TV Eye

Learning to love your local cable access programming

"...a full spectrum of community media: art, theatre, print, radio, film, television, and the Internet. Organizing the event is..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Wedding Vows

No one believes more firmly than Jack Ingram that Jack Ingram 'is' the future face of country music

"...running through the rap for a tape recorder over coffee at Central Market...."

Nov. 4, 2005 Music Feature by Andy Langer

In the Beginning There Was... the Demo

Cutting Tracks and Everything After

"...work like selling blood or substitute teaching. They want radio play, a solid fan base, good reviews, and regular..."

May 12, 1995 Music Feature

Faulk Hero

Remembering John Henry Faulk's battle against the blacklist

"...John Henry Faulk was a popular New York radio personality back in the Fifties. His daily afternoon show..."

June 27, 2014 Arts Feature by Willard Manus

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...think describing our streets as a barren sea of "beer and piss" is very flattering. Nor do I think..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Column

The Hot Spot

How Richard MacKinnon and the Wireless City Project are making Austin the center of the tech universe – again

"...more free Wi-Fi hot spots – local outlets, often coffeehouses, that allow computer users with laptops to access the..."

June 11, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Tale of a Tale Spinner

How a ballplayer, a piano player, beatnik poetry, and Lubbock made Terry Allen an epic storyteller.

"...They drip from the airwaves in his dramas for radio, from the tale of Bleeder, a Texas gambler, fanatic,..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Musical Manifesto

Davíd Garza's

"...national debut, it also made valuable inroads at college radio and retail. Actually, the same could be said about..."

April 3, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Letters @ 3AM

Walking nervous breakdowns are so "normal" they're barely noticed

"...The thing about doing radio is that you can't stop and think. That's what..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Violators Will Be Punished

"...Pagers, radio spots, even semi-inspired print ads for shows were few..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Qmmunity: Babe to Babe Communication

Founder Kelsea, aka DJ Hip Stir, talks about the origins and future of femme and nonbinary DJ community BABE ATX

"...co-hosting a South by Southwest event with Shared Frequencies Radio and working with Femme Rock to add DJ lessons..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Column by James Scott

A Brief Guide to the Yard in South Austin

Encountering the true ATX spirit in our bustling modern metrop

"...the well-crafted caffeine yin to the alcohol yang: Spokesman Coffee. Trey Ramirez and CJ West's roastery and bar of..."

May 13, 2022 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Infinite Storm

Survival drama is epic, even if the story feels small

"...Hampshire’s White Mountains and the eastern United States. The radio informs Pam and the viewers that a major storm..."

March 25, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Campus Hacks: Texas State University

Learn the (Texas) state of all things university with these hacks

"...take advantage of their great study space and “free” coffee at the request of a small donation. Every semester..."

Aug. 23, 2017 Chronolog Post by May Olvera

Mark Killian's "Future Planning"

Second Place winner

"...like the secondhand smoke from his Marlboro Reds. No radio. No reading. No sleeping. We couldn't even share what..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by Mark Killian

The Dead Climb on Top of You

Third Place winner

"...I laughed, "We should grab a coffee."..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by P. Tyson Midkiff

Chris Bonno

A former Funniest Person in Austin on the comedy life in Los Angeles

"...sketch comedy (Mondo Garage Sale), improv (the Fugitives), old radio plays (Fake Radio Players), Internet videos (www.funnyordie.com), TV and..."

June 19, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Speechless'

Third-Place Winner

"...and they stick to your clothes like smells, like coffee grounds and dust...."

Feb. 13, 2009 Books Feature by Benjamin Reed

Happenings

"...VETERANS ON IRAQ KOOP's People United (1pm) and Alternative Radio (2pm) both feature U.S. military veterans today – including..."

July 11, 2008 News Feature

Black as Your Lungs, Black as Pitch

First-Place Winner

"...my face warm and heavy. Eggs, sausages, biscuits, gravy. Coffee. Bourbon. Cigarette smoke. I could have eaten the air..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Books Feature by Greg Koehler

Terrible Beauty

The first day that Sam Baker could hear again

"...Outside Flightpath Coffee House, the Beatles play softly through the speakers. Baker..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Letters @ 3AM

The craziness of this country is that our public and private discussions have almost nothing to do with each other

"...smoking. At the last stop, I'd gotten her a coffee not knowing if she'd want one; she was glad..."

July 6, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Just Married

"...elbows his new wife into a steaming cup of coffee. Sara sends her husband flying down an escalator. The..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Pride of the Yankees?

Evan Smith translates a New York pedigree into the editorship of Texas Monthly.

"...the Pulitzers, which Levy has piled on his office coffee table. It's also written in the résumé of Evan..."

July 20, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...sophisticated, but it's all pop Babylon, all the time. (Beerland, 8pm) -- Michael Bertin..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...on a special engagement with the UT Dept. of Radio-TV-Film and the Cinemaker Co-op to present a screening of..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Food-O-File

"...campus-area location, Les Amis served its last cup of coffee and slice of carrot cake. The ramshackle sidewalk cafe..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Portrait of the Artist as a Road Comic

Long Drives, Low Pay, and Drunks -- What a Life!

"...warm tor-tillas washed down with a pot of cowboy coffee. Fortified for the last leg of the journey, I..."

March 28, 1997 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Whither Grunge? Seattle Rocks

"...Clark Humphrey's Loser would both look great on a coffee table. They're big, glossy, immensely attractive, enjoyable, easy browses..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Books Feature

Local Married Couple Flaunts Public Comedy Habit

Chloe and Lane Ingram are ... Chlane

"...for an excuse to swig more java at Thunderbird Coffee on Manor, went and interviewed the couple a few..."

June 20, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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