A Walk in Austin's Shoes

Curious tidbits and Austin arcana

"...the Holy Trinity. No, this isn't a call to church – we're talking Southern comfort food, barbecue, and Tex-Mex..."

March 19, 2010 News Feature by the News Staff

Oh My Gosh!!

"...you already know I was having issues with my shoes the first time around. They actually did not support..."

Nov. 14, 2007 Promotions Post

Church Shoes

"...Church ShoesLoves (KMJ Records)..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Review by Greg Beets

One Way or Another

Dikes of Holland, Austin's Red Devil detonators

"...hanging out there alongside members of the Golden Boys, Church Shoes, and Coma in Algiers. Long lines up shots..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The God's Heaven Truth

Rev. Gean West & the Relatives add another chapter to Texas funk history

"...COGIC in West Dallas, this is not your pastor’s church music. This is gospel with a whole lotta get..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Cracking Open The Devil's Doorway

Horror director Aislinn Clarke on Ireland's dirty secret

"...the history of Ireland, and how the Roman Catholic Church treated young women...."

July 14, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Shawn David McMillen

"...(Rubble, Starving Weirdos) exemplifies the principle. Bassist Mitch Fraizer (Church Shoes) and drummer JJ Ruiz (Teeners) round out an..."

June 19, 2015 Music Feature by Greg Beets

The Strip Club: Lake Creek Festival Shopping Center

Sampling noodles, shoes, salsa, and silencers at the Northwest Austin strip mall

"...you race go-karts at a whiskey bar? Head to church, then Church’s? Buy a silencer and a Hawaiian shirt..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Food Feature by Taylor Holland

R.I.P. Akwasi Evans, Eastside Writer and Activist

“He spoke his truth”

"...Evans. “It’s going to be hard to fill his shoes.”..."

April 16, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Austin Terror Fest Drops the Big One

Third year comer triples down at Empire & Barracuda June 7-9

"...defunct Chaos in Tejas spring slot. Those are big shoes to fill, but ATF’s third lineup wears size 19-and-a-half...."

Jan. 23, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: John Wesley Coleman's Greatest Hits

A Golden Boy gathers his Greatest Hits, there's hope for Hole in the Wall, and F1 Fan Fest contracts, yet expands locally.

"...and sincere, but twice as weird. Coleman's collaboration with Church Shoes frontman Nick Allison on "Television" sounds like mid-Seventies..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Last night blurbs – hip-hop Picks and slept-on Sleepers

"...from spare parts of stellar local outfits OBN IIIs, Church Shoes, and Radioactivity, Sweet Talk's 2013 releases on 12XU..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Austin Top 10

One hundred individual LP choices

"...1) Churchwood, 2 (Saustex)..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Music Feature

Killer Mike & El-P

"...lovin'. Sparring partner El straight up "fucks in [his] church shoes," dancing rhythmic, lyrical waltzes around "Sea Legs," one-liners..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Sweet Talk

"...charm is the sleek rhythmic lead guitar work that Church Shoes' double-timer Mitch Frazier dishes en masse, with time..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Ditch the Fest

Spider House's 49 acts on three stages Friday/Saturday

"...9 - Chase Frank 10 - Humanoids 11 - Church Shoes 12am - Motel Ball Band 1 - the..."

Oct. 10, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Did She Really Just Say, "One of My Best Friends Is Gay!"???

Oh, no she di'int! Sarah Palin, what were you thinking? Oh, right...

"...gays. Palin was questioned by Katie Couric about her church offering a conference promoting the often-harmful conversion programs that..."

Oct. 2, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate Getty

Home From Home

Austin opens arms to New Orleans 'guests,' longing to return

"...morning, area ministers descended on the convention center for church services. At a press briefing that afternoon, Wynn fell..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Father Stu

Wahlberg, Gibson add swearing to bland faith-based drama

"...edgier than normal), faith-based drama. Wahlberg steps into the shoes of Stuart Long and begins the film as a..."

April 15, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Austin Responds to the Refugees

As the Central American refugee crisis unfolds, an Austin movement to offer aid is playing out quietly, behind the scenes.

"...The 137 employees have collected toiletries, first aid kits, shoes, clothes, coloring books and toys. As of earlier this..."

July 25, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

The Luv Doc: Scoring Chicks

What woman doesn’t love to go shoe shopping?

"...fabric that makes her sweat like a whore in church, she would much rather do it in something that..."

May 16, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Razzle-Dazzle 'Em

David Bologna on making it to Broadway with 'Billy Elliot'

"...acting before. I had sung, because she directed her church choir, so I'd sing along every now and then,..."

Dec. 11, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Fusebox Festival Schedule

"...Marcos & Medina. Live Projection: Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church, 1725 W. 11th...."

April 23, 2010 Arts Feature

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...and the faxes, too.) Representatives of Hyde Park Baptist Church and two Hyde Park neighborhood groups have been prohibited..."

March 9, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Crying in the Chapel

The Texas Hill Country features an unexpected wonder: The Most Holy Theotokos of New Sarov sheds tears of myrrh at Christ of the Hills Monastery in Blanco

"...nuns, and priests at Christ of the Hills Orthodox Church, the area was and continues to be blessed by..."

June 22, 2001 Features Feature by Devin Greaney

Censor

British video nasty throwback finds the real danger was in the cuts

"...the tightly-wrapped Enid Baines (Algar, a ghost with concrete shoes) works, looking through submitted tapes and deciding their future...."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Prop. 2 a Personal Issue

"...many of these folks bothered putting themselves in my shoes, or the shoes of the hundreds of thousands of..."

Nov. 9, 2005 Postmarks

Bright Lights, Inner City

When Austin's Eastside music scene was lit up like Broadway

"...coming east right before you get to Ebenezer Baptist Church, at San Marcos Street," remembers Ernie Mae Miller. "They..."

July 4, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Denying Marisol

Third Place

"...blue -pesos and dollars, in the souls of her shoes. She had met him one night in his mother's..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Books Feature by Nancy Moser

Naked City

Local news this week in Austin, Texas.

"...venture downtown during SXSW, you'd better bring your walking shoes...."

March 2, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

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