! I've Been Set Up!

Maybe you were meant to date a complicated genius with a neck tattoo

"...Help! I've been set up! About a month ago, my roommate and her boyfriend..."

April 15, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Laughing It Up with Kelly Willis

Well Travelled and lovely still a quarter-century down the road

"...building her national profile as one of the original group of locals signed out of the earliest days of..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Salt Lick and Jester King Team Up

Today's Austin food news

"...stranger to perfect pairings. The Driftwood classic is teaming up with Jester King Brewery for the restaurant’s very first..."

Oct. 28, 2015 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Welcome to 'Sherlock,' Where Everything's Made Up and the Deaths Don't Matter

The finale no one saw coming

"...such that only he can see it. Are we supposed to be afraid of Google Glass now? But there's..."

Feb. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

@SXSWPartyzzzzz Has Your Free Day Party Hook-Up

Parody Twitter SXSW feed generates buzzzzz

"...RSVPing your name and contact info to the hundreds of emails flooding your inbox..."

March 7, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Yarbrough: 'Ready To Roll Up My Sleeves'

How did this retired school teacher end up in a Democratic run-off?

"...Senator on primary day. So how did he end up facing retired public schoolteacher Grady Yarbrough in a run-off?..."

July 20, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

On the Campaign Trail: Shade Racks Up Most Cash

The pulse quickens in heated Place 3 race

"...quarter-million dollars – $234,000. Prominent donors included civil rights activist Bertha Means; Mayor Lee Leffingwell's wife, Julie Byers; and..."

May 13, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Senate Redistricting Chops Up Travis County

Austin split four ways in proposed map

"...of proposed state Senate redistricting released this afternoon does exactly that, threatening Austin Sen. Kirk Watson and pairing some..."

May 11, 2011 News Post by Lee Nichols

Point Austin: Fed Up Yet?

Republican politicians propose pulling Texas out of Medicaid

"...Chisum bluntly told the Texas Tribune: "This system is bankrupting our state. We need to get out of it...."

Nov. 12, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Clean Up Elections

"...isn’t so much that individual members of Congress are corrupt but that the system is corrupt. Sure, there are..."

July 6, 2010 Postmarks

Keeping Up With the Joneses

A century of Austin music in one arrangement

"...Austin's musical history, and unlocking it for just a couple of hours are the Joneses...."

June 18, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Hard Act to Follow

Heather Kafka on a love/hate history with acting

"...lovely spring morning in Austin, apart from the inescapable fact that I have just made Heather Kafka cry. Not..."

June 11, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Longhorns, It's Time for Your Close-Up

It's all about attitude from here on out

"...standout basketball player at Austin’s Anderson High when the acting bug bit him. Coaches and counselors told him he..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

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