Phases & Stages

Live shot

"...Age," singer/guitarist Will Courtney's handsome drawl led Trail of Dead's Conrad Keely on viola, while on "One Night" the..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Glass Family

Record review

"...complicated. Remember when you had never heard the phrase "dance-punk" or "post-rock"? The Glass Family aren't New Wave, either,..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

TCB

Hair metal sneaks into ACL 2005, under a blanket of dust

"...record of 108. For good measure, strong breezes from Hurricane Rita's outer bands stirred up the acres of parkland,..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

TIFF Notes

What I took away from the Toronto International Film Festival

"...two cowboys living on the down low in the American West of the Sixties and Seventies. Written by Larry..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Luv Doc Recommends: The Emotions

Carlos'n Charlie's, Monday, May 30, 2005

"...of revelers. Plus, if you want to honor the dead or the employed, it behooves you to first make..."

May 27, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

Stan Ridgway

DVDnds

"...neo-noir singer-songwriter formerly known as "that guy on the Mexican radio" has always had a penchant for cinematic flair...."

March 4, 2005 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez

Texas platters

"...say Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez's favorite flick is Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man. The Mars Volta and At the Drive-In guitarist/songwriter..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

The Secret Garden

Despite its seemingly morose story, Zilker Theater Productions' The Secret Garden is most assuredly uplifting, even moving

"...without all the proper elements to keep them alive, deadness creeps in. People have the same basic requirements: When..."

July 16, 2004 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

TCB

Gimme whatcha got for a poke chop…

"...the Dec. 26 installment of NPR's Morning Edition. "You can't dream it up any better," affirms their manager, Kevin..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

High Noon

Texas Platters

"...songs, and enough to send couples out on the dance floor in droves. It's a formula that's sparse and..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Offenders

SXSW Records

"...twice. The Offenders were made for that kid. No Dead Kennedys irony, no Black Flag "TV Party" comic relief,..."

March 15, 2002 Music Review by Ken Lieck

The Kingsbury Manx

SXSW Records

"...and above it all like some daybreak sound you can't identify. When "Sleeping on the Ground" falls to one..."

March 15, 2002 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Governor Salutes Texas Music

Conference Panel

"..."Broke Down South of Dallas," "My Wife Thinks You're Dead," "Hillbilly Hula Gal," and "Highway Patrol." Then Fearless Leader,..."

March 15, 2002 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...langorous, like a mean, lazy beating, the next, very American and Analog, if you know what we mean. (Rehab..."

March 8, 2002 Music Feature

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar revels in his New York state of mind, having just visited our noble Big Apple. Come along for the ride.

"...is in negotiations for soundtrack rights for Lucinda Williams' "Can't Let Go" for John Sayles' new film The Sunshine..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Joy Division

Record Review

"...its meaning on end. Likewise for "She's Lost Control," "Dead Souls," and a dozen other memorable songs. Viewed through..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Music Review by Jeff Mccord

U2 Pop (Island)

The U2 Catalog

"...and last year's New Millennium revisionism, All That You Can't Leave Behind. Lost in the woozy Flood of Enoisms..."

March 30, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Requiem for Tesla

Local mavericks Rude Mechanicals have plundered biographies and scientific history to give us the whole story of maverick inventor Nikola Tesla, and their production Requiem for Tesla, with its unnervingly choreographed lights, arresting video, beautiful period costumes, original score on theremin, strange dance numbers, and working Tesla coil, literally crackles with current.

"...Tesla -- at least as much as an hour can hold -- from the man himself, as abetted by..."

March 2, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Beach Boys

"...and "Had to Phone Ya," its reliance on oldies can be a bit grating. The ultra-slight cover of Chuck..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Review by Greg Beets

Doug Sahm Birthday Party, Hole in the Wall, November 5

"...music started, but at least that gave the Austin American-Statesman delegation extra time at the bar with Monday Night..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

And You Come From Where ...?

Writer-performer Brian Shapiro opens And You Come From Where ...? with a bang -- a solid, vivid tale of family that's enough to make you fall hard for the show. But the rest of this multiple-character one-man show never quite achieves the same excitement, and you may find your love waning.

"...rotating duty during the show's run): a group of dancers, including Casey Crumpacker, performing Body Cartography in Blue. Two..."

July 14, 2000 Arts Review by Skipper Chong Warson

WAR: Conflict in the Cubicles

In his latest script, playwright Kirk Lynn sends the Rude Mechanicals off to War, and the result is another Rude Mechs show that is conceptual and cryptic, literary and obscure, but also very funny, with the company managing to make genuinely original observations on conflict and escapism in the energetic realm of absurdist comedy.

"...War begins with a game invented by American GIs in WWII. One player starts with a proposition,..."

June 16, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Public Notice

Public Notice is noticing a lot of public service types getting into the holiday spirit. Events big and small are happening all over town, as are opportunities to give, give, give.

"...hear real live patriots offering humorous witticisms like, "Better dead than Red!" (We're sure they had a lot of..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Jim Stringer & the Austin Music Band: Carousel Lounge, September 30

Descriptions of live shows

"...doesn't know the meaning of term "pretentious." Where else can bands share the stage with a large pink pachyderm..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Music Review by David Lynch

Exhibitionism

The Suida Manning Collection: the Renaissance Is Here

"...With the Head of Goliath (1616), point at the canvas and say, "Cooooool." It was a bit of childhood..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Review

1998 Austin Theatrical Movie Openings

"...ALARMIST 1.0 (S.D.) 11/27/98 ALMOST HEROES 0 (R.S.) 6/5/98 AMERICAN HISTORY X 3.0 (M.S.) 11/13/98 AMERICAN JOB 3.5 (M.B.)..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature

In Person

"...straw hat, shiny silver tennis shoes, and a rainbow-colored cane. She asked Ivins to read from her most recent..."

May 22, 1998 Books Feature

Live Shots

"...of the crowd floated in the ecstasy of the Phish-dance, the rest sat slightly confused. There must have been..."

April 10, 1998 Music Feature

Live Shots

"...the mighty voices of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, a South African a cappella ensemble founded over three decades ago and..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Music Feature

The Zen of Filmmaking

Letters at 3AM

"...alike, cinema's first true star. That decade saw the Mexican Revolution, the First World War, and the Russian Revolution...."

Aug. 1, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

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