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Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow
Recommended ACL Records to Get You Psyched for the Fest
The best CPR (concert psychin' rock) to get in the fest mindset
"...Tito’s Handmade Vodka stage) – Doug Freeman Margo Price Midwest Farmer’s Daughter (Third Man)..."
Sept. 30, 2016 Music Post by The Music Staff
David Cross Goes Cross Country
In "Making America Great Again!!," David Cross cracks up fans from sea to shining sea
"...the East Coast, a couple of places in the Midwest and South. Maybe it's because [where] I grew up..."
April 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
The End of the Tour
Fictional but satisfying portrayal of a David Foster Wallace interview by a Rolling Stone reporter
"...death. The book’s transcriptions of their conversations at Wallace’s Midwest home and on the road form the basis of..."
Aug. 14, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Native Family
Midwestern comfort food
"...first glance, Native Family Co. may seem about as Midwestern as the Centre Georges Pompidou. There's no trace of..."
Jan. 23, 2015 Food Feature by Brandon Watson
Marmalakes Homecoming
Popular Austin trio returns from tour to ready its debut LP
"...CW: We didn’t hit the Midwest on this run, but I think initially we made..."
June 5, 2014 Music Post by Abby Johnston
Moontower 2014, Day 4: She Bang
Women comics take society put-downs, turn them into laughs
"...Stelling, who hails from the Midwest, joked that one of her biggest challenges is coming..."
April 27, 2014 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
The cult following that surrounds the audio tapes of a couple of slurry drunks that were surreptitiously recorded in the late Eighties is given the documentary treatment.
"...Lower Haight district, two young punks transplanted from the Midwest took to surreptitiously taping their next-door neighbors, Peter and..."
Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Newsgeist: 12/13/10
The spirit of the news
"...-A massive snowstorm caused some serious issues in the Midwest over the weekend...."
Dec. 13, 2010 News Post by Eric Pickhartz
South by So Real 2010
Checking in with SXSW's hip-hop head
"...all over. Of course, the South, the East, the Midwest, the West coast. We’ve got Canada represented; Anita Tijoux..."
March 15, 2010 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett
The Last Laugh
Remembering the late underground comic Mitch Hedberg
"..."Mitch was originally from the Midwest. He'd left the house at 18, and all he'd..."
Oct. 9, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Industrious Anarchy
Anarchy Championship Wrestling is striving to keep the wrestling tradition alive in Austin
"...Summerlyn were on the road, wrestling bouts across the Midwest. Childs decided it was time to bring pro wrestling..."
July 18, 2008 Sports Feature by Richard Whittaker
Soccer Watch
St. Edward's women host the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional, and more
"...the Heartland Conference and the top seed in the Midwest Region in NCAA Division II. As such, they host..."
Nov. 9, 2007 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro
Horns, Hilltoppers Head Into Postseason
"...the Heartland Conference and the top seed in the Midwest Region in NCAA Division II. As such, they host..."
Nov. 8, 2007 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro
'Possession Arrow': Badgley<-Razook
They have made their selections, and I'm split between bliss and extreme bitterness.
"...West Regional), just announced along with Florida (in the Midwest as the overall top seed), UNC (East), and Ohio..."
March 11, 2007 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley
Good Humor Man
Former 'Seinfeld' writer Pat Hazell is funny, upbeat, generous, and, oh, yeah, he lives here now
"...Years, his one-man show about growing up in the Midwest in the Sixties and Seventies, at the State Theatre..."
May 26, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo
Transamerica
Felicity Huffman’s commanding, gender-bending performance is the primary reason to see Transamerica.
"...to drive Toby to his stepfather’s home in the Midwest, although Toby’s plan is to go to L.A. to..."
Jan. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
An Unfinished Life
An Unfinished Life never transcends its simple storyline to charter original ground, but it’s the kind of movie you can’t fault too terribly much, primarily because its heart seems to be in the right place.
"...many times, the down-on-her-luck Jean and daughter flee the Midwest and end up on Einar’s Wyoming ranch, where they..."
Sept. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Letters at 3AM
Happiness costs. I know better now than to indulge this happiness, but still I drive on and I can't or won't stop. It isn't right that I and my Chevy, and you and your car, eat up the world's resources at the rate we do. We're driving in sin.
"...on. In this last year I've driven the West, Midwest, East, Northeast, South, West again, Northwest, North Midwest ......"
May 27, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura
The Weather Underground
Former members of the Weather Underground still know a thing or two about "which way the wind blows" in this always timely documentary.
"...as a fact as a college student in the Midwest during the early Seventies, when almost every person could..."
Sept. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
About Schmidt
"...an exquisite ear for and sense of the American Midwest and its denizens. My primary complaint with the film..."
Jan. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Be Real
The Bottle Rockets cut one helluva tribute to Doug Sahm.
"...parts of the country tend not to give the Midwest much thought, and when they do, images of flat..."
Feb. 15, 2002 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw
Playwright as Architect
In a conversation on art and craft, playwrights Dan Dietz and Wayne Alan Brenner discuss making the blueprints for and building a drama.
"...was 8 years old, my family moved from the Midwest to Georgia -- northwest Georgia. And the difference in..."
Oct. 26, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
Elmer Gantry
"...and the evangelist who join forces in the 1920s Midwest. Lancaster and Jones also won Oscars...."
June 16, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Center Stage
Students at the American Ballet Academy in New York vie to join the professional corps.
"...of Jody Sawyer (Schull), a fresh face from the Midwest, who rooms with the two other principals in the..."
May 12, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
American Filmmaker
Chris Smith's American Movie depicts one man's passionate struggle to make a film.
"...CS: I'm attracted to Midwestern stories because it's what I know best. I feel..."
Oct. 15, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Books of a Lifetime
Dawn Powell: A Biography
"...Powell arrived in New York City from the Midwest at the age of 21 and never left. Her..."
Nov. 27, 1998 Books Feature
Knocking at Your Back Door
Austin's Soak: Not Sitting Around
"...canceling a number of album release parties in the Midwest, where management had the band touring because of its..."
Aug. 22, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Omaha (The Movie)
"...half of crazy antics, silly situations, and good clean Midwestern fun. I'm tempted to call it the low-budget companion..."
April 12, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor
A Christmas Story
Ralphie wants nothing more for Christmas than a Red Ryder 200-shot, range-model air rifle, but he must convince Mom and Dad that, if lucky enough to receive this “Holy Grail of Christmas presents,” he won't shoot his eye out.
"...film. Even if you didn't grow up in the Midwest, you'll still be able to appreciated the anticipation of..."
