Next: The Revolution!

"...readers, Louis Black titled my last letter “More of the Same” [“Postmarks” online, June 26]. Ha! About three points..."

July 12, 2009 Postmarks

The Revolution Will Not Be Motorized

Will the city create a path to give bicyclists a little respect?

"...just recreation, and it is becoming very clear that the streets are not ready for it," said Kris Elkinton,..."

May 9, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Page Two: Frogs Were the Second Plague

The Time of the Toad, and a time to dance

"..."The Time of the Toad," an essay by Dalton Trumbo,..."

March 31, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Postcards from the Fringe

Guerilla Media Collective Searches For the D.I.Y. Truth

"...meet Virtual Reality on 42nd Street." That's one of the phrases Paco Nathan, president of Fringeware, Inc., has used..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Brad King

Gay Sex in the 70s

Little more than a series of interviews with those who survived those times, interspersed with titillating soft-core clips from the archives, this documentary offers a sympathetic perspective of the post-Stonewall sexual liberation years in New York City.

"...documentary with a decidedly prurient slant, Gay Sex in the 70s isn’t for everyone – it’s definitely aimed toward..."

March 10, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Jesus Revolution

Tedious retelling of the era of the Jesus freaks preaches to the choir

"...The hippie messiah preaching the gospel to flower children caught..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Page Two: The Message

Republicans try to rewrite a history of privileging party over principle

"..."Lack one lacks both ... and the unseen is proved by the seen,..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Sex and the City

The new feature stands on its own (typically stilettoed) feet, while holding fast to the series’ singular mix of the giddily ribald and brutally confessional.

"...Willie Garson. Surely enough ink has been spilled over whether a women’s picture can own the weekend box office..."

May 30, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Last Kiss

The Italian film which was adapted for the American remake starring Zach Braff.

"...Sandrelli, Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Stefano Accorsi. One character in the Italian hit The Last Kiss announces, "Normality is the..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Years of the Dead

The Mexico of now, David Garza writes, is not held only within the borders of Mexico itself. It has spread northward, re-entered its old space, in a sense. For so many of the Mexicans, displaced but still infatuated with the idea of spirit and ghost, the nation itself is a ghost in the back of the head.

"...The Years With Laura Díazby Carlos Fuentes translated by Alfred..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza

Pressing the Flesh

The world's leading adult toy manufacturer for men wants to take the stigma out of sex

"...Steve Shubin, inventor of the Fleshlight and founder and CEO of Interactive Life Forms,..."

May 11, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

One of the most compelling documentary portraits of a musician yet made, Julien Temple's film about the former Clash musician acknowledges the legend while uncovering the truth.

"...Directed by: Julien Temple. On the eve of the Clash's 1983 American tour and during..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Head of the Class

With Senioritis, the conclusion to his quartet of plays set at a Catholic high school in Houston, solo performer Rob Nash is all set to graduate -- to Off-Broadway, says Robi Polgar.

"...Once there was a kid who attended Catholic high school in..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

The engineering secrets of a Hollywood great

"...Hedy Lamarr opens this long-overdue cinematic biographical documentary of the perennially underestimated actress. When "underrated" is applied to a..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bigger Than Me: The Musical Journey of BLK ODYSSY

A child of funk who lost his brother to police brutality soundtracks a revolution on BLK VINTAGE

"...“Pull up like skaters, alligators on my boots at the show/ That joint ain’t funny, sweet like honey, my..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Love, Sex & Money: Helen Gurley Brown

Thanks, from one “mouseburger” to another

"...perhaps, equality didn't come to rock & roll until the mid-Seventies, with punks like the Runaways, Chrissie Hynde, and..."

Aug. 14, 2012 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Austin Punk Chronicles: The Shock of the New – The Violators and the Skunks Invade Raul's

14 days after the Sex Pistols break up and mainstream media declares punk dead, Austin's scene begins at a Tejano bar on the Drag in Chapter 5, Part 1 of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...musician Tim Stegall. You can read past installments of the “Austin Punk Chronicles” here...."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Revolution Rock

At the crossroads of the Clash and the great state of Austin, Texas.

"...I use the pre-dawn hours to drink coffee, get caught up on..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Music Feature

Queer Culture From the 1970s to 70

Three documentaries highlight a generation of gay icons

"...As gunshots sound in quick succession, the red, white, and blue American flag is replaced with..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Andy Campbell

The Zine Scene

Anthologies Top the Underground Stream

"...many zines, so little time... until now. Even though they've been around since the advent of the fanzine several..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Books Feature by Stuart Wade

The Heart Goes Last

Margaret Atwood's latest tracks a luckless couple across a dystopian landscape

"...The Heart Goes Lastby Margaret Atwood Nan A. Talese, 320..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

The AggreGAYtor: August 15

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...step up in California, and anti-gay spokespeople cough up the same old tired lines, as your AggreGAYtor gives a..."

Aug. 15, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Iggy & the Stooges Return to SXSW

Punk legends to preview new LP ‘Ready to Die’

"...As predicted in "Playback" on Thursday, Iggy & the Stooges confirmed a South by Southwest showcase today when..."

March 4, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Dispatches From the Edge

Rounding Up the 2001 FronteraFest Long Fringe

"...The Conduct of Lifeby Nushank Theater Collective..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The Opportunity to Reimagine Public Safety Is Here Right Now. Will Austin Take It?

“We want everything that can be done outside of the police, to be done outside of the police.”

"...At their April 20 work session, the members of the Austin..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Luv Doc: A Surreptitious Grope

Not exactly the Kama Sutra of hugs

"...I moved here two years ago from the Northeast and I am very happy with my new..."

May 18, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Richard Linklater's Diamonds in the Rough

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

"...The title of this new Austin Film Society series –..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

This Way to the Big Top!

From budget disaster to hysterical bloodletting, the legislative circus is back in town

"...In 2009, the 81st Legislature of the state of Texas was nicknamed..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The MonkeyWrench Manifesto

Volunteers of America: If you're feeling sinister, North Loop's newest wants you.

"...-- Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Richelieu, or the Conspiracy, 1839..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous

Twenty years after Nevermind, only Austin albums feel relevant

"...this. You can try, but you'll never understand this. The lifestyles of the rich and infamous."..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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