City of Ghosts

Battling ISIS with journalism

"...Heineman’s last film was the Oscar-nominated Cartel Land, and City of Ghosts only ups the ante when it comes..."

July 28, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

She's One of Us

Mike Clark-Madison Profiles New City Manager Toby Futrell

"...rhetorically, good-naturedly, but not facetiously -- at the thought of being "profiled" in the local media. "Do you know..."

June 7, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...The jigsaw of geography in filmmaking is such that one day during..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

At Mohawk’s Reopening, an Air of Gratefulness and Growth

Heartless Bastards and the Tender Things soundtrack return

"...it’s been since an airborne virus shut down one of Austin’s favorite stages. On Thursday, a U.S. Congressman –..."

May 28, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Drawing Inspiration Out of the Past

Writer Barry Gifford, still Wild at Heart

"...cinematic dialogue like nobody's business. Most famously the author of a septet of novellas featuring the neo-gothic wanderings of..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

If You Have Ghosts

The 2007-08 AMA's ghosts – past, present, and future

"..."We were performance art: a thing of the moment."..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Around the World of Weird

The many genre delights of Fantastic Fest 2008

"...Eight days and nights of fear, loathing, love, lust, cannibalism, and carnage (plus, thanks..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Throughout the five-week trial of the Branch Davidians' case against the federal government inWaco, the ghosts of 84 people killed at Mount Carmel haunted the courtroom.

"...the four-week Branch Davidian trial in Waco, there were ghosts. The last one was heard from on the afternoon..."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Page Two: Songs of Ourselves

As friends and legends pass, art and memory burst from the present and warn the future

"..."My Ghosts Are Getting Overcrowded"..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Column by Louis Black

The Power of Art in Austin’s Overlooked Objects

Defining the city's personality from the moonlight towers to the railroad bridge

"...its people, objects, and places. Combined, they form our city's personality, its genius and fragility, its power and swerve...."

Aug. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

If You Have Ghosts

Nothing's rotten in Denmark for Danny Malone

"...Nestled in Georgia's southern bracket of the Appalachian mountains, the boarding school hosted troubled youth..."

June 7, 2013 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Public Notice: The Ghosts of Austin’s Future

Two different City Councils; four different land use results

"...Austin City Council races are nominally nonpartisan, but make no mistake:..."

Oct. 21, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

APD's White Settles: The End of Mala Sangre?

Unanswered questions leave a cloud over top brass

"...Earlier this month, a few weeks before trial, the city of Austin and APD Detective Jeff White reached an..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Austin FC’s First Home Game Delivered All the Feels, Just None of the Goals

RECAP: A goalless draw for the Oaks' in home opener

"......"

June 20, 2021 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Sundance Review: Prisoners of the Ghostland

Cage/Sono styles clash in underwhelming cowboy/ronin/gangster film

"...step. The ronin and the gunslinger are two sides of the same coin, and so there has long been..."

Feb. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Soundtrack of Our Lives

Long Center’s Soundtrack Series continues Friday & Saturday

"...were driving through Charleston, SC., on the tail end of a road trip up the East Coast when an..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Chief Priest of the Shrine

The epic life story of Nigerian soul superstar Fela Kuti.

"...to make its way to Ikeja, the working-class district of Nigeria's metropolis Lagos and center of Anikulapo-Kuti's politically charged..."

July 14, 2000 Music Feature by David Lynch

Terms of Enqueerment

What happened when gay Austinites decided to come out of gay bars and into straight ones

"...in August, 50 gay people were having a meeting of sorts at Star Bar on West Sixth Street. Star..."

Nov. 10, 2000 News Feature by Clay Smith

Gateway Theatre Project's Ghosts

This site-specific staging immerses its small audiences in Ibsen's bleak, tragic world via an Austin home

"...With its maiden-voyage production, Ghosts, the recently established Gateway Theatre Project brings Henrik Ibsen's..."

March 6, 2020 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Great World of Sound

David Wingo's success scoring film fuels his band Ola Podrida

"...street from David Wingo's house rises in a tangle of branches and brambles. His dog, Junebug, an affectionate pit..."

May 24, 2013 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

We Have an Issue: The Grubby Side of Composting

Inside this week’s cover story about where our food waste goes to die ... and live again

"..."It's all very apocalyptic, which is kind of fun."..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Prisoners of the Ghostland

Nic Cage and Sion Sono craziness is not the sum of its parts

"...Directed by: Sion Sono. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Bill Moseley, Sofia Boutella, Tak Sakaguchi and Nick Cassavetes...."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bedside Manner: Hell, Ghosts, and Blood

Nihilists have more fun

"...The world is often a dark and hideous place, filled with disaster, idiocy,..."

June 22, 2016 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Gang of Guerillas

"...Americans will pass through life without finding an apparition of the Virgin Mary in one of their tortillas. Just..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Books Review

Army of the Dead

Latest zombie flick should just stay buried

"...all about building to one cool shot? In Army of the Dead, it's a two hour wait for Dave..."

May 14, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Shades of the Past

Austin's ghosts, from pioneer times to the present

"...shades have settled in like dust. Did the lives of certain of our forebears cut a groove so deep..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature

Songs of Innocence and Experience

From poetry scrawled on walls to poetry inscribed on CD: the saga of the Gourds.

"...Bowl is a place that prompts a good stirring of intellect. The fleeting nature of earthly beauty and happiness,..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

The Dead Climb on Top of You

Third Place winner

"...time, it had not even been a month out of the shelter, and someone was in my house. I..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by P. Tyson Midkiff

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...The Wolf of Congress Ave.The Texas Senate passed a bill Tuesday (on..."

March 17, 2023 News Feature

Kitchen Ghosts

Unearthing Austin's culinary history: Schneider Beer Vaults

"...floor. Cockroaches scurried along the walls, fleeing the beams of flashlights. There was a dank, humid quality to the..."

May 20, 2016 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

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