Playback

You thought SXSW was the spring festival end-all/be-all? You thought wrong.

"...festivals fills the calendar into June and proves that, even though the Austin City Limits Music Festival and Fun..."

April 5, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

After a Fashion: Hobnobbing

So, where should Your Style Avatar cram all these daisies he was supposed to be pushing up by now?

"...(and as usual), I had no clue whether I'd ever met Gary before, but the location on its own..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Thirteenth B'ak'tun Bacchanalia

A Mayan feast fit for the end of the world or the beginnings of a new age

"...to have a huge celebration, and that if the event suggested anything, it might more likely suggest a positive..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Food Feature by Mick Vann

The First Annual Rancho Winslow Mayan Fin del Mundo Fiesta!

Friday, Dec. 21, 2012

"...Beverages..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Food Feature

Playback: Headhunters Decapitated

Headhunters and Hotel Vegas get face-lifts, and maybe Whiskey Shivers gives one

"...a gay biker hangout. By Saturday, the club's fundamental beverage, cheap beer, was again available and regulars could feel..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Cheapo Records to Close

Black Friday comes early for one Austin record store

"...Patrick's Day 1998, will hold regular business hours through Christmas Eve, its last day...."

Nov. 20, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Girl Who Met Robert Johnson

Shirley Ratisseau wrote a song with Robert Johnson

"...white music communities, and not just in Austin, but everywhere she lived...."

Aug. 3, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Rick Perry Death Watch

Governor goes two for two this week

"...testing on hairs found in Cook's hands. To date, however, only hairs found in Cook's left hand have been..."

Feb. 24, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Missing Momo's

Updating the closure of Momo's

"...to play Momo’s. It had become her home base even before she began dating Paul Oveisi, the owner. She..."

Feb. 2, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Food-o-File

Jettison your DiGiorno: Bola Pizza comes to your freezer

"...Bola Pizza is the best new frozen food product developed in Austin since the Night Hawk Top Chop't Classic..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar is 100% and amping up for the rush of impending holiday 'ho'-downs

"...Everyone knows that Peter Pan Mini-Golf is eternal. I remember..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Water to Wine

One lifetime and 34 seconds is all it took for Nakia to find his Voice

"...Even in a massive crowd, Nakia stands out...."

Sept. 9, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

A Year With Frog and Toad

Arnold Lobel's amphibian friends are brought to life with verve and heart

"...Whenever the topic of time is broached in front of..."

July 29, 2011 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Shemp, 'O Holy Night,' bathrooms vs. kitchens, and House Bill 81

"...The second song to ever to be broadcast on radio was "O Holy Night"..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Food-o-File

No bull: John Bullington roasted a 550-pound steer last week for Fantastic Fest's closing night party

"..."It was like the Christmas Eve of my culinary career," said chef John Bullington,..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Election Update, 12/23/09

Guess which Travis Co. Dem drew a surprise GOP opponent?

"...With the Christmas holidays almost upon us, there's little surprise that the..."

Dec. 23, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest First Wave Films Announced (Finally)

Fantastic Fest 2009, Round One

"...("Jabs an icicle in your eye!") and a lifetime achievement award will be presented to legendary Spanish director Jess..."

July 13, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Page Two: R.I.P.

Edwin 'Bud' Shrake and Stephen Bruton

"...day later by Stephen Bruton. Bud and I were never tight, but if we were at social events together,..."

May 15, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Coal for Your Stockings

A hard round-up of year-end hip-hop

"...Tony” and the seasonally appropriate “Ghostface X-mas,” riding a “Christmas Eve/Sarajevo” sample and cueing itself up with Ghost asking..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Gay Place

Remembering Paris Chanel

"...my friends, as Paris has entertained in just about every gay bar in Central Texas (and beyond) for more..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Column by Kate Getty

Bad Joy Backlog

Cleaning out the wax

"...and their cross-continental recording process makes this sophomore LP even more impressive. Thankfully, they have a sense of humor..."

May 29, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

The Ending Was Only the Beginning

Harry Knowles and others dissect No Country for Old Men's ending.

"...to No Country's last act here and here (Dana Stevens, a detractor, made me laugh out loud with this:..."

Jan. 8, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Hey Last-Minute Shoppers/Shippers!

Hey, Last Minute Santa! You can still get your package in the mail by 3pm today! On, Dasher!

"...will get to its destination by Mon., Dec. 24, Christmas Eve for all you last-minute Santas...."

Dec. 22, 2007 Design Post by Kate X Messer

Welcome to Hazleweird

Lee Hazlewood

"...steak anyway.”) Lee also gives considerable thought to the development of a low-cal Scotch. “At this point, it would..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Revealing Poses

How the Victorians presented themselves to the camera explains a lot about them – and us

"...Fashions in posing is one of several topics tossed around in the excellent current exhibition at..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Give a Chef for the Holidays

"...beloved friend or family member who has celiac disease, severe food allergies, or a child with an autism-spectrum disorder,..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Clear-Cutting Austin

Rapid growth laying waste to city's urban forest

"...been cleared of its previous, modestly sized house and several of its trees. The clearing was prep work for..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

SXSW Interviews

They said what?

"...Oldham), the voice that rings loudest is the one never heard. Returning to the canon he and his brother..."

March 9, 2007 Music Feature

DVD Watch: Potential-Gift Edition

"...The previous 11 minutes and 59 seconds, beginning on Christmas Eve, has already stolen more than your breath. Ninety-seven..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Greatest Gift

An oral history unearthing one of post-punk's most seminal acts: Austin's Scratch Acid

"...Yet even if they hadn't been the link between Nick Cave's..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

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