Psychedelic Acid Trope

Exhibits at the Bullock, Briscoe, and LBJ explore our recall of the Sixties

"...the paper's youngest photographer, and usually relegated to football games and society soirees, Martin was assigned to cover the..."

July 18, 2014 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

Doug Benson's Total Scam of a Life

The 411 on the 420 comedian

"...Nerdist podcast, Dining with Doug and Karen, captures what funny people eating delicious food sounds like...."

July 2, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

Groover's Paradise

The Hole in the Wall has seen it all

"...the years," offers current owner Will Tanner. "But it's funny that everyone thinks that when they hung out here..."

June 20, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Girls Gone Geek

Weird Girls is an Austin-based website and YouTube channel dedicated to all things geeky, but from a female perspective

"...Crate, a company that sends blind boxes of toys, games, and merchandise to subscribers. Every time one arrived, she..."

May 23, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin City Limits’ Hall of Fame Fireworks

Willie Nelson & SRV among the inaugural inductees

"...He was joined by Lyle Lovett for a stirring “Funny How Time Slips Away,” then Emmylou Harris interpreted “Crazy”..."

April 28, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

My Dove Springs ... and Ours

What life in 'the 44' says about the two worlds of Austin

"...has existed). I wore Astros baseball caps to Cubs games until the verbal abuse became too intense, when I..."

April 11, 2014 News Feature by Sam Ramos

Gay Place

Sharon Bridgforth comes home for a bit to take us to the river

"...BIANCA DEL RIO NOLA queen from RuPaul's stable of funny fillies. Sun., March 23, 9pm. Oilcan Harry's, 211 W...."

March 21, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

SXSW Thursday Interviews

Busting out with six Thursday SXSW interviews

"...do: hang out, listen to CDs, and play video games. And we'd hear these CDs around the house."..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

DVD Watch: 'Night of the Demons' / 'Witchboard'

Director Kevin S. Tenney talks scream queens and classic posters

"...his plan to become a master of fear. "It's funny how people pigeonhole you," he said. While studying film..."

Feb. 4, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: February 1914

Charlie Chaplin's iconic Tramp was really born in 'Kid Auto Races at Venice,' not 'Mabel's Strange Predicament,' as commonly thought

"...of the world imitated Charlie Chaplin's walk and played games based on his character."..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

A Bedtime Gorey

This view of an upper-crust world both morbid and lively should please die-hard and casual Gorey fans alike

"...bold adventures and proclivities and play a few "parlor games" for their own delight. The audience, too, is frequently..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

News/Print

Book Fest shorts, upcoming readings, and more

"...• Too spendy for your wallet? Two upcoming free..."

Oct. 3, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

LoneStarCon 3: The Jo Walton Interview

The Hugo-winning author of 'Among Others' really loves books

"...grief. Among recent science fiction novels, only the Hunger Games trilogy has given as strong a sense of the..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

A Sunday at the Capitol

Orange-clad abortion bill opponents witness House floor folly

"...The Hangover Part 2: The same jokes, just not funny anymore, because we’ve heard them all before, and the..."

June 24, 2013 News Post by Dan Solomon

Both Sides Going for Her

Inside Amy Schumer, there's still plenty of teenage girl, but there's also a highly focused comic

"...Even people on Twitter, I think the jokes are funny; so, like, when people leave jokes about me being..."

April 26, 2013 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

So 'Wrong,' but So Right

Quentin Dupieux on plots, puzzles, and police

"...box, and Dupieux revels in asides, digressions, and hidden games. He says: "If you just talk about the plots,..."

March 29, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

'Drinking Buddies'

Olivia Wilde breathes life into a fantasy female

"...football, poker, dirty jokes, and burping [and] plays video games, drinks cheap beer ... and jams hot dogs and..."

March 15, 2013 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

SXSW Review: 'Drinking Buddies'

Swanberg's film is deftly directed but leaves an aftertaste

"...football, poker, dirty jokes, and burping [and] plays video games, drinks cheap beer … and jams hot dogs and..."

March 12, 2013 SXSW Post by Melanie Haupt

Hornucopia

UT basketball: embarrassed and humiliated

"...how scoring was determined. After a while it got funny just how many shots in a row Texas missed...."

Feb. 22, 2013 Sports Column by Michael Corcoran

Kansas Gives Texas Lesson In Humiliation

Jayhawks beat down hapless Horns 73-47 in ESPN featured game

"...was how scoring was determined. After awhile it got funny, just how many shots in a row Texas missed...."

Feb. 17, 2013 Sports Post by Michael Corcoran

Snakes and Ladders

'The Man From Orlando' team recalls the high stakes of making their lo-fi first feature

"..."It's all fun and games until you end up in a snake-infested lake having..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Screens Feature by Amy Gentry

Bill of the Week: Christmas Edition

Bohac wants some, er, Winter cheer in schools

"...clumsily referred to by some as the 'Hindu Christmas' (Funny, Zoroastrians don't refer to Christmas as the 'Christian Yalda')...."

Dec. 23, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Wizard World: Star Trek's Marina Sirtis is a One Woman Bad Girl's Club

Counselor Troi on picking fights and scaring the boys

"...premiership game on a Saturday and all the European games in the week."..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

FF2012: How Fantastic Fest Got Twisted Up By 'American Mary'

Jen and Sylvia Soska are the new twins of evil

"...was Jen. Apologies, ladies, for reversed comments) said, "The funny thing is, when I used to be actor, I..."

Oct. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

No No? Oh Yes.

Dock Ellis' historic trip to a no-hitter

"...fans are familiar with the story from James Blagden's funny, trippy animated short "Dock Ellis and the LSD No-No,"..."

July 13, 2012 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan

Discomfort Zone

How far can Rubber Repertory push you?

"...personal experiences and had a lot of activities and games, and then culminated it with a worship service together..."

April 13, 2012 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

How Parallelogramophonograph survived Scotland and became a better improv troupe

"...evolved as in the colonies (mostly short-form, lots of games, not long on narrative); it's that the Fringe in..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sarah Silverman Strikes Back

Telling the truth at the Paramount about Rick Perry and the n-word

"...the Great Schlep of 2008, and how politicians play games with racism...."

Oct. 28, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Critics' Picks

Recommended at AFF

"...Champions – about gray-haired competitors at the National Senior Games – is feel-great. Octogenarians in swim trunks comparing pacemakers,..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Screens Feature

TDH: 7/18/11

Tovo meters out opposition to pay parking changes

"..."It's funny to me that the city is supporting an ordinance..."

July 18, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

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