Day Trips: The Painted Rocks, Paint Rock

Visit one of the great ancient art galleries in North America

"...The Painted Rocks on a bluff along the Concho River outside..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Rock Art

If these walls could talk

"...Pictographs left on the walls of rock shelters by prehistoric and historic people are some of..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll

A doc not just for music aficionados, but a transcendent reminder that art matters

"...with Vietnam, and here comes the unrelenting swagger of rock & roll to fuck everything up. There follows an..."

June 19, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

SXSW Panel: It’s Only Rock & Roll – 50 Years of the Rolling Stones

I see a red door and I want to paint it black

"...violins on top! And don’t keep doing this through “Paint It, Black" and other Stones hits. “Oh, it’s just..."

March 12, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Body Rock

Riders Against the Storm celebrate one wild EP

"...makings of the dynamic hip-hop duo’s wildly popular Body Rock throwdowns. The difference this round was that the show’s..."

July 3, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Spacing Out in Round Rock

Carter, Paige, Christi, Doug, and two homeowners on 'Trading Spaces' in Central Texas

"...Widner and I spent a blustery day in Round Rock. We interviewed hunky new carpenter Carter Oosterhouse, pert and..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Spray Paint Record Review

"...Spray PaintRodeo Songs (S.S. Records)..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Round One at Round Rock

Is the noisy suburban school battle an omen of things to come?

"...The story so far: When the Round Rock ISD put a $349 million bond package before the..."

April 29, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The Rock Pile

"...The King of Western Swing: Bob Wills Remembered by..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Punk Rock Patron of Austin Music Richard Lynn

Super Secret founder and Sonic Transmissions Festival underwriter expands operations

"...his passion are the dozens of framed photos of rock icons on the walls, mostly of the Who and..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Rock & Roll Heaven, The Police: 1978-1983, Runnin' Down a Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

The days the music died, the Police in their Speedos, and a pictorial companion to the new documentary Runnin' Down a Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

"...Rock & Roll Heavenby Robert Dimery and Bruno MacDonald Barron's..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Let Me Paint You a Picture

Movies were made to be shared

"...kicks. We already spoke frankly about sex, drugs, and rock & roll, but films from my own teendom –..."

May 20, 2011 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Let Me Paint You a Picture

Movies were made to be shared

"...again, yet I saw it again right as punk rock broke. You know what? Early punk rockers – before..."

May 20, 2011 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Moonwalk

Three print rushes, but only the picture book tells the real story

"...these offerings, author Michael Heatley allowing the visuals to paint Jackson's life. The early entries are especially compelling, Jackson..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Arena Rock

Wranglers share hot dogs and tax brackets with their fans

"...the Wranglers' most visible and vocal fans (read: face paint and choreographed dance routines) say they'll be back next..."

May 4, 2007 Sports Feature by Jeremy Martin

Rock & Roll Books

Summer reading

"...drawings that seem to have been executed in MS Paint. In truth, this is more of an anthology, lacking..."

June 2, 2006 Music Feature by Jess Sauer

Day Trips & Beyond: January Events Roundup

New year, new adventures

"...Start 2024 well-caffeinated in Paint Rock on the way to the northwest...."

Jan. 4, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Urgent

Spray Paint evolves classic ATX post punk

"...Austin post-punk trio Spray Paint also descends from dinosaurs, literally. Its three members spun..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Day Trips

"...At Ingrid's Custom Hand Woven, Inc. in Paint Rock, the term "snug as bug in a rug"..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Plax Coalesces

ATX punks premiere new track “What a Waste”

"...a revolutionary mixture of post-punk, basement hardcore, and outsider rock, unleashes debut full-length Clean Feeling on Aug. 11 through..."

July 31, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Spray Paint, Heavy Meddo, Why Bonnie, Gypsy Mitchell, Black Midi, and more recommended live shows

"...Spray Paint..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

The Nomi Song

A documentary ode to the legendary outsider's outsider, Klaus Nomi – a singer, performance artist, and genuine human anomaly.

"...New York scene during its most vibrantly heady punk rock heyday. Informative and touching remembrances from the likes of..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Comedian

"...often illuminating, sometimes opaque, and occasionally like watching the paint dry on a great artist's newest work. Director Charles..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Heavy Trip

Scandinavian black metal comedy plays a familiar tune well

"...skill manages to have the one moment of true rock god glory, and gets the cool girl who is..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mister Foe

Equal parts sweet and perverse, this Scottish coming-of-age story about a teenage voyeur is unpredictable and compelling and premieres exclusively in Austin.

"...in his treehouse and bedecks himself in bizarre war paint and sometimes wears his mother's dress and an animal..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Day Trips

Captain Day Trips plans your travel itinerary for the coming year.

"...canyon floor, but even better if you rent a rock cabin perched on the canyon wall. The park has..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Spanking the Figurative

A new Austin gallery captures dancers with paint

"...him, the walls are covered with sketches, with new paintings and old from numerous artists, with hand-lettered posters for..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

I Live My Broken Dreams

This year's rock docs examine the 'outsider myth' and more among the likes of Daniel Johnston, Townes Van Zandt, and Wild Man Fischer

"...a desert sunset that may well be a phony painted backdrop...."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Live Through This!

The Semi-Annual Rock & Roll Round-up

"...The back cover blurb from Entertainment Weekly enthuses: "Expect..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Books Feature

Austin Filmmaking, Ten Years After

Film director Richard Linklater interviews Bob Ray, the director of the new Austin-made movie Rock Opera, about the Austin Film scene over the past 10 years.

"...test print of a new, locally made movie called Rock Opera by filmmaker Bob Ray during a midnight screening..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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