Off-Off-Broadway Bound

An Austinite's account of taking the stage in New York City

"...right questions early. Then ask every other question you can think of. Prepare for everything to go wrong. Simple..."

July 29, 2005 Arts Feature by Lowell Bartholomee

Letters at 3AM

The White House resorted to scare tactics, terror alerts, and slander following the Democratic Convention in order to avert the public's attention from newly released statistics documenting the country's economic downturn

"...I'm carrying a USA Today; he nudges toward it, says, "How's that paper lean? Left or right?" "Not left,..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

"...PICKSAll showcase times subject to change. Please check www.sxsw.com. Rhymesayers8pm-2am, Emo's Main Minneapolis-based hip-hop powerhouse Rhymesayers has been racking..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

Too Dumb to Die

A profile of Austin's longest-running musical parody, the Uranium Savages.

"...punk, New Wave, New Sincerity, grunge, and neo-lounge music. Nevertheless, they continue booking gigs and luring clubgoers into paying..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Book Tour Confidential

"...nay, a pursuit even unto the likes of an African safari -- yea, at such affluent times our thoughts..."

May 21, 1999 Books Feature by Carol Dawson

Devotion + Doubt

"..."It really is so motherfucking ridiculous it's amazing. I can't believe it exists. I can't believe it exists. First..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Hold the Phone

The Jerky Boys Ain't Got Nothin' on Russell Miles

"...said, referring to former KLBJ-AM personality Eric Blumberg, "We can make fun of the Jews, too. I've got a..."

Feb. 7, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

Nakia Cuts Back on Advocacy to Focus on Music

“Let’s give other folks some time to talk and me some time to sing”

"...Panel. Asked what he identifies as the organization’s most significant accomplishments during his tenure he pauses...."

Jan. 8, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Welcome Home

King Diamond crowns Fun Fun Fun Fest

"...You can't keep the devil out of rock & roll. At..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Feature by Michael Toland

After a Fashion

Stephen takes on 'Project Runway'

"...vibrant and alive as they seemed oppressive and threatening ("Goodbye city life!"). The skyscraper canyons ("I just adore a..."

March 31, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Back to the Trenches

AMD tightens its hold on Lantana – and the enviro opposition digs in

"...the largest private "green power" subscriber in Texas. More significantly, the company plans to sink more than $21 million..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

After a Fashion

Burying Reagan and 'Mommy Dearest.' Kind of like chocolate and peanut butter.

"...and "Ronnui" (as www.gawker.com describes it) has set in. Never a Reagan fan by any stretch of the imagination,..."

June 25, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Nukes Are Back!

The Bush administration plans for the next (little) nuclear wars

"...military brass turned defense contractors, in dark suits with American-flag lapel pins, pivoting around the three- and four-star admirals..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Feature by William M. Adler

Reconnection Notice

Sonic Youthman Lee Ranaldo speaks.

"...long, abstract passage that takes a page from 1999's Goodbye 20th Century modern composer cover album...."

Aug. 2, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

The Graduates

Sarah Hepola goes back to Connally High School to find out how some of her ex-students are doing, now that they are preparing to graduate.

"...happens ... Oh, forget it. What I'm trying to say is that I forgot all the handouts at home."..."

May 25, 2001 Features Feature by Sarah Hepola

10 in Focus

Alma

"...find on themed cable channels, in which the viewer can be distanced from the subject matter by 200 years..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature

Geisha and Other Books of 1997

Dusting off the Bookshelf

"...popular novels disappointing, if not unreadable. Geisha is mind candy for smart people, an exquisitely executed piece of writing..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Books Feature

The Best Things We Saw at Austin Psych Fest 2023

Toro y Moi, Automatic, and more highlight homegrown festival’s return

"...That was the terse, solo-project-effacing way Chaz Bear said goodbye Friday, as he gestured back to a drumless band..."

May 1, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Kevin McNamee-Tweed: The Exit Interview

As he leaves Austin, curator and artist Kevin McNamee-Tweed reflects on the city's artists and art community

"...studios since 2012, when he started curating Big Medium's Canopy gallery. He's snagged two Austin Critics Table Awards and..."

March 10, 2017 Arts Feature by Caitlin Greenwood

Small Town Crime Is a Nasty Bit of Noir

The Nelms brothers and John Hawkes team up for trouble

"...Elliott Gould's conversation with his cat in The Long Goodbye. Like Altman's era-defining anti-thriller, this revisionist noir finds what..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Page Two: It's Always Twine Time

Follow the music

"...gone, the Dobie closed. Raul's, Liberty Lunch, and the Cannibal Club old history. Daniel Johnston is living outside of..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Playback: John Wesley Coleman's Greatest Hits

A Golden Boy gathers his Greatest Hits, there's hope for Hole in the Wall, and F1 Fan Fest contracts, yet expands locally.

"...was when I realized I had this little audience," says the proud father. "Literally. She's made me sharper; I'm..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Corazon at Castle Hill to Close May 2

Seminal Nineties eatery had powerful impact on Austin dining scene

"...Lowrie made the announcement in a heart-felt goodbye letter to the restaurant's fiercely loyal clientele and encouraged..."

March 4, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Letters at 3am: The Future Dot-Dot-Dot

Ellipses express exactly my sense of the future

"...You get so saturated with empty views that when, say, The Economist editorializes a whopping absurdity, it buzzes right..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

A Chorus for Rod Kennedy

ATX songwriters pen one for the Kerrville Folk Festival founder

"...NATHAN HAMILTON I knew Rod, but can’t say I knew him well. However, we would see..."

April 17, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Home Movies

Q&A with "Family Nightmare" director Dustin Defa

"...Brooklyn-based director Dustin Guy Defa says he’s not a documentarian, but his short ”Family Nightmare,”..."

March 15, 2012 SXSW Post by Leah Churner

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Old Settler's Music Festival preview

"...of bluegrass, capable of taking mandolin to places it's never been, including space jazz and funky reggae. Celebrated for..."

April 15, 2011 Music Feature

How to Paper a Powder Room

New books for when you've got a little time on your hands

"...tinsel most artfully, and scrutinized what your coffeetable books say about you. But have you considered how commodious your..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

One last night of band blurbs!

"...EPs, last year's Dream Delay, a tightly sprawled but never self-indulgent effort, was this local pop savant's first full..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Austin Swimmers Look to Dominate in Beijing

(Along with that Phelps guy)

"...The point of the Olympics, they say, is not to win but to take part. But..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Sports Feature by Thomas Hackett

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