SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Friday

"...a wave created by their full-length debut, 8 Million Stories. Promising in 2006 that Things Go Better With RJ..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Smartbomb

'Smartbomb: The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution'

"...As if the ghost of video game present weren't scary enough, with people..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

University Co-op Presents the 2005 David Mark Cohen New Works Festival

"...Boom Town, Ghost Town..."

April 8, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

I Live My Broken Dreams

This year's rock docs examine the 'outsider myth' and more among the likes of Daniel Johnston, Townes Van Zandt, and Wild Man Fischer

"...his work almost as a footnote to the outrageous stories about him. Daniel's severe manic depression, Daniel's many breakdowns..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Summer Fun

Galveston's past, present, and future come together at the Balinese Room, a resurrected old casino finding new life as a live venue on the Gulf

"...The stories of the old Balinese Room and the many casinos..."

May 14, 2004 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche

"...and also disrespectful to those who reluctantly shared their stories of grief and loss. We are lucky in the..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Books Review by Lindsey Simon

Heat

"...writing was small and in some parts only a ghost of the letters was there. But after a little..."

July 13, 2001 Features Feature by Robin Bradford

Day Trips

The historic hotels of San Antonio.

"...Houston. Modern-day patrons have said they have seen his ghost return to the dark little barroom off the main..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Live Shots

Wednesday Night

"...it did for a moment feel as if a ghost was in the room. Unfortunately, that snippet of conversation..."

March 24, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Day Trips

"...Stretching more than 10 stories high, the Aquarium is designed so that each environment..."

May 28, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Moon-Shaped Panties & the Saint of White Trash

The Late Lucinda Williams

"...maniacal laugh, then walks quickly to a silly Halloween ghost hanging by the stairs and tugs it, making it..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

"Documents of Persons & Place"

"...interface of the 1920s boom town and now official ghost town Picher, Okla., and the few remaining mining families..."

June 5, 1998 Screens Feature

in person

"...That experience, coupled with the yearning to create horror stories in the vein of Edgar Allen Poe and M.R...."

June 20, 1997 Books Feature

Literary Guisado

An Interview with Francisco Goldman

"...you come live in my mind and tell me stories for the rest of my life? And reduce the..."

June 6, 1997 Books Feature by Marion Winik

Super 8

Austin Gay/Lesbian Film Festival's Eighth Year

"...of films that deal with issues other than coming-out stories are more appealing (and more effective, in some cases)..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Screens Feature

Day Trips

"...the Hill Country: two hours of free music and stories. While the studio audience sat on hay bales and..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Austin Music Awards, a Black Rock Maverick, and More Crucial Concerts

Our recommended shows for the week ahead

"...explores the depth of different characters ranging from “The Ghost” to the “Secret Agent.” Subdued electric currents flow throughout..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Unpacking Emperor Jones’ Esoteric, Career-Launching Label Catalog

The late Craig Stewart released early works by the Mountain Goats and more

"...about frustrated dreams ever recorded, All Hail's 14 glorious stories mapped out the direction of the next 20 or..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Music Feature by Joe Gross

Qmmunity: The RuPaul Express

Join the Ru-volution in Austin at one of our local Drag Race watch parties

"...horror movie watch party featuring a double bill of Ghost Ship and Thirteen Ghosts, hosted by Raven Noxx. Featuring..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Column by James Scott

Review: Zach Theatre’s A Christmas Carol

Boisterous but shallow jukebox musical of the Dickens classic misses opportunities

"...Williams is a flamboyant, exuberant delight as the show-stealing Ghost of Christmas Past, who I missed the instant he..."

Nov. 24, 2023 Arts Feature by Jasmine Lane

Qmmunity: Prep for Pride

Everyone loves a girlie with a plan, so make one for Austin Pride with these suggestions

"...Started in NYC, this is a series of queer stories from queer voices. The theme is "Tales of Pride."..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Column by James Scott

Qmmunity: More Pride, Less Prejudice

In a way, we're all gay Darcys looking for our gay Elizabeths in the thrush of Pride parties

"...bring. Plus: free Jell-O shot giveaways. Thursdays, 10pm. The Ghost Lounge, 13717 Burnet Rd. instagram.com/theghostlounge...."

June 9, 2023 Column by James Scott

Qmmunity: The Puzzle of Pride

Putting together all the pieces of queer history with Pride Month events

"...shame into one of solidarity. "In commemoration of queer stories and in the face of continued threats to queer..."

June 2, 2023 Column by James Scott

Qmmunity: Stick Together

In light of frightening futures, the queer community must stand together

"...collectionbull-jean & dem/dey back, featuring the Lambda Literary Award-winning stories of "southern-Black-butch-sheroe" bull-jean. Fri., May 12, 6pm. African American..."

May 12, 2023 Column by James Scott

Austin Psych Fest Interview: Vieux Farka Touré

Legacy blues scion talks Malian music and Khruangbin collaboration

"...and B.B. King used their guitars to tell their stories...."

April 21, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Qmmunity: The Queer-ster Bunny

A springtime showing of Austin's queer haps, like a new leather bar, pre-show parties, and the academic achievement by a young Black trans scholar.

"...fellow trans and gender-diverse Austinites while also enjoying queer stories 'round the camp fire hosted by World Famous *BOB*...."

April 7, 2023 Column by James Scott

What Happens When Austin’s Daily Paper Dies

Since 2018, the corporation that owns the Statesman lost half its staff

"...we could – like reaching Spanish-speaking readers by publishing stories in Spanish, for one. “At this point, we are..."

March 10, 2023 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

Little Ola’s Biscuits Free for a Year, Baldinucci’s Pizza for Lunch and Dinner, the Nido Is Open for Real, Dali’s Naked Feast for Surrealism’s Sake, Plenty of Booze for Toasting, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...we’re glad to report that, after working from a ghost kitchen since March of this year, Baldinucci Pizza Romana..."

Oct. 19, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

We Have an Issue: The Weekend Forecast Is Hot. Very, Very Hot.

The 32nd annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival is here

"...adaptation Women Talking, the much-anticipated film from Sarah Polley (Stories We Tell, Take This Waltz), will screen at this..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

Pasta Paisanos Support Lilith Fund, Texas French Bread Bakes Back Better, Desert Door Gets WILD Again, There’s Deep-Fried Charcuterie at the Texas State Fair, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...January. They’re currently working out of the Prep ATX ghost kitchen and plan to open a food truck at..."

Aug. 17, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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