Michael Ray Charles' New Art Asks Hard Questions About Race and America

The internationally acclaimed artist returns to Austin with new work that, as ever, leaves us asking ourselves what we see

"...Jemima as Wonder Woman and Marilyn Monroe, Sambo as Mickey Mouse and the Pillsbury Doughboy). With Charles appropriating the..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Faster Than Sound: Multidimensional Production Team Musically Reimagines Fantastic Planet

Lifted Traces rescores classic films, Harlem re-emerges locally with Oh Boy, and more

"...otherworldly drool and shaking seats. If the house that Mickey Mouse built ever shifts focus to experimental art films..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Do We Really Need More Superhero Movies?

We asked local artists if we're approaching Peak Cape anytime soon

"...who should belong to the public domain, just like Mickey Mouse. As for myself, I'm more into auteurs of..."

April 25, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse are Mickey Mouse's twin nephews...."

March 23, 2018 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Paramount Summer Classic Film Series, Song to Song

As heard in the movies

"..."Mickey Mouse March," Full Metal Jacket The Paramount Summer Classic..."

May 19, 2017 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

ATX Television Festival: Shifting Landscapes: The Effect of 9/11 on Storytelling

How the World Trade Center attacks affected TV

"...up their asses. ‘They got the World Trade Center, Mickey Mouse is next.'”..."

June 11, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Star Wars Lands in Austin

New fine art show in a gallery not that far, far away

"...really liked my art and said, can you do Mickey Mouse? Well, if you let me have the license,..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Deadmau5 vs. Drake: Saturday ACL Face-Off

Which Saturday headliner?

"...Surely unintentional musical influences: Mickey Mouse, Giorgio Moroder's disco divas, Nintendo..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Estate Sale Roundup: September 25-28

Our cart runneth over with old cash registers and Delta blues this week.

"...records, books. Washer and dryer; bar table and stools; Mickey Mouse phone; neon bar signs; antique kKitchen cabinet; christmas..."

Sept. 25, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

Girls Gone Geek

Weird Girls is an Austin-based website and YouTube channel dedicated to all things geeky, but from a female perspective

"...acquisitions like Marvel and Lucasfilm. But it's not all Mickey Mouse ears and Epcot memories. In a recent video,..."

May 23, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Estate Sale Roundup: February 21-23

This town has something for everyone this week.

"...clothing and collectibles; set of golf cubs & accessories; Mickey Mouse telephone. Debit/credit cards, checks, cash accepted. 2217 Onion..."

Feb. 20, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

Pledge Your Allegiance

Austin Film Society lets two iconic filmmakers square off in its new series

"...maturing – had become a man out of time ("Mickey Mouse can't grow old," in his own analogy). There..."

Dec. 27, 2013 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Own a Piece of Richard Garriott's World

Space and gaming pioneer is auctioning off 500-plus items

"...afford a single piece of it (a collection of Mickey Mouse toys has a starting bid of $80), it's..."

Sept. 12, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Leonard for a Day

Louis Black and Leonard Maltin reminisce on 50 years of moviegoing

"...things Disney. Because this was the time of the Mickey Mouse Club and of Walt Disney hosting his own..."

May 24, 2013 Screens Feature

Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season

Two cults beat as one: Jimmy Buffett & Sixto Rodriguez

"...million of them. Particularly piquant was the one about Mickey Mouse not having told his shrink that Minnie was..."

May 7, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Tim Doyle's 'Unreal Estate II' debuts at San Francisco's Spoke Art Gallery

Where Serenity lands, the TARDIS occurs, and there's a certain Abbey …

"...laws through lobbyists to preserve their intellectual property rights. Mickey Mouse – and Superman – should be public domain..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Point Austin: What's Not on the Ballot

The ballot has some choices, but not all choices

"...Secretary of State. (No, you can't just punch in "Mickey Mouse.")..."

Oct. 12, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Perry's Iowa Math

Ex-Bear Stearns economist backs gov's run. Ruh-roh!

"...a write-in boost by proxy. If Perry polls below Mickey Mouse, he can always say, "Well, I was not..."

July 27, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Transportation Stories

MetroRail finally launches but ...

"...WATSON'S THE ONE Tired of its rep as a Mickey Mouse operation, the board of directors plucked Orlando for..."

Jan. 7, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Cards Are Wild

More Wild Card categories to add to my Top 10 list

"...Animals in cartoons have been mouthing off ever since Mickey Mouse crawled out of the inkwell, and somehow the..."

Jan. 6, 2011 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lupita Murillo Tinnen: American DREAM

These photos put a face on undocumented students without putting faces on them

"...on the shelf in Culinary Arts, age 10½; the Mickey Mouse pillowcase on the bed and Spider-Man posters above..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Bedside Manner: The Tao of Riddley

What's on Brenner's bedside table right now? This:

"...Shoplifting from American Apparel by Tao Lin, yes, because..."

Oct. 12, 2010 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Grinderman

"...beginning with the Jesus Lizard vamp and release of "Mickey Mouse and the Goodbye Man." Profane pole rider "Worm..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Rock Ampersand Roll

Elijah Wald's alternative history turns out to be the best rock book of the year

"...history programs wickedly, hilariously suggesting the Beatles also invented Mickey Mouse and played in the Super Bowl. I laugh..."

Dec. 22, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

It's a Landslide ... Tie!

AFS Documentary Tour: Harvard Beats Yale 29-29

"...while their band oh-so-heartlessly played the theme from The Mickey Mouse Club –until the last 42 seconds of the..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Humane Society's Rags2Wags Benefit

Austin Music Hall, Saturday, November 1, 2008

"...probably avoid three-fingered cartoon characters like Porky Pig and Mickey Mouse … for obvious reasons, and cops should avoid..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

Salute Your Undershorts

The secret Hollywood history behind No Pants Day

"..."Our Friend, the Nazi Propaganda Machine." Disney Studios mascot Mickey Mouse, who was originally drawn naked, is later clothed..."

May 2, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

4,000

After reaching the five year landmark, the US occupation of Iraq reaches a grim new measure

"...White House, greeting Troy Aikman, the Jonas Brothers, and Mickey Mouse before embarking on the annual Easter Egg Roll...."

March 24, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Time Keeps On Slipping, Slipping, Slipping Into the Future

I never made it into the Mickey Mouse Club as a kid but today I am a proud, shoe carrying member of Club Chronicle 2007.

"...racer and blogger. I never made it into the Mickey Mouse Club as a kid but today I am..."

Nov. 3, 2007 Promotions Post

Inside the Texans' Training Camp

"...where 4.4 seconds according to the ticker on my Mickey Mouse watch. This provided coverage units ample opportunity to..."

Aug. 14, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

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