King Tears

A decade after the ValuJet crash claimed Walter Hyatt's life, his posthumous archive celebrates his tender abilities once again

"...in the Lovett-produced King Tears. The album was Hyatt's masterpiece but far from the mainstream appeal that the label..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Postwar Kurosawa

Five underappreciated films from the Japanese master

"...paints Toshiro Mifune – fresh off the director's second masterpiece, Seven Samurai – into old man make-up for a..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Jazzin' Up Catfish Row

After 70 years, Zach creates a Porgy and Bess for Austin

"...America's first significant addition to the opera canon, the masterpiece of one of this country's greatest composers at the..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Graham Reynolds

Greg Bolin: Non-Austin Austin Composer

The score on rescoring Porgy and Bess

"...do an unenviable task: reassess, edit, and rewrite a masterpiece, Porgy and Bess. And not only did Bolin have..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Graham Reynolds

The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara-Wearing, Book-Sharing Guide to Life

Meet the Pulpwood Queens and Kathy L. Patrick, Texas' answer to Oprah and perhaps just as important a name in the word biz

"...books, and now she's written one. It's not a masterpiece, but it's enough to make her fellow authors applaud...."

Jan. 25, 2008 Books Review by Joe O'Connell

In Box: Pink Floyd

In Box: Pink Floyd

"...You Were Here. The transitory light-years preceding Floyd's conceptual masterpiece, 1973's Dark Side of the Moon, mark where things..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Music Review by Austin Powell

Hee Haw Hell

Dash Rip Rock's journey through H-E-double hockey sticks.

"...Nixon and Jello Biafra – is a back porch masterpiece, but not the only Dash you need. Look for..."

Jan. 22, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

There Will Be Film

"...Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis is still a masterpiece...."

Jan. 4, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Page Two: Die Another Day

On renewal, 'Red Cavalry,' and the joys of creating, despite the hostile storms and vicious seas

"...question that the Red Cavalry collection is Babel's enduring masterpiece, but many of his other collected stories are no..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Letters @ 3AM

Steve Erickson's new novel Zeroville shows what you have to go through to see how monotheism screws up your consciousness

"...heart – and proud, proud of this man, three masterpieces in a row (and I don't say "masterpiece" lightly)...."

Dec. 21, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

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