Almost Famous

Adventures in young bandom: Zykos on the road

"...Boardwalk is deserted, a chilly Atlantic gust chapping our faces as we float down the worn but well-tended planks...."

Nov. 19, 2004 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

John Cassavetes: Five Films

Always popular in Europe and film school, Cassavetes was largely underappreciated in his lifetime and criticized for being boring, terse, and difficult, but these films are fresher than ever

"...Faces..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Screens Review by Taylor Holland

Letters at 3AM

It takes fierceness to grow old well

"...like a stranger's. And you're saying goodbye to the faces of your friends – the faces they had when..."

June 25, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Crazy For You

With Crazy for You, Zilker Theatre Productions brings the grand songs of George and Ira Gershwin back to the park for the first time in 43 years, and the occasion seems to have inspired the artists involved to an infectious jubilation.

"...of feet by legs, trunk, and neck, hover 29 faces, each boasting a similar span of gleaming white teeth,..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Page Two

The Republican right's hypocritical rhetoric machine has become so dazzling and effective it can only be viewed as (highly successful) conceptual art.

"...the serious economic, social, and education problems this state faces, Gov. Perry and the Republican leadership are obsessed with..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Virtual Tribe

With the aid of a live Internet connection, Austin artist Cinqué Hicks will project the portraits and messages of people from around the world in a public space, where people in one community can recognize that they are also "global nomads" and part of the larger community of the world.

"...Ohio; Denmark; Portugal; Nigeria. After half a minute, the faces change and with them the locations: British Columbia; South..."

April 18, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sondre Lerche

Music Showcase

"...showcase.) Using a few tracks from his Astralwerks debut, Faces Down, as a jumping-off point, and despite a brief..."

March 14, 2003 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...an organization is able to address the challenges it faces. Overall, I believe that ACC has addressed its challenges...."

March 22, 2002 Column

Welcome to the Primaries

A roundup of primary races important to the Austin area

"...GOP Rep. Terry Keel, Dem Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos -- faces a primary challenge, and only Kitchen and Barrientos face..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature

Numerous and Curious Tongues

What two new books -- Twentieth-Century Art of Latin America by Jacqueline Barnitz and Mexican Suite: A History of Photography in Mexico by Olivier Debroise -- arrive at, like the most chaotic of the Mexican murals, is a body of work that is crammed full of dissonant faces and lives while telling a seductive tale in numerous and curious tongues.

"...a major symptom of the larger difficulties that Barnitz faces in her own attempt. To begin with, there is..."

March 16, 2001 Books Feature by David Garza

Low Thirty Three Degrees, January 26

"...nonetheless-riveting full set. You could read it on the faces of vocal team Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker as..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...OK sign and the results were just magic. Their faces lit up with incredibly bright and even joyful smiles...."

Dec. 22, 2000 Column

Total Entertainment Package

Rockin' out with Austin's Latin-metal crossover darlings

"...people that want to slap that smile off our faces."..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Lust for Life

Ahhh … the good old daze

"...him after a party with Rod Stewart & the Faces...."

Aug. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. would call it a Wampeter.

"...Handwriting styles -- the first "typefaces" -- have begun to diverge into two main schools..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Column by Nick Barbaro

Cruel Summer

Kate X Messer remembers Lisa Davis: professional photographer, Austin music scenester, activist, suicide victim.

"...destruction as it traveled across the room, across the faces of Lisa's ex-lovers, across the faces of friends, across..."

July 7, 2000 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

SCI: One Foot in the Grave?

"...issues are only part of the picture. SCI also faces major problems in court. Company shareholders have filed a..."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Live Shots

"...and "The Void." Those in the know stood rooted, faces awash with acid-eating grins, while neophytes predictably formed a..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Music Feature

Miss You

"..."Nine Faces We'll Miss" certainly hit home. Last issue, I picked..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

I'll Be Home for Christmas

"...Every person faces his or her own holiday season on their own..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Day Trips

"...depression turned to vengeance when he carved the other faces in less-than-flattering poses. Some of the grotesque demonic male..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Doomed to Repeat It?

Former Students, Profs, and Lawyers Remember

"...state of Texas. I want to see more black faces, more brown faces, and more female faces."..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Cristina Smith

A Hundred's Not Enough

One Word Is Too Many...

"...sun itself. That's the same squint on the burnished faces shown on page after page, some bewhiskered, some craggy,..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...Nov. 15: Space Jam, The Mirror Has Two Faces..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Li'l Green Aggravation Society

Rock & Roll's Cain & Abel: The Kinks' Davies Brothers

"...these days, if he's not uttering the words "Small Faces," is uttering "the Kinks" instead. (Ironically, Ray recently presented..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Eric's World

The Many Fanastic Colors of

"...At its foot is a mid-size black Steinway, which faces the wall of glass that looks out into a..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Live Shots

"...bill was met with resounding apathy. The red, sweaty faces of the band blazing away under the baking sun..."

July 12, 1996 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Let's Start Off With a (Mag) Neato Story (Ville)

"...booked date of this Saturday? Facing Backwards? Former Small Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan has returned home to Austin from..."

Nov. 3, 1995 Music Column

The Reverse Crossover of La Mafia

The Empire Builders

"...anonymous vantage point, I could see disappointment on the faces of those few fans that had been able to..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Music Feature

The Phoenician Scheme

Wes Anderson caper is a lovely lark

"...the credits: that’s a stacked lineup). They have interesting faces, too. Michael Cera in particular dazzles as an entomologist..."

June 6, 2025 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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