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"...pulverized, so that I'm nothing, just particles of debris, smog, soot, and skin floating through the air." Hmmmm. I..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Opinion: The Outdoor Recreation Economy in Texas Depends on EPA Safeguards

An Austin bike shop owner on why the climate crisis isn't just bad for the environment – it's bad for business, too

"...air pollution from oil and gas operations contributes to smog and triggers asthma. It's not only harmful to the..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Column by Brad Wimberly

Bill Callahan on Escaping YTI⅃AƎЯ

“Every album I’m just a blank slate waking up to creation”

"...the dividing line there? Is it the change from Smog to Bill Callahan?..."

Nov. 2, 2022 Music Post by Julian Towers

Faster Than Sound: All Is New for Photokem, Freshly Graduated and Buzz Cut

On the senior-year making of inquisitive debut EP Luffon Bright

"...as "like some dream combo of Dean Blunt, Bill Callahan/Smog, Lambchop, and American Football."..."

July 8, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Valleyesque: Not Just Weird for Weird’s Sake

Inside the pages of the new anthology from Fernando A. Flores

"...epigraph, “Death hangs over the Valley like an invisible smog,” by William S. Burroughs. Over time, this quote from..."

June 8, 2022 Arts Post by Valeria Valdez

Spoon’s Britt Daniel confronts Lucifer on the Sofa

Q&A on his return to Austin and making a real rock record

"...jam on this. Reading a bit about where the Smog cover on the record comes from, it sounds like..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Music Post by Austin Powell

Spoon Album Review

Lucifer on the Sofa (Matador)

"...ruminative tracks, leading off with a faithful cover of Smog's "Held" and closing with the title track that begins..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Looking for Solutions for Residents Feeling Extreme Heat

UT-Austin partners with city, community orgs to mitigate local "heat island" effect

"...result of sunlight mixing with stagnant air to create smog. As Austin's hottest months – March-October – become hotter,..."

Sept. 17, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Faster Than Sound: Spoon Returns On Full Blast

Reigning local rockers' surprise show at Mohawk and more music news

"...cover of "Held" from Austinite Bill Callahan's Nineties band Smog by saying, "This would sound good on a record."..."

July 9, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Bill Callahan Finds an Elder Perspective on New Album

Paternal dynamics paint the Austin virtuoso's new Gold Record

"...and drummer Adam Jones recorded live with the former Smog maker, who also hastened pace by releasing a song..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Austin Musicians Petition for Black Live Music Fund

Black Live Music Fund garners support, Bill Callahan previews Gold Record, and DJ Jester the Filipino Fist harassed in North Campus.

"...all at once. I was raised in the early Smog days of, 'We can't afford to be here long,..."

July 31, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Opening the Case on the American Sherlock

Kate Winkler Dawson reports on an early master of forensics

"...True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City – Dawson continues..."

Feb. 12, 2020 Arts Post by Mike Berry

Point Austin: From Earth Day to Climate Strike

In a dark time, it's worth recalling decades of progress

"...Republican president. Real skies were made free of deadly smog; real waters ran clear again. It's not unthinkable that..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Column by Michael King

I Got Lighter, Then I Got Dark Again: Two Nights with Bill Callahan

Late-August eulogies, love letters, and sardonic, patriotic cries

"...year’s hearty Shepherd in Sheepskin Vest, a handful of Smog classics fleshed out the set-list, including “Let Me See..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Music Post by Elise C. Barbin

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Upcoming Legislative Session

Lawmakers set to tackle immigration, education, legalization, transportation, and more

"...Plan], which targets mobile sources of emissions, to reduce smog. The fees that support it [vehicle title registration, etc.]..."

Dec. 14, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Money for Nothing

Despite unprecedented taxpayer investment, state-funded CPCs deliver few services

"...have less air emissions. The program, aimed at reducing smog, is particularly vital in areas in Texas that are..."

July 20, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Murdered Women of Juárez Find a Voice Onstage

Isaac Gomez’s one-woman show The Way She Spoke

"...The play Among the Sand and Smog..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Gift Guide Grab Bag

An array of extravagance to geek out on

"...picked the name I came up with: the Houston Smog. That's a really fucking cool name. The helmets would..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan

The Man Who Invented Christmas

How Charles Dickens created Ebenezer Scrooge

"...in Ireland, the sets portray a London plagued by smog and poverty with a constant stream of particles floating..."

Nov. 21, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

The International Waters of Austin’s Concert Scene

Party barges bring summer shows to cooler locales

"...as the vessel undercut the First Street bridge, the Smog legend turned Austin song incubator paused as another boat..."

May 19, 2017 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Music Covers

"...Bill Callahan (Smog) photo by John Anderson July 1, 2005..."

March 1, 2017 Photo Gallery

The Nice Guys

Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe pair for laughs in this detective caper

"...its way through the chest cough of Los Angeles smog circa 1977. (Smog is to The Nice Guys as..."

May 20, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Headlines

"...time the Environmental Protection Agency for new restrictions on smog that the state considers too strict. The EPA says..."

Jan. 1, 2016 News Feature

Fantastic Fest 2015: April and the Extraordinary World

Steampunk animation mixes science and alternative history

"...This is a Paris under the constant smudge of smog, lying in the shadow of the twin Eiffel Towers,..."

Oct. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hot August Nights: Cold

"...N.W.A.'s debut bombshell – cuts triple-digit heat and L.A. smog. The 46-year-old MC born O'Shea Jackson brought gangsta rap..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Smog Alert

The EPA considers tightening standard for ground-level ozone

"...The term "smog" is said to have originated in London during the..."

March 13, 2015 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...The term "smog" was coined by Dr. Henry Antoine des Voeux in..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Gambler

Mark Wahlberg has one of his juiciest roles ever as a creative-writing professor by day and a compulsive gambler by night.

"...locale has jumped from grimy New York City to smog-sunny Los Angeles, but the game remains – mostly –..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Civics 101

Duty now for the future

"..."Texas vs. California: Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster" Talk by historian and activist Mike Davis. 7-9pm...."

Oct. 31, 2014 News Column

Leyland Kirby

"...Bar" back-to-back with "The Tar Sands" settles like post-rave smog. The completed collection glides together a true opus, floating..."

July 4, 2014 Music Review by Conor Walker

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