Kenjutsu: The Art of the Sword

The Hideout improvises tales of samurai battle and broken honor

"...case you don’t know better already, don’t be thinking of it as “comedy improv,” get it?..."

March 28, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Houses of the Holy: Zeppelin Reissues Conclude

Year-long reissue campaign ranges over the hills and far away

"...high school bus and menaced by suburban thugs, I the Rolling Stones lifer refused pledging ultimate fealty to Led..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive – Scherzo of Deep Night

MMORPG anime puts the grind into dungeon grinding

"...Remember Leeroy Jenkins? The legendary meme spawned when a World of Warcraft player..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

We Come From the Land of the Ice and Snow

Sword drummer Trivett Wingo hammers out an appreciation of Led Zeppelin III

"...Page's "threshing oar," John Paul Jones' battering basslines, and the marching beat-down of John Bonham conquered a subgenre still..."

March 28, 2008 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Pen May Be Mightier Than the Sword, but Sometimes It Makes You Want to Slit Your Wrists

The Austin Film Society's latest series zooms in on creative block

"...Federico Fellini was flummoxed. After the international acclaim that followed La Dolce Vita, he was..."

May 2, 2014 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Comedy Out the Wazoo and In Your Weekend: Now!

Unless you'd rather just, what, twiddle your thumbs until Moontower?

"...You know the Moontower Comedy Festival's coming up fast...."

April 9, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night

New adaptation of the MMORPG anime

"...Sword Art Online isn't the first movie to be based..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...What do the creator of the 10,000 hour rule, a Supreme Court..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Sword Guitarist Kyle Shutt: Self-Portraitist – By Request!

Out-of-work shredder began re-facing his solo LP for fans

"...Kyle Shutt discovered himself a new artistic medium – literally: drawing album-sized portraits of his own..."

May 19, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Page Turner

In this quiet, French revenge film, a creeping malevolence wreaks havoc on an otherwise normal bourgeois family.

"...Directed by: Denis Dercourt. Starring: Catherine Frot, Déborah François, Pascal Greggory, Xavier De Guillebon, Christine..."

May 25, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Graveyard: Ungrateful Are We the Dead

Graveyard

"...Seldom have the opening notes of any rock album had the effect..."

Sept. 9, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Darkness With a Twist of Dime-Store Novel

White Whale Games brings the pulp-fiction aesthetic into the Aughties

"...A nefarious, unknowable force travels the universe, washing away the history of the worlds it..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

Pages And Pages of Free Comics

Flicking through this year's Free Comic Book Day comics

"...Imagine record store day, but for comics. Oh, and they're free. The massive annual event for the comics industry..."

May 5, 2011 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

The Night Has (Nearly) a Thousand Eyes With Sideshow Revivalists 999 Eyes

Austin original celebration of exceptional oddity returns

"...With a name like Whorie the Clown, it's no surprise she ended up as part..."

April 14, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: The Spine of Night

Rotoscoped fantasy layers myth, legend, and gore

"...Rotoscoping - the art of drawing animation directly from live action reference..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Saying Goodbye to the Ex

Margaret Moser says goodbye through the ether.

"...Last week, I had to say farewell to one of them. Mike Malone, better known to Austin as Rollo..."

April 30, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Of Scrolls, Swords, and Ponycorn Adventures

The year in gaming

"...1) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks) It might appear..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

ArmadilloCon, Art, a Hot Sauce Hootenanny, and More Recommended Events

Get out and get spicy this weekend

"...The Oath of the Sword..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Page Two: When I Write the Book

On luck, anarchy, and the narrative vagaries of life

"...Back in the old days, Austin's airport was not only at Mueller..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Column by Louis Black

The Spine of Night

Epic Rotoscoped animation updates Ralph Bakshi’s dark fantasies

"...Rotoscoping – the art of drawing animation directly from live-action reference footage..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Lunar Vacation, Nané Day, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

Grab the earplugs and hit the clubs

"...The Cactus Blossoms..."

April 11, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Movies, Comedians, Theatre, and More Arts Options for the Week

Get out and get art

"...The newest film from Austin’s Zellner brothers, about the tragic..."

April 12, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Kalu & the Electric Joint Record Review

Time Undone (Spaceflight)

"...Like his newly minted U.S. citizenship, the debut album from Kalu & the Electric Joint serves..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Art Transplant

The Move Toward a Cultural Center in Downtown

"...You would think that the simple fact of having lasted..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Outside the Bachs

Classical sounds new when Austin artists do the composing

"...The Killer Bs must be proud of A-Town. The shades..."

May 1, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

How Estate Services of Austin Finds New Homes for Treasures Left Behind

In the saddest times, Carl McQueary and the Estate Services team are there to help

"...this. It's worthless. Ten dollars from a vendor in the street. But I take it, I bury it in..."

July 22, 2022 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Mob House Rules

Trail of Dead introduces their new epic release to the world

"...About 12 hours before the most famous Texan in America begins his second term..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Basement Tapes

The Netherworld of Iconoclastic Music

"...Throughout history, the economics of creativity have often acted as a barrier..."

March 28, 1997 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Jenny Slate Returns to the Big Screen With Landline

Nineties comedy reunites the team behind Obvious Child

"...Sometimes it's the relatable minutiae that round out a film. Like so..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

The Right to be Offensive

Joseph Kahn on his new battle rap social satire Bodied

"...When America started amending the Constitution, the number one priority was freedom..."

Nov. 6, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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