Gods Like Us: On Movie Stardom and Modern Fame

How celebrity worship has metastasized into the defining American obsession

"...acid reflex, perfectly content to shit on an icon (Easy Rider he brands "nearly unwatchable") and to not at..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

Circle Sky

For your resident Head, the Monkees' Michael Nesmith still lassos 'Circle Sky' country-rock

"...the lead-in to BBS Productions' Dennis Hopper directorial debut, Easy Rider. Rafelson and Nicholson then made the even better..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A Movie Mesa

"...to three distinct ethnic cultures adds to this festival's easy allure. In a world overrun by an explosion of..."

April 30, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

A League of Their Own

"...pretty big budget in 1971. But Dennis Hopper after Easy Rider had pulled everybody's tail out there and told..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

Bonus Tracks

"...their Sweetheart of the Rodeo and The Ballad of Easy Rider, the Byrds released Philworld, an excellent, easy-going, and..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Music Feature

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...(Grizzly Adams) has a bit part in the film Easy Rider...."

Sept. 9, 2022 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Fantastic Fest Review: 1%

Australian biker drama outruns Sons of Anarchy comparisons

"...rearview mirror. First it was The Wild Bunch. Then Easy Rider. Australian two-wheeled gang war flick 1% rides in..."

Sept. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Ramblin' Freak

A grieving millennial goes on the road again

"...the East Coast, Ramblin’ Freak plays like a numbed-out Easy Rider, with only a cat named Cat to keep..."

March 14, 2017 SXSW Post by Sean L. Malin

That Wild Man

Gary Cartwright: The mad, mad, mad life of a Texas wordsmith

"...the time," Cartwright says. "He had just come off Easy Rider, which was a huge success. He was a..."

June 26, 2015 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

SXSW Live Shot: Action Bronson’s Scoot Inn BBQ

The rap on Texas-style brisket poutine

"...Bronson rode his Harley into the sunset on closer “Easy Rider”: “We took acid for 10 days straight up..."

March 19, 2015 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Cass McCombs

"...blissful "Brighter," re­imagined on the second disc by late Easy Rider actress Karen Black. Held together by three guitarists..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Feature by Nina Hernandez

William Dear Says Freedom, R.I.P.

Biker tale 'The Northville Cemetery Massacre' revs at Weird Wednesday

"...Remember the end of Easy Rider, with Captain America and Billy bleeding out in..."

July 30, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Drama & Tonic

Why Austin theatres are adding mixed drinks to the mix, offstage and on

"...Manhattans, and rickeys with Janis-themed names like Summertime and Easy Rider. "When I started pulling this program together, I..."

July 5, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

News Ticker: June 28 - SB5 Edition

All the SB5 news that's fit to blog

"...circulating at such a furious pace that it was easy to miss some of the bits and pieces. But..."

June 28, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Michael Madsen, Last of the Warrior Poets

Mr. Blonde on poetry, hats, and 'Reservoir Dogs'

"...the coming storm beyond the rainbow glasses. In his Easy Rider, Captain America would have shot back when Billy..."

Dec. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch

Olive Films collects three of Otto Preminger's last films

"...culture that was ushered in with the success of Easy Rider, and the declining potency of the studio system..."

Nov. 13, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Roadie

The shot about midway through 'Roadie' that travels from her sparkling shoes slowly up to her beaming face – that's Margaret Moser.

"...of the office to film a scene with Mr. Easy Rider was just too good to be real...."

March 2, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Cowboys & Dinosaurs!

Ray Harryhausen's "Valley of the Gwangi" at Alamo Kid's Club

"...you believe this came out the same year as Easy Rider?! Crazy, man.)..."

April 29, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Larger Than Life

The Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...Endearment, Texas has fostered voice-of-their-generation films like Slacker and Easy Rider, made music with State Fair and Honeysuckle Rose,..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

"...most interesting, from the obvious (the Byrds' "Ballad of Easy Rider," Thunderclap Newman's "Something in the Air") to the..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Sometimes the Bride

Greezy Wheels vocal point Lissa Hattersley steps out

"..."I was on my way down here, it was Easy Rider days, and I thought: 'Oh my God. My..."

June 12, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Sadies

Thursday

"...IV)" thunders psychedelic, but except for "A Simple Aspiration"s Easy Rider acid declarations of "A higher conscience is all..."

March 14, 2008 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Page Two: Sweat Lodge

Scenes from a cinematic teepee

"...reversed, which was a trend at the time (witness Easy Rider)...."

Oct. 19, 2007 Column by Louis Black

AFS Texas Documentary Tour

The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose

"...many will recognize from the soundtrack of Dennis Hopper's Easy Rider. The group also made a guest appearance on..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Riding With Rilke: Reflections on Motorcycles and Books

It would be reasonable to imagine that all roads inside lead to Snoresville, but it would also be wrong

"...while couriering a letter written by Ezra Pound. Bathing Easy Rider-style entails skinny-dipping outdoors, while Bishop confesses that in..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Books Review by Jess Sauer

Summer Reading

"...bad hair. The boy's got hair straight out of Easy Rider. Blueberry blue too. And prudent, like its bearer:..."

June 9, 2006 Books Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Gumball Rally

An escapist romp from 1976, it's determined to have a good time, and what's wrong with that?

"...Sarrazin, after all, resembles Fonda like Gumball resembles Easy Rider; like the protest-marching Sixties resemble the aimless, post-Watergate..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Screens Review by Joe O'Connell

Will Taylor & Strings Attached

Record review

"...persistent drone with a well-placed shout. Tracks from Gilkyson ("Easy Rider") and Barbara K ("My Name Is Truth") also..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

After a Fashion

This week your Style Avatar makes the Red Carpet Scene at the premiere of 'Sahara' and Robert Rodriguez's 'Sin City' and remembers DeLorean

"...Paul Mitchell cut-a-thon, fashion show, and a showing of Easy Rider on Wednesday, April 16. Riders will enjoy a..."

April 8, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Land of Plenty Time

The fifth annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...the recipients in the past, as have the films Easy Rider, Giant, and The Getaway. And like all good..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

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