XBRMNT's Top 10 for the Week of Nov. 2

After a weekend full of fright and frolic, Manic Monday was laid back.

"...Band I prefer his live version myself, but I love watching the original daddy bear, Kenny Rogers, sing it..."

Nov. 2, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Nakia

See You On the Moon

Shel Silverstein gets a tribute, plus more new albums

"...lucky enough to call Silverstein a friend and the love shows, although it doesn’t hurt that he wrote some..."

June 10, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Chasing Amy

Painting lamps, chasing elephants, and singing with Alejandro Escovedo: Amy Cook jumps into the pool

"...this hive of activity is attorney-turned-hotelier Liz Lambert, Cook's lover and the remarkable visionary behind Austin's San José and..."

April 9, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 2010

"...7pm, Kenny Dorham's Backyard Forget their wall loaded with "Cover Band"..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Off the Record

Nothing's shocking: reveling in the aftermath and glow of South by Southwest 09

"...transmission of the Decemberists' staging of The Hazards of Love with Lavender Diamond's Becky Stark and My Brightest Diamond..."

March 27, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Miss Understood

Carolyn Wonderland through the looking glass

"..."I love what you do," he pitched her. "I'm not known..."

May 2, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...enjoy reading his "Page Two" commentaries every week. I loved what he wrote about the Constitution and the American..."

June 2, 2006 Column

Torch

Cheryl Strayed's debut novel, while addressing autobiographical themes, performs the old-fashioned magic of fiction – it builds a town, fills it with people, reveals their hearts and minds, lets loose upon them the forces of death and lust – and sees what happens

"...intensity of her grief about it. "Heroin/e" and "The Love of My Life," collected in The Best American Essays..."

May 19, 2006 Books Review by Marion Winik

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Thursday

"...their latest, The Craft (Anti-), veers deep into The Love Below backwoods of soul-pop fusion. Recent collaborations with George..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Working-Class Hero

Is Michael Fracasso's Austin's best kept musical secret?

"...New York, that he heard Gene Pitney sing "Only Love Can Break a Heart."..."

April 23, 2004 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

Postmarks

Words on the Jesus video, the Instrumental article, the Dance Festival, and other local points of contention.

"...doing anything genuinely beneficial to anyone. Oh, for the love of reason!..."

May 4, 2001 Column

The Doo Wop Box III (Rhino)

"...The Doo Wop Box III(Rhino) You gotta love the fine folks at Rhino Records for their tenacious..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Music Review by Greg Beets

Live Shots

Dianne Reeves, Pam Hart/Austin Music Festival

"...album's lead track, Rich Harney's "That's the Way of Love" proceeding through James Polk's "The Memory of You" and..."

June 18, 1999 Music Feature

Postmarks

Duke Still Had It

"...to be unbiased (I realize the Chronicle has no love for my political views), she was always very professional,..."

May 14, 1999 Column

Tribute Records

Tammy Wynette Remembered

"...selections here aren't bad enough to count as tough love: Etta James' "Ball and Chain," X's "Soul Kitchen," and..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Review

Exhibitionism

Rockin' Christmas Party: Glistening And Thrumming

"...year, saying that I'd seen Andra Mitrovich croon, "I love the nightlife, I love to boogie" while preening about..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Arts Review

Reissues

"...he received a great deal of attention for his lovely ballad work, a number of outstanding examples of which..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Feature

Book Reviews

"...Pierce, Boris Becker, Monica Seles, and especially his cousin Kenny, may not have wanted to be quite so forthcoming...."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature

Bayonne's Cathartic Return and Five More Songs from Austin Artists

New music picks from Superfónicos, Holy Water, and more

"...comes the sun/ To shine and give life to love/ It'll warm the heart, mama, and scare off all..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: White Horse and Sagebrush Regular Jordan Matthew Young Rises on The Voice

"You're just cool, man." – Nick Jonas

"...been cool to show the coaches that, because I love Patsy Cline, but I also play the Stones and..."

April 9, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Checking In: Dylan Cameron Revisits the Rave Music of A Jilted Generation

IDM experimentalist notches third entry in a Holodeck triad

"...life partner, Vi Ly. We are very much in love and being together all the time is going quite..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music Rolls Out Second Artist List

Wire, Jucee Froot, plus 207 real acts and one Hollywood contrivance

"...impressive indie favorites Reality Club, and, from Japan with love, Otoboke Beaver’s bubble-gum grindcore...."

Nov. 13, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Rosie Flores

"...on rollicking pre-rock & roll gems, including Roy Brown's "Love Don't Love Nobody," Ruth Brown's "I Want to Do..."

March 22, 2019 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Luv Doc: Not a Planner

The Luv Doc talks about an OG social justice warrior from back in the day

"...I know this is not a huge, earth-shattering problem,..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Column

The San Marcos Music Scene Runs Deep

ACL Fest hip-hop headliners Brockhampton might just be the tip of the iceberg from our neighbors south on I-35

"...rappers can't be going in there flipping tables," acknowledges Kenny Casanova, rapper in the city's fast-rising rap group Pnthn...."

Aug. 3, 2018 Music Feature by Jeremy Steinberger

50 Margaret Moser Cover Stories

"...of Micael Priest” (Oct. 6, 2006) Cover photo by Kenny Braun..."

June 29, 2017 Photo Gallery

Willie Nelson

"...catalog standouts. Cannon's commercial triumphs with George Strait and Kenny Chesney go back another couple of decades. Autumnal pledges..."

April 28, 2017 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Saturday SXSW Sleepers

"...from P. Diddy and Nas to Michael McDonald and Kenny Garrett. The jazz/soul musician's first love was playing Hammond..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Grace Potter Lives to Perform

Vermont wailer strikes out on her own with firmly-rooted pop

"...thought, “Look, I’ve been doing solo stuff forever, with Kenny Chesney or Flaming Lips or Love for Levon or..."

Jan. 27, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Gayplace: THANKS!

Hey Butterballs, whatcha doing for Turkey Day?

"...Stripper Circus Go ahead. Hum "I'm in Love With a Stripper" all the way home. Thursdays, 10pm-3am...."

Nov. 28, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

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