TV Eye

AMN 'SFS' is dead. Long live 'SFS TV.'

"...When the Austin Music Network signed off in September of 2005, part of..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Reigning Cat and Dog

John Kricfalusi, in town this weekend, on 'Ren & Stimpy's staying power.

"...kept Spumco afloat by doing the occasional TV commercial, music video, product design, two seasons of a very unorthodox..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Screens Feature by Ken Lieck

Luv Doc Recommends: Moonlight Towers Free Show

Emo's, Saturday, July 9, 2005

"...rendering of Thumper peering out the back of your shorts may simply be a cute homage to your love..."

July 8, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

Bob Ray on 'Rock Opera'

"...audience has always been those in the slacker, stoner, musician mode. Austinites, really, but the demo-graphic exists wherever kind..."

April 29, 2005 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

The Movies That Matter

An interview with Killer Films producer Christine Vachon

"...and the Angry Inch, obviously, it's such a fabulous music movie that it seems completely appropriate to be here...."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

Had your fill of frothy TV holiday fare? Weary of bowl games? Lost your buzz from all those holiday sweets? Well, then, 'The Territory' comes just in time.

"...season of provocative and experimental documentaries, narratives, and animated shorts from around the world. No longer than 30 minutes..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Short Cuts

Bob Ray's 'Hillbilly Doomsday' has been found!

"...badass Riverboat Gamblers video you've seen on the Austin Music Network, but also to rediscover one of his own..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...in the middle of the night in your boxer shorts to get a plate number!) When we've called 311..."

July 16, 2004 Column

Five-Year Reunion

'Freaks and Geeks' comes back in a big way – on DVD

"...played with chem sets and wore their polyester gym shorts way up under their ribs. They had ventriloquist dummies..."

April 16, 2004 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Growin' a Beard

CDVD

"...citizens with their dignity and beards intact. Extras include shorts ("The 72 oz. Steak"), footage from the Austin and..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Music Review by Margaret Moser

News/Print

Column body.

"...Two Note Solo's "All Good Stuff," featuring readings, film shorts, live music, and more, on Sunday, July 27, at..."

July 25, 2003 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Luv Doc Recommends: Texas Rollergirls Roller Derby

, Sunday, July 20, 2003

"...In the first bout, the Hotrod Honeys, sporting black shorts and sassy pink tops, will throw down against the..."

July 18, 2003 Column by The Luv Doc

Braying for Plutonium

The U.S. Dept. of Energy visits Amarillo in search of friendly site for manufacturing nuclear warheads.

"...such criticisms, the proposed Modern Pit Facility is kick-up-your-heels music to the Pentagon's plutonium cowboys, who have not mass-produced..."

July 11, 2003 News Feature by William M. Adler

"I Made a Movie, and They Didn't Want It!"

Shut out by distribution companies, indie filmmakers go DIY when it comes to getting their movie out there.

"...a year -- including full-length features, trailers, works-in-progress, and shorts -- to be screened by a staff of five...."

July 11, 2003 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Short Cuts

Film on, as resistance.

"...Channel outlets but keeps cropping up as the bandwidth-clogging back-music on various and sundry Web sites and blogs with..."

April 11, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Articulations

Seven Austin arts organizations receive outreach grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, playwright C. Denby Swanson receives a McKnight Advancement Grant, and Peter Pan receives his own Amy's Ice Cream flavor.

"...Festival celebrating the accordion's central role in the traditional music of the U.S. and the world; and $25,000 to..."

May 3, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Short Cuts

The Austin film community appears ready to rumble as the Austin Film Office (under the aegis of the Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau) files suit against the Austin Film Commission, whose name and mission statement the AFO thinks is too close for comfort.

"...film screenings, this week featuring a collection of film shorts from local Austin filmmakers. $5 at the door, HID-EOUT..."

May 3, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

You Made Me Love You

What is this thing called crush? Specifically, what makes us swoon over people we've never met? The creative minds at the Blue Theater have gathered over two dozen actors, musicians, artists, writers, and puppeteers to create art, wall-writing, and short performance pieces to address that very question in Celebrity Crush.

"...stubborn nasal wail. Or VH1's doing a Behind the Music on Leif Erickson, and you're kind of ... looking..."

March 1, 2002 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

'The Territory' Schedule

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.

"...is a recent addition to a series of documentary shorts from Flat Black Films in Austin. It features Ryan..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Screens Column

The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

A Dream Collaboration: Richard Linklater and 30 animators team up to produce a startling, surreal new film.

"...live-action." It was not until Linklater saw the animated shorts "Roadhead" and "Snack and Drink" by Bob Sabiston and..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Long and the Short of It

The expansive Cinematexas short film festival

"...appropriated by prog-metallists Tool for a deuce of their music videos. MTV viewers of a certain age will also..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Book 'Em

Recent Picks From the Summer Crop

"...houses in the dark -- the lights, the people, music spilling out the open window, all vivid and entrancing..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Books Feature by Marion Winik

Page Two

Contemplating life, death, and the bell curve at the annual meeting of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies in New Orleans.

"...legion of larger-than-life creators who enrich the New Orleans/American music scene. The night before, we had been at a..."

July 27, 2001 Column by Louis Black

Safety in Words

If there is drama in Laura Furman's stories, Robin Bradford writes, it is not usually the life and death kind. It is the daily, wearing, ineffable drama of living as a human island among others who invariably seem more attractive, more connected, or simply more "normal."

"...collection, Furman confides that "Sympathy" and "That Boy," both short-shorts, were the easiest. As with most very short stories,..."

April 20, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Digimon: The Movie review

A questionable children's adventure that's boggling on every level

"...follow this intricate sci-fi plot (actually three Japanese theatrical shorts tied together). Things begin with a fast-paced introduction to..."

March 2, 2001 Screens Review by Mike Emery

Postscripts

Why dull people make witty writers and other mysteries in this week's Postscripts.

"...Mis Dioses Llevan Tu Nombre, with selected readings, discussion, music, and refreshments. Rafael Cancel Miranda's Texas tour is sponsored..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

After a Fashion

Guest reporter (and Blackmail owner) Gail Chovan brings news of the bountiful Mens Fashion Week in Paris.

"...of the environment coupled with Yohji's deliberate lack of musical accompaniment made for a dramatic show. The fragile young..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Laying It All Out

Novelist Shelby Hearon has made an art of the little white lie.

"...she's interested in flowers and her daughter's interested in music if they're living in such poverty?" Hearon laughs. "I..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Sleater-Kinney, Electric Lounge, May 25, 1997

"...made you forget all about the sweat in your shorts. (The Electric Lounge's summer slogan: "Come for the music,..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Review by Michael Bertin

Poetry in Emotion

Katherine Catmull never intended to pursue a career in acting. In fact, she seriously avoided it for as long as she could, choosing instead to earn her degree in English literature. Why is revealed in this profile of one of Austin's most sophisticated and literate performers.

"...then, finally, the door opens. "There are talents in music or talents in math, or something, and I think..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

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