Men With Guns

Plus swords, arrows, and armies, packing heat on dvd

"...the presumed good in human nature could go so bad. Wildly varying versions of the event are voiced; the..."

June 7, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

When Cable Attacks!

The Good, the Bad, and the Struggling: Where Cable TV is Going and How It'sChanged

"...public's ever-increasing capacity for violence, sex, and "reality" television, plus cable networks' desperate scramble to capture any small crumb..."

July 14, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Leininger Unplugged

Bad management and drug tests lead to txn's demise.

"...of a station. You've got to have sales people. Plus, it was harder to sell the concept of a..."

July 14, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

How Austin Fared

Despite Austin's reputation as the most expensive rental market in Texas, the state Department of Housing and Community Affairs has approved only one low-income housing tax credit project for Austin this year.

"...PC lab and a full-time staff conducting after-school activities, plus literacy and ESL courses for adults. Two-bedroom apartments would..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Complete Freedom

A profile of Bad Livers banjo player Danny Barnes

"...Danny Barnes? The Bad Livers? Oh, right. Austin old-timey trio known for its..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Sxsw

"...is selling five-song demos via the Internet. It's too bad, because Extra Fancy is one of Silver Lake's only..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...for breaking its reliance on an endless recycling of bad clichés. (Continental Club, 9pm) -Michael Bertin..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Animated equine love story that's also a fresh take on the standard cowboys-and-Indians tropes.

"...arrives with a packsaddle loaded with both good and bad news. On the plus side, it clocks in at..."

May 24, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Two Tickets to Paradise

Who tickets what in Austin

"...sea change in the way tickets are sold. Not bad for an agency that didn't even get its start..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Music Feature by Matt Dentler

Reissues

"...his distinctive vocal cry. Disc one features Soul Rebels plus "versions" (instrumental tracks minus the vocals -- also known..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Music Feature

The Making of an Endorsement

"...using a sledgehammer where a scalpel would be appropriate. Plus per our historical antipathy towards legislating through the Charter..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature

Screamlines

"...of rock & roll, with Lance Henriksen as the badass coven leader, Bill Paxton as a gleefully sadistic throat-ripper,..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...BADLANDS (1973)..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

Guide to Austin Improv

The venues, events, troupes, and individuals who have transformed Austin into a "Yes, and" boomtown

"...theatres showcasing improv year-round, all offering performances and classes, plus an institute providing personal education and corporate training (put..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Two Actresses, Fat and Thin

Staging Neil LaBute's 'Fat Pig' is a heavy proposition

"...before. Or didn't want to put me in a plus-size category, because it was more like, "Oh, that's Zena,..."

Oct. 2, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...(Britney Spears, Ricky Martin) to get a frighteningly unironic, bad-acid flashback to the days of pre-rock-era pablum. Didn't Elvis,..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

All Done Up

"...appropriate for our figure types. Men can be especially bad about this, but women can be worse. Just look..."

April 2, 1999 Books Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Five New Burger Spots for a New Austin

Brave businesses offer unique takes on the ubiquitous comfort food

"...scene works. "You tell me, but one guy had bad luck, one guy saw economic issues, one guy moved...."

Oct. 16, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

DVDanger: 'Holliston' / 'Knights of Badassdom'

A double bill of Joe Lynch genre comedies

"...into cult status. And that film is Knights of Badassdom...."

April 12, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Knee for using the Internal Affairs Department to fire bad cops. You can't have it both ways. Personally, I..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Column

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...regulars Jonny Mars and Sam Eidson appear in A Bad Idea Gone Wrong, the Ft. Worth-shot relationship feature from..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Football Watch

Brokenhearted, broken, and torn – the story of football in Texas

"...Horns fans, if you think you've got it bad, just take a look at the 1-5 Cowboys. Everybody..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Sports Feature by Mark Fagan

'Why Jimmy'

Second-Place Winner

"...house because his goodfornothing mother was hooked on the bad stuff which I should've understood because my mother is..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Books Feature by Erin Pringle

Naked City

The Austin Police Department approves a $40 million pay raise for officers as part of its meet and confer contract negotiations; more contentious, however, is a police oversight provision that activists say was "gutted" in the process.

"...Austin Police Association, representing almost all of the city's 1,200-plus police officers, and city management finally shook hands (literally,..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Fantastic Fest Announces Keanu Reeves as 'Man of Tai Chi'

Plus 'Big Bad Wolves' and 'Nightbreed - The Cabal Cut' and more

"...year there's not one but two films from India, plus a documentary about narcocorridos, the drug ballads of Mexico...."

July 24, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Critic's Picks

Kids

"...fascinating array of miniatures for collecting and virtual battle. Plus, GHG has been cultivating its own culture of gamers..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Best of Austin Feature

Immaculate Film

Musicalia at the SXSW Film Festival

"...Accordion Dreams features appearances and commentary from Flaco Jimenez, Bad Liver Mark Rubin, and conjunto historian David Champion Jr...."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Ozone of His Own

Texas environmentalists wonder when George W. Bush will face up to the consequences of killing the Tejas emissions-reduction program.

"...would be following the impish Democratic senator from Houston.Boogie's Bad Air Day Before Bush would quietly go after Tejas..."

Sept. 8, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Postmarks

Warning: blatant use of music knowledge within

"...killed or injured, that would have been a triple bad deal," she has clearly set her Orwellian priorities: some..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Column

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...the audience just wasn't. Whether it was the sudden bad weather, the high cover charge, or both, the Austin..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

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