Putting the Austin Into Wizard World Austin

Local talent appearing at the geek culture gathering

"...some local names that you may not want to miss...."

Oct. 2, 2014 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Say Hello to Kitty

Join Austin writer Anna Hanks in her desperate search for the "Hello Kitty" hotline.

"...express this friendship, I inhabit a whole Hello Kitty universe based on my fixation. Like a trader in medieval..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Features Feature by Anna Hanks

Recommended

"...Live, she should turn the Juliana Hatfield trick. STRETFORD, MISS UNIVERSE, HORMONES Hole in the Wall, Friday 3 Do..."

Nov. 3, 1995 Music Feature

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...return trips from SXSW alums Ry Russo-Young (You Won't Miss Me), Lynn Shelton (Humpday), and Alex Karpovsky (Trust Us,..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Checking In: Alesia Lani Hermits Happily

Powerhouse live presence ramps down

"...Blige or Jazmine Sullivan, she invite(s) listeners into her universe,” wrote Kahron Spearman in his cover story on Alesia..."

June 2, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The AggreGAYtor: January 20

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Former Miss Universe contestant Jenna Talackova joins “Brave New Girls.”..."

Jan. 20, 2014 Qmmunity Post

The AggreGAYtor: November 12

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Miss Universe co-host Thomas Roberts criticizes Russia’s recent anti-gay pogrom...."

Nov. 12, 2013 Qmmunity Post

The AggreGAYtor: January 2

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• Jenna Talackova, the first transgender contestant in the Miss Universe pageant, is getting her own reality show...."

Jan. 2, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Dancing About Architecture

The Austin Music Network changes administrations once again.

"...making the rounds. Well, mere weeks ago, Austin Music Commission chairman Kevin Connor said he expected things to happen..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...Lounge act keeping the melodically barbed spirit of our much-missed former clubhouse alive. (Blind Pig Pub, 9pm) -- Christopher..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...Peenbeets, Sexy Finger Champs, Juan Solo, Playdoh Squad, Hobble, Miss Universe (the Austin band, not the Dutch guys), and..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Thinking Man's Mojo

Charlie Burton

"...Out of My Mind)," "I'm the Guy Who Let Miss Universe Slip Thru His Fingers," or "Words Don't Mean..."

April 18, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Charlie Burton and the Texas Twelve Steppers

"...such as the Western-swinging "I'm The Guy Who Let Miss Universe Slip Thru His Fingers," the crazy Cajun "Thin..."

April 18, 1997 Music Feature

So, Where Were the Vampires in Before Sunrise?

"...piece by McLeese in the first place (with Don's permission). Anyway, he adds, the articles in question are in..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Music Column

Updating the Big Eight

Austin's Torch-Bearing Indies

"...Furry Things and the Memphis Goons. Just out is Miss Universe's new LP and CD, to be followed by..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Music Feature

Sxsw

"...CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE: Born in Mississippi, raised in Memphis, Musselwhite cut his teeth in southside..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Coraline

An unparalleled master of the phantasmagoric image returns with this children's film.

"...young Coraline (voiced by Fanning) escapes into an alternate universe that looks almost exactly like her real one except..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters at 3AM

Having a personal relationship with an impersonal God

"...which "relative" and "absolute" are arbitrary terms that equally miss the point. The universe is a vast, living organism,..."

May 8, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

When the Long Night Comes

"...what I am. And when you do that, you miss the moments." "What are you?," this fictional soul was..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Pandemic Production, One Year Later: Brad Graeber, CEO, Powerhouse Animation

"We're on the verge of a social experiment of going back into the office."

"...three days a week or more. Graeber said, "They miss the camaraderie, they miss the culture, they miss the..."

July 9, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Letters @ 3AM

The author offers notes for a poem that tells how the America of our hearts is a forgotten country.

"...the famous painting of the Signing. But maybe the universe was trying to tell them something? Work in Melville's..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

These Five Last-Minute Gift Ideas Might Be the Best You’ll Ever See

Because, frankly, most other listicles like this are boring AF

"...of her Permanent Record library cards. Pitre’s taken used, decommissioned library cards – you know, like from the old..."

Dec. 21, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Austin's bands of tomorrow are already here, they're just U18

"...at the age of 18 on 1965's "You're Gonna Miss Me," everything whirling inside the song developing in his..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Mysterium Tremendum

Hearing the Big Bang with Mickey Hart

"...Hart takes the light of the universe, from the Big Bang on, changes it into sound,..."

April 25, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Darkness With a Twist of Dime-Store Novel

White Whale Games brings the pulp-fiction aesthetic into the Aughties

"...A nefarious, unknowable force travels the universe, washing away the history of the worlds it passes...."

Dec. 9, 2011 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

High Baptismal Flow

In search of rock & roll's psychedelic pioneers, Austin's 13th Floor Elevators

"...drummers, and three bass players? And how in this universe or the next did a band from Texas change..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Coach's Corner

When even the duffers at the muni golf course are talking about the Olympics, you know the ratings are through the roof.

"...The existence of a parallel universe is a topic well covered in science fiction. I'm..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Marvel's master of kung fu makes a convoluted cosmic splash

"...genius stereotype, Fu Manchu. So when the Marvel Cinematic Universe first glimpsed at its Asian plots in Iron Man..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The LEGO Ninjago Movie

The LEGO law of diminishing returns

"...marketing ploy, wherein a subset of LEGO’s omnivorous, pop-cultural universe is shunted out into the public arena minus so..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Incredible Hulk

Finally, the Hulk is truly incredible. As of right now, it's Marvel's universe; we just live in it.

"...the film's main tale. (Many of these, including the blink-and-you'll-miss-it mention of old school Marvel cold warrior Nick Fury:..."

June 13, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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