The Eighth Street Survivors

They came out to protest police brutality. They were met by a life-altering wave of police violence. Eight months later, they still await justice and change.

"...mind talking about the surgeries I've been through. But running through the actual memory of being shot, and right..."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...AC: You've had a triumphant 2020. How does that make you feel?..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...about the gonzo king, Hunter S. Thompson, and his run for sheriff of Aspen, Col. in 1970. MIDNIGHTERS..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

From charming zombies to pompous actors, 10 films to seek in 2019

"...psychiatric ward, charged with the care of a John Doe (Jeremy Childs, in a fantastic, fractured performance) who seems..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Opera's Of Mice and Men

Artistic Director Richard Buckley on returning to the Carlisle Floyd opera that launched his conducting career

"...just because he's conducting the Austin Opera production that runs Jan. 23-31 at the Long Center. Between 1976 and..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Earth Day Brings EnergySage to Rooftop Solar

New website promises quick solar cost analyses

"...The company's local launch means that cost and savings calculations will..."

April 17, 2015 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...Mombassa formed Dog Trumpet in 1990 after a successful run with Eighties Australian hitmakers Mental as Anything. Far-ranging pop..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Railroaded

Wayne Christian spreads gun control lie

"...Texas politics when arguments fold over themselves like a runny omelet made by a short-order cook. Conspiracy-minded commenters and..."

Dec. 4, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Off the Record

Johnny Depp hits the Continental Club; Eric Johnson crashes the Texas Music Hall of Fame

"...one nonperformer each year, and plans to launch an accompanying tour. While the usual suspects sit on the board..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Bumpy Ride

Is Carnival Magic the weirdest movie ever made for kids?

"...it were, shall we say, permanently nervous in the company of chimpanzees; and the film's director, Al Adamson, went..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

FronteraFest Schedule

"...five weeks of performances in which all the works run 25 minutes or less. For the first four weeks,..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Arts Feature

Homeward Bound

Ben Kweller ties his Horse to Austin's hitching post

"...marvels. "I didn't know who any of the record company people were, all these guys that signed the Ramones..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I thank you and I'm sure James does also. It's a shame how corrupt the Texas criminal..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Column

Who Killed Father Ryan?

A 1981 Odessa murder haunts crime researchers, the Catholic Church, and an ex-con determined to prove his innocence

"...small room – not even into the courtyard that runs the interior length of the building. If he were..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...in Houston, the back yard of Tom DeLay & company, didn't help. Travis County, which predominantly went for Kerry,..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Column

Secret Things

Violent French erotica about female empowerment is a turbocharged gender bender that's equal parts soft-core porn and overwrought symbolism.

"...make John Ashcroft’s head explode like a Cronenbergian scanner run amok. We’re first introduced to the doe-eyed Nathalie (Revel)..."

April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

"...hook-heavy punk barrage that'd send country mates the Hives running for the calamine lotion. – Marc Savlov..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Simply making two-way streets doesn't produce more pedestrians and bicyclists. While Congress is traveled..."

May 10, 2002 Column

Raped by the Players

A lawsuit against an Austin dot-com firm reveals a world of fast times.

"...a party sponsored by executives of an Austin Internet company, and she had suffered in excess of $1 million..."

Jan. 18, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Death and Life of Free Radio

Austin microradio lived fast and died young -- can the movement live to broadcast another day?

"...away beneath them; after that, like Wile E. Coyote running off the edge of a cliff, the signals continue..."

June 22, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

It's a Wrap!

A Legislative Wrap-Up on the 77th Session

"...no cross-party consensus appears likely, and Gov. Rick Perry doesn't need the additional grief -- what's done is done...."

June 1, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...appreciation. Berating the singer for letting his encore be overrun, O'Connor began yelling...."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Yards

"...approaches his uncle Frank (Caan), the head of a company that manufactures part of the borough's el trains, he's..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Barrientos Misrepresented

"...18, No. 35], I'm not sure if I should run or hide under the desk! Neighborhoods worry that "all..."

May 7, 1999 Column

Dancing About Architecture

The Party Never Stops!

"...Food Bank and you get in free. The music runs from noon to 11pm Saturday, and noon to 10pm..."

April 3, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...somewhere on Austin turf at any given moment. How does the 1998 SXSW schedule look, then? Well, if you..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

What a Dump

What Does Gov. Bush Have Buried in West Texas?

"...waste as well. Waste Control Specialists (WCS), a private company owned in part by billionaire Bush backer and friend..."

March 13, 1998 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Dancing About Architecture

They Blowed Up Real Good!

"...was an enormous blast and a lot of people running real fast. It may not be music as such,..."

March 28, 1997 Music Column

Sxsw

"...kissed you like a man, boy. Their take on grunge, pop, and alterna-matters in general goes far beyond skewed..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

The Big Crapshoot

Tracking South by Southwest

"...if there were, how would one quantify that data? Does finding a lawyer, manager, booking agent, or publisher at..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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