Raul's in Overdrive: "AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!"

In 1978, visits from Patti Smith and Elvis Costello plus the Austin Punk Scene’s first record could mean “AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!”

"...basement studio got significant airplay and major request line action on local radio. The band also received major 1978..."

Dec. 30, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Playback: Charlie Pierce Burns It Down

Charlie Pierce, the Gibby Haynes of piano, speaks out; Sweet Spirit serenades Spoon in a tour diary excerpt; and Phil Anselmo says maybe next year for a Housecore Horror ATX return

"...Pierce, who alternates between gutter piano poet and country troubadour on Nowhere, effectively splitting the difference between Tom Waits'..."

May 29, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

High School Stakes

Austin ISD election could shape a new direction for the district

"...balanced 6-3, with pro-Carstarphen members in the majority. The four seats on the November ballot mean that balance of..."

Oct. 5, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Tying the Knot: A Drama

Yes, the merger of Austin's Paramount Theatre and State Theater Company is a business affair, but since theatres traffic in stories, human dramas that talk to us about life, this historic event deserves to be looked at as a story, the story of a wedding between two neighbors.

"...the balance sheets and boardroom agendas and dbas of your standard Wall Street merger, but that's so cold, so..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...quite touching. He is also unaware of the huge impact the theremin has had on popular American culture. The..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...quite touching. He is also unaware of the huge impact the theremin has had on popular American culture. The..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...up generating a platinum album, a year of solid touring (Everclear, HORDE), a pair of Grammy nominations, and a..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Tapestry Dance Company's April Fools

This remount of the tap troupe's valentine to vaudeville brought the old art form back with delights in abundance

"...medium with a Ouija board. For a couple of hours, time was turned back 80 years, and the Rollins..."

May 11, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

When Wagner Became WAGNER

With 'The Flying Dutchman,' Richard Wagner made opera bigger than big

"...The name Richard Wagner brings to mind massive stages crowded with massive singers and orchestras that overflow the..."

March 26, 2004 Arts Feature by Jerry Young

Ever the Spoils

Two University Dramas Tackle Women After War

"...pillaging is taking place on two of Austin's university stages: in The Trojan Women at the Mary Moody Northen..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

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