Friday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...can guess the answer. – Raoul HernandezDAVID BERKELEY8pm, Pecan Street Ale House This melancholy Atlantan's After the Wrecking Ships..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Dream Story

Boy with a horn returns from the Big Apple

"...Wynton's father, pianist Ellis Marsalis, one night at Cedar Street Courtyard in Austin. The senior Marsalis followed that by..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...is also a founding member of the vaudevillian Asylum Street Spankers, with whom he's been playing once again. Accompanied..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Postmarks

Book Smart

"...in the Galleria area and one on Post Oak Street. They were all rejected by Mr. Bloch. Then, while..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Column

Blame It on the Germans

Car2Go fleet change happens during SXSW

"...Austin announced plans to replace its entire fleet of Smart cars – which is great news… But there’s a..."

March 7, 2011 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

Huckleberry Minh: A Walk Through Dreamland

"...realism to the Bukowskian confessional, from traditional rhymed to street-smart kickass, from New Yorker dry to Paris Review experimental...."

May 28, 1999 Books Review

The People's Porch

From Compact to Smart

"...in 1988 -- only now the hot phrase is "Smart Growth" instead of "Compact City." On this evening in..."

May 14, 1999 News Feature by Melissa Sattley

Creeping Tarantinism

"...addition to the dialogue, which possesses a kind of street-smart literacy and lyricism, the gunplay scenes have an invention..."

Nov. 3, 1995 Screens Feature

Obama on Crack

Obama says he supports eliminating the 100-to-1 crack sentencing disparity

"...on Crime and Drugs. "[C]riminal laws should be tough, smart, and fair, and perceived as such by the American..."

April 29, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Playing the Violin

Mr. Sinus Theater's Jerm Pollet is also a musician!

"...Tower Records at the corner of Guadalupe and 24th streets...."

Aug. 10, 2001 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Roosevelt Room Reopens, Launderette Brings the Bagels (and Schmears), and – Who Was That On Netflix's Meateater Last Week?

All the news that's fit to make your taste buds quiver

"...numerous PR releases, official posts, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings...."

Sept. 23, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Tools for Telling Stories: Food and Social Media

Eddie Huang stays true to the message

"...buns, Huang bounced from job to job (he designed street clothes, did stand-up comedy, and even sold pot) until..."

March 12, 2013 Food Post by Rachel Feit

Wind Power

Learning From Copenhagen: Post #3

"...solve some of the same problems that Austin's Pecan Street Project is tackling. Watch the three-minute YouTube video here...."

Oct. 5, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

City Counseling: Sprinting to a Compromise

Council and joggers 'give a little bit' on street closures

"...to witness final approval of new rules related to street closures. The results seemed a compromise between runners and..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Flowers: A Novel

Dagoberto Gilb's latest novel takes readers on a startling and inevitable journey

"...expectation-defying portrait of Sonny that is the most provocative. Street-smart but filled with uncultivated curiosity (he decides to learn..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Books Review by Belinda Acosta

Word Up, Showdown

Austin's teen poets unfurl their flag in Silicon Valley

"...a living as a graphic designer, his good looks, street-smart writing, and intoxicating voice would be right at home..."

July 13, 2007 Books Feature by Stacy Alexander Evans

Bad Blood

Did the Austin Police Department Shut Down an Investigation of Its Own Cops?

"...zipping up again. Farris has the rough-hewn features and street-smart gaze of a man who has seen more than..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Through the Windshield

"...Sparkle Street Books, 457 pp., $14.95 (paper)..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Books Review by Harvey Pekar

Top 10 Quotes From Austin Politics in 2019

The smart, dumb, courageous, and cowardly words from the local and state political arena.

"...to overturn Austin's move to decriminalize camping on the street (June 28)..."

Dec. 20, 2019 News Column

The Baker Brothers Find Their Kin

Behind the story of the gritty SF drama (plus, Mogwai!)

"...Jonathan B.: And have a street-smart quality to him. Even though he's a super-quiet, introverted..."

Aug. 30, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

American Berserk Theatre's Killer Girls

When the killer girls of this timely satire strike back at abusive bros, revenge is sweet, smart, and hilarious

"...statement or lawsuit; they use physical force to exact street justice on the men who torment them. They grab..."

May 18, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

SXSW Music Review: Princess Nokia

Breakout rapper reps an entire matriarchy

"...the rest of a squished Clive Bar on Rainey Street Thursday night joined the catharsis, jumping to every rhyme,..."

March 16, 2018 SXSW Post by Isabella Castro-Cota

Richard Moya R.I.P.

The first Mexican-American elected to public office in Travis County was 84

"...by former Austin mayor Gus Garcia as "knowledgeable, astute, street smart," Moya served as Precinct 4 Commissioner from 1970..."

Feb. 24, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Austin Film Society Takes Over the Marchesa

Lincoln Village site to become permanent two-screen cinema

"...planning to open a permanent two-screen arthouse cinema, the smart money was that it would be the space they..."

May 4, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Kaki Lima Pop-Up at Sway, Sunday Supper at Prelog's

Daily Austin food news

"...an investment in the future, Hopdoddy talks to some smart cookies, and more afternoon bites...."

Jan. 15, 2016 Food Post by Brandon Watson

David Ramirez

"...stories that slowly absorb truth and perspective, from the street-smart awareness of opening "Communion" to the swelling artist determination..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Lucky Robot Adds Spring Menu Items

Japanese street food inspires guests to take it outside

"...warmed. They've added several new dishes inspired by Japanese street food to get the ball rolling...."

April 4, 2014 Food Post by Gracie Salem

Toot Your Unicorn Horn This NYE

Eight gay ways to partying like it's 2014

"...Gay Place has rounded up. Whichever you choose, be smart, be safe, and be fabulous!..."

Dec. 30, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Lawrence Everett Forbes

Moontower, Day 3: Bill Burr

Burr's fever-pitch brilliance kills at the Stateside

"...– and that includes you out there with your smart phone-illuminated faces, stupid enough to be texting during Burr's..."

April 28, 2013 Arts Post by Anne S. Lewis

No Regrets

Spaceman Ace Frehley

"...vices list. Too soon, it's the nondrinking/drugging frontmen against street-smart ex-gangbangers Frehley and Criss. The outcome still best represents..."

June 15, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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