Review: Penfold Theatre’s Box

Audacious retelling of an equally audacious life

"...That risk is high in Box, King and Penfold’s reimagining of the life and times..."

June 28, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Box Sets/Reissues

The Disco Box

"...More book than box per se, The Disco Box, compiled by Billboard and..."

April 9, 1999 Music Feature

How the Caja China Roasting Box Got Its Nicknames

Hot box cooking method delivers delectable pork

"...a "Cajun microwave." It's a rectangular wooden or metal box with a tight fitting lid. Smoke and the mouthwatering..."

June 25, 2013 Food Post by Mick Vann

How Austin Transformed Danny Brown

The Detroit wild card on getting his shit together (and finding H-E-B)

"...Back in 2011, Danny Brown was a 30-year-old, not very famous yet, Detroit rapper..."

March 29, 2024 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

TILT Performance Group's Pandora: Life Outside the Box

This world premiere of Allen Robertson's musical releases kindness and joy into the world

"...a lid on her own curiosity or on the box given to her by Zeus, thus unleashing on the..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Charles Bradley

"...Soul," Charles Bradley doubled as Black Velvet, a James Brown impersonator performing in a Brooklyn night club. Released on..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

Slabs, Screw, and Stories from the Country: Deezie Brown & EC Mayne Soundtrack Bastrop County

Candy Blue Like Screw reclaims Texas rap heritage

"...County life over finely tuned production from singer/rapper/song-crafter Deezie Brown. Both musicians hail from the town's south end. "Bastrop..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Box Sets

Herbie Hancock

"...The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions (Blue Note)..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Music Feature

The Grinch v. Charlie Brown

The Great Christmas Special Debate

"...The Grinch or Charlie Brown? Snoopy or Max? All the Who's in Who-ville or..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Screens Feature

Video Box Sets

"...2001: A Space Odyssey..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

'The NFL Beat': Lomas Brown's Fraternity

Admits to sabotaging Scott Mitchell's career

"...owner of the Lions QB as I clipped out box scores from the newspaper on Mondays...."

Dec. 22, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Cumulative Staff Box

"...they may not have been in the original staff boxes, particularly in the Editorial section. Apologies in advance to..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

Bedhead

Out of the basement and under the tree!

"...the studio catalog as both a 4-CD and 5-LP box, Bedhead 1992-1998 reissues their three studio albums faithful to..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Frank Sinatra

"...Much like 2006's Sinatra: Vegas box, this 4-CD/1-DVD set attempts to encapsulate Ol' Blue Eyes'..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Music Review by Greg Beets

Vince Gill

Gift Guide

"...most ambitious artistic statements of the year, a 4-CD box set of all-new material apportioned across roots genres and..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Music Review by Scott Jordan

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

Record review

"...Victor session in Dallas with Western swing pioneer Milton Brown on vocals, which was credited to the Fort Worth..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Music Review by Greg Beets

Box Sets

"...at long last issued this 4-CD mother of a box set. Far from leaving them marooned in the past..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The "5" Royales

"...One I Love" became hits for Ray Charles, James Brown, and the Shirelles, respectively, and Pauling's swaggering playing style..."

July 4, 2014 Music Review by Scott Schinder

The War: Soundtrack and Music from the Second World War

4-CD soundtrack to Ken Burns' The War

"...From Heaven," and Doris Day's vocals shine on Les Brown's "Sentimental Journey," while Cootie Williams' exceptional "Echoes of Harlem"..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Tony Joe White

Gift Guide

"...as easily as cover him ("The Ballad of Hollis Brown"). Swamp Music corrals White's peak 1968-70 output into 81..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Big Bill Broonzy

Record review

"...Henry," as well as his astute social commentary "Black, Brown and White." Before greatly appreciative crowds, Broonzy also opines..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Music Review by David Lynch

Billie Holiday

Gift guide

"...cream of the great songbooks in stereo for the jukebox generation. Ellington, Gershwin, Rodgers & Hart, Cole Porter, Irving..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

"...funk-saturated, B-boy approved groove alone should come wrapped in brown paper, but T also works in songs about his..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

"...Jackson, "How Much Can I," snoozed on by Sleepy Brown -- Calhoun's hotter than the fourth of July. Hip-hop..."

April 27, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Thinking Outside the Box

"...in gaming, film, and multimedia. Set unobtrusively behind a brown Congress Avenue awning, Digital Anvil and its cadre of..."

March 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Becoming Johellen, Part 3

A young queen dives wig-first into the pool of Austin drag divas

"...It's two hours to showtime and Josiah Brown is in his room finishing up his transformation into..."

Dec. 26, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Jesse Mandell-McClinton

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension

In this final film in the series, found footage causes more trouble

"...Dan Gill, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown, Michael Krawic, Hallie Foote, Don McManus, Aiden Lovekamp and..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Boxing the Giant: 'Andre the Giant: Life and Legend'

Box Brown debuts the graphic biography at Austin Books and Comics

"..."Box Brown," says McCormick, "might just be the hardest working..."

May 6, 2014 Books Post by Shannon McCormick

The 'Mack' Story

Latest sequel in the Mack Brown saga promises intrigue, uncertainty

"...season of uncertainty – “Clean slate! Clean slate!” Mack Brown screams at fans. “New coaches (except me)! Clean slate!”..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

The Journey of a Gun

Gun traveled circuitous path to Kevin Brown's hands

"...31, just two days before he died, Kevin Alexander Brown got a phone call from his friend Wesley Smith...."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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