Wednesday SXSW 2014 Showcases

Stay planted for an evening

"...Cars pop of Warm Soda, L.A. cowpunk of the Abigails, Oakland's power-popping Big Tits, and the ethereal jangling of..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Brandon's Tops & Bottoms

Gay Place bloggers weigh in with individual lists: 2012 from 10 to F1

"...2012 that we may need to reset our workaday 365. Everything chugged by on chicken greased wheels; significance lost..."

Jan. 7, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...January 14, 1980 EASY RIDER (1969)..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

311 Story in Error

"...to Sixth Street... Where Live Music is Dead" (Vol. 16, No. 6) was in fact made by an unidentified..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Column

Top 25 Austin Breweries of 2021

Our annual list of Central Texas’ top beers returns

"...clutch and Convict Hill oatmeal stout is still a big, fun bastard; Nomadic Beerworks Peak Season Juicy Tropical IPA..."

Oct. 12, 2021 Food Post by Eric Puga

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...Here, then, unscrolls an epic ATX arc, wherein the hero leaves College Station and builds a global music promotions..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Painting by Numbers

Wherein we recall how we got here ... and contemplate the baleful map-drawing future

"...do to halt the Republican railroad – if a hero comes to their rescue, he or she will have..."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

A Browner Shade of Black

Blazing trails of Chicano soul

"...At 12:06am, Jimmy Kimmel Live! explodes onto the air of local..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Council's Got ... Talent?

At intermission, we talk to the headliners

"...late last month, and their meetings won't grace Channel 6's earnest narrowcasting until July 26. But you can't keep..."

July 13, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

D-League Dreams

All roads lead to Toros training camp

"...the opening of the National Basketball Association Development League's 2006-2007 season, the league's sixth and the second for Austin..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Sports Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...by Marjorie Baumgarten, Sarah Hepola, Marcel Meyer, and Jessica..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...the headliners, who are the headliners? Who are the big names?" Fuck the headliners. What about all those little..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Sxsw

"...the album. Now, the band with the openly gay/HIV-positive frontman/superhero, the oil-tank bangin' Brian Grillo, is selling five-song demos..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"...Karen Bernstein. With all three screening films at the 2016 South by Southwest Film Festival, they gathered at Louis..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

Gay Place: HalloQueen

Halloween y Día de los Muertos, queered

"...– a land in turmoil cried out for a hero. She was Zena, a mighty princess forged in the..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Postmarks

Turner Is Worthy

"...watt toaster oven consumes the equivalent of two horsepower; 746 watts=1 h.p. You could be referring to a small..."

Sept. 25, 1998 Column

Austin FC Season Kickoff, Black History Month, and More Community Events

Get out and about in Austin while the weather's good

"...In 1926, historian Carl Sandburg described President Abraham Lincoln’s male friendships..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...Music wrap-up. For 10 minutes, the frontman for the second-biggest English quartet of all time sing-songed an unprompted monologue..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Looking at the Lege After a Flaccid Special Session

Alpha males Abbott and Patrick can't get their red meat passed

"...caused along the way. – Richard Whittaker WHAT FAILED Bathroom Bigots..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Going 'Commando' With Mark Lester

Director brings Arnie's first real acting role to Austin

"...was also one of 80s mega-producer Joel Silver's first big titles. In fact, it was Silver who handed the..."

April 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Yassine Sixth Street Noir

Legends, rumors, unpaid taxes ... and coke on the side

"...a San Antonio vaudeville theatre, he lurched from war hero to felon to saloon owner to wanted murderer to..."

May 18, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Thomas and Dentmon Lead Toros to 2-1 Start

The first in a weekly series of Toros reports

"...a home-and-away, back-to-back, Austin-to-Tulsa showdown against the then-undefeated Tulsa 66ers...."

Dec. 7, 2011 Sports Post by Will Schmidt

Letters at 3AM

Despite the change in inhabitants, the buildings, people, and mood of the old immigrant neighborhoods haven't changed. The streets still whisper the same cautionary advice: Survive and get out.

"...11. My brothers, Aldo and Vinnie, identical twins, about 6. Joe Bennezzi, a little younger than me. Italian Joe..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Texas in the Title

"...closes that album with a raucous tongue-in-cheek ode to big-haired Texas gals with "cast-iron curls" and "aluminum dimples." Ramsey..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Better Too Much Than Not Enough

"...you'll get even more: his thoughts on ambition, performance, heroism, myth, on Tori Amos, Carl Jung, the Tao Te..."

April 2, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Postmarks

"...is! I mean, I stopped reading it on page 62. Enough with the "Critics Picks" already. Not clever, not..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Column

Live Shots

"...the boiling wake recedes. Valentine plays a sax as big as god and shares writing chores with pianist Lily..."

July 14, 1995 Music Feature

Whether Saving Lives During the Freeze or Saving the City From Save Austin Now, Bob Nicks Just Helped

"I didn’t do a thing. I sat in my office and dispatched people. But I was part of it.”

"...This frustration was gnawing at Nicks at 6:30am when KXAN reporter Sally Her­nan­dez asked him what Austinites..."

April 8, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...stream for badge holders, of which there will be 76 World Premieres, 4 International Premieres, 4 North American Premieres,..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...and Adam Horowitz telling stories in front of a big screen where Jonze played video...."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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