Burn Down the Mission

Darden Smith

"...photograph by Jason Kaplan Divorce. The dissolution of a relationship. Personal or..."

April 4, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

What Gives?

Johnny Rodriguez on HighTone

"...The label is HighTone. Mm-hmm, good roots label. First song on the album: "Big Red Sun Blues." Yep, a..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

The Quick and the Dead

"...fragments of the wholly predictable backstory waft about like so much acrid gun smoke. Raimi, the rightfully celebrated director..."

Feb. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

An Excerpt From Omar Dykes: The Life & Times of a Poor and Almost Famous Bluesman

Hard truths about the music business by Kent “Omar” Dykes and spouse Issa Medrano as they revisit Glory Days (for Bruce Springsteen).

"..."On Hard Times in the Land of Plenty, Omar & the..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Music Feature

The Challenge of Playing Living People in Zach Theatre's Notes From the Field

The cast discusses how hard it can be getting into the skin of living people in Anna Deavere Smith’s play

"...a play that investigates the link between schools and prisons – specifically, how students who don't succeed in school..."

March 1, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Razzle-Dazzle 'Em

David Bologna on making it to Broadway with 'Billy Elliot'

"...Broadway cast of Billy Elliot the Musical, the Austin song-and-dance phenom had a lot to say – more than..."

Dec. 11, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

'When I Was Your Age'

The full text to the Obama back-to-school speech

"...right! Argh! Pres. Obama wants kids to disrupt the social order by staying home from school! If they feel..."

Sept. 7, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Migrating North

As the Texas and national film industry feels the burn of runaway production, many agree with one directive: Blame Canada.

"...on an infrastructure that increasingly is being dismantled and sought on the cheap in other countries?..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Whenever We're Opened

Mortician-for-a-night, Wayne Alan Brenner ponders life as he faces death.

"...Of course, they'll also examine the organs – before and after removal –..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Record Reviews

Barbarito Torres

"...(Havana Caliente/Atlantic) ADALBERTO ALVAREZ Y SU SON..."

July 9, 1999 Music Review

Get It While You Can

"...Joplin running from? She must have been running from something; why else would she have ridden her rocket to..."

March 19, 1999 Books Feature

Children of the Corn

Dismal Stephen King adaptation should be plowed back under

"...of his greatest success. Equilibrium, his style-over-substance 2002 breakout hit was Fahrenheit 451 with gunplay, and more fun than..."

March 3, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Tuesday

A Zamrock fruit plate, apathetic Irish drone-poetics, and so much more

"...two days in, that this is a perfectly sized South by Southwest. The streets are strollable, long lines are..."

March 16, 2022 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

A Long Activist Legacy Survives on the Eastside

Holding on to El Barrio

"...was elected president of the East Town Lake Neighborhood Association...."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

A Budget Forged in Crisis Looks Toward Long-Term Opportunities

Resilience, rethinking, recovery

"...crises, like the ones we now ask police to resolve – or leave unresolved because we fear and distrust..."

July 24, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

How the SXSW Cancellation Has Impacted Tso Chinese Delivery

Catering orders dropped, and anxiety over anti-Asian fears impacting restaurants nationwide

"...Local culinary business Tso Chinese Delivery has two locations in Austin: in the..."

March 13, 2020 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Family

Outsider comedy has a lot less Insane Clown Posse than you might expect

"...Ennis, Fabrizio Zacharee Guido, Blair Beeken, Matt Walsh and Allison Tolman...."

April 26, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Council: It’s Floodin’ Down in Texas

Special Sunday meeting addresses latest Onion Creek disaster

"...but a Sunday afternoon session heading into the holiday season is virtually unprecedented. But so are the now recurrent..."

Nov. 9, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Summer Fun: Relishing the Recreational Vehicle

Where a home on the range becomes a home with range

"...that spans from bearded hipsters with sailor tattoos, to soccer dads with T-shirts tucked into their denim shorts; a..."

May 18, 2015 Design Post by Xander Peters

You’re Probably Not Watching AMC’s ‘Halt and Catch Fire’

Here are five reasons why you should

"...AMC needs another hit. Breaking Bad finally broke, Mad Men is winding down,..."

July 9, 2014 Screens Post by Rod Machen

2014 Austin City Limits Music Festival Line-up

Hip-hop tops the two weekends with ladies close behind

"...Tickets hit the streets at 10am, and the curtain’s now up...."

April 22, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Wes Anderson's film is a marvelous spectacle: spry, sly, and rich with microdetailed production design and tickling tributes to cinematic forebearers.

"...Directed by: Wes Anderson. Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, Saoirse Ronan, Willem Dafoe,..."

March 14, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bedside Manner: Got Opium?

Getting High and Low with Steven Martin, Nick Tosches, et al

"...an opium addict, I can't claim that as the reason I went to China." -- Emily Hahn, "The Big..."

July 23, 2012 Books Post by Marc Savlov

State Cuts Hitting the Bone

The tolls of a take-no-prisoners budget year

"...The rest will come from the private sector – some 146,457 private nonfarming jobs. Senate Finance Committee Chair Steve..."

April 1, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

How Do You Know

Who would have guessed that a rom-com from the director of Broadcast News and starring Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, and Jack Nicholson would turn out this wan and dull?

"...James L. Brooks. Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, Jack Nicholson, Kathryn Hahn, Mark Linn-Baker and Lenny Venito...."

Dec. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Electric Skaterland

Austin births a Roller Derby renaissance

"...The worst sound in Roller Derby is silence...."

Nov. 27, 2009 Sports Feature by Richard Whittaker

Who Is Stella Burden, and Why Are They Saying Those Terrible Things About Her?

When the Rude Mechs do a show about acting, they find madness in the Method

"...actors and attained guru status through a very specific philosophy and exercises. And some of those exercises were said..."

March 28, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Black as Your Lungs, Black as Pitch

First-Place Winner

"...sausages, scrambling eggs. A baby making cry or laugh sounds on the couch. I woke up as the smell..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Books Feature by Greg Koehler

Revolution Ain't Gonna Revolve Overnight

Getty at the Homo Revolution Tour 2007.

"...unsure what they were about to endure. The performers (some from close by, others from as far away as..."

April 10, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate Getty

'Possession Arrow': Barnes<->Huggins

"...with nothing better to do than inhabit other people's personalities on a perfectly nice Saturday afternoon while watching Kansas..."

Feb. 3, 2007 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

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