The Boleys Put an Acid-Punk Spin on the Family Bands of the Sixties

Ethan, Emma & Jovian Boley do the punk rock

"...north across a rustic spread that's been in the family of Brandon's wife Shannon since her great-great-grandfather settled here..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Me and Miss Jones

Shirley Jones looks back at playing against type.

"...Call her Mrs. Partridge, call her Marian the librarian, call her Lulu Bains...."

Sept. 12, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

I Think I Do

"...in I Think I Do knot or unravel, a Partridge Family-inspired score gives the movie a fitting retro feel..."

May 22, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Crooklyn

"...to his grand-scale bio-epic Malcolm X is a slice-of-life family drama set in 1970s Brooklyn. Instead of the elaborate,..."

May 13, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

There’s something about the smarmy David Spade that brings out the worst impulses in a person.

"...turn that makes no sense, Dickie hires a foster family in Beaver Cleaver suburbia so he can experience the..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Roadside Playboys and Texana Dames

The Hancock Family's long, strange, supernatural musical journey

"...few numbers later, but right now, his children, grandchildren, family, and friends pack the stage to play "Jingle Bell..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

DVDs

Ostensibly a kids show, the series' first season included jokes about draft evasion, strip clubs, and divorce

"...THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON..."

May 27, 2005 Screens Feature by Greg Beets

Grandma's Boy

What's funnier than having to move back in with your parents? Why, moving in with your grandparents, of course.

"...Everybody Loves Raymond) and her two elderly roommates (The Partridge Family’s Jones and Desperate Housewives’ Knight) after being evicted..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...this screwball romantic comedy; against a backdrop of choice Partridge Family tunes, the girls get the guys, the guys..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Down We Go

Revisiting Renaissance man Robert Thom's prolific and hellish Hollywood visions

"...Biographies of her mention appearances on All in the Family, The Partridge Family, and The Mod Squad. In 1969,..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Control

Gretchen Phillips admits she wasn’t Just Comforting that girl

"...Phillips continues to move forward is that of her family, a cautionary, heartwarming, and stage-worthy tale of a NASA..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Music Feature by Cindy Widner

Record Reviews

"...In the history of popular music, the incidence of family members transcending their individual gifts when singing with blood..."

July 25, 1997 Music Review

Record Reviews

Prince Paul

"...striking musical resemblance to other pop-rock families, but TV's Partridge Family are no kinsmen. No, despite its appetite for..."

May 14, 1999 Music Review

The Pleasure Seekers

Patti Quatro and her sisters started a revolution

"...wear lavish costumes, like in Vegas or on The Partridge Family," says the guitarist. "Wow the crowd – tits..."

July 29, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Thursday Picks

"...Church Often cited as the real-life inspiration for the Partridge Family, the Cowsills sprouted to national prominence in 1967..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

The Cowsills

SXSW showcase reviews

"...rare appearance by the late-1960s pop-rock group whose true-life family band inspired The Partridge Family but saw their star..."

March 14, 2008 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Limited Edition

The file-sharing antidote: Bonus DVDS

"...Bambú or the plastic shopping bag included with The Partridge Family's Shopping Bag, all of these items were designed..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Record Reviews

"...of some juicy, jaw-dropping Seventies ephemera: H.R. Pufnstuf, The Partridge Family, Lidsville, The Brady Bunch Variety Hour, even a..."

Feb. 7, 1997 Music Review

ACL Live Review: Greta Van Fleet

The Darkness 2.0

"...like Led Zeppelin they were dubbed Kingdom Clone. Michigan partridge family the Kiszkas – Josh (v), Jake (g), Sam..."

Oct. 6, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Thursday Interviews

Busting out with six Thursday SXSW interviews

"...along with his 12-piece, which he calls a "perverse Partridge Family." Think Sufjan Stevens finally making an album about..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Japan Nite

SXSW Showcase Reviews

"...Beagle. Save for some howling (yes, howling), its Ramones-meets-The Partridge Family punkification of Sixties pop was totally accessible. Similarly,..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Os Mutantes

"...went like falling leaves. Crosby, Stills & Nash; the Partridge Family; Traffic: All went into the musical Cuisinart. When..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

TV Eye

Lots of midseason premieres in March. So, without much fuss, here's what's coming up ...

"...Season (Paramount Home Video; seven discs, 25 episodes); The Partridge Family: Season 1 (Columbia Tristar Home Video; three discs,..."

March 4, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Rock & Roll Books

Gift guide

"...as you'll find Spinal Tap, the Commitments, and the Partridge Family filed with Sweet Sue & the Synchopators, Phoebe..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Public Notice

From race riots in South Florida to the MLK Day March in Austin, "Public Notice" reflects on how far we've come and how far we've yet to go.

"...featuring our faves from Major Matt Mason or the Partridge Family -- to run over and pet the nice..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Column by Kate X Messer

Stereolab, Olivia Tremor Control, La Zona Rosa, November 15

"...onetime Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman had joined the Partridge Family. Accompanied by a roadie on trumpet, which later..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Repository of Fun! ... Six Austin Bands

"...the Peenbeets rock somewhat more Brady Bunch than the Partridge Family ("Drive Like Megaforce," and "Her Underwear," respectively), but..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Scanlines

The X-Files

"...Who remembers that bizarre Jetsons hybrid, The Partridge Family 2200 A.D.? Or the cartoon Osmonds? There's The..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Screens Feature

National Midnight Stars

"...their Sixties-era bus that they proved they were no Partridge Family...."

Oct. 25, 1996 Music Column

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Doug Sahm, of course) and Alan Berg’s The Jones Family Will Make a Way, about the friendship between Pentecostal..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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