Spotlight: Blowfly

1am, Emo's Main

"...what you want, keep it,'" Blowfly recalls. "I said, 'Mister, could you just give me a $10? My momma's..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Kings of Leon

Record review

"...was The Outlaws Josey Wales. That don't need selling, mister, it's a flag. "King of the Rodeo" kicks like..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Concerning beans, pods, snow, wind, rain, hedgehogs, and perfect chopsticks

"..."Mister Pants" was a well-known ladies apparel line in the..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Payne Pleasures 2004

Sam Bass Theatre's Forever Plaid took top honors at the 30th anniversary B. Iden Payne Awards

"...work on The Fever, and Rubber Repertory Company for Mister Z Loves Company as an outstanding late-night adventure. Here..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

Stephen weighs in on the whole Cipel / McGreevey thing (you know, the gay governor scandal), and lucky for us, we have never made untoward advances toward Our Style Avatar, especially now that we know how he feels

"...adulterous homosexual relationship. (We'll refer to Cipel as McGreevey's "mister," since, well, we can't call him McGreevey's "mistress," can..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Dear Pillow

Provocative Austin-made feature pushes sexual buttons meant to arouse and provoke, but never satisfy.

"...their apartment manager, Cory Criswell as Wes’single dad, and Mister Sinus Theater’s John Erler round out a rock-solid cast..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...up; if you want a war, you got it, mister...."

Aug. 13, 2004 Column

Scumbags Shouldn't Curse

"...up; if you want a war, you got it, mister...."

Aug. 9, 2004 Postmarks

Fort Worth Teen Scene! Vols. 1-3

Texas platters

"...rather have been the Yardbirds (two different bands do "Mister, You're a Better Man Than I" and ditto "Train..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Music Review by John Morthland

Dark Side of the Potterverse

Brad Neely's 'Wizard People, Dear Readers' and the volatility of artistic alchemy

"...it's less about mockery than is Mystery Science or Mister Sinus, depending more on sustained mood and character than..."

July 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Not Just Another Pretty Face

With the Naughty Austin theatre company, there's more than meets the eye.

"...before, a closer inspection of this miss reveals a mister under all that pancake and padding. In fact, all..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mister Z Loves Company: An X-Rated Self-Help Odyssey

Local Arts Reviews

"...Mister Z Loves Company: An X-Rated Self-Help OdysseyBlue Theater, through..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

K-Tel Cabaret

Michael Holland and Karen Mack make a performance party out of hits from the Seventies and Eighties.

"...a medley of 'Africa' [Toto] with 'Broken Wings' [Mr Mister]. Both pleasant enough tunes, both incredible records. Now, if..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Moser Protests Too Much

"...than straight is, so no princess points for you, mister! Oh, p.s., gay people have always owned the television..."

Aug. 27, 2003 Postmarks

Calling Mom

An essay on the author's mother and her generation of African-American women

"...a zinger was on the horizon, "but not her mister."..."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

'Lost Ark,' Resurrected

Three boys, seven years TK, and one heck of an homage -- a shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark that earned the blessing of their hero.

"...In those days, real movies were made in Hollywood, mister, and only kids and rebels had the ingenuity (or..."

May 30, 2003 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Bozzio/Mastelotto

Texas Platters

"...timekeepers -- for Bozzio, Zappa and Missing Persons; Mr. Mister and King Crimson for Mastelotto -- but it's similar..."

May 9, 2003 Music Review by David Lynch

Good Neighbors

Fred Rogers had a lot to teach us about being a good neighbor.

"...I have to say I didn't grow up watching Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. I was already the ripe old age..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

What NBC's new Kingpin means for the representation and presentation of Latinos on television

"...backdrop of drugs and corruption. Why couldn't Miguel be Mister Cadena, like Mister Sterling, that other NBC series set..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

FronteraFest 2003

It's time again for that annual performance jamboree FronteraFest, and time to mark its first decade of presenting Austin with adventuresome new theatre, comedy, dance, and spoken word by anyone with the courage or folly to take a stage.

"...Mister Z Loves Company, by Josh Meyer/Matt Hislope...."

Jan. 17, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Evelyn

"...Bruce Beresford, who also directed the actor in 1990's Mister Johnson. After having lost his way in recent dramatic..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rectangular Packages With Ribbons

Fred Rogers knows how to communicate with kids. Let him help you.

"...prepared to let you in on the secret. The Mister Rogers' Parenting Book (Running Press, $12.95 paper) is a..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Books Feature by Sam Hurwitt

Sweet Home Alabama

"...little gem, A Far Off Place). As the warring mister and missus, Lucas and Witherspoon are irresistible, their verbal..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Melville in Cubicle Hell

Tyro film director Jonathan Parker brings "Bartleby the Scrivener" back to the future. And who better to ride shotgun than freaky, geeky Crispin Glover?

"...AC: There's a Crispin Glover fanzine called Mister Density that I quote from: "Mr. Glover is the..."

June 14, 2002 Screens Feature by Sidney Moody

TV Eye

Memo to America: The Olympics aren't about one, but all.

"...An idealistic young man becomes a U.S. senator in Mister Sterling (NBC). CBS hopes for success with a CSI..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Mutant Genius

Greg Falcon makes very funny "fanimutation" -- animation in the style of "Web celeb" Neil Cicierega, some kid from the 'burbs who also happens to be very funny.

"...cheerleader in my gym class who insisted that Mr. Mister's "Kyrie Eleison" was actually titled "Give Me a Laser"?..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

When the Dog Bites

Richard Rodgers knew well the dog's bite, the bee's sting, plagued as he was by inner demons, personal trials, and psychic pain. Yet he was able somehow to produce from this dark world music of sweetness and light.

"...In actuality, though, Richard Rodgers was no Mister Rogers. As a new biography makes clear, the composer..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

My First Mister

"...does. Yet even if, as I expect, My First Mister vanishes from our memories with the speed and totality..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Autumn Tale

Fall film preview

Sept. 21, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Autumn Tale

What Movies Look Like This Fall

"...makes her feature film directorial debut with My First Mister, starring Leelee Sobieski and Albert Brooks. Brooks is a..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

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