Rolling Roadshow Returns with Dangerous Animals on the Water

Slasher-meets-sharks movie gets wet ... real wet

"...a haunted house or The Road Warrior at a demolition derby, the Alamo Drafthouse's Rolling Roadshow screenings are the..."

May 13, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: The Edge of the Earth

A place previously known only for its stray dogs and meth scabs

"...phrase “Fuck Joe Biden,” that sport ... along with demolition derby and monster truck wars, are the only auto..."

Dec. 6, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Historic hotels, hummingbirds, and highways

"...finally gone through. The old hotel was saved from demolition by Edith Gower, Margaret Doughty, and a slew of..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Election Ticker: The Calm in the Eye of the Storm

Wild punches, campaign cash, and early voting insights

"...and Ortega. And in the Texas House District 51 demolition derby to succeed Eddie Rodriguez (it's too late for..."

Feb. 27, 2022 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Sound Unseen Comes Back to Rock the Movies

Fusion festival comes to AFS with Todd Rohal and more

"...film fixture Will Oldham on an adventure that includes demolition derby, missing dogs, and a girl named Turkeylegs. Stick..."

Oct. 7, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Seeing the Future of Politics in SXSW Documentary Boys State

Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine look at the state of boys

"...regularly since they brought their earlier documentary, Speedo: A Demolition Derby Love Story, to SXSW 2003. He said, "I..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

There's Something in the Woods

Celebrating the Alamo Rolling Roadshow with Bruce Campbell

"...2) The "Live Thermonuclear Flaming Death Race and Demolition Derby" with The Road Warrior at Kyle's Central Texas..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Scientists Revisited on A Place Called Bad

Aussie grunge progenitors await a new generation of action rockers

"...Salmon bawled, spit, and growled out paeans to a “Demolition Derby” and a “Murderess in a Purple Dress” as..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Music Post by Michael Toland

Burt Reynolds and The Bandit

Doc chronicles the making of a classic

"...racing stripes on an earlier film: 2004's Speedo: A Demolition Derby Love Story, about self-destructive driver Ed "Speedo" Jager...."

Aug. 5, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Roller Derby Update 1/22/14

From recruiting wranglers to world cups, start filling your schedule

"...ready to fill them all up. The 2014 Roller Derby season is just getting ready to start, and it..."

Jan. 22, 2014 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Young Twerks

It's not the costume, it's what you do in it

"...performance at the VMAs were riveting in a prurient, demolition derby kind of way (and therefore true marketing genius),..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Music Announces Panel Lineup

Forty-four day sessions, March 11-16

"...Website Demolition Derby..."

Oct. 31, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Honky

"..."Woke Up Dead," which details the aftermath of Honky's demolition derby lifestyles...."

Nov. 23, 2012 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

15 Minutes with Cheap Trick's Robin Zander

Watch out ZZ Top!

"...G: Did they have a demolition derby there?..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Walk With a Wild Child (Possibly a Sociopath)

Chaos and creativity in the Zellner Bros.' 'Kid-Thing'

"...such contradictions, like the opening scene of a mud-splattered demolition derby set to the smoky, Sixties Parisienne club tones..."

July 6, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

To the Max

The Alamo Drafthouse portals to the summer of '82

"...best thing to Lord Humungus' wasteland-wrecking dogs – a demolition derby. The Alamo figured, if it were going to..."

May 18, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

'82 Into '12 Does Go

Drafthouse summer series fights for 35mm and Blade Runner

"...at the Thunderhill Raceway in Kyle (complete with wasteland-enhanced demolition derby: Read about that in next week's issue.)..."

May 10, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Kid-Thing'

'Kid-Thing'

"...2008's Goliath breaks several conventions. It opens with a demolition derby, but it isn't a comedy. It stars a..."

March 16, 2012 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

Wednesday Rewind

God-Des & She proudly "Stand Up" to DADT

"...“Not Stoked” Local math-punk outfit filmed a summer house party-turned-demolition derby for “Not Stoked,” the latest single from this..."

Sept. 21, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Luv Doc Recommends: 'Texas High School Football: More Than the Game'

Bullock Texas State History Museum, Saturday, August 6, 2011

"...is about the closest you can get to human demolition derby, and really, nothing is more satisfying than watching..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

Fast Five

Those renegade street racers reassemble for the fifth installment in the franchise, this time in scenic Rio de Janeiro.

"...Fast Five. You could also say it's a kickass demolition derby – pure, dumb summer fun – and often..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Drive Angry

Nicolas Cage plays a parent on a mission to avenge the murder of his daughter and granddaughter.

"...What's really remarkable is how much of this pricey demolition derby feels ripped from cheaper, better drive-in films of..."

March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM: Beginnings

How I learned that writing for publication wasn't just about me

"...each other every time and made me a one-man demolition derby...."

Sept. 24, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Rolling Into 2010

Hotrod, Heartbreakers take first wins of the TXRG regular season

"...It's always the quiet ones, even in Roller Derby. In the opening bouts of the Texas Rollergirls 2010..."

March 29, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc Recommends: 'Misprint' Magazine's Fourth Annual Beard & Moustache Competition

Mohawk, Friday, February 19, 2010

"...Mohawk. Either way, it's fascinating – sort of like demolition derby or hot-oil wrestling, only vicariously a lot more..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

Luv Doc Recommends: Capital City Marching Band Festival

Toney Burger Activity Center, Saturday, October 3, 2009

"...is awesomely exciting to watch – sort of like demolition derby only with a much nicer VIP section, and,..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW 2009 Film Review: 45365

"...daily lives: church, politicking, girl/barbershop talk, family time/feuds, the demolition derby, the rodeo, on-duty cops, pig racing, etc. There's..."

March 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Kristine Tofte

Letters @ 3AM

Joe Biden and Chris Dodd rise above the other primary candidates in terms of achievement and hands-on experience in what a president needs to know

"...Lost in our election-year demolition derby of crashing head-on rhetoric, images shining and/or dented,..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Luv Doc Recommends: Karaoke Apocalypse

Hole in the Wall, Friday, June 29, 2007

"...Apocalypse. Yes, it’s karaoke, which is pretty much the demolition derby of singing, but the difference with Karaoke Apocalypse..."

June 29, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

We Always Knew Lalas Smoked the Good Stuff, Didn't We?

"...fingers. … It was the football equivalent of a demolition derby. … The use of possession was alarmingly careless..."

June 20, 2007 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

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