In the Mix

Consider this brick No. 1 in the fall of the house of Usher.

"...vehicle for hip-hop star Usher is no blinged-out Beamer rough-riding it over to Jay-Z’s joint to wallop some cheeba..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Trail Mix

Paul Stekler on 'Last Man Standing' and the 10 essential ingredients of political documentary

"...caught Stekler's eye at election time 2002 was a mixed bag of the predictable and the intriguing, from the..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Wintry Mix

The holiday film forecast

"...The Business of Strangers ... First-time writer/director Patrick Stettner's rough-and-tumble character drama about sexual politics features Stockard Channing and..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Diamond in the Rough

Dawson's Can-Do Spirit Emerges in Pilot Project

"...Avenue. "We want to uplift the aesthetics, functionality, and mix of businesses and of land use along the edges..."

June 5, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Houses of the Holy: Zeppelin Reissues Conclude

Year-long reissue campaign ranges over the hills and far away

"...on any single album before cycling backwards and forwards through the oeuvre in a conscious memorization of each canon...."

Aug. 14, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Spiritual Boys

Pete Townshend pays tribute to Ronnie Lane

"...act next when his historic collaboration with Lane, 1976's Rough Mix, received the 5.1 surround-sound treatment and appended unreleased..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

Mad Scientist on Wheels

Brian Beattie

"...is his recording console. He's begun to play a rough mix of a recently recorded song, and, wild-haired and..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

The Beans of Egypt, Maine

"...happens in this film, but the characters are so thoroughly fleshed out that watching them survive their lives nearly..."

Feb. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Man Who Wasn't There

The story is rife with the Coens' ripe ambivalence, a black seriocomic opera of fouled-up American dreams, and a meditation on ambivalence that is itself often as ambiguous as the emotional meanderings of its protagonist, a small-town barber. The film's black-and-white image processing is stunning.

"...too, to add flavor to the Coens' already overpacked mix, and Michael Badalucco is one long running gag as..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl

It seems rather churlish to complain about entertainment aimed at little girls, who almost never get big-budget movies made just for them, nevertheless … this movie substitutes pluck and spunk for drama and sparkle.

"...storming of the planet Hoth. But those were more rough-and-tumble, pioneering days; in these modern times, we have American..."

July 4, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

City of Lost Souls

"...the Japanese yakuza, Chinese triads, and Russian mafia all mix it up. At the heart of the story is..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Big Lebowski

A case of mistaken identity embroils the supremely go-with-the-flow character of the Dude (Bridges) in an intersecting mix of kidnapping, pornography, German nihilists, sultry women, gumshoes, missing money, and missing toes.

"...nasty goons to break into the Dude's ramshackle apartment, rough him up, and soil his rug. All the Dude..."

March 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Here Comes the Nice

Small Face Ronnie Lane's tenure in Austin is preserved on Live in Austin.

"...Small Faces after "Itchycoo Park" re-charted in 1976 fell through...."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

A Short Movie

Ronnie Lane Remembered

"...singular talents were perhaps best realized on the album Rough Mix, his one-off collaboration with the Who's Pete Townshend...."

June 13, 1997 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

Dancing About Architecture

101X fires program director Alan Smith; Man's Ruin ain't coming back after all.

"...Mixed Notes..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

WaffleFest 2015

For the 14th year, the Hideout Theatre brings 25 troupes together for a toasty mix of improv and free waffles

"...even just the 11 at the Hideout this Thursday through Saturday, not to mention the other regular venues in..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Levitation Live Shot: Third Man Records Showcase

John Brannon stream rolls Vegas with his negative approach

"...A rough mix made his voice more texture than focal point..."

Nov. 11, 2019 Music Post by Michael Toland

’Tis the Season

Santa Claus to serve up Winter Warmers at Drink.Well

"...films, Christmas sweaters galore, and a special holiday music mix at one of North Loop’s finest...."

Dec. 19, 2013 Food Post by Anna Toon

Chris Morris Talks Terrorist Comedy

UK hit Four Lions touches down in Austin

"...It's been a rough season, war-wise. In light of Wikileaks release of 391,832..."

Nov. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Run Rudolph Run

Revisiting Keith Richards' “Run Rudolph Run”

"...Singles Volume 6: 1969-1970, needs follow it on some mix. Richards’ honking riff and scabrous vocal exhaust on “Run..."

Dec. 22, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Before the Lights Go Out

One last local look

"...Gary Myrick, and it shows in their booming authority throughout the tight five-song offering. The only thing that this..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Rock & Royalty

The Austin Music Awards were changed forever by a lanky old guy named Pete.

"...You'll find more thorough coverage of last night's surprise appearance of Pete Townshend..."

March 15, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Nirvana

Gift guide

"...in His Youth." Disc two opens with more acoustic roughs, including "Opinion," a Cobain snark duking it out with..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Welcome to the Underground

David Baerwald goes from Boomtown to bust-town, Austin.

"...After high school, he drifted through a series of odd jobs, including one that involved..."

July 19, 2002 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Dancing About Architecture

South by Southwest draws closer -- lots of news from SXSW 2001

"...the damn bar business." Depending on which offer comes through, the Caucus could remain the Caucus or become a..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Fractured Fairytales

The Songwriting Castle

"...to Paris, layover again -- only longer. To get through it, I keep telling myself it's cheaper this way...."

Oct. 17, 1997 Music Feature

Reissues

"...the Boys Next Door. That initial impulse was carried through on the band's early works as evidenced by Hee..."

June 27, 1997 Music Review

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...with clear harmonies and subtle spirituality, yet with the rough edges still visible. – Jim CaligiuriDJ LOGIC8pm, Oslo Forget..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Sci-Fi Book Reviews

Deeper: My Two-Year Odyssey in Cyberspace

"...tale of discovery so interesting? Why was I flipping through the pages of Deeper: My Two-Year Odyssey in Cyberspace..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Books Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...GOLDEN ROUGH: Sydney's David Orwell is the golden rough in Golden..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

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