SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Narcotic Sound System) in addition to running the seminal Olympia, Wash. label K Records. Then again, what's the point..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Letters at 3AM

To be an artist is to live a life of service to one's gift.

"...be my cups of instant coffee, my cigarettes, my Olympia manual portable typewriter, the night, the snow. (I miss..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

The Prima Donnas

Record Review

"...Austin before "immigration problems" forced them to move to Olympia, Washington. This 15-song disc pretends synth-pop evolved no further..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Music Review by Greg Beets

Most Valuable Players

A Guide to Austin Stage Actors

"...Recent roles: Olympia, Big Love, Rudes, 2001; Johanna, Requiem for Tesla, Rudes,..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Arts Feature

TV Eye

Summer TV used to mean boring reruns, but these days, cable takes advantage of the networks' hibernation to launch their own season of special movie events and series. Belinda Acosta offers a list of some of the upcoming "must check out" programs.

"...work in this compulsively watchable miniseries starring the divine Olympia Dukakis as Anna Madrigal. Laura Linney, Billy Campbell, Whip..."

May 18, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Sexy Finger Champs Trash Hits the Rock

Texas Platters

"...Champs pack all the piss and vinegar of the Olympia rock goddesses, but don't take themselves nearly as seriously;..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Dancing About Architecture

Austin Music Commission chair Bob Livingston steps down, no one steps up; Man's Ruin returns to Austin; Michael Corcoran's suspension is puzzling.

"...then headed off to peddle their wares in blighty Olympia, Washington? Well, the San Francisco Bay Guardian recently ran..."

March 31, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...band has had a rotating membership over its 10-year-history, Olympia's Slim Moon, an artistic jack-of-all-trades, is the ringleader of..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Positively Operatic

The Year in Austin Culture

"...nationally recognized, multi-disciplinary choreographer presented a well-crafted collaboration with Olympia Dukakis that focused on the fragmentary nature of memory...."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature by Dawn Davis

Music Critics Poll: Desert Island

"...Live Show: James Brown, The Olympia, Paris, 1971..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature

Page Two

Peckinpah rides again at the Alamo Drafthouse.

"...taking time to work as an independent producer (Shameless, Olympia). The summer before this one she took off to..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Column by Louis Black

Destruction as Beauty

Profile of local alternative band Trail of Dead; explication of their new album Madonna

"...of Dead shortly after arriving here from Hawaii via Olympia, Wash., in 1995. Only 10 or 12 people showed..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Music Feature by Greg Beets

1998 Austin Theatrical Movie Openings

"...II 2.0 (M.S.) 4/10/98 OFFICE KILLER 1.5 (M.S.) 1/9/98 OLYMPIA 3.0 (R.S.) 11/13/98 ONE TOUGH COP 1.0 (M.S.) 11/20/98..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature

Live Shots

Cowboy Junkies

"...prior to the show, the evening flickered on with Olympia, Washington beats trio ICU, whose beeps & boops technicians..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Music Feature

Short Cuts

"...to its midnight slots. Another Texas-made film, Bob Byington's Olympia was the opening night film at this year's SXSW..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short Cuts

"...TX), Scott Perry (Teenage Catgirls in Heat), Bob Byington (Olympia), entertainment attorney Michael Norman Saleman, Austin Film Society managing..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short Cuts

"...will be Nancy Schafer, co-producer of the independent film Olympia that will open next month at the Dobie......"

Oct. 16, 1998 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

The House That PAC Built

"...really interesting. The same is true of the Margaret Jenkins-Olympia Dukakis piece. Cirque Ingenieu is a totally mainstream piece,..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mafia!

"...Directed by: Jim Abrahams. Starring: Jay Mohr, Lloyd Bridges, Olympia Dukakis, Christina Applegate, Billy Burke, Pamela Gidley and Jason..."

July 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...D: Jim Abrahams; with Jay Mohr, Lloyd Bridges, Olympia Dukakis, Christina Applegate, Billy Burke, Tony LoBianco...."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Texas Feature Times

"...Olympia: 3/13, Paramount, 9:30pm; 3/17, Dobie 2, 7:15pm..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature

Movies From the Mount

Sundance Film Festival

"...youth film The Kitchen Party, Bob Byington's Texas-made feature Olympia, the notorious art world film Cremaster 5, and competition..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short Cuts

"...of spotlight during those days. Writer-director Robert Byington's film Olympia will screen as the closing night film of Slamdance,..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Picture Perfect

"...Gordon Caron. Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Jay Mohr, Kevin Bacon, Olympia Dukakis, Illeana Douglas, Kevin Dunn and Anne Twomey. The..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Big Bang

The Fragmentation of Austin's Underground

"...Keely and Jason Reece first arrived in town from Olympia, Washington. "We couldn't get a show in any club,"..."

July 11, 1997 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Sxsw

"...one of the wisest wise-girls with guitars from the Olympia triumvirate of DIY labels. Lord is one of the..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

A Whole Lotta Lava Going On

Winter/Spring Movie Sneaks

"...D: Glenn Gordon Caron; with Jennifer Aniston, Jay Mohr, Olympia Dukakis, Illeana Douglas, Kevin Bacon...."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Platters

"...ethereal hum of Lush with Poly Styrene squeals and Olympia DIY ambience. Each act here carves out its own..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Music Review

The Envelope, Please

"...a 12-minute 16mm drama by Jim Shelton for post-production; Olympia, a Super-16mm comedy feature by Robert Byington for post-production;..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Screens Feature

The Envelope, Please

"...a 12-minute 16mm drama by Jim Shelton for post-production; Olympia, a Super-16mm comedy feature by Robert Byington for post-production;..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Screens Feature

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