Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Ghent Altarpiece, also known as The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, is the most stolen work of art in..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...in 1961 with Eli Wallach, who also appeared in Mystic River in 2003 with Bacon...."

Nov. 23, 2012 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Gilded Palace of Sin

Downtown Mystic isn't only the title of Lomita's second disc

"...stained glass. The no-wave textures in "Green Eyes" and "Mr. Execution" slum through the Velvet Underground and the Stooges'..."

April 27, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Magic in the Moonlight

Though he's been on a roll with his last few films, Woody Allen breaks his streak with this threadbare offering.

"...seemingly been put under the spell of a gold-digging mystic named Sophie (Stone), and their fortune is in jeopardy..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Page Two

Gratitude and goodbye to Will Eisner, whose comic 'The Spirit' is the epitome of great American art

"...stories on three characters: The Spirit, Lady Luck, and Mr. Mystic. From the beginning, the team that produced the..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Column by Louis Black

ACL 2008!

The lineup has arrived, calm down.

"...is personally stoked to see Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band, M. Ward, and Gillian Welch on the..."

April 15, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

Postmarks

Open Records Good

"...the issue, but leaves readers uninformed on the substance. Mr. Elder's opinion might best have been accompanied by a..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Assuming the quote is correct, Mr. Bunch is in error citing the Urban Transportation Commission..."

July 26, 2002 Column

SXSW Music Rounds Up Last Wave of Talent

Bully, Khalid, Car Seat Headrest, Lizzo, and Billie Eilish join fest

"...The Black Angels, Black Pistol Fire, Shinyribs, Big Bill,..."

March 7, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Fire in the Night, Music in Bone-Deep Bassnote Throbs

Reveling among the multiform delights of Art Outside

"...this? Swagger, happily scritching the dog's head: This is Mr. Gadget. Me: Ah, a Bichon Frise? Swagger: A lotta..."

Oct. 29, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

You Coulda Walked Around the World

The LBJ of Lone Star songwriters lays siege to the Cactus Cafe

"...regality, Hancock and Ely's guitar hero and high plains comrade, the late Jesse Taylor, spiriting into the room...."

Aug. 20, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Screamlines

"...her magic on everyone from the sadistic English teacher Mr. Weaver to Brad, the studly football hero. Granted, the..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

S.L. Houser, TsuShiMaMiRe, and More Crucial Concerts

Plus country jams, doom metal, and a jazz tag team

"...abbess Hildegard of Bingen was a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, holistic healer, and science/natural historian. Though well regarded in..."

Oct. 11, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

What We’re Listening to Right Now

Blakchyl x Hyah!, Empyrrean, Homemade Bangs, the Applicators, and more sounds for your week

"...More often, you'll see bands shrouding their music in mystic secrecy with no available lineup information, decorating their album..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Music List Four

Spoon, Kate Nash, Malcolm London, and 141 more added

"...Mr. Eazi (Port Harcourt, RI.)..."

Jan. 19, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Saturday Showcases

"...to playful. Then comes one of Austin's best guitarists, Mrs. Glass, a sharp-dressed picker with a deep microphone moan..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

ACL Fest Saturday Schedule

Saturday's full lineup

"...2:30pm:Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings (AMD) Drive-by Truckers (AT&T) Mr. Ray (H-E-B Kiddie Limits) Langhorne Slim Interview (Dell Dome)..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature

ACL Fest Sunday Schedule

Sunday's full lineup

"...(WaMu) 1:30pm:The Kills (AT&T Blue Room) Octopus Project (Dell) Mr. Ray (H-E-B Kiddie Limits) Buck Howdy with BB Autograph..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature

Texas Top 10s

"...2) Lomita, Downtown Mystic (Indierect)..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Music Feature

Beside the Point

Council members head to conference center/day spa for "team building," "agenda setting," and inner council member exploration

"...of Kansas facilitators Carol and John Nalbandian. Digging through Mr. Nalbandian's curriculum vitae is a revealing wade through the..."

Nov. 10, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Letters at 3AM

No recent commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' shared the poem's spirit or its author's invitation to expand the very definition of 'human being'

"...such lines. (Emily Dickinson, in a letter, commented that "Mr. Whitman" was not discussed by respectable persons.) And, in..."

July 22, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

16 Spells to Charm the Beast

Playwright Lisa D'Amour's 16 Spells to Charm the Beast is an urban fable of loneliness and love set in a whimsical world where furry brutes pine for sophisticated housewives; at its best Salvage Vanguard Theater's production casts its own spell, capturing us in a thrall of poetic visions reflecting natural desire and supernatural devotion.

"...or even clarity of meaning necessarily, but for the mystic power they hold to entrance and bring about some..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Dancing About Architecture

That was the week that was in the Live Music Capital…

"...mop-top Beatle (1962-65), the quiet Beatle (1966-70), the spiritual mystic (1971-73), the lawsuit-weary Dark Horse (1974-76), the radio-savvy "Blow..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Time to Bounce

Rapping with Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, the funkiest Connecticut Yankees in King Arthur's Court

"...man Bruce Martin, choppy psychedelic guitarist Robby Aceto, Jamaican-born Mystic Bowie (who provides high-energy toasting), background singer Victoria Clamp,..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Music Feature by John G. La Briola

Foot Foot Post Normal

Texas Platters

"...term here, both in terms of performance and recording. "Mr. T's Babies" kicks things off with screaming vocals and..."

June 30, 2000 Music Review by Greg Beets

What the Right Hand Is Doing

Magician turned sitcom star Harry Anderson returns to Austin at Palmer Auditorium this weekend, and his former partner and cohort, Austin author Turk Pipkin, looks back as he looks forward to reuniting with his old pal.

"..."Mental and Physical Phenomena, Psychic and Mystic manifestations, Locks and Pockets Picked," read a pitch sheet..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Features Feature by Turk Pipkin

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...popular roadshow attractions, Organized Konfusion's Prince Poetry, there's Oakland's Mystic Journeyman, a DIY outfit featuring two MCs with the..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...Past Premieres: Beauty and the Beast, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Bremen Town Musicians...."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Unnecessary Roughness

"...left the club at 1am ó just as the Mystic Knights of the Sea had run out of Roky..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...MR. JEALOUSY..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

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