SXSW Film

Reviews and Interviews

"...surpasses his previous output with Goodbye Solo, a deceptively simple film about Senegalese-American cabbie Solo (Savané), whose life is..."

March 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Off the Record

SXSW music news and carryings-on

"...All Tomorrow's Parties changed the face of the festival circuit with two relatively simple concepts: selecting iconic artists to..."

March 20, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Up From the Skies

Dana Falconberry's debut long-player gets "Fluorescent"

"...to Austin in 2005, immersing herself in the open-mic circuit. One evening at Ruta Maya, she met Red Hunter,..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

ACL Sunday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2008

"...Fly, released earlier this year, distinguishes her with a simple, direct literary style augmented by a soulful edge. ..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature

Apocalypse February!

When digital TV arrives next year, you may not notice

"...It sounds simple enough. But recent studies suggest the public has no..."

June 13, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Luv Doc Recommends: Livable Vision Awards Party

Carver Community Cultural Center, Wednesday, May 21, 2008

"...the hell's up with all the Ks, yo? It’s simple: “K” is short for “kilometer,” and runners don’t have..."

May 16, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir

'Austin, 1972,' an excerpt from Joe Nick Patoski's new tome, Willie Nelson: An Epic Life

"...of the capital city of Texas led a wonderfully simple, sheltered, semi-idyllic existence. Set on the banks of a..."

April 25, 2008 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

The Audacity of Promoting Necessary Cinema

Previewing Cine las Americas 2008

"...traveling with their film as it tours the festival circuit, where it has been garnering high praise, including the..."

April 11, 2008 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Off the Record

Threadgill's reopens its original location in historic fashion, Spoon gets remixed, and Neil Young's Greendale takes the stage

"...television the same way he does his Americana: honest, simple, and clean. The guit-steel inventor and Continental Club staple..."

April 4, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

'No Smoking' Law Unconstitutional?

"...disappointed by the recent ruling of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court to uphold Austin's smoking ordinance. The constant scrutinization..."

April 2, 2008 Postmarks

My SXSW

Music fest diary

"...On the festival circuit, South by Southwest is the perfect storm of excitement..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Cadence Weapon

London in Austin

WWE wrestlers Paul London and Melina talk life on the road, and how bigger isn't always better

"...you either have it or you don't." But the simple fact is that audiences want to see their kinetic,..."

Feb. 2, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

TNA Talks

Wrestlers of TNA on life on the road, and how to survive a muscle buster.

"...said Joe. “It may not be complicated, but it’s simple and effective” So, how much does it hurt? "It..."

Jan. 14, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Reefer Madness

War on Prohibition is the new War on Drugs

"...group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. The group's message is simple: The Drug War is a lie that ruins lives..."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Making the Scene

Looking back at the time when Austin was at the center of the Texas art world

"...In the case of art, it might be as simple as a specific place and a specific time...."

Aug. 24, 2007 Arts Feature by Amanda Douberley

Porn Busters!

Investigators run roughshod over rights in hunt for cybersex offenders

"...Perri, one of Perez's attorneys. So Perez designed a simple program to keep his computer working all day long,..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Looming Issues: Bennie Klain on Weaving Worlds

Unpicking the traditions of Navajo rugs

"...ago that had done very well on the festival circuit, called Return of the Navajo Boy, and I'd been..."

March 16, 2007 Screens Feature by Steve Uhler

Page Two: Persistence of Revision

Fascism, Frank Capra, and how legend becomes history

"...Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? on the festival circuit...."

Jan. 19, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Rock & Roll Books

Gift Guide

"...age to go considering the tremendous influence Jimmy Reed's simple, solid blues had on modern music. Big Boss Man..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dana Falconberry

Record review

"...listeners a taste of what's missing on the coffeehouse circuit: thoughtful, beautifully written songcraft that aspires to Patty Griffin's..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

Hail Mary

Released in 1985 to a chorus of religious condemnation and social opprobrium, it's Jean-Luc Godard's most divisive film, which is saying something

"...note, when Hail Mary first appeared on the festival circuit, it was accompanied by a 25-minute short called "The..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Screens Review by Josh Rosenblatt

God Bless This Mess

The AFS Texas Documentary Tour: Doug Block's '51 Birch Street'

"...audience-favorite awards as it makes its way through the circuit from its premiere in Toronto to places as far-flung..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Strong and Solid

Big Oak Bar-B-Que might be new, but it's quickly establishing its roots

"...still a work in progress. The interior decor is simple and spare: concrete flooring, four tops, and picnic tables..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Me and My Friends

Walking on the wild side with Red Hot Chili Peppers' guitarist John Frusciante

"...his wiry frame fidgeting to the verge of short circuit at this non-music-making meet. The first question about his..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two

Here in filmtown, 'Slacker' is on DVD (finally) and 'Louisiana Boys' is on 'SXSW Presents.' Meanwhile, despite the lack of a Hussein connection, the Iraq war is a triumph for the 9 / 11 terrorists and their co-conspirators.

"...1990, Slacker was finished, began to play the festival circuit, and opened for a very successful three-month run at..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Column by Louis Black

After a Fashion

What did the drag queen teach Stephen, and when and where will he get Wilde?

"...FAMILY MATTERS I have been off the social circuit lately, entertaining visiting family members, including my mother, older..."

June 11, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Momentum Requires Movement

The Nudge Micro Digital Film Fest

"...tale of desultory small-town adolescence, which traveled the festival circuit in 2003. Mims' criterion for culling the best projects..."

May 7, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Finding Their Tuva

The Texas Documentary Tour screens 'Genghis Blues,' the Belic Brothers' next step in living a 'kickass, adventurous life and meeting cool people.'

"...rookie filmmakers into the vortex of the international festival circuit and deposited them on the Academy's short list: While..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Budget Battles, Round One:

Austin firefighters start a blaze of their own in response to the department's controversial budget-cutting proposal.

"...of fire safety in the dense central city. "The simple model of placing response circles on a map understates..."

Aug. 15, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Fighting a Rising Tide

The 78th Lege chipped away at abortion rights

"...described by Houston Rep. Talmadge Heflin as "pure and simple" -- does permit the state to grant a waiver..."

July 25, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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