A Twofer of Slashers That Are a Cut Above

A horror classic and a hidden gem highlight this week

"...Jessica Harper, fresh off De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise, as an American student trapped in the witchy Tanz..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The International Waters of Austin’s Concert Scene

Party barges bring summer shows to cooler locales

"...party barge, these buoyed performances provide four hours of paradise during blistering Lone Star summers...."

May 19, 2017 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Waiting for the Man: Sterling Morrison Tribute 2000

"...ghosts like a bulldozer in a graveyard; you could almost feel Morrison's surly self stirring. When the band launched..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: Loving and Hating John Wayne, Meryl Streep, Free Speech

Public or private, unspoken or expressed, the rights of every citizen are guaranteed

"...And don't go mistaking Paradise..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Column by Louis Black

The Q&A Hole: Which Restaurant for the Rest of Your Life?

With Ben Snakepit, Regina Allen, Patty Leidy, Miracle Jones, and more.

"...live around the block from them and ate there almost daily...."

Nov. 1, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Elgin Agrarian Community Promises Co-op Living on the Blackland Prairie

“It’s like an urban twist on traditional farming.”

"...The trade-off for living in this apparent paradise? You have to really like your neighbors – or..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Your Fantasy House

Where reader types would own a vacation home if it could be anywhere in literature

"...light and trees so intensely alive that you can almost hear them growing, visitors to the Wood instantly fall..."

June 17, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Review: Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru

Doc on longtime life coach surprisingly straight forward

"...Joe Berlinger, who's made gritty docs Brother's Keeper and Paradise Lost, recognized that potential and poured it into Tony..."

March 15, 2016 Screens Post by Joe O'Connell

Paging Mr. Herman

Paul Reubens' hard work results in Pee-wee's Big Holiday

"...I didn't want to do that, and in fact almost didn't want to be in show business. Then I..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Playback: Experiencing a Broadened Euphoria

EDM breaks out, Agony Column returns

"...Lately there's been trouble in paradise. This week, complaints from a neighboring farmer – upset..."

April 10, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Rap Reigns at SXSW

Snoop Dogg crowns SXSW hip-hop as keynote, the Cherubs may have topped Heroin Man, and Sparkplug becomes part of musicians’ shared economy

"...This year, the genre accounts for almost 15% of SXSW's showcases, estimates SXSW GM James Minor..."

March 13, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

DVDanger: 'Heavy Metal Movies'

A literary diversion over the long weekend

"...as thrash gods Metallica for chilling true crime documentary Paradise Lost or power ballad goons Tyxe on forgotten werewolf..."

July 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Heavy 'Heart'

HBO adaptation makes the case for rage

"...cutting to the marrow. Within minutes, a post-Stonewall gay paradise collapses and writer Ned Weeks (Mark Ruffalo) finds himself..."

May 23, 2014 Screens Post by Brandon Watson

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...& Cab Fare," off last fall's No Poison No Paradise – is just as likely to show up in..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

The AggreGAYtor: June 14

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Texas GOP Representative Ralph Hall comes out. Almost. Oops...."

June 14, 2013 Qmmunity Post

The Ballad of Alejandro Escovedo

Austin icon pulls off a marathon performance at the Moody

"...opening with longtime spines of his early solo sets, “Paradise,” “Five Hearts Breaking,” and “One More Time.” The default,..."

Jan. 14, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Football Prophecies

Dick Cheney, Butch Vig, and chicken wings all play a role in Week 7

"...a feather in his cup, and two tickets to paradise if things take an ugly turn...."

Oct. 20, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Munson a Wine Hero

"...wine-producing areas and found old plaques and statues in almost every town square honoring this guy (T.V. Munson) from..."

Oct. 16, 2012 Postmarks

Fall On Me

Three fall Austin music perennials.

"...then we moved upstairs. We were at Palmer for almost 20 years, until 2000 or so. We had one..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Letters at 3AM: Why a Duck?

The Marx Brothers were funny but they weren't kidding

"...Groucho pursued his education almost 'til the end of sixth grade. He wrote that..."

July 27, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Shiva's Headband

"...close your eyes tight enough while listening, you can almost see the last shadows of Groovers Paradise fading into..."

May 25, 2012 Music Review by Greg Beets

Sixth Sense

Neighbors, business owners, and the city are all searching for the future of East Sixth Street

"...of Sixth Street blossomed into a Mardi Gras-ish economic paradise for its many bar owners. Even into the 2000s,..."

Feb. 24, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Think

Aretha Franklin heats up the Moody

"...analog warmth found on her recorded canon. Hot as paradise but capable of iceberg chills, it’s a singular instrument..."

Nov. 16, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Growing Up in War Zones

The magic of cinema inspires kids in a Kurdish village to take camera in hand

"...feel familiar to those who've seen Steve James' Reel Paradise (2005), which chronicled what happened when John Pierson brought..."

July 8, 2011 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

'Weird Al' Yankovic

"...of a certain age, but die-hards had to wait almost two hours to hear "Eat It," "Amish Paradise," and..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Carnage, Wrath, and Righteous Waves

What's the story with Doug Dorst's The Surf Guru?

"...in The Surf Guru, words so evocative they feel almost tactile. These are words that remind a person what..."

July 16, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

'New Works: Sunyong Chung'

Chung's two new sculptures offer a sublime glimpse of heaven and earth in balance

"...many holes as to resemble lace doilies; banners shredded almost to the fineness of hair; delicate cut-out figures that..."

June 25, 2010 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Day Trips

The Davy Crockett National Forest is a cathedral of towering pine trees bordered by flowering dogwoods and stately oaks

"...The forests of East Texas are a paradise almost lost. When Anglo settlers first arrived, they found..."

April 2, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Three Guys, a Girl, and a Dog Named Friday

Austin film collective Jollyville Pictures on its ingredients for success

"...off chance that you haven't awakened to the sinner's paradise that is this particular music video, go turn on..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

God Says No

With dust-dry wit, James Hannaham charts a Homeric course for his protagonist through a sham marriage, an identity change, Atlanta's gay underground, an extended pray-away-the-gay program, and more

"...just before landing and thought, I am returning to paradise. Not even Adam and Eve got to do that."..."

July 10, 2009 Books Review by Cindy Widner

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