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Danny Barnes Works Harder
Seminal ex-Austinite talks banjo, minimalism, and experimentation
"...AC: You’ve graduated from the slacker music epicenter of Austin in the Nineties and become..."

May 5, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sleepers Worth Showing Up Early For
"...Amphitheater Exactly what the Los Angelenos' name suggests: sleepy, slacker psych in the vein of "Mac DeMarco after one-too-many..."

April 29, 2016 Music Feature by Libby Webster

SXSW Film Review: Keanu
Comedy duo screens work in progress
"...lords kidnap Keanu, the adopted kitten of a Hollywood stoner-slacker (Peele), and he and his uptight cousin (Key) must..."

March 13, 2016 Screens Post by Michael Agresta

Everybody Has Some
In a round-robin interview, Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Louis Black open up about their new films
"...I said, "We have to start with Rick from Slacker. Where you can see him and where Rick is..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

Richard Linklater Gets the Mondo Treatment
Local gallery pays tribute with a new poster exhibit
"...Your Kids were selected to illustrate seminal Austin film Slacker. Putnam called Linklater's debut "a really hard film to..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Roger Ebert Added a Star to His The Whole Shootin' Match Rating
Last Night at the Alamo restoration revives Eagle Pennell's early promise for posterity
"...Importantly, as with Sayles' Secaucus and Linklater's Slacker, the films are deceptively simple. It becomes easy while..."

March 11, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript
"...I said, we have to start with Rick from Slacker. Where you can see him and where Rick is..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

Remembering the Classics
Texas Film Hall of Famer Michael Barker reflects on Austin's film scene
"...that vanguard: The first time Barker saw Richard Linklater's Slacker, "it was so obvious that the guy who directed..."

March 4, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

New Names for the Texas Film Hall of Fame
Who is the first Austin Chronicle Champion of the Arts?
"...his pre-Sony time at Orion Classics, he helped get Slacker into cinemas, thus helping establish Austin as a regional..."

Feb. 22, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Everybody Wants Some of Mondo's Linklater
Local print heroes take on local cinema icon
"...and now it's time to celebrate the man behind Slacker, Boyhood, and the upcoming SXSW opening night film Everybody..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cowboys and Indies
Texas Sundance roundup
"...trip to Park City was 25 years ago for Slacker (see "Manifest Destiny," below)...."

Feb. 5, 2016 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

Manifest Destiny
Linklater doc premieres at Sundance
"...fact that, despite decades of critically acclaimed work from Slacker to Bernie, the filmmaker never misbehaved in front of..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Choctaw Wildfire, Daniel Eyes & the Vibes
"...upcoming debut EP Sweet Dreaming, the local quartet unloaded slacker punk energy with tunes that bounced between Eighties Dire..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Playback: The FAQs of Austin Music 2015
Q: Is Austin still the "live music capital of the world"?
"...Austin as a place to play music, remain a slacker, and never get bored survives and thrives...."

Dec. 25, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Big Reds & Bubbles Announces Bites List
Here's what will soak up all that wine
"...waiting list here. Next time buy tickets right away, slacker...."

Nov. 16, 2015 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Playback: John Wesley Coleman's Greatest Hits
A Golden Boy gathers his Greatest Hits, there's hope for Hole in the Wall, and F1 Fan Fest contracts, yet expands locally.
"...So much for his slacker mystique...."

Oct. 23, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Turnt Up
The Weird City Hip-Hop Festival returns as a single-day rap off
"...Scuare Forget "looking the part," this superskilled slacker/everyman/producer doubles as one of Austin's best lyricists...."

Oct. 23, 2015 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Mac-in’ and Relaxin’
Slacker songwriter Mac Demarco soothes Stubb’s
"...renditions of his studio work while wholly embracing the slacker ethos. Hearing the jangled guitar haze of “Ode to..."

Oct. 21, 2015 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Page Two: It Was Thirty Years and a Day and a Half Ago
It's hard to get unstuck from the past when it's still so present
"...came the Austin Film Society. And from that came Slacker. And on and on. This was October 1985. Sometime..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Column by Louis Black

Playback: ACL Fest's First Weeknd Moves Mountains
ACL Fest 2015 weekend one wrap
"...or Leave It" before Julian Casablancas bid Austin a slacker adieu...."

Oct. 9, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fantastic Fest 2015: Follow
Owen Egerton's claustrophobic horror debut
"...Quinn, played by Noah Segan as the type of slacker you might find at the White Horse at 2am,..."

Sept. 27, 2015 Screens Post by Dan Gentile

Page Two: Lights, Camera, Print Media
October 1985 was the strangest month
"...Richard Linklater's decision in 1991, after the success of Slacker, to remain based in Austin is the moment that..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Column by Louis Black

Brennen Leigh & Sunny Sweeney Like Country
Tonight’s Saxon Pub song exchange unites liberals/conservatives
"...middle venue delivers the casual brilliance that turned this slacker town into a metropolis...."

Sept. 15, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Dancing in the Dark
Texas noir Two Step cuts a bloody rug
"...protagonist named Webb (James Landry Hébert) and a college slacker named James (Skyy Moore) who is plagued by bad..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Screens Feature by Caitlin Moore

Austin Film Festival Announces First Wave of Titles
Lineup drops the latest from Todd Haynes and a Hank Williams biopic
"...boy living in Palo Alto, California. Unsatisfied by his slacker group of friends, his love for a girl who..."

Aug. 19, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

News Roundup: All Sorts of Disasters
Pressley vs. Casar, Linklater vs. fire, and more
"...costumes, some dating back to Linklater's landmark directorial debut Slacker. – Richard Whittaker..."

June 22, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

From the Vaults: “Are You Talking to Me?”
Chronicle Archives: Richard Linklater & Paul Schrader in 1991
"...You Talking to Me? was published in May 1981, Slacker still hadn’t had its national release. Linklater’s breakthrough film..."

June 3, 2015 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Andrew Bujalski Pumps Up With Results
Microbudget auteur increases marketability with fitness fable
"..."Look, Slacker is, was, and forever shall be the ultimate Austin..."

May 29, 2015 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

SXSW Live Shot: Broncho
Slop-pop with its own electrocuted rhythm
"...much. On Friday, the Norman, Okla., trio exuded a slacker ethos – and articulation remains a last priority...."

March 21, 2015 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Tap Dance
Who needs a three martini lunch when there's beer
"...mention Hi Hat's duck confit nachos, a work of slacker high art, with pickled poblanos, roasted tomatoes, and fondue...."

March 20, 2015 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

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