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Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature
Naked City
New briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
"...Padre Island National Seashore is one of the national parks most..."
Oct. 16, 2009 News Feature
Bob Marley & the Wailers, Dennis Brown
Reissue
"...Anthology, 1969-78 (Trojan)Dennis BrownThe Promised Land, 1977-79 (Blood & Fire)..."
April 4, 2003 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg
Postmarks
Global Warming, Public Schools, and Jazz a la Zorn.
"...No Longer an Island Unto Itself..."
Jan. 26, 2001 Column
Record Reviews
"...J. Geils Band singer Peter Wolf ignites a defiant fire with Long Line. The album's title track has Wolf..."
March 14, 1997 Music Review
The Reale Thing
The Search for New York-Style Pizza:
"...soon we were warming our hands by the crackling fire while considering our third beers and Sandye's plight. Just..."
Feb. 28, 1997 Food Feature by Robb Walsh
SXSW Announces Film Lineup
Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more
"...the U.S. premiere of his madcap action comedy Free Fire. Filling out the trio is yet another Brit, Michael..."
Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker
National Top 10s
"...4) P.J. Harvey, White Chalk (Island)..."
Jan. 4, 2008 Music Feature
Eyewitness to Terror
"...to the Scene from a pay telephone in Long Island:..."
Sept. 14, 2001 News Feature
TV Eye
For those of you yawning through The Mole and gagging through Temptation Island, Survivor is back, here to remind us what we liked (and loathed) about "reality TV" in the first place.
"...After three increasingly embarrassing episodes of Temptation Island (Fox) and the same number of perplexing episodes of..."
Feb. 2, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
The Winter Classic
South by Southwest 1998
"...to the place where only girls go/Hanging on the island where waves are nice and slow/Taking a dip/Touching the..."
March 27, 1998 Music Feature
Five Austin Films to Stream Right Now
A local list of flicks to keep you from thinking about cedar fever
"...your favorite actors: Yes, that’s Macon Blair in Mustang Island, the recent recipient of the Austin Film Critics Association..."
Jan. 12, 2018 Events Post by Josh Kupecki
Lost at Sea and Back Again
Bill Broyles' Extraordinary Adventure Story
"...a man who learns to survive on a desert island after a plane crash leaves him lost at sea...."
Dec. 29, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola
Playback: Upholding the Code
Keeping SXSW safe selectively?
"...Between March 14 and March 22, police, fire, and code compliance officers issued 42 citations – many..."
April 3, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
At Your Service
Suburbanites Doubt the City's 411 on 911
"...that the city won't be able to respond to fire and emergency calls as quickly as her current provider,..."
Nov. 14, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce
The Yassine Sixth Street Noir
Legends, rumors, unpaid taxes ... and coke on the side
"...in full SWAT gear, dragging boxes out of Treasure Island and into a U-Haul trailer. That was the proverbial..."
May 18, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
SXSW Thursday International Bands
Thursday, pace yourself
"...High on Fire (Wed., 12:15am, Barbarella Patio)..."
March 16, 2012 Music Feature
After a Fashion
Were you guilty of indulging in any of these particular fashion no-nos this year? Check out these horrid style Top Tens.
"...3. Temptation Island Obviously the primary consideration here is how good you..."
Jan. 4, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
Power Games
Eight reasons to go on living if you don't' own a PlayStation2
"...Ask film director Renny Harlin (Cutthroat Island) about the dangers of producing pirate movies, and he..."
Dec. 15, 2000 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer
Greg Beets' National Top Ten
"...Jason Cohen's National Top Ten 1. Pulp, Different Class (Island)..."
Jan. 10, 1997 Music Feature
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Nia Vardalos’ fossilized sequel to a sequel still has its charms
"...– mines bits from the original film like a fire-sale excavation of once-precious artifacts that have fossilized. The Hellenic..."
Sept. 8, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup
Shakespeare, sandcastles, and celebrations all over Texas
"...returned. The carousel is owned by the Giddings Volunteer Fire Department, and has been the recipient of several community..."
June 30, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup
Summer travel opportunities and news from all over Texas
"...Littlejohn farmhouse, antique telephone museum, bootleggers church, 1936 Ford fire truck, extensive artifact collection, genealogy library, and gift shop...."
June 2, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music
Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music
"...apologies, once again, for the subsequent visit by the fire marshals...."
April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Black Mother
A hypnotic and all-encompassing glimpse into Jamaican life
"...format and instead has crafted a mystical mash-up of rapid-fire imagery edited not for coherence but for contemplation. Shot..."
April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup
Chinati Weekend in Marfa, Lantern Fest in Paige, and lots more!
"...Sand Castle Days Oct. 6-9, South Padre Island, www.sandcastledays.com..."
Oct. 5, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
The Nines
Ryan Reynolds, Melissa McCarthy, and Hope Davis star in three discrete but thematically linked short films in this feature-film-directing debut from screenwriter John August.
"...a tailspin who – after setting his home on fire and going on a wacky crack binge and flipping..."
Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Time to Bounce
Rapping with Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, the funkiest Connecticut Yankees in King Arthur's Court
"...isolation that living on a man-made peninsula dubbed Cock Island might entail, Weymouth responds quickly, and affirmatively, when reminded..."
Nov. 3, 2000 Music Feature by John G. La Briola
Letters at 3AM
The music of Tony Fruscella reminds us that art is about an unending attempt to give what we can, where we can, to whom we can.
"...mother was in a mental hospital somewhere on Long Island; there was no way to call her, and I..."
May 26, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura
Dancing About Architecture
Eyes on the Prize
"...Babe's suffered from the power outage caused by the fire at the Seaholm Power Plant, and even after everything..."
Feb. 21, 1997 Music Column
Bates Recital Hall
