Eddie Stout Is a One-Man Historical Blues Society

On the eve of his Eastside Kings Festival the Dialtone Records founder remains doggedly preservationist

"...the blues, which resulted in Stout taking in "old legends from Chicago" such as B.B. King and Bobby "Blue"..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Playback: Starf**king SXSW

SXSW’s bubble burst? Sure, okay – if you say so. Leave the starfucking to us, then.

"...to front a Dead Boys set with Cheetah Chrome, Johnny Blitz, and Austin's Jason "Ginchy" Kottwitz, was spotted hanging..."

March 17, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Thursday Night SXSW Showcases

"...the entire Festival's shoelaces for a spell. Memphis soul legend Timmy Thomas, freshly exhumed via sampling of his 1973..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Austin City Limits Hall of Fame Flashback

PBS concert staple inducts its second class of legends

"...in Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt, Tex-Mex accordion legend Flaco Jimenez, and perennial Western Swing revivalists Asleep at..."

June 19, 2015 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...The Best Thing In It Director: Ron Nyswaner Broadway legend Mary Louise Wilson teaches her first acting class, smashing..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Cowboys vs. Hippies: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Subtext

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre reflects Austin's culture in 1974

"...retellings of the siege at the Alamo built the legend of the valiant frontiersman, while Giant drenched the cowboy..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Aggie Defense Rests

Johnny Manziel's big day can't overcome Texas A&M's defensive woes

"...straight year, Aggie coach Kevin Sumlin's offense, with QB Johnny Manziel at the helm, racked up more yards and..."

Sept. 16, 2013 Sports Post by Rod Machen

On the Bus Again

On the eve of turning 80, Willie Nelson's still calling the tune

"...Gala." Austin golf great Ben Crenshaw and late football legend Darrell Royal sandwich that marquee's middle-name headliner, who's likely..."

April 12, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Hornucopia

UT honors Darrell Royal with big win over the Cyclones

"...bus station? I'll take him and whoever didn't recruit Johnny Manziel, who led A&M to a big upset win..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Sports Column by Michael Corcoran

A Royal Thumping: Texas 33, ISU 7

Horns, now 8-2, dominate Iowa State on bittersweet Saturday

"...bus station? I'll take him and whoever didn't recruit Johnny Manziel, who led A&M to a big upset win..."

Nov. 10, 2012 Sports Post by Michael Corcoran

The Yassine Sixth Street Noir

Legends, rumors, unpaid taxes ... and coke on the side

"...institution – rather, it's part of the charming outlaw legend. Take Ben Thomp­son, the elected city marshal in the..."

May 18, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Friday Showcases

Friday showcases: Stay local (Western Vinyl) or surf Japan Nite, plus reggae Bass Culture.

"...bill is the eagerly anticipated 24-year-old banjo phenom Saito Johnny, whose String Cheese Incident/Wasabi Highway sound won his Tokyo..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

SXSW Expands Film Lineup

'Sleepwalk With Me,' 'Safety Not Guaranteed' added

"...Rohal's latest, Nature Calls, which pairs Patton Oswalt and Johnny Knoxville as warring brothers...."

Feb. 15, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Crossroads 3

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

"...Joy Division constricting into New Order, Johnny Ramone's downstroke-sanded Mosrite Ventures II guitar, Joan Jett's Jaguar..."

July 2, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...#3), Marcia Bowman (Hooker #4), David C. Billodeau and Johnny David (Men in pickup truck)...."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

UT to Host NCAA Baseball Regional Tourney

Garrido named to CWS All Legends Team

"...Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, located in Omaha, Neb., has hosted the..."

June 1, 2010 Sports Post by Will Eidam

Off the Record

Paying tribute to Tony Campise and rolling out the red carpet for the Kashmere Stage Band and SXSW Film

"...• Immediately preceding the Johnny Depp-narrated When You're Strange: A Film About the Doors..."

March 12, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

ACL Music Fest Friday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2009

"...behind the likes of Lee Dorsey, Irma Thomas, and Johnny Adams. The deep soul of his early 1980s solo..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature

The Velveeta Room: Vive la Difference de le Fromage!

Nearly three dozen comics are flocking to Sixth Street to pay tribute to Austin's other comedy club

"...be several comics from the Velveeta's early years – Johnny Hardwick, Joey Waldon, Christi Evans, Brian Malow, Vanessa Kaufman,..."

June 13, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Movie Reviews Are a Blight on Already Failing 'Chronicle'

"...amateurish, but after reading the review for I Am Legend by Josh Rosenblatt [Film Listings, Dec. 14], I felt..."

Jan. 1, 2008 Postmarks

Rock & Roll Heaven, The Police: 1978-1983, Runnin' Down a Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

The days the music died, the Police in their Speedos, and a pictorial companion to the new documentary Runnin' Down a Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

"...glamour out of glam. From spreads of Mississippi blues legend Robert Johnson (poisoning) to the Godfather of Soul (heart..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Down We Go

Revisiting Renaissance man Robert Thom's prolific and hellish Hollywood visions

"...The first shot is synchronized with the soundtrack of Johnny Weissmuller's famous Tarzan call and the sound of drumming...."

Aug. 10, 2007 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Luv Doc Recommends: Dale Watson Record Release

Continental Club, Friday, April 27, 2007

"...of Pasadena, Texas, but, in the words of country legend David Allan Coe, "If that ain't country, it's a..."

April 27, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

At Risk

Nick Cassavetes on Alpha Dog

"...Dog takes viewers inside the world of suburban gangster Johnny Truelove (Emile Hirsch) and his crew: drug-dealing kids of..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

D-League Dreams

All roads lead to Toros training camp

"...management of head coach Dennis Johnson – an NBA legend who helped lead two different teams to league championships..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Sports Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Return to Sin City

Gram Parsons, back in a big way even if he never left

"...that the already fantastic story turns weird and the legend grows...."

June 30, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

When I'm 64

Veteran musicians retire to Austin

"...as Buck Owens, the Byrds, and 20 years with Johnny Cash ("A Honky-Tonk Song," Music, December 24, 1999), Earl..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two

Acting as if God partakes in partisan or national politics is a display of blasphemy, not faith

"...to a lot of his work. More than a legend, Johnston produced, among many other albums and artists, Highway..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Column by Louis Black

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...pure pop to choke a horse, Hitchcock is rightfully legendary. Just ask Jonathan Demme. – Marc Savlov..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Spangles and High Heels

Dreams come true, just ask "Her Tallness," Marcia Ball.

"...at Riverside, where fast-food restaurants sit today. The Firedogs' legend was born just in time to be forever associated..."

June 20, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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