Summer Reading: Sam Phillips

Digging into the landmark bio of rock & roll’s colonel

"...definitive biography on the man who discovered him. Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock & Roll by Peter..."

June 17, 2016 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Medics at Hays County’s Private, Unionized EMS Service Fear for Agency’s Future

One government client has moved on, another appears ready to

"...bitter dispute is unfolding south of Austin between the union at a private EMS nonprofit company that provides emergency..."

Feb. 28, 2025 News Post by Austin Sanders

Wine of the Week

Well, whiskey, actually ...

"...under a media blitz for the new whiskey from Phillips Union. The company has used every conceivable print medium..."

June 23, 2006 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Food-o-File

Second that!

"...Representatives of Phillips Union Distilling are in Austin pouring samples of their..."

April 7, 2006 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Sxsw

"...label folding and having to change names. Finally, the reunion. It's about time, guys; Dave (Slutes) this is Rich..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...proposals in preparation for next year, and the firefighters union moved to break the impasse in contract negotiations with..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...return to form, Love Me Like a Song. (Texas Union Theatre, 7:45pm) -- Raoul Hernandez..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...year is set to become a live album. (Texas Union Theater, 9pm) -- Michael Bertin..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

10 in Focus

Alma

"...return to the sensibility of the earlier films. 3/17, Union, 5:30pm Walt Curtis: The Peckerneck Poet..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature

Top Guns

Kent A. Caperton ($885,000-$2,925,000 )

"...& Girls Club of Greater Fort Worth $50,000-$99,999 Credit Union Coalition of Texas $50,000-$99,999 Fasken Oil & Ranch Interests,..."

Feb. 12, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

City Hall Hustle: Who reads the 'Statesman'? Not its editors.

Statesman lets its bias show

"...Domain "before asking the city's police, firefighters and EMS unions to give up any pay raises they have negotiated."..."

March 13, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...stops between Georgetown and San Antonio, using the existing Union Pacific freight line. It could open as early as..."

March 18, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...Gay Community Services members Woody Egger and Steve Thomas, union activist Donna Johnson, and others – formed the Austin..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...labor negotiations between contractor StarTran and the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1091; voluntary citizen mediators have offered their services,..."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Feature

MotherKind

"...MotherKindby Jayne Anne Phillips..."

May 12, 2000 Books Review by Debra Monroe

Record Reviews

"...UTAH PHILLIPS & ANI DIFRANCO..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Music Review

Recommended

Son Volt

"...of ascending the plain of religious fever, where rapturous communion with the Big Guy is as intoxicating as any..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Music Feature

The Project in Interpreting the Texas Past

"...the area in 1915, an animal faith-healer named Doc Phillips:..."

July 4, 2003 Features Feature by Abe Louise Young

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"..."cocks not Glocks" campus carry protest; Grow Up Tony Phillips creator Emily Hagins brings her new series Hold to..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Campaign Snapshots

City Council Districts 5 and 6

"...his leadership as part of the Travis County Taxpayers Union – which notoriously compared taxation to rape – may..."

Sept. 19, 2014 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Looking for a School Chief

AISD zigzags its way to a new superintendent

"...President Louis Malfaro, who represents the teacher and staff union. "You could run a truck through that profile. [It]..."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Blood on the Tracks

The ballad of Griff Luneburg and Cactus Cafe

"...this month. Griff Luneburg has run the intimate, Texas Union listening room for 28 of those years. He's the..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Naked City

"...attempt to confuse already addled voters, the city's public-safety unions issued endorsements for the May 10 City Council elec­tions,..."

Jan. 25, 2008 News Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...LORD DOUGLAS PHILLIPS: Equal parts traveling medicine show, good-book-thumpin' revival, and lesbian..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Postmarks

Don't Dissolve District

"...crime, and less expensive colleges. Oh, the Socialists, some union members, people for living wage, students, all marched -..."

May 1, 1998 Column

Reflections

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98

"...Next screening: 3/20, Union, 6:30pm..."

March 20, 1998 Screens Feature

Qmmunity: Queer-to-Queer Cheer

Get in the holigay spirit with Austin Gay Men's Chorus, Little Gay Shop, and more events

"...me some years ago by Austin-turned-Canadian lez rocker Gretchen Phillips. Like any memorable gift, it carries a fascinating story:..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Gay Place

Know what queers know!

"...cast of qmmunity members including Rebecca Havemeyer, p1nkstar, Gretchen Phillips, and more. The project was shot, in part, at..."

June 29, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Day Trips: Sun Studio, Memphis, Tenn.

Birthplace of rock & roll still all right, mama

"...of a miracle that the original studio survives. Sam Phillips moved his business to fancier digs after he recorded..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Ten Districts, Many Visions

Welcome to Austin

"...to Austin D6 Ballot OrderJames "Jimmy" Flannigan Lloyd "Pete" Phillips Don Zimmerman Jay Wiley Matt Stillwell Mackenzie Kelly..."

Oct. 3, 2014 News Feature by Amy Kamp

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