Tuning Into Old Settler’s

Five headliner LPs to soundtrack your festival weekend

"...Clash’s vision, released 2003 in the wake of the Iraq War. Bonus: If you’re looking for something a lot..."

April 17, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Black Angels

"...As if to mark the 10-year anniversary of the Iraq invasion, the locals' fourth LP and first since the..."

April 5, 2013 Music Review by Austin Powell

Hightower Report: DHS: Bullish on bullets

DHS stockpiles enough bullets for a 20-year war

"...of it this way: At the peak of the Iraq War, our army was shooting 6 million rounds a..."

March 29, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

Point Austin: Ten Years of War

Remember the last war, or repeat it

"...what more is there to say about the U.S. War on Iraq?..."

March 22, 2013 News Column by Michael King

A Veteran's Voice

Playwright Johnny Meyer returned from war to learn that theatre is essential to life

"...essential." While stationed in Baghdad on teams that facilitated Iraqi self-government, Meyer met a fellow Austinite who'd acted with..."

March 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Jillian Owens

Mayor's Book Club Titles Announced

Citywide reading campaign honors two National Book Award finalists

"...his selections are two finalists for the National Book Award: The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers and Billy Lynn's..."

March 1, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Break on Through

Paranormal show 'El Otro Lado' investigates an untapped market for Spanish-language scares

"...I, Me, American – a Mexican-American view of the Iraq War – while Larosa re-edits his psychological thriller The..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Progress Texas Plans to Expose You to the Koch Brothers

New doc on the secretive billionaires screens tonight

"...work by documentarian/provocateur Robert Greenwald, who has previously targeted war profiteering (Iraq for Sale), Rupert Murdoch's media empire (Outfoxed)..."

Dec. 2, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

From the Vaults: It’s All in the Family With David O. Russell

Family dysfunction looms large in the films of David O. Russell

"...and consensual incest with his mother, won the Audience Award at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival. Russell’s latest, Silver..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gay Place: BESTNESS

It's Best of Austin week and gay Austin is deep in it

"...OUT ON THE FRONT LINES: LT. DAN CHOI Iraq war veteran and LGBT rights activist, Lt. Dan Choi..."

Nov. 9, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Football Prophecies: NFL Week 9

Redskins mascot woes, chai fives in Seattle, and more

"...violent flare-up of PTSD from serving three tours in Iraq while en route from the team hotel to Jacksonville’s..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Comics for Courage

Funnyman Christopher Cannon is serious about helping veterans

"...to the armed services: raising both funds for and awareness about wounded veterans and their struggles to readjust to..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM: Things Like That

Under Obama, we have been subjected to a Patriot Act on steroids

"...Barack Obama appeared on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. Stewart lobbed him a softball when he noted that,..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Texas Book Festival 2012

October 27-28, 2012. 17 Photos

"...At Sunday's War and Absurdity panel, moderator Amanda Eyre Ward asked authors..."

Oct. 29, 2012 Photo Gallery

AFF2012: 'Francophrenia (Or Don't Kill Me, I Know Where the Baby Is)'

In James Franco's mind, no one can hear you scream

"...in 2010. Olds, whose previous work includes the terrific Iraq war doc Operation: Dreamland, cut and chopped several layers..."

Oct. 20, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM: A Big Picture and a Long Game

A U.S. military powered by biofuels could be a game-changer that ends the oil wars

"...year, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the regional war-fighting commanders have assembled at [Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va.],..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Some People Will Vote Republican

"...he's hiding income in offshore banks. They know the war in Iraq was a wasteful failure, but they'll vote..."

Oct. 15, 2012 Postmarks

Under the Hood Celebrates Hoodstock at JAX

On the 11th anniversary of war in Afghanistan, help a military resource center stay afloat

"...On Sunday, Oct. 7, the 11th* anniversary of the war in Afghan­i­stan, the cafe will hold an Austin fundraiser..."

Oct. 5, 2012 News Feature by Liz Williams

Letters at 3AM: Too Much of Nothing

The United States pacifies Afghanistan just enough so that China can profit

"...Obama administrations have carefully failed to mention that we're warring in China's backyard, but, just so you know, so..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Civics 101

"...Hood. Staff from Under the Hood and members of Iraq Veterans Against the War will be on hand to..."

Oct. 5, 2012 News Column

Chicken With Plums

From the makers of the animated Persepolis comes this modern-day, live-action Arabian tale.

"...of the Shah’s regime and the start of the Iran-Iraq war, as well as her exile and return to..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playback: I'm Sorry, I Can't Rock You All Night Long

An epic GrulkeFest fires the fall season, including John Prine

"...writes so close to life, tapping into the loneliness, warmth, and absurdity of existence in a unique way...."

Sept. 14, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Letters at 3AM: Why Not Chicken Fat?

The most important political question of our time: Who benefits from military spending?

"...Republicans love to shovel money to-ward the Pentagon, but they love oil more. They'll give..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

A Good Week For Michener Alums

Raves for Kevin Powers, Alix Ohlin closer to Giller Prize

"...An Iraq war vet, Powers brings personal experience and a poet’s..."

Sept. 6, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

The Revenant

This horror comedy follows the the walking-dead path of an undeceased Iraq War vet and his stoner best friend.

"...of creating a buddy comedy centered around the undeceased Iraq War vet Bart (Anders) and his stoner best friend..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Making History, Part One

Playwright Robert Schenkkan on bringing LBJ to the stage in 'All the Way'

"...that's probably never been this divided since the Civil War, with Congress in such a partisan gridlock that it's..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Warfear: Paul Beck's 'Bomb' Blows Up Big Time

Austin animator creates a new short on the same old war

"...we've talked to Paul Beck, the Austin-based, Latin Grammy Award-winning, Emmy-nominated animator/provocateur who, along with former co-conspirator Jason Archer,..."

Aug. 6, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Puro Mojo

Friday the 13th: Bubble Puppy electrify, the Krayolas Mexify

"...levitates. Bubble Puppy's reunion set at the Austin Music Awards during last year's South by Southwest prompted Rolling Stone..."

July 9, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

'Hear Me/See Me'

Giving young immigrants and refugees a chance to tell their own stories

"...the globe: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Congo, Cuba, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Iraq, Korea, and Thailand. Some had already begun recording their..."

July 6, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Abbott Bad on Abbottabad

Obama-bashing Attorney general ignores Bush inaction on bin Laden

"...was much more interested in the buildup to the war on Iraq...."

June 12, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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