Thursday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...previous work toward a coarse-pop aesthetic that still embraces sunshine. L.A.'s the Little Ones are currently earning themselves a..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

UK Calling

Damon Albarn leads SXSW 07's UK act armada. Again.

"...answer for, but down in Albion, they're black and blue, and 10 Downing St. is clearly no longer anyone's..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Sparklehorse

"...Burton, Dreamt begins with a plea, "Don't Take My Sunshine Away." It's a mellow, lackadaisical (but not lazy) intro,..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Veggie Heaven

A visit to Angel Valley Organic Farm

"...we still do." John learned organic practices at the Sunshine Community Gardens, and "from the beginning, we had a..."

March 24, 2006 Food Feature by MM Pack

Belle & Sebastian

Record review

"...misstep in an otherwise impressive bit of writing. "The Blues Are Still Blue" toys with the notion of colors..."

March 10, 2006 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

Jimmy Cliff

Gift guide

"...all these lifetimes later: still as pure as a blue lagoon. Cliff had been signed to Island Records in..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Chest Cavities, Empty Kneecaps, and Elbows

A week at Austin's all-ages live music venue Redrum and the 'School of Rock' lessons learned

"...a local fourpiece, and the singer/guitarist is wearing a blue bandana ã la Mike Muir of Suicidal Tendencies. Their..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

DVDnds

DVDnds

"...over a milky melody with silken delicacy. With that sunshine smile, Vandross reminds us that time may encapsulate sound..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Review by Martin de Leon II

Pageant

With Patrick MacDonald's dark comedy 'Pageant,' Hyde Park Theatre takes us deep into the woods to consider the nature of beauty with a quartet of low-key comic Canucks

"...floor and thick tree trunks that, in the cool blue moonlight cast by designer Don Day's lights, suggest ancient..."

April 22, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

This Is a Love Story

Back and forth with Tood Solondz on his new film, 'Palindromes'

"...temporarily in a foster home where the manically Christian Sunshine family takes in unwanted children; their lust for life..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

TCB

Super Bowl weekend? Try Snooper Bowl weekend, Austin style.

"...adopted Austinites Los Lonely Boys imported some West Texas sunshine with a dynamic set of impeccable harmonies, behind-the-back fretwork,..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Bay," and my favorite is Doug Sahm's "Beautiful Texas Sunshine."..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Column

Lights Out

The Seventies represented the heyday for film programming at the University of Texas. Marjorie Baumgarten recollects the days of CinemaTexas and the Texas Union Theater.

"...country's premier distributors of such specialized films as Crumb, Sunshine State, and Winged Migration.)..."

July 4, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Designated Drummer

Drummer Ernie Durawa's Way of Knowledge.

"...was grabbing a lot of the headlines, but the blues crew down at Antone's and over at Rome Inn..."

May 23, 2003 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Record Review

"...guitarist John Frusciante's crystalline inflections, the resulting mix of sunshine and sorrow makes By the Way possibly the finest..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Music Review by Christopher Gray

After a Fashion

If you ask Stephen out on a date and he tells you that he has to do his Hair, don't be offended, he's just obsessing about the new production at Zach Scott.

"...and, bay-bee, did he look fine. Wearing a fab sky-blue suit with dazzling crystal embroidery of stars, clouds, and..."

July 19, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Age of Aquarius

With a new production of the "American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" Hair, director Dave Steakley caps 10 years of making the Zachary Scott Theatre Center rock -- and so much more.

"...loop of oldies that permeate the ether. "Let the Sunshine In." "Easy to Be Hard." "Good Morning Starshine." And,..."

July 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Across the Desk

Recent releases

"...Bluegrass Drive-By, The Drunkard's Progress..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Welcome Wagon

Doyle Bramhall II, classic rock's most promising new blood

"...turned Jellycream in to RCA. Essentially out of the blue, Bramhall was invited to audition for Roger Waters' touring..."

May 25, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Postmarks

Notes on the music scene, the music seen, the music herd, and the music heard.

"...Today was a perfect day, 73 degrees. Deep blue skies as far as the eye could see. Warm..."

March 30, 2001 Column

In God's Country

Why U2 is the best band ever

"...the End of the World" for K.C. & the Sunshine Band's "Get Down Tonight."..."

March 30, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Coach's Corner

Well, the bad guys won the Super Bowl -- led by genuine bad guy Ray Lewis -- but Jennifer Capriati made her own good news down in Australia.

"...been an ugly, tension-filled two weeks down in the Sunshine State. The boundless chasm of airtime and print space..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Letters at 3AM

They may not truthfully reflect the way we live, but sometimes the big and small screen present honest explorations of the way we dream. The year 2000 gave us some exceptionally fine works in this regard.

"...in the year 2000 that attempted this. Istavan Szabo's Sunshine, depicting one Hungarian Jewish family across the span of..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Time to Bounce

Rapping with Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, the funkiest Connecticut Yankees in King Arthur's Court

"...as the more Afrocentric element of the Talking Heads' blue-eyed hybrid sound, Weymouth and Frantz fused dense, polyrhythmic patterns..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Music Feature by John G. La Briola

Dancing About Architecture

What's up in the live music capital this week

"...Larry also wrote Ricky Skaggs' biggest hit, "Highway 40 Blues," back in 1984. While working at a country music..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Country of Exiles?

Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life

"...surrounding cast of visibly poor people, often renters, usually blue collar workers, are called upon to bear the entire..."

July 9, 1999 Books Review

Celebrity Cynosures

"...and 'I'm Your Boogie Man' by KC and the Sunshine Band blasted out. ... I ended up slumped over..."

March 5, 1999 Books Review

Live Shots

"...set -- culled mostly from his new release Happy Blue -- there was little of the old magic in..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Music Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...public monitoring and investigation of police abuse cases. The Sunshine Project for Police Accountability will hold a press conference..."

Feb. 12, 1999 News Feature

Growth Spurt

Nine Shows That Transported Me

"...6. Annie (Austin Musical Theatre) Pure sunshine on a stage. Musical wizards Scott Thompson and Richard..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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