Texas Platters

The Scabs

"...Songs Sung and Played on Guitar at the Same Time (Shockorama)..."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature

Day Trips: Fischer Haus Concerts

Catch a whopper of a show at Fischer Haus

"...Haus concerts are like a block party out in the country. Neighbors and friends gather around the rustic, open-air..."

July 26, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Cece Winans, Reluctant Star

Gospel great tapes for PBS on the Sabbath

"...first album in nine years on Feb. 3, Let Them Fall in Love, the Detroit gospel star tapes Austin..."

Nov. 19, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Fantastic Fest Gets 'Looper' For Second Wave

Stage two sees newbie Joseph Gordon-Levitt join FF veterans

"...always been as much a family as a festival. The second wave of films has just been announced, with..."

Aug. 16, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Duck Amuck

Cultural touchstones for the gray spaces

"...I am right where I wish I weren't: In the middle of the night, I'm not really awake but..."

May 23, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Dan in Real Life

What passes for real life in this Steve Carell film is as genially inoffensive and predictable as the average TV sitcom.

"...and Norbert Leo Butz. If this is "real life," then count me out. It's not that there's anything terribly..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

If You're White, It's All Right

The colors of justice in Williamson County

"...In 2003, Williamson County Sheriff's Office investigators made a series of significant felony drug busts...."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Musical Fajitas, Mama Fried Papas, Les Dames Are Recruiting, El Alma Turns 10, and More

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering …

"...Here’s some of what’s happening in Austin’s vast culinary scene, as the..."

June 23, 2021 Food Post

Shawnee Kilgore’s Long Precious Road

Includes a mega writer-director and “beautiful kind of permission”

"...enters a room, it lights up like a bouquet of wild flowers. No surprise, then, that Kilgore caught the..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

As Above/So Below

There are things in the catacombs beneath Paris that should remain underground.

"...The real-world catacombs beneath the streets of Paris are an..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Last Days

Gus Van Sant concocts an abstruse film "loosely inspired" by the end of Kurt Cobain’s life.

"...Gordon. With Last Days, which is "loosely inspired" by the end of Kurt Cobain’s life, Gus Van Sant concludes..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hot Luck Fest Returns, Top BBQ Joints Revealed, Bordeaux Women Honored, Prep ATX Launches, Mangia Dies a Lizardly Death, and Somebody’s Gerrymandering Pizza

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Here's some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene, as wrangled from..."

Oct. 20, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Other Worlds Austin Announces Lineup

New SF fest announces latest Amy Seimetz feature as closing title

"...Clones, zombie hands, eternal nights, and a day's worth of shorts: New sci fi festival Other Worlds Austin has..."

Oct. 16, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What’cha Watchin’?

Advertising Director Cassidy Frazier lets The Son, Deadwood, and Peaky Blinders speak for themselves

"...The Son (AMC)..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Screens Column

One Way or Another

Dikes of Holland, Austin's Red Devil detonators

"...It's the Fifth of July at Trailer Space Records, and nobody..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Comin' at Ya!

3-D is back on the big screen -- again.

"...It's a safe bet that awestruck audiences of the 1850s and 1860s, paying their pennies to see..."

July 25, 2003 Screens Feature by Ken Lieck

El Diablo

Digging down into the depths of history (segregation) for the story of Willie "El Diablo" Wells and Austin black baseball.

"...He's just another one of the boys of summer. Between games of..."

July 4, 2003 Sports Feature by Michael Chamy

Two Weeks in Another Town

The Toronto Film Festival was bifurcated by news of crisis; festival attendees reacted with the rest of the world and questioned the relevance of film in the face of events.

"...The Toronto International Film Festival is the biggest and, arguably,..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Eddie Stout Is a One-Man Historical Blues Society

On the eve of his Eastside Kings Festival the Dialtone Records founder remains doggedly preservationist

"...Young Eddie Stout wanted a record label of his own...."

Sept. 8, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Full-Gore Press

Mind the viscera: Austin's horror filmmaking scene is exploding

"...Will 2011 go down as the year the Austin horror filmmaking community definitively established itself..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Austin public interest group figures out why a company making a profit on Medicaid got a sweetheart contract from the state.

"...Was Medicaid the motive? One explanation for George W. Bush's lack of..."

March 2, 2001 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Mexico City/Austin Trio Demons My Friends and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Plus the debut of Radio Coffee’s new location and Natalie Jane Hill’s Texas return

"...Looking for the best shows happening in Austin this week? Check out..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...Unsheathe your broad sword and unpack your boom stick. South..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

New Year’s Eve Dining

Say good riddance to the old year with a belly full of yum

"...For you, dear reader: A brief round-up of fine dining gambits with which to bid the shambolic..."

Dec. 22, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Over 70 Texas fairs, fests, fetes, and more

"...It’s harvest season in Texas with lots of spooky fun festivals and a round of Oktoberfests for..."

Oct. 4, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Fun Fun Fun Fest Live Shot: Daniel Johnston

True love will find you in the end

"...Daniel Johnston show remains a tenuous endeavor, even as the troubled Texas pop icon has made a successful performing..."

Nov. 11, 2013 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Fantastic Fest: 'Kaifeck Murder'

Bavaria: Come for the beer, stay for the rituals

"...Ah, the countryside, so serene and peaceful. Yeah, right, unless it's..."

Oct. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Shock and Awesomeness

Stephen Romano puts the movies in his mind down on paper in his fake-history coffeetable book, Shock Festival

"...The dream is always the same. It's summer, 1984-ish, and..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

High Baptismal Flow

In search of rock & roll's psychedelic pioneers, Austin's 13th Floor Elevators

"...The words floated into my dreamworld, twisting and sliding throughout..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, April 27-May 6

"...Standing on a deserted stretch of Highway 71 45 minutes south of the Austin airport,..."

May 18, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

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