Shooting Star

Stories told this well don't come around very often, and this one deserves to be seen

"...We humans love stories. We live our lives around them. I think we..."

March 20, 2009 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Handicapping SXSW 09 Wednesday night showcasers

"...All showcases subject to change Lil Band o Gold..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

One last night of band blurbs!

"...All showcases subject to change Ringo Deathstarr..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

ASL Preseason Heats Up

The Alternative Softball League: Still cheap as free

"...I guess that whistle pig up in Pennsylvania knows something. It seems to hardly matter here in Texas..."

March 14, 2009 Sports Post by Mike Crissey

TV Eye

A new workplace sitcom addresses the tough questions. Like, if eyeballs explode at minus 20 degrees Celsius.

"...Because of the hard times, it's no surprise that escapist TV is making an..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Web Prez

Crafting campaign, inside and out

"...Among the many "firsts" in Barack Obama's historic campaign, his unprecedented incorporation of graphic design and social-networking..."

March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Wells Dunbar

'May the Passenger Pigeon Sing Thee to Thy Rest'

Second-Place Winner

"...My grandmother told me that the passenger pigeon traveled in flocks that..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Books Feature by Perry Tyson Midkiff II

Letters at 3AM

I am not my thoughts; I am not my feelings

"...the living room, but it can never be straightened, not really. It's doomed to be untidy, what with its..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

in box

"...Bob Wills & His Texas PlayboysThe Tiffany Transcriptions (Collectors' Choice Music)..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

She Was Just 17

The best way to approach music as an under-21 female: Play it

"...Abshire released her debut album, Exclamation Love, in late October on Darla Records. Abshire didn't solicit the small but..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Point Austin: Welcome to 2009

From foreign wars to local follies, the world still turns

"...Just what we needed, another war in the Middle East...."

Jan. 9, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Off the Record

The best things in life are free, at least on Red River for the first week of January

"...Economically speaking, competition always benefits the consumer, and the Fuckemos'..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Page Two: Inertia, Inverted

It isn't the outside world but oneself that most often determines the nature of experience

"...Welcome to 2009. We have entered into this new year; let..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Column by Louis Black

2008 Was So Gay.

Top Ten Gay things in my 2008.

"...What a homosexual 365 days we had, no? 10. Rachel Maddow. Never made my bean tingle, but..."

Dec. 31, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate Getty

Beyond Black-Eyed Peas

Eating lucky for New Year's

"...be placed under each person's bowl of black-eyed peas to boost the luck potential. Hog jowl should cook with..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Double-Barrel Beautiful

Texan sweetheart of the 1960s folk rodeo, Carolyn Hester

"..."The events which led up to [recording for Columbia Records] were very unexpected. ... John..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Reefer Madness: Bush Pardons Hip-Hop Artist

John Forté was dealt harsh sentence under draconian drug law

"...President George W. Bush on Nov. 24 granted pardons to 14 prisoners and commutations for..."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3am

A bounty to getting older is that you grow tired of the uselessly dramatic aspects of yourself, and most of your fears evaporate

"...a city by the sea, I lived very differently. Not only because I was younger but because I was..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Movin' on Up

Melissa Villareal's life was changed by Ballet East

"...experimental piece called The Vagrant. With an Austin-skyline backdrop to produce an urban atmosphere and soap-opera-style background music to..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

'I'm Worse Than Prince'

Bump & Hustle's marathon Kool Keith interview, sound-bitten

"...“I’m not a person that wants to be revealed,” Keith explained...."

Nov. 11, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Voting Booth

AFS Documentary Tour presents Election Day

"...By the time you read this, you will most likely have experienced..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

The slapstick humor remains, as does the slack plotting, in this animated sequel that's nevertheless fun for all.

"...Directed by: Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa extends what Madagascar did..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Movie Review by Theresa Everline

Faded Love

Sybil Rosen reveals what it was like to be Living in the Woods in a Tree with Blaze Foley

"...On Dec. 28, 1988, Blaze Foley took the stage at the Austin Outhouse, one of the..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Carmadillo

Austin's Best New Little Armored Ride

"...Kate Bower, the Carmadillo was then taught, or rigged, to shoot flames out of its eyes while going 30..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Features Feature by Kristine Tofte

Foo Fighters

"...Dave Grohl wanted to play for a good long while Sunday night. "Till..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Democracy's Feet of Clay

AFS Documentary Tour presents Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?

"...feature doc, the terrifically titled Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?, filmmaker Frank Popper shows us in how..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Making It, Weirdly

A little elbow grease and perseverance pays off for creative entrepeneur Luke Iseman

"...battery-operated welder, five 4-by-4 planters crowned with PVC pipe (to funnel gray water, someday), and indecipherable mounds of scraps..."

Oct. 3, 2008 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

Around the World of Weird

The many genre delights of Fantastic Fest 2008

"...fear, loathing, love, lust, cannibalism, and carnage (plus, thanks to this year's Australian-exploitation film overload, postapocalyptic vehicular car-nage via..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Elaine: The Extended Cut

The incomparable Ms. Stritch on humor, happiness, Tennessee, Beckett, and bad directors

"...Music, happiness, and the importance of change. The call took place at midnight, Eastern time, Stritch's preferred time for..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The World Is Yours

Nas at Emo's

"...as 40 minutes of perfect hip-hop,” a friend said to me halfway through high school. I wasn’t so sure..."

Aug. 26, 2008 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

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