Faster Than Sound: Unearthing Daniel Johnston’s If

Producer Brian Beattie has an unreleased Daniel Johnston album ready, but can’t make amends with the late cult singer’s management

"...Callahan album, met Johnston while anchoring local Eighties art rockers Glass Eye on bass. The band gave the eager..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Qmmunity

Plus new music from Krudxs Cubensi and a Cinco de Mayo drag brunch

"...Cubensi – with new music! – and psychedelic surf rockers Mamis; plus, actress/director Jade Fusco will be performing a..."

May 3, 2019 Column by Beth Sullivan

Wild Bill Gets in the Ring

Rock opera births boxing video trilogy

"...hours playing Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out on Nintendo and watching Rocky movies. The Austin songwriter combines that expertise with a..."

Sept. 18, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

DVDanger: Building The Iron Giant

Tim McCanlies talks behind-the-scenes of the animated classic

"...Tim McCanlies: Well, Norman Rockwell was Brad's touchstone. We called the town Rockwell. He..."

Sept. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Looking at the Big Picture

Paramount Summer Classic Film Series goes large

"...May of 2001, Baz Luhrmann released Moulin Rouge. A "rock opera" starring Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman – this..."

May 20, 2016 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

Gina Chavez Video Release Fills the Stateside

Newly minted Musician of the Year has come a long way in a year

"...feathery murmur into a flurry of activity, the 12-piece rock opera seemed relieved after each successful run-through...."

April 13, 2015 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

History in the Emulsion

The physical history of Austin can be traced through the movies that have been filmed in the city over the decades

"...Coen brothers' Blood Simple to Bob Ray's seminal, scenester Rock Opera preserves a specific moment in time – or..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Passing Strange

Half & Half Productions' debut about a young black man's journey of self-discovery was hampered by its mall storefront location

"...the main character in Passing Strange, the Tony Award-winning rock opera recently staged by Austin's newest theatre company, Half..."

May 17, 2013 Arts Review by Matthew Irwin

The Chimponauts and the Mechanical Phantom

It may help to know sci-fi B-movies, but this space spoof by Electronic Planet Ensemble is silly fun for everyone

"...begins as a celebratory affair ends as a military operation, featuring all our favorite martial-law phenomena, including a media..."

May 10, 2013 Arts Review by Matthew Irwin

Giant Giant Sand

Auditorium Shores, Nov. 4

"...collaborators to make and tour behind this year's "country rock opera," Tucson. GGS performed a democratic set featuring several..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Music Feature by Adam Schragin

You Drink, You Drive, You Spill!

Bob Ray's PSAs for Drunk Drivers of Texas

"...According to Facebook transmissions from Ray (Hell on Wheels, Rock Opera, Crashcam Films), "D.D.T. is a registered non-profit with..."

July 30, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Amazing Journey

Six from Britain's bad-boy directors

"...visually stunning film adaptation of the Who's explosive 1969 rock opera. Responding with a typically lurid, loud riposte to..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Bob Ray Goes Apesh!t, Commits to Creating Four Films By End of Summer

Bob Ray embarks on a short-filmmaking binge

"...Total Badass and Hell On Wheels and the narrative, Rock Opera – and has made countless short films, cartoons..."

Aug. 8, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Hellraiser on Wheels

Bob Ray takes his new doc Total Badass to the masses

"...He'll be screening Total Badass, plus his narrative debut Rock Opera, some of his CrashToons and, of course, the..."

May 22, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Susanne Abbott

"...Cabaret, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and Daniel Johnston-based rock opera Speeding Motorcycle. So, while No History of Prevention..."

May 7, 2010 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Superhouse

Freak tracks

"...local quartet's 16-song sophomore LP is angled as a "rock opera," and the soulful vocal harmonies of opener "Sacred..."

March 5, 2010 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

ACL Music Fest Friday Interviews

Get behind him Satan. Austin's iconic prodigal son returns.

"...visual art (2006 Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial), rock opera (Speeding Motorcycle), and even an iTunes video game..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Decemberists

SXSW showcase reviews

"...their magnificent fifth album, The Hazards of Love, a rock opera of sorts based on archetypal characters from the..."

March 27, 2009 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

The Decemberists

Wednesday

"...a musical more so than the beating of a rock opera. Yet, the yearning narrative of Hazards is unclear,..."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Margaret Moser

The American Con of Bootstrap Optimism

Kelly Reichardt talks about Wendy and Lucy, her prescient tale about a girl and a dog, a rock and a hard place

"...Kelly Reichardt (Old Joy) is a sort of minimalist opera in blue, with long, lingering shots of rain-soaked Oregon..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Lou Reed

"...in Lou Reed's cardinal work Berlin, a venerably filthy rock opera originally released in 1973. In 2006, he galvanized..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Review by Francesca Camillo

This Is Your Film Career On Drugs...

"...Clark, aka "Toe," star of Ray's seminal Austin feature Rock Opera as well as many of Ray's myriad short..."

June 23, 2008 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Wailing Walls

Bonus Tracks

"...the Infidel, the Wailing Walls stage a two-act classic rock opera steeped in the tradition of the Who's Tommy..."

May 16, 2008 Music Review by Austin Powell

Road Warrior

Self-distributing Hell on Wheels

"..."I self-distributed Rock Opera, I know Kat Candler's done a ton of..."

April 4, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Day Trippin'

More day parties than you can shake an iPhone at

"...& the Checkmates, Ralph "Soul" Jackson, Herman Hitson (1pm) Opera House WEDNESDAY: Oh, Pyramid (6pm), Diamondhead (7), Voodoo Economics..."

March 11, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Off the Record

Armed Forces Entertainment's metal of honor, the Judy's reunite for the Austin Music Awards, Bobby Whitlock and CoCo Carmel's Double Fantasy

"...three-week tour of Southwest Asia that the band branded Operation Looking Forward. "The whole idea is to give back..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Twist of Cain

Danzig comes alive

"...and rumored catacombs, and within its phantom of the rock opera walls, up along the red-carpet staircases and through..."

Nov. 7, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Fiery Furnaces

"...shatters beneath her wordiness, and "Restorative Beer" is failed rock opera. The remainder of the 16-song, hourlong question mark..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Cartoon Networking

Locals finding success at SuperDeluxe.com

"...a short series by local filmmaker Bob Ray of Rock Opera and the recent Roller Derby doc Hell on..."

July 20, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

'Hell on Wheels' Roller Derby Doc to Premiere at SXSW Film This Sunday

"...CrashCam Films were previously best known for stoner spectacle Rock Opera and videos from the likes of heavy-hitters such..."

March 7, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

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