Top Books to Make Sense of a World Breaking Down

Jay Trachtenberg's top reads of 2016 explore a planet in crisis in Israel, rust-belt Ukraine, and the Antarctic

"...English this year (translated by Reilly Costigan-Humes and Isaac Wheeler). Set in the industrial rust belt of post-Soviet eastern..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Playback: Later Chumps!

Chumps say, 'So long, sucker,' while Trent Reznor says hello to Explosions in the sky.

"...which first brought them national attention: scoring. Collaborating with David Wingo on the Prince Avalanche soundtrack (revisit "Great World..."

June 14, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: 2012-2013 Music Poll Ballot

Vote your local music conscience

"...Last year, Quiet Company and Wheeler Brothers combined for 15 awards – a demonstration, in..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Yassine Sixth Street Noir

Legends, rumors, unpaid taxes ... and coke on the side

"...has always had it that the inspiration for gun-toting, wheeler-dealer promoter Dino McLeish was none other than Tim O'Connor..."

May 18, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

Mayoral candidates sound off on the future of Austin music, Scott H. Biram gets back on his feet, and unveiling the lineups for the Austin City Limits Music Festival and Pachanga Latino Music Festival

"...Strayhorn didn't return requests for comment, while responses from David Buttross and Josiah Ingalls, along with the complete interviews..."

May 1, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Band on the Run

ACL's battle of the bands, the Sound and the Jury, represents another new paradigm of indie music exposure in the post-label era of the music industry

"...learn to utilize the indie mindset more," offers Daniel Wheeler of Homer Hiccolm & the Rocketboys, who, along with..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Cashdollar, Chip Dolan, Asleep at the Wheel's rhythm section, David Sanger, David Miller, Boo Resnick, and Korey Simeone took..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...than any of that is the attitude expressed by David Durham of aGLIFF who says he speaks only for..."

April 18, 2003 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...David Durham..."

April 4, 2003 Column

Psycho Beach Party

This campy send-up of surf and slasher movies uses Gidget movies as its comic template.

"...Charles Busch, Andrew Levitas, Nick Cornish, Kathleen Robertson, Danni Wheeler and Amy Adams. Like wow, daddio: This comic send-up..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

September Previews

"...D: Anne Wheeler; with Wendy Crewson, Karyn Dwyer, Christina Cox, Ann-Marie MacDonald,..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

Burn, Aspen, Burn

Chasing Celebrity With a Basic Cable Nobody at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival

"...What's this? The Wheeler Opera House, where they're taping Politically Incorrect. Unlike most..."

March 27, 1998 Arts Feature by Brad "Chip" Pope

Everything Old is New Again

The Year in Albums

"...album in years, and while not as hip as David Bowie's foray into dance music earlier this year, Earthling,..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Administrative Services, sent one of her department heads packing. David Healey, whom Dunkerley hired in March 1996 to head..."

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature

The Team Players: Who's Who on the Campaign Trail

"...for state senate, Oscar Mauzy for state supreme court David Butts (consultant, Kirk Watson) 1996: Glen Maxey for state..."

April 11, 1997 News Feature

Postmarks

Contradictions Exposed

"...Charlotte Wheeler..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

Articulations

IRS OKs G&S @ CCP

"...and its importance in the past 40 years. Playwrights David Hare, Tom Stoppard, and Timberlake Wertenbaker; actor-directors Frith Banbury..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Arts Column

Postmarks

Balcones Responds

"...3. The former owners, Georgia Pacific, operated seven 18-wheelers and a fleet of support vehicles. We have one..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Column

Nutcracker Nut Growing

"...in on the act, call 327-0420. Yeakle All Over David Yeakle is all over the state lately. The artistic..."

July 5, 1996 Arts Column

Hustling Uncut Gems With the Safdie Brothers

How their family history glistens in their New York story

"...Ratner (Adam Sandler) is chasing in Uncut Gems. A wheeler-dealer and inveterate gambler, he careens through New York's Diamond..."

Dec. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Q&A Hole: Why Are So Many People Unhappy With President Trump?

Can’t American citizens cut that orange shitgibbon a little slack?

"...tanning. (That’s actually from the mouth of my assistant, David Shangle III.)..."

June 12, 2017 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Getting to Oz Through Austin Arts

Area arts events make a Yellow Brick Road to The Wizard of Oz in Zilker Park

"...Days (despite that bit in the 1956 film version with David Niven as globetrotter Phileas Fogg) but the lesser-known Five..."

May 19, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Rape Survivor Story, Minus the Sensationalism

Stephanie Beatriz comes home to Texas with potent drama The Light of the Moon

"...work, in her relationship with her live-in boyfriend (Michael Stahl-David), with her family, and with herself...."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

Afternoon ACL Acts Worth Waking Up For

Get the most out of your pass with these nine artists

"...Replacements and Nirvana as well as to leader Jesse Wheeler’s precise, melodic songcraft. Following a yearlong, three-single run commencing..."

Sept. 28, 2016 Music Post by The Music Staff

Dames, Turtles, and More

The dog days of summer meet the heat of Austin film news

"...for their 2002 film The Slaughter Rule, which starred David Morse, Ryan Gosling, and Amy Adams. Morse again has..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

We Are the World

Recapping this year's Austin Music Awards.

"...the horn line of Hard Proof Afrobeat. Wild Child, Wheeler Brothers, Waterloo Records' John Kunz – so many recognizable..."

March 21, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Nonfiction and Memoir

Justin St. Germain, Stephen Harrigan, and more delight with these true tomes

"...Kerr brings them to life: Edward Burleson, William Barton, David Burnet. As author of Austin, Texas: Then and Now..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Books Feature

Blood Brothers

Bringing James Welch's novel of Native life, 'Winter in the Blood,' to the screen

"...work in Powwow Highway and Dead Man. Alongside are David Morse (The Hurt Locker, Treme, St. Elsewhere), who co-starred..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Feature by Paul Stekler

10 'Austin Music Minute' Bands Laurie Gallardo Loves

"...demon truck driver high-tailing it into town on an 18-wheeler from hell." See? Love him like crazy. Crooked Bangs..."

June 28, 2013 Music Feature by Laurie Gallardo

Do or Do Not

SXSW sports docs follow heroes' journey

"...of this project, I thought of the kids as David and the game of golf and the difficult golf..."

March 15, 2013 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

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