Game Boy

Local development company Game Titan grows up, but stays young at heart

"...were necessary. A group of overcaffeinated MIT undergrads could hack a new version of Mr. Do in a night..."

July 19, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

A 'Bullet' to the Gut

In The Bullet Meant for Me, his new memoir, Texas Monthly writer Jan Reid explains why he went to Mexico and was forced to return as a changed man.

"...About four years ago, Jan Reid, a longtime writer for..."

March 29, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Letters at 3AM

Michael Ventura observes the great John Cassavetes at work on the set of his next-to-last movie Love Streams.

"...old friend; someone whom he trusted but who was without past associations; someone whom he could take aside and..."

March 8, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Hollywood Boulevard

"If it's a good picture, it's a Miracle!"

"...have a go at the movies, but soon finds out that Tinseltown isn't all it's cracked up to be...."

Jan. 11, 2002 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Brave New Web

In the wake of Sept. 11 and the hard-line USA Act, the Internet has become a very unfriendly place for hackers.

"...You're probably scared of hackers...."

Dec. 14, 2001 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

Dancing About Architecture

That was the week that was in the Live Music Capital…

"...long while, had better things to do than complain about its next-door neighbors having too much fun. Things are..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

An Activity of Alchemies

The alchemy of baseball makes possible the elongation and compression of time.

"...on the field, if the bases are loaded. Three outfielders, three fielders at each base, another (the shortstop) beween..."

May 11, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Che Bella

The Austin Film Society's series is called "Che Bella: Italy in the 60s," but the story really begins -- as does all of modern cinema -- in the streets of Rome, in May of 1944. Nick Barbaro looks at Italian neorealism and the movies it inspired.

"...direction of Roberto Rossellini and screenwriter Sergio Amidei, was about as "underground" as it gets: shot in the streets,..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Screens Feature by Nick Barbaro

Christina Aguilera My Kind of Christmas (RCA)

Christmas Records

"...Yuletide canon on "Xtina's Xmas"? No wonder people freak out during the holidays: Somewhere, somebody thinks having Ms. Aguilera..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

TV Eye

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.

"...Gasp! Choke! Gurgle! Hack! Did I say that?..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Dancing About Architecture

The Austin Music Network changes administrations once again.

"...the project is Austin music, but it can't happen without filmmakers, without a good Web presence, without the multimedia..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

FCC raids shuts down the third and last local microradio station.

"...way, like 98.9's "The Hill," this leaves Austin's airwaves "without the hard edges."..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

A Whole New Game

A strange trip through the online world of the most popular role-playing games of last summer : Diablo II, Deus Ex, and Vampire: The Masquerade Redemption

"...fought ruthlessly, killed with great precision. And despite his youth, there seemed a sense of age and wisdom about..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

Dancing About Architecture

Monte Montgomery hooks up with big-time booking; Texas Music Group has big plans.

"...begun touring nationally this summer with upcoming tour dates throughout the Midwest and Southeast, though he'll be playing his..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

The ins and outs of Sixteen Deluxe; Josh Cisneros has a couple clubs he hopes will save Austin music.

"...The Ins and Outs of Sixteen Deluxe..."

July 14, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

A bitch session about the plight of the Austin music scene is scheduled at Threadgill's; here's hoping Negativland's long-anticpated Austin appearance doesn't dissapoint a la SRL.

"...I've been ranting for several weeks about the plight of the Austin music scene being silicon-chipped..."

May 12, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

No Purchase Necessary

Does Napster, the MP3-sharing software program that has spawned several lawsuits and been banned at universities across the nation, mean the end of music as we know it?

"...my stuff on Napster for free, I'd be freaking out," she says. "The intent is to steal music and..."

May 5, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

A Sound Salvation

Austin's Class of 2000

"...Introduction Tired of hearing about how bad 1999 was for local music? Tired of..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Music Feature

Eat Him Up

Reviews of the Italian horror maven's Cat in the Brain, The Beyond, Gates of Hell, and Zombie

"...sizable shopping malls. I can still vividly recall strolling out of a screening of some other, lesser exercise in..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Book Reviews

"...Pieces of a Novel is Stephen Dixon's latest novel about Gould Bookbinder, the kind of character the publicists call..."

July 30, 1999 Books Review

Public Notice

CASA Fiesta

"...a rickety but functional number fashioned by her father out of leftover construction materials from his many gigs as..."

July 23, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Play on Worlds

Now Playing

"...extraplanetary invasion forces an uneasy cease-fire between the Allied Southern Territories and Confederated Northern City-States. As an elite pilot..."

July 2, 1999 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

Coach's Corner

"...my sports compass get so turned around? I gaze out the large picture window at the now subdued first..."

May 28, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Postmarks

Sucking Us Dry

"...failed to manage their water resources will now scurry about to secure contracts for every drop of groundwater in..."

May 21, 1999 Column

It's a Mystery to Me

"...inferior to so-called "literary" fiction, that Hammett was a hack, that the MacDonalds (John D. & Ross) were mediocre...."

April 23, 1999 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

The Wizards of Austin's Webzines Behind the Curtains

"...you can log on anonymously and feed your mind without any obligation. Now I was going to give a..."

March 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Sam Martin

Dude, It's Mitch Hedberg!

"...a 1500 on his SATs. "I think Pringle's started out to make tennis balls," one bit begins. "But on..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Live Shots

Weezer Hoot Night

"...the cozy confines of Sixth Street's Flamingo Cantina. Dynamite Hack began the evening by tearing through a lukewarm, though..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Music Feature

Scanlines

The Truman Show

"...mind of psycho/genius Christof (Harris). While there's some confusion about how to classify Truman, don't be mistaken: This is..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Screens Feature

Exhibitionism

"...hipster art students run into each other and go outside to smoke. The wine and perfume-steeped opening of this,..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Arts Review

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