Otaku* Overload!!!

After Monster Island Studios sank, Austin's acting community and Houston animé giant A.D. Vision unleashed talent bent on vengeance and redemption (*otaku = animé geek)

"...his wind-whipped cape and black eye-patch marking him as cool as surely as the Fonz's leather jacket; mighty Space..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

This ain't your grandma's antiques show

"...doesn't bother Alan LaGarde, co-creator of Pop Nation: America's Coolest Stuff. LaGarde, along with nationally recognized collectibles expert Harry..."

June 10, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Backward 'Spin'

Catherine Berry explains how to reverse engineer your very own musical

"...get to the end of the play, it's really cool how it all ties together...."

Aug. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Luv Doc Recommends: The 27th Annual O.Henry Pun-Off World Championships

, Saturday, May 15, 2004

"...a dork. Own up to it. You can’t be cool 24/7. If for some reason you think you are,..."

May 14, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

Luv Doc Recommends: Salvage Vanguard Cinema

Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, Saturday, April 17, 2004

"...is no way in hell you can make every cool event in Austin this weekend, even if you try...."

April 16, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

Short Cuts

Harry Knowles hits it big, in a manner of speaking. Plus: the Wilsons on SoCo and Bob Ray in the West.

"...Wild About Harry Dept.: Regular readers of Austin-based Internet cool maven Harry Knowles' Web site Ain't It Cool News..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Gadgets and Gizmos

From digital derring-do to super sculpey miniatures, imagination turns into mind-blowing matter in Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

"...and Daryl Sabara) and their older, nominally wiser, marginally cooler parents Gregorio and Ingrid (Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino)..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Double Down

Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn goof around and discuss the making of Made.

"...saturated with pop-culture references to everything from the enduring cool of Frank and Dean to black 'hood movies to..."

July 27, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Public Notice

Hey, lookee! More info on the Wizard of Oz Sing-Along and some lowdown on Meals on Wheels beat the heat program.

"...Cool on Wheels Column loyalists (hello, you two!) may recall..."

July 20, 2001 Column by Kate X Messer

2000 Kids Summer Fun Guide

Listings

"...AUSTIN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM "OLOGY" CAMPS This is just too cool. The Austin Children's Museum is offering half-day and full-day..."

May 5, 2000 Features Feature

Going Long

Scoping Out the Long Fringe of FronteraFest 2000

"..."Jesus was way cool. He could've played guitar better than Hendrix -- He..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

TV Eye

Ain't it cool? Harry Knowles pitches a television show based on his cinephile Webzine; also, the NAACP boycott is scrapped, plus other small-screen newsmakers.

"...living room. Here are a few tidbits: Ain't It Cool? Austin's own Harry Knowles might have a regular TV..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Public Notice

CASA Fiesta

"...his many gigs as a building contractor. It was cool. It had (probably asbestos) siding, real window wells, and..."

July 23, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Blame It on the Bossa Nova

"...Gilberto Gil The aesthetic concepts of American cool jazzmen like Baker, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, and Bud..."

July 2, 1999 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Geek Chic

Software

"...A collection of cool add-ons and utility programs for Windows. $50. Games..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Screens Feature by John Avignone

Postmarks

City Centerpiece

"...something that seems to be missing from the Don Cool controversy [Vol.17, No.44]: it makes no difference to the..."

July 31, 1998 Column

Sticking it to the Fat, Lazy Americans

International Acts at SXSW

"...ZOOBOMBS (Tokyo, Japan): Too cool for words. Seriously. Not only are they too cool..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

A Hundred's Not Enough

One Word Is Too Many...

"...wing of an angel statue and bathed in a cool blue light. With several hundred photographs from a variety..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

I'm Sorry, Yogi

"...in his chair as the August afternoon blows fresh, cool marina air in through an entire wall of third-story..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Short Cuts

"...pal Harry Jay Knowles and his Austin-produced Ain't It Cool News website (http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com) have been the objects of some..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Record Reviews

"...jazz a little more real than the often too-perfect cool of brother Nat, and with the able assistance of..."

June 6, 1997 Music Review

This Magic Moment

15 Years of the Austin Music Awards

"...awards than there were spectators early on, which was cool because it seemed to prove that in Austin, everyone..."

March 7, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Record Reviews

"...Cool. Pavement is cool. Indie cool. Almost too cool for..."

Feb. 7, 1997 Music Review

Beer-Fueled, Fence Humping Music

TheWannabes

"..."You never think of Tom Petty being the new, cool guy on the block, but he keeps on putting..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Music Feature

Book Smart: Four Young Bookers Fueling Austin's Collegiate Music Scene

Behind the unjaded lineups of Happen Twice, Howdy Gals, Moonbby, and Beary Good

"..."At other venues, you have to stay calm, cool, and collected, but at the co-op you can express..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

What Texas Artists Had to Say on the CMT Music Awards Red Carpet

Jackie Venson, Midland, and more talk country music’s Austin migration

"...Paramount Theatre. ... So, it's funny. But also it's cool because it's a big platform and you can't deny..."

April 7, 2023 Music Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Meet Me in the Bathroom

NYC millennial music doc is as rambling as the city

"...when Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Strokes were the coolest bands in the American indie scene. The resulting documentary,..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Scorpio Season

For the Qmmunity editor's birthday, have an extra helping of queer events with yer slice of b-day cake

"...Theory 101. Thus began a career of chatting with cool Austinites about their cool queer events so I could..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Column by James Scott

Last Flight Home

The decision to embrace death becomes a touching affirmation of life

"...whose works include Dig!, We Live in Public, and Cool It. With Last Flight Home, Ondi records the last..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Electronic Destination Kingdom Nightclub Rises Again

Dance music venue reopens off Red River after abrupt 2018 shutter

"...out on the strength of a few sincere and anti-cool promotional videos of venue owner Garrett Boyd petting his..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Music Feature by Christina Garcia

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