Record Reviews

"..."Cocksucker Blues" bootleg could write a dissertation on the mythical rock & roll icon known as Rock and Roll..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Music Review

Julia Scotti Is Funny That Way

Comic Julia Scotti chats comedy ahead of aGLIFF documentary screening

"...Julia Scotti apologizes to me for her voice. “My allergies are going nuts,” she says, “and this is..."

June 3, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Ed Ward Unleashes His Second Volume on The History of Rock & Roll

First-generation rock critic visits Teen Pan Alley

"...it's the public," elaborates the author. "That's one of my overriding guideposts: zeroing in on what's popular...."

Nov. 22, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Indoor Skydiving Lets You Train Your Dragon in Virtual Reality

Taking to the skies with iFly's latest immersive VR

"...I tried VR was in 2016, when the latest generation hit living rooms. I was impressed by the possibilities..."

March 27, 2019 Screens Post by Nina Hernandez

Graveside at The Death of Stalin

Armando Iannucci on monsters and accents

"...Iannucci pauses for a moment, and asks me about my accent. "Ah, Yorkshire," he says. "Very good. Zhukov."..."

March 23, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

“Come as You Are: Art of the 1990s”

The Blanton Museum of Art’s retrospective may tap nostalgia for a certain generation, but it can be deeply moving, too

"...why I was supposed to care. Nirvana wasn't on my radar, so when kids showed up at school wearing..."

April 29, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Pete Seeger 1919-2014

Did the folk overseer ever play Austin?

"...during the Fifties for his work alongside the Weavers. “My favorite part about Pete is that he took that..."

Jan. 28, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Music of the Mind: Joe Pug

Local transplant trades the hammer for the pen

"...mics and small shows. By the time I released my first album, the crash of 2008 was hitting the..."

Nov. 19, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Respected Chef/Restaurateur Charlie Trotter Dead at 54

Trotter was known for innovation, dedication to excellence

"...mentioned the untimely death of Chicago chef/restaurateur Charlie Trotter, my first thought was that I should call young Austin..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Frame Job: Carson Brock

Former U18er steps into another league on new full-length

"...Another generation of local musicians continues coming on strong, especially sons..."

March 26, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Rumbling in the Cactus

Drive-by Truckers frontman and ACLer Patterson Hood

"...to cast out exactly how I pictured them in my head.”..."

Oct. 10, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Battlefield America

It's You Got Served for a younger dance generation.

"...and Walmart's bargain bin) take to Mr. Lewis like My Little Crackheads to a vial of yellow rock. It's..."

June 8, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ladies Train

‘Soul Train’ reminds us of all music biz inequities

"...of a great movement, and now it's up to my generation to continue it. Most of what goes on..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Music Post by Zoe Cordes Selbin

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Carjacked for Christmas

Ruby Jane and her mother are carjacked, plus other holiday tales of need

"...on Saturday at the 29th Street Ballroom. Dogs rule my life, so the notion of supporting this cause is..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Kontiki Kontinued

Robert Harrison sounds off the new Cotton Mather reissue

"...“We need to pass it on to another generation.” That’s the plea Oasis’ Noel Gallagher makes in the..."

April 13, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

AFF: Scene & Heard

A few ramblings about this year's Austin Film Festival

"...mean to complain but because I have “Producer” on my badge, people assume a lot about who I might..."

Oct. 25, 2010 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

FX's new drama Terriers is another entry in the growing male-bonding genre

"...(as in The Tao of Steve), he first turned my head as Tom Shayes' (Tate Donovan) friend in last..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Off the Record

Griff Luneburg breaks his silence on the Cactus Cafe

"..."Everybody knows my salary now because they can Google it, so it..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Invocation of the Duke

daKAH Hip Hop Orchestra's chamber music

"...pager, you could find the abstract listening to hip-hop. My pops used to say it reminded him of be-bop.”..."

May 27, 2009 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Comic Books and Forward Motion

"...And cruel. One of the ablest minds of his generation, Lincoln was reduced to a quaking bowl of intellectual..."

July 11, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Earle Grey

Steve Earle keeps it real

"...over a year ago, because they are just renewing my contract now...."

April 24, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Slow Motion Sound

"...played last night I’ve performed hundreds of times with my own ensemble, and we play them differently each time...."

March 15, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

Crocs Are the New Jellies Are the New Crocs

Theeeeeey're baaaaaaaaack! Jelly shoes meet the 21st century.

"...ugly a cow’s ass, but this comes from a generation of Croc-wearin' freaks. Crocs (the oh-so-comfortable, inbred cousin-in-law of..."

Nov. 8, 2007 Design Post by Meghan Ruth Speakerman

Waving Sen. Norm Coleman's Freak Flag

"...of Marijuana Laws Executive Director Allen St. Pierre in my inbox this morning, along with an open letter to..."

June 27, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Beyond 'The Electric Company'

Can a bunch of toddlers watching television save the world?

"...Perhaps due to these considerations, no one in my own household took Captain Planet quite seriously. However, we..."

May 25, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Letters at 3AM

Bob Dylan says he doesn't know how a guy like him came out of a place like Hibbing. He's been saying things like that for 40 years and I don't know a rock critic who doesn't take him at his word. But I also don't know a rock critic who's been to Hibbing. I wanted to see for myself.

"...headed for a conference in Wisconsin, but I'd allowed myself a day's detour to mosey through a place I'd..."

March 17, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

TCB

Books, video games, movie stars: TCB investigates this 'multimedia' business

"...first started, that's when metal really ruled the world. My generation grew up on Guns N' Roses and Poison..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Book Reviews

My Grandfather's Finger

"...the man who was left with nine digits. In My Grandfather's Finger, Swift wafts through his fond memories of..."

May 21, 1999 Books Review

Page Two

"...There is Slacker, the home movie of my generation of Austinites, so there will always be this..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Column by Louis Black

Road Sign Language

Lost Highway Screenwriter Barry Gifford

"...AC: What about the scene where the "Mystery Man" played by Robert Blake makes a telephone call..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Sid Moody

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