Who Gives a Hoot?

"...home, Jones turned to an Austin institution: the ever-familiar hoot night...."

May 14, 2004 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Gram Parsons Hoot Night

Patterson Barrett pays tribute to godfather cosmic cowboy

"...Age, he’s hosting the 6th Annual Gram Parsons Birthday Hoot at Threadgill’s World Headquarters tonight, Monday, 7pm. This year’s..."

Nov. 5, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Sloppy, Glorious, and Completely Indigenous

Austin's Hoot Night Tradition

"...illustration by Roy Tompkins Many "experts" seem to believe..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Had Me a Real Good Time

Faces/Small Faces hoot ropes in a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer

"...mainstay Jennifer Marchand orchestrated yet another dream show: a hoot night for the Faces and Small Faces...."

Aug. 28, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Under the Covers

All of a sudden, it's cool again to play other people's songs – not to mention fun!

"...Austin rockers began to throw their own impromptu cover nights in the early Eighties, they were dubbed "hoot nights"..."

May 14, 2004 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Hoots and Horrors

Planning Your Hootenanny

"...Though the modern day Hoot Night may be a direct descendent of the old-time..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

The clubs just keep closing (or being raided by comptrollers), but at least we still have television.

"...ignores the Presidential hopeful's suggestion for a Lee Atwater Hoot night...."

Sept. 3, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

What's Happening?

Ruta Maya toasts the Summer of Love

"...vinyl junkie, and coordinator of this Saturday's massive 1967 Hoot Happening. She's no stranger to hoots: She put together..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Dancing About Architecture

Everyone's got new albums coming out

"...Meanwhile, Kelly Willis is prettying up for a photo shoot as I type this, in preparation for a finished..."

June 7, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this nearly bloodless, family-friendly throwback to a cinematic age when Persian palace intrigue, winsome princesses, and ambitious princes ruled the back lots.

"...helming an epic, CGI-intensive, scimitar-propelled riff on 1001 Arabian Nights, one that's based on a video game, no less?..."

May 28, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Helping Herb

"...Elizabeth Souder A Tale of Two Hoots..."

March 6, 1998 Column

The $975,000 Question

The Hole in the Wall needs to dig itself out of one.

"...The fundraiser also consists of several Hoot Nights, including a Stars Fall From the Skies and..."

May 17, 2002 Music Feature by Dan Oko

New Wave Schtick of the `90s

Just Can't Enough

"...everybody knows those songs." Well, not necessarily everybody, Calistri shoots back; as a band that ofttimes plays to groups..."

July 18, 1997 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Waylon Jennings Hoot Night / Carla Bozulich & Friends perform Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger

"...Waylon Jennings Hoot Night Hole in the Wall, April 24 Carla Bozulich..."

May 3, 2002 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Identity Crisis

Looking back at the highlights of Austin's music scene in 2000.

"...of democracy than even the presidential election.2. If They Shoot Horses A city-sponsored music and arts network is surely..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Dancing About Architecture

House of Blues breaks ground at Southpark Meadows where the old stage will be replaced, but not before Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic.

"...know you've finally reached the point of too many Hoot Nights when Pong doesn't show up for the One..."

June 9, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Red River Valley

Red River, home to Austin's real live music venues

"...Most Friday and Saturday nights, Red River's bars -- with and without music --..."

June 22, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Spoon It On

"...Disaster. There's more about that in our multimedia section... Hoot Nights are back with a vengeance, it seems. Next..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Music Column

TCB

The Hole (birthday) enchilada, record store bargains, and Scott Weiland's screed

"...for the past few months. "We can have killer nights or average shows, and the bottom line doesn't change..."

May 21, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Paul Wall, Why Bonnie, Jim Keller, El Combo Oscuro, and a Punk Rock Lottery lead our recommended shows

"...an Austin musical culture tradition, much like the old hoot nights and Titty Bingo stickers on your guitar case...."

Dec. 17, 2021 Music Column by Julian Towers

Off the Record

"...There is perhaps better known, though, for its annual hoot nights, which date back to the label's first effort,..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Music Column

The Kingdom of Heaven

Psychedelic pioneer Powell St. John, on the Right Track Now

"...to the mic with a beatific smile, one that shoots through everyone in the audience...."

Dec. 22, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

The Giving Tree

Making movies takes money. Lots of it. From grants to bakes sales, credit card max-outs to benevolent rich uncles, local filmmakers struggle to come up with the cash.

"...finance your independent film as there are ways to shoot it, but Austin's vibrant filmmaking community and passion for..."

May 24, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

Crossing the Final Path

"...that he had not been contacted about the Devo Hoot Nights that have been held here in past years...."

Aug. 21, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Why I Moved Back

Nostalgia Ain't What It Used To Be

"...boast that. It was the site of a million hoot nights and plays and first and last dates over..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature by Gretchen Phillips

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...game of numbers: approximately 845 showcases/bands, divided by five nights, divided by you. And that's not counting the attendant..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

The Salton Sea

"...the Southern California tweakers who spend their days and nights and days and nights, et cetera snorting bathtub crank..."

June 28, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

Last call for SXSW entries.

"...music festival attracted approximately 35,000 music fans over five nights to hear more than 1,000 showcasing artists and solo..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

ATL

Wicked smart examination of black kids in modern Atlanta features talented young actors navigating the circuitous path to adulthood while spending their downtime at the local roller rink.

"...younger brother Ant (Ross). When he's not pulling late nights with the family janitorial service or pining for ghetto-stunner-with-a-secret..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

No Law & Order

"...Prom. With showcases heavily weighted toward the locals, Wednesday nights are a good opportunity to support some of the..."

March 12, 1999 Music Feature

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