Double Happiness

"...we see it actualized -- especially in the movies. Double Happiness, the wonderful first feature from the Chinese-Canadian writer-director..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Saturday Night at the Bookstore

The Dicks' Gary Floyd 20 years after Austin's first Punk Prom at the ArmadilloWorld Headquarters

"...just might be Gary Floyd's ultimate provenance. Recorded by Sister Double Happiness, the Bay Area proto-alt.rock band that formed..."

May 12, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Record Reviews

"...with a gorgeously narrow groove, oblique rant, and slinky double entendre -- all wound just a millimeter tighter than..."

July 19, 1996 Music Review

Record Reviews

"...with a gorgeously narrow groove, oblique rant, and slinky double entendre -- all wound just a millimeter tighter than..."

July 19, 1996 Music Review

Record Store Day Unearths a Roky Erickson Rarity

Reanimating one of the great Austin tributes

"...I got a green light on the project from sister label Sire, whose GM Howie Klein had put out..."

April 21, 2017 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Hey Willpower! Can I Get a 'Hell Yeah!'?

Imperial Teen’s Will Schwartz goes solo, Top 40, and asks, “Why the Hell Not?” with his new thing, hey willpower!

"...included members of Faith No More (Roddy Bottum) and Sister Double Happiness (Lynn Perko). It was love at first..."

March 10, 2006 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Dicks

Reissues

"...Francisco with drummer Lynn Perko, who later anchored his Sister Double Happiness there. Like its accompanying reissue, These People..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)

A Valentine's Day mix for KOOP

"...baritone blues twister for the Dicks, also led S.F.'s Sister Double Happiness for a decade starting in the mid..."

Feb. 14, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Rise Above

SST Records' Greg Ginn jams econo in Taylor, Texas

"...tape reels identified by release number: SST 028, Minutemen's Double Nickels on the Dime...."

Aug. 21, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...and country structures, beautified by the vocal harmonies of sisters Deborah Kelly and Amy Boone, and bolstered by Rob..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

SXSW Profiles

Playing Tonight

"...Mach 2 gave way to Floyd's rootsy, pre-alt.rock act Sister Double Happiness, whose fierce, feral snarl was eulogized on..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...laminate caste and wristband caste - the line had doubled. It would be enough to give any musician a..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Gary Floyd, already the force behind the Dicks and Sister Double Happiness, hit the trifecta last year with Black..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

The Dicks

"...Morrisonesque harbinger of lead singer Gary Floyd's next band, Sister Double Happiness. In between, is an unholy union of..."

May 23, 1997 Music Feature

Recommended Shows Worth Your Musical Bandwidth This Week

Lomelda, Katy Kirby, and Christine Renner lead the live pack

"...ZZ Top, Butthole Surfers, R.E.M., Jesus & Mary Chain, Sister Double Happiness (Gary Floyd), and more?..."

July 16, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Shakey Graves’ Active Dream Life

“I figured it was important to rebreak the mold sooner than later”

"...Gary Floyd, notorious punk howler for the Dicks and Sister Double Happiness, returns to Austin this weekend, exhibiting a..."

May 4, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Behold! The Austin Music Awards

Announcing the 2014/15 Austin Music Awards bill, the 13th Floor Elevators reunite for Levitation, and King Coffey recovers after being struck by a car

"...childhood in Palestine and creative episodes with the Dicks, Sister Double Happiness, and Black Kali Ma, is still available..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Offenders

"...Vanilla Fudge and foreshadowing Donaldson's departure for Gary Floyd's Sister Double Happiness...."

July 23, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

Never Say Goodbye

Past and present mash up at the 2008-09 Austin Music Awards

"...who covered "Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)" with Sister Double Happiness for levitating 1990 tribute Where the Pyramid..."

March 13, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Control

Gretchen Phillips admits she wasn’t Just Comforting that girl

"...The legendary Dicks/Sister Double Happiness frontman barks and croons with jazz-funk band..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Music Feature by Cindy Widner

Off the Record

Barreling down the Big State Festival and going to 11 with the Paul Green School of Rock Music

"...show (Boston, Kansas, etc.), the local institution, which has doubled its enrollment in the past three months, applies the..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Death Takes No Holiday

Mourning two Austin players.

"...Amsterdam-based punk and hardcore bands, including the Offenders here, Sister Double Happiness and MDC on the West Coast, and..."

Oct. 1, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Black Kali Ma You Ride the Pony (I'll Be the Bunny)

(Alternative Tentacles)

SXSW Records

"...pummeling nature, it's not surprising that the ex-Dicks and Sister Double Happiness linchpin's new outfit derives its name in..."

March 17, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Do Not (Po)Go Gently Into the Night

Punk Rock(ers): Not Burning Out, Not Fading Away

"...outsider stance, Gary Floyd, who outlived the Dicks and Sister Double Happiness to make enough music to fill five..."

May 23, 1997 Music Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Anne's foppish father (Redgrave) and peevish dilettante of a sister (Nicholls) have squandered the family fortune, forcing them to..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Anne's foppish father (Redgrave) and peevish dilettante of a sister (Nicholls) have squandered the family fortune, forcing them to..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...DOUBLE HAPPINESSD: Mina Shum; with Sandra Oh, Alannah Ong, Stephen..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...DOUBLE HAPPINESSD: Mina Shum; with Sandra Oh, Alannah Ong, Stephen..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Caramel

The denizens of a beauty parlor in Beirut depend on one another for friendship and support in this lovely Lebanese film.

"...an aging beauty junkie who is confident she'll find happiness with each new procedure and hairdo. Rose (Haddad), the..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rock Around the Biological Clock

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

"...doing the work, you do feel responsible for everyone's happiness...."

May 7, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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