Red River Valley

Red River, home to Austin's real live music venues

"...set up shop as home base to the high-end dance crowd. A Blue Flamingo-style bar in these surroundings would..."

June 22, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Safety in Words

If there is drama in Laura Furman's stories, Robin Bradford writes, it is not usually the life and death kind. It is the daily, wearing, ineffable drama of living as a human island among others who invariably seem more attractive, more connected, or simply more "normal."

"...hairstyles -- could this be one of Michael Ray Charles' controversial paintings? No, it is a barber sign from..."

April 20, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere

"...reviews with minute reference to Powell's 12-volume novel A Dance to the Music of Time -- or about the..."

March 23, 2001 Books Review by Tim Walker

Page Two

Farewell to the Village Cinema and our own Robert Bryce.

"...only one). It was run by the Chick brothers (Charles and Dick). They built theatres but also developed shopping..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Column by Louis Black

Putting It Together

The Austin Symphony's Peter Bay on Leading an Orchestra, Interpreting a Score, and Seeing Music

"...mother is Swiss. They met at some foreign service dinner/dance, or something like that, and here I am...."

Jan. 19, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Blue Monday

Antone's Blue Mondays continues, 25 years later.

"...the Wheel, Jerry Lee Lewis, George Jones, and Ray Charles. The club didn't thrive north, and when it closed..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

Politics & music & the politics of music.

"...Charles Nichols..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Column

Doug Sahm Birthday Party, Hole in the Wall, November 5

"...Almost immediately, the cracked linoleum floor filled up with dancers eager to shake a tailfeather. They boogied through "Nuevo..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

For the Good Times

The Life and Times of Texas country crooner, Ray Price.

"...a demo tape provided by songwriters Ralph Mooney and Charles Seals, was the record that elevated Price from footnote..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Music Feature by David Cantwell

Pet Sounds

A 15-minute phone interview with the Beach Boys visionary Brian Wilson

"...the way of telling readers which records they can dance to. Through the years, I've interviewed several artists whose..."

July 21, 2000 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Pushing Tin

"...first feature written by Cheers creators Glen and Les Charles, Pushing Tin degenerates into an almost classic sitcom romance..."

July 14, 2000 Screens Review by Louis Black

Dancing About Architecture

House of Blues breaks ground at Southpark Meadows where the old stage will be replaced, but not before Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic.

"...netted them other amphitheatres like the Dallas Starplex. In attendance were Mayor Kirk Watson, exceedingly tall musician Ray Benson,..."

June 9, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Austin leaves Ken Lieck homeless and fuming.

"...Austin and Texas," despite the fact that the European/Japanese-style dance music act never plays out, as he is the..."

April 28, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Conversations With Wilder

"...Hot. Fran Kubelik and C.C. Baxter from The Apartment dance closely to postmodern jazz in another room, while Norma..."

March 10, 2000 Books Review by Raoul Hernandez

In Between Days

At the Crossroads of the 1999-2000 Austin Music Awards.

"...greats including Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, James Brown, Hank Ballard, Otis Redding, and Etta James...."

March 10, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Our Souls Have Grown Deep Like the Rivers: Black Poets Read Their Work (Rhino WordBeat)

National Records

"...found in Al Young's 1968 Black nationalism satire, "A Dance for Militant Dilettantes," and Wanda Coleman's 1983 paean to..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Music Review by Greg Beets

Positively Operatic

The Year in Austin Culture

"...5. The Three Cuckolds (UT Department of Theatre & Dance)..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

In Good Company

A casual spectator might not realize just how much Robert Creeley's long literary career -- he's 73 this year -- has been conducted on the edge. But Creeley not only had a finger on the pulse of American poetry, he's usually been a heartbeat or two ahead of it.

"...his long association with a group of poets -- Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, and Denise Levertov, among others --..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Books Feature by Craig Arnold

Dancing About Architecture

George Jones comes to Austin and everyone gets arrested in the melee. Meanwhile, Matthew McConaughey gets naked and busted, and Austin's answer to Santana, Vallejo, signs with Gloria Estefan's Sony imprint. Maybe K-NACK, a local alt.rock station from earlier this decade, can play them online as the station returns -- on the Internet.

"...Sahm kept a surprisingly civil crowd busy on the dance floor at the Broken Spoke, while the genuine article..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Austin Jazz & Arts Festival doesn't need saving after all; the strange sounds coming from Austin's backyards; barbecue to replace Austin Blues; Honky attacked by lesbians in Chicago!; and more news from the Live Music Capital of the World.

"...at 4pm, with local jazz, gospel, spoken word, and dance filling the day and part of the night (with..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Candy Store Rock

Ten Years Gone

"...to give out. Coyne eggs them on as they dance around the spinning sparklers, always getting out of the..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Music Feature by Jason Cohen

Dancing About Architecture

G-L-O-R-I-Aftermath

"...scene like this one remains to be seen; in attendance at the Gloriathon were the Continental Club's Steve Wertheimer,..."

July 30, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...tem. It was a festive affair, with dinner, and dance music from the Texana Dames and Ponty Bone& the..."

June 18, 1999 News Feature

Live Shots

The Barkers

"...a rootsier version of Combustible Edison or a barn dance hosted by the B-52's. Later forays found the band..."

June 4, 1999 Music Feature

Exhibitionism

God's Trombones: Say Amen, Somebody

May 28, 1999 Arts Review

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...Bornu Empire and Loud Record's Defari, a NY DJ, dancer, and rapper who's Focused Daily debut is earning rave..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Exhibitionism

The Austin Cartoon Scene: Museum Worthy

"...However, when curator Charles Cooper and political cartoonist Richard Bartholomew put together the..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Arts Review

Video Box Sets

"...nuts on your list), House/House II, Hellraiser/Hellbound, and the Charles Bronson two-packs of Assassination/Death Wish 4 and Messenger of..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Mr. South Austin

"...They've still got years to log and countless out-in-the-middle-of-nowhere dancehalls to stoke into dance frenzies. No, the one accordionist..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Stage Frights

"..."The Premature Burial" from Tales of Terror The spirits dance as Halloween creeps into town; the lines between the..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Arts Feature

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