Gidion's Knot

Top-notch acting powers this claustrophobic confrontation between a dead boy's grieving mother and his teacher

"...the bells worn by livestock. Think the Marquis de Sade and a suburban 11-year-old have nothing in common? Think..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Arts Feature by Stacy Alexander Evans

Born to Perform: Janelle Monaé

Tuesday’s Moody Theater extravaganza spurs critical debate

"...Diana Ross and Janet Jackson (both at the Moody), Sade, Anita Baker, Alicia Keys, Valerie June – you name..."

Nov. 14, 2013 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Playback: Still Weary

Weary Boys reunite, Red River vies for cultural district designation, and MusicMania to close

"...going to be special." It was. He closed with Sade's "Please Send Me Someone To Love." Dream River, Callahan's..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season

Two cults beat as one: Jimmy Buffett & Sixto Rodriguez

"...up in Schertz. Host to everyone from Bauhaus to Sade, not to mention Alamo City metal gatherings such as..."

May 7, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Stronger With Each Tear: Mary J. Blige

Soul queen slays the Moody Theater

"...Ross, Gladys Knight, Etta James, Koko Taylor, Donna Summer, Sade, Abbey Lincoln, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Betty Carter, Roberta Flack,..."

March 1, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Akina Adderley & the Vintage Playboys

"...those too are hit and miss. "Not Mine" swings Sade soul over a cool, muted line from guest trumpeter..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

2012 Austin Critics Table Awards

For the 20th time, a big hand for the nominees if you please

"...Amanda Mayi Moss & Sade Jones, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When..."

May 25, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Best of the Rest II: Live Shows

Six last 2011 lists – from the live arena

"...4) Devo, Octopus Project, Moody Theater (Mar. 27) 5) Sade, Erwin Center (Sept. 7) 6) Green Day, Red 7..."

Jan. 10, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Think

Aretha Franklin heats up the Moody

"...Sade at the Erwin Center in September, Gladys Knight and..."

Nov. 16, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

GWAR

Metallurgy

"...Bloody Pit of Horror, adapted from the Marquis de Sade's self-help tale of "The Crimson Executioner" and what he..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Who Knows Where the Time Goes

Both sides now – 50 years ago and now the iGeneration

"...and Collins exercised outrageously creative vision, adapting her seamless "Marat/Sade" medley from the Grand Guignol off-Broadway hit. In My..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Harvey Pekar and Bob Swain

Remembering the man behind American Splendor and the local theatre director

"...worked with Swain (and Williams) on a production of Marat/Sade at Zach, recalls: "Bob was a Marine and often..."

July 16, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sex, Thugs, and Thanatos

The mad, bad bounty of Fantastic Fest 2009

"...Romay (The Bare Breasted Countess); Soledad Miranda (Eugénie de Sade); and Janine Reynaud (Succubus) have been, obviously, muses to..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

I Built My Girlfriend's iPod

Stranded on a desert island? At least you have your iPodSolar.

"...Red tape ensnared Sade, but overall R&B got Pentagon money: Aretha, Diana, Roberta...."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Sex and Death 101

This serial-killer comedy, which screened during Fantastic Fest, is a self-indulgent, snarky, scattershot affair.

"...Waters. Starring: Simon Baker, Winona Ryder, Leslie Bibb, Tanc Sade, Patton Oswalt, Mindy Cohn, Dash Mihok, Neil Flynn, Thom..."

April 11, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Off the Record

Daniel Johnston-inspired rock opera Speeding Motorcycle rolls into town with Kathy McCarty riding shotgun, Transmission Entertainment gains another foothold on Red River, and the Black & White Years get Real! In Color! with the Talking Heads' Jerry Harrison

"...Sade, "Smooth Operator," Of Montreal, "Trouble"..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Rob Sheffield's Mix Tape

"...Sade, “Smooth Operator” I’ve always been slightly scared of the..."

Jan. 24, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

Talk to the Hand

The first ever Puppet Parts Film Festival

"...suicide, vaudeville routines starring Hitler and the Marquis de Sade, even Seuss-esque poetry readings about the controversy surrounding the..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Seven Days in Heaven and Hell

Getting a white-knuckled grip on the third annual Fantastic Fest

"...horror as Lucky McKee's May is from Marquis de Sade's Justine. Hussain's characters seem to exist out of time..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Digi-pak

Digi-pak

"...Me," "Big Lie")? Still, when vocals lead, like the Sade-esque "These Politics," and live instrumentation pokes through, OHN's formula..."

April 20, 2007 Music Review by David Lynch

FronteraFest 2007: The lowdown

"...by Clair LaVaye. A play about the Marquis de Sade...."

Jan. 12, 2007 Arts Feature

Ring, Rip, Rent

Ring Rip Rent, a new play by Martha Lynn Coon, shows us a future where women who have violated society's sexual mores are confined, classified, and treated

"...of these institutionalized outcasts you may hear echoes of Marat/Sade or One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the latter..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

ACL Fest Live Shots

Saturday, Sept. 16, Zilker Park

"...and unparalleled song-stories carrying the day. The performance included Sade-like dance grooves, a few hard rockers, and a taste..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Music Feature by Dan Oko

Corinne Bailey Rae

"...instrument that offers hints of Norah Jones, Lauryn Hill, Sade, and even Billie Holiday, while retaining a uniqueness that's..."

March 17, 2006 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Generation S.L.U.T.: A Brutal Feel-Up Session With Today's Sex-Crazed Adolescent Populace

"...might give original back door man the Marquis de Sade a run for his money...."

Aug. 27, 2004 Books Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...side of the pond and over the Norah Jones, Sade, or even Polly Jean Harvey edge. We said "versatile."..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Luv Doc Recommends: Em & Lo’s Big Bang Sex Drive Book Tour

BookPeople, Tuesday, August 5, 2003

"...America to something more closely resembling a Marquis de Sade therapy session. These days, if you’re not exquisitely versed..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Column by The Luv Doc

Book Reviews

"...to order the complete works of the Marquis de Sade? Who was one of the founding members of the..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Books Feature by Dominic Luxford

The Sopranos

New Texas Music Works closed the 2002 New Texas Festival with some tremendously talented ladies -- sopranos from the Conspirare Choir -- singing a variety of material, but for all its warmth, the concert lacked the sustained intensity and interest that is the hallmark of the choir's best work.

"...by conductor Johnson of Pete Seeger's "Turn, Turn, Turn," Sade's "Pearls (Woman in Somalia)," and Madonna's "What it Feels..."

June 14, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

20 Questions With Darden Smith

The return – again – of Austin singer-songwriter Darden Smith

"...records that's beautiful. The Bebel Gilberto record, the new Sade. They're these intimate, cool records that move. It got..."

April 19, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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