Karen Russell Reads in Central Texas

San Marcos today, Kyle tomorrow

"...With apologies for the late notice, Karen Russell is giving a reading this afternoon at Texas State..."

April 18, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Day Trips

Texas-born Pulitzer Prize-winning author Katherine Anne Porter left a literary legacy

"...Katherine Anne Porter had mixed emotions about her Texas roots. The Pulitzer..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Dancing About Architecture

Flamingo Road

"...flip him over and get to his heart. Bandmate Russell Porter says three or four attempts were made to..."

May 23, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Women of Antone's, underground MCs, FuckEmos, and more recommended shows

"...three decades. Sludge rock with vocals pitch-shifted hellward, the Russell Porter-led project has thrived on anthems that can be..."

March 24, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"..."Cry With Me," an invitation to weep in which Russell Porter warns, "If you don't cry with me tonight,..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Playback: A Plethora of Pride

Gay Pride, Asleep at Wheel 'Then and Now,' and David Yow confirms he's a Dick

"...2011. Perhaps the most notorious band of Austin's Nineties, Russell Porter and company took metal and punk to an..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Dancing About Architecture

Terrorist attacks rock America while Frank Kozik drops his own bomb.

"...resell or re-release any of their Man's Ruin material. Russell Porter of former Man's Ruin mainstays the Fuckemos admits..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Water Damage, TisaKorean, a tribute to Mandy Mercier, and more recommended shows

"...lyricism. Black-gloved disco-rock menace Sex Pümp, fronted by Fuckemos' Russell Porter, wasn't on the Euro tour but kinda seems..."

May 12, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Bowie and Elvis tributes, Kelly Willis, Kool & the Gang, Unsane, and more live local shows

"...Elysium for Free Week. Sex Pümp, fronted by Fuckemos' Russell Porter, pulses irreverent heavy disco with topics ranging from..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Ethan Azarian, Soccer Mommy, OUTlaw Pride Fest, Fuckemos, Playboi Carti, and Dr. James Polk & Centerpeace

"...of Austin's sludge punk miscreants. Spawned in 1992 when Russell Porter puked into the cultural petri dish of punk,..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Music Column by Doug Freeman

Chad Holt, Austin's Last Provocateur

The Total Badass left his mark on the city's underground

"...and a perspective that was flagrantly self-involved. Neither a reporter nor a critic, the work Holt issued – first..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Screens Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Austin Music Awards’ Ecstatic Experience

Thirty-four awards and six musical sets in 211 minutes

"...went deep into the gratitude: clubs, labels, even frontman Russell Porter's kid onstage ("great grades and awesome hygiene"). Best..."

March 9, 2018 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Austin Music Awards’ Ecstatic Experience

Thirty-four awards and six musical sets in 211 minutes

"...went deep into the gratitude: clubs, labels, even frontman Russell Porter’s kid onstage (“great grades and awesome hygiene”). Best..."

March 1, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Total Sound Group Direct Action Committee: A New Campaign

Begin your write-in campaign for Poison 13 duo Tim Kerr and Mike Carroll to reunite Total Sound Group Direct Action Committee – possibly at Grizzly Hall, with Leo Rondeau opening!

"...owner Jason Sabala, who ran Emo's in its heyday. Russell Porter, toad-king of nitrous oxide rockers Fuckemos, sang locally..."

May 27, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Ü.S.S. FRIENDSHIP: With Fuckemos vocalist Russell Porter and Squat Thrust/Voltage guitar antihero Jimmy Bradshaw onboard,..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

The local music community holds its breath as it waits for the music-industry target-study set to go before the City Council's budget meetings.

"...The Fuckemos are working on recording new material, says Russell Porter, who is still beaming after finding out that..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Fuckemos

Acts Playing South by Southwest

"...suspect apotemnophilia, in which the reaper-like, pitch-shifted voice of Russell Porter intones, "Give me a backrub with your hot..."

March 2, 2001 Music Review by Greg Beets

Dancing About Architecture

The clubs just keep closing (or being raided by comptrollers), but at least we still have television.

"...As for the big screen, look for the Fuckemos' Russell Porter, PigPoke's Jerry Don Clark, and other loud, ugly..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Rock Opera

Locally filmed micro-budget feature tells a picaresque story about a punk guitarist who is trying to sell enough pot to finance a low-rent tour for his band. His journey instead takes him on a tour through the college-town underground.

"...by: Bob Ray. Starring: Jerry Don Clark, Ted Jarrell, Russell Porter, Paul Wright, Chad Holt, Rob Gasper and Louis..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Spotlights

"...of people are playing exaggerated versions of themselves, like Russell Porter from the Fuckemos, who plays a guy named..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature

SXSW Record Reviews

"...Give credit to the pitch-shifting vocals of lyrical wünderkind Russell Porter for keeping things afloat with his terminally depraved..."

March 20, 1998 Music Review

Music Amidst Used Furniture

The History of the Red River Strip

"...Turner sometime), Laura was approached by the Fuck Emo's Russell Porter to throw a party there featuring live music...."

Oct. 11, 1996 Music Feature

Life, Death, and Shoofly Pie

Chatting with the Gourds' rabid online fan base, family through thick and BAD.

"...600-some-odd fellow fans about Chris Wagner's funeral details, Kevin Russell of the Gourds stepped forward to do so. And..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...The Lady Bird Diaries Director: Dawn Porter, Producers: Kim Reynolds, Dawn Porter From award-winning filmmaker Dawn..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: John Doe Moves to Austin

X's John Doe moves to Austin, Adam Nurre celebrates his late bandmates, and The Shopkeeper takes Congress House Studio to the movies

"...Adam Nurre slept in the back of Porter & the Bluebonnet Rattlesnakes' tour vehicle last October when..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Swampadelic

Grateful Dead + Papa Mali = 7 Walkers

"...Walkers, their new project with legendary Meters bassist George Porter Jr. and local keyboardist/producer/multi-instrumentalist and all-around MVP Matt Hubbard...."

Nov. 26, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...Trapped Director: Dawn Porter, Screenwriters: Dawn Porter, Sari Gilman Trapped follows the clinic..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Last Shall Be First

New Year's Eve becomes a cultural extravaganza with First Night Austin

"...and Commissions Room, Austin City Hall. Unpublished William Sidney Porter manuscript read aloud by Russell Wiseman with singing cowboy..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Recommended

"...SNOOKS EAGLIN, EARL KING, GEORGE PORTER..."

June 6, 1997 Music Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...LEON RUSSELL: Leon Russell's successes may be on a sliding scale,..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

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