Rough Trade Talk with Lucinda Williams

Onetime Austinite reflects on her milestone recording

"...wanted to do ‘Something About What Happens When We Talk’ [from 1993’s Sweet Old World]. But it had that..."

Sept. 13, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Breaking Up

"...really in love, head over heels deep into that slick red vein, there is nobody else around -- just..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace

"...the admittedly superb Max Headroom television show) offers a slick visual style and piles on the visual effects, but..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Assassination Nation

Dark satire lets social media tear us apart

"...in witch trial country, or has the fat cop talk like a deep-fried Southern bubba, and especially in a..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Girl on the Train

Another girl gone in this tedious adaptation

"...unhealthy fixation on her daughter. But all this baby talk amounts to little more than a red herring in..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Zach Theatre's A Christmas Carol

This slick and polished musical adaptation of the Dickens classic serves up holiday cheer in abundance

"...Rather, let's talk about the pure holiday magic that Zach Theatre has..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...following World War II, five old military friends are talked into an impromptu séance, which brings to troubling light..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Scanlines

If These Walls Could Talk

"...If These Walls Could Talk received more press for its controversial presentation of the..."

April 18, 1997 Screens Feature

Barbecue Crossroads: Notes & Recipes From A Southern Odyssey

Robb Walsh seeks enlightenment on his own barbecue spirit quest

"...a barbecue joint door is just an invitation to talk to the folks running the fried pie kitchen next..."

April 4, 2013 Food Post by Kenny Pailes

These Are the Breaks

Checking in with Austin's new R&B boys and girls.

"...local nine-piece T-Bird & the Breaks just fine. His slick threads matched the band’s vintage R&B sounds and the..."

Feb. 5, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Chronolog Radio (Feb. 21)

A smattering of South by Southwest showcasers

"...Slick Talk, “Swarm” (DeathbeDreams, 2014)..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Page Two: Love, Grace, and Tears

Borne aloft by Jefferson Airplane

"...and the grace of God. There is so much talk of and so many different stories about Woodstock now..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Between the Lines

What editors blog about when they blog about editing

"...It's pretty clear that you're talking about my company when you deride "'alternatives' becoming far..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Naked If I Want To

Magnum opus on one of rock & roll's Rosetta Stones: 1967's Moby Grape

"...singer Anderson was asked to leave the band, Grace Slick was lured away from her band the Great Society..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Louis Black

The Boogeyman

Can Hollywood just knock it off with the trauma horror?

"...father (Messina), a therapist himself, cannot bring himself to talk with his daughter about their shared trauma. So when..."

June 2, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

A look back at the Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

"...possible circumstances,"writes Claypool in his book, "barreling down a slick Houston freeway in a wee-hours rainstorm -- with maybe..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Toronto International Film Festival

A first-timer's diary

"...The odds are best for some of the most talked-about screenings because they're in the biggest theatres. Consequently, along..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...years; Tina Weymouth and Chris Franz from the not-yet-formed Talking Heads were two of my classmates. I started the..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

Jim's Still Frank

Underground comic Jim Norton has changed the way he looks but not the way he speaks his mind

"...and vice in the comedy community. Ribald, crude, and slick, his stand-up often feels like it was co-written by..."

April 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Sean L. Malin

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...band or playing a game of nine ball at Slick Willie's or Rack Daddy's. What is next? No smoking..."

March 18, 2005 Column

Faith Healers

A look inside the Teen Challenge faith-based drug treatment in Fort Worth suggests that there are problems with Christian drug rehab programs.

"...mother, I know, several thousand miles away. While Grant talks, the husbands of the women in the Ministry load..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

At Close Range

The Men Behind the Texas Militia Myth

"...Norman Olson glaring at us from the covers of slick magazines -- but these men have always been involved..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Who's Taking Who?

The inside game of the 'property rights' legislation reveals the usual suspects

"...ordinance as the impetus for the bill. When he talks about the threat of the city's environmental laws eventually..."

May 13, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Here Come the Transporters

In the endless Central Texas transportation wars, the lions and the lambs look for ways to make peace

"...constituents are being asked to pay tolls, the agency's slick town-hall format was rudely disrupted by Güero's owner Rob..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Love Walks In

The first Rockrgrl Music Conference gets a blessing from Seattle's rain goddess.

"...in the business were initially foreign to me. They talk about riot grrrls and Courtney Love, but what about..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Saturday Night at the Bookstore

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

"...that had hosted punk luminaries the Ramones, the Pretenders, Talking Heads, the Dictators, B-52's, and the Clash, there were..."

May 12, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...see the little guy with the big hat and slick voice in this lineup, but it'll be interesting just..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Record Reviews

"...too spare and unfocused (generally Richman's fault) or too slick and overproduced (the producer's error). The Cars' Ric Ocasek..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Music Review

Postmarks

We Get What We Want

"...junkyard dog. The mystery is twofold: why Evans won't talk about his fitness for the job, and why the..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Column

Sxsw

"...bunch of clichés about a "gumbo" of influences when talking about Lafayette, LA-based C.C. Adcock. But the bayou bite..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

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