Mad Beat Hip & Gone

Playwright Steven Dietz takes Austin on the road with Kerouac and Cassady – sort of

"...Star, and the University of Texas Department of Theatre & Dance, where Dietz has taught playwriting and directing since..."

March 29, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mama Duke Releases First-Ever Music Video “Mad”

“My ancestors gave me a sharp tongue and a power to take up space”

"...Last week, ATX hip-hopper Mama Duke released her first-ever music video: The visual..."

June 23, 2020 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Turn the Beat Around

The Pre-Millennium Rise of Dance Music

"...over, I fully expect it'll follow house music and hip-hop and art-college metal into the mainstream... horrible music for..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Janis Joplin, Texas, and the Big Beat

How East Texas Shaped Rock's First Female Superstar

"..."I'll tell you 'bout Texas Radio and the Big Beat...I'll tell you 'bout the hopeless night Wandering the Western..."

Jan. 12, 1996 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dr. Dre, Method Man, Redman, Master P, The Artist, Eve, Mos Def, Flo Mob, etc.

"...way her words fit on top of the Swizz Beats production is pure butter... Brooklyn MC Mos Def was..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Mad Beat Hip & Gone

Steven Dietz's play about the Beats might best be considered as the kind of literary experiment they engaged in

"...Mad Beat Hip & GoneZach's Topfer Theatre, 202 S. Lamar,..."

April 19, 2013 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Austin Critics Table Awards 2013

Arts writers raise their glasses to outstanding art in list of nominees

"...theatre collective the Duplicates; the comedy Under Construction, another madcap theatrical mash-up by Charles Mee directed by David Long..."

May 24, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Theatrical Sets of 2013, to a Cat

The year's scenic designs proved especially appealing to the feline theatregoer

"...The staging area provided levels upon levels, with intricate, handmade puppets for kitty to maul if she became bored...."

Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Season Selection Case Study

ZACH's Topfer Theatre

"...do?" That is the question faced by the artistic leadership of theatres across the globe every year. And what..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

The Stats

"...(Nov. 29-Dec. 23), A Minister's Wife (Mar. 28-Apr. 14), Shipwrecked! (Jun. 6-29) VORTEX REPERTORY COMPANY..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Arts Feature

DVDanger: Tokyo Tribe

Sion Sono's deranged, delirious hip-hop musical rocks

"...the first note, the first word. But Sion Sono's hip-hop musical Tokyo Tribe is a two-hour fountain of crazy,..."

Dec. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

R-e-s-p-e-c-t

The State of Austin's Hip-Hop Scene

"...Park on the Eastside photograph by Kenny Braun Austin's hip-hop scene just isn't the same as it was two..."

July 4, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

BoomBaptist and the Art of Crafty Self Promotion Schemes

Instrumental hip-hop mastermind sells us his world

"...– Thaggard's no pastry impresario. He's BoomBaptist: an independent hip-hop producer, occasional MC, one-half of synthwave duo the Vapor..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Manchester Perps

Interview with Chemical Brother Ed Simons.

"...partner Tom Rowlands, he has established the nascent Big Beat scene in their native Manchester, a techno-house hybrid comprised..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Q&A: Wyclef Jean

“I am the most famous Haitian in my century, right?”

"...Haitian hip-hop mogul Wyclef Jean, showcasing midnight tonight at Gatsby, ran..."

March 19, 2015 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

Texas Platters

Live Shots

"...SS outfits (aka the "female rock units") and one mad-beat scientist at the helm – took Kraftwerk's schtick and..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Beat Box

Beat Box

"...anymore? The LBC mogul who once dropped Doggystyle has gone soft. Maybe it's the peewee football. Or Girls Gone..."

March 28, 2008 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Saturday Picks

"...musical history, but one chapter often looked over is hip-hop. Sandwiched between Atlanta, New Orleans, and Houston, Mississippi hip-hop..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

I Wanna Take You Higher

"...mostly because England upset Spain in the European football championships and everyone was in high spirits, but also because..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Simon Reynolds

Sxsw

"...VOLEBEATS: Few bands in the alt-country realm pull on the..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Planet B-Boy

The global revival of breakdancing is the subject of this documentary, which shows off the mad skillz of competitors around the world.

"...Directed by: Benson Lee. If, like me, your mad skillz on the dance floor are limited to the..."

April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...arrived more than a decade later, 1970, when the Beatles broke up, while some modernists extend the expiration date..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

One last night of band blurbs!

"...and Chess and penned hits for Stevie Wonder, Ike & Tina Turner, and George Clinton. In the last decade,..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

SXSW Record Reviews

Built to Spill

"...City turntablists for an album that makes clear why hip-hop doesn't suck in '99. It's all about the beats..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...Lights: Toni Basil (Mary), Karen Black (Karen), Lea Marmer (Madame), Cathé Cozzi (Dancing girl), Thea Salerno (Hooker #1), Anne..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

Wednesday Picks

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...AC: Your new album draws on the relationship between blues and jazz...."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...FRIGG A-GO-GO: Hips will be shaking to this bad-ass, sneer-happy take on..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Reissues

"...the other obvious inclusions on the 70s volume. The Beat's "Rock N Roll Girl" is an edgy, pleasant surprise,..."

June 27, 1997 Music Review

Thursday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...push a deconstructed amalgam of punk, synth-pop, and laptop hip-hop. Hints of Devo, early Beck, and even Meadowlark Lemon..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

If You're a Viper

From 'La Cucaracha' to Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson: P-O-T

"..."Viper Blues," "Jack, I'm Mellow," "Sweet Marijuana Brown," "Viper Mad," "Tea Party," "The G Man Got the T Man,"..."

May 25, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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