Hop

Some films are saccharine, but Hop is pure sugar – processed sugar.

"...heads up the live-action portion of Hop as a slacker whose disinterest in gainful employment disappoints his parents (the..."

April 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gay Place

Austin loves itself. Hard. Gayness abounds.

"...this town was before you stunk it up. Take Slacker – our celluloid love letter to a city already..."

March 18, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer

SXSW Friday Picks & Sleepers

Friday night blurbage of SXSW

"...Infinity Cat Recordings, paired 1970s proto-metal grooves with the slacker ethos of 1990s guitar rock in a Nashville, Tenn.,..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...The well-meaning slacker Jéz Jerzy (Szyc) passes his hedgehog days chasing skirts,..."

March 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

Page Two: Rogue Waves

Ghosts of SXSW and the Chronicle past

"...earlier that same Saturday, I had introduced Richard Linklater's Slacker for a Heritage Society of Austin screening at the..."

March 11, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Killer Lifestyle

Patty Schemel doc Hit So Hard remembers living and dying in the 1990s

"...sweet remembrances of the decade that kicked off with Slacker and ended in Y2K hysteria fail to note that..."

March 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Larger Than Life

The Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...Terms of Endearment, Texas has fostered voice-of-their-generation films like Slacker and Easy Rider, made music with State Fair and..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Parampara Part II

A celebration of Indian classical dance that was unfailingly interesting

"...Some know Lalli better as the sidewalk psychic from Slacker, but after the Feb. 5 performance, Naimpally credited Lalli..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Do a Little 'Dance

Austinites past and present converge on Park City

"...David Lowery's "Pioneer," which stars Will Oldham, both screened. Slacker, the film that has come to define Austin filmmaking,..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Slack to the Future

Slacker at 20

"...– "Dostoyevsky Wannabe," Slacker..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

More 'Slack'

The Chronicle's 20-year love affair with Slacker

"...On the occasion of Slacker's 20th anniversary year (profiled in this week's issue), we..."

Jan. 20, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Off the Record

Decking the halls with Kickstarter, a new holiday sampler, and Michael Nesmith's Videoranch

"...UK buzz band the Vaccines, guitar hero J Mascis, slacker-rap duo Das Racist, London dubstep collagist James Blake, and..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Sundance Announces Competition Slate

Austinite Jeff Nichols will compete in Park City

"...year's fest: a 20th anniversary screening of Richard Linklater's Slacker. My, the time flies, doesn't it? Full competition slate,..."

Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Other Side of Sleep

Owen Egerton brings several of his characters from page to stage in hilarious style

"...Menace. The young creative type, living and loving a slacker's life in the ATX until he encounters the fears,..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

AFF: 'New Low'

Can a total zero have star quality?

"...town Gainesville feels a kissing cousin to Austin circa Slacker-era, lightly updated to accommodate communal gardening and Heelys, and..."

Oct. 21, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Yam Jam

Threadgill's World HQ -, Sunday, October 17, 2010

"...than having it all go to some terminally broke slacker who gets to do what he loves and still..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

Off the Record

Scott Newton and Ginger Leigh go under the lens

"...on Tuesday night, Pavement still projected suburban indifference with slacker pop classics like "Spit on a Stranger," "Cut Your..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Guess Who's Corman To Dinner?

Husband and wife duo Roger and Julie to get lifetime achievement award

"...of the B-Movies. Not that Julie is exactly a slacker: She's helped discover a big slab of talent that..."

Sept. 7, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

RIP Dobie Theater

The Austin landmark is set to close on Sunday

"...probably be best remembered for its extended runs of Slacker (it screened there for weeks before it sold to..."

Aug. 17, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Reissues

"...performance art at maximum volume. The Pussy Galore offshoot's slacker ambivalence and take-it-or-leave-it punk ethos defines 1996's Now I..."

May 14, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

'Drill Baby Drill,' Still?

"...$8.6 billion, up 94% from 2008? I suppose those slacker single moms and homeless welfare cheats can be put..."

May 13, 2010 Postmarks

MGMT

"...infectious disco-glam debut Oracular Spectacular was at snarking a slacker vision of stardom. Spaceman 3's Sonic Boom as producer..."

April 23, 2010 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Harlem

"...garage or living room. The Tucson transplants are the slacker antithesis of Lennon/McCartney, occasionally out of tune but never..."

April 9, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

Sixteen Deluxe

SXSW Music 2010

"...front of the stage, while highlight "Idea" swallowed halcyon slacker daze in a ripped haze. The tight guitar loop..."

March 26, 2010 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Friday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW

"...11pm, Latitude 30 Last year brought slacker-pop, with bands like Girls and the Smith Westerns leading..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW 2010

"...the like-minded Teenage Cool Kids, are helping put their slacker-rock scene on the map with a series of 7-inch..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

SXSW Film

Actor Chris Doubek and his comedy of riches

"...and he's far from laconic. "Ever since I saw Slacker in 1989 or '90. A lot of those early..."

March 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...Better Than Others brings a Northwestern sensibility to the Slacker genre. As aspiring reality-show star and animal-shelter employee Katrina..."

March 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Moving Pictures

Alison Macor charts 30 years of Austin history, one film at a time

"...on the eve of the publication of Macor's Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids: 30 Years of Filmmaking in Austin,..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: Masters and Commanders

Meditations on moving forces

"...Slacker (1991): If you have lived in Austin any length..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Column by Louis Black

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