Goodbye Jimmy Carl Black, the Indian of the Group

"...Dear Editor, Jimmy Carl Black died peacefully Saturday, Nov. 1, from leukemia...."

Nov. 11, 2008 Postmarks

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

Animated Jimmy saves Retroville from the aliens.

"...Directed by: John A. Davis. From start to finish, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius delivers an amiable if routine 90..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Browner Shade of Black

Blazing trails of Chicano soul

"...At 12:06am, Jimmy Kimmel Live! explodes onto the air of local ABC..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two: The Stravinsky Theory

The healing power of prescience, set on "repeat"

"...on the album itself, when the drummer declares, "I'm Jimmy Carl Black, and I'm the Indian of the group."..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Column by Louis Black

"Fire"-man Arthur Brown The God of Hellfire

"...it, and gave it to a lot of the black stations around America and said `play this'. He didn't..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Music Feature

Critics Poll

"...JIM CALIGIURI Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears, Hole in the..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Music Feature

LSD C&W

Experimentalist Eugene Chadbourne's got a thing about Austin

"...collaboration with former Austinite and Mothers of Invention drummer Jimmy Carl Black, who passed away last month. Given the..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

The sometime Austinite tours the U.S. for the first time since 1969

"...Their macabre brand of avant-garde theatre, psychedelic soul, and proto-black metal spawned the likes of Alice Cooper, Kiss, King..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Rock School

More than his Philadelphia school of rock, it's blustery instructor Paul Green who becomes the true subject of this documentary.

"...kudos from Zappa band regulars Napoleon Murphy Brock and Jimmy Carl Black). Still, one has to question the motivations..."

June 10, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

It Was Gentlemen of Colour

"...Louis, You'll probably hear this more than once, but Jimmy Carl Black and Arthur Brown's company was called Gentlemen..."

Feb. 5, 2007 Postmarks

Texas Sessions

"...Cadaver (Fire Ant, 1995) The Jack & Jim ShowUncle Jimmy's Master Plan (House of Chadula, 1996)..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

HOF Hopefuls

"...Mings, Bill Campbell, Houston White, the Storm, Lewis Cowdrey, Jimmy Day, Jimmy Carl Black, Arthur Brown, Dennis Keller, Shiva’s..."

March 13, 2017 Postmarks

General Lee and Me

My life and dirty times as a Jam & Jelly Girl with Dino Lee & the White Trash Revue

"...me is a 6-foot-5-inch man wearing a wrestler's mask, black leather, and a strap-on sex toy that rhymes with..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

photograph by Todd V. Wolfson

Bruce Hughes

"...You Scream I Scream, an ice cream shop with black lighting. It was like living in the Fabulous Furry..."

June 5, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Off the Record

Putting on the gloves for round three of Fun Fun Fun Fest, Dangerous Toys go platinum, and Okkervil River stands for a fire demon

"...Turns out the Black Angels aren't the only ones reworking Roky Erickson's unreleased..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Texas Platters

Jimmy Lafave

"...If you're already a Jimmy LaFave fan, run out and buy Trail. Don't even..."

April 23, 1999 Music Feature

Off the Record

Scaling the Wall of Sound Festival in Fort Worth, paying respect to late blues great Gary Primich, and readying for the second annual HAAM Benefit Day

"...from Indiana University, forming the Mannish Boys with drummer Jimmy Carl Black of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention. An..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...Thursday, March 13 CARL PERKINS' KEYNOTE ADDRESS Austin Convention Center, Thursday, March 13..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

The Spirit of Improvisation

"...of following two early sets by jazz organist/living legend Jimmy Smith...."

Nov. 20, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Reissues

Los Zafiros

"...Love," William Becton & Friends' "Be Encouraged," Sounds of Blackness' "I Believe," and Donald Lawrence & the Tri-City Singers'..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"..."transient soul," there's also this endorsement from jazz legend Jimmy Smith: "He's like Dylan, but not really." Decide for..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...comprise over 30% of Austin's population. The Hispanics and blacks I hear from want affordable housing, lower property taxes,..."

April 25, 2003 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...1) The Thurman-Blackwell Justice Center is now estimated to have a final..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Column

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...it deserves. Ratliff opens his film conventionally enough, with black-and-white graphics giving solemn voice to the history of Pantex,..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...passing references to the week's events. Your editor Louis Black argues in his introduction, apparently in part to explain..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Column

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...MURDER CITY DEVILS: Lots of black, boatloads of attitude, gobs of Pomade, and hard-driving punk..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...any of us native Austinites can remember. Now Louis Black wants to conveniently blame all future closings on the..."

June 6, 2003 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...As for Louis Black's comment about why do we need campaign finance reform..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Column

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Dural, Jr.) is the embodiment of the widely popular black, South Louisiana accordion-driven music. Dr. Zydeco has appeared on..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Record Reviews

"...this year. (Friday, B-Side, 10pm) (4.0 stars) -- Peter Blackstock..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

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