Notes on Mad Dogs

If you were young, talented, and a little crazy in the old Austin, you may have answered to the bizarre title of "Mad Dog."

"...Anyone who has tried to write about Mad Dog, a bizarre moment of this state's literary history,..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

From Mad Dogs to Mister Golf

Bud Shrake, continued

"...booze-fueled cadre of writers and associates known as the Mad Dogs, and the golf habit that led to his..."

April 25, 2008 Books Feature by Spencer Parsons

Mad Dogs and Austinites

Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival

"...You know what they say about only mad dogs and Englishmen being out in the midday sun?..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Food Feature by Louis Black

Cats & Dogs

"...Elizabeth Perkins and Jeff Goldblum. The idea behind Cats & Dogs is such an obvious one it's a wonder..."

July 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Straw Dogs

Rod Lurie remakes Sam Peckinpah's 1971 bloodbath-classic about a home invasion and tapping into man's inner rage monster.

"...of art." No such luck here, though. This Straw Dogs is nearly all bark, with the occasional, predictable bite..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Northcross Going to the Dogs

New anti-Wal-Mart protest planned

"...for Northcross now plans a similar event this Saturday – and they want everybody and their dog to show..."

Feb. 27, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Luv Doc Recommends: Will's Mad Hatter Boat Party

Riviera Marina, Saturday, September 6, 2008

"...This Saturday DJ Will Konitzer will be hosting Will’s Mad Hatter Boat Party on Lake Travis. Starting at Riviera..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

The Hightower Report

Ryan bitten on the butt by his own mad dogs

"...Capitol dome, so it's just the Republican congressional caucus – bumbling, stumbling, and crashing into each other in clownish..."

Oct. 30, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

Underdog

A mad scientist's experiments provide a beagle with superpowers and the ability to speak in this children's comedy based on an old cartoon.

"...5-year-old companion offers his assessment: “I like how they made the old cartoon into a giant new cartoon. I..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Hightower Report

"...Help Warren Fight the Madness..."

April 8, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

Does This Relationship Have a Future?

If dogs aren’t welcome on the Starship, I’m not going either

"...humans, humans learned that they could do useful work – hunting, hauling, guarding, herding – and the rest is..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

Even the Rain

Amid citizen unrest in Bolivia, a Spanish film crew attempts to mount a revisionist history of Christopher Columbus.

"...direct a foot chase with armored soldiers and frothing dogs. You could argue a slender connection between Werner Herzog’s..."

April 15, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Insider's Outsider Guide to Texas

Remembering Bud Shrake

"...8 at the age of 77, without mentioning the Mad Dogs, a group of rebellious writers and musicians, including..."

May 15, 2009 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Gozu

Watching the latest from the insanely prolific Takashi Miike is akin to having some very bad acid slipped in your drink.

"...yakuza film into a stunningly surrealistic exercise in cinematic madness, you could do worse. Watching any of the insanely..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction

"...there I don't know how many times, back when B&E was easy”), and ruminates on the nature of what..."

July 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

U-Turn

"...Yet for all its unmistakable visual trademarks (hypersaturated colors; mad-scientist tinkering with film stocks and editing technique; sudden presentation..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina

"...came to their Thumbelina. The Steven Speilberg-produced Animaniacs I'm Mad is a hilarious short driven by a breakneck-speed song..."

April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Naked City

The West Austin Park, for years an unofficial off-leash "dog park" for neighborhood residents, gets an unexpected makeover into a T-ball field.

"...very little of it has been coming from the dogs that frequently romp there. Dog-owning residents of the Old..."

May 11, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Tedeschi Trucks Thrill Austin City Limits

Mad Dogs & Floridians cap all-star season 41

"...quite a bit of Texas in TTB these days made the evening even more special. Drummer J.J. Johnson has..."

Dec. 15, 2015 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Monster Band: Susan Tedeschi Q&A

Susan Tedeschi likes big families

"...their soulful debut, recalls traveling circus acts like Delaney & Bonnie & Friends. Tomorrow, Wednesday, the 11 musicians that..."

Jan. 17, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Sex, Thugs, and Thanatos

The mad, bad bounty of Fantastic Fest 2009

"...my uncritical, preteen psyche. Such wholesome Nazi-inflected adventures and maddeningly irretractable and mellifluous songsmithery are the stuff of childhood..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Reheated

The 18th Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival

"...South then, Stuckey's only dotting Southern highways, and Col. San­ders' Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets offered packets of honey, which..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Food Feature by Louis Black

Town Lake's Future: Fix It or Ditch It

The animal center needs a major renovation, but funds and political will are needed

"...a weird minty green color last in fashion when Renée Zellweger was in moon boots. State health inspectors agree..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...first of eight tracks, "Say No to Drugs," Hawkeye – er, Pierce – resounds right up front in the..."

June 11, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Hightower Report

Coming up with a timetable for leaving Iraq isn't unpatriotic or cowardly; and Bush's EPA proposes a new rule for testing toxic pesticides on humans, giving pesticide corporations clear-cut exceptions to the supposed federal ban on human testing

"...They have gone into full mad-dog mode because many Democrats, independents, sane Republicans, and just..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Daniel Johnston

Texas Platters

"...a blot of mustard left over from lunch at Mad Dogs & Beans, or like the dust that winkled..."

May 16, 2003 Music Review by Marc Savlov

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"..."I felt very 'other' there, but now Trump has made it a much more sinister division. I feel actively..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Digging for Danger in Dig Dog

Local developer Rusty Moyher designs a perilous dog dimension

"...This might be an unpopular stance, but I hate dogs in video games, at least realistic ones. Canine familiars..."

Feb. 22, 2018 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Austin Music Awards’ Message of Love

35th annual local prom sets a new standard

"...monumental close, which recalled not only Joe Cocker’s incendiary Mad Dogs & Englishmen revue but also Crosby, Stills, Nash..."

March 13, 2017 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Van Morrison

.. It’s Too Late to Stop Now ... Volumes II, III, IV & DVD (Legacy)

"...favored bands resembling traveling circuses. The Joe Cocker/Leon Russell-led Mad Dogs & Englishmen, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends with..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

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