SXSW Scares & Shorts Revealed

Late-night fare and short film lineup announced

"...and an endless supply of cryptic footage, each video stranger than the last... Cast: Joe Swanberg, Calvin Reeder, Kate..."

Feb. 8, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: Quotation Nation

Taking issue with citations

"...abstract or cut to suit anyone's sense of those things but their own. Whereas the people can become focused..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Swampadelic

Grateful Dead + Papa Mali = 7 Walkers

"...engineer since 1997, when he recorded the Red Headed Stranger – and met his future wife, Martha – while..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Man With Two Brains

Ghostland Observatory pulls back the curtain

"...GLO's Trashy Moped, crackling with tracks such as "Vibrate," "Stranger Lover," and the band's version of a hit single,..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Body Shift

Bringing differently abled and able-bodied dancers into the studio together

"...ideas, and include more – more ways of doing things, more awareness, more experiences – than a typical dance..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Page Two: Our 30th Year

Unrelated histories and unresolving fantasies

"...– Leonard Cohen, "The Stranger Song"..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Column by Louis Black

The Only Son & There Was a Father

Two early films from Yasujiro Ozu

"...from his silent "college" comedies and a harbinger of things to come for the former teacher and onetime lover..."

July 30, 2010 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

Body Awareness

This story of people trying to do what's right is both real and really funny

"...at their home (in the classic trope of a stranger coming to town and shaking things up)...."

May 7, 2010 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Sustainable Biodiesel: Made in Austin

How two guys are putting Austin on the biodiesel map … again

"...Nelson, the wife of biodiesel advocate and Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson; and Kelly King, co-founder of industry pioneer..."

Nov. 28, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Letters @ 3AM

Jo Carol Pierce's music says: Go the distance, baby, and find out – find you

"...with the hard way (same way she does most things). Dog's slow and wistful "Naked and Home" tells the..."

March 14, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Anything Goes

That free-for-all spirit is part of the kick of FronteraFest

"..."Kawaisoo (The Pity of Things)," by Jason Grote. Capital T Theatre presents a one-woman..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Two Towers, Six Years, and 16 Millimeters

The remarkable journey – and uncertain toll – of Steve Bilich's 'Native New Yorker'

"...scans, and they teem with the pedestrian ghosts of strangers and the tangible memories of friends. They're remarkable not..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Great Pyramid

Bill Callahan can see clearly now

"...it or not. His output yielded multiple personalities: the stranger, the lover, the loner. Still, each recording was about..."

April 20, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Safe Cracking

Longtime screenwriter and first-time director Scott Frank on The Lookout

"...(Dead Again, Little Man Tate, Get Shorty) is no stranger to American cinema. For the last two decades, his..."

March 30, 2007 Screens Feature by Darcie Stevens

Connecting the Food Dots

What the war in Iraq has to do with tomatoes and the Red-Headed Stranger

"...Iraq have to do with tomatoes and the Red-Headed Stranger? No, this isn't a bad back-of-a-cereal-box riddle. The answer..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Here Comes the Guv

Kinky Friedman lights up his campaign

"...independent chief administrator since Gov. Sam Houston was running things before the Civil War...."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Big Books

Panel Discussions: Further consideration on comix and graphic novels

"...the stories are not just a cataloging of clever things that happened on some chartered tour, but a faithful..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Oye Como Va

This trio of brothers from San Angelo aren't gonna be lonely for long.

"...wafts to the surface is that the Red Headed Stranger has put the boys on stages like Farm Aid..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Pong compels nonchalant head-bobbers to shake their collective groove things into a retro-futuristic Love Parade bliss that could go..."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...you like, when you first get thoroughly embroiled in things and lose your head ... That's when you first..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Column

'ACL' Live Shots

"...which soon became clear in their set. They started things off with the blinding instrumental "Smoothie Song," showing off..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Imminent Harm

The city plays a high-stakes, high-risk game with Stratus Properties, while the citizens look on

"...of locals to the meeting that evening. And had things gone as planned, the council would have cast the..."

July 19, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

You Can't Go Home Again

Chronicle writer Jesse Sublett on why James Crumley, whose mystery The Final Country has recently been published, is the best writer from Texas to disown the state.

"...be a Democrat," and "Everybody here is either a stranger or strange," and malevolent patriarchs with the audacity to..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Last Rights

"...In the darker scheme of things, the city may have dug its own grave when..."

Oct. 5, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

After Napster

The world of online music after the fall of Napster.

"...via the RIAA. Bertelsmann (BMG) is in an even stranger position, as they defected from the Party, so to..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Now Serving ... Time

Robert Conran sat down to dinner at Furr's, and walked out in handcuffs. After four years in prison on a shaky conviction, he's got a chance of parole -- then he faces deportation

"...Conran was tired of Houston and sought to get things going in Austin, Live Music Capital of the World...."

June 29, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Graduates

Sarah Hepola goes back to Connally High School to find out how some of her ex-students are doing, now that they are preparing to graduate.

"...stayed. Teachers are always saying goodbye; it's the way things work...."

May 25, 2001 Features Feature by Sarah Hepola

Dancing About Architecture

Don Walser and Willie Nelson come up winners; Sixth Street still not quite dead.

"...Another Texan country legend, Willie Nelson, who's no stranger to receiving awards, is being presented with a trophy..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Child's Play

Writer Kevin Wood discovers that there's a lot to learn while teaching kids.

"...entered the room. All eyes immediately turned to this stranger at the door. There was no turning back. I..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Features Feature by Kevin Wood

Media Clips

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones fields allegations that he's been stifling free expression on Austin Cable Access television.

"...Alex Jones is no stranger to conspiracy theories. As watchers of his access television..."

July 14, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

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