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"...is thousands of dollars worth of equipment. They need stacks and stacks of Marshalls to hit that magnificent wall..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

What About Bob?

Don't hate Bob Schneider because of his Lovely Creatures

"...Joe Rockhead went right, a funky outfit that borrowed heavily..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Pachanga!

Cinco de Mayo month Part III – the hombres: from Jovita's Mayo Pardo to Ruben Ramos' Mexican Revolution, Del Castillo, Joel Guzman, y más

"...Ricardo Flores Magón and the Mexican Revolution atop the stack of books beside his desk. He produces Richard Avedon's..."

May 29, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

From Here to Eternity

The only punk rock band that mattered, and why they still do

"...plant soybeans in and the look of an average Joe punching a time clock somewhere. Topper Headon's appearance is..."

May 19, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

The Adventures of Sancho Panza

Guitar Techs

"...Tweedy bolts upright, scrambles through the drawers for a stack of paper and a Marks-a-lot, and begins scribbling last-minute..."

June 23, 1995 Music Feature

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...New Orleans resident Joe Bucher, a longtime Georgia pal of Blaze and our..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

35 Years of the Austin Music Awards

Living in a dream

"...eclecticism of the homegrown musical landscape. The roster came stacked with some of the most distinct talent the Texas..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

The Reluctant Celebrity

When you get caught between the moon and New York City, it's time to head back home to Austin

"...started out with a Flying V and a Marshall stack and hair out to here." Smoke on the Water..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...Blues and on Bonnie Raitt's Nick of Time, Big Joe Turner's last album, Toni Price's Swim Away, Duke Robillard's..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

Velvet Underdog

Sterling Morrison: An Oral History With Interviews

"...have been stewing for a long time.The Vulcan & AustinJoe Kruppa: When the Velvet Underground played the Vulcan Gas..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...evening during a private performance at Las Manitas with Joel Guzman y Los Azteks, Ruben Ramos, Freddy Fender, Rosie..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Behind the Tall Tales of Lester Bangs in Texas

Lester's Last Stand

"...and the boys at the Alamo, the odds were stacked against Lester Bangs and the Delinquents before they ever..."

March 7, 1997 Books Feature

DVD Watch: 'V/H/S'

Found footage anthology from the mumblecore crowd and friends

"...Younger') explains in her Skype Q&A conversation with director Joe Swanberg. Between cell phones, CCTV, and embedded cameras in..."

Dec. 4, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle'

Once upon a time, at a venue far, far away, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band made their name in Austin

"...here from Lubbock, where he had just left the Joe Ely Band. He'd played with Alvin before – they..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Page Two

Our cover story delves into the complex legacy of Townes Van Zandt, an artist who cared more about music than business, who literally lived his whole life for the sake of the song.

"...working cotton fields, with falling-apart outbuildings and a huge stack of coal in the back yard, which was how..."

June 14, 2002 Column by Louis Black

Transformers: The Movie

Hitchcock's classic has acquired a certain campiness over the years, but it still has the power to disturb.

"...(1986); with Eric Idle, Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Robert Stack, Casey Kasem, Scatman Crothers, Orson Welles...."

May 11, 2001 Screens Review by Eli Kooris

Dancing About Architecture

Another live music venue closes. So much for the Live Music Capital of the World.

"...was in Austin, I received an e-mail from Sue Stack in Vancouver, B.C., who wrote to let everyone know..."

May 26, 2000 Music Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...as is done with the 7,000 trees every year. Stack them up as high as the spirit of football..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Column

In a Global Crisis, Luck Presents Writes a New Concert Promotions Standard

With a little luck, Ellee Fletcher Durniak and Matt Bizer thrive at improvising impossible situations

"...Staples and Billy Strings in 2019, the Luck lineups stack legends with artists on the verge of sensational breakouts...."

April 16, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...of low-down wisdom, and punches with all-star backing from Joe Walsh, Ringo Starr, Don Was, and Chris Robinson. Aaron..."

July 17, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Forgotten Era of Glitter Rock in Mid-70s Austin

The Austin Punk Chronicles, chapter two, part one: glam rock (1972-76)

"...Local music scholar Joe Nick Patoski, then a Rolling Stone stringer just beginning..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...sent to one of Thailand's most notorious jails. Cast: Joe Cole, Vithaya Pansringar, Panya Yimmumphai, Nicolas Shake (North American..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Fox fairies, ultra-violence, and amnesia dominated 2015

"...fantastic year for indie genre films, with a near-endless stack of amazing releases yet to come. This list could..."

Jan. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback – Antone's New Booker: Zach Ernst

Did Clifford Antone know he was grooming his nightclub's future booker when he mentored Zach Ernst?

"...all stripes. Thereafter, Ernst played lead guitar in Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, then with resurrected Dallas psych-funk..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Last of the Delta Bluesmen

Pinetop Perkins goes home to Mississippi

"...Born Joe Willie Perkins in Belzoni, Miss., 1913, "Pinetop" Perkins preserved..."

April 22, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Those Magic Moments

Composer, classicist Stephen Barber's encoding and imprinting

"...coffee at Flipnotics, Stephen Barber rifles through a thick stack of sheet music, carefully examining the endless series of..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...far more interesting than two guitars and a Marshall stack. If nothing else, the dissolution of Chris Cornell &..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Entanglements, Switchblades, and Tons of TV in the Week’s Events

Treat your weekdays like a weekend with these arts and culture happenings

"...to its tale of an alcoholic oil scion (Robert Stack) and his slutty sister (Dorothy Malone), who’s in love..."

May 23, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

How I Won the War Against Stress With A Little Help From Vinyl & Tequila

Giving praise before the altar of the turntable

"...a record, but I couldn't find anything in your stack on the floor."..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW List No. 9, No. 9, No. 9

Khalid, Japandroids, Speedy Ortiz, and 159 more

"...over three-quarters of SXSW’s standard 2,000-act slate. Other additions stack up Moscow protest punks Pussy Riot, nü disco duo..."

Feb. 22, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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