SXSW Showcases

Friday

"...Cyril Jordan (the Flamin' Groovies), bassist Eddie Munoz (the Skunks, the Plimsouls), and drummer Clem Burke (Blondie) grinding out..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Best Week of the Year

Glancing at this week's sonic landscape, old and new

"...The Skunks didn't get to do their annual show because the..."

Dec. 29, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Off the Record

Reunion fever hits close to home: Faces, the Kinks, the Jesus Lizard, and more

"...at the Continental Club, Dec. 20, followed by the Skunks on Dec. 26...."

Dec. 5, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Indelible

The lasting power of Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

"...an army of girl followers who call themselves the Skunks...."

Dec. 5, 2008 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

After A Fashion

Love is in the air, and it is distinctly Paisley-shaped

"...I could learn recipes for possum and squirrels and skunks. Whatever you want, Brad. Please know that I am..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

DVDnds

DVDnds

"...Diane Lane as Corinne "Third Degree" Burns of the Skunks (yes, Austin had bands named the Skunks and the..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Music Review by Margaret Moser

An Angel-Free Angeles

Detective novelist Michael Connelly trolls L.A.'s seedy underbelly again in The Brass Verdict

"...Bosch to Austin would be a reunion of the Skunks...."

Oct. 3, 2008 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Jesse Sublett

Bonus Tracks

"...The latest literary endeavor from the renowned Skunks bassist takes a midnight stroll through a graveyard possessed..."

May 16, 2008 Music Review by Austin Powell

Urban Coyotes: Meet the neighbors

Keeping coyotes at bay without messing with the ecosystem

"...and before the "R" word sets off another panic, skunks and bats are greater rabies threats than coyotes.) Coyotes..."

May 2, 2008 News Feature by Melissa Gaskill

The Readers Pick the Winners, but We Need Someone to Attack

"...Dear Editor, Why would the Skunks be nominated as this year's punk band in The..."

March 20, 2008 Postmarks

Where Are the Dicks?

"...all know that's how these contests are won. (The Skunks in the Hall of Fame?! Gee, I wonder if..."

March 18, 2008 Postmarks

Friday Picks

"...drummer Clem Burke and former Austinite Eddie Muñoz (Plimsouls, Skunks) on bass. The meaty, beaty buzz of songs like..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Spotlight: Magic Christian

SF supergroup Magic Christian rises from the ashes of groovy

"...drummer Clem Burke, and ex-Austinite Eddie Muñoz of the Skunks and Plimsouls on bass. "Turn Up the Heat" combines..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

Martin Lawrence is remarkably subdued in this story about a successful professional who returns home to rural Georgia and discovers that his family still makes him feel like a petulant teenager.

"...potential of dogs having sex, people getting sprayed by skunks, and men getting beaten up by overweight women. In..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Raul's Redux

Toasting an old venue, and a new one.

"...Carla Olsen and future Go-Go Kathy Valentine) and the Skunks (with writer Jesse Sublett and soon-to-be Plimsoul Eddie Munoz..."

Feb. 4, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Jingle Bell Rock and Blues

Two legendary Austin bands reunite for the holidaze.

"...Many of my good times I had with the Skunks, gathering tonight at the Continental Club for their annual..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

The Best of the Rest of the Fests, Etc.

"...are a far cry from his days in the Skunks. Bear in mind that “solo” show means him playing..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

This Town

The Go-Go's Kathy Valentine takes the Zilker Park train back to her Austin upbringing

"...Sublett and Munoz traded in Jellyroll's glam for the Skunks' punk. All-girl, the Violators gleamed in Runaways black leather,..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dreaming of Buffalo

Prairie preservationists want to turn Austin's eyes – and energies – eastward

"...important habitat for wildlife, even persnickety species like rattlesnakes, skunks, and bobcats that don't do well in the suburbs...."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Jon Dee Graham Reviewed

'Big Sweet Life: The Songs of Jon Dee Graham'

"...black and spewing outrageously loud guitar licks for the Skunks, Jon Dee Graham's been an inextricable member of the..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

RIP, Biscuit

"...liked the Big Boys; I was more of a Skunks/Explosives guy [“Making Biscuit,” Music, Aug. 19]. Yet I always..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Postmarks

Willie Graham

Live shots

"...No opening, no welcome, no “We’re the Skunks.” Just rip-roaring riffs opening “All Tied Up” as onetime..."

July 1, 2005 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

TCB

Austin rallies to help Jon Dee Graham's son save his legs

"...Lamar for an 8pm Saxon stage time with the Skunks, and back over to South Congress, where he'll sit..."

June 24, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Luv Doc Recommends: Willie Graham Legg Perthes Benefit

Saxon Pub, Friday, June 24, 2005

"...Delinquents, Roky & Sumner Erikson, The Standing Waves, The Skunks, Driver, and, if you and the house are still..."

June 24, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

Film News

Finally, something louder than a whisper for incentives, but it'll take a roar; plus, Bill Plympton, Texas on TV, and Dinesh Potluri

"...punk rockers, of course. Jesse Sublett, formerly of the Skunks, and Tom Huckabee of the Huns, rivals in the..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Jon Dee Graham

Texas platters

"...country and back to his roots in rock, the Skunks and True Believers, Graham has weathered the storm and..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Sheet Music

"...the amplified rush of performance. As leader of the Skunks, Sublett became an instrumental figure in the burgeoning late-Seventies..."

May 28, 2004 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Luv Doc Recommends: Jesse Sublett in-store with the Class of ’78

Waterloo Records, Friday, May 28, 2004

"...damn it. This Friday at Waterloo Records, crime novelist, Skunks bassist, and cancer survivor Jesse Sublett will be doing..."

May 28, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

'Never the Same Again'

Jesse Sublett's 'Rock 'n' Roll Gothic': an excerpt

"..."I used to have a band called the Skunks," I said. "Maybe that's it."..."

May 7, 2004 Books Feature

2003-04 Austin Music Awards

Austin Music Hall, Wednesday, March 17

"...or so alumni from Standing Waves, Terminal Mind, the Skunks, D-Day, and the Next, including Larry Seaman, Jon Dee..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

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