I Like to Watch: Roadies

Showtime series becomes a summer favorite

"...don't understand but almost certainly know I wouldn't like, Showtime's Roadies became my favorite show of the summer...."

Sept. 2, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

One in a Crowd: King of the Roadies

Help crowdfund a film and support a backstage legend

"...the beers cold. Find out more about Dorcy at www.kingoftheroadies.com, or you can back the project via its Kickstarter..."

June 1, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Raul's in Overdrive: "Have a Good Time, Get in Free, and Drink Some Beer"

Enter 1978, when Austin punk meets San Antonio’s the Next and Dallas’ the Nervebreakers

"...we showed up, everybody thought that we were the roadies! [Laughs] Our roadies, Robert Essary and Pope, walked in..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Her Smell

Elisabeth Moss is a the center of a rock and roll tornado in this heartbreaking ballad of self-destruction

"...constant buzz of muffled crowd noise and nearby conversations, roadies tuning up and offscreen tantrums, so when there is..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Jello Biafra Raves

Dead Kennedys icon recounts punk history tonight then DJ's

"...Ramones, certainly the Ravers needed what was then called “roadies.” So, me and Joseph Pope, who later started Angst,..."

Nov. 12, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

December Boys

In his first film role post-Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe plays an orphan in Australia who's pals with a bunch of other boys born in December.

"...somewhere down the timeline of mid-Nineties Britpop (possibly as roadies for Supergrass). Extrapolating character arcs from names alone gives..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Insider: Hiroshi Asada

Brief Interviews With Important People

"...are very spoiled. They travel by train and have roadies driving the vans. They come here and see band..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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”

"...friends since they were children, took off with various roadies, "stumbling around town at topless bars, Sixth Street massage..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Faster Than Sound: Spoon Returns On Full Blast

Reigning local rockers' surprise show at Mohawk and more music news

"...individuals. Committing $20,000 to CenTex "musicians, sound technicians, and roadies" to cover utility bills, the effort offers grants up..."

July 9, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: New Cocktail Lounge Takes Over Ex-Sidewinder Space

Run by former Scoot Inn and Longbranch owner James Stockbauer, Birdie Num Nums maintains the outdoor stage.

"...musicians. "Austin and San Antonio area musicians, gig workers, roadies, and sound technicians who are struggling to pay their..."

July 3, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Billy Joel’s Greatest Hits Vols. I-III

San Antonio state of mind extends a 26-year ATX drought

"...AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell” sung by one of the roadies). “Piano Man” means playing any request from Sixth Street..."

Dec. 12, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Sound on Sound Review: Thursday

Reunited ragers wait out the rain to bring fire

"...sealed, and the group shuffled back and forth as roadies and stage manager poked at backlines and gestured to..."

Nov. 7, 2016 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

I Like to Watch

Three day weekend equals more time to binge (on TV, of course)

"...Famous: Let me tell you, Crowe’s new Showtime half-hour Roadies is an unlikely triumph. Cynical and wide-eyed, timely and..."

July 1, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

Live Shots: Faith No More

Austin Music Hall, July 26

"...pick Napalm Death as support? Why dress band and roadies in white? Why pack more flowers onstage than 10..."

July 31, 2015 Music Review by Richard Whittaker

Fragile Rock: Austin's Emo Puppet Band

Maybe the world's only emo puppet band?

"...this point, there’s ten members of the band, two roadies, and a therapist."..."

June 3, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Luke Wilson, Tommy Lee Jones to Recieve Texas Film Awards

Hollywood heavyweights, indie icons, and an honorary Texan lauded

"...(That 70's Show, Enlightened, and the upcoming Cameron Crowe-directed Roadies). It's actually fifth time's a charm for Wilson: He..."

Jan. 7, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From the Vaults: Before the Deluge

‘Roadie’ beat these other music festivals to Austin

"...this weekend, remember to hoist one for the unsung roadies...."

Oct. 11, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chaos in Tejas Live (Night No. 2): Bolt Thrower

British bulldozer grinds through

"...unstoppable wargasm, Those Once Loyal, proved as unphased by roadies ripping apart the 1100 E. Fifth Warehouse’s speakers mid-set..."

June 1, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW: Nik Turner Spreads His Cosmic Wings

Hawkwind co-founder to re-enact the 'Space Ritual'

"...their early claims to fame was that they’d been roadies for Hawkwind. The Sex Pistols said, “These other bands..."

March 15, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Iggy & the Stooges

SXSW showcase reviews

"...into the audience (to be dragged back by overzealous roadies). He walks offstage a second, and a pedal steel..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Spotlight: Nik Turner performs 'Space Ritual'

Hawkwind overlord still screams in space

"...Machine." The Sex Pistols used to boast they were ex-roadies. (Turner knew 'em "before they were popular or famous..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Richard Whittaker

Rock On: Music Biz Summer Reading

Meet Dan Kennedy, Danny Goldberg, and Susan Voelz

"...musicians, not on the industry behind them. Managers and roadies float through the narrative, but you have to dig..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Music Post by Zoe Cordes Selbin

sxswi: Are You a Douchebag

The does and don'ts of convention etiquette

"..."Don't be a dick to the roadies … they were here long before you were, they'll..."

March 12, 2011 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

City Hall Hustle: Across The Universe

Housing advocate Troxell provides chapter and verse on living wage

"...I also remember the script. Leading the Yellow Brick Roadies was one Richard Troxell, founder of House the Homeless...."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Page Two: Stagnation Is Apocalyptic

Neil Young's solo tour, Part I

"...All in the extended Young team had roles – roadies, musicians, sound men, and backup singers. It was a..."

June 11, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Having a Riot

The chaotic and beautiful birth of the Austin Music Awards

"...security rushed the stage, dragging the band and its roadies off. In so many ways, a memorable year...."

March 19, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Steel Bluebonnet Determination

Robin Shivers, founder of HAAM, worked behind the scenes, and yet was one of the Austin music scene's most important faces

"...wasn't just musicians, either. It was the club employees, roadies, agents, and other crucial cogs in the machine that..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

GZA

"...part may have been his Whole Foods plug as roadies readied the stage for Kid Sister. ..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Silversun Pickups

SXSW showcase reviews

"...increasingly impatient as a couple of the group's earnest roadies sound-checked endlessly. Then we waited. And waited. Finally, the..."

March 27, 2009 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

The Dead Milkmen

Saturday

"...Pigeons" by rhyming "Sarah Palin" with "blew all the roadies from Van Halen" before toasting Obama's victory with Reagan-era..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Music Review by Greg Beets

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