Head of the Class

Spike & Mike sets aside its sick and twisted ways (for now) with New Generation Animation

"...so, G.I. Joe! – Don Hertzfeldt's heartachey, hand-drawn, stick-figure genius in a voraciously ribald theatrical setting? That's harshing the..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Off the Record

Inquiring into the city's new music program manager position, trick-or-treating with the Butthole Surfers, and introducing Thenewno2

"...generation, fusing warm and playfully experimental pop music with post-Kid A electronics and Bristol trip-hop beats. "It's a family..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

ACL Music Fest Saturday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2009

"...croon, Bell X1 marries the fevered, ethereal textures of post-Kid A Radiohead to the pop grandeur of Irish forebears..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature

The World Is Flat

How King of the Hill helped make Texas three-dimensional again

"...Its genius at accomplishing authentic empathy through screamingly funny satire can..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Journey Through the Past

Down the digital rabbit hole of the Neil Young Archives Vol. 1

"...rather than companion pieces – e.g., Ray Charles' Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) – but then DualDisc..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Chronicle Adult Spelling Bee

Threadgill's World HQ -, Thursday, May 21, 2009

"...It doesn’t necessarily make you the pretentious dick the kid behind the counter thinks you are; it just makes..."

May 22, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

LSD C&W

Experimentalist Eugene Chadbourne's got a thing about Austin

"..."I think he's a musical genius," offers Durawa on Chadbourne. "He just has his own..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Point Austin: Giving Thanks

In a dark time, among us walk ordinary heroes

"...When I was just a kid in Indiana, maybe 13, I wrote a letter to..."

Nov. 28, 2008 News Column by Michael King

I Smell T-R-O-U-B-L-E

The Continental's annual Elvis tribute slinks up

"...from being able to stuff herself for her next kid...."

Aug. 15, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Forbidden Zone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

"...I saw Forbidden Zone on Night Flight as a kid, and it deeply fucked with my Catholic-schooled head. A..."

July 25, 2008 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Seussical the Musical

This theatrical tribute to the good doctor tries to take on too much at times, but its heart is in the right place

"...he is the one who waltzed uninvited into some kids' house when their mom wasn't home and cheerfully proceeded..."

July 18, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Absolutely Dan Dyer

If Dan Dyer couldn't sing, being 'easy on the eyes' wouldn't matter

"...Not bad for a kid who grew up in a real-life Friday Night Lights..."

June 6, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two: The Immersion Method

Dream double bills and the great and simple pleasure of film viewing

"...(regardless of musical genre) to its wonderful performances. The genius of the film, however, is Shrake's marvelous script...."

May 2, 2008 Column by Louis Black

SXSW 08: It's a Wrap

"...next month. Emerging Trend: Year of the Femcee Santogold, Kid Sister, Mala Rodriguez, and Jean Grae all represented hard..."

March 19, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Letters @ 3AM

Excerpts from Cassavetes Directs, Ventura's forthcoming book about the making of the film Love Streams

"...I make the mistake of saying the word "genius." That is, calling him one. His response is sharp:..."

June 8, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Bob Dylan

Record review

"...of on Highway 61 Revisited. Things have changed: The kid who stole and sang the blues of the American..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Music Review by Shawn Badgley

Gay People Like to Party

Are the Lesbians on Ecstasy really happy to be coming to Austin?

"...behind the whole outfit, Bernie Bankrupt, whose foundations for genius would be nothing without the charged, invigorated thumpings of..."

March 10, 2006 Features Feature by Kate Getty

Color and Brightness

Gift guide

"...pp., $27.50 Chicago comic artist/graphic designer/master storyteller and all-around genius Chris Ware got his start drawing the beloved Quimby..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Books Feature by Mark Fagan

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...Like a lot of kids who grew up on late issues of Forest J...."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

2004 ACL Fest Guide

Everything you need to know

"...3:30pm, Austin Kiddie Limits tent..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Music Feature

Food-o-File

Don't leave the table till you clean your plate of local food news; while you're at it, Eat, Drink, Watch Movies

"...story about the royal intrigues that swirled around this genius chef at a special Rolling Roadshow presentation of our..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Me Talk Dirty One Day

Bryan Poyser and Jacob Vaughan come clean on their 'Dear Pillow'

"...it was filmed. I mean, those concepts would be genius even without the scuba diver grabbing peoples' toes or..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Screens Feature by John Pierson

Wilco

Record review

"...Another heartbreaking work of staggering genius from Jeff Tweedy & Co.? Well, no. Being dark..."

June 25, 2004 Music Review by Michael Bertin

Page Two

A few modest school-finance proposals

"...the already inefficient, inequitable, and regressive property-tax system? Perry's genius here, which has made me realize how wrongly I've..."

April 23, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Will It Float?

Bring out the slots and dancing girls – the Governor wants excellence!

"...and burst into open laughter. It didn't take a genius (although Perry's office could apparently use one) to figure..."

Feb. 6, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...it or not, he was funny even as a kid. His annual Shannon Brothers Christmas shows were a tradition..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Column

'You Were Right, Andy'

Getting beneath the surface of Andy Warhol with Tom Sokolowski

"...absolutely is the grounding of his work is the kid who is born in poverty. ... He basically made..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Arts Feature by Jacqueline May

Larry Charles, Dylan's Director, Un-'Masked'

He's not Bob Dylan. He's Bob Dylan's director.

"...gained an appreciation for and a definition of what genius is, and Larry and Bob are both geniuses. They're..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

TCB

Austin from A to Z

"...company to that of Pete Yorn. Best of luck, kid...."

July 18, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...pull their ace ("lead singer Liam is Neil Finn's kid!") to get attention. On two EPs and an LP,..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

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