SXSW 2011 Aftershots

Friday night SXSW showcase reviews

"...compositions. Machinko filled in for Jill Scott afterward on "Still Standing," and a "Desire"/DJ solo/"The Next Episode" medley kept..."

March 25, 2011 Music Feature

The Long and Winding Road

Sir Paul McCartney flashes back to Rock & Roll High School in Arlington

"...that proved all of his Liverpool schoolboy charm is still intact on the last night of his US tour...."

Aug. 21, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

Bill Cosby is a Very Funny Fellow, Part II

Jazz patron Bill Cosby's cutting contest

"...with Al Green and musing theological with Ornette Coleman still ring in my ears like gold hoops, but an..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Daniel Lanois and the Improbabilities of Sound

"...before the start of SXSW, and Lanois’ manager is standing uneasily outside the Hyatt Regency just south of Town..."

March 20, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

'Counting Water'

Third-Place Winner

"...in the mornings, when I get here. I can still feel the nighttime, even indoors, under the greenish fluorescence...."

Feb. 15, 2008 Books Feature by Carolyn Lindell

London in Austin

WWE wrestlers Paul London and Melina talk life on the road, and how bigger isn't always better

"...but that didn't stop more than 2,500 people from standing outside the Fiesta on S. I-35 to get a..."

Feb. 2, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

The Advance's Retreat

Is this the end for Cinematexas?

"...three-story building – dubbed the "Doc Motel" – is still standing, unoccupied. "They didn't offer us a smaller space...."

Sept. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

The Miller's Tale

Swinging across the century with Ernie Mae Miller, 'a little blues, a little bawdy'

"...Miller speaks as if she still lived in her grandfather's house at Navasota near 12th..."

July 6, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

You Can't Script October (Cough-Cough)

"...for the simple reason that without sports they would still be unsurveyed forestland with Native Americans and westward settlers..."

Oct. 21, 2006 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

She's Her Own Grandma

Carole Keeton Strayhorn – what a long strange trip it's been

"...– Grandma's gift for gab had earned her three standing ovations and more than 20 applause lines. For Strayhorn,..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Day Trips

Rosenwald Schools were a source of education and pride for African-American communities during segregation

"...the eastern portion of Texas, many of the buildings still stand abandoned in cotton fields. Some have reverted to..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Dancing About Architecture

Daniel Lanois confirms as SXSW keynote, Springsteen cancels, and another club -- the Six of Clubs -- closes. Biz as usual, in other words.

"...to Michael Martin Murphy's Christmas concert when it was still unannounced," laments Kerrville's premier resident Rod Kennedy, "but after..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Mardi Gras Rioting on Sixth Street brands Austin "The Mace, Pepper Spray, and Rubber Bullet Capital of the World"

"...say, 20/20, but at least if Liberty Lunch was still standing, the increasing numbers of laid off software workers..."

March 2, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Shades of the Past

Austin's ghosts, from pioneer times to the present

"...as we think. Some people believe that the dead still go about their earthly business, or relive their darkest..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature

Ozone of His Own

Texas environmentalists wonder when George W. Bush will face up to the consequences of killing the Tejas emissions-reduction program.

"...1995. That distinction belongs to Houston Sen. John Whitmire, still known to some as "Boogie" -- a nickname that..."

Sept. 8, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

TV Eye

The Real World: New Orleans and Survivor, CBS' brutal bid to rein reality television, are sure to fascinate pop culture fans throughout the summer. Belinda Acosta explains why she resents it: and why she can't stop watching.

"...reruns, especially if you have cable television. But summer still brings me a sense of restlessness, a need to..."

June 9, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

El Quemado

For more than 40 years, José Francisco Treviño has been exploring the world of art. Now, in the largest retrospective it has ever presented, Mexic-Arte Museum shows us Treviño's discoveries, and Mary Jane Garza explains how they came to be.

"...the young man produced his first painting, which he still has. Now, more than 40 years after producing that..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

Shortcuts

"...by Southwest has come and gone and the city's still standing. Hordes of musicgoers swarmed the streets over the..."

March 21, 1997 Screens Column

Eastciders on Barton Springs Is Gone, Hi Sign Brewing Turns Six, Fogo de Chão Flexes Plantwise, Live Fire Beefs It Even Better, There’s Bourbon and Biscuits at Stella San Jac, and (how do you like it?) More, More, More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...over for another year, and, look: The city is still standing and its civic and corporate coffers have again..."

March 22, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 30 - May 6

"...Ocean earthquake and tsunami of 2004, "the only structure still standing in the wiped-out village of Malacca [in Malaysia]..."

April 30, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Checking In: Go Fever’s Acey Monaro Paints Houses Down Under

“So, so, so relieved about the outcome, can’t wait to get back now”

"...Burdick fled. “My hometown is Maitland, and my mum still lives there. It’s a big country town in the..."

Nov. 30, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

District Judges Issue Order on Felony Personal Bonds

UPDATE: Uniform rules to allow defendants to avoid jail before trial

"...who preside over felony cases, have issued a new standing order setting explicit standards for the issuance of automatic..."

March 24, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas Lives Up to Its Title

Stephen Harrigan chronicles the Lone Star State’s last 500 years

"...Thing, he gives us a Texas as he is still discovering it...."

Feb. 28, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

In Memoriam: Bob "Daddy-o" Wade

A fond farewell to the original trickster of Lone Star art

"...outside San Antonio's North Star Mall, the 12-foot-tall iguana standing guard over Ft. Worth Zoo's animal hospital, and the..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Playback: Does Size Matter at SXSW?

A smaller SXSW Music week still satisfies

"...for a gorgeous slow crescendo that ended with a standing ovation and agreement that this was a once-in-a-lifetime experience...."

March 23, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Top 10 Food News Stories of 2017

"...social media platforms. The internet responded, and though they're still open for business, this big top remains tainted...."

Dec. 29, 2017 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Patrick Ends Two-Thirds Rule

Measure designed to increase the peace in Texas Senate dies

"...era in the Texas Senate. The two-thirds rule, a long-standing agreement that meant a bill would only move to..."

Jan. 21, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Then There's This: High Water

After losing everything in the flood, onion creek residents still have nothing

"...But many residents who live along Onion Creek are still stuck in idle. Trying to figure out how and..."

Jan. 31, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

The AggreGAYtor: September 6

Your daily dose of LGBTQ news

"...• Rusted old spark plug Pat Robertson is still rambling about the godlessness of the Democratic Party for..."

Sept. 6, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The Daily Hustle: 6/29/10

Council Present honors Council Past

"...City Council, Ms. Hofmann, now in her eighties, is still an active peace activist, whose passion stems from having..."

June 29, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

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