Holy Ghost

Austin's Revenant Records follows up its Grammy-winning Charley Patton box set with free jazzman Albert Ayler's 9-CD 'Holy Ghost'

"...being argued about and retaining genuine power to shock? Holy Ghost is our attempt at reckoning Ayler's story."..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Giving Up the Ghost

Donna Johnson's Holy Ghost Girl

"...tucking into a slice of pie, Donna Johnson's memoir Holy Ghost Girl (Gotham Books) might spook you something fierce...."

Oct. 21, 2011 Books Feature by Sarah Smith

Holy Man

"...machinations. Ultimately, the ascetic approach may work best with Holy Man -- eliminate its consumption from your life plan..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ghost Discography

"...Ghost (1990)..."

May 15, 2009 Music Feature

The Apostle

"...rooster for the Lord, fervently calling himself a “genuine Holy Ghost, Jesus-filled preaching machine,” or humbly acknowledging the folly..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Day Trippin'

More day parties than you can shake an iPhone at

"...(2), Pash (2:55), Middle Distance Runner (3:50), Jukebox the Ghost (4:45), Exit Clov (5:40), Samantha Murphy (6:35) FRIDAY: Balmorhea..."

March 11, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

The Sporting Life

John Posey's Father, Son & Holy Ghost is football on the field on the stage.

"...upcoming visit to Austin to present Father, Son & Holy Coach, his one-man tour de force? Everything. Back in..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Residential Address: Mel & James Hold Casual Communion in the Jade Room

With talent, technology, and the Holy Ghost

"...A stunning, almost holy picture of a mid-20s Aretha Franklin veiled in white..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

Apeman Hop

An extended music haiku for 2004

"...Five Guys Walk Into a Bar and Albert Ayler, Holy Ghost. In the year rock & roll was clocked..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Weary Boys

Texas platters

"...Holy Ghost Power..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen

"...it ever was, The Exorcist proves that there's no ghost movie as scary as a Holy Ghost movie. Now..."

March 15, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Conjuring 2

Semi-retired ghost hunters make a comeback in the second installment of James Wan's spooky series

"...Trappist monk-brewed Westmalle Tripel and throwing School of the Holy Beast in an old Vatican VHS player. Probably not..."

June 10, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Vatican Tapes

Pray for us; it's exorcism time again

"...Once again, the crucifix is out and the holy water is a flyin’ in The Vatican Tapes, a..."

July 24, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...slays on title alone. – Raoul Hernandez Weary Boys' Holy Ghost Power Hour..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Boy Erased

Joel Edgerton goes to gay conversion therapy's heart of darkness

"...examples of this and although there’s no bogeymen or ghosts – except maybe for the Holy Ghost, I suppose..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

X Games Info

Don't know a railslide from a tailslide? Not sure if you got roosted or yard saled? We're here to help.

"...music portion of the games with a set by Holy Ghost. And if that doesn't get you in the..."

June 6, 2014 Sports Feature

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...Holy Ghost People Director: Mitchell Altieri, Screenwriters: Kevin Artigue &..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Year in Books

Thirty-one titles that got us talking this year

"...flights, which is how I found Donna M. Johnson's Holy Ghost Girl (Gotham). Subculture stories hook me hard, especially..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Top 10 National

Despite Austin's musical omnipresence, some national albums merited rating

"...6) Girls, Father, Son, Holy Ghost (True Panther Sounds)..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Music Feature

Family Affair

Austin's archeological imprint Heavy Light Records uncovers Texas history one record at a time

"...a Grammy nod on the ornately packaged Albert Ayler Holy Ghost box set on Revenant records (see Harvey Pekar's..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Music Mo'nday: 5 Favorite Songs of 2011

Top 5 quickie, High Fidelity style

"..."Bone Marrow" – Black Lips "Holy Holy" – Wye Oak "The City" – Patrick Wolf..."

Jan. 2, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

'Monty Python's Spamalot'

The debonair leading man sheds his suavity to play the comically clueless King Arthur

"...of the musical version of Monty Python and the Holy Grail six weeks ago, and though his résumé isn't..."

March 6, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW VR Cinema: Re-Animated

The last Kaua'i 'ō'ō bird inspires an immersive work of mindwarping art

"...Danish environmental artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen “believes he and..."

March 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips: Calera Chapel, Balmorhea

A holy place in the West Texas desert

"...about 3 miles from Balmorhea State Park, is a holy site simply for its beauty against the West Texas..."

June 24, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Spaced Out

Salvage Vanguard, Tapestry Dance lose their home spaces

"...Holy Mountain and Red 7 aren't the only hot spots..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

East Austin Studio Tour, First Weekend

"..."Puer Aeternus Infability (eternal child in action with holy ghost)" by Richard P. Mansfield..."

Nov. 17, 2014 Photo Gallery

Playback: Sanctified Souls

Uncovering Arizona Dranes, remembering Brent Grulke

"...A sightless gospel screamer possessed of the Holy Ghost, Arizona Dranes was the first to record hot..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Your Name Here

Big Boys guitarist Tim Kerr put Austin punk on the map, then spent the next quarter century painting on it

"...that range from the Beatles to Casper the Friendly Ghost. Sci-fi creatures inhabit the bathroom, JFK iconography surrounds Kerr's..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Juan González answers to no one

"...with his work on Revenant's Albert Ayler box set, Holy Ghost: Rare & Unissued Recordings (1962-70), Heavy Light Records'..."

May 14, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Touring Austin's new clubs and digging into Heavy Light Records

"...The Ghost Room (304 W. Fourth)..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

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