Moontower Review: Martin Short

The evening with Short was long on classic comedy

"...The ticket to Martin Short’s Moontower Comedy & Oddity Fest performance read: An..."

April 22, 2016 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

ACL Live Shot: Jimmy Cliff

Reggae’s first superstar remains “The Harder They Come”

"...brought reggae music to the world,” shouted Jamaican legend Jimmy Cliff early Friday afternoon on the first day of..."

Oct. 4, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

How Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville" Became the Most Valuable Song of All Time

Buffett began composing the song after visiting a local Mexican restaurant

"...Ryan White begins his new biography of Jimmy Buffett with the transcript of a 2012 hearing before..."

July 21, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Words & Pictures by Martin Wagner

"...favorite of the series, though, as it features Ware's "Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth" strips from Chicago's..."

June 30, 1995 Arts Feature

The Irishman

Scorsese's filmmaking excellence can't mask a flawed retreading of mob history

"...Directed by: Martin Scorsese. Starring: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci,..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Cheaper by the Dozen 2

This unasked-for sequel fuses the original concept with the well-worn formula of the family-vacation romp.

"...Directed by: Adam Shankman. Starring: Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Eugene Levy, Piper Perabo, Carmen Electra, Eugene..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Ready to Rumble

"...McGowan, Bill Goldberg, Diamond Dallas Page, Joe Pantoliano and Martin Landau. I'm sorry. I laughed. I know the whole..."

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: A Personal Journey, Part 1

Smelling the jasmine with Vince Martin and Fred Neil

"...– Vince Martin, "Jasmine (If the Jasmine Don't Get You ... the..."

May 18, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Lymelife

This suburban melodrama arrives with an impressive pedigree but little originality.

"...Directed by: Derick Martini. Starring: Alec Baldwin, Kieran Culkin, Rory Culkin, Jill Hennessy,..."

May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bats

"...wildlife zoologist Sheila Casper (Meyer) and her field assistant Jimmy (Leon, [very] late of Madonna's “Like a Prayer” video)..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day at the Beach

"...Neal Jones, Catherine Kellner, Jane Adams, Joe Ragno and Martin Shakar. There's no escape quite like a weekend getaway..."

June 26, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Majestic

"...Directed by: Frank Darabont. Starring: Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Laurie Holden, James Whitmore, David Ogden Stiers, Ron..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Silver Threads and Golden Needles

Old Settler's Music Festival goes to 25

"...the age of 18 he became a member of Jimmy Martin's Sunny Mountain Boys. He's led his own band,..."

April 20, 2012 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Vinyl’s Tin Cup Chalice

Finyl vinyl thoughts from the stacks of Antone’s Records

"...To quote Jimmy Buffett, “Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.” As..."

Jan. 15, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Spanish Prisoner

"...by: David Mamet. Starring: Campbell Scott, Rebecca Pidgeon, Steve Martin, Ben Gazzara, Ricky Jay and Felicity Huffman. Writer-director David..."

May 1, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Moontower 5: More Comics Announced

David Cross, Leslie Jones, and Colin Jost join the fest fun

"...28 acts announced last fall – among them headliners Martin Short and Kevin Smith – now add David Cross,..."

Jan. 21, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Wednesday Picks

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...THE ALBUM LEAF12mid, Emo's Main When Sigur R–s invited Jimmy LaValle to Iceland to record his 2004 Sub Pop..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature

Texas Book Festival 2014: The Full Party List

Among the 275 authors: Oates, Ellroy, Mosley, Lear, Dean

"...Festival was already tantalizing, what with a legend like Martin Amis, rising star Edan Lapucki, and a pair of..."

Sept. 11, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

10 Minutes With Ry Cooder

Journeyman guitarist yes, ethnomusicologist maybe

"...with the bluegrass. Go get Reno & Smiley or Jimmy Martin if you want to hear something good...."

Sept. 17, 2015 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Old Settler’s Music Festival: Thursday

Camping, pickin’, and carrying on at the Fest’s first day

"...and Wire acquiesced, laying down a spirit version of Jimmy Martin’s “Freeborn Man” for what was clearly one of..."

April 11, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Good Thing

Q&A with Mark Lindsay

"...ML: People think that Bill Monroe or Jimmy Martin wrote it. I heard Monroe do it on..."

April 13, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Take Me to the River

Rock & Roll Books

"...Boys was a peerless finishing school for musicians from Jimmy Martin, Lester Flatt, and Earl Scruggs to Peter Rowan,..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Books Feature by Christopher Gray

High Lonesome

"...Liebling. Starring: Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley, Mac Wiseman and Jimmy Martin. High Lonesome isn't just the story of bluegrass..."

March 25, 1994 Movie Review by Rob Patterson

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...(1973, 95min/color, DCP) Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Ramon Bieri, and Warren Oates. Directed..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Trumpet Colossus Kenny Dorham Towers Alongside the Jazz Gods

The Austin musician stands alone in showing up Miles Davis in his autobiography

"...In tow were trombonist Buford Banks, Austin jazz great Martin Banks' father, and trumpeters Paris Jones, Warner Ross, and..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...right until it all went wrong. Cast: Emilie Piponnier, Martin Swabey, Chloe Boreham (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Food-o-File

The barbecue beat, plus big news for the Omelettry

"...a better promoter for the Austin culinary scene than Jimmy Kimmel, I'd be hard pressed to identify them. During..."

March 21, 2014 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Mighty Hannibal Sees All

The Atlanta soul man has stories to tell, and who cares if they're true?

"...Johnny Otis Orchestra in Los Angeles. I used to Jimmy Shaw but at that time there was a flood..."

Aug. 27, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...Wild Life Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Producers: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. Jimmy..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Chairman of the Board

Antone's Blue Monday boss Derek O'Brien keeps the music alive and blue

"...Cotton, but Matt Murphy, Miss Lavelle White, Snooky Pryor, Jimmy Rogers, and – like new Austin guitar-slinger Jake Langley..."

April 25, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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