DVDanger: Horror for the Holidays Part II

New chillers and shockers to get you through the season

"...protagonist worth caring about. Well, not initially. Seok Woo (Gong Yoo) is a lousy father and, even worse, an..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hey, Grownups! More Graphic Novels!

Three new releases from those geeky savants at Fantagraphics

"...works from another publisher, and now we’re banging a gong for some of what Seattle’s unstoppable Fantagraphics has going..."

Dec. 13, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fantastic Fest Review: Age of Shadows

I Saw the Devil director takes on a period spy thriller

"...mission by following a crafty antique dealer, Kim Woo-jin (Gong Yoo), to infiltrate a Korean resistance sect. A fast..."

Sept. 24, 2016 Screens Post by Kahron Spearman

Stephen Marley’s Revelations

Hip-hop/reggae’s “natural union” mixes tonight @ Empire Control Room

"...AC: You’re no longer on Tuff Gong/Universal. You released this project on your own Ghetto Youth..."

July 22, 2016 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Your Laugh Track to Austin

A quick romp through our city's finer funny spots

"...across the street from Coldtowne, since it’s BYOB. A gong will be struck, indicating the start of a Cage..."

June 17, 2016 Columns Post by Ashley Alkek

Matt the Electrician & Dana Falconberry Party!

Third in a series of vinyl single mash-ups yields release show

"...putting on a musical or something,” he enthuses. “It’s gong to take me two years to get done with..."

May 13, 2016 Music Post by William Harries Graham

SXSW Music: Erykah Badu

Now you see her, now you don’t

"...brought the evening to a close. With a silent gong, much to Badu’s clear and vocalized perturbation, microphones, and..."

March 17, 2016 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Review: Wu Chow

Downtown christens a classic

"...Likewise, a few more chiles might have given the gong bao chicken ($15) some more zip. And though the..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

From the Archive: The Charlie Kaufman Canon

As Anomalisa opens in Austin, we revisit interviews and reviews

"...a CIA operative in between hosting 70s mainstay The Gong Show...."

Jan. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Weird Yet Strange: Notes From an Austin Music Artist

Vaunted Austin artist writes beyond his own posters

"...Danny Garrett's name doesn't ring a bell (bang a gong), his imagery will. Alongside locals Micael Priest, Jack Jackson,..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Who Let the Dogs Out?

A playlist for the dog days of summer

"...dog." Its riff could be T. Rex's "Bang a Gong" played sideways, while the chugging, 1983 techno groove preserves..."

July 17, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Enjambre

Pachanga Fest preview

"...love progressive rock like early Genesis, King Crimson, and Gong. Vocally, our influences are crooners like Fabian and Albert..."

May 15, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Fleetwood Mac Bewitches the Frank Erwin Center

A triumphant return for the Fab Five

"...singers, and an unintroduced second drummer sitting behind Fleetwood’s gong augmented the all-star quintet, Nicks in elevated shoes and..."

March 2, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Smiling Your Way to Heaven

Supernatural advice by West Texas sage Tommy Hancock, tears from Billy Gibbons, and Casual Strangers coupling

"...echoed their record collection: the male/female interplay of Franco-freaks Gong and Krautrockers Amon Düül II, the tripped-out instrumentalism of..."

July 18, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Festival Buzz

Festival, Texas – spring edition

"...arts studio to receive his fifth-degree black belt in Gong Kwon Yu Sul from his longtime master Sam Um...."

April 25, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Nas Returns to SXSW

The brother’s Stillmatic

"...It took Nas 15 years after the release of..."

March 5, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

And the Fantastic Winners Are

Fantastic Fest awards go to 'Jodorowsky's Dune,' 'Afflicted'

"...both the Audience Award and the Best Documentary top gong. Meanwhile, Afflicted, the first-time feature from Clif Prowse and..."

Sept. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

News Ticker: August 9

All the news that's fit to blog

"...McLaughlin Group suddenly wondered onto the set of the Gong Show...."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Austin Psych Fest Live (Saturday): Boris/Masaki Batoh’s Brain Pulse Music

Mad scientists and psych-rock hurricanes

"...full of pedals and knobs, adding the occasional miniature gongs and wooden flutes to the din. Twenty minutes later,..."

April 28, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

Farmers Market Report: January 12-13

Texas midwinter plenty

"...For the Kids: Tiny Tails Petting Zoo is gong to be at Barton Creek Market on Saturday, and..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Extreme Temperature Swings

AFS Essential Cinema kicks off Asia: Hot and Cool series

"...and the various women he encounters (including the estimable Gong Li and Ziyi Zhang). What's equally memorable is the..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Led Zeppelin

Dinosaur DVDs with a smattering of punk, porn, and R&B

"...as he whines through "No Quarter." Huge, like the gong behind scion Jason Bonham's drum stool. Psychedelic as the..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

VOD Watch

'Paul Williams Still Alive' trains the camera on the wrong guy

"...Williams' meteoric rise and eventual pop-cultural demise (enter The Gong Show) are well-enough sifted through, there's little to no..."

Oct. 16, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Bedside Manner: Got Opium?

Getting High and Low with Steven Martin, Nick Tosches, et al

"...down to Chinatown/And showed her how to kick the gong around" -- "Minnie the Moocher" by Cab Calloway..."

July 23, 2012 Books Post by Marc Savlov

Adventures in Songwriting with Paul Williams

SXSW Panel Reviews

"...Carson or cutting up with Chuck Barris on The Gong Show, Paul Williams was penning pop classics like "Rainy..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Greg Beets

ACL Music Fest Friday Interviews

Don't worry; be happy

"...Nas & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley6:30pm, Bud Light stage..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Black Shiny Beast

Buick MacKane regroups tonight at the Continental Club

"...and “Big Shoe Head.” Or maybe just “Bang a Gong (Get It On)” and a Stones cover or two...."

July 19, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

The lineup for ACL drops just in time for Pachanga and the Midgetmen's nine-year anniversary bash

"...its unprecedented hip-hop bookings, including Nas & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, Big Boi, Santigold, Cee Lo Green, and, of..."

May 20, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Signed, Sealed and Delivered

Stevie Wonder, Arcade Fire, and Kanye West headline ACL 2011

"...Alison Krauss & Union Station, Nas & Damian "Jr Gong" Marley, Cee Lo Green, TV on the Radio, Iron..."

May 17, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Home for the holidays with Ray Wylie Hubbard, Schmillion, and Dax Riggs

"...chapter of NARAS' Music in Schools Program. Bang a Gong..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

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