Billy F. Gibbons on the Death of Dusty Hill and the Future of ZZ Top

“Nobody else could sound like The Dust!”

"...F. Gibbons being the constant factor. After longest-serving bassist/singer Dusty Hill passed away in his sleep at age 72..."

July 30, 2021 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Farewell to Dusty Rhodes

How the American Dream spoke to and for blue collar America

"...silently as the bell was rung 10 times for Dusty Rhodes: One of Austin's greatest sons, and a true..."

June 15, 2015 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Pitch Black

"...Firass Dirani, Sam Sari, Simon Burke, Rhiana Moore, Claudia Black, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Keith David, Cole Hauser, Radha Mitchell and..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Black Rat Swing

"...these years later it looked pretty damn good, if dusty and dirty...."

Sept. 22, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Causing Trouble as We Smiled: A Dusty Story

Playwright Timothy Braun remembers the canine companion who changed his life

"...eyes, and cried. It had been six weeks since Dusty died...."

Aug. 16, 2019 Arts Feature by Timothy Braun

Black Adam

The Rock joins the DC Universe as the shadowy version of Superman

"...Black Adam has been a long time coming. An idea..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

San Antone on a Hot and Dusty Night

I Love (Live) Rock & Roll

"...from the Westside, lower-middle-class whites from the Southside, occasional Black Panthers (in 1969 it was exceptionally cool to be..."

Aug. 18, 1995 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Black Angels

The Black Angels get their war on

"...a flashback. Such is the dark charm of Austin's Black Angels...."

March 3, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Merry Devil of Edmonton

Hidden Room Theatre resurrects an odd comedy of Shakespeare's day

"...doing so. A forgotten script might lie dry and dusty on the page, but actors know the magic for..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Breaking the Biker Code

Austin musician and Glass Eye expatriate Kathy McCarty sends greetings from the Sturgis, South Dakota, Black Hills Motor Classic & Rally, learns how to be a biker chick, and wishes we were there.

"...is a wild and very sparsely populated place. Little dusty towns, hundreds of miles apart from one another cling..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

Academy Award-Nominated Shorts 2003

"...comprise an admirably broad mix of styles, from the dusty realism of the live-action "Inja," which is set in..."

May 23, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Más Negro que la Noche

This remake of a Mexican horror classic is remarkably routine.

"...original, this remake is a regrettably routine catalog of dusty, haunted-house tropes...."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger is a Western without a compass.

"...various times humorous, violent, and chaotic, but mostly feels dusty and overly long...."

July 5, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Dead

The sun-drenched locales of Ghana and Burkina Faso provide the backdrops for this original zombie apocalypse.

"...rest of the zombie-movie horde is the film's dry, dusty, often day-lit setting and the surreal, spooky images of..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dialing for Dollar$

Austin radio stations scramble to keep the money flowing in a strange new media world

"...this nagging perception – that radio sucks – to Dusty Black, who runs six stations in Austin for Clear..."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Cucaracha, La

"...ring for minutes afterward. Finally, though, it's a desperate, blacker-than-black comedy about the search for life in a dead..."

April 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...Quote of the Week "Black Americans were not only the founders but also the..."

June 23, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the achievement gap between financially comfortable white students and black, Hispanic, or poor ones. That's been the district's message..."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Feature

Holes

Adapted from the children’s book by Austin author Louis Sachar, the film features LaBeouf as a teen stuck at a Texas camp for juvenile delinquents.

"...Kate, before she turned outlaw, and Sam (Hill), a black sweet-onion merchant she falls in love with, to the..."

April 18, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Naked City

But Clear Channel, Fox News deal won't affect Austin stations

"...won't impact Austin, according to local Clear Channel chief Dusty Black. It only calls for Fox to supply news..."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Naked City

Al Franken could soon be on a radio near you

"...to make any changes in Austin, said market manager Dusty Black. Like Castro, though, he believes a liberal talker..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...Carter, Patti LaBelle, Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Dusty Springfield, Sam & Dave, Donny Hathaway, King Curtis, Dr...."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Behind the Bars Part II

We revisit Austin's LGBTQ bars of yesteryear

"...Charlie's Dim, dusty, and divey – it was the best of times,..."

Aug. 25, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Bill Ham Had My Back

ZZ Top’s onetime manager made rock & roll history

"...in. Going to concerts and nightclubs, hanging out at black music radio station KYOK-AM, playing in bands. Our little..."

June 24, 2016 Music Post by Bill Bentley

Doom Rockers Duel Conjure a Masterwork of Otherworldly Omnipresence

Locals work their black magic on new album Valley of Shadows

"...abandoned houses hidden by overgrowth dot a long, winding, dusty road that finally leads to a medium-sized, open-spaced studio..."

May 17, 2019 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...and documentaries on subjects from the Grateful Dead to Black Lives Matter...."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Shooting the 'Hard Time Killing Floor Blues'

Craig Brewer on Black Snake Moan

"...Austin Chronicle: Black Snake Moan opens with a great credit roll that..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Imagine

The music business in a post-911 world

"...taste for Clear Channel stations to play. Songs like Black Sabbath's "War Pigs," the Tramps' "Disco Inferno" (you know,..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Is No News Good News?

A Market-Driven Decision

"...KVET/KASE general manager Dusty Black's reasons for the switch were predictable enough --..."

Oct. 16, 1998 News Column by Lee Nichols

Eyes on the Prize

Thai-Kun is another Qui winner

"...More sensitive tongues will no doubt appreciate the black noodles ($7), a dish that flirts but never succumbs..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

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