Jimmy Buffett Revisits Life Before the Beach in Return to Austin

Willis Alan Ramsey and Django Walker bubble up at Moody Center show

"...This year set up as celebratory for Jimmy Buffett, with the songwriter marking his 75th birthday and,..."

June 12, 2022 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Fun Fun Fun Fest Live Shot: Television

‘Marquee Moon’ transcends

"...Television without Richard Lloyd, who quit in 2007, replacement Jimmy Rip has had a few years to assimilate, marking..."

Nov. 10, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

Articulations

RIP Troupe Texas

"...(Tent Meeting, Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean) left town a year and a..."

Nov. 3, 1995 Arts Column

Five Songs Television Has To Play

"...since 2007, when guitarist Richard Lloyd was replaced by Jimmy Rip. Bandleader Tom Verlaine isn't known for taking requests,..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Marvel's crime caper comedy sequel gets bigger, smaller, but still fun

"...Lang’s biggest concern is making sure that FBI agent Jimmy Woo (Park) doesn’t know he’s breaking curfew and turning..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...the mob (the Sun Mafia?) in his black/charcoal grey pin-striped suit, the 68-year-old Perkins cut an imposing figure on..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Rock and a Hard Place

Exploring the elusiveness of fame and the ethics of the mash-up in 24 Beats per Second

"...the disappearance of Amelia Earhart to the career of Jimmy Kimmel, I now add this: how a heavy metal..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Sacred & the Profane

The Gourds co-frontman flew the coop for Shinyribs and ain't looking back

"...with Sahm. "He'd just call Claude [Bernard] 'Flaco,' and Jimmy [Smith] 'Danko.' Doug was in his own universe."..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...spaces and shadowy melodies, Weekend showcased Freund's ability to strip arrangements down and liberate them from clutter, while lyrically..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...PerfumeTree PERFUME TREE: While major-label trip-hop divas get their navels photographed in Spin, Perfume Tree's..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Reissues

"...the next guy by that insipid beer commercial, drummer/vocalist Jimmy Marinos' violent delivery drives home the "power" element of..."

June 27, 1997 Music Review

The Sensational Saga of Mr. Sinus

Picking up where Mystery Science Theater 3000 left off, Mr. Sinus Theater 3000 skewers the movies of our childhood to sold-out crowds at the Alamo Drafthouse.

"...Sinus -- John, Jerm, and Owen -- don't just rip on a film. They rip on each other, they..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Record Reviews

"...reprieve for the eventual death due that Satanic dungheap, Jimmy Buffett (who, fittingly, plays a goddamned cop). (4.0 stars)..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Music Review

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...being screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, writing brilliantly mediocre, pointless, go-nowhere scripts that command $4 million-plus points and duping the movie-going..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Rock & Roll Books

Gift Guide

"...Big Boss Man: The Life & Music of Bluesman Jimmy Reed..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

"Fire"-man Arthur Brown The God of Hellfire

"...things may have turned out different. But at Robert Fripp's suggestion, Brown decided 15 years ago that Austin was..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Music Feature

A By-No-Means-Comprehensive List of Austinite Comics Writers and Artists

Some of the most illustrious comics creators to have made their home in Austin sometime between 1960 and 2006

"...– first underground comic God Nose (1964); co-founder of Rip Off Press (1969); graphic novels Comanche Moon (1979), Los..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Arts Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...his own agency's inspector general has condemned this ongoing rip-off.]Reforms Not UnachievableDear Editor,..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Column

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...due late spring, doesn't produce another "Lola Stars and Stripes," or "Still in Love Song," but its earnest complexity..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

"...A Triple-S movie (three suicides in the cast -- Marilyn Monroe,..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Jimmy LaFave..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Critics Poll

"...Trachtenberg: Sip Sip RIP..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Music Feature

DVDnds

"...included), and in 2009, Jeff Beck and Metallica leading Jimmy Page, Joe Perry, Ronnie Wood, and Flea through a..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

B.B. King Making Love Is Good for You (MCA)
B.B. King & Eric Clapton Riding With the King (Reprise)
Jimmy Page & the Black Crowes Live at the Greek (TVT)

National Records

"...You (MCA)B.B. King & Eric ClaptonRiding With the King (Reprise)Jimmy Page & the Black CrowesLive at the Greek (TVT)..."

July 14, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Jokers, Murders, and Walpurgisnacht in This Week’s Recommended Events

Arts and culture events to populate your weekdays

"...and soft core will knock your socks off and rip your heart to shreds. From the team that elevated..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Crucial Concerts for the Week Ahead

The Point, Wild Heaven, Chris Acker, and more

"...James Petralli, while Joe Roddy’s organ crosses Esquivel with Jimmy Smith, and drummer Nico Léophonte ties it all up..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Matilda, The Matrix, and Mixers in This Week’s Recommended Events

Get nerdy, brooding, and out there with these suggestions

"...entrance alone makes attending worthwhile. Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley, formerly of the Judgment Day, seek revenge after they..."

Aug. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Local Legends, Out-of-Towners, and More Crucial Concerts

Get your show schedule worked out

"...Kashiwa gained a spot in smooth jazz kings the Rippingtons by hiring their bassist Steve Bailey for one of..."

Aug. 9, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

George Kinney, Who Helmed the Golden Dawn’s Early Psych Rock Treasure Power Plant, Has Died

Homegrown psychedelic trailblazer passes at 75

"...kinda what I've always done," says Kinney, Austin's own Rip Van Winkle. "It's different because the times have changed...."

July 18, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Moontower Review: New Faces of Comedy

Auditioning comics go wild in six minute slots

"...careers of familiar names like Pete Holmes, Amy Schumer, Jimmy Fallon, Gabriel Iglesias, Pete Davidson, Hannibal Buress, and Ali..."

April 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

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