Dead Man Blues

7-CD box set contains all anyone could ever want to know about Charley Patton.

"...like Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters began to acquire young white fans in the Sixties and old blues recordings..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Clay Smith

Scanlines

"...East of Eden (D. Elia Kazan, 1954, with James Dean, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey) – but I'm sure it's..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

Articulations

Getting Online With Art

"...ceremony on December 7, College of Fine Arts Interim Dean David Deming presented King with the award, a medallion..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Arts Column

In Memoriam

"...production values were minimal at best, Shoestring's stagings gave young dramatists a greater sense of what worked and didn't..."

July 26, 1996 Arts Column

Scanlines

"...Teri Garr, Raul Julia, Nastassia Kinski, Lainie Kazan, Harry Dean Stanton...."

June 30, 1995 Arts Feature

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

A daughter recalls growing up with a punk icon mum

"...such as Bell’s father Adrian, X-Ray Spex bassist Paul Dean, and Styrene’s sister Margaret Emmons – similarly speak off-camera...."

Jan. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Tim Stegall

Get Duked!

Gloriously idiotic horror-comedy pits Scottish youth against aristocratic killers

"...whose terrible plans have a Garth-esque kindness to them; Dean (Gordon), who's as close to the brains of the..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Miss Juneteenth

Intergenerational story of life and legacy in working class Black Texas

"...celebrations in Texas, what it means to be a young Black woman in Texas, the importance of winning and..."

June 19, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Marjorie Prime

"...his flesh-and-blood counterpart first proposed to the lovely, lusty young Marjorie (seen in flashback), “learns” to recount both the..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Frat Party Fallout

UT students are disappointed by admin's failure to nip racist parties in the bud

"...Sorority and Fraternity Life in the Office of the Dean of Students, said the university has institutional rules for..."

Feb. 20, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

Dear White People

This idea-packed comedy pokes holes in the notion of a post-racial America.

"...is now dating a white girl. He’s a conservative young man whose father is dean of students (Haysbert). Coco..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fighting Sexual Assault

Amid growing national momentum, UT-Austin takes steps to protect incoming students

"...campus – are present in the summertime, and that younger students are more vulnerable than upperclassmen. Many fraternities, since..."

May 16, 2014 News Feature by Jessica Luther

Enforcing the 'Double Standard'

Major college sports insanity is entrenched at UT-Austin

"...involved in events as they unfolded. As law school dean, Powers seems to have set the precedent for using..."

Sept. 27, 2013 News Feature by Tom Palaima

Drums Across Texas

What does Reagan High's drum line have in common with civil rights? Larry Jackson.

"...of music is a crowd-pleaser," says Jackson. "Especially to young people. At the Cotton Bowl, they would have 80,000..."

June 17, 2011 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

Here Comes the Guv

Kinky Friedman lights up his campaign

"...he was in the lobby, he says excitedly, several young Hispanic women approached him to tell him that they'll..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Who Are These Guys?

Dem primary candidates try to strike a campaign flame

"...populist at ease on the campaign trail – though younger voters may be puzzled by his instinctive reminiscences of..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Annapolis

Annapolis is a thick but hardly meaty slice of old-school Hollywood hokum.

"...all the world like the bastard offspring of James Dean and Matt Dillon, is Jake Huard, a young riveter..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Election 2004 Updates

The latest electoral happenings in Central Texas, updated daily

"...yucca and mint plants in terra cotta pots. A young mother with gold-tipped teeth and red highlights in her..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature

Torque

Rev your engines: The first bike movie of the year is here.

"...the same sort of laconic, easy charm that a young Paul Newman once had. Compared to the bricklike acting..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

2002 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...11:15am-12:30pm CExt. #E2.016 To Be Young, Gifted, & IronicArthur Bradford, Amy Fusselman, Alex Shakar, Moderator:..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature

King Creole

The seedy tragimusical King Creole counts as a turning point for both its legendary star, Elvis Presley, and its director, Michael Curtiz, the man who made a little film nearly two decades prior called Casablanca.

"...with Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau, Dolores Hart, Dean Jagger. King Creole marked serious career turns for both..."

July 12, 2002 Screens Review by Eli Kooris

Stuart Bloody Stuart

Filmmaker Stuart Gordon hits the Alamo with his latest H.P. Lovecraft adaptation.

"...between the twitching loins of his nubile and nude young victim (the ever-game Barbara Crampton), bringing a horrifically hilarious..."

June 28, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

O

"...prep school. Everything's going for him: He's dating the dean's daughter, petite blond Desi (Stiles), top-tier NCAA teams are..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dancing About Architecture

A flood of weather (and music) following SXSW

"...Travis County Sheriff Margo Frazier, and sausage squeezer Jimmy Dean's nephew Stan Dean. (Isn't meat the biggest direct competitor..."

March 30, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Cold Sassy Tree

The Austin Lyric Opera production of Cold Sassy Tree, Carlisle Floyd's sweet, simple opera of blooming love between a small-town Georgia shopkeeper and a much younger woman, featured a fine ensemble giving heartwarming performances, but their efforts were repeatedly wrecked by poorly executed set changes that brought the show to a halt.

"...single-minded man, and his blooming love for a much younger woman. Now, no good Southern tale would be well..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Postmarks

Bikes, Beets, and Bastrop.

"..."what appears to her as a serious problem," as Young Gray writes derisively. For my part, I also believe..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Column

Scanlines

Murder, My Sweet

"...County (1957), Walk on the Wild Side (1962). The Young Lions (1958) is a contemplative war film with a..."

July 9, 1999 Screens Feature

Those Crazy Kids Will Do Anything ...

"...had nothing to worry about. A host of bright young comic actors have emerged from Acme to film and..."

April 16, 1999 Arts Feature

Dancing About Architecture

photograph by Todd V. Wolfson A Big Hand for a Little Lady

"...take the opportunity to pose with a gorgeous rising young star while I'm at it? Moore, who was recently..."

March 13, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Four Rooms

"...short films by four of American cinema's most promising young directors -- fails to live up to its promise..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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