The Suicide Squad

James Gunn's bad guys doing good prove DC needs to get silly

"...It's impossible to talk about The Suicide Squad without talking about Guardians of the Galaxy. Indeed, James..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fun and Games With Stratfor

APD and DPS collaborated with private 'geopolitical intelligence firm'

"...of the week was the Austin Police Department (APD) Bomb Squad 'special' training session for Stratfor staff. A six-man..."

March 7, 2014 News Feature by John Anderson

Every Step They Take

Kathryn Bigelow dramatizes the dangerous business of bomb detonation in The Hurt Locker

"...in their faces at any moment. They are the bomb techs, the guys in the elite Explosive Ordnance Disposal..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hurt Locker

An elite bomb-dismantling squad in Iraq tread the fine line between keeping themselves alive and coming back for another adrenaline rush.

"...The Widowmaker – with this story of an elite bomb-dismantling squad winding down a tour of duty in Iraq..."

July 10, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Blown Away

"...ever filmed (600 gallons of gas and 32 16-ounce bombs in a scuttled frigate), a compelling story, and some..."

July 1, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Stratfor Emails: A few highlights

"...What is the APD bomb field training? and is that really only limited to..."

March 7, 2014 News Feature

The Rage: Carrie Two

"...events of the first film, in which telekinetic time bomb Carrie White met her end in the wake of..."

March 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

"...with three federal crimes in connection with a pipe bomb found April 25 at a South Austin women's-health clinic..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...world, including here in Austin. This week, the APD’s Bomb Squad was called to a dealership on North Highway..."

March 28, 2025 News Feature

Disclosure

"...dynamite should earn her a spot on the Hollywood bomb squad. What's interesting is that Disclosure offers an array..."

Dec. 9, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Top 10 Police Beat Stories

Shades of Blue

"...9) APD Neutralizes Clinic Bomb Twenty-seven-year-old Paul Ross Evans, perhaps delusional, was sentenced to..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Tyler, the Creator Returns to Austin

Odd Futurist on his Austin arrest, a new app, and ice cream

"...a riot. On Saturday, the MC, producer, and Loiter Squad star performs at Emo’s...."

June 3, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Domestic Terrorism in Austin

Trio of package bombs target minority homes

"...canvassing the area. APD evacuated close neighbors as a bomb squad cleared a second package (which proved non-suspicious) from..."

March 16, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...Bomber Director/Writer: Paul Cotter A bittersweet comedy about love, family..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Mothership Connection

Space is place for the hip-hop race

"..."The Father of the Electro-Funk Sound." 'Louder Than a Bomb'..."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Fantasy's Core10pm, Pyramids Hailing from Nagasaki (or, "Bomb City," as they would say), Fantasy's Core hawks high-decibel..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Review: On the Ground at Levitation 2024

Gang of Four, Swirlies, Slowdive, and more highlights from the four-day fest

"...unfolded on its canvas underbelly as the sonic boom bomb squad – augmented by a drummer so lion king..."

Nov. 8, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

APD Officer Shot in Thursday Morning SWAT Standoff

Officer currently being treated for non-life threatening injuries

"...6:12am, the suspect stepped outside to surrender. APD sent bomb squad robots to clear the location. As of an..."

April 14, 2016 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Hip-Hop Now Sucks?

What does that even mean?

"...of the late Eighties and early Nineties, like the Bomb Squad, who helmed all of Public Enemy’s seminal albums,..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

F1 Fan Fest Q&A: Public Enemy’s Chuck D

“Musically, we weren’t born into rap. We were born into black music ...”

"...it with me and Gary [G-Whiz of Public Enemy’s Bomb Squad], just like El-P and Killer Mike [in Run..."

Oct. 22, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

A Triple Roller Derby Double Header

Roller Derby makes history at the Bob Bullock, plus upcoming bouts

"...Texas Rollergirls' all-star travel teams, the Texecutioners and the Bomb Squad, play hard-blocking hosts to Florida's Tampa Tantrum and..."

April 11, 2015 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

All Samples Cleared

The ramifications of Grand Upright Music v. Warner Bros. Records

"...The Bomb Squad created “Don’t Believe the Hype” with multiple samples..."

Jan. 6, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 Friday Reviews

"...flows and El-P's desire to run innocents down with Bomb Squad-influenced bass truck, Run the Jewels 2 gut-punches the..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Public Enemy

"...the S1Ws, Chuck D's fierce raps shot through the Bomb Squad cacophony of "Welcome to the Terrordome," "Show 'Em..."

Nov. 11, 2011 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

APD Mourns Death of Veteran Officer

Sgt. Kenny Wilson died today

"...Chief Art Acevedo earlier this week honored Wilson, a Bomb Squad Unit supervisor, with the Distinguished Command Medal, one..."

March 6, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

APD Honors One of Its Own

Sgt. Kenny Wilson given Distinguished Command medal

"...Wilson, a supervisor of the APD's Bomb Squad Unit, was diagnosed two years ago with esophageal..."

March 5, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Z-Trip

Saturday

"...Robert Plant's howls and cutting the needle on the Bomb Squad's buzz. Throngs drained from an hour-plus of relentless..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Lifetime Picks

29 years, 29 albums

"...The aural explosion of the Bomb Squad and revolutionary raps of Chuck D make this..."

Sept. 17, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Public Enemy

"..."Welcome to the Terrordome," America. With Bomb Squad Buzz swirling 'cross full stereo, Chuck D smacks..."

July 25, 2008 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Saul Williams

"...covers U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and pays homage to Bomb Squad-era Public Enemy on "Tr(n)igger." It's uneven but easily..."

March 7, 2008 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

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