Camper Van Beethoven/Cracker: Teen Angst?

Thirty years of David Lowery in two sets at the Mohawk

"...most recognizable bandmember and bandleader, Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker frontman David Lowery is never the star of the..."

July 29, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Dom Hemingway

Jude Law, all piss-and-vinegar as the titular safe-cracker, can't light the fuse of this dud.

"...The film begins as Dom, an infamous safe-cracker, is released from jail after doing 12 years for..."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

I'm in Love With a Church Girl

The title says it all.

"...of Bible study. But the action – punishingly turgid, spread-it-on-a-cracker cheesy – feels inauthentic, ginned up only to promote..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

What the World Needs Now

David Lowery of Cracker reminisces.

"...in the mid-Eighties with Camper Van Beethoven and later, Cracker. That’s OK, because David Lowery has changed a lot..."

Nov. 1, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo

A singularly dreadful example of what can happen when potentially capable comedians check their brains at a committee meeting and go slumming for dollars.

"...beaten by Dutch police, and derided as a "doped-up cracker." Elsewhere in this flaccid sequel’s interminable 83 minutes, you..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Wallace and Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation

"...Shave” is sure to have audiences cheering as our cheese-and-cracker loving heroes try to solve the mystery behind a..."

June 14, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Yum2K Recipes for One

"...One (1) box of Ritz Crackers (preferably the limited-edition snowflake-shaped Holiday Ritz in specially marked..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Ecology of a Cracker Childhood

"...Ecology of a Cracker Childhoodby Janisse Ray..."

March 3, 2000 Books Review by Jay Hardwig

Flat-Track Snack Attack: Frito-Lay vs. Crackerjack

A Texas Rollergirl defends her name

"...What's in a name? Take "crackerjack." The word has been a compliment, the nickname for..."

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

photograph by Todd V. Wolfson

Bruce Hughes

"...erratic and tempestuous frontman like Poi Dog's Frank Orrall, Cracker's David Lowery, and Schneider, it's easy to view Hughes'..."

June 5, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Tiny Pies Offers Margarita Pies – and Their Recipe

Served frozen, this is a creamy lime spring treat

"...1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs..."

May 1, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Cape

The Strip Club: Swooning for Vietnamese Food at Chinatown Center

A feast of riches Austin’s OG Asian food hub

"...and hn xúc bánh tráng (baby clams with rice cracker), as well as pre-packaged bánh cun – a dish..."

Nov. 29, 2024 Food Feature by Taylor Holland

Day Trips: Key Lime Pie Tour

Looking for America’s coolest summer pie at bakeries and restaurants around the area

"...I could of the chilled dessert with a graham cracker crust. Like snowflakes, there are no two Key lime..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Detroit

The 1967 riots are brought to life in this docudrama

"...the interior of the Algiers Motel. Krauss and his white-cracker posse of city cops storm the building, and proceed..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Last Exorcism: Part II

In this sequel, the devil follows the same girl from the backwoods to New Orleans; sadly this follow-up has none of the smarts of its predecessor.

"...manipulate a body’s spine in ways that no mortal bone-cracker has ever managed. The Last Exorcism: Part II gives..."

March 8, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Dec. 30-Jan. 6

"...THE MUTT CRACKER Five dogs, a scarlet macaw, puppets, three jugglers, two..."

Dec. 31, 2010 News Column

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Dec. 23-30

"...MUTT CRACKER CIRCUS Five dogs, a scarlet macaw, puppets, two jugglers,..."

Dec. 24, 2010 News Feature

Shake Appeal

James Williamson's Raw Power is all in the mix

"...wanna get your little fuckin' face punched out, little cracker boy? Come up here!" shouts Iggy Pop. "Come up..."

May 28, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: Mad Dreaming

Loud, barely intelligible SXSW incantations

"...Concert Series – including Ozomatli on Thursday, March 18; Cracker, BoDeans, and Cheap Trick on Friday, March 19; and..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Column by Louis Black

American Violet

This moving message film tells a story about a miscarriage of Texas justice.

"...a change playing an educated Southerner instead of a cracker) and local lawyer (Patton), who take on her case..."

May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Indictments Pending: TRMPAC, TAB, and the Travis Co. D.A.

"...of TRMPAC, Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care, Bacardi, Cracker Barrel, Diversified Collection Services, Questerra, Sears, Westar, and the..."

April 11, 2008 News Feature

The Hightower Report

A Sick Policy; and Bush's Imperial Designs on Iraq

"...of industry leaders. For example, a spokeswoman for the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain dismisses the need, saying that employees..."

June 15, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Cracker..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

ACL Prime Time

Blurbs to ACL Music Fest by.

"...powerful, but still unclassifiable territory. Their latest CD, Oh Cracker Where Art Thou?, is a collaboration with David Lowery..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Music Feature

The Italian Job

"...the bristly Stella in The Italian Job, a first-rate safe-cracker testing supposedly fail-safe strongboxes for their inherent weaknesses. She’s..."

May 30, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DysFunKtional Family

"...says, to defang the offensive nature of the original cracker insult by sheer willful repetition. That tactic, however, was..."

April 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Monster's Ball

"...death row. Hank's father (Boyle) is a racist Southern cracker who, though retired to a wheelchair, is still the..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sordid Lives

"...ridiculous situations; and both films make great use of cornpone-cracker character names such as Lurlene, Bitsy, and “Daddy.” It's..."

May 25, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Knight's Tale

This warped medieval yarn about a peasant who passes himself off as a knight glides by on a funny, friendly, goofy sort of goodness.

"...Heath Ledger does best, which is to produce a Cracker Jack, golden grin in the midst of triumph, and..."

May 11, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

FSK International (Catamount)

"...accomplished on only their second stateside CD. David Lowery (Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven) is now a member, and produces..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

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