Slime and Screams: Producer Matt Manjourides on the New Street Trash

The splatter punk sequel gets its Austin premiere

"...expert that wasn’t going to just be some random internet commenter. Manjourides’ day job, as it were, is as..."

May 23, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Net Nostalgia

Editor James reflects on what being on the computer used to mean

"...my tweenage desktop. See, I grew up when the internet was a well-populated place – websites for every single..."

May 23, 2025 Column by James Scott

Hot Luck, Vibe Vault, No Idea, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

A smattering of sound suggestions

"...Many who frolicked through the gaming-centric portions of the internet last decade are familiar with the memes around this..."

May 23, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...There are more satellites owned by Starlink, providing space-based internet service, than by all other companies and nations put..."

May 16, 2025 News Feature

Austin Mother Deported With U.S. Citizen Children

Looking for traces of the vanished Denisse Parra Vargas

"...and Americans who died before the advent of the internet. Not so with migrants like Denisse, who leave their..."

May 16, 2025 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

A Redhead, Pink Pony, and Kaleidoscope in This Weekend’s Events

Arts and culture to keep you entertained

"...posted a 26-second video that would forever change how internet denizens interpreted period piece Barry Lyndon. By combining the..."

May 2, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

From the Internet to the Industry: Behind the Scenes of the CAMP Film Festival

New film fest aims to change online creator expectations

"...“From the Internet to the Industry. From the Industry to the Internet.”..."

April 23, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Reggaeton, Psych Rock, Brat-Pop, and More Crucial Concerts

Local shows worth your admission this week

"...in reverb, Clanton’s liminal compositions perfectly befit the ever-conflicted internet generation, full of teenagers who romanticize the unplugged past..."

April 18, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

A Candid Conversation With a Weed Plug

A black-market business owner talks pricing and how underground cannabis retail has evolved in Austin

"...of kids who grew up on Instagram, on the internet. You weren’t engaged with social media as much as..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

CAMP Film Fest Brings Online to the IRL Theatre

New event designed to break down career divides comes to the Paramount

"...incredible wave of storytellers and artists emerging on the internet,” said CAMP Film Festival Co-Founders Chris Duncun, Max Reisinger,..."

April 9, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

All of Texas' best fests, fairs, fandangos, and fiestas

"...Copies of the statuette can be purchased on the internet for as little as $20. Travel Notes:..."

April 3, 2025 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Self Portraits, Carnivals, and Cannibalism in Our Recommended Events

The weekend in arts and culture

"...Mummy cast has been thirsted to death on the internet, but the thirst is still completely correct. Everyone in..."

March 28, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Affordable Internet: In Austin, the Community Technology and Telecommunications Commission has..."

March 14, 2025 News Feature

SXSW Drama American Sweatshop Contemplates the Extreme Content That Can’t Be Unseen

Director Uta Briesewitz on the power of images for good and evil

"...for parents: giving their kids unfettered access to the internet for the first time...."

March 8, 2025 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Chewing the Fat About Austin-Made Barbecue Documentary For the Love of Meat

10th anniversary screening comes to the Bullock

"...change the game, as shown by sequences with a pre-internet-fame Aaron Franklin, back when he was still running his..."

Feb. 28, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas’ Latest Porn Restriction Law Goes to SCOTUS

The 2023 law requires ID to watch porn

"...distribution of sexual material harmful to minors on an Internet website.” However, for context, Shaheen played the same Helen..."

Feb. 14, 2025 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Death March of the Barbarians

The emperor has no clothes, no wisdom, and no moral center

"...That’s one of the mottos long circulating on the internet, in response to the first and now second incarnation..."

Feb. 3, 2025 News Post by Michael King

Love Me

Two inanimate objects search for connection in a sci-fi romance

"...To become life, the buoy crawls the internet for inspiration and builds a persona, heavily adopted from..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Food Trailer Review: Knuckle Sandwich Is Love at First Bite

This buzzy spot is worth the price

"...I’ve seen some grumbling on the internet about the prices at Knuckle Sandwich, and they are..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...by her encounters with the darkest corners of the internet. Cast: Lili Reinhart, Daniela Melchior, Jeremy Ang Jones, Josh..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Live From AFS, It's Saturday Night!

Jason Reitman brings his SNL history to Austin for special screening

"...Reitman also has a long history with Austin, having..."

Jan. 21, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Week Ahead

The Point, Wild Heaven, Chris Acker, and more

"...and asks life's hardest questions on "The Machine." Hooray Internet adds on to 2023's punchy Jump Ship with smoother..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Little Women, Big Games, and More Recommended Weekend Events

Get in the spirit with these arts and cultural happenings

"...Mexico, at first stuck in a town with no internet or telephones but gradually settling in as the de..."

Dec. 20, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Xmas Bazaars, Xmas Movies, Xbox Parties, and More Recommended Events

Get your weekdays planned out

"...Perhaps you’ve seen it, but an indelible internet image to me is an old snapshot of a..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Kyle Mooney on Limp Bizkit and the Death of the Monoculture in Y2K

SNL star takes on the missed apocalypse with writer Evan Winter

"...called “the last era of the monoculture, before the internet fractured everything into subgenres and micro-cliques. .... There was..."

Dec. 11, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Off Beat: Walker Lukens’ “Good Weird,” Austin-Centric Year-End Revue

Omnipresent producer brings variety show The Last Walt back to Paramount Theatre

"...for their kids who have grown up on the internet.”..."

Dec. 6, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

International Musicians Keep Austin’s Scene Alive, but They Struggle to Stay

Putting the “world” in Live Music Capital of the World

"...a person has extraordinary achievements – like they’ve got internet buzz, or they’ve got Twitter followers, or they’ve got..."

Nov. 29, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

Austin Chronic: Oh No! My High Ass Just Emailed a Dead Person

Finding the humor in my stoned missteps

"...read this very touching message about how some silly internet video I’d produced made him shoot coffee out of..."

Nov. 29, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

The Right-Wingification of UT

Texas targets liberal enemies within one of the top U.S. schools

"...other employees featured on UT’s Legal Affairs web page, internet searches reveal that at least six formerly worked for..."

Nov. 22, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Markets, Matheson, and More Recommended Events

Fill your weekend with arts, culture, and a bit of capitalism

"...with opportunity. For his latest cookbook, the chef/restaurateur/TV and internet personality (The Bear, VICE’s Munchies) focused on these key..."

Nov. 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

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