Shooting Star

"...it was like she "just descended from the clear blue." Tardif spoke with a French-Canadian accent and was physically..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Feature by David Holthouse

Texas Platters

"...a Crime" so recklessly. The most encouraging aspect of blues-rooted bands like Big Foot Chester (or Jon Spencer or..."

April 17, 1998 Music Review

Record Reviews

"...The young Trance band, best described as Ed Hall's kid sister, have had their asses kissed by the buzz-creators,..."

July 7, 1995 Music Review

A Drag Tribute, Eclipse Events Galore, and More Local Happenings

Get your glasses and find your totality

"...This literary and nature fest will feature author conversations, kids storytimes, music from Hot Toast Music Co., tables on..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

“Trailheads and Transmutations” at Davis Gallery Honors the Reparative Quality of Nature

Artists Felice House & Dana Younger capture the glory in all dimensions

"...Except, who the hell were we trying to kid? This is Felice “Re-Western” House and Dana “Blue Genie”..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Let Us Intro-Juice Ourselves

Five liquid suitors who want to be your next main squeeze

"...to Vida Pura Juicery or Jugo or that new kid on the block called Stoke and others?..."

Oct. 5, 2020 Food Post

AGLIFF Presses Play on The Capote Tapes

LGBTQIA+ film festival announces online lineup for 2020

"...earlier this summer; a work-in-progress screening of Women in Blue, about Minneapolis Chief of Police Janee Harteau's efforts to..."

July 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...out to track a vicious killer who may have kidnapped his daughter years ago. Cast: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Annabelle Wallis,..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc: Not Metaphorically Speaking

You can say "Cleveland Steamer" and not be accused of profanity

"...My sister-in-law came to town from Houston last week..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

How Austin Became the Cold Brew Capital of the World

No need to give up coffee during the sweltering season

"...Next came Cuvée in 2012 launching their Black & Blue, with High Brew joining the highly caffeinated party in..."

April 7, 2017 Food Feature by Dan Gentile

Guide to Austin Improv

The venues, events, troupes, and individuals who have transformed Austin into a "Yes, and" boomtown

"...based on literary and film genres to stories for kids narrated by a dog (with an actual dog onstage)...."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lit-urday: Children's Edition

Five new releases, fun for kids and their handlers

"...for their long annual pod migration, Papa and Little Blue swim happily until Little Blue finds himself lost in..."

Nov. 1, 2014 Books Post by Jessi Cape

Farmers' Market Report: November 16-17, 2013

Organic citrus has returned, plus maple syrup, apples, and pecans

"...Happy Children Farm. It is so green it's nearly blue...."

Nov. 15, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Sunday Fun Fun Fun Fest Blurbs

Last-day FFF previews

"...3:20pm, Blue stage..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Feature

Somebody Up There Likes Bob Byington

The writer-director talks about his fifth feature

"...movie. What's up with the guy who plays the kid brother? He's amazing!" I'm not kidding. I heard that..."

April 5, 2013 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Last-Minute Stocking Stuffers for Food Lovers

Unique gifts to please each discerning palate or distinctive passion

"...for sale at Antonelli's Cheese Shop (4220 Duval). From Blue Heron Farm near Waller, try their cajeta plain or..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

It Begins! SXSW Announces First Bands

Plus application date extended, and Hurricane Sandy relief fund

"...Pistol Fire, The Boxing Lesson, Brutal Juice, The Calm Blue Sea, Crooks, Driver Friendly, Elias Haslanger, Gato 6, Colin..."

Nov. 9, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Fun Fun Fun Fest Preview: Austin in the House

"...Orthy (Fri., Blue stage, 12:30pm) Ian Orth, of DJ duo Learning Secrets, channels..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

God Loves Ya When You Dance

Texan outlaw Billy Joe Shaver, straight shooter

"...with an eagle amid streaks of red, white, and blue, though Shaver has his mail delivered to a post..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Top 10 Sports Retirements 2010

From 'The Big Unit' to 'The Big Hurt'

"...sounds oxymoronic to pronounce someone nicknamed “Junior” and “The Kid” to be “over the hill,” but that was the..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal

"...he'd played his hometown he was merely a 60-year-old "kid with a crazy dream." Every antidepressant known to man,..."

July 4, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Big Chill

Wild Thing Chip Taylor waxes political on 'New Songs of Freedom'

"...2000's The London Sessions Bootleg and 2001's Black and Blue America, but what came next, no one was prepared..."

June 27, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Black as Your Lungs, Black as Pitch

First-Place Winner

"...shiny wooden bar. It was hard-fired and glazed with greenish-blue...."

Feb. 15, 2008 Books Feature by Greg Koehler

Letters @ 3AM

I'd never met anyone so different in private from what Norman Mailer appeared to be in public

"...than me, robustly affable, a sweet sparkle in his blue eyes (as blue as Frank Sinatra's, as blue as..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

ACL Fest Saturday Picks

"...11:45am, AT&T Blue Room stage..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature

The Banks of the Blanco

Environmentalists and Hays County clash over river-clearing project

"...two Sierra Club members. Paddling downstream in the silty blue-green water, Dietrich and Goynes pointed out bank-spot after bank-spot..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

About a Girl

The art exhibit 'About a Girl' is about music, really, with three young men behind it basing their artwork on a song

"...the feeling that he just really enjoyed being a kid...."

April 8, 2005 Arts Feature by Jacqueline May

Roadside Playboys and Texana Dames

The Hancock Family's long, strange, supernatural musical journey

"...fro as the band plays "Feliz Navidad." His faded blue eyes shine bright with joy, and the labored droop..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...POWERSQUID: Bringing cartloads of punishing post-Blues Explosion low-end punk, Austin trio Powersquid are a familiar..."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature

Mr. Demme's Holiday

Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme takes a trip to the city of lights and of love, of Tati and Truffaut, in his latest, The Truth About Charlie.

"...characters. And maybe that's a response to as a kid not being interested in that -- seeking war movies..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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