Bob Ray Goes Apesh!t, Commits to Creating Four Films By End of Summer

Bob Ray embarks on a short-filmmaking binge

"...Super-8 overload. It's even possible that Austin indie icon Bob Ray was entirely in his right mind (still, remarkably)..."

Aug. 8, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Bob Ray's Litigious Mofo Party Plan

Bob Ray's commercial for attorney Adam Reposa

"...Holt, then you're probably already aware that Austin filmmaker Bob Ray recently shot the best commercial for a crazy-ass..."

May 28, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Bob Ray vs. Adam Reposa: The Saga Continues

Lawyer Reposa none too happy with filmmaker Ray

"...Remember the "wacky" commercial that Austin filmmaker Bob Ray shot for local lawyer Adam Reposa? How could..."

June 22, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Cult of Ray

Ray Benson steps out from behind the Wheel.

"...Everybody knows Ray Benson: the big guy with the big hat, booming..."

July 18, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Trail of Ray

Keeping track of Crashcam

"...to be doing the score!" So says Crashcam Films' Bob Ray of his upcoming Austin-lensed roller derby doc Hell..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Music Live: Willie Nelson and Avett Brothers Fête Ray Benson

GSD&M b-day bash for Asleep at the Wheel leader runs three hours

"...After the peak moment of Ray Benson’s 66th birthday party at GSD&M on Tuesday night,..."

March 15, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Say Goodbye at the Erwin Center

Final tour, sure, but “We’ve Got Tonight”

"...Every droplet of sweat collected in Bob Seger’s black Under Armour headband stands as a testament..."

March 8, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Last Man Standing: Ray Benson

Asleep at the Wheel doc debuts at the Long Center Sunday

"...Wheel for over 40 years hasn’t been easy, and Ray Benson’s got a new documentary to prove it. A..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Willie Bob Cougar

Three legends at the Dell Diamond

"...this was it. Songwriting icons from three generations – Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and John Mellencamp – each with..."

Aug. 5, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Riding With Bob

"...in the early 1950's (l-r) Luke Wills, Johnnie Wills, Bob Wills, and Billy Jack Wills All Photos Courtesy of..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Ray of Light... and Dark

"...programming and ran lots of films of ol' sleepy-eyed Bob in his honor. It was heavenly...."

Nov. 7, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Bill Paxton’s Lost Film Ties Together UT, Bob Fosse, and William S. Burroughs

Cut up, chopped and screwed: The long path to Taking Tiger Mountain Revisited

"...Taking Tiger Mountain, which reemerged this month re-re-reconstructed on Blu-ray, was out there. A Bad Trip..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Again – Tonight

Jason Mewes on the duo's 'Super Groovy Cartoon Movie'

"...in stoned suburbia, playing streetwise stoners Jay and Silent Bob in Smith’s Clerks before winding their ways through Mallrats,..."

July 25, 2013 Screens Post by Chase Hoffberger

Joe Bob Briggs Teaches the History of Redneck Cinema

The original Hellbilly Deluxe

"...it, you call it 'romance and adventure.'" – Joe Bob Briggs..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Bob Roberts

"...Directed by: Tim Robbins. Starring: Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Ray Wise, Gore Vidal, Alan Rickman and Brian Murray. This..."

Sept. 18, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stevie Ray Vaughan

"...great wide open. It was June 1983, and Stevie Ray Vaughan had recently quit David Bowie's outfit to play..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Michael Hall

Surviving COVID-19: Ray Benson Lives to Tell

Asleep at the Wheel turns your living room into a dance floor

"...fans to roll up the rug and two-step. Frontman Ray Benson phoned in last week to discuss the landmark..."

July 23, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Margaret Moser Tribute: Ray Benson

Soap Creek Saloon on a 10-cent tequila night

"...started talking and she mentioned how much she liked Bob Wills' music. Never thought that line worked for me,..."

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Ed Ward

Luv Doc Recommends: Dudley & Bob's Pleasure Fest

Aces Lounge, Friday, February 12, 2010

"...more epic: perhaps a love sonnet or a Damien Rice/Ray LaMontagne/Michael Buble/James Blunt mix CD. Even if she despises..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

Ray Pride's Singing Field of Dreams

(by position)

"...ss Bob Dylan..."

July 29, 2005 Music Feature

Rock Opera

Locally filmed micro-budget feature tells a picaresque story about a punk guitarist who is trying to sell enough pot to finance a low-rent tour for his band. His journey instead takes him on a tour through the college-town underground.

"...Directed by: Bob Ray. Starring: Jerry Don Clark, Ted Jarrell, Russell Porter,..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Hell on Wheels ... and Weed

Bob Ray takes the show on the road

"...on a sunny summer day in Berkeley, Calif., and Bob Ray, fresh and rested after the previous night's four-hour..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Battle of the Jam Bands

Bob Ray and Werner Campbell's five-year rock & Roller Derby adventure

"...Hell on Wheels, that is. Director Bob Ray and producer Werner Campbell's (Rock Opera, "Sweet Sweetroll's..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin Filmmaking, Ten Years After

Film director Richard Linklater interviews Bob Ray, the director of the new Austin-made movie Rock Opera, about the Austin Film scene over the past 10 years.

"...new, locally made movie called Rock Opera by filmmaker Bob Ray during a midnight screening at the last SXSW..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stone Cold Genius

MP4.com highlights the work of Bob Ray.

"...more, my bleary-eyed friend. Local filmmaker and stony iconographer Bob Ray (Rock Opera) has teamed with the Web site..."

April 11, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Space Chimps

This animated, sci-fi romantic comedy starring anthropomorphized chimpanzees is a lot funnier than you might expect.

"...The Three Stooges meets Planet of the Apes meets Bob Ray's Ape Sh!t gambit – anything but the frequently..."

July 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Live-Tweet Hell on Wheels With Us

The astonishing true story of the birth of Roller Derby

"...intersection of everything DIY that makes Austin so great: Bob Ray's blood-and-guts tale of the birth of modern Roller..."

July 13, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Skating and Shooting

Austin film makers talk about filming Roller Derby when there was no Roller Derby to film

"...It's been a big few weeks for Bob Ray of Crashcam Films: A second child, a "Best..."

Oct. 19, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Hellraiser on Wheels

Bob Ray takes his new doc Total Badass to the masses

"...to get your indie flick noticed. So how is Bob Ray planning to promote Total Badass, his documentary about..."

May 22, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

You Drink, You Drive, You Spill!

Bob Ray's PSAs for Drunk Drivers of Texas

"...book, but this is just superweirdcool. Seems local auteur Bob Ray has shot some 13 Public Service Announcements for..."

July 30, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

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