Confessions of a Romance Virgin

Harlequin heats up a new market with its kickass Bombshell heroines

"...open question, despite the fact that Harlequin is no dark stranger to courting new audiences. They've launched series, lines,..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Books Feature by Nora Ankrum

Lunatics and Secrets

New Works by Denton and Mitchell

"...first three books were rooted in childhood" ("Down the Dark Highway," The Austin Chronicle, Vol. 15, No.6). Yet it..."

July 5, 1996 Books Feature

Thor: Ragnarok

The Marvel Universe's funniest movie to date

"...on Asgard, in a significant subplot, with Cate Blanchett’s Goddess of Death laying waste to Thor’s home planet. Despite..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Gay Place

Gay Place friends share their vices

"..."Making out in dark corners and dancing at Elysium until the lights come..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Blood's a Rover: A Novel

Ellroy's oh-the-humanity neo-noir crimespeak bubbles up not from the heart nor from the head but from the gut

"...intimate – novel to date (excluding, of course, My Dark Places, his relentlessly downbeat nonfiction account of the search..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Books Review by Marc Savlov

Fortunate Son

Bass player to the stars, past and present, Mark Andes

"...been normal in any way, and there's been a dark side to that." Mark and his brother Matt ("we're..."

May 19, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...to their roster. Their Glitterball EP is like a dark and moody Blur or early Hood with a cello...."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Will Anybody Ever Love Neal Medlyn?

For vulnerable performer Neal Medlyn, Dork = Cool.

"...-- From a song by German punk goddess Nina Hagen / Neal Medlyn's mantra..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Ever the Spoils

Two University Dramas Tackle Women After War

"...gist of the story seems to be that the goddesses Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite decided to have a beauty..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Summer Reading

Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

"...In so doing, he lays bare a blithely dark yet accepting perspective of of the human soul. We..."

June 4, 1999 Books Review

Screamlines

"...Near Dark..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

Exhibitionism

Lord of the Dance: Flat Sans Flatley

"...as the fair Saorise and Gillian Norris as the dark temptress Morrighan. It was Norris' spirited performance as Morrighan..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Arts Review

Rollergirl

A million lights are dancing and there you are, a shooting star! You are a muse on eight wheels! You are roller skating!

"...there are blowing fans, and you are a roller-skating goddess...."

May 11, 2001 Features Feature by Sarah Hepola

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...sort of bungled heist film that simultaneously radiates a dark, morbid wit as well as an impressive body count..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Qmmunity: Brrr, It’s Cold in Here

Shake off the icicles and step out on the gay Austin streets with these queer events

"...space. This month's theme is Asstrology with Houston's Divine Goddess Berry and Roman Syder Ross. Third Fridays, 9pm. Oilcan's,..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Column by James Scott

Qmmunity: Rain on Me

A new era at the classic Fourth Street bar starts with Show Director Basüra

"...stage now boasts hosts like Ethereal Girl with fairy goddess Louisianna Purchase, mad scientist Bobby Pudrido's Drag Lab, and..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Column by James Scott

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Music we’re playing

"...Night Glitter, the siren and her co-parent Schoepf dish after-dark ambience powered by electronic impulses both literal and of..."

June 12, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Patty Griffin on Her Battle With Breast Cancer and New Album

Local songwriter rises through the fire

"...in David Pulking­ham's gypsy jazz licks – and the dark and bluesy "The Wheel" churn a cycle of frustration..."

March 29, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Cthulhu Humor of William Browning Spencer

Austin author William Browning Spencer finds the lighter side of Lovecraft and other horrors

"...Once recognizable only to a few fervid fans of dark fantasy literature, the eldritch ways of the Weird Tales..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Arts Feature by Mike Berry

Gay Place

Let's talk about (gay) sex

"...that looks at all the euphoric highs and mysterious dark corners of our erotic pasts and presents." A voyeuristic..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place

Welcome to Hell ... Halloween, Austin queer-style

"...DARK PARADISE HALLOWEEN BALL Enjoy Patricia Vonne, Eva Strangelove, Merci..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Stormy Weather

AFS Essential Cinema presents Fire Beneath the Ice: Films of Iceland

"...(She swore off acting after enduring Dancer in the Dark with Lars von Trier, a Dane.) If there's a..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar Grinches about the crappy Christmas decorations on Congress Avenue and relates to one Nomi Malone

"...how exhausted Gnome-y Malone would be after performing in Goddess for eight shows a week. If I worry that..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Say Hello to Kitty

Join Austin writer Anna Hanks in her desperate search for the "Hello Kitty" hotline.

"...can go anywhere, interview anyone, and meet mobsters in dark alleys, because Superman always shows up to save her...."

Nov. 5, 1999 Features Feature by Anna Hanks

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...equally excellent as the rational mind fighting off the dark impossibilities hurled before her. GilliamÕs direction is, as always,..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

KhushFest, Kung Fu, and Clueless in Our Recommended Events

You pretty much can't avoid culture this weekend

"...Coastal cowboy June? Lana del Rey Americana July? Whimsigoth, dark-cottage core August? Whether your aesthetic falls in an ill-defined..."

May 30, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, February 21-27

"...of Maha Shivaratri is dedicated to overcoming ignorance and darkness in celebrants’ own lives and in the world. This..."

Feb. 21, 2025 Column by Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, January 26 - February 1

"...I call “crafty optimism.” I am still subject to dark thoughts and worried feelings – even though I know..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Hairspray

This may be the big hair state, but does this musical go too big?

"...in the film), Ryahn Evers as teen dance show goddess Amber Von Tussle, Addison Garner as her mom and..."

June 14, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, August 12-18

"...love must have wild places, a tangled orchard where dark damsons drop in the heavy grass, an overgrown little..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

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