The Kids Stay in the Picture

Diana Welch talks about the joint memoir she wrote with her siblings about surviving childhood

"...some tragic – later, the family gathered at a beach house in South Carolina to assess. "It was right..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Rise Above

SST Records' Greg Ginn jams econo in Taylor, Texas

"...most of the equipment still resides in the Long Beach space that SST has used for the past 12..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Occupational Hazards

Close encounters of the clerking kind at Vulcan and I Luv Video

"...And I'm not the only one. Manhattan Beach Video Archives counts among its former employees a gangly..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Recipe for Revolution

Food, Inc. serves up some scary facts on food production in America

"...fall with a standing ovation at the Toronto Film Festival. Then there was a premiere in Berlin that packed..."

June 19, 2009 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Off the Record

Crew54 hits the streets and documents the ATX hip-hop underground, Austin's all-American Idol contestant, and Ohn dials in a new music platform

"...I thought at least I could lay on the beach and make a vacation of it," she laughs. While..."

May 8, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIF! Friday night insight to SXSW 09.

"...but gained spots at this year's Coachella and Bonnaroo festivals. In September, the septet released The Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar),..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Fun Fun Fun Fest Sunday Picks

Blurbing Fun Fun Fun Fest one act at a time

"...After a year of incessant buzz and top-tier festival gigs, local soul shouter Black Joe Lewis and his..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Music Feature

Thursday Picks

"..."They were reopening the refurbished Royal Festival Hall last year with a performance by 1,500 amateur..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Wednesday Sleepers

"...debut as Scary Mansion sounds more like a deserted Beach House. Every Joke Is Half the Truth (Zum) wanders..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

FronteraFest Short Fringe Week One

The first week brought packed houses, captivating shows, and the promise that the rest of the fest will be just as magical

"...end of the production, but the nature of the festival perhaps prevented more extreme measures than representational water jugs..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Culture Flash!

Honors for a Blanton exhibition, Blue Lapis Light, and a Round Rock tuba player, plus a bundle of joy for a local choreographer

"...in the 2006 Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival, was among 142 finalists nationwide selected from nearly 8,000..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Off the Record

Greg Ginn and SST Records start fresh in Taylor, Possessed by Paul James stars as The Folk Singer, and KOOP Radio catches fire (again)

"...of relocating his seminal SST Records from its Long Beach, Calif., headquarters, citing Taylor's proximity to the Austin music..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

SXSW Rolls the Dice on Its Opening-Night Film

21 kicks off SXSW Film 2008

"...– they live on the other side of the beach volleyball court) has just announced their opening-night Festival film,..."

Jan. 2, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Stranger Than Paradise

When it was first released in 1984, Jim Jarmusch's tale of three lost souls going nowhere was a revelation – a dry-as-the-desert revelation in black and white, or rather gray and lighter gray

"...in a snow-blown field in Ohio, on a desolate beach in suburban Florida, or walking the mean streets of..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Screens Review by Josh Rosenblatt

ACL Fest Sunday Picks

"...shows such as Dawson's Creek, Veronica Mars, and Laguna Beach used her evocative compositions to illustrate youthful angst. Her..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature

Chet Baker in Black and White, but Still Blurry

Bruce Weber reminisces on Let's Get Lost

"...Greyhound bus terminal, and it's sunny and near the beach, and I'll think Chet would have loved staying at..."

April 27, 2007 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

SXSW Showcase Picks

Spend the evening with your favorite record label.

"...of indie rock's most revered labels kicks off the festival in grand style. Warming up is Brooklyn's the Ladybug..."

March 9, 2007 Music Feature

Food-o-File

And the Academy Award for best brownie goes to ... Mary Louise Butters!

"...brownies!) in a hospitality suite at the Sundance Film Festival. The invite came from someone in an L.A. marketing..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Page Two: Persistence of Revision

Fascism, Frank Capra, and how legend becomes history

"...Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? on the festival circuit...."

Jan. 19, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Luv Doc Recommends: Fantastic Fest 2006

Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, Thursday, September 21, 2006

"...at Alamo South for Fantastic Fest 2006, a seven-day festival of sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and genre films that runs..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Column by The Luv Doc

ACL Music Fest Interviews

"...from an incident aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, 2005, where the band was staying during the All..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Word and the Image

The Pop Films of Peter Whitehead

"...Whitehead's breakthrough vérité about the legendary Albert Hall Poetry Festival in 1965, starring Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso; and..."

July 7, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Visions Holy and Damned, Innocent and Experienced

The documentary 'The Devil and Daniel Johnston' – as well as this story – are just the latest attempts to make sense of his life and art

"...Sundance. The film has done extremely well playing the festival circuit to mostly excited – almost intoxicated – reviews...."

May 5, 2006 Screens Feature by Louis Black

To Marfa, on a Tuesday in December

When high art and hipness move in, what happens to a tiny Texas town?

"...The show opened during Chinati weekend, a townwide art festival centered around the Chinati Foundation's annual open house each..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Dan Keane

Page Two

After the fall

"...the vast majority of films after they play the film-festival circuit. Relatively speaking, only a miniscule percentage are picked..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Dios (Malos)

Friday

"...low-key indie-pop girded with melodic subtleties likely to draw Beach Boys comparisons simply because of their shared birthplace. Their..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Music Review by Greg Beets

True Today

Randy 'Biscuit' Turner's final interview

"...after meeting my friend Swivel at the Atlanta Pop Festival. I hitchhiked up from Gladewater, Texas, to Macon, Georgia,..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Will Travel for Wine

Chile and Argentina

"...mission to see the Penguinaria at the Mar Brava beach, where the Humboldt and Magellan penguins live much of..."

May 7, 2004 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

"...wooden shoes. Their latest, Live at the Oslo Jazz Festival (Moserobie) highlights the manic, politicized diatribes of Dennis Lyxzén..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

Food-o-File

Central Texas barbecue hits the big time (again), 2 Dine 4 hits Pebble Beach (again), and Pato's is open (again)

"...barbecue and another about the annual Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival. Both segments aired last week, barbecue on Tuesday and..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

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