WWE Smacks Down the Erwin Center

The wrestling goliath passes through Austin tonight for TV recordings

"...Raw: Tonight, the wrestlers of both Sci-Fi's ECW and Smackdown (shown in Austin on KNVA) will be hitting the..."

April 7, 2009 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Low in Law Enforcement

"...see no logic in telling the owners to calm down. Why should they? A furry member of their family..."

Aug. 14, 2008 Postmarks

Meanwhile, Farther Down the Ballot

Campaign life down below 1%.

"...usually classified under "other," i.e. his numbers are so low as to be statistically insignificant. Oh, and two-time presidential..."

Feb. 25, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Low Crime at Halloween

APD reports low crime figures for the Sixth St. Halloween parade.

"...While Halloween is supposed to be the night when ghouls and..."

Nov. 1, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Minimum Wage: Keepin' 'Em Down

"...at a pathetic $5.15 an hour. That's a 60-year low compared to the pay of other U.S. workers, and..."

May 11, 2007 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

TRMPAC Indictments Come Down, 'More Work' Remains

Ronnie Earle and the Travis Co. grand jury announce the initial results of the TRMPAC investigation

"...indictments, although other publications have arrived at totals as low as 27 and as high as 44 (the number..."

Oct. 1, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

TRMPAC Indictments Come Down, 'More Work' Remains

Ronnie Earle and the Travis Co. grand jury announce the initial results of the TRMPAC investigation

"...indictments, although other publications have arrived at totals as low as 27 and as high as 44 (the number..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Down With Red Lights

"...spend 50% and more. No wonder air quality is low. What with extra fuel burned at red lights and..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Postmarks

APD's Low Profile

APD Officer Tim Enlow's firing goes to arbitration

"...arbitration hearing for former Austin Police Dept. officer Tim Enlow, lawyers with the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas..."

Sept. 20, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Development on the Down Low?

General Land Office responds to last week's coverage of House Bill 699, a bill that expands office's ability to keep information about development deals confidential

April 20, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Rush

Kim Wozencraft's semi-autobiographical novel is the source material for this film about a couple of cops in Beaumont, Texas, who become heavily involved in drug use while working deep undercover.

"...to each other for dear life on the ride down. Far from Hollywood's glittery coke fantasies, or gritty urban..."

Jan. 10, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Princes of Punk

New Kinks “Picture Book”

"...Richards’ pirate crew, 1978’s Some Girls brought the whip down on both disco and punk. “Respectable” tempos were back..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Very Ecstasy of Love

"...I’ve spent this past month in low-grade agony, without the thrill of constant argumentation and online..."

Aug. 18, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Kiss & Fly Pros & Cons

Kiss and Fly Opens to a packed house.

"...Here is my low down on the grand opening of Kiss & Fly..."

March 26, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Ash Bell

Media Clips

Microradio wins FCC approval, but advocates of the low-wattage stations say the rules for winning a license will prohibit most stations and silence the microradio community's radical voice.

"...new rules which legalize a new class of noncommercial, low-power FM radio stations. On the surface, this would appear..."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

High Voltage Asian Cop

"...action hero Donnie Yen (Iron Monkey) for this solid, low-budget action flick, whose many obvious limitations are nicely surmounted..."

June 16, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...always a Stones freak. Last year's outstanding Ideé Fixé followed up the hard-to-follow-up Knocked Down Seven Times, Got Up..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Dance With Me

"...Starring: Vanessa L. Williams, Chayanne, Kris Kristofferson and Joan Plowright. Original working title: Shut Up and Dance. Given the..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...To listen along, hear songs from our SXSW picks..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

An End to Pot Prosecutions?

Council considers resolution to effectively decriminalize low-level possession

"...would be directed to "eliminate, to the furthest extent allowable under state law," arrests for marijuana possession if the..."

Jan. 24, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Hearts in Atlantis

"...version deals only with the book's first quarter -- “Low Men in Yellow Coats” -- in which adolescent Bobby..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rock Opera

Locally filmed micro-budget feature tells a picaresque story about a punk guitarist who is trying to sell enough pot to finance a low-rent tour for his band. His journey instead takes him on a tour through the college-town underground.

"...innate gifts) to sell enough weed to bankroll a low-budget tour for his band. Much of the (exceedingly) dark..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil

A taste of Eighties-style buddy-cop action-comedy hits all the right faces

"...old mob boss and a cocky young cop hunting down a serial killer, handed the script to Tony Scott,..."

June 21, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

About AIDS

On the down-low ...?

"...Tucker. Race aside, there are some men "on the down-low," as it's called, and sometimes HIV transmission occurs. The..."

July 8, 2005 Column by Sandy Bartlett

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...The abbreviations that accompany each movie capsule are as follows: PAR (Paramount Summer Classics), AFS (Austin Film Society), and..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

Home-Grown Workers

Is Austin's Job Boom Trickling Down to the People?

"...23,000 people. Unemployment in the area hovers around 3%, below the state and national average...."

March 27, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Small Town Crime

John Hawkes hits the bottle and the case as a modern day detective on the trail for redemption

"...part, such as a delicious exchange between Kendall and low-level thug Mood (Collins Jr.) about re-enforcing stereotypes through musical..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Logan Lucky

A different kind of heist film from the Ocean's 11 director

"...a Game of Thrones throwaway gag that is such low-hanging fruit, yet so perfectly deployed, that it makes a..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Nice Guys

Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe pair for laughs in this detective caper

"...gumshoes never are – not the tough, terse Philip Marlowe that Humphrey Bogart immortalized in the Forties, and not..."

May 20, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Judge

This drama starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall sounds better on paper than it is in practice.

"...Directed by: David Dobkin. Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jeremy Strong,..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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