The End of Words: An Evening With Eugène Ionesco

Coda Theater Project's staging of three one-acts by Eugène Ionesco suffers from its attempts to inject emotion and motivation into absurdist texts, but the plays themselves are still eminently entertaining

"...play! Theatre, through Nov. 5..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Hard Habit to Break

Moonlight Towers' DIY road rage: This is you, Austin

"...so much. On the Austin foursome's August tour to Seattle and back, huge swatches of Big Bend country, Arizona's..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Greatest Gift

An oral history unearthing one of post-punk's most seminal acts: Austin's Scratch Acid

"...umpteenth straight day. Lawns are tinderbox brown. Traffic is at a standstill. Nerves fray; minds curdle...."

Sept. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

One Perfect Day

This earnest, soulful, and jarringly melodramatic rave-culture love story is from Melbourne, Australia.

"...Paul Currie. Starring: Dan Spielman, Leeanna Walsman, Abbie Cornish, Nathan Phillips, Andrew Howard and Kerry Armstrong. Apparently in Melbourne..."

June 9, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lone Star

Another man in black: Kris Kristofferson

"...an open mic. When KGSR's Kevin Conner asked him, "What would you like to do?" as in what would..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Chili Cold Blood Loves You!

Black & blues cowboy metal

"...with him. Widely credited with introducing Delta blues to generation ADD, Burnside's influence was both more subtle but more..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

'Inconsolable: How I Threw My Mental Health Out With the Diapers'

Marrit Ingman's new memoir: an excerpt

"...and grew out of necessity: in other words, a great writer's need to convey how her world and your..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Alfie

Jude Law's new Alfie is less tramp and more scamp: the modern metrosexual.

"...starred Michael Caine as a Cockney serial seducer, reprises that film’s catchphrase – "What’s it all about?" – both..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Eulogy

Amusing comedy with a killer cast seems like it should be a lot funnier than it ultimately is.

"...film is an amusing comedy with a killer cast that seems like it should be a lot funnier than..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love Is All Around

Tracking Sonny Curtis and his tall, West Texas tales

"...Tracked for three months and through as many states, following phone calls, e-mails, rendezvous hit and missed, onstage..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Weird Science Takes the Stage

The strange but true tale of how a high school class turned a science textbook into a play

"...What do you see? Frogs. Formaldehyde. Dissection tools. The parts..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

The Things We Keep: Musing on the EZ-D

Musings on the EZ-D

"...It's hard for a die-hard couch potato to dislike a product that has "EZ" in the..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Closed Minds on State Board of Education?..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Column

The Purpose of Tools

With The Purpose of Tools, Travis Holmes has penned some nasty satirical material skewering the All-American Family, religion, and work, and Loaded Gun Theory's production boasts a lot of energy, a strong cast, and some clever direction, but the play's frequent blackouts and split focus cause the inspired mania onstage to fizzle out.

"...The Purpose of Tools: At Home With a Gone-Nuclear FamilyArts on Real, through Aug...."

Aug. 1, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

The Cult of Ray

Ray Benson steps out from behind the Wheel.

"...knows Ray Benson: the big guy with the big hat, booming baritone, and Ernest Tubb disposition. How can you..."

July 18, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Spangles and High Heels

Dreams come true, just ask "Her Tallness," Marcia Ball.

"...propane gas grills, ice chests, gardening tools, camping equipment, home décor, outdoor swings, and Adirondack chairs. "Seventy-five once! Seventy-five..."

June 20, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...[May 2]. You wrote: "Unconfirmed hallway rumors had one senator personally ordering a gay family out of his office."..."

May 16, 2003 Column

Gerry

"...Directed by: Gus Van Sant. Starring: Matt Damon and Casey Affleck. Gus Van Sant gets back..."

March 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Quiet Man

To Kill a Mockingbird screenwriter and Texas Film Hall of Fame inductee Horton Foote reflects on the last 87 years.

"...Foote is full of the same qualities as his plays and films...."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I'm 7 and I'm in second grade and I home school. I like what you put for the Best..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

The Anniversary Party

"...Cumming and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Starring: Cumming, Leigh, Phoebe Cates, Kevin Kline, Gwyneth Paltrow, Denis O'Hare, Mina Badie, Jane..."

June 22, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Putting Himself 'Out Here'

Theatre Arts and English teacher Rick Garcia has put himself "out here," on Austin's fringes, n the off-the-map, lost-worldness of Johnston High School, to reach out to some of the poorest kids in one of Austin's most neglected neighborhoods and make a difference through that rare and vital cocktail: art and education.

"..."Out here," is how Rick Garcia repeatedly describes the off-the-map, lost-worldness of Johnston High School where..."

March 9, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

What a Piece of Work Is Woman!

After four centuries of being berated, belittled, betrayed, bullied, battered, and butchered by the men in Shakespeare's plays, the women have had enough. They're ready to speak out, to give Will a piece of their minds. And in playwright Susan Kelso's Roses and Thistles, they do just that.

"...Ah, Shakespeare: Immortal Bard of Avon. England's finest poet. Playwright without peer. Male chauvinist pig...."

Feb. 23, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Nourishment for the Soul

Correo Aereo Deepens, Ripens, and Grows

"...of Valentine's Day hearts and flowers, but a love that transcends language. Love that has its own logic, its..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta

Hello Dottie

Austinite old-school punker Dottie Farrell explains the meaning of the word 'splooge.'

"..."I bashed myself really good a couple times at the Hole in the Wall recently," says the Punkaroos'..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

That Old Time Religion

16 HP's David Eugene Edwards sounds off about his band's holy-roller music

"...The hard, plain truth about 16 Horsepower is that they're a supremely talented band who are destined to..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Duets

"...Huey Lewis, André Braugher, Scott Speedman, Maria Bello, Paul Giamatti and Angie Dickinson. This awkwardly nuanced story about the..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Opportunists

"...is, his archaic sense of male pride and his over-compensation toward his loved ones for the sins of his..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Galaxy Quest

A parody of Gene Roddenberry's TV world and its rabid fans.

"...summer's uproarious documentary Trekkies, this sophomore effort by Parisot (Home Fries) parodies not only Gene Roddenberry's beloved television empire,..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Coach's Corner

Always pick the team with the most to play for.

"...Twelve ghosts did not beat the University of Texas (as has been suggested) last..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

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