They're OK, the Last Days of May

"...was fantastic! Thanks for the story on “Last Days of May” ["Buck Dharma in the 21st Century!" Daily Music,..."

Aug. 14, 2017 Postmarks

Lone Star State of Mind

Neal Barrett Jr.'s characters, clues, and unparalleled career

"...root beer with his silver-haired bride Ruth, taking photographs of the flowers and wildlife in his backyard. Maybe even..."

June 7, 2013 Books Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Death and Life of Free Radio

Austin microradio lived fast and died young -- can the movement live to broadcast another day?

"...We're listening to the sound of a man kicking in a door...."

June 22, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

The Fantastic and Utterly Disreputable History of the Bevy of Sin Known as Guy Town

Before downtown Austin had the Warehouse District, it had the Whorehouse District: a notorious neighborhood of brothels and fandango houses called Guy Town.

"...the Warehouse District, and plop yourself at any one of the area's finer watering holes: Sullivan's, Cedar Street, Saba,..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Ian Quigley

Out of Left Field

Tim Walker looks at this abysmal year in Texas baseball.

"...It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ... uh,..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Sports Feature by Tim Walker

Color of Justice

A drug bust in tiny Tulia, Texas opens up old racial wounds and raises questions about the veracity of the undercover cop-for-hire who orchestrated it all.

"...didn't take place in the high-volume inner-city cocaine rings of Houston or Dallas, or in a major trafficking hub..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Albert

"...Dee Snider said, “I wanna rock.” That’s an oversimplification, of course. Give anyone verse after delirious verse of Dylan’s..."

Feb. 19, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Buck Dharma in the 21st Century!

Epic Q&A with Blue Öyster Cult’s “Reaper”

"...singer-songwriter cabal Blue Öyster Cult composed art-rock unlike any of their era peers between the late Sixties and the..."

Aug. 9, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Dominance & Submission

"..."Then Came the Last Days of May," Blue Öyster Cult..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Music Feature

Blue Öyster Cult

"...Blue Öyster CultSecret Treaties (Columbia/Legacy), Agents of Fortune (Columbia/Legacy) A New York band trying to..."

July 13, 2001 Music Review by Ken Lieck

Death Valley Nights

BÖC's Spectres reissue brings out the ghosts

"...store before all too long. And not just because of BÖC either. Had this mom-and-pop hole in the wall..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Blue Öyster Cult

Complete catalogs trump career overviews

"...At the wane of CDs – in these latter stages of the album..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...After January's sneak peek of a half-dozen titles, SXSW Film has finally drawn back..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...First, let me completely invalidate the content of this letter for all "Austin veterans": I've lived in..."

May 19, 2000 Column

Shortcuts

"...top women in entertainment in the December 10 issue of The Hollywood Reporter. This week, Obst is representing Fox..."

Jan. 31, 1997 Screens Column

For Whom the Road Tolls

The Death of Touring

"...The Death of Touring For Whom the Road Tolls..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Shortcuts

"...dark over the next few days -- watching lots of independent films, to be sure. The SXSW Film Festival..."

March 7, 1997 Screens Column

This Is a Blogpost About Austin's Jennymarie Jemison

Partly because her movie's in the Seattle International Film Festival

"...This blogpost is about Jennymarie Jemison partly because The..."

May 20, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Tabletop Games for the Holidays

Whether you're a neophyte or a gaming guru, we've got you covered

"...Seared into my brain is an early holiday memory of a post-Christmas dinner game of Risk that nearly came..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Inside Agitator

Fulani Follower Stokes Fires of Resentment and Reform

"...members at a local restaurant to plot the bust-up of the two-party system. photograph by John Anderson Linda Curtis,..."

Dec. 12, 1997 News Feature by Audrey Duff

Bad Company

"...recently hired by Vic Grimes (Langella) to become one of the elite members of “The Tool Shed,” Grimes' collection..."

June 6, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...I Feel Love I'm sitting in one of the myriad coffee shops on Congress Avenue -- slouching,..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

An Unlikely Reporter From the Secret Sexual Jungle

Suzy Spencer sets aside true crime to explore Americans' particular passions

"...book Secret Sex Lives: A Year on the Fringes of American Sexuality seems both appropriate and wrong. Scanning the..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Books Feature by Joe O'Connell

Off the Record

Soaring gas prices put local bands in a pinch at the pump and a homecoming of sorts for Janis Joplin and the Butthole Surfers

"...McMaster. The veteran hard rock outfit canceled 10 dates of a two-week run in July after figuring that the..."

June 13, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Roberts Court Begins Its First Term

Abortion, assisted suicide, and free speech vs. campaign reform on the docket

"...that will likely chart a course for the future of supreme jurisprudence on a wide variety of hot-button issues,..."

Oct. 14, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Marco Perella Reviewed

Movie actor Marco Perella has at least one doozy of a story for every picture he's made, and in his Adventures of a No Name Actor, he makes each one so light and salty and tasty, you just want to keep tossing 'em back, like popcorn.

"...Adventures of a No Name Actorby Marco Perella; foreword by Molly..."

July 6, 2001 Books Feature by Robert Faires

Coach's Corner

"...The art of semi-educated pro football prognostication has gone the way of..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Going Back to "Lake Charles"

"...where he felt at home "Lake Charles" is one of the most bittersweet songs on an album full of..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

10 Freaks and Geeks to Redefine Austin Music

Local passion projects with singular visions

"...such an unlikely score demands tribute to the forces of random fortune, Roper founded Attic Ted, a warped reconstitution..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Lebanon Calling

The Lebanese connection: ACL booker Charles Attal's bond with Zilker Park

"...and the park's Great Lawn was in the process of being transformed into the setting for the Austin City..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

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