SXSW Music Review: Boy Better Know Collective

London grime collective seizes Seventh Street

"...Boy Better Know, a grime collective from the United Kingdom..."

March 13, 2019 SXSW Post by Derek Udensi

About a Boy

"...the legendary hedonist destination appears to be all but unknown in Austin outside of the odd globe-trotting MixMag subscriber...."

May 17, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

Animated Jimmy saves Retroville from the aliens.

"...John A. Davis. From start to finish, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius delivers an amiable if routine 90 minutes for..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Better All the Time

Cabaret and musical legend Barbara Cook is still learning

"...stage treasure, performing at Bass tonight, insists she's a better singer today than she was five years ago...."

Sept. 19, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

In a Better World

This Danish import by Susanne Bier deservedly won this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

"...for this year’s Best Foreign Language Film, In a Better World obviously speaks to a wide number of people...."

April 29, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Luv Doc: Come On, Big Boy

Sometimes it's hard to know when a woman is just begging for it

"...women that give me the big “Come on, big boy,” and when I ask them out, they ain’t going..."

April 11, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Book Review: 'Golden Boy'

Abigail Tarttelin's intersex novel is blissfully mainstream

"...Max Walker, the 16-year-old protagonist of Abigail Tarttelin’s Golden Boy (Atria), is the popular, handsome, well-regarded son of a..."

May 21, 2013 Books Post by Jeanne Thornton

AFF Short and Sweet: “Titty Boy”

Austin-made funny and compassionate look at body image in boys

"...with Austin Culp, director of Austin-made hybrid drama "Titty Boy" which screens today as part of Shorts Program 9:..."

Oct. 31, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Boy George’s New Life

Culture Club frontman relives the Seventies

"...The most subversive pop singer of the Eighties, Boy George brought alternative lifestyles into homes around the globe..."

July 4, 2018 Music Post by Tim Stegall

B-Boy City Freestylin'

Roméo Navarro's freewheeling philosophy of dance has inspired a vibrant freestyle dance community in Austin for the past decade, and now his B-Boy City events, gathering 350-400 dancers from all over the South and Southwest and points beyond, are realizing a dream of freestylin' dancers on an even grander scale.

"...learn how to do his stuff and do it better. You gotta be able to dance to any music...."

Oct. 25, 2002 Arts Feature by Deborah Hay

Death Star and Fat Boy

The "invisible hand" of utility deregulation looks an awful lot like Ken Lay's.

"...country this weekend, but apparently, thanks to Emperor "Kenny Boy" Lay and the rest of those cheerful Imperial Warriors..."

May 17, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Drake Tungsten and His Boy Skellington

"...inquiry. Find the Thin Man, gumshoe, Tungsten and his boy Skellington, and all the clues fall into one keyhole,..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A Look Inside Black Pumas’ Special Performance at C-Boy’s Heart & Soul

Celebrating new album Chronicles of a Diamond back where it all began

"...Black Pumas returned to their roots Thursday night at C-Boys Heart & Soul, where the band first launched with..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Music Post by David Brendan Hall

Leave Boy Scouts Alone

"...2000 the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Boy Scouts of America, my hope was the Scouts could..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Postmarks

Better Quality of Life Than Most in Rwanda

"...Dear Editor, I think I know why Town Lake Animal Center kills as many animals..."

Nov. 23, 2005 Postmarks

A Boy Named Emo

What was your favorite show on Red River at Emo's?

"...Mourn the loss of Emo's Red River headquarters, but know that the global brand sprints ahead of the curve...."

Dec. 30, 2011 Music Feature

They're a Little Odd and Don't Know It

Randy Newman likes Billy Joel?

"...anyone who came of age after 1990, Newman's best known as the guy who wrote songs for all those..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Music Feature by Robert Faires

Better Too Much Than Not Enough

"...of Austin's musical and songwriting elite. Gone is the white-boy bluesman of 1995's Needle Gun, an album whose growling,..."

April 2, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Jamie Stewart: The Sent Down Boy

Rob yaks with Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu

"...only been about three months, but is it any better?..."

May 14, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

Boy Raises Man

Yes, "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" often sidesteps grief and even undermines its critics by slyly layering the self-deprecation. Chronicle contributor Stuart Wade explains why, In Eggers' hands, it works.

"...1. Know This About Dave Eggers. He: Grew up in suburban..."

March 3, 2000 Books Feature by Stuart Wade

'Better This Way'

The first-place story

"...to live with an old roommate again. "Greg. You know Greg." He was my best friend, I said, the..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Books Feature by Benjamin Reed

40 Songs to Make You Feel Better (or Worse) About Drinking

A sampling of drinking songs local, south of the border, and global

"...that "Bartender" is the only English you need to know in a club. – Clara Wang “Beer,” Asylum Street..."

July 13, 2018 Music Feature by The Music Staff

The Boy Wonder at 100

Alamo Drafthouse screens Orson Welles centennial retrospective

"...that any pre-existing fan of Welles probably doesn't already know, but the film effectively compacts the many stages of..."

April 3, 2015 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

'The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind' Captures SXSW

‘William and the Windmill’ Q&A recap

"...celebrity, thanks in part to his book deal (The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind) and TED talk and movie...."

March 13, 2013 SXSW Post by Jessi Cape

Bowie, Escovedo, and the Brooklyn Boy

Bowie/Bolan/Lynott producer Tony Visconti strings up a Real Animal

"...first day, Procol Harum the second. "What I didn't know was that I would bump into Brian Jones of..."

June 20, 2008 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A Better Tomorrow

For years, the city of Austin's arts funding process has been mired in perpetual gloom, but with the city reviewing its Cultural Contracts Program, artists and arts companies talking with each other about collaborations and a shared vision of what the arts mean to Austin, there are glimmers of light on the city's arts funding horizon.

"...year there are higher expectations to meet. I don't know how elastic our system is and how long those..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All I Really Need to Know I Learned Watching Movies

A good student is a prepared student. Here's our back to school curricula.

"...Adam Sandler's 1998 film The Waterboy proved to be so much like this classic 1925..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Screens Feature

21 Austin Rappers to Know in ’21

A hard-cut list of MCs proving the local hip-hop scene’s legitimacy

"...the late MC Overlord, and Tee Double deserve infinite acknowledgement...."

June 25, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Moore Is Better

"...in the size and weight of the stories. The best-known piece in the collection, "People Like This Are the..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Books Review by Marion Winik

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...Oxford, Miss., native's penchant for breezy laces in a sad-boy lyricism, which thus makes for a striking balance. – Abby..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

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