A Tall Drink of Water

Stars we love at the Paramount Summer Classic Film series

"...– this time as Del Griffith to Neal Page (Steve Martin). Thirty minutes in, Page loses his patience with..."

May 16, 2014 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

Gary Clark Jr. Nabs a Grammy

Sarah Jarosz loses, while Macklemore wins everything else

"...whose "Build Me Up From Bones" lost out to Steve Martin & Edie Brickell’s "Love Has Come for You"..."

Jan. 27, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Put the T and V in Thanksgiving

Holiday specials to ease you through the food coma and into the weekend

"...and won't be able to too closely relate to Steve Martin and John Candy's desperate attempts to get home..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

DVD Watch

An on-set ‘Raiders’ doc distinguishes this new Indy collection

"...interest in the extras? All those swarms. There’s director Steven Spielberg, wading through 2,000 snakes on the Raiders set..."

Sept. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Intergalactic Nemesis Strikes Back

The live action graphic novel debuts book two this week

"...new come from? "My influence on this show is Steve Martin's The Jerk," said Neulander. Actually, the real basis..."

June 7, 2012 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Dang Aloud

Dana Gould likes hiding the pill in the banana

"...in Boston," he recalls. "It was the week after Steven Wright was spotted and the week before he went..."

April 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

Steep Canyon Rangers

"...Steep Canyon Rangers, most recently seen backing comic/banjo player Steve Martin, stretches bluegrass in a pop direction in a..."

April 20, 2012 Music Feature

Record Skipping

A fine frenzy of spring releases

"...Anyone who witnessed Steve Martin at last April's Austin City Limits taping knows..."

April 6, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Lineup

Recommended music for the week of April 23-29

"...This week, music from Psych Fest acts, Steve Martin, and more...."

April 23, 2010 Music Post

Off the Record

SXSW news and carryings on

"...Austin City Limits' 36th season, which will also include Steve Martin, Sarah Jarosz, and Spoon...."

March 19, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Tough Crowd

The setup: 21 depressives, neurotics, and social misfits walk into a book. Meet comedy's all-stars.

"...wanted. Truthfully, a lot of them said no – Steve Martin said no; Albert Brooks said no; Tina Fey..."

July 3, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Bill Cosby is a Very Funny Fellow, Part II

Jazz patron Bill Cosby's cutting contest

"...George Carlin, Cheech & Chong, Richard Pryor, Monty Python, Steve Martin. They still are, only used vinyl now goes..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Johnny Cash

"...incongruent star turns from hot comics of the day Steve Martin and Andy Kaufman. The cheese quotient rises higher..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink

"...pages of supersized laughs with great authors such as Steve Martin, Woody Allen, Ogden Nash, Dorothy Parker, and S.J...."

Dec. 5, 2008 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

TV Eye

At this year's Emmy Awards, cable won, and reality lost. Sorry, Heidi.

"...would only hurt them. So it was touching when Steve Martin, who was a young writer on the series,..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Lisa Loeb

"...all-star cast of supporting players, including Jill Sobule and Steve Martin, who supplies banjo accompaniment on the absurdist "The..."

July 11, 2008 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

McClellan Takes the Mic

On tour with his new book, 'What Happened,' the former White House press secretary made a hometown pit stop

"...Cheney's former chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, borrow Steve Martin's famous "Well, excuse me!" catchphrase and call his..."

June 27, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

After a Fashion

Stephen is hitting the holiday-party circuit with a vengeance and a few hotties on his arm

"...to him on the street and ask if he's Steve Martin. I related that I am rarely mistaken for..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Harry Ransom Center: They f**king scored the f**king Mamet papers

UT's Ransom Center – which has long held to the motto, 'Always be closing' – has acquired the archives of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director David Mamet

"...Ricky Jay, plus letters from Harold Pinter, Mike Nichols, Steve Martin, and assorted agents, editors, production staff, and friends...."

April 20, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Friday

"...the charm in the soothing pop band. – Darcie Stevens TIM FITE8pm, Antone's Hyper-eclectic Brooklyn bard Tim Fite merges..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

It's All About Respect

The Texas Puppetry Festival

"...co-stars in The Muppet Movie: Orson Welles, James Coburn, Steve Martin, Richard Pryor, and, in an uncredited vocal performance,..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Travis County bond advisory committee recommends commissioners place a $60 million open space fund on November's proposed bond ballot

"...the jail system. Speaking for the criminal justice subcommittee, Steve Martin said members were not convinced that Travis Co...."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor

Ping Pong

Is it possible that one of the greatest (if not the greatest) sports-related films of all time is not only from Japan, but also about pingpong?

"...I didn't get half the jokes at the time, Steve Martin's comic sensibilities are at their peak, and the..."

June 17, 2005 Screens Review by Mark Fagan

Reefer Madness

Local Arts Reviews

"...Ralph as a sort of cross between the young Steve Martin and a rabid macaque. His descent into madness..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Beck

Live Shot

"...emerging stage left again on his hands and knees: Steve Martin, circa 1977. From the moment he took his..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Seven Wonders of the World (Plus One)

The Tongue and Groove Theatre gang have some serious fun with the disconnect between dreaming and waking life in their world premiere production of Seven Wonders of the World (Plus One), a 1940s-era suite of songs linked by spoken text, follows a dreamer across time and space to various landmarks of both the ancient world and the modern U.S.

"...me back to a Saturday Night Live sketch featuring Steve Martin and Gilda Radner as two singles of the..."

March 22, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Songwriters and Spirit Chasers

Resentments Jon Dee Graham and Stephen Bruton go mano a mano about their new albums.

"...TSB: Like Steve Martin in The Jerk seeing his name in the..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Austin Film Festival and Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference

"...the non-competition films, including Novocaine, a black comedy starring Steve Martin; Guillermo Del Toro's Spanish-language, supernatural Devil's Backbone; and..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

Zen and the art of Samurai cartoonage

"...In fact, the Star Trek fans in attendance (including Steve Martin, an organizer of the highly successful Star Trek:..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

After a Fashion

Our Style Avatar goes to Hollywood (well, via his TV set!) and reports, Oscar style!

"...the other way around. Okay. I feel better now. Steve Martin looked great and emceed the show very nicely..."

April 6, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

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