More Beautiful Noise

Western Vinyl owner Brian Sampson: Dr. Label & Mr. Ambient

"...sold more than 7,000 copies to date, more than half digitally. Numbers in the high four digits are notable..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

'The Collections'

The Collections explores the connection between identity and what we keep

"...used piñatas, evidence. Rainbows, unicorns, stories, online acquaintances, knockoff Japanese robot toys: We collect things. We acquire, dust, display,..."

June 26, 2009 Arts Feature by Cindy Widner

Generation Overshare

What happens when the line blurs between our online and offline lives?

"...who we are: communities of individuals who are online half the time; often inseparable from our laptops; clustered in..."

March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Off the Record

It has begun: Breaking down the full South by Southwest band list and learning the secret handshake at the Austin Moose Lodge No. 1735

"...more quickly." Of the 1,154 acts listed, more than half hail from outside the States, notably Leeds-by-way-of-Austin electronic duo..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Shock and Awesomeness

Stephen Romano puts the movies in his mind down on paper in his fake-history coffeetable book, Shock Festival

"...Le cauchemar de ma soeur sans visage). The non-English-speaking Japanese scene is going to go absolutely bug-fuck looking for..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

What's Cooking at the Triangle

"...with Foo Swas­dee's Thai Noodles Etc. House, then Zen Japanese Food Fast, Panda Express, and Pei Wei. The latest..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Around the World of Weird

The many genre delights of Fantastic Fest 2008

"...in Latin America. So you hear people talking in Japanese, English, Spanish, and that's what you hear when you..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin Swimmers Look to Dominate in Beijing

(Along with that Phelps guy)

"...each other know we belong here, and that is half the battle. It really is."..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Sports Feature by Thomas Hackett

Rio's Brazilian Sauces and Pastries

South America invades Austin food scene

"...cheese) and Risoli de Camarão (shrimp pastry) are deep-fried, half-moon-shaped pockets of goodness; the Pastel de Ricota e Espinafre..."

July 18, 2008 Food Review by Claudia Alarcón

Letters @ 3AM

We have become a space-faring species and are discovering that the universe is stunningly gorgeous and implacably dangerous – like us

"...a 37-foot-long and 14.4-foot-wide laboratory, the Kibo ("hope" in Japanese) (The New York Times, May 27, p.F2). Bit by..."

June 6, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Imperia

Imperia confuses Austinites with its delicious and disgusting fancy Asian-food offerings

"...on the thin side and unpleasantly gristly; less than half of it was edible...."

April 25, 2008 Food Review by Kate Thornberry

Extended Play '07

Off the Record scratches the surface

"...more notable local events worth revisiting one last time. Half a century after prophesizing The Shape of Jazz to..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Holiday Cookbook Roundup

Gift Guide

"...cooking creates a primordial response in humans. Picture the half-closed orgasmic eyes and dripping drool of Homer Simpson as..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Drunken Angel

In his 1948 debut for the immortal Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune unleashes a naked rage that anticipates James Dean by a half-dozen years

"...to do." In his 1948 debut for the immortal Japanese film director, the lean, mean, late-twentysomething ex-Army pilot son..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Mars

When Mars landed on South Congress, citizens of the 78704 didn't flee in horror from the invaders

"...idea that this is your basic Chinese or even Japanese restaurant, however. When was the last time you saw..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Food Review by Barbara Chisholm

On the Fringe

"...latest is the third collaboration between Jad Fair and Japanese noisemaker Naofumi Ishimaru, Half Monster. Superpop!..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Silver Lining

The Octopus Project's Avalanche instrumentalism

"..."We got the idea from a travel show about Japanese baseball games," recalls Miranda. "There's a traditional point of..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Paila Peruvian Cuisine

Cutting-edge traditional flavors and combinations that deserve to be tasted and appreciated

"...Quechuan Indian, Spanish, Italian, French, Moorish, African, Chinese, and Japanese. Madrid Fusion 2006, the world's most influential culinary forum,..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Food Review by Mick Vann

In Space

ON Networks' Proper Ollie

"...pitch to the Food Network a year and a half ago," Moss says. "It was on sushi, and I..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Screens Feature by Carson Barker

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Mordecai Richler once remarked that 'the novelist's primary moral responsibility is to be the loser's advocate.' It's difficult to imagine how anyone who takes that dictum to heart could outdo Junot Díaz here.

"...the peltings and outrages of a mob of deranged half-wits." Time failed to change anything, as Oscar quickly found..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Books Review by Rayyan Al-Shawaf

Will Texas Catch Some Solar Rays?

Local and worldwide solar-energy experts convene in Austin and deliver this message: The day when solar energy will compete economically with traditional fossil-fueled power is fast approaching, and Texas is doing much less than it could be to utilize its solar potential

"...it predicts, solar energy's true cost will fall to half of today's average residential electricity rates by 2010, thanks..."

June 29, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Me, Ange, and the Interlocking Shadows of Trees

Why do I love Naruto? Because I love my daughter.

"...graphic novels these days. Also, it's manga. It's a Japanese comic book. You don't read from left to right,..."

June 1, 2007 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

I'm Lovin' the All-American Tennis Clown

There were a lot of clowns at the All-American Tennis Shootout.

"...we sauntered over for a closer look, and a half-hour long conversation. Turns out, this clown has been working..."

Dec. 18, 2006 Sports Post by Taylor Holland

Film News

Solid reporting and decent rumors

"...for the most coveted of gigs, on Quentin Tarantino's half of Grind House, his double-feature project with Robert Rodriguez?..."

July 28, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Food-o-File

Off with our heads on some misreporting of the Lazy Fork Barbecue legacy; plus, an Independence Day Event Menu

"...and healthy for the heart, the folks at Zen Japanese Food Fast (three area locations; www.eatzen.com) have good news...."

June 30, 2006 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Lone Star

Another man in black: Kris Kristofferson

"...our leader? We thought it was awful when the Japanese bombed us at Pearl Harbor. That was "A Day..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The 'Gatchaman' Cometh

Four episodes of seminal Seventies animé get Alamo treatment

"...was reborn via Robert Wise, there was the seminal Japanese animé series Gatchaman, aka G-Force, aka Battle of the..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

More Than a Festival, Less Than a Movement

At Slamdance, tenderness, anger, and a very steep slope

"...Abduction, for instance, fascinatingly details the bizarre kidnapping of Japanese citizens by North Korea's Kim Jong Il, while The..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

First Night Austin

First Night Austin gets ready to ring out the old year in a big way, with a cultural extravaganza on a scale the city has never before seen

"...Break dancing. Mardi Gras Indians. Giant puppets. Chinese yo-yos. Japanese drumming. Cuban drumming. West African drumming. Bollywood dance numbers...."

Dec. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ping Pong

Is it possible that one of the greatest (if not the greatest) sports-related films of all time is not only from Japan, but also about pingpong?

"...Panorama (Japanese import), $24.99 The sports movie genre is one sorely..."

June 17, 2005 Screens Review by Mark Fagan

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