The Band's Visit

A lost band of Egyptian musicians from a police orchestra find refuge with some Israeli townspeople.

"...in Bet Hatikva and therefore happy to take the band members, who had the misfortune of getting on the..."

March 7, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Gray Band

How can a band singing almost exclusively about serial killers engender so much life?

"...Heaving a tsunami of seminal, late-1960s UK heavyosity*, the band rears up behind the singer's expulsive roar, one line..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Luv Doc Recommends: Hayes Carll and the Band of Heathens

Antone's, Sunday, December 28, 2008

"...of cool to drive around with a shoe-gazer indie band as your living hood ornament for 50 cents an..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

Scanlines

The Crazies

"...a surprisingly ambitious and entertaining work. --Louis Black Citizens Band..."

April 16, 1999 Screens Feature

Dingo

"...the Johnny Cash-meets-Herb Alpert-and-the-Tijuana Brass repertoire of his small band, Dingo and the Dusters, for the sophisticated, urban aesthetics..."

May 22, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

"...(Corey Burton). The oddball crew lends the story a band-of-brothers bonhomie without quite drowning it in that wacky “sidekick”..."

June 15, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Dear God

"...director Marshall's forte. Suffice to say, Turner and his band of misfits conceive a plan to take the cash..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Reissues

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

"......"

June 25, 1999 Music Feature

Tomar Williams Hones Four Decades of Soul

Breakout of his family band, the performer seizes on his pop, soul, R&B, and hip-hop successes and failures in Tomar & the FCs

"...From his initial bandmates comes a thrice-verified story of young Tomar's inborn musical..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Boogie Nights

Boogie Nights gets under the skin of the porn film industry's exuberant burst of public semirespectability in the late Seventies, prior to the home-video revolution that changed the rules of the game forever. The movie is no socio-cultural abstract though; it is at heart the story about a group of characters and the de facto family that emerges from their relationships.

"...for Anderson might be something like Jonathan Demme's Citizens Band, a movie that puts the emphasis on the sense..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: No Virtue

The vicious circle of constitutional desecration

"...American film if you haven't seen Jonathan Demme's Citizens Band (aka Handle With Care) and Something Wild than repetitiously..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Revolutionary Score

The Founding Fathers' first declaration: 'We're an American band!'

"...patriots, philosopher-farmers. But more than that, they were a band...."

June 29, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gayly Fourthward!

How do The Ghey celebrate independence in the ATX in the USA?

"...Or as that line from The Boys in the Band goes, "Give me Librium or give me Meth!" We..."

July 1, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Mr. Demme's Holiday

Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme takes a trip to the city of lights and of love, of Tati and Truffaut, in his latest, The Truth About Charlie.

"...at the afterparty at Antone's. Ray Benson and his band were pounding out their patented Texas Swing, while Demme..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scanlines

Cemetery Man

"...Francesco spots a beautiful young widow (Falchi) at her husband's funeral and is smitten. He blows his opening remarks..."

July 2, 1999 Screens Feature

The Prop. 2 Coup

Not Your Same Old Song and Dance

"...County resident Bill Carlon, a member of the citizens' band that planted the "No Bonds" yard signs, pointed to..."

May 8, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Honolulu’s Oil in the Alley to Rock the Hideout

Hawaiian trio takes the Downtown stage for an improv-fueled joyride

"...It’s not every improv rock band – we’re sure there must be thousands of them..."

Nov. 14, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin at Large: A Tale of Two Gregs

While Abbott loses his marbles, Casar and other urban progressives band together

June 4, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Music Interview: Kokoko!

The street sounds of Kinshasa come alive in Congolese band's inventive beats

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Patrick's Advisers Call Pre-K "Godless"

Another sign of discord between Lite Guv and Abbott?

"...accidental? The latest fiasco in their declining relationship: Patrick's band of Tea Party consultants calling Abbott's plan for half-day..."

April 22, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Transmission Powers Paper Tiger

Austin promoters booking new San Antonio venue

"...Fun Fun Fest, Mohawk, and any time a metal band plays the Moody Theater, has taken on the lion’s..."

April 6, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Eyes of Texas

The night my alma mater finally made sense

"...Eyes of Texas” lyrics, prepping for quizzes. My local band obsessions developed over the years at UT, but this..."

June 27, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Page Two: R.I.P.

Edwin 'Bud' Shrake and Stephen Bruton

"...on a con man gypsy bad-ass true blue legendary bandit hero, and when it's all over they can say..."

May 15, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: A Cheating Top 10

An introduction, then a list of lots of cool things, shoved into 10 slots, that are not necessarily related to 2008

"...it, including the Thom-authored Crazy Mama, Something Wild, Citizens Band, and Melvin and Howard. Recently released on DVD is..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: The Art of Surprise

S.R. Bindler's Surfer, Dude continually pulls off the unexpected

"...and the basic rules of civilized life have been abandoned in pursuit of a godless, Marxist hegemony. All sides..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

Leaving us no time to catch our breaths after the Austin City Limits, Pecan Street, and Cinematexas festivals, our little city is graced next with the Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference and Austin Film Festival, unofficially kicked off by a screening (co-sponsored by the Austin Film Society) of Jonathan Demme's new film, The Truth About Charlie.

"...sly, culture-loving wit of such Demme works as Citizens Band, Melvin and Howard, and Something Wild. Marge asked if..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column by Louis Black

American Hot Wax

This neglected 1978 American rock & roll film is a historical invocation of legendary deejay Alan Freed's life and cultural impact.

"...the radio station, Freed stops to listen to street-corner bands waiting to catch his ear. During the day, he..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Review by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...little more research before jumping on the "feel good" bandwagon...."

May 3, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...were objections to these plans. As good neighbors, we abandoned the project...."

Jan. 31, 2003 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...of English, so I sought the help of my husband, the real researcher in the family – an attorney...."

April 7, 2006 Column

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