Faster Than Sound: Inside a Competition to Become Musician-in-Residence at a Luxury Apartment Complex

Would you play 25 hours a month to live rent-free in Downtown Austin?

"...5 when my landlord pointed out I had forgotten to pay rent. I felt considerably more terrible than I..."

April 15, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Online Offered Lots to Look Forward To

Virtual festival forecasts incoming local debuts and tentative fall touring.

"...interviewer Andy Langer inquired whether Willie Nelson missed his tour bus. The pandemic marks the 87-year-old's longest tour gap..."

March 26, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Harder They Come

"...Cliff, Janet Barkley, Carl Bradshaw, Ras Daniel Hartman, Bobby Charlton, Basil Keane and Winston Stona. Not reviewed at press..."

Sept. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Harder They Come

Scenes from Jimmy Cliff's ACL taping

"...fact that the Austin City Limits studio is this town's best listening room is the worst kept secret. In..."

Aug. 5, 2010 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Texas Book Festival Announces Full Lineup

From R.L. Stine to Reza Aslan, 225-plus converge on the Capitol

"...Texas Book Festival authors, friends, and coordinators gathered at The Contemporary Austin tonight to share some..."

Sept. 10, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Live Shots

"...Tosca at Cedar Street November 2. photograph by John Carrico..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Music Feature

Crimes That Paid

In Jesse Sublett's top reads of 2014, wherever the protagonists go, trouble follows

"...Unless your name is Dick Cheney or you're an investor in ISIS, you're as sick of war as I..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

Jimmy Cliff

Gift guide

"...In stark contrast to Ivan Martin, the singer turned ganja-trade outlaw he brought..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Blind Boys of Alabama

'ACL' sides

"...praise. An overstatement perhaps, but it underscores gospel's relation to the other limbs on the African-American sound tree: blues,..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Music Review by David Lynch

ACL Fest 2014 Interviews

2:15pm, Honda stage

"...Jimmy Cliff remains a global master of translating triumph into song. Signature compositions "You Can Get It If You..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Walkmen

"...have stayed a boozy 3am idea that never comes to fruition. It's no secret the NYC lads love Nilsson,..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Jimmy Cliff

SXSW Showcase Reviews

"...other Jamaican artist is more responsible for exporting reggae to the world than Jimmy Cliff. Spearheading the 1972 soundtrack..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Books, Books, Books

The Summer of '95

"...summer rolls its lazy days this way, it's difficult to resist the urge to follow its traditional beck and..."

June 2, 1995 Books Feature

Bruce Springsteen

SXSW Showcase Reviews

"...profound and assured deliverance. It began with a tribute to Woody Guthrie on the occasion of his centennial, "Ain't..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Gotta Get Up

Harry Nilsson, the Pussy Cat who roared

"...psychology of musicians, especially those we ascribe genius status to, used to hold more mythical weight. Nowadays there's a..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Festival International de Jazz de Montreal

Indie rock music festivals could learn a thing or three from the Montreal Jazz Fest

"...– high season runs from March's South by Southwest to Chaos in Tejas at the beginning of June, boomeranging..."

July 12, 2013 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Percy Sledge

in box

"...Tough act to follow, "When a Man Loves a Woman."..."

March 11, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Twisted Williemania

On the Bus Again with Willie Nelson

"...in the driver's seat of the sort of deluxe tour bus strictly reserved for Nashville's royalty, waiting to do..."

Feb. 9, 1996 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Three Canyons

The Southwest Edge of Texas Hill Country -- Home to Lost Maples and Garner State Park -- Is Rich in Both Beauty and History

"...150 miles southwest of here is still like that today...."

May 18, 2001 Features Feature by Brant Bingamon

The World of Wayfinding in Austin

How we get from here to there in our ever-changing city

"...ACL Fest shuttle bus last fall just after we'd crossed back into Downtown. She had just moved to Austin,..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Hays County Medics Are Officially Unionized

Election over, work begins

"...result proved true, with 68% of eligible employees voting to unionize when ballots were counted, June 2...."

June 23, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Education of Max Nofziger

From Flower to Power

"...In the far northwestern corner of Ohio, nearest to Detroit, amidst hamlets like Assumption and Defiance, West Unity..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Bloodsucking Bastards

Cubicle horrors: Vampires bloody the workplace

"...awfully obvious metaphor – capitalism sucks, literally! – but director O’Connell and a thoroughly game cast drawn from the..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mud

Hypermasculine yet soulfully romantic, this coming of age story with thriller elements stars Matthew McConaughey.

"...lures 14-year-old best friends Ellis (Sheridan) and Neckbone (Lofland) to a tiny, untrammeled island off the Mississippi River in..."

April 26, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...under the guise of Smart Growth. Jackie didn't listen to her friend, whistleblower Richard White, who fought to expose..."

May 3, 2002 Column

BPness: A Line in the Sand

Notes from Kate's trip thru Lafourche Parish to Grand Isle, LA., Part 1.

"...An opportunity arose to drive a friend to New Orleans (and visit my..."

June 25, 2010 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

The Word Made Song

Gospel Music in Austin

"...by Christopher Gray..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Music Feature

Cucaracha, La

"...Directed by: Jack Perez. Starring: James Mcmanus, Victor Rivers, Tara Crespo, Joaquim De Almeida and Eric Roberts...."

April 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...illustration by Jason Stout You know you're in for a long, hot summer..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

Qmmunity: Queers Gone Country

Nashville's Jaime Wyatt brings queer twang to Austin, Elysium gets Bizarre, and more events

"...country music. Which is ironic considering I've only come to believe in the Church of the Twang & the..."

July 30, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

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