Media Watch: Animal Stories and Snacking Trends

If you think TV news is quite dumb enough – you have no idea

"...show, on Oct. 1 KEYE will begin airing Telemundo's Spanish-language programming on its digital channel, 42.2, including two local..."

Sept. 25, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Brass

I Built My Girlfriend's iPod

Stranded on a desert island? At least you have your iPodSolar.

"...bungalow faces the lagoon, and goats, donkeys, and rabbits forage around the lush tropicalia that parts at the tree..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Chuck Close: A Couple of Ways of Doing Something

This show of portraits invites us to linger over and study faces, to really see them

"...early silver-mirrored photographic process that creates exceptional clarity of image and richness of tone. Displayed together on a shelf,..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Journey Through the Past

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

"...sessionography, lyrics, and combinations of relevant photos, press, and vintage memorabilia. Pavlovian response kicks in wherever there's an index..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

What Would Jean-Luc Do?

In a post-digital world, is cinema dead or just rebooting?

"...Earth, and all the myriad lenses of the unknown digital observers. Alphaville? Not exactly, nor is it as Orwellian..."

July 24, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Song Is You: A Novel

What if your dad was on one of Billie Holiday's records?

"...father was on a Billie Holiday record." The nine pages that follow compose a riveting prologue that can stand..."

July 17, 2009 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

I Write the Folk Songs

From 1980s MTV Robert Plant look-alike to New Age icon, Marshall Styler knows his way around an eBay melody

"...became, for lack of a better term, a New Age icon...."

July 3, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Meet the Dads of DadLabs

"...Age: 42..."

June 12, 2009 Screens Feature

Follow the Leader

Has Austin's ON Networks found the golden formula for the new media age?

"...long as there's a distinction between analog dollars and digital pennies, there's going to be a divide." Another reader..."

May 15, 2009 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

The Constancy of Sorrow

Native Texan Kevin Reynolds taps loss of innocence, from Cold War Commies to The Count of Monte Cristo

"...KR: From an early age, I always liked to write. I loved stories, I..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Off the Record

Crew54 hits the streets and documents the ATX hip-hop underground, Austin's all-American Idol contestant, and Ohn dials in a new music platform

"...still under contract with American Idol's affiliated label and management team until August, when the next wave of contestants..."

May 8, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Critic vs. Blogger Myth

Or: Why Critics Should Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Web

"...for the loss of its thorough, extended features and coverage of regional artists that remain largely obscure. The magazine..."

March 25, 2009 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Innovations in Digital Music

Stealing from Peter and still not giving to John.

"...Innovations in Digital Music..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Sheet Music

Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age

"...The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Ageby Steve Knopper Free Press, 301 pp., $26..."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Do a 360 Deal With Yourself

A 360 deal with oneself takes a village

"...on artists' abilities to harness the current deluge of digital tools themselves than the capabilities to properly build a..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Off the Record

The Future Is Unwritten: 360 Degrees of South by Southwest

"...exemplify both the possibilities and pitfalls enabled by the Digital Age...."

March 20, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Country Music’s Digital Divide

Assessing the CMA Consumer Research Study

"...The digital divide between Countryphiles and the trending of the rest..."

March 13, 2009 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Eye of the Media Storm

On the block, the Statesman fiddles while the industry burns

"...to downsize, is unlikely to emerge unscathed from the carnage gripping the industry. "If the economy continues to get..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Off the Record

Mining the vaults of Austin City Limits, navigating the SXSW grid, and hanging with Jenny Wolfe After School

"...Jan. 9) release the band's entire catalog as a digital box set through iTunes at the end of March...."

Feb. 27, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Latinitas Goes to Print Feb. 26

Austin-based Latinitas issues print version

"...Austin-based Latinitas, the first digital magazine for young Latinas, hits the streets in an..."

Feb. 25, 2009 Books Post by Belinda Acosta

The Sour Notes

"...Pretty Sphinx Voice" pulls French New Wave into the Digital Age, and the slow, moody "Double Negative" begs for..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Municipal Death Match!

With five council seats open, mayor and Place 1 look like the headliners

"...tried to turn his lack of glitter to his advantage, spinning it as gravitas. He will have to assure..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

TV Eye

Looks like the government – and the people – will have a little more time to prepare for the DTV transition

"...more time to find, purchase, and set up a digital converter box that will enable your TV not connected..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

DTV transition day is looming. Are you prepared?

"...is when broadcast TV officially switches from analog to digital transmission. Televisions manufactured and sold after March 1, 2007,..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

A Republic of Indie in a Netflix Nation

How Austin's homegrown video stores are faring against the big red giant

"...Encore – are doing considerably better than the national average...."

Jan. 16, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Middle Americana

Boardroom song-craft? The Austin Songwriters Group Songwriters Symposium gets down to business.

"...to Nashville publishers led by BMI's Thomas Cain and Montage Music Group's Bobby Rymer...."

Jan. 16, 2009 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Off the Record

Counting down 2008 in lists and casting the first ballot for the annual Chronicle Music Poll

"...3) Mammoth Grinder, Rage and Ruin (Depleted Resource)..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Rush

"...cascades ancient riffs smoothed down into almost progressive blues. Age has liberated the guitarist/comedian. Snakes & Arrows LP cuts..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Truth Seeker

Photographer Sebastião Salgado bears witness to the world in black and white

"...illuminating the truth for all to see in extraordinary images of black and white. Fortunately, he does not belong..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

Kitchen Gadgets

Spice up your favorite foodie's kitchen with one of our recommendations

"...a thick winter glove but is made of the space-age fireproof materials Kevlar and Nomex, normally used in professional..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Food Feature

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