In 1990, Austin Audiences Watched Slacker... and Saw Themselves

Richard Linklater’s indie milestone celebrates 30 years

"...did not open on July 5, 1991. That's the corporate line they want you to swallow...."

July 24, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin's 2019 Pride Parade Lights Up Downtown

"...400,000 people were expected to attend the city's annual Pride Parade Saturday night, Aug. 10, honoring the..."

Aug. 12, 2019 Photo Gallery

40 Songs to Make You Feel Better (or Worse) About Drinking

A sampling of drinking songs local, south of the border, and global

"...specs became a powerful mid-tempo stomper live. Although a celebration, "You're like a kind of religion," it doesn't downplay..."

July 13, 2018 Music Feature by The Music Staff

SXSW Adds to 2018 Music Lineup

Andrew W.K., Tank & the Bangas, and 164 more

"...wave of showcasing music acts for the conference’s 2018 iteration, including rock & roll life coach Andrew W.K. and..."

Nov. 7, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Gay Place

Cheers, queers!

"...Austin is a drink-lovin' city no matter how you stir it. Even when we're..."

July 21, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

SXSW: Lucha Underground

Wrestling star Johnny Mundo on the gamechanging promotion

"...theirs is a mobile show, traveling in convoy from city to city, usually broadcasting live, which creates restrictions. Lucha..."

March 14, 2016 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Your Austin Music Poll Ballot

Armadillos for sale, Free Week, and an Austin Music Poll primer

"...Rather than pay out the nose relocating relics, the pack..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Housecore Horror Preview: Eyehategod

Mike Williams’ NOLA sludgemeisters load into Emo’s Sunday

"...and disappointment covered in your songs. Is that an accurate assessment? Since y’all don’t come off as particularly tortured..."

Oct. 22, 2014 Music Post by Michael Toland

'Another Long Stretch of Continuous Soft Rock'

The third-place story

"...the growing stack like a white monolith in the high-capacity finisher tray. Above, the fluorescent bulbs hum, and their..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Books Feature by Josh Justice

The AggreGAYtor: December 26

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• Rat Mouth Florida appoints 17-year-old gay activist Tyler Morrison to..."

Dec. 26, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Anti-Smoking Laws Impose on Rights of Business Owners

"...tobacco use is outlawed in enclosed places in the city of Austin. You and your minority have won through..."

Jan. 11, 2010 Postmarks

Off the Record

Fun facts from the Festivus for the rest of us

"...with four stages dedicated to indie rock (Of Montreal, Ratatat, Yeasayer), hip-hop (GZA, Pharcyde, Kid Sister), comedy (Whitest Kids..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Savlov's Top Ten Redux Part One: The Good, the Badass, and the Weirder

Savlov's other Top Ten

"...I prefer to snack on edamame, and my dreams-to-nightmares ratio benefits from a superior audio/video system and precious few..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

When White Meat Attacks

Troma's 'Poultrygeist' pokes holes (and punctures skin) in our fast-food nation

"...No one gets away clean in Poultrygeist, not "devil-worshipping conglomerates," not morbidly obese fast-food addicts, not animal-hugging environmental activists,..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Rise of the Invisible Man

Can longshot Democrat Chris Bell ring up a miracle?

"...on a sleepy August day in 2005, the little-known Democrat had just $11,000 in his cash box – about..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Food-o-File

Mangia best served 'Cold'; plus, cake talk

"...it Downtown's most popular sports-watching destination. The interior is decorated with the museum-quality sports memorabilia of Texas legends such..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Warner Bros. Pictures Tough Guys Collection

The end of an era on six discs

"...impressionable young boys mimicking their trademark mannerisms and staccato rat-a-tat delivery. But by the mid-Thirties, prohibition was repealed, and..."

July 21, 2006 Screens Review by Steve Uhler

The Banks of the Blanco

Environmentalists and Hays County clash over river-clearing project

"...who is sunbaked and scruffy as any lifelong river rat, speculated about the managers' motives – whether they were..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Get Visionary With Me Here

We are no longer pioneers of the digital age. We're miners.

"...morning, that they were audible to the innocent two city blocks away...."

March 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Bruce Sterling

Postmarks

Our readers talk back

"...rail start in the U.S. in recent memory has generated any transit-oriented development worth noting. In fact, all of..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Column

The Hightower Report

Mad scientists and Big Brother … maybe we should be paranoid!

"...Thank you, Scotts. These two pesticide giants have inadvertently demonstrated the scientific insanity of using our own Mother Nature..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Corporate stadium names turn Mudville into Anywhere, USA; and Frank Keating dupes our brave soldiers for big bucks

"...does your team rank in the standings. In today's corporatized sports world, the question of "where are we?" is..."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Toronto International Film Festival

A first-timer's diary

"...a poor person's event, its offering brilliant, but narrowly curated. Sundance is superimposed on Park City. A week before..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Dancing About Architecture

Monte Montgomery hooks up with big-time booking; Texas Music Group has big plans.

"...Monte is obnoxious," to "I saw him on Austin City Limits once [and] I shot my TV. It's bad..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Miracle Man

When an actor's bio claims 14,000 performances to his credit, you rather expect the fellow to have some good stories. And Eddie Bracken doesn't disappoint. In anticipation of his appearance at a screening of Preston Sturges' The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Bracken talks about Sturges, Betty Hutton, Hollywood, and hitchhiking.

"...actor's bio claims 14,000 performances to his credit, you rather expect the fellow to have some good stories. After..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Reservations of Choice

Valentine's Day Dining Ideas

"...The Exotic Allure of Ararat I am the Valentine's Scrooge. At the recent meeting..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Golden Arm Symphony

Unraveling the budding symphonic genius of Graham Reynolds

"...he know it, but Keith Reynolds is performing his pratfalls in the right place. Younger sibling of this evening's..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

"We'll Always Have 807 Congress"

The Raging of the Elements, or Indoor Theatre in Austin -- Al Fresco

"...There are some days when it feels like PD operates en plein air: an Eden one day, tornado alley..."

June 25, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

A League of Their Own

"...on the film map more closely resembles a Studio City backlot than the campus paved with espresso and daydreams..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

Day Trips

"...the middle of the Texas plains is owned and operated by a tall Austrian who looks more like a..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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