The Country Shuffle

Justin Trevino, the voice of angels

"...Shuffle," a category that genre forebears like Johnny Bush and Ray Price perfected: easygoing tunes perfect for the honky-tonk..."

June 8, 2001 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

The Secret History

That a man from San Antonio named Richard Santos has as much to add to the world of Jewish intellectual pursuits as an attorney named Rosen is as fascinating as it should be obvious, David Garza writes after he attended the Texas Jewish Historical Society's 22nd annual gathering. For the first time, perhaps, an entirely constructive revision may be taking place in the history of those we call the "people of the Book."

"...Richard Santos is wondering how old you can get and still call yourself an "angry young man." The San..."

May 11, 2001 Books Feature by David Garza

TV Eye

So what's snapped Belinda Acosta's bra strap this week? It's the announcement that the Wonderful World of Disney will remake Brian's Song.

"...It's bad enough that NBC canceled Freaks and Geeks and Fox was too short-sighted to continue with..."

May 4, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Jesus Is Coming

The video mailed across the state, the Christian film that found an audience in Austin, and other stories of evangelicals using film to spread the word

"...about the troubled little girl living in a foster home in a North Austin suburb, the child who disrupted..."

April 27, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Angel in the Dark

The last release from pop noir princess Laura Nyro.

"...In Monterey Pop, renowned documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker captured the 1967 pre-Woodstock rock festival..."

April 6, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The People vs. Mike Sheffield

The new APD oversight agreement is a first for Austin -- but will it do what it's supposed to do?

"...but Mike Sheffield is happy that the Austin Police Department will now be monitored by citizens like yourselves. It..."

March 30, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Spotlight: Soft Boys

Austin Music Hall, 10pm

"...himself into a corset to play Hamlet." As the band prepares for a monthlong tour of the states, Hitchcock,..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...RED PLANET: San Francisco's Red Planet pens melodic guitar-pop songs festooned with New Wave revival keyboards, harmonica,..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Naked City

The council listens for four hours as proponents and opponents of the doomed motion to change Rosewood Avenue to Dorothy Turner Avenue make their case; the motion failed for lack of a second.

"...was clear the discussion would only get uglier -- and there were still four and a half hours to..."

March 9, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Make Your Mama Proud

The Gospel According to Bill "The Mailman" Martin and Chester Baldwin

"...Sunday mornings. It must evolve while conveying a steadfast message. It must uphold sacred traditions in a world of..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...issues to deal with over the past 32 years and this is not about that ... It is about..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Column

Capitol Chronicle

As Gov. Bush moves to D.C. in a wave of acclamation, the Legislature prepares to meet over redistricting and new legislation.

"...had been doing all those weeks up in Crawford: memorizing his acceptance speech. Following a pro-forma introduction acknowledging Al..."

Dec. 22, 2000 News Column by Michael King

Austin Studios Takes Flight

The past year has been witness to an amazingly cooperative tag-team project between the Austin Film Society, the Austin City Council, and the Mueller Neighborhood Coalition that -- as of now -- has resulted in a superstar studio setup that could well change the very fabric of filmmaking in Austin.

"...city council suddenly finds itself with 700 acres of prime real estate when an old airport closes and a..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Sad Stories and Steel Guitars

Tearjoint Troubador Ted Roddy's Country Soul

"...Tear Time, Ted Roddy's first recording since 1995's Full Circle and..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Favorite Sonero

Buena Vista Social Club Cowboy Eliades Ochoa

"...The opening subtitles for an hourlong promotional video documenting Eliades Ochoa's Higher Octave debut last year, Sublime Ilusion,..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

His Films, His Way

Jim Jarmusch Is Still Figuring Out How to Do It

"...West Mall publicizing their festival. A guy, a student, and obviously interested in film, sidles off-course and strikes up..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

If you're looking for reviews of The Nutty Professor, John Pierson's Split Screen isn't your show. If you like insightful, sometimes peculiar excursions into the independent film world, Split Screen will please you more than a stolen afternoon at a weekday matinee. Also, Olympic fever spreads -- but not without a few complaints.

"...-- or even that new guy Richard Roeper, recently named Ebert's co-critic on the movie review series Ebert &..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

I Am Hiphop

One of the hiphop elders delivers a sermon.

"...upcoming album may be titled G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time), but KRS-One did Mr. Smith one better back in..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Brian Wilson, Backyard, July 27

"...a living legend's concert with a mixture of love and cynicism, especially when the legend is as famous for..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Music Review by Mindy LaBernz

Every Day of Your Life

Remembering Sims Ellison, and profiling the SIMS Foundation

"...had not turned out the way anyone in the band wanted and shoulda been a contender. Not with Geffen..."

July 7, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Groove

"...Greg Harrison. Starring: Lola Glaudini, Hamish Linklater, Steve Van Wormer, Rachel True, Vince Riverside, Mackenzie Firgens, Denny Kirkwood, Nick..."

June 30, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Gospel According to Austin, TX (Kick Butt Gospel/107.1 KGSR)

Texas Platters

"...is any indication, the Texas State Capitol is first and foremost Catholic. In its laudable, all-inclusive musical nature, this..."

June 30, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Intergalactic Nemesis: 'Not the mind-whammy again!'

In the Wee Hours, Heloise Gold's new dance-theatre collaboration with Mike Arnold and Tim Mateer, explores the nooks and crannies of our dreaming / waking double life in visually stunning, playful, and engaging vignettes.

"...The Intergalactic Nemesis: 'Not the mind-whammy again!'..."

June 2, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...PATTI SMITH/THE ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO ORCHESTRA: Frankly, I'm a little scared. This is..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Council Watch

The Bradley deal is out in the open but no one seems to have an opinion on it.

"...is becoming deafening. In this pivotal chapter in the development wars, so far the story is the absence of..."

Feb. 25, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Slaid Cleaves, Cactus Cafe, February 1

"...Slaid CleavesCactus Cafe, February 1 Lo and behold, sometimes nice guys do finish first. It makes..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Whirled of Sound

Tracking down Rob Halverson and Robinson Ear's Little Whirled of Sound.

"...Rob Halverson is something of a mad scientist. Positioned in front of a..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Even It Up

Odd guy Charles Harp advocates for even number and ponders the inherent beauty of rounding.

"...There's a pleasing psychology to curves and circles and zeros. They are soft. They flow. They..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Features Feature by Charles Harp

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...The 1868 Italianate villa is one of the oldest and more historic houses in Austin, and its architectural integrity..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Column

The Memory of Music

Discovering Moby Grape's Skip Spence via his only solo album Oar, and it's new tribute album, More Oar

"...to tell this story, I have to start with me lying in a bathtub, in a house on Hollywood..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Feature by Louis Black

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