The Jeff Lofton Electric Thang
"...their own ways the Caribbean lilt of Sonny Rollins. "Dizzy Pose So Moody" is a Latin boogaloo tip of..."
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June 3, 2011 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg
SXSW Saturday Showcases
Last night of SXSW 2011 and still plenty of one-venue hang time
"...glitchy, multitiered instrumentals. The band's debut, Light Science, casts dizzy spells on par with Andrew Bird's collaborations with Dosh...."
March 18, 2011 Music Feature
Esther's Follies
Laughmeister Kerry Awn retires from the Follies – and is twice as busy as before
"...with Esther's Follies. Yes, the man who left thousands dizzy with laughter with his South Austin Slide Show, Buck..."
March 18, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Presto con Fuoco
For violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, life is best played fast and fiery
"...moving at a clip that would leave most folks dizzy. In June 2010, the violinist gave birth to her..."
Feb. 18, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Live Music in Jeopardy
Feb. 16, 2011 Postmarks
Letters at 3AM: Shindig on Effie Street
The silent film comedians at Keystone Films lived their art
"...Normand biographer Betty Fussell reports that in 1915, filming "Dizzy Heights and Daring Hearts," Chester Conklin and Normand were..."
Dec. 17, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura
Pink Nasty
"...on "Eye Would Pay U," a slow-burn diversion, though dizzy pop ("Planters," "Sex Kinda Smells") is where she excels...."
Oct. 1, 2010 Music Review by Audra Schroeder
Gay Place
Friday's gay day is all about the soul and all about the bounce
"...one more thing Austin, Texas, can brag about. 10:45pm. Dizzy Rooster, 306 E. Sixth. www.god-desandshe.com..."
March 19, 2010 Column by Kate X Messer
Aural History
Jeff Lofton, son of an Army drill instructor, sure doesn’t play trumpet like one – or does he?
"...is how he approaches playing softly. Anybody can get Dizzy Gillespie, playing up here. Anybody can get Freddie Hubbard...."
Feb. 12, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original
Not-so-crazy pianism
"...the foundation for modern jazz, years before Parker and Dizzy Gillespie were credited for creating bebop, the revolutionary sounds..."
Dec. 4, 2009 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg
Sex, Thugs, and Thanatos
The mad, bad bounty of Fantastic Fest 2009
"...JF: Oh, my God! First, the boppers, you know? Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, this kind. And then I..."
Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Crime and the City Solution
How safe do you feel exiting the Sixth Street/Red River Austin music crucible at 2am?
"...for drinks with his friend Hugo Lagunas at the Dizzy Rooster and, later, Coyote Ugly, collapsed, the back of..."
June 26, 2009 Music Feature by Marc Savlov
Magnificent Obsession
This is the film that heralded Sirk's astonishing end-career run of gloriously over-the-top women's pictures
"...York Noir: The History of Black New York (Little Dizzy Home Video, $14.99): This doc, which originally aired on..."
Feb. 6, 2009 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones
Sugar, Sugar
Smacking bubblegum to the beat
"...treacle like the Archies’ “Sugar Sugar” and Tommy Roe’s “Dizzy” with legitimate soul numbers like Steam’s “Na Na Hey..."
Aug. 11, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser
Austin Tracksters Heading to Beijing
Local runners, jumpers, and throwers do well in Eugene
"...Field Trials. As a rabid track fan, I'm still dizzy from the experience – the University of Oregon's Hayward..."
July 9, 2008 Sports Post by Lee Nichols
Letters @ 3AM
Cyberspace is nowhere and everywhere, a place where the articles on www.michaelventura.org hover and hang, nailed to a virtual wall like paintings in a museum
"...liberated Auschwitz, Truman bombed Hiroshima, and Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie made their first bebop jazz recordings – I..."
May 9, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura
The Beat Goes On
Harry Ransom Center hosts the Kerouac scroll
"...Topolski's Chronicle. A listening station offers jazz music (including Dizzy Gillespie's "Kerouac"), interviews with beat figures like Herbert Huncke..."
March 14, 2008 Books Feature by Katherine Catmull
'Why Jimmy'
Second-Place Winner
"...tail in circles in my belly until I felt dizzy, too. So I started running in circles and shouting..."
Feb. 15, 2008 Books Feature by Erin Pringle
Top 10 (plus one) Theatrical Treasures and Pleasures of 2007
'Chronicle' Arts Editor Robert Faires recalls 2007, in the theatre
"...game guest Jill Blackwood leading the pack as a dizzy socialite, the St. Ed's show raced along like a..."
Jan. 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
'Life, the Universe, and Everything' Bowl
"...to be a man among lads. I was getting dizzy at the end of the Colts game, probably because..."
Sept. 17, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun
Austin Shakespeare Festival: Changing of the Bard
Guy Roberts has resigned as artistic director of the Austin Shakespeare Festival, and Ann Ciccolella has been named his successor
"...scene changes so fast that it can make you dizzy. Guy Roberts, the artistic director of the Austin Shakespeare..."
Aug. 24, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo
Letters at 3AM
8:15am, the moment Hiroshima was bombed, comes around every morning: It is something we live with
"...for granted, and no wonder the whole world is dizzy. We are, every one of us, travelers in a..."
Aug. 3, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura
The New APD Execs (or, Art and Debbie, Sitting in a Tree)
Art Acevdeo unveils his executive team; will the ACLU be on board?
"...a man of his word. We're still a bit dizzy from the concept! Will the romance continue? Below the..."
Aug. 2, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar
If You're a Viper
From 'La Cucaracha' to Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson: P-O-T
"...Bing Crosby, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Jimmy Dorsey, and Dizzy Gillespie were among the thousands toking and smoking as..."
May 25, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Page Two: A Personal Journey, Part 1
Smelling the jasmine with Vince Martin and Fred Neil
"...another freelance job reviewing jazz shows. We'd go see Dizzy Gillespie or a Charlie Parker tribute band in smoky,..."
May 18, 2007 Column by Louis Black
Anthology Recordings Dusts Off the Early Stuff
Anthology Recordings for the digital age
"...sex to his myriad followers, I felt a little dizzy, and not just because it's two-and-a-half hours long. Actually,..."
Feb. 20, 2007 Music Post by Audra Schroeder
Mascot Mania Continues on Mascot Night at the Bat Cave This Saturday
"...featuring such events as a mascot dance contest and dizzy stick race between periods. Kids can have digital photos..."
Jan. 30, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan
You Can't Script October (Cough-Cough)
"...has always been the Cardinals. In 1934, the Deans, Dizzy and Paul, led the Redbirds over the great Charlie..."
Oct. 21, 2006 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley
TXRD Season-Opening Recap and a Quick Course on Roller Derby Rules
"...and for the live-music entertainment, the Chalk Outlines, to dizzy the crowd with a seemingly never-ending rendition of "Psycho..."
Oct. 18, 2006 Sports Post by Sofia Resnick
Elias Haslanger Reviewed
"...honed by playing with Chucho Valdés, Ellis Marsalis, and Dizzy Gillespie. Haslanger's jazz is both modern, drawing from funk..."
