Wendell Pierce's The Wind in the Reeds

In Wendell Pierce's memoir The Wind in the Reeds, Godot and Treme help transform post-Katrina New Orleans

"...the Reeds, a memoir penned by Pierce about his life in New Orleans. The actor, who played Baltimore detective..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW Music recommendations and hints

"...Doug Seegers 12mid, St. David's Historic Sanctuary His life story might be the best bit of redemption you've..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

The Last Shall Be First

New Year's Eve becomes a cultural extravaganza with First Night Austin

"...2005, Opening the Book of 2006, Austin City Hall. Larger-than-life open book with imagery and text by Austin Public..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...is wisest to always err on the side of life." – President George W. Bush, on the Terri Schiavo..."

March 25, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...in seeing that Rick Perry goes back to private life. He has done nothing for the people of Texas..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Column

Writes of Spring

"...first novel, Kafka's Curse, a middle-aged Muslim loses his life and mysteriously transforms into a "beautiful and sensitive" willow..."

April 9, 1999 Books Review

Coach's Corner

"...Yet in this great city, life, for most anyway, was beginning to return to normal...."

Jan. 29, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...eclectic choice of covers (such as Daniel Johnston's "My Life is Starting Over Again") knight them with the ability..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...his BLCK KNG Movement, Andre Davis Jr. converts his real-life experiences and Outkast/Tupac/UGK influences into what he deems "melodic..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead

The Thing About Life is an acknowledgement of the inevitability of bodily decline dressed up in elaborate literary garments

"...The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Deadby David Shields..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Books Review by Josh Rosenblatt

We Can Only Hope to Move Forward

"...I was a friend of Terence [McArdle] since the ninth grade and talked to him a few days before..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Postmarks

The Concerts

"...the premier French composer, nearing the end of his life, absorbed it all. While composers like Bach, Schubert, and..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Music Feature

Spangles and High Heels

Dreams come true, just ask "Her Tallness," Marcia Ball.

"...piano queen has put in enough work for several lifetimes, and if her present pace is any indication, she's..."

June 20, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

A Long, Strange Trip

The long, strange trip of The Saragossa Manuscript, Jerry Garcia's favorite film.

"...and Sunday -- a unique example of art imitating life imitating art...."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by David Lynch

The Singer Not the Song

But the Little Girls Understand

"...16 came into my life in the summer of 1966, when I moved to..."

June 11, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Art Fun in the Summertime

May

"...Ninth Annual Tapestry Tap Jam Our most joyful and eclectic..."

May 21, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...country moper. Despite the title track's Sin City roll ("life's a casino... the dice are loaded and everything's fixed"),..."

July 31, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Judas Priest Co-Founder Ian Hill Wields Firepower

UK metal gods near the half-century mark

"...working class town in Britain. Everything was larger than life and we loved the place immediately. We still do...."

May 23, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

85th Texas Legislature Preview

Can the GOP-run House and Senate get along well enough to get anything accomplished?

"...Greg Abbott in 2015, was originally heralded as a life-changing step for people suffering from severe medical conditions like..."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

The Unknown Soldier

Bill Carter steps out from under the shadow of Captain Jack Sparrow

"...Depp wasn't so sure. Aside from the short life of P, their band with Gibby Haynes that burned..."

May 3, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

SXSW Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Last night of SX handicapping

"...Fuze Part of the Flipmode Squad in a past life, Roc Marciano turned back the clocks last summer when..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

All My Love

C-Side Records' family values

"...flame – that serves as a foundation for his life...."

Jan. 26, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Belle & Sebastian

Record review

"...The Life Pursuit (Matador)..."

March 10, 2006 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

Black's Opinion Cockeyed; Here's the Truth

"...nicotine smoke contamination, consuming it is not a health-enhancing life experience. Even if Beethoven were premiering his Ninth Symphony..."

April 15, 2005 Postmarks

Book Reviews

Jordan Smith reviews Adrian Nicole LeBlanc's Random Family.

"...portrait that lays bare the vicious cycle of the life of poverty: drugs, unwed teenage parents, violence, welfare, and..."

March 14, 2003 Books Feature by Jordan Smith

Book Reviews

"...Hart Crane: A Life by Clive Fisher..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Go, Girl! Go!

A father beams as her records his daughter's first season as a middle school football player.

"...smile, she the happiest child walking into that school. Life is good. "There won't be a practice today, Dad...."

Nov. 19, 1999 Features Feature by Phillip Schmandt

The Huntress Captured by the Game

"...final word on the subject. Her examination of Diana's life and celebrity is done with a jaundiced eye that..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Moore Is Better

"...among other things, the subject of the transformation of life materials into fiction...."

Nov. 20, 1998 Books Review by Marion Winik

Postmarks

"...have actually set foot on Sixth Street in your life, being that the only full-time blues club downtown (west..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Column

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