Magic 8-Ball Sez: Horns Win Out, Tech Tumbles

A battered, beaten Longhorns team limped out of dusty Lubbock with chapped lips and their first loss

"...woke up after halftime on both sides of the ball. McCoy's late drive was masterful, but it left too..."

Nov. 4, 2008 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

The Magic 8-Ball Says, 'Get a New Bass Player'

Memories of SXSW 2007.

"...every day is a lot like being a human pinball, shot into this vast maze of people texting and..."

March 21, 2007 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Over the 8 Ball

Anna Hanks consults one of the world's most enduring toy fortune tellers just in time for Halloween.

"...The reason the Magic 8 Ball is an occult power tool, in my..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Features Feature by Anna Hanks

News Ticker: April 8

All the news that's fit to blog

"...• Tomorrow might not be the best day for..."

April 8, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Old Austin Magic: Uncle Walt’s Band Live

Performance archive reissued with bonus tracks

"...Seventies/Eighties, the virtuosic roots triad of Walter Hyatt, David Ball, and Champ Hood alchemized the hottest act in Austin...."

Jan. 18, 2021 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Luv Doc Recommends: Rude Mechanicals' Black Eye Ball

The Off Center, Saturday, August 20, 2005

"...nervous about attending an event called the Black Eye Ball. Sounds like something held at a biker bar in..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

Ouija

Hasbro's soothsaying board is the MacGuffin in this teen horror film.

"...Joe – look like triumphs of subtly engineered cinematic magic. Too bad then that there’s very little magic –..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Super Coffee Invades, Still Austin Celebrates, Trudy's Brings the THC, Bird Bird Almost, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...St. Elmo) celebrates their fourth anniversary on Sat., Sept. 18, noon-10pm, with the Bearded Baking Company bringing the best..."

Sept. 15, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

McCoy the Top QB Ever? Talk to the Ghost of VY.

Colt poised to be the winningest college QB

"...winningest college quarterback. Ever. Is he better than VY? Magic 8-Ball sez: “Picture cloudy, ask me again in January.”..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

The Passion of Bob Stoops

"...The Magic 8-Ball sez OU and Texas will lose at least..."

Oct. 9, 2007 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

The Great Critic Test

How Much Do You Really Know About These Freaks?

"...illustration by Robert Faires No one likes a critic...."

Feb. 27, 1998 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Double Step

In this program of work by Kathy Dunn Hamrick and Kate Warren, the seriousness of the dancers was never in doubt

"...Double StepAustinVentures StudioTheater June 6–8..."

June 14, 2013 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Soccer Watch

"...nights – they're at Laredo Friday, kicking off at 8:15pm... The Aztex have just three home games left after..."

June 14, 2013 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

UCLA Villains Loom in Latest Longhorn Page-Turner

Every chapter a cliffhanger

"...bold announcement repeated about the often-baffling University of Texas football team. It began two years ago when they improbably..."

Sept. 15, 2011 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Five Arty Things to Do: Nov. 3-5

That number again is: Five. Yes, five arty things.

"...1) All I’ve got to say up top here..."

Nov. 2, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Going Pro

Aztex announce new partners, USL Pro affiliation

"...play a full schedule. USL Pro is playing a 28-game regular-season schedule this season, running from March to September,..."

June 13, 2014 Sports Feature by Nick Barbaro

Aztex to Bring Pro Soccer Back to Austin

Soccer team to join USL Pro for 2015; Epstein, Thornton, join ownership

"...play a full schedule. USL Pro is playing a 28-game regular-season schedule this season, running from March to September,..."

June 10, 2014 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

FF2012: 'Doomsday Book'

Two bangs, one whimper on Fantastic Fest apocalypse anthology

"...Korean anthology Doomsday Book, we can add infected apple, Magic 8-Ball, and a new twist on the self-aware robot..."

Sept. 22, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Last Queen Standing

We have at the latest RuPaul's Drag Race

"...crazy enough to be in the race. Grow some balls, then shed them really fast. Use your imagination, girl...."

March 3, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

The Incubus Archives

With The Incubus Archives, playwright David Hancock, director Vicky Boone, the show's designers, and a group of actors as fierce and committed as they come have crafted a theatre-sized dreamscape, in which subjects seem to bubble up from the darkness of the subconscious and bizarre images erupt into view to ponder the nature of evil.

"...which proves to be about as clairvoyant as a Magic 8-Ball. The tour guides may affect the look of..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Other Box Sets

"...They look like books. At least, they seem to..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

I'm engaged in a

"...by now about the city of Cleveland, with its 573,822 grieving souls getting dumped on by its lover of..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Column

Cauleen Smith: NTSC

Smith uses the analog TV production standard to probe what's uniform and what's excluded in society as well as TV

"...old-school material regulations and fallback social constructions. Integrating video, Magic-Marker drawings, sculpture, and sound, Smith's "NTSC" conjures, like TV..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Arts Review by Nikki Moore

Spangles and High Heels

Dreams come true, just ask "Her Tallness," Marcia Ball.

"...poster. Step right up, folks -- a quarter a ball, three for 50 cents, and eight balls for $1...."

June 20, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

A Honky-Tonk Song

Profile of piano man Earl Poole Ball

"...that drives the song, courtesy of Mr. Earl Poole Ball. For months, the buzz around Austin has been, "Oh,..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Reissues

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

"...Grow Fins: Rarities 1965-1982 (Revenant)..."

June 25, 1999 Music Feature

Imperfect Game

The Texas Documentary Tour: 'Small Ball' follows a Little League team – and their parents – to the World Series

"...In Small Ball (2004), Kolker and Alvarez turn their lens on Little..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Day Trippin'

More day parties than you can shake an iPhone at

"...House WEDNESDAY: Oh, Pyramid (6pm), Diamondhead (7), Voodoo Economics (8), Ex-Cocaine (9) THURSDAY: Slow/Dynamite (2:30pm), the Gang (3:15), Dana..."

March 11, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

25 Years Ago, Sublime Arrived in Austin and Cut One of the Decade's Biggest Albums

Local producer Paul Leary put some Austin in the Long Beach surf/punk/dub trio's mix

"...As such, the locked-in trio provided abundant magic to capture on reel-to-reel. In fact, a surprising amount..."

May 7, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music: Mega Third List

L7, the Cult, Loretta Lynn and 556 more added to the Fest

"...the third and largest artist announcement yet. Highlights include 83-year-old country pioneer Loretta Lynn, reunited grunge heroines L7, and..."

Jan. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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