Last of the Delta Bluesmen

Pinetop Perkins goes home to Mississippi

"...and the occasional horseback farmer passed on the roadway where a sign for the Tallahatchie River floods up long-buried..."

April 22, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Here Come the Transporters

In the endless Central Texas transportation wars, the lions and the lambs look for ways to make peace

"...promised glorious new world of multimodal urbanism and regionalism, where Austin's chronic mobility problems get solved once and for..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Luv Doc: A Couple of Days

There's probably a decent La Quinta in Lubbock

"...his parents' house or get a hotel. For the last five years we have driven up to Lubbock to..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Ukrainians With Austin Family Defy Death to Get Here

Seeking refuge in Austin

"...Natasha Bardash worries that Feb. 23 was the last sane day of her life. Since Feb. 24, when..."

March 18, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

These Five Last-Minute Gift Ideas Might Be the Best You’ll Ever See

Because, frankly, most other listicles like this are boring AF

"...library cards – you know, like from the old days? – and she’s embellished them with original artwork (pen..."

Dec. 21, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Tracy Morgan on Almost Dying, The Last O.G., and Being Barbershop Famous

SNL star goes back to the gentrified hood at SXSW

"...problem, as the razor-sharp Jordan Peele-produced TBS series The Last O.G. is sure to shock even those viewers used..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Transgender Comics Anthology “We’re Still Here” Nails Kickstarter to the Crowdfunding Wall

Oh! This thing has more successful panels than a SXSW weekend!

"...Holy Winsor McCay, there’s a daunting multitude of comics anthologies in this world!..."

July 31, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

How Long Is 140 Days?

As the 81st Legislature departs, does it leave a footprint?

"...that process was never completed. Instead, the final two days were marked by little floor action as state reps..."

June 12, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Last Picture Show

Untimely Death of the Texas Union Film Program

"...Texas institution passed away. The fatal prognosis was delivered last September when UT administrators announced that euthanasia was the..."

Jan. 23, 1998 News Feature by Walter Cole

Silent Days and Nights

Discovering Live Cinema... Again

"...but I sometimes suffer movie overload. A spotted train here, an animatronic pig there, then after a while every..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Screens Feature

Page Two: Our area of the world here

"...Last Tuesday night, hund- reds of musicians gathered at Threadgill's,..."

Feb. 9, 1996 Column by Louis Black

Freud's Last Session

Fictional meeting between Freud and CS Lewis makes no breakthrough

"...rainy afternoon in pre-Blitz London in the talky Freud’s Last Session. The 1939 setting for this heady dialogue about..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Panel Upholds Olsen Firing, but Case Doesn't End Here

APD officer loses first round of appeal challenging his firing

"...act" when he shot and killed 25-year-old Kevin Brown last summer, Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo told the city's..."

March 7, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

After the Last Hurrah

Austin singer-songwriter-rocker Beaver Nelson returns with his second album.

"...adding to his unkempt appearance. His is a look somewhere between deer-in-the-headlights and police lineup. He's the very definition..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Days of Being Wild: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Reflects on Source Tags & Codes

Twenty years after its release, the band and producer look back ... while always looking forward

"...Maybe there's a reason why ecstasy is the young person's synthetic..."

March 4, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

SXSW: The Champ Is Here

WWE superstar John Cena muscles into Interactive

"...Facebook accounts, with 5.4 billion status views in the last year. As McMahon noted, that's more likes than either..."

March 9, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Get Visionary With Me Here

We are no longer pioneers of the digital age. We're miners.

"...According to my design students, who itch to go there, SXSW Interactive is a distant, impossibly hip imbroglio where..."

March 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Bruce Sterling

Here’s How Art Acevedo’s Hiring and Ultimate Refusal Played Out

Timeline: how city hall insiders communicated with Acevedo

"...of Acevedo was so intense, he had to backtrack days later and rescind the offer...."

March 8, 2024 News Post by Austin Sanders

Making Sense of the First Days of a Post-Roe Era

Whether this week was a shock or felt like a long time coming, we look at an uncertain horizon

"...even though that's more or less been the law here since last September. More than 2,500 abortions are performed..."

May 6, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

"You Can't Stay Here": Austin's Unhoused Population Faces an Uncertain Future

Council, police, and providers confront camp challenge

"...of homelessness, one question from unsheltered Austinites remains constant: Where are we supposed to go?..."

May 21, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Opinion: Ten Days in March at L’Oca d’Oro

Living wages and paid sick leave are built into the local restaurant’s DNA. But without a government plan in place – for testing, sanitation checks, financial relief – co-owner Adam Orman explains why they’ve had to close their doors... for now.

"...I’m not a public health expert. But, for the last two weeks, I played one at L’Oca d’Oro, the..."

April 10, 2020 Column by Adam Orman

WWC Days 1-4: First Round Goes to Europe

U.S. opener tomorrow afternoon, as European teams dominate WWC early

"...sealed anyone’s fate, some trends seem to be emerging. There was certainly a consistent theme to the first two..."

June 10, 2019 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Council: Dog Days Ahead

What if they proposed a budget, and nobody came?

"...Although it appears there will be a quorum, at least four of the..."

July 26, 2016 News Post by Michael King

'Austin Is a Place (You Are Here)'

Theatre en Bloc sparks a conversation about the city's growth on the gateway to the Eastside

"...company's new play, Austin Is a Place (You Are Here). It's an unexpected point from a theatremaker who has..."

April 19, 2013 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

Your Name Here

Big Boys guitarist Tim Kerr put Austin punk on the map, then spent the next quarter century painting on it

"..."On the last night at Raul's, they were tearing everything up, so..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Last Laugh

Remembering the late underground comic Mitch Hedberg

"..."The club owner here, when you come to town, he hooks you up..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Page Two: How Your South-by High Can Last Through the Rest of the Year

A veteran festival-goer weighs in

"...than personally celebrating SXSW – which would be both inherently self-serving and at least partially defensive – instead I've..."

March 21, 2008 Column by Kevin Smokler

Full Campaign Disclosure: Here Comes Late Money

Charges, countercharges, and lawsuits in City Council campaigns

"...Early last Thursday, April 28, in a brief and emotional statement..."

May 6, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Here We Go Again

The Riddlin' Kids -- DIY with a bullet.

"...them you'd find me dangling from a ceiling fan somewhere if it took two years. That was two years..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

(Your Name Here) Roasting on an Open Fire...

"...You musicians out there know: I feel your pain. I live in the..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Music Column

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