Rock & Royalty

The Austin Music Awards were changed forever by a lanky old guy named Pete.

"...more thorough coverage of last night's surprise appearance of Pete Townshend at the Austin Music Awards elsewhere, but GP..."

March 15, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Kanye West: Rock Star

“I’m the biggest of all of them”

"...“Rap is the new rock & roll. We the new rock stars, and I’m..."

July 7, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Who Are You: The Life of Pete Townshend

"...Who Are You: The Life of Pete Townshendby Mark Ian Wilkerson Omnibus Press, 642 pp., $29.95..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Rock & Roll Summer Reading

"...How Can I Keep from Singing? The Ballad of Pete Seegerby David King Dunaway Villard/Random House, 544 pp., $18..."

May 30, 2008 Music Feature by David Lynch

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...the bullhorn started sounding that familiar apocalyptic warning -- "Rock Is Dead!" -- but 1996-97, sometime after Soundgarden broke..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music: Pete Townshend Keynote Address

Hilton Grand Ballroom, Wednesday, March 14, 6:30pm

"...Pete Townshend, legendary guitarist for the equally legendary Who, gave..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Austin Author Ed Ward Revisits Rock’s First Guitar Hero, Michael Bloomfield

“When you heard Mike Bloomfield play, you got the sense this was the real shit."

"...Dylan hunkers down in Columbia Studios attempting to apply rock & roll sonics to his beat verse. He's as..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Rock & Roll Books

Gift guide

"...Bill Graham Presents: My Life Inside Rock and Outby Bill Graham and Robert Greenfield..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Rock & Roll Summer Reading

"...Comfortably Numb traces the evolution of the UK space rock pioneers and ultimately proves just how extraordinary that occasion..."

May 30, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Released! The Human Rights Concerts 1986-1998

"...1986, starring U2, Sting, Springsteen, Joni Mitchell, Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, Jackson Browne, Jimmy Page & Robert Plant, Radiohead,..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

The Road to Woodstock

Muckraking at Woodstock!

"...but also musicians such as Carlos Santana, Jerry Garcia, Pete Townshend, and Jimi Hendrix, plus scenesters in attendance such..."

July 17, 2009 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Saturday Picks

"...Banner is to Mississippi rap what Pete Maravich is to the no-look pass, the Jackson native..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Spiritual Boys

Pete Townshend pays tribute to Ronnie Lane

"...friend Lane, Spiritual Boy: An Appreciation of Ronnie Lane. Pete Townshend got in the act next when his historic..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

The Passing Show

This rock documentary about musician Ronnie Lane can be described in one word (or is it three?): Ooh la la.

"...Rupert Williams and James Mackie. I can describe this rock documentary about musician Ronnie Lane in one word (or..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fighting With My Family

Wrestling biopic of breakthrough WWE superstar Paige

"...a fairy tale with a twist, complete with The Rock as himself in a fairy godmother role (not to..."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

When the Clock Strikes 12

Bill Haley died for rock & roll – in Harlingen

"...In 2007, Pete Best performed Downtown on the outdoor stage of Threadgill's..."

May 16, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Backbeat to the Music

Pete Best at Threadgill's.

"...to YouTube so we can watch it!” One of Pete Best’s men in black called to the cadre of..."

July 2, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Lambert & Stamp

Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp were two would-be filmmakers who wound up managing the Who

"...two men who, essentially, invented the aggressively creative UK rock legends. On the other hand, if the name Tommy..."

May 15, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Li'l Green Aggravation Society

Rock & Roll's Cain & Abel: The Kinks' Davies Brothers

"...Russell Gordon Davies -- especially considering that original bassist Pete Quaife abandoned post long ago and drummer Mick Avory..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

In the Name of the Father

Daniel Day-Lewis reunites with his My Left Foot director for this harrowing story about the real-life, imprisonment of Gerry Conlon (and family members) for an IRA bombing in Belfast that he did not commit.

"...Directed by: Jim Sheridan. Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson, Don Baker, John Lynch and Corin..."

Jan. 21, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Kelcy Warren Takes a Meeting

Talk of Standing Rock overshadows Texas Parks & Wildlife's pipeline easement dispute

"...in Patoka, Illinois. The months-long standoff with the Standing Rock Sioux and their native and non-native allies – perhaps..."

Nov. 11, 2016 News Feature by Greg Harman

Ricki and the Flash

Meryl Streep, Jonathan Demme, Diablo Cody combine talents, but where's the magic?

"...San Fernando Valley is miles from L.A.’s epicenter of rock – where Ricki once hoped to hit it big..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

John Dyer Baizley’s Brute Emotion

Baroness frontman cuts through the B.S. for Chaos in Tejas

"...the UK and nearly killed everyone aboard. The heavy rock quartet counts Chaos in Tejas’ Saturday set at Mohawk..."

May 30, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Banger Sisters

"...enough; the real burn, though, comes when the nearest rocker opts to get his requisite blow job from a..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Backbeat

"...Scot Williams and Kai Weisinger. Drugs and sex and rock & roll: rarely has a film captured the equation..."

May 6, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Who's Tommy

Zach's revival of the rock opera takes its cue from Alice in Wonderland, and while vivid, it lacks consistency

"...found themselves in the grip of a truly updated rock & roll freneticism. It's a fantastic direction, really, considering..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Smith

Buttigieg Back for SXSW, Plus Kenan Thompson and More

New speaker list adds keynotes and notables to virtual conference

"...What do Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former Governor George W. Bush have in..."

Feb. 24, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Pols Just Keep on Coming

Your Guide to Candidates for the New 10-1 Universe

"...passed 50 total candidates – not all of them rock solid, but most saying they are indeed running –..."

Feb. 3, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Fingers of Fame

Rollie Fingers on the DH, Pete Rose, Eric Gagne, and More

"...Rolaids Bat and Win $10,000 Game where lucky Round Rock resident Sean Young faced three pitches from Fingers with..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Sports Feature by Mark Fagan

Music Is on the Menu Web Series Kicks Off With Ramen Tatsu-ya Chef and DJ Jester

Kid Koala and DJ Jester play premiere show at North Door on March 9

"...touring Japan with Pharcyde, De La Soul, and producer Pete Rock three years ago, enjoying plenty of fabulous meals..."

March 5, 2019 Food Post by Emily Beyda

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