Bow Down and Pay Up for J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius

The power of slack compels you in this SXSW documentary

"...friend, do you have slack? Do you know Bob, the one true Bob, the Bob that is J.R. "Bob"..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs and the Church of the Subgenius

Time to get slack once again with the bizarro Austin anti-cult

"...teeth clenching a pipe in an ear-to-ear grin worthy of Ward Cleaver. Although his face archetypically evoked white, middle-class,..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Austin's Flatiron Pictures Acquires The Naked Rower

Studio to develop story of Olympian Rob Hamill

"...Suzanne Weinert have announced that production house has acquired the rights to The Naked Rower, the 2010 autobiography of..."

Nov. 25, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Webb on the Web

Don Webb: Surreal but Awake

"...worked from Austin for many years, producing unique works of short fiction usually categorized as horror, fantasy, or science..."

July 31, 1998 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

What's on the Gaming Boards

Gearing up for 1998 Titles

"...What's up for some of Austin's gaming companies in 1998? Kayte VanScoy took an..."

March 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Kayte VanScoy

The Rudy Schwartz Project Tied Up in Knotts

"...by Ken Leick The monstrous four-by-six-foot poster over Joe Newman's bed proudly bears..."

June 16, 1995 Music Feature

Hail Satan?

The Satanic Temple’s idiosyncratic quest to remind America about freedom of religion

"...“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”..."

May 3, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

15 Movies We Can’t Wait to See at SXSW 2019

A few words about some of our favorite films coming to the fest

"...The number of films hitting SXSW screens over the next..."

March 7, 2019 SXSW Post by The Screens Staff

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...Start your SXSW Film Festival planning now: the annual celebration of screens large and small has announced..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Dancing About Architecture

The SXSW Wind Blows In

"...Here it is -- the penultimate issue of the Chronicle before South by Southwest..."

March 12, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

"Bob" Watches Over Us or: Weekend of Slack

"...since you've seen that particular palindrome peering down from the top of this column? Yes, though original Chronicle music..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Night Flight Flies Again

Stuart Shapiro resurrects his Eighties underground variety show

"...Stuart Shapiro doesn't seem the kind of guy that turned TV on its ear...."

April 10, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Still Life, All Shook Up

Naked Lunch's models are a bunch of sketchy posers

"...Lisa. La Gioconda. Look at her, Leonardo's superstar, sitting there with that famous smile, her right hand crossed over..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Websites from Hell

It's 4am -- Do You Know Where Your Monitor Is?

"...It's three-thirty in the morning on a Friday night. The clubs are shut..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Rev. Ivan Stang and Techno-Spirituality

"...advertising lackey. He found his true calling, however, as the founder of the world's first admittedly for-profit religion, the..."

March 7, 1997 Screens Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Exposing the Subgenius; Austin clubowners gather to mourn the Steamboat; Earthpig moving to the taxicab center of the universe; and Jonathan Richman breaks down.

"...If you've lived in Austin for any length of time, you've probably run across mention of the Dallas-based..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Site Specific

"...Steinberg and Paco Xander Nathan each give a list of suggested locations of Internet interest below:..."

Jan. 12, 1996 Screens Feature

Shortcuts

"...Right after the new year the low hum that exists in town..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Screens Column

Technomancers

Computer Gaming Gurus at SXSW Interactive

"...Check the shelves at CompUSA or Computer City. After all those..."

March 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Allen Varney

Page Two: Row My Boat Ashore

Louis Black bids farewell in his final “Page Two” column

"...created for you and by you as represented by the staff. It's the only thing the Chronicle has ever tried to..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Leaving It Up to Her

On Margaret Moser: Happy together, then, now, and forever

"...Sweetly and appropriately the celebration of the extraordinary life of Margaret Moser continues..."

June 30, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Much Ado About ACAC

"...prepares for an outdoor shoot. Martin is also producer of the live cablecast of SXSW interactive. It all started..."

March 6, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Killer Green Information Environmental BBSs

BBS Basics

"...BBS is a computer - usually with a lot of memory - that has one or more phone lines..."

April 28, 1995 News Feature by R.U. Steinberg

Prophet for Our Times

For 10 years, Lisa Crystal Carver has been writing about sex and doing sex-drenched performance pieces under the name Suckdog. But her lifestyle is born of a profound quest for an uncompromised life, a search for truth and adventure that makes her a prophet for our time.

"...and doing sex-drenched performance pieces she calls "operas" under the troupe/band name Suckdog. Carver writes like she talks. Adventure..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Dancing About Architecture

Crossing the Final Path

"...The image of Paul Sessums that keeps running through my..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Doug Sahm returns from beyond, MP3s shake up Austin music, Hip Hop meets R&B, and the Watermelon Saga continues...

"...The Return of Doug Sahm..."

April 21, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Caught 'em in Autumn

Earthpig & Fire

"...fuzzy guy gone wrong, he'll shuffle in and out of his queer little abode, gutting its cloistered innards piece..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Taking a P in the Snow

"...Sorry to inform you, but the contest for best holiday vacation this year has already..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck