Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIFriday of SXSW, blurb by blurb

"...joyful. The first in a trio of EPs, Hidden Waters cues up next. Melanie Haupt Little Boots..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Split Council Approves Incentives

5-2 Vote on Websense and Dropbox suggests shifting perspectives

"...(pulled after city staff inquiries) as only “testing the waters” of prospective employees, and company CFO Jim Hagan reiterated..."

Feb. 24, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Statewide Candidate Filings Trickle In

A slight attendance dip and only a couple of traffic hiccups in event's second year

"...that hardline Ron Paulite Debra Medina might muddy the waters in the gubernatorial race as she did in 2010;..."

Nov. 22, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

ACL Interview: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

7:30pm, Zilker Tent stage

"...to more recent practitioners like the White Stripes and Jim Jones Revue...."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Pride Events

"...City Men's Chorus hosts Saturday, and Frot Vodka and Jim Beam host to benefit the Care Communities on Sunday...."

Sept. 6, 2013 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

SXSW Thursday showcases

Bulked up: Thursday night SXSW showcases

"...got Royal Canoe navigating its way through experimental pop waters with quirky syncopation and intricately layered vocals. Imaginary Cities..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Off the Record

All the fun fun fun that fits

"...with Danny Reisch that will feature Texas Tornados' Flaco Jiménez...."

Nov. 4, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Daily Hustle: 4/8/11

Caching council communiques considered

"...the policy. Cole noted the city was in "uncharted waters” in regards to the resolution; according to council’s outside..."

April 8, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Off the Record

Chaos and creation at South by Southwest and the Monday realization that blues landmark Pinetop Perkin is gone

"...Torches were passed between generations with reverence as when Jim James of My Morning Jacket and White Denim's James..."

March 25, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

'Shock Corridor' and 'The Naked Kiss'

Sam Fuller had the inside scoop on American culture

"...during which the hallway is literally soaked in the waters of an unleashed storm...."

Jan. 14, 2011 Screens Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

As the Years Go Passing By

Inner Sanctum Records and the Armadillo – rock & roll, Austin-historical-style

"...Is it something in the waters flowing through Travis County that predisposes this town toward..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Media Watch: Shiver Me Timbers

Pirate radio station tells FCC to go walk a plank

"...Despite the murky legal waters, Stevens believes she's on firm footing. The frequency for..."

Aug. 6, 2010 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Crossroads 3

I went up to the Crossroads – and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – fell down on my knees

"...to ... plays in your head while taking in Jim Morrison's valentines to his mother. A letter dated 1970..."

July 2, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Take 10

The annual 10 Under 10 showcase spotlights collegians with cameras

"...Cortázar, Rigo Tovar, Otis Ike, Art Bell, and John Waters..."

May 7, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Hightower Report

Wall Street: Part of the Solution?; and EPA Back on Top

"...nearly eight miles of streams, and contaminated downstream surface waters with selenium, aluminum, and other metals – not to..."

April 16, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

'Mojo' Recommends

The best British music at SXSW as selected by Mojo Editor-in-Chief Phil Alexander

"...Peggy Seeger), while legendary Scottish singer Matt McGinn's "Troubled Waters" (Mojo-esque editorial aside: The original is surely the foundation..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature by Phil Alexander

March of the Flower Children

The last interview with Seeds frontman and oh-so-brief psychedelic Austinite Sky Sunlight Saxon

"...At once heralded by Muddy Waters in the liner notes to 1967's A Full Spoon..."

July 24, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Developing Stories: Protecting the Waterfront (Part 2)

Council vote to determine future of waterfront

"...Storm waters continue to swirl around the redrafted Waterfront Overlay Ordinance,..."

May 1, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Fun Fun Fun Fest Interviews: Sunday

The shamanic, crazed visions of Nick Thorburn

"...sophomore LP, Arm's Way (Anti-), jumped into the dramatic waters of something pleasant, illusory, and altogether catchy...."

Nov. 7, 2008 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Two-Wheeled Texas

Bikers' best bets on the highways and byways

"...Entertainment Antone’s Austin’s “Home of the Blues.” The Muddy Waters posters plastered all over the walls might inspire you..."

June 13, 2008 Features Feature by Angela Armstrong

Reverend Organ Drum

"...The Rev. Jim Heath has returned to testify. Alongside Asleep at the..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Music Review by Austin Powell

Richard Kern's Daydream Nation

Richard Kern and Thurston Moore bed up together … again

"...You won’t hear his name in a list alongside Jim Jarmusch, Paul Thomas Anderson, and John Waters. But he..."

Feb. 7, 2008 Music Post by Darcie Stevens

'Honeydripper' Blues

Next-generation Austin bluesman Gary Clark Jr. relives 1950 with John Sayles' big-screen blues, Honeydripper

"...Honeydripper takes place in the waning days of the Jim Crow South. Cotton farms and the local Army base..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Re-Re-Re-Re-Reopening Night

The Ritz: Talkie theatre, cowboy hangout, playhouse, comedy and punk club, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

"...Armadillos. In particular, Austin's legendary artist and Threadgill's fixture Jim Franklin, who along with Bill Livinggood reopened the Ritz..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Naked City

"...that might develop in coming years from the warming waters of the Atlantic and the Gulf.” – Daniel Mottola..."

Aug. 3, 2007 News Feature

Streetcar Desires

The Austin streetcar has a consensus – it still needs champions

"...advocacy does Mueller have to do?" asked a frustrated Jim Walker, who's led the Mueller community involvement. "This is..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Pot 10!

"...8) "Wildwood Weed," Jim Stafford..."

May 25, 2007 Music Feature

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...runoff into West Bouldin Creek and their homes (see "Waters Rising at Bouldin Creek?," April 28, 2006). A ruling..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature

People Get Ready

Excerpt from Kevin Phinney's 'Souled American'

"...up as Exhibit A. During this time, even Muddy Waters, the father of Chicago's electric blues, was recast as..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Music Feature by Kevin Phinney

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...have been saddened and angered to see its crystal-clear waters (which ran clear for hundreds of years until August..."

March 25, 2005 Column

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