Heart and Soul

Lengthy Q&A with Huey Lewis

"...music business. We spoke for an hour, Lewis overflowing stories. This is half our interview. In the paper, it'd..."

Oct. 25, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...Chronicles” zeros in on the Sex Pistols performance at Randy’s Rodeo in San Antonio, 44 years ago this week,..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Walkabouts, Rallies, and Carnaval in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

The chilly weekend is heating up

"...curing that vagina pain with healthy doses of laughter and sobs. This one-woman show broke barriers at Edinburgh Festival..."

Feb. 21, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Radio Elvis and Other Stories

Tom Doyal reviews John Irsfeld's latest collection.

"...Radio Elvis and Other Stories by John H. Irsfeld..."

April 25, 2003 Books Review by Tom Doyal

When Hollywood Met Steve Collins

... and other Austin stories from the L.A. Film Festival

"...about the Target Red Room." A space where filmmakers and press could drink endless amounts of vodka, eat organic..."

July 7, 2006 Screens Feature by Toddy Burton

John Sayles

The evolution of American music and Southern race relations in Honeydripper

"...John Sayles on the fates of and stakes for musicians when faced with that seismic moment..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

Fandemonium!

Television fans who organize to keep their favorite shows on the air, or even don the occasional Star Fleet Commanding Officer's uniform, are often depicted as lonely losers with too much time on their hands. According to TV columnist Belinda Acosta, the truth is quite the opposite.

"...their adoration of this musician or that movie star? And who hasn't secretly worried about their own ability to..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Return of the King: George Strait

Megastar plays Gruene Hall for the first time in 34 years

"...of Country Music returned to Texas’ oldest dance hall and delivered one of his most intimate shows in decades...."

Nov. 17, 2016 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Muse for the Ages: Loreena McKennitt

Canadian chanteuse warms to vinyl and Texas

"...with an unparalleled triple threat talent for singing, writing, and performing. She appears Friday at a sold-out Paramount Theatre...."

March 2, 2016 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Family Circle

Charlie and Will Sexton

"...Cajun drug dealer/ne'er-do-well who had supplied the coke, the other was his non-live-in, sometime-girlfriend. The women had only recently..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Get It While You Can

"...grabbed the golden ring but still insisted on going another round after it was firmly in hand? Janis Joplin..."

March 19, 1999 Books Feature

Postmarks

Expanding on neighborhood expansion, taking C. Robison to task, and much more.

"...Erica Barnett's "Austin Stories" article on the proposed redevelopment of 11 tracts along..."

July 13, 2001 Column

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...Chapter 1, documenting how a collaboration between Roky Erickson and Doug Sahm spurred this primal strain of rock &..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Sxsw

"...calm down. So what if there are over 700 bands playing this year's South by Southwest conference? You are..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Live Shots

The Barkers

"...(or later) on the farm or at the sawmill, and a few times a year seek respite from their..."

June 4, 1999 Music Feature

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...The phrase "shit-hot," cribbed from some international band's bio, comes to mind when trying to put words..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...by Southwest is a game of numbers: approximately 845 showcases/bands, divided by five nights, divided by you. And that's..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...The worst part about summer is everyone demanding that you go outside. Fortunately, here comes the Paramount..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Toronto International Film Festival

A first-timer's diary

"...well as a broad range of new Canadian films and a Canadian retrospective of silent actress-writer-director Nell Shipman. There..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Box Sets

Herbie Hancock

"...first big pop hit was 1974's fusion blockbuster "Chameleon," and not since Madonna recorded "Material Girl" has an artist..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Music Feature

Part of Our Day

When discussing the Golden Age of Television, we usually speak in terms of the national networks, but there's another chapter to the tale. Belinda Acosta looks at some of the pioneers of Austin television.

"...(which never became a network in the true sense), and sometimes even the short-lived Overmyer Network (ON). Gems of..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...of such alleged "punk porn" classics as Splatter Puss and Anal Graveyard, took to the giant outdoor stage at..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Old Friends/Bookends

Sex, drugs, and rock & roll. And books.

"...to see John Taylor winds down the front walk and spills onto the sidewalk on 18th Street to the..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Art of Parenting With Art

Trying to find ways to make art while sustaining a family is no easy road.

"...Midcommute and the younger daughter, Katie, has finally settled down from..."

June 22, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Record Reviews

Prince Paul

"...this: "From the legendary producer of De La Soul and the Gravediggaz; from the experimental pioneer who created and..."

May 14, 1999 Music Review

Texas Platters

"...win over those of the opinion that this Dallas band's fleshed-out, slow-time approach is musically comatose. If you really..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Music Review

Texas Platters

"...rocks with solid AOR aplomb, plenty of phat riffs and meaty hooks -- "2053 (21st Century)" and "If I..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Music Review

Dance With the Devil

Getting Austin Artists in Step With Their Audience

"...Christmas. The rearrangement is made necessary by Fox Television and the Super Bowl, which have booked up hotels, convention..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Postmarks

Further Lost Austin fallout and enviro-rhetoric from our readers.

"...all you sorry hipster fucks show up at gigs and parties hobnobbing with the likes of the ex-Big Boys,..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Column

Postmarks

A plethora of environmental concerns are argued in this week's letters to the editor.

"...the checking on the facts in the Circle C stories? Have they even driven out into that area to..."

March 31, 2000 Column

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