Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Implementation of the new rules was already postponed several times to try to work out some of these problems,..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

"...WEDNESDAY PICKSAll showcase times subject to change. Please check www.sxsw.com. Rhymesayers8pm-2am, Emo's Main..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...Friday PicksAll showcase times subject to change. Please check official SXSW schedule...."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

The Big Crapshoot

Tracking South by Southwest

"...good that we had played Austin a couple of times and primed it a little, so that when we..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Austin FC 2021 Schedule

Plus who the betting sites are liking to win the MLS Cup

"...All times CST. Home games in bold type...."

April 9, 2021 Features Feature

Why I Left Austin

Alejandro Escovedo's first-person account of leaving Austin last year after 35 years

"...McCaughey in Portland. We'd begin a six-week tour in Seattle, then return to Portland to begin recording all the..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

'The NFL Beat': Week 12

Enterprising fantasy football journalism

"...situation is Lance Ball, who touched the ball nine times in McGahee's relief Week 11 to Hillman's 14, but..."

Nov. 24, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

After a Fashion

Life renews, and so does Oscar Wilde

"...fashion audience at this show before it launches in Seattle. Totally Consensual (aka the ladies of Hip Hop Hooray..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Horns Season Gets Under Way

Lots of new faces as Horns kick off tonight

"...only out-of-state newbies are backup goalie Ava Vogel from Seattle, and Brooke Gilbert, a defender-midfielder who has national team..."

Aug. 10, 2011 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

SXSW Showcase Picks

Spend the evening with your favorite record label.

"...art-damaged punk assault on post-industrial dystopia with 2005's Still. Seattle's the Trashies are the lone out-of-towners here, but the..."

March 9, 2007 Music Feature

The Greatest Gift

An oral history unearthing one of post-punk's most seminal acts: Austin's Scratch Acid

"...slot in 1995. Scratch Acid also counted many of Seattle's prime movers among their most ardent fans, including Soundgarden's..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Saturday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...Sleepers for March 19All showcase times subject to changeEPHRAIM OWENS8pm, Elephant Room One of Austin's..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

As Theatre for Children Matures

In 40 years of nurturing young people's love for the stage, Coleman Jennings has helped a profession develop, too

"...amateurs doing children's theatre, and we didn't have the Seattle Children's Theatre. We didn't have the Children's Theatre Company..."

April 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Friday PicksAll showcase times subject to change. Please check www.sxsw.com...."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Savings or Slush?

In a tight budget year, Austin Energy's debt management fund is under scrutiny.

"...employees go without raises and citizens live through hard times, city-owned Austin Energy has $183 million in cash in..."

Aug. 23, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Coach's Corner

Travelling in Colorado with his daughter, Coach has time to take in some sports, and contemplate some truths about global warming and Major League baseball.

"...Young Girl Who Would Be Queen, falling on hard times, only to find herself Queen again. I feel like..."

July 6, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...MURDER CITY DEVILS: This Seattle punk machine has everything: leather and tattoos, pomade and..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Love Walks In

The first Rockrgrl Music Conference gets a blessing from Seattle's rain goddess.

"...I was going to the Rockrgrl Music Conference in Seattle, and so were the girls from Manor Road coffee-and-music-house..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Live Shots

"...could feel that he'd sung the tune a thousand times (twice, here), but still loved it. When he did..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Music Feature

2022 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary

Award short list is predictable in form and content

"...handful of people experiencing homelessness along the West Coast (Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles), “Lead Me Home” by..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, January 21-27

"...he said, "I stopped writing this movie about 20 times because I thought it was impossible." Personally, I'm glad..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Becoming Leslie

The complicated real life behind Austin's weird icon

"...wore a thong with a short skirt over it sometimes, women’s heels, fake breasts, and the occasional tiara and..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

Al Gore reminds us (once again) that climate change is real

"...to mention last week’s 100-plus-degree heat waves in the Seattle and Portland areas – climate change deniers appear to..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: I Am Thor

Director Ryan Wise and the adventures of a metal strongman

"...a band. "He said, 'I'm playing a show in Seattle next week, you guys should come.'"..."

Jan. 23, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'The NFL Beat': Week Two

Back to the grind

"...week one, and was targeted a team high eight times. The Raiders are clearly not assembled completely in their..."

Sept. 15, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

You're Going To Want To Remember This

A few words with Nora Ephron: writer, filmmaker, foodie, and turtleneck enthusiast

"...in publications like The New Yorker, The New York Times, and the Huffington Post. (She was recently tapped to..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Hell on Wheels ... and Weed

Bob Ray takes the show on the road

"...cinematic provocation, Total Badass, which chronicles the life and times of infamous Austinite Chad Holt, publisher of and profane..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

'Chronicle' Mock NFL Draft

"...has become the well-tanned poster boy of mediocrity. Sad times for a club loved across the mountain states. Shanahan..."

April 25, 2008 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Things We Lost in the Fire

This film starring Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro is an impeccably constructed and perfectly paced drama of domestic and internal volatility.

"...try this game: Close your eyes, spin around three times, and point a finger at Del Toro’s résumé. Dollars..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Friday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...Sleepers for March 18All showcase times subject to changeTHE ADDICTIONS8pm, Hard Rock Cafe It's not..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

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