Book Reviews

"...by the Communist world are those of a great dismantling and collapse. Colossal statues toppling toward the ground. Empty..."

July 23, 1999 Books Review

Postmarks

Don't Cry for Rainey

"...to take us to Little League practice? Ha! "Young man, it's only 20-minute walk, the car is for emergencies..."

July 23, 1999 Column

Postmarks

Reusing Seaholm

"...committee's articulation of a combination of uses that includes performance space for Austin's arts community...."

Dec. 25, 1998 Column

Like Being Killed

"...with the novelist Jonathan Baumbach, a kind and funny man under whom I studied when I was doing my..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Books Feature by Marion Winik

The Christian Life

Billy Joe Shaver's Victory

"...Billy Joe Shaver is a big man, an imposing presence. His hand wraps around yours when..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

10 in Focus

Alma

"...it may become, is ultimately inescapable. This is Ruth Leitman's brand of cinema...."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature

Pink and Read

"...is perhaps best described as a postmodernist book of dead and not-so-dead celebrities that has been injected with generous..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Screens Feature

The Peril of Memory

"...of him again. Yet by chance I hear he's dead, and my memory of him overwhelms me, and I..."

Sept. 13, 1996 Column by Michael Ventura

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Future Imperfect: Our Favorite Dystopian Films

VOTE: Deadly roller derby, sad clones, and a Road Warrior duke it out

"...Blade Runner 2049, the breathlessly awaited sequel to what many count as the greatest dystopian film of all time,..."

Sept. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

'Face Off' Recap: Fast And Furry

Zombies vs. werewolves is nothing compared to backstage fights

"...the surprisingly worthwhile 2004 revamp of Dawn of the Dead. However, cinema history has rarely been kind to the..."

March 5, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Everything Went Black: Why Fantastic Fest is Motörhead…

…And vice versa.

"...the end of the Fest, then you're probably already dead.)..."

Sept. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

'Why Jimmy'

Second-Place Winner

"...Jimmy's mother became Mrs. Goodfornothing, seeing as how the woman takes her husband's name...."

Feb. 15, 2008 Books Feature by Erin Pringle

Kathy McCarty Reviewed

"...Dead Dog's Eyeball: Songs of Daniel Johnston (Bar/None)..."

April 29, 2005 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Postmarks

"...out of the deal? What's the harm of temporarily remanding the deal to the Z.A.P. commission while fully inclusive..."

July 19, 2002 Column

Confessions of a Cowboy

Working a cattle drive in Texas in the 1870s probably wasn't like what you imagine; ask Frank Harris -- he was there and he knows.

"...a group of 20 armed Mexicans overtook them and demanded the return of their cattle. The Americans refused, and..."

May 26, 2000 Books Feature by James C. Simmons

Blessed Deliverance

The Borderland, Bud Shrake's Latest Tall Tale

"...after the main events of Harrigan's novel end. In many ways that period of Texas history was more unsettled..."

March 31, 2000 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Fatal Error

Hooked on Drug Money

"...Many JTF-6 missions do not involve combat troops. The Army..."

Dec. 25, 1998 News Feature by Monte Paulsen

Postmarks

"...the years I have been doing this and the many tickets I have received I have never seen a..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Column

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...live. In a word, shit-hot. Shit-fucking-hot. Theirs was a performance where you prayed the songs would never end, for..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...South by Southwest Music wrap-up. For 10 minutes, the frontman for the second-biggest English quartet of all time sing-songed..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Owen Egerton Gets Physical for Mercy Black

Childhood trauma lingers in this Netflix horror

"...this week on Netflix, is the story of a woman (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom's Daniella Pineda) released after a..."

April 5, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 4

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 23-31

"...Ghosts, Murder, and Mayhem Walking Tour Take a stroll into Austin's past and follow..."

July 23, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

John Fogerty Won’t Back Down

From Pete Seeger and Tom Petty to the romance of the Sixties

"...South by Southwest, because I remember it pretty quaint, walking up and down Sixth Street. It was 10 or..."

Oct. 25, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Rebirth of Doyle Bramhall II

For his first solo LP in 15 years, Eric Clapton’s top lieutenant may have put out the blues album of 2016

"...and out of multiple modes – producer, singer, songwriter, sideman – the Dallas-born guitarist, 47, began his journeyman's path..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

"William Gaynor: Walking Down the Road Feeling Really Fucking Bad"

Artist William Gaynor illuminates a curious spiritualism in an unlikely location

"...drive over to Chicon and Fifth. Ignore the temporary dead-end signs, rain damage, and mud, and go west on..."

May 29, 2015 Arts Review by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Wednesday night SXSW blurbs

"...groovers and a slow funk flip on Rodriguez' "Sugar Man." Thomas Fawcett Ces Cru..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Journey Through the Past

Down the digital rabbit hole of the Neil Young Archives Vol. 1

"...Forever" cues up just as choice, but "(I'm a Man and) I Can't Cry" jitterbugs on a doo-wop bassline..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Thanks, Canada

Blood-soaked nights on the road to punk rock with the Krum Bums

"...all on my mind, I forget where I parked, walking around the streets for an hour before I find..."

July 11, 2008 Music Feature by David Rodriguez

Ghosts in the Machine

The Police conclude their North American tour in San Antonio

"...Andy Summers show” into the 1978 sound-off. The Police frontman threw in the same line about drummer Stewart Copeland..."

Nov. 21, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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