Reefer Roundup: 9/9/11

Your roundup of drug war news

"...This week we've got lots of news from the feds (none of it particularly good), new..."

Sept. 9, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Rise Above

SST Records' Greg Ginn jams econo in Taylor, Texas

"...between the City Hall annex and post office, the new headquarters for SST Records appears almost as a mirage,..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Get Your Goat

A homegrown literary magazine celebrates 20 years of playing Host to Texas and the world

"...Goat, the long-running literary journal based in Austin and New York City. From humble roots in 1980s Austin, when..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Books Feature by Michael Agresta

She's Her Own Grandma

Carole Keeton Strayhorn – what a long strange trip it's been

"...independent, to who knows what next – at 66 years old, Strayhorn is just getting warmed up...."

July 28, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Old King: Neil Young and Jonathan Demme in Nashville

Neil Young's new 'Prairie Wind' howls for the decades

"...meditation on Neil Young's mid-August Nashville performances of his new album Prairie Wind. Director Jonathan Demme shot the shows..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Music Feature by Louis Black

Paycheck

Affleck and Uma race to descramble the past in this futuristic thriller based on a Philip K. Dick short story and directed by John Woo.

"...to the best of anyone’s knowledge, moribund, but Woo’s new Paycheck, dismayingly, is indeed a snore, and worse, it’s..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Now Serving ... Time

Robert Conran sat down to dinner at Furr's, and walked out in handcuffs. After four years in prison on a shaky conviction, he's got a chance of parole -- then he faces deportation

"...Austin, trying to save up money and start a new band. He'd had past success doing just that, playing..."

June 29, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2001

"...those sort of cartoon yucks for going on 23 years now. Admittedly, it's not for all tastes (but then,..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Total Entertainment Package

Rockin' out with Austin's Latin-metal crossover darlings

"...the pre-release celebration for Vallejo's Sony debut, Into the New. The mere fact that the legendary Latin music producer/impresario..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Media Clips

San Antonio Express-News pays its editor an amount "in the millions"to hire new reporters, open new bureaus, and try to improve its notoriously mediocre coverage.

"...are many -- will see the effects in its newsroom, as talented staffers either jump ship to other organizations..."

March 24, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

Count Her In

For 30 years, article by article, Denise Schmandt-Besserat has built an ironclad case to explain a mystery that foiled archeologists, anthropologists, and philosophers for hundreds of years.

"...there were baffling little pieces of fired clay. For years no one knew what they were, though it was..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Books Feature by Ada Calhoun

Girls With Guitars

The New Generation

"...age of one month. Griffith played in town either alone or as rhythm guitarist for other people from the..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Flirt

"...Hartley never fails to create stunning tableaux that stand alone as visual commentaries on themes of love, trust, faith,..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"...[PE] coaches in Belton set up this fight. They knew I didn't like bullies and that this other kid..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

AFS Announces 2019 Feature Grant Recipients

Over $100,000 in cash and aid for next generation of filmmakers

"...today's announcement of recipients for 2019 adds a dozen new supported projects to the hundreds already backed...."

Sept. 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

One Helluva Queer Adventure: 50-State Story Tour

I'm From Driftwood celebrates 10th anniversary with local exhibit

"...Ten years ago, the I’m From Driftwood crew hit the road..."

May 21, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

The Hustle

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels remake can't con its way to success

"...both a story and a screenplay credit in the new film. Fans of classic heist comedies may be inspired..."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

A Good Time to Be Lawrence Wright

With new book God Save Texas, The Looming Tower series on Hulu, and his play Cleo at the Alley, Lawrence Wright is the man of the moment

"...might sense but could never put words to, let alone write a book on...."

April 13, 2018 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Banicki

Greenberg

Ben Stiller and (one-time Chronicle cover girl) Greta Gerwig star in this new film by the director of The Squid and the Whale.

"...Los Angeles native and failed musician who moved to New York, picked up carpentry, and had a mild nervous..."

March 26, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Developing Stories

City off to promising start with Seaholm East Redevelopment District

"...shot at this crucial redevelopment, which will take many years to complete. The city should take the time –..."

March 7, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Jailbait

The stage origins of this low-budget, indie prison movie are simply everywhere, but it is so fantastically acted that it inspires indulgence of its first-timers’ mistakes.

"...in the tense moments between Jake (Guirgis) and his new cellmate, Randy (Pitt). The film begins with Randy’s incarceration..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Renegade

Still mourning the death of Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott 20 years later

"...AIDS, but another epidemic, hepatitis, and internal abscesses from years of heroin addiction. Staph infection, pneumonia, a broken band/marriage/heart,..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Red Ink Hits the Fan

City Manager Toby Futrell says the budget won't balance without years of tax hikes and service cuts

"...growth in sales tax for each of the three years, even though monthly sales-tax collections have been flat or..."

May 30, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Dark Days

"...marginalized existence living in the benighted Amtrak tunnels beneath New York City. Scrounging bits of plywood, tarp, and pilfered..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Announces 2024 Lineup

Love of out-there cinema brings Terrifier 3, The Wild Robot

"...with a gala screening of Never Let Go, the new film from Oscar winner Halle Berry...."

Aug. 15, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Great Austin Gift Ideas for College Graduation

Local bites, books, apparel, and ease the transition to the real world

"...a gift that takes a piece of their college years in Austin with them wherever they may go next...."

May 15, 2019 Events Post by Caitlin Davis

DVDanger: Arrow to the Brain

Three titles from the American Genre Film Archive's new partner

"...underground cinema the American Genre Film Archive announced a new theatrical deal with three retro-distro houses: Arrow Films, Vinegar..."

Jan. 22, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Snags Arrival

The Handmaiden, Sadako vs. Kayako in wave two

"...an opening night film: the highly touted Arrival, the new science fiction thriller starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner,..."

Aug. 25, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jess Klein’s Jamaica Farewell

Local songcatcher exits Austin after Cactus Cafe newlyweds gig

"...and wrote songs during a college semester abroad 23 years ago...."

April 19, 2016 Music Post by William Harries Graham

The Boy

Horrors: A nanny finds that her new charge is a life-sized doll

"...that can get by on foggy old Victorian atmospherics alone. At least, that is, up to its ridiculous third..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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