Life, Death, and Shoofly Pie

Chatting with the Gourds' rabid online fan base, family through thick and BAD.

"...forum in which to yak at Kev, trade bootlegs, crack jokes, etc. It's less slavish fandom and more casual..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Cookbook Review: Momofuku Milk Bar

Ain't nothing simple in Christina Tosi's cookbook

"...book), cornflake crunch, cornflake chocolate chip marshmallow cookies, and crack pie that I couldn’t muster the energy to jump..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

About a Boy

"...Directed with winning panache by, of all people, American Pie's Weitz brothers and adapted (by Peter Hedges, with the..."

May 17, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cajun Roulette

"...with juicy chunks of andouille sausage, and terrific crawfish pie. 1900 Barton Springs Rd. $..."

March 4, 2011 Food Feature

Restaurant Roulette

A sampling of eateries from the ‘Chronicle’ Restaurant Guide

"...could include lobster, shrimp pizza, king crab, or even Crack Pie. This place gets packed. 5621 Airport, 454-5827. $..."

March 11, 2011 Food Feature

Dixie City Delights

Jambalaya, Crawfish Pie, Filé Gumbo

"...her guest chef appearance there. Her exquisite little crawfish pies in a tender, buttery crust could well prove to..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Arts Feature

A Ghost Story

A meditative story of a spirit who lingers on

"...MacGuffin about a note hidden by M in a crack in the wall, but retrieving the note is less..."

July 14, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Harvesting History

An appreciation of the pecan

"...fallen leaves, turning up enough pecans to make a pie for a Thanksgiving potluck dinner among impoverished graduate students...."

Nov. 25, 2005 Food Feature by MM Pack

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Fusebox, Alejandro Escovedo, alexalone, and the Ballinger brothers lead our recommendations

"...set.  – Laiken Neumann Hey Loretta! Hillbilly Hoedown & Pie Social..."

April 14, 2023 Music Column by Genevieve Wood

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...this 24-member Dallas-based symphonic pop ensemble plays slowly evolving pieces that warm listeners into a cocoon of universal love...."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Throwing Down Love

The seven-year rise of Knolly Williams, the Master P of Christian hip-hop

"...detainees convinced him it was more profitable to sell crack than marijuana...."

Aug. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

"...in Duck Soup, a superlatively surreal 1933 Marx Brothers masterpiece, and their fifth and final film for Paramount before..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

Sxsw

"...must have been incredible inside. Last year's Crow Pot Pie on Doolittle was a solid piece of work. (Driskill..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2024, Power Ranked!

Welcome to Top of the Hops IX

"...it, viewing nostalgiacore films like Transformers One and Homeric masterpieces lasting a third of your Sunday are a thousand..."

Oct. 17, 2024 Food Post by Eric Puga

Our Music Critics Pick Their Top 10 Austin Albums of 2018

80 local picks from Molly Burch to Brownout

"...10) Crack Pipes, Fake Eyelashes (Super Secret) Thomas Fawcett..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Music Feature by Greg Beets

The Chili Dog Fest Caps SXSW Local Style

Impressive lineup of musicians to benefit Central Texas Food Bank

"...Piñata Bust for the kids at 3:15pm and the Crack Pipes leading A Howl for Mike Carroll honoring the..."

March 15, 2018 Music Post by Mark Fagan

Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Wine & Music Festival

The Domain, Saturday, May 29, 2010

"...you try to scrub your palate with cheeses and crackers, after about 15 sample glasses of wine they're all..."

May 28, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

In Play

What's new is old again: BioShock 2 and The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom

"...style of play. You take control of the titular pie-obsessed ne'er-do-well. The Edward Gorey-esque visuals and old-timey soundtrack give..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

The Woodland

Opened in the waning hours of 2006, it's housed in the site formerly occupied by the restaurant 7. And Lamberts. And Liberty Pie.

"...2006, the Woodland is housed in the site formerly occupied by the restaurant 7. And Lamberts. And Liberty Pie...."

April 6, 2007 Food Review by Barbara Chisholm

Summer Fun

Oh, Galveston

"...concrete hover on one of the Seawall's most popular piers – known almost as much for its fancy elevated..."

May 14, 2004 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

After a Fashion

How badly did Stephen's illustrious editor screw up his column last week? You'll just have to read to see -- but trust us, it's worth it, if only for the amazing list of haute fashion events listed herein. Your social calendar will thank you.

"...Messer, must have been coming off of a weekend crack binge [Duuuuude, where's my crack? -- ed.] or something..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Texas Radio and the Really Big Beat

Capstar's Austin-based Empire

"...This gave the government just enough legal muscle to crack broadcasters across the knuckles when they got naughty. And..."

May 22, 1998 Music Feature by Bill Crawford

Joe Gould's Secret

"...Such is the case with a pair of character pieces, originally published in The New Yorker in 1944 and..."

July 5, 1996 Books Feature

Gluten-Free Without (Much) Misery

Eating in Austin with a wheat allergy

"...Siete Foods, are the Austin original responsible for my crunch-crack, cinnamon Churro Strips. Insert big heart-eyes emoji...."

Feb. 3, 2023 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Esther's Follies Returns to Lighten Austin's Post-Pandemic Load

Guess what long-running comedy troupe is vaccinated, back onstage, and ready to make the city laugh again

"...tolerable. Maybe – as Ted Meredith and Shaun Branigan crack wise in a political song-and-dance number, as Shannon Sedwick..."

July 16, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Crime Month: Encyclopedia Brown

Can you solve our fondness for Idaville's favorite sleuth?

"...agency, where for a quarter he’d help a client crack a case...."

July 3, 2019 Arts Post by Laura Jones

Storied Austin Drummer Hunt Sales Gets His Shit Together

Forty years of junkiedom ends in debut solo album for Tin Machine drummer

"...lifer to only one institution – music. Son of pie-faced comedian Soupy Sales (born Milton Supman), he acquired a..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Playback: My Top 100 Austin Records of 2018

Kevin Curtin picks his favorite local sounds of the year

"...36) Crack Pipes, Fake Eyelashes (Super Secret)..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Half-Century Psych of Shiva's Headband

13th Floor Elevators weren't the only local psych act exploring Austin's outer limits – and still doing so

"...the bandstand, so Shiva's became the house band for hippies in Austin. That Saturday night show proved a glorious..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Drum Dynamo J.J. Johnson’s Saving Grace

Powerhouse Austin drummer strips down to his bare essence

"...the Crescent City music scene can resemble trying to crack a Rubik's Cube. For a year, Johnson commuted regularly..."

May 26, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

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