Digging for Fire

Joe Swanberg's latest adds some flourish to his usual marital themes

"...SAG card carriers. A flip got switched, it seems: Digging for Fire crams the frame with so many terrific..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Council: Digging a Firebreak

Council passes resolution regarding AFD

"...point in the long-troubled labor/management relations at the Austin Fire Department...."

Feb. 9, 2015 News Post by Michael King

6 ACL Music Festival Picks for Friday

National, international, and local faves the fest's first day

"...Cherry Glazerr2:45pm, Vrbo stage Before Clementine Creevy hit drinking age and was still seemingly..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Feature

Two for the Road

Larry McMurtry's New Books Continue His Journey

"...a mess, but it does have one thing going for it -- Larry McMurtry's unrelenting push to demythologize the..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Mayor's Omnibus Resolution: Where's the Fire?

How urgent is the plan to aid the music and creative sectors?

"...Ecosystem Omnibus Resolution, you could smell smoke from a wildfire. When musicians and artists told the Arts and Music..."

July 1, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Requiem for a Sane Man

Exalting comic maverick Bill Hicks on the 10th anniversary of his passing

"...guy who says 'Wait a minute' as the consensus forms. He's the antithesis of the mob mentality. The comic..."

March 12, 2004 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

The Forest for the Trees

The Austin Arts Commission has never been a model of bureaucratic efficiency, but this year it seems to have become a big cliché in action, a body so focused on procedure and minutiae and the concerns of the moment that it can't see the forest for the trees. It's compounding the problems in Austin's profoundly flawed public arts funding system and demonstrating just how poorly that process serves not only the city's artists but all its citizens.

"...a flashing red light warning spectators to be prepared for undercurrents of tension, personal agendas, lengthy digressions, intense scrutiny..."

July 6, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

I Like to Watch: Joe Swanberg Takes It Easy

His new Netflix show finds honesty and openness winning the day

"...more polished films like Drinking Buddies, Happy Christmas, and Digging for Fire – it is in their burgeoning compassion...."

Sept. 30, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

SXSW Film Panel: Joe Swanberg Keynote

The indie film king of fast, cheap, and frequent has advice

"...and put him on the path to full-time filmmaking; Digging for Fire, where he learned about the pros and..."

March 14, 2016 SXSW Post by Jacob Clifton

Due Date

Road comedy hits the sweet spot with Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis.

"...and its coming-soon-to-a-theatre-near-you sequel, which is already in production for a planned release in 2011. This palate-cleanser reunites Phillips..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Boy Action

Some of the overlooked testosterone of 2007.

"...Hopefully I won’t be digging out CDs in February 2008 and cringing because I..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

AFS Doc Days Gets Cool With Miles Davis

Three day celebration of true tales returns for second year

"...the Austin Film Society's documentary mini-festival, comes back swinging for its second year with the announcement that music biography..."

April 26, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What's Wrong With Cap Metro ... and What's Right

The transit agency is good at a few things – like digging itself into a public relations ditch

"...To say that the month of March went poorly for Capital Metro is putting it mildly...."

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Moontower Comedy 2018: Podcast Fever!

With new series, fest dials the number of podcasts up to 10

"...that they're cranking the podcast dial up to 10 for the seventh fest this April...."

Feb. 21, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Iron Wolf Ranch and Distillery Offers Bold Flavors Just Outside Austin City Limits

Drinks for the discerning palate and Hill Country views to soothe the soul

"...get to know some of the most interesting and taste-forward new spirits you'll sample for miles...."

May 17, 2019 Food Feature by Laura Jones

Another Travelin' Band

Monsters of Folk on Friday, Friday, Fridaaaaay

"...M. Ward teamed with Saddle Creek producer Mike Mogis for a short tour that established the three songwriters as..."

Nov. 16, 2009 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Austin City Limits Hall of Fame Flashback

PBS concert staple inducts its second class of legends

"...A benefit for KLRU TV, Thursday’s induction ceremony at the Moody Theater..."

June 19, 2015 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Best Disaster Practices

Guest blogger/fire survivor shares firsthand how to really help

"...whose house was a total loss in the Bastrop fires, posted this on Facebook – an invaluable list, some..."

May 29, 2015 Emergency Post by Kelly Conrad Simon

Film Flam: Linklater, Krisha, and Slackerwood

Awards all around, and a sad farewell to the popular film blog

"...It's good times and backslapping for some Austin filmmakers this week, but we've got to..."

April 29, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fables of the Reconstruction Part II

Todos Santos, Mexico, rebuilds as its music fest grows

"...benefits educational nonprofit the Palapa Society and hurricane relief efforts...."

Feb. 4, 2015 Music Post by Doug Freeman

'To Need, the Women Say'

Short Story Contest first-place winner

"...drunk men, knocking over kitchen pans and crowing hours before dawn. Whoever said roosters cry just to herald the..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Books Feature by Mary Terrier

Sittin' on a Red Hot Stove

A Q&A with Charles Sanders, Jr. of Kool & Together

"...the expanses of lo-fi funk and fuzzy psychedelic rock. For years the band’s master tapes were unceremoniously stuffed in..."

Oct. 6, 2011 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

In Her Own Time

Haunting the dark corners of Karen Dalton

"...player, funky, lanky, and sultry. I'd actually met her before, run across her the previous summer outside Denver in..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

SXSW Music Pro Tips

Prepare thy self

"...Touching down in Austin for the South By Southwest Music Conference? You’re one in..."

March 5, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

David Lindsay-Abaire: The Interview

The 'Good People' writer goes back to the old neighborhood

"...play in the U.S. now. It was a departure for the writer: the first time he's written about his..."

May 11, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Naked City

A pipeline explosion in North Austin raises questions about Longhorn Pipeline's plan to run gas through a 50-year-old pipeline across the Edwards Aquifer.

"...you'd be wrong. Last Wednesday afternoon, a work crew digging near Hwy. 620 ruptured a pipe, and when the..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

Soul-ar System

The indie rock race issue comes to town.

"...cultural “miscegenation,” yet today’s indie rockers (citing the Arcade Fire as his prime example) display little of the foundational..."

Jan. 24, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The Chips Are Down

Budget balancing picks up speed – and it's anything but fun and games

"...on the gymnasium floor of the Northwest Recreation Center for a game earlier this month – but not the..."

June 26, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Carmadillo

Austin's Best New Little Armored Ride

"...Bower is from Southern California and Anderson from upstate New York. The two met..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Features Feature by Kristine Tofte

Naked City

TxDot is digging up thousands of wetlands plants in the path of State Highway 130, then paving the entire area over

"...would otherwise be paved over. TxDOT's vision of preservation? Digging up about 5,000 rare wetlands plants and then paving..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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