SXSW Saturday Showcases

"...and citymate the Holydrug Couple follows with liquid crystal acid pop from its own new Noctuary. Getting Sergio-Leone-wasted on..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Psychedelic Light & Sound Does Free Week

"...yelp and catchy tuneage. "I wish I was on acid," proclaimed Blind Pets singer/guitarist Josh Logan, whose mother was..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Music Review by Michael Toland

Deep Space, the Boxing Lesson, Obscured by Echoes, Residual Kid

Highlights from first half of Free Week

"...Free Week ended its first half in an acid haze at Mohawk, but first up sidled Residual Kid,..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Music Review by Michael Toland

Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow

Director Sophie Fiennes gives us this elegant examination of the highly personal artwork of German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer.

"...painted with molten lead and then beset with ash, acid, and H₂0 to create eerily apocalyptic images of primordial..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Lijadu Sisters

Wislawa Szymborska meets the Lijadu Sisters

"...central to the sibling’s vocal spells, and harmonies, and acid rock guitar solos, but weaving all that into a..."

Feb. 7, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

In Memoriam

Motorcycle Michael, 1954-2011

"...the federal penitentiary for making the mistake of mailing acid blotters to a friend). He claimed his violation of..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Features Feature by Dan Hardick

The Guard

A daffy, delightful Irish yarn capped by fabulous performances by Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle.

"...film’s opening sequence, Boyle is seen lifting some blotter acid from the stash of a car-crash victim and dissolving..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Circle Sky

For your resident Head, the Monkees' Michael Nesmith still lassos 'Circle Sky' country-rock

"...Story. "And quite frankly there was a bit of acid involved, and Jack saw the movie in his mind..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

When Bad Movies Attack

James Nguyen's underground oddity Birdemic cries fowl

"...a squawky chorus of what sounds like seagulls on acid just outside the windows of their no-tell motel. A..."

July 2, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...were sniffing coke or had turned on with grass, acid or speed. By midnight, much of the cast had..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

Letters to Juliet

There's a lovely little arthouse movie buried in this romance starring Amanda Seyfried, although the film's commercial aspirations get in its way.

"...atoning for his sins? If Bride Wars was an acid spill – and that’s putting it generously – then..."

May 14, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Death at a Funeral

A remake of a 3-year-old British comedy, Death at a Funeral transfers its farce from a predominantly white cast to predominantly black.

"...nasty, barky uncle with intestinal issues (Glover); his cousin's acid-tripping boyfriend stripping naked (played by Marsden with elastic-faced giddiness);..."

April 23, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Black Waters of Echo's Pond

Recalling the tone and spirit of Eighties horror films, this is an homage to exsanguinations past.

"...updating of past arterial spurters. Like Jumanji on bad acid, it's pretty much game for anything...."

April 9, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Station

This nimble movie about Tolstoy's last days stars Christopher Plummer as the author and Helen Mirren as his high-strung wife, Sofya.

"...divine as a diva whiplashing from soft coo to acid tongue. But as the schism between Tolstoy’s loved ones..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Metallurgy

Metallurgy

"...shred and holler Austin Barber. Lightning tempo morphs (opener "Acid Hand") and straight 1980s riff fusillades ("We Roam") alight..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Jesus Lizard

All hail the second coming

"...the Jesus Lizard follows in the wake of Scratch Acid's blistering return three years ago...."

Nov. 6, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Taking Woodstock

The director of Brokeback Mountain looks for peace and love in another decade and finds it at the legendary festival through the story of one key participant.

"...palette. A detour into a VW van for Elliot’s acid trip with a couple of pansexual hippies (Dano and..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Soloist

Although Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. are terrific in the leads, this drama plays its tune with a heavy hand.

"...music. (Implicit warning: There but for a tab of acid go you and I.) The Soloist should be appreciated..."

April 24, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Local Hangover Cures

Defeating the porcelain god and that pounding brain

"...lining while simultaneously promoting the secretion of more hydrochloric acid to speed up digestion of the irritant. With enough..."

March 20, 2009 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Liquid Assets

Spend money on the gifts instead of the wine this holiday season

"...a meal. The former requires generous fruitiness with medium acidity, while the latter requires good acidity to cleanse the..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Off the Record

Reunion fever hits close to home: Faces, the Kinks, the Jesus Lizard, and more

"...Following in the wake of Scratch Acid's scorching return two years ago (see "The Greatest Gift,"..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Twilight

One is human and the other's vampire: What's a pair of young soulmates to do?

"...sunlight, instead bursting into shimmery sparkles like raver-fairies on acid. Twilight, to be sure, is critic-proof, but vampirism aside,..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Maker Faire: Mission Accomplished

This year's Maker Faire was exhausting, but the inspiration was boundless

"...to cause immediate sensory overload, but less like dropping acid in Vegas à la Hunter S. and more like..."

Oct. 20, 2008 Design Post by Sarah Jean Billeiter

ACL Fest Friday Reviews

"...Jenny LewisAcid Tongue (Warner Bros.)..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Out of the Mouths of Children

The return of the Butthole Surfers – don't call it a reunion!

"...hometown of Atlanta in 1984. "I was on blue-gel acid," he smiles in fond recollection over a Jim Beam..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Magic Fruit

"...sweetness taste inducer when it comes into contact with acids. The reaction is temporary, lasting from 30 minutes to..."

July 25, 2008 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Thanks, Canada

Blood-soaked nights on the road to punk rock with the Krum Bums

"...etc., then Dave tells us his stepson is on acid. The kid just stares at us and laughs, which..."

July 11, 2008 Music Feature by David Rodriguez

Noiice Job

Dinos unplugged!

"...of psychopathic, sludge-punk tunes, right at home at an acid-fueled Brooklyn loft party." Do acid parties even happen in..."

May 12, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Speed Racer

The Wachowski brothers' hyperbolic film is supersaturated with outrageously eye-popping visuals, but there's nary an honest emotion in sight.

"...Timothy Leary alike), but after 30 minutes of Roy Lichtenstein-on-acid imagery, it's all you can do not to fidget..."

May 9, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I See Dead People

The Black Angels conjure Austin's psychedelic renaissance

"...the 13th Floor Elevators' landmark Easter Everywhere, a vicious acid flashback through the darker recesses of rock & roll:..."

May 9, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

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