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Aug. 7, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
The director of Twenty Feet From Stardom does another music doc
"...cellist Yo-Yo Ma’s call to come together as the Silk Road Ensemble. In 2000, the virtuoso and musical ambassador..."
July 8, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
End of the Silk Road for the Dread Pirate Roberts
Online blackmarket founder Ross Ulbricht faces 20 years
"...Ulbricht is undoubtedly the founder of online marketplace the Silk Road, and a drug kingpin...."
Feb. 5, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Feds Take Wind Out of Dread Pirate Roberts' Sails
Ex-Austinite accused of being one of the Internet's biggest crime lords
"...Ulbricht, a 29-year-old Austin native, alleging that he ran Silk Road, one of the Internet's biggest black markets for..."
Oct. 11, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Feds Take Wind Out of Dread Pirate Roberts' Sails
Austinite accused of being one of Internet's biggest crime lords
"...a 29-year-old Austin native, alleging that he ran the Silk Road, one of the Internet's biggest black markets for..."
Oct. 3, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Reefer Roundup: 6/17/11
Your drug war news, all in one place
"...GOOD-BYE SILK ROAD:..."
June 17, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith
After a Fashion
Stephen disavows any career advice to K-Fed
"...SHOP WHORE The fabulous Silk Road (3910 N. Lamar, 302-0844, www.srfabrics.com) is one of..."
May 5, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
Bitcoins 'R' Us: Cyber-Money Arrives
Virtual currency captures Austin's attention
"...looks a lot like this: virtual currency = geeks. Silk Road = illegal. Mt. Gox = hackers. Cryptocurrency =..."
March 14, 2014 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen
Claus & Effect
The holiday how-to guide for the perpetually perplexed
"...in fabrics, but here are a few local resources: Silk Road has gorgeous silk, linens, and cottons. They carry..."
Dec. 15, 2006 Features Feature by Meredith Barnhill
Sweet Spirit Tour Diary
On the road with Spoon
"...Austinites Spoon. The former sent us dispatches from the road that she scrawled on toilet paper and delivered to..."
May 26, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
Laura Poitras Takes a Risk
Oscar-winning documentarian on Julian Assange and WikiLeaks
"...The Assange she portrays is as divisive as Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht: Seen by supporters as an..."
May 9, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Drafthouse Films Heads to 'A Field in England'
Local distro house acquires newest shocker from Ben Wheatley
"...with HBO to develop a new thriller series called Silk Road. He is also reportedly casting his next project,..."
May 9, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
The Silk Road Gourmet, Volume One: Western and Southern Asia: A Journey Through the Cuisines of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka
This is the first of a three-volume set covering 30 different cuisines of Asia
"...The Silk Road Gourmet, Volume One: Western and Southern Asia: A..."
Dec. 4, 2009 Food Feature by Mick Vann
Mi Amigo Loco
TV Eye
"...with pirate queen Anne Bonny. I followed the Yellow Silk Road throughout its nine-week run and regularly share details..."
May 2, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser
Holy Smoke!
The Barbecue! Bible
"...your eyes, and you'd think you were in a Silk Road market in Kabul or Herat...."
June 25, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann
National Top Nines
"...1. Lucinda Williams, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (Mercury)..."
Jan. 8, 1999 Music Feature
SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup
Circling the Thunderdome
"...also going to be a retrospective screening of The Road Warrior (aka Mad Max 2) with director George Miller..."
Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
SXSW Announces Midnighters and Shorts
Henry Rollins, Jeremy Sisto join horror lineup
"...the relationship between a 23-year-old aspiring actress and an off-Broadway star...."
Feb. 10, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker
The Puffy Taco Invasion
Two San Antonio-influenced Mexican restaurants are the newest residents of Manor Road's Restaurant Row
"...each other on what can certainly be called Manor Road's Restaurant Row. Both new restaurants have roots in San..."
April 30, 2004 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood
A Beginner’s Guide to Persian Food in Austin
What to order and where to find fare from one of the oldest global food traditions
"...Far and Middle East with ingredients acquired via the Silk Road (trade routes that run through what is now..."
Jan. 24, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape
UZeat Serves Cultural Mash-Up Cuisine From Uzbekistan
Spicewood Springs eatery offers international fare that's complex, comforting, and delicious
"...Uzbekistan has a famously diverse cultural heritage, with the Silk Road running right through the middle, and a long..."
April 20, 2018 Food Column by Emily Beyda
Sound on Sound Review: Cannibal Corpse
Into the pit
"...begun November with a monthlong terrorizing of extreme metal’s Silk Road, the Teflon triple stack merely detoured into River..."
Nov. 11, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Headlines
"...Roberts Ross Ulbricht, architect of online drug market the Silk Road, had his life sentence conviction upheld by a..."
June 2, 2017 News Feature
SXSW Film Review: Deep Web
Alex Winter's cybercrime doc takes up Dread Pirate Roberts' case
"...Pirate Roberts, the mastermind behind online drug market the Silk Road...."
March 16, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker
Austin Psych Fest Live (Sunday): Kikagaku Moyo/Bo Ningen
A second Japanese twofer pilots the APF mothership
"...in the Levitation Tent four hours later cemented that silk road between here and Tokyo...."
May 5, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Kickstart Your Weekend: Civics Edition
Operator and Key to the Street make being a better citizen easy
"...protest in solidarity? Remember that time you saw a road with a much-needed bike lane and didn't email your..."
Jan. 10, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch
Kickstart Your Weekend
Headlines from the crowdfunding scene
"...direct Deep Web: The Untold Story of Bitcoin and Silk Road, about the volatile virtual currency and the black..."
Nov. 8, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese
Too Cool For School
Schoolhouse Pub is welcome addition to Manor dining
"...is tempered by complexity. Cinnamon lends a bit of silk road exoticism to the rye in the Teacher's Pet...."
Sept. 24, 2013 Food Post by Brandon Watson
Blist'ring Strings
This summer the Austin Chamber Music Festival really brings the heat
"...early, what with visits from eighth blackbird, Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, and Itzhak Perlman (playing with the Austin..."
July 8, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
The Shape of Jazz to Come
The Ornette Coleman Quartet is coming to the Bass Concert Hall
"...Francisco Jazz Collective March 24, Bass Concert Hall The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma March 28, Bass Concert..."
