Acting Tipsy

Local thespians reveal how they tackle the challenge of playing drunk onstage

"...mean offstage, though Thespis knows how much show folk love their libations. (To see where the locals hoist a..."

July 5, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Comedy, This Month!

Who brings laughs to Austin stages in the next few weeks?

"...is just a heads-up about some major acts (or maybe-not-quite-major-as-such-but-we-totally-love-’em) coming your way in February...."

Jan. 29, 2018 Arts Post

Comfortably Butt Numb

11 movies, 24 hours, 230 stinky film fans -- a diary from Harry Knowles' second annual Butt-Numb-a-thon

"...But it's also Harry's gift to his fans, fellow lovers of comic books and Fifties sci-fi, superheroes and samurai..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Veni, Vidi, Vici at Vaca y Vino

Multitasking hospitality pros tackle a 1,000-pound steer at benefit event

"...dawn ushered in a renewal of energy for the punch-drunk and exhausted boys; the end was in sight, although..."

May 3, 2013 Food Feature by Mick Vann

SXSW: Biz Markie Phones One In

Eighties MC coasts through a corporate gig at the Madison

"...free booze and waving glow wands printed with “I Love Kiip.” The 49-year-old sample addict born Marcel Hall emerged..."

March 9, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Fast, Cheap, & Out of Control

While the rest of the nation was rallying around the flag, screenwriter and director Sturges was spitting out a series of rapid-fire Hollywood comedies that showed untruth, injustice, inequality, corruption, chicanery, and illicit sex running rampant across this land from sea to shining sea.

"...and heady cinematic cocktail, the kind that makes you love to get drunk. And want to shoot up a..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

"...& Benny Safdie He is punch drunk (not with love) but something far more strange and lost. One can..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...and songwriter, Chuck Prophet's New West debut, No Other Love, is due in April. With his sixth solo album,..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Bedside Manner: Got Opium?

Getting High and Low with Steven Martin, Nick Tosches, et al

"..."She messed around with a bloke named Smoky/She loved him though he was cokey/He took her down to..."

July 23, 2012 Books Post by Marc Savlov

The Sound and the Fury

Monsters of Folk drummer Will Johnson continues demonstrating monstrous musical and compositional gifts

"...the North American tour, the illustrious collective radiates a punch-drunk camaraderie of old friends, each in service of the..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Fallout Theater's The 2020 First Annual Hollywood Awards Show: Live in Hollywood!

A zany yet surprisingly relevant awards show satire dives into the glitzy soullessness of Hollywood

"...itself like the Academy Awards we all know and love (or loathe); however, each character trope present at the..."

March 13, 2020 Arts Review by Madelyn Geyer

Fun Fun Fun Fest Preview: Explosions in the Sky

"..."I really love the whole grand conceptual scheme of The Wall," offers..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Velveteen Rabbit: The Musical

All the elements come together to produce something truly magical in KidsActing's revival of 'The Velveteen Rabbit: The Musical'

"...Love. Some people still believe that it can change the..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

FronteraFest 2003

It's time again for that annual performance jamboree FronteraFest, and time to mark its first decade of presenting Austin with adventuresome new theatre, comedy, dance, and spoken word by anyone with the courage or folly to take a stage.

"...Mister Z Loves Company, by Josh Meyer/Matt Hislope...."

Jan. 17, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Mayor Watson's final days dwindle to a precious few.

"...The punch-drunk council even bantered with Watson over whether he and..."

Nov. 9, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

All Done Up

"...fault. We've been given too much freedom, and like punch-drunk fighters, we careen from one fashion look to another...."

April 2, 1999 Books Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...her obvious attraction for Dr. Askey, SallyÕs own unrequited love. ChekhovÕs play intertwines the complexities of familial relationships with..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...century, embarks on an arduous journey to find the lover who has betrayed her. () stars (M.B.) Village..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...century, embarks on an arduous journey to find the lover who has betrayed her. () stars (M.B.) Village..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Thanks, Canada

Blood-soaked nights on the road to punk rock with the Krum Bums

"...look to the Krum Bums to stop him. We love this kind of self-destruction/stupidity. But just wait. Before he..."

July 11, 2008 Music Feature by David Rodriguez

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...societal injustices differently, but we have a great family love that runs deeper than barrio chismes covered in the..."

July 4, 2003 Column

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...commune with the music and with your fellow music lovers. It's about people connecting in a very special way..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Friday

Seventies funk GOATs, queer nu metal, and so much more

"...be elated that Cymande is getting some long overdue love after their trifecta of near-perfect albums from 1972-74 never..."

March 19, 2022 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

Mixed Metaphors

These craft cocktails are for the books

"...drinking when I read, though.) The thing is, I love reading. I love reading for all the reasons the..."

June 17, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

That One Sad One

Second place

"...for a key before leaving for the weekend. "Our love's not a key-trading kind of love," she'd said. "And..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Books Feature by Will Furgeson

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...complete cynicism, it is difficult to avoid the appealing love story between Douglas as United States President Andrew Shepherd..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...begins yoga classes, only to wind up falling in love with his instructor. As the pair grow closer and..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

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"...plot structures of his previous Green Snake and The Lovers for an easygoing style that makes for a charming..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

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"...golden girl of his dreams and is blinded with love for her. The rest of his family sees more..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

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"...bandits and, again, raped. She wins the respect and love of the gang's temporary leader Vikram Mallah (Pandey), who..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

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