SXSW Comedy: The Super Secret Show

Sinbad can still bring the house down

"...The advance billing for SXSW Comedy’s Super Secret Show left everything to the imagination until the..."

March 19, 2015 SXSW Post by Russ Espinoza

Secret Culturalist Dave Thomas

Pere Ubu/Rocket From the Tombs frontman tag teams ATX

"...From the Tombs cram into Beerland for local imprint Super Secret Records’ Austin Jukebox series. Dubbed the Coed Jail..."

May 18, 2017 Music Post by Michael Toland

Super Soldier, Super Spy: Eugenio Mira on García!

The Spanish filmmaker unpacks the inherent fascism of the superhero

"...often caricatures American and British culture, "so we had Superlopez for Superman, and we've got this James Bond called..."

Dec. 17, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...descends from Notting Hill to play a down-on-her-luck legal secretary who uses her streetwise sense of injustice to uncover..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Men in Black

Jones and Smith make for an entertaining combo as they play secret agents who monitor extraterrestrials.

"...bad. Jones plays K, a longtime member of a super-secret, non-government-affiliated agency created to monitor here on earth the..."

July 4, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wednesday Rewind

Spoon’s ‘Take Away Show,’ Bridge Farmers, and the Motards

"...Every episode of la Blogotheque’s Take Away Show is worth watching. The slipstream voyeurism by French filmmaker..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

The Crack Pipes’ Beautiful Protest

Track premiere from the ATX blues punks’ vinyl reissue

"...wax. Sonic Surgery, the reissue arm of local imprint Super Secret, stepped up to do the honors for 2005’s..."

Sept. 26, 2017 Music Post by Michael Toland

Shadowplay

Marching to the beat of Manikin's No Wave

"...that Manikin doesn't play that often makes its live shows all the more impressive. Standing in Rabago's kitchen a..."

July 17, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Pages And Pages of Free Comics

Flicking through this year's Free Comic Book Day comics

"...Green Lantern: Pulling his secret origin from the Geoff Johns-penned Green Lantern issue 30,..."

May 5, 2011 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

"...WEDNESDAY PICKSAll showcase times subject to change. Please check www.sxsw.com. Rhymesayers8pm-2am, Emo's..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

Wednesday Sleepers

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...All showcase times subject to changeJAWBONE8pm, Red Eyed Fly A one-man..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature

Qmmunity: Stop, Drop, and Shop

Qmmunity advises on what local places are best for gay gift shopping this year

"...their brick-and-mortar to grab gay stuff, or take the show on the road by attending a TLGS pop-up market...."

Dec. 8, 2023 Column by James Scott

'Buy What You Love'

Collector Glenn Fuhrman on 'A Secret Affair' and living with contemporary art

"..."A Secret Affair: Selections From the Fuhrman Family Collection," now in..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Faster Than Sound: City on the Fence Regarding Red River’s Homeless Problem

Red River merchants push to finally enclose dangerous alley with 10-foot fence, electro-pop diva p1nkstar touches down at Fuego ATX, and more

"...panhandler near the alley last fall after playing a show at Beerland (revisit "Musician Hurt in Panhandler Attack Outside..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The X-Files' Invisible Ink

The Truth Is Out There -- Somewhere

"...of us who watch it. Which may be the secret of the show's success...."

Nov. 17, 1995 Screens Feature

Guide to 4/20 Events and Resources in Austin

Everyone needs to chill out

"...High School in California, who used 4:20 as a secret code meaning it's time to smoke doobs around a..."

April 15, 2021 Events Post by Katherine McNevins

Faster Than Sound – Beerland & Beyond: The Year in Music News

Squeezing out the decade's end in local music headlines

"...River venue closures. Employees of the venue and Lynn's Super Secret record label attributed Beerland's messy demise to overspending..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

How Much Harder Can Skeleton Get?

They’re already the most savage specimen of homegrown hardcore

"..."When I go to a show," Victor continues, eyes flashing, "I wanna be scared. And..."

July 27, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

SXSW Showcase Picks

Spend the evening with your favorite record label.

"...Bros. Vice President David Katznelson started Birdman Records to showcase niche-market types that once might have inked multialbum deals..."

March 9, 2007 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

This Is the Week That Is

"...want to know is wassup with the Tom Waits show at the Paramount. Well, unfortunately, after considering all the..."

March 19, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Qmmunity: Ch-ch-changes

Austin's queer scene turns to face the strange as it goes through big but good changes

"...by giving our creative community a permanent location to showcase our work," according to the Las Ofrendas Instagram...."

July 28, 2023 Column by James Scott

Faster Than Sound: The Fable Trilogy, Briscoe Center's "Greatest Hits," and Beerland Sold

Rare local reissues from Jazzman Records, the Briscoe Center’s Music Collections presents its “Greatest Hits,” and – has Beerland been sold?

"...a local storage unit. The touring-themed portion of the show also houses Texan opera star Barbara Smith Conrad's music..."

May 31, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Local Musicians on Avoiding the Sophomore Slump

Five trending Austin-hatched acts that sidestepped recording’s biggest pitfall

"...way – is a recorded representation of our live show, whereas what I would prefer is to make a..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Price You Pay

At what cost does the vinyl revolution come?

"...hundred people. You can get 100 people to a show in Austin on a Wednesday night."..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

You Get That Laugh ...

Wanda Sykes has conquered all of show biz, but stand-up, she just can't quit you

"...in feature films such as Evan Almighty and My Super Ex-Girlfriend; in the animated films Over the Hedge, Barnyard,..."

April 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Live Shots

"...Shared: A Tribute To Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly were shown. Other major organizers included Guthrie's daughter, Nora, head of..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Music Feature

The Jigsaw Is Family: Saw X Producers Explain What Makes a Saw Movie

Mark Burg and Oren Koules look to the future of the franchise

"...Saw X may have been the least secret Fantastic Fest secret screening ever, but it still held..."

Oct. 2, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...and a quick skim of the just-released feature lineup shows the fest continuing the trend, with SNL sketch-to-screen MacGruber,..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Something Completely Different

Comedy writers Bob Odenkirk and David Cross took everything they’d learned from past comic masters and made their Mr. Show variety show into something completely different.

"...lost its top billing to sitcoms, Westerns, and detective shows, but held on as part of the "variety" show...."

Oct. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Ron Deutsch

Playback: If the Gloves Fit

Gloves INTL ices funk, Allegro Media Group ices local label, and the ATX6 plan to ice international festivals

"...with little hope of restitution. Two other local imprints, Super Secret and Australian Cattle God, are no longer distributed..."

June 24, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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