Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Last night blurbs – hip-hop Picks and slept-on Sleepers

"...positively sickening guitarist. Since breaking out in the late Seventies with Levi & the Rockats, he's woven his finger-tying..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Playback: Dale Watson's Ameripolitan Dream

Outlaws wanted (for Awards), God calls back Gean West, and SXSW wristbands back on sale!

"...he loves. Reclaiming the latter half of "countrypolitan," the Sixties/Seventies commercialization of the genre (in)famously rejected by the outlaw..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Cowboys vs. Hippies: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Subtext

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre reflects Austin's culture in 1974

"...role as a product of Austin in the early Seventies, as a creation and expression of the counterculture, as..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest: Redeemer

FF's favorite head cracker Marko Zaror returns as divine justice

"...for the story, it is as much of a Seventies throwback as Mandrill. But while that was an unapologetic..."

Sept. 21, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DJ Shadow on Afrika Bambaataa

Sampling the godfather turntablist

"...representation of what New York sounded like in the Seventies and Eighties. He had salsa, he had Soca, he..."

Sept. 11, 2014 Music Post by Abby Johnston

The Good Eye: Nostalgia for the New

Pull up that Arvin and read about from whence it came

"...seeing a drift toward lusher modernisms. I anticipate a Seventies revival in home decor to match the one we've..."

July 18, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

When Dallas and Fort Worth Were the Music Capitals of Texas

Before Austin became the 'live music capital,' they were rocking & rolling in DFW

"...were the kings of the music business in the Seventies," Kirby Warnock narrates in his documentary When Dallas Rocked...."

May 23, 2014 Screens Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Long Journey Home

The Houston Kid comes full circle

"...Crowell, alighting from Nashville and the new circle of early-Seventies songwriters that developed around Guy and Susanna Clark (see..."

April 18, 2014 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows

Austin Music Awards Director Margaret Moser goes out with a bang

"...you're talking about. A preeminent band beginning in the mid-Seventies, Kim Wilson, Jimmie Vaughan, Keith Ferguson, and Fran Christina..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Richard Linklater's Diamonds in the Rough

The legendary Austin filmmaker provides a guided tour through three years of a formative decade

"...Eighties. "Those big blockbusters were still rare in the Seventies," he notes. "But by the Eighties, you see a..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Return of ... the Cassette

The Walkman revolutionized portable music. Can their fodder – cassettes – jump the shark?

"...on cassette. Like many who grew up in the Seventies, he was surrounded by tapes...."

Aug. 30, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

SXSW Friday Picks and Sleepers

"...a Bob Dylan song, but it's the warm, melodic, Seventies rock contained on its debut Ride on the Train..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

From Occupation to Co-operation

Co-op Think Tank organizes to expand member-owned movement

"...co-op activist who worked in Austin in the late Seventies and early Eighties, puts it this way: "Instead of..."

Jan. 25, 2013 News Feature by Robyn Ross

After a Fashion

From latex to foil, there's style in them tharr condom wrappers

"...were outrageous. Considering the musical is set in the high-Seventies, we saw outfits that ranged from Mary Quant go-go..."

May 4, 2012 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

In Print: Paul on Mazursky

The Seventies couldn't have asked for a more empathetic chronicler of the human condition than filmmaker Paul Mazursky

"...yet, ask a youngish film nerd to name the Seventies' most significant filmmakers, and Paul Mazursky probably wouldn't make..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

The Pleasure Seekers

Patti Quatro and her sisters started a revolution

"...Cradle paved the way for the Runaways in the Seventies, the Go-Go's in the Eighties, and L7 in the..."

July 29, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two: Inner Sanctums, Outer Orbits

The intertwined legacies of indie music and the alternative press

"...the great progressive country scare of the early- to mid-Seventies (a paraphrase of Steven Fromholz). There were always records..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Column by Louis Black

All Shades of Black

How do you define film noir?

"...States, it really wasn't until the late Sixties and Seventies that film writers and retrospective programmers really began to..."

July 9, 2010 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Never Coming to a Theatre Near You

Stephen Romano's continuing adventures in fake movies

"...deep down history of the lesser-known, darker corners of Seventies-era exploitation cinema, Romano's massive tome was in fact a..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Luv Doc Recommends: Party at the Moontower

, Saturday, June 20, 2009

"...the Trailer Park & Eatery on South First, a Seventies-themed BYOB benefit for American YouthWorks based on the moontower..."

June 19, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

The Obsessive

AFS Essential Cinema presents the early films of Brian De Palma

"...of his New Hollywood rebel buddies from the early Seventies, such as Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola, De..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Shock and Awesomeness

Stephen Romano puts the movies in his mind down on paper in his fake-history coffeetable book, Shock Festival

"...the fun in that? The exploitation films of the Seventies and early to mid-Eighties were made to be screened..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Tony Visconti Part 1

"...what reason. It was probably the Eighties, or the Seventies. [Laughs.] And it’s buried...."

June 19, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Shepherd

Dripping Springs recluse Sam Beam spills some Iron & Wine

"...in the early Sixties or Southern California in the Seventies. For the longest time, I've been just doing it..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Music Feature by Dan Oko

If You're a Viper

From 'La Cucaracha' to Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson: P-O-T

"...legendary bands. He even played with Doug in the Seventies. If you rolled a joint with a seed in..."

May 25, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Friday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...Manchu in their quest to melt Sixties jam with Seventies hard, presented on their fourth, Dirty Women. Changing gears..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Rob Nash: Bedford Falls, by way of Television City

Austin solo performer Rob Nash is moving to Los Angeles, and as a parting Christmas gift, he's created a holiday special that never was:It's a Wonderful Life, 70s Christmas Special, Starring the Fonz

"...do you let people know it's going to be Seventies sitcom stars? You say: Seventies Christmas special! And then..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

TV Eye

You might think a TV columnist without a TV has little to offer. Think again.

"...discussions, an older academic insisted on the supremacy of Seventies-era television. Others in the room nodded in agreement or..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

A Lot of Cojones and a Little Faith

The art of Micael Priest

"...of the famous Armadillo World Headquarters posters in the Seventies...."

Oct. 6, 2006 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

General Jackson

Artist and historian Jack Jackson remembered by those who knew him well

"...comic. Comix, they were called in the Sixties and Seventies, the irreverent twisting of the classic art form to..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

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