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Spider House Ballroom, Saturday, October 2, 2010

"...interstate intersections, and the Drag-worms with their cute, hungry-looking stray dogs in dirty red bandanas, you might go broke..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

Off the Record

Griff Luneburg breaks his silence on the Cactus Cafe

"...for release in February. After a rousing duet with Ray Wylie Hubbard on "Drunken Poet's Dream," he's not ruling..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

The World Is Flat

How King of the Hill helped make Texas three-dimensional again

"...his Beverly Hillbillies, a show in which "nobody is portrayed positively" (and one that he greatly admires), Judge likened..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

A First-Class Seat to Stargazing

Austin's Beef & Pie Productions shines a light on Richard Garriott's space travel in Man on a Mission

"...the cramped confines of the International Space Station. Somewhere, Ray Bradbury is smiling, and Robert Heinlein is grinning...."

Aug. 7, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Sanctified and Chicken-Fried: The Portable Lansdale

Lansdale is Lansdale, his ownself, sanctified in the blood of the walking Western dead and righteously readable

"...man who may or may not be John F. Kennedy. (It gets weirder, trust me.) Lansdale continues to hurdle..."

June 26, 2009 Books Review by Marc Savlov

Texas Senators Skip Stimulus Votes

Cornyn misses cloture vote to attend fundraiser Monday after Hutchison absent for Friday votes

"...Ted Kennedy missed Friday's vote, but even the aging and infirm..."

Feb. 10, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Big Chill

Wild Thing Chip Taylor waxes political on 'New Songs of Freedom'

"...some great words from the likes of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan, Franklin Roosevelt, and Dwight..."

June 27, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Meeting Grace Slick

"...among my favorites. She had profuse praise for Stevie Ray Vaughan, also portrayed. (Other notables, Jerry Garcia, Jim Morrison,..."

Jan. 30, 2007 Postmarks

Foreword

Previewing the 2006 Texas Book Festival

"...other, but each features at least one distinctive work. Ray Bradbury's short story "Calling Mexico" (1950) in the opening..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

Country Chorus

"...job a little tougher, but we didn't mind one bit.Ray Benson When I heard his first record, I said,..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

TCB

Bidding farewell to dandy Don Walser, remembering Jerry Lightfoot, helping Chris Tominaga, and shopping for HAAM

"...Donald Ray Walser was born Sept. 14, 1934, in the small..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

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"...the show. The musician was a very young Stevie Ray Vaughan. A few months later I saw SRV and..."

June 9, 2006 Column

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"...That is rare air previously occupied by Ayn Rand, Ray Carver, and Shel Silverstein...."

March 17, 2006 Column

New Year, Old Films

Mid-20th-century must-sees: Part I

"...brilliant. Howard Hawks' direction is crisp though supposedly even Raymond Chandler, who wrote the screenplay based on his novel,..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Screens Feature by Louis Black

LBJ Swings Like the Pendulum Do

For a fun Sixties flashback – sans acid – see the LBJ Library's 'Signs of the Times: Life in the Swingin' Sixties'

"...New York Times account of the Beatles' arrival at Kennedy...."

Jan. 21, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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"...Kenney C. Kennedy..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Column

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"...Danny Ray Young..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Column

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"...Danny Ray Young..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Column

After a Fashion

"...you about is a stunning 4-foot-by-4-foot print of Jackie Kennedy in 1964 by Andy Warhol given to me by..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

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"...had it been around 60 years ago, would have portrayed the Japanese as the victims of U.S. foreign policy...."

Sept. 13, 2002 Column

Dancing About Architecture

Rave chaos part 2, plus Kerrville Kaos brings Direct Events Ghenghis Kahn Tim O'Connor out of retirement.

"...the end of the Kerrville Folk Festival? With Rod Kennedy handing over the reins to other parties, word is..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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"...2002! Austin City Limits' choice of featured acts still portray Austin as some one-track cosmic cowboy-rootsy-bluesy-Dead-Phish-Stevie Ray-wannabe town, and..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Column

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"...1) If Stevie Ray Vaughan can have a statue on Town Lake, why..."

June 28, 2002 Column

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"...earned the support of many musicians including Joe Ely, Ray Benson, Patrice Pike, Jerry Jeff Walker, Jo Carol Pierce,..."

May 3, 2002 Column

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The Clark-Madison brouhaha continues amidst tributes to Mambo John and more.

"..."Hudson said 'airplane' accident regarding the death of Stevie Ray when we all know it was a 'helicopter' accident."..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Column

Cumulative Staff Box

"...Luke Torn, Jason Cohen, Raoul Hernandez, Christopher Hess, Christopher Gray..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...joint on Lavaca owned by future Kerrville overseer Rod Kennedy and his partner Allen Damron. When a mutual friend..."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Killing the Messenger

John C. Danforth's Indictment of Whistleblower Bill Johnston May Lead to a Nasty Courtroom Showdown

"...Johnston's lawyer, Michael J. Kennedy of New York, said in a prepared statement that..."

Nov. 17, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Short Cuts

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

"...attendance with co-stars Scott Caan (Varsity Blues) and Jamie Kennedy (Scream). Tickets (which include a private party afterward) will..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

A Walking Contradiction

Exploring the legacy of one of Austin's great, unsung singer-songwriters, Blaze Foley

"...tossed out of the Kerrville Folk Festival by Rod Kennedy -- and later donning a dress and sneaking back..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

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