Barrel Chested Again

Chewing the fat with Brent Best of Denton tub-thumpers Slobberbone

"...was identified more with spacey, jam-oriented bands, white-boy funk (thanks to North Texas State University's widely acclaimed jazz program),..."

July 28, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Midnight Hour

"..."One of the best first novels I've read since Hank went to Jesus." While the quip gets you to..."

July 7, 2000 Books Review by Adrienne Martini

Night Visions

Director Alison Maclean and author Denis Johnson on Jesus' Son, a soulful, darkly comic take on life and death as a junkie

"...booze or women. He is just sad as a Hank Williams song, empty as a bar at 3am, searching..."

July 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Songs in the Key of Ethan

A Postmodern Fear of Significance

"...Ethan: I like Merle Haggard, I like Hank Williams ......"

June 30, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Return of Wayne Douglas

A flood of posthumous Doug Sahm CDs, both old and new, hits record stores

"...Antonio, with the chance to hear B. B. King, Hank Ballard, T-Bone Walker, and James Brown in their sweaty..."

June 23, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Down to the Promised Land: Five Years of Bloodshot Records

"...props for starting its Soundies branch, rereleasing material by Hank Thompson, Pee Wee King, and others for traditional country..."

June 16, 2000 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Lush Life

The divine Miss Nancy Wilson brings her lush life to Austin.

"...a graceful, buoyant manner. But Beautiful, recorded with pianist Hank Jones, guitarist Gene Bertoncini, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer..."

June 2, 2000 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Little Richard, Gruene Hall, May 6

"...Richard also pulled out a weird, swampy version of Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues" and turned "Be Bop A Lula"..."

May 26, 2000 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Emmylou Harris Cimarron (Eminent)

Reissues

"...her sizzling Hot Band, it gets the nod for Hank Snow's frisky "I'm Movin' On," Carl Perkins' restive "Restless,"..."

May 19, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Oh Susanna!

Drinks at Donn's Depot with Austin country music diva Susanna Van Tassel.

"...she fondly remembers him singing her and her sister Hank Snow songs when they were small...."

May 5, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Mr. Smarty Pants

This week's hot topics: obituary attainment, bodily proportions, laugh tracks, magic numbers, and leaded gasoline

"...introduced to viewing audiences in 1950 on NBC's The Hank McCune Show. A few all-time classic laugh tracks recorded..."

April 28, 2000 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

TV Eye

Fail Safe, the much-heralded live television event shepherded by George Clooney, hits its mark.

"...as the discovery that those "human calculating machines," as Hank Azaria's character calls the Russians, are indeed human. Today,..."

April 14, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Dancing About Architecture

Dynamite Hack goes prime-time; Atomic Cafe hangs in there; the Old Settler's Music Festival is upon us.

"...youthful weirdos at the vaguely Subgenius-related juggling fest at Hank's Roadside Cafe last weekend -- though more and more,..."

April 7, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The The NakedSelf (Nothing)

"...Half a decade has passed since Johnson's tribute to Hank Williams, Hanky Panky, and even longer since a full-length..."

March 31, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Hess

The Ex-Husbands: Opal Divine's Freehouse, Saturday, Mar 18

Wednesday Night

"...at Stubb's last year, the winds that nearly blew Hank Williams III all the way to Ben White this..."

March 24, 2000 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Wanda Jackson: Continental Club, Thursday, Mar 16

Wednesday Night

"...early Fifties when she was discovered by country singer Hank Thompson. By the end of the decade, she was..."

March 24, 2000 Music Review by Greg Beets

Public Notice

"Public Notice" is the sassy yet totally sincere public service column.

"...Waterloo Park, Thu, Mar 16, will feature Junior Brown, Hank Williams III, and the Ray Price Orchestra. All Proceeds..."

March 17, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

SXSW News: Saturday

"...DiFranco... Hopefully both those tours will last longer than Hank Williams III's set at Stubb's Friday night: HW3 skipped..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...gotten better with age. With guest stars like real-deal Hank Williams III, don't miss a chance to see an..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...Dilks has been described as the "love child of Hank Williams and Patsy Montana." Last year, he and his..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...from the potent little potion that used to sponsor Hank Williams' radio show back in the day, the Kansas..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Naked City

As usual, election night returns came slowly, turnout was low, and there wasn't much suspense.

"...Hank Gonzalez: 6,067 (16.9%)..."

March 17, 2000 News Feature

TV Eye

At the SXSW Interactive 2000 Festival, columnist Belinda Acosta takes a peek at the television of the future; also, director Kevin Smith fumes over the television version of his indie hit Clerks, and the Emmys announce a change in voting procedure.

"...the 1964 film Fail Safe has a dynamite cast: Hank Azaria, Don Cheadle, Brian Dennehy, Richard Dreyfuss, Sam Elliott,..."

March 17, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

In Between Days

At the Crossroads of the 1999-2000 Austin Music Awards.

"...Ellington, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, James Brown, Hank Ballard, Otis Redding, and Etta James. Here in town,..."

March 10, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Dancing About Architecture

The usual suspects return: Miles Zuniga, Daniel Johnston, Sandra Bullock, Bob Schneider, and the Asylum Street Spankers; also, Patti Smith returns to Austin for SXSW, as do a bunch of other people.

"...Waterloo Park: Thursday features the Derailers and honorary local Hank Williams III supporting the great Ray Price; Friday pairs..."

March 10, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Right Profile

Austin singer-songwriter grows a up, grows a beard, and grows out of a strict DIY ethic.

"...35-year-old features, and some tight spots he's landed in thanks to such a youthful countenance. "My first review in..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Slaid Cleaves, Cactus Cafe, February 1

"...set, heavy on No Angel Knows, was somewhat brighter, thanks in part to the litany of lemons in "Skunk..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Dancing About Architecture

Collapsing Beams at the Mercury, Asleep at the Wheel Beams into Your Home, SXSW Marches On

"...Experience, Silos, Wan Santo Condo, Trail of Dead, and Hank Williams III, who just last week told us he..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Hug Auto/Erotic/Life

Texas Platters

"...sort of inverted golden age. In the words of Hank Hill, that ain't right. Nevertheless, the local trio earns..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Music Review by Greg Beets

March 14: The Primary Ballots

"...Hank Gonzalez..."

Feb. 4, 2000 News Feature

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