Make a Joyful Noise

‘Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton’ is revelatory

"...work predated the free-thinking beatniks of the Fifties and hippies of the Sixties. Broughton’s output to this day remains..."

Aug. 27, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVDanger: Of Teenage Turtles and Grown-Up Bronies

Two documentaries tackle Eighties cults that won't die

"...of 9/11, like the beatniks were to Korea or hippies to Vietnam. Wait, brony academics? Actually, it's academics who..."

Aug. 16, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Psychedelic Acid Trope

Exhibits at the Bullock, Briscoe, and LBJ explore our recall of the Sixties

"...In the sort of coincidence that some hippies might call kismet, three local institutions are currently flashing..."

July 18, 2014 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

Playback: Smiling Your Way to Heaven

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

"...a peacemaker between the warring tribes of cowboys and hippies in the Sixties. He experimented with LSD, moved his..."

July 18, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Food-O-File

Local gelato maker heads to the finals, delicious tacos at Pachanga, and to-go orders at Sway

"...sure to congratulate Matt Lee of Tèo Espresso, Gelato & Bella Vita (1206 W. 38th) for his third-place finish..."

May 16, 2014 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Mimi Pond Knows From Waitressing

And dishes it up perfectly in her new 'Over Easy' graphic novel

"...transitional culture depicted – the last hurrah of the hippies and the first raucous yawp of punk – is..."

May 14, 2014 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Girlie Action

"...the kind of scene you expect from the freewheeling hippies at Eeyore's Birthday, but this isn't acoustic guitar-driven barefoot..."

April 18, 2014 Music Review by Abby Johnston

Old Settler’s Music Festival: Thursday

Camping, pickin’, and carrying on at the Fest’s first day

"...jams with varying degrees of quality and talked to hippies and country folk, a civil war enthusiast who outlined..."

April 11, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows

Austin Music Awards Director Margaret Moser goes out with a bang

"...Attendees that night – hipsters, hippies, cowboys, rednecks – got everything they bargained for including..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Interview: Raina Rose

Folk music ‘only exists in a community’

"...got to Kerrville and it just was all these hippies and songwriters. I thought it was the greatest thing..."

March 9, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Bill Cotter's Parallel Apartments Are Full of Freaks Like You and Me

And the author presents a wine-fueled glimpse at BookPeople tomorrow.

"...living here – with the grackles and the old hippies and the students and the kind of people in..."

Feb. 24, 2014 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

All the Labor

"...mainstream appeal. "They tried to sell us to the hippies, they tried to sell us to the Americanos –..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

Progressive Country: How the 1970s Transformed the Texan in Popular Culture

There's a lot more to being a cosmic cowboy than just being a Lone Star

"...unpacked its real significance. More often, the communion of "hippies and rednecks" at the Armadillo World Headquarters serves as..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Farmers' Market Report: November 16-17, 2013

Organic citrus has returned, plus maple syrup, apples, and pecans

"...ample parking, many vendors, and plenty of South Austin hippies seeking organics. Vendors included Dad’s Granola, Celtic Seafare, New..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Czech, Please

Austin Film Society hosts Jan Nemec retrospective

"...of Prague filled with convivial scenes of modern life: hippies in the park painting one another's faces, grannies in..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Bui Is the Warmest Color

Albert Bui's latest endeavor warms us to a modern lez love-story

"...Mall Zombies, Fake Hippies, Lesbian Furniture, and Straight Hipster Professionals are just some..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Museum

Tina Howe's satirical study of the people viewing a contemporary art exhibit becomes a fast, over-the-top romp at St. Ed's

"...valley girls, pretentious snobs, the ladies who lunch, thieves, hippies, hipsters, and the token bitchy, limp-wristed, modern-art-philic couple, played..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

10 Minutes with Bill Kirchen

Now local ‘Stems & Seeds’ picker gets it

"...like a car horn or a bus full of hippies...."

Sept. 4, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Waltz Across Texas

Is the Broken Spoke being edged off South Lamar?

"..."I booked Alvin Crow in 1973, same year Freda & the Firedogs played here – Marcia Ball's band," recalls..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Where Did All Those Kids Go?

From summer 1968 to ‘One Night with Janis Joplin’ in 2013

"...with white hair, wrinkles, and holding cocktails had replaced hippies with blue jeans, long hair, freckles, and weed. Many..."

July 31, 2013 Music Post by Charles Beard

Playback

Fun Fun Fun Fest reels off some greatest hits and more

"...wheels for Simian Mobile Disco and Bonobo, and indie hippies are sure to welcome Kurt Vile & the Violators...."

July 12, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Radio On

'Austin Music Minute' maven Laurie Gallardo takes her time on KUTX

"...KUT listeners – "the Armadillo crowd" – saw as hippies being traded out for hipsters. Among criticisms heaped on..."

June 28, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Playback: Major Frost

Who's Max Frost and how did the Austin native sign to Atlantic Records?

"...the catalyst of me moving into the worlds of R&B and hip-hop," credits Frost, who plays every instrument on..."

June 28, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Culture Connectors

The 2013 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...the midst of all the cosmic cowboys and blues-lovin' hippies, among the nachos and longnecks, were ballerinas doing arabesques..."

May 31, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...totally insane!” But that was America. It was the hippies against the squares. It was the people with expanded..."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

Summer Fun: Revealed

Slip out of those skivvies for some summer fun at Hippie Hollow

"...step out of them, to bond with the fellow hippies in nudist solidarity. But at the same time, I..."

May 20, 2013 Chronolog Post by Nate Jackson

Live Shot: Austin Psych Fest

"...so it was only a matter of time until hippies took to swimming. That happened around 6pm, when Brooklyn/Austin..."

May 3, 2013 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

What Is Passover?

A newbie's guide to a Seder

"...of the story for kids, feminists, hip-hop aficionados, and hippies, as well as a 30-minute version (a personal favorite)...."

March 22, 2013 Food Feature by Amy Kritzer

The Q&A Hole: Why Didn't the World End?

With: John Erler, Annie La Ganga, Arcie Cola, Owen Egerton, and more

"...now reside in the fourth dimension with all the hippies...."

Dec. 24, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Louis C.K., Killin’ It

Standing O’s for the comedian’s last of four shows in Austin

"...with a few loving jabs at our town of “hippies” and “people with jewelry in their faces,” pointing out..."

Dec. 15, 2012 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

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