Surf's Up

This animated avian surf epic is most alive when its radio-friendly pop hits accompany beautiful CGI waves.

"...Woods and Diedrich Bader. While the cartoon penguins of Surf's Up “hang six” and persevere (“Find a way ’cause..."

June 8, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Jimmy Buffett Surfs Stubb’s

Energized Parrothead king kicks out the jams

"...May keeps coming up roses for Jimmy Buffett nuts. For the fourth consecutive..."

May 27, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Airborne

"...-- which they use as a way to beat up on Matthew. (It's almost as if the entire United..."

Sept. 24, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Taco With Margaret

Tacos taste better when you are learning things … especially things about awesome filmmakers like The Order of Myths' Margaret Brown.

"...the "perfect filmmaker snack." Over the course of a couple of potato and eggs (with jalapeños, lettuce, tomato, and..."

March 13, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

10 Essential Showcases to See at Oblivion Access

Unpacking the unclassifiable experimental music festival, show by show

"...Orbweaving features the typical doom and gloom of Johnston coupled with a meatier rock core via collaborator Vyva Melinkolya...."

June 9, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

LCD Soundsystem

"...mobbing the ACL main stage. That's a few notches up from the group's 2007 appearance at the festival, when..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Friends of Dean Martinez

"...despite best Friend Bill Elm's relocation to Austin, the group has never sounded more rooted in its former home..."

April 16, 1999 Music Feature

7 & 7 Is

"...fact that their initial marketing push was made to yuppies -- but ends up slightly more intangible; something having..."

Jan. 26, 1996 Music Feature

A Speed Dating Sampler of All 69 Virtual SXSW Music Showcases

The sun always shines on TV

"...jazz lions inhabit the hallowed Abbey Road studios, with supreme tubist Theon Cross bringing low-end heat, and drum genius..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Luv Doc: Exposed Nipples

Unlike our president, a warm, sweaty, glitter-speckled nipple is nothing to be embarrassed about

"...awesome Janelle Monáe set at ACL, I watched a couple have a tear-filled, overly dramatic argument that lasted almost..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Monday Comes to Austin for Jimmy Buffett

Deep cuts and musical tributes, but no pink Crustacean

"...Legalize medicinal marijuana? Five consecutive years of summer tour warm-ups in Austin during May yielded a first at the..."

May 24, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Let the Music

Garage punk Orville Bateman Neeley III crosses over

"..."I grew up in a really privileged environment," says the 29-year-old born..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Media Watch: All Things to All People Meters

New radio ratings system kicks in

"...of data from a new ratings system, the biggest shake-up in the radio business since Marconi invented the car..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Descent Into the Maelstrom

Radio Birdman surfs out of Edgar Allan Poe's maelström a quarter-century later

"...not even the mighty cataract of Niagara ever lifts up in its agony to Heaven. – Edgar Allan Poe,"A..."

June 22, 2007 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

TV Eye

News From the Front

"...film but wants to use the new footage as supplemental material. This is not sitting well with the Congressional..."

May 11, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Awesome Cool Dudes

Record review

"..."live big like it's 1980," while "Longhorn Cheese" mashes up antiquated techno-pop with spazz-punk vocals to grand get-up effect...."

Nov. 25, 2005 Music Review by Greg Beets

TV Eye

Why The OC rocks and why its many imitators should walk

"...hotel empire-owning family. He's the guy who pulled himself up by his bootstraps and wonders why, of all the..."

June 25, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...to bluegrass instruments. Whether it works or not is up to the listener, but it's an original idea and..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

The Queen of Truth

With two beautifully crafted memoirs under her belt, a third book of poetry out, tenure at Syracuse University, a teenage son, and a blissful romance, Mary Karr is definitely hardworking and real. And if her soul isn't entirely pure, well, readers of Cherry will be grateful it isn't.

"...videos got us hooked on seeing someone else suffer up close...."

Nov. 3, 2000 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Book Reviews

Recent Titles Reviewed

"...Thomas uses examples from classic whodunits to support his thesis and performs a psychohistorical analysis of them..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Books Feature

Detective Fiction and the Rise of Forensic Science

"...Thomas uses examples from classic whodunits to support his thesis and performs a psychohistorical analysis of them..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Books Review

Esther's All-Stars

"...Big Apple. Following the Revolution, Sedwick and Shelton teamed up on a series of successful business ventures in the..."

July 30, 1999 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Off the Bookshelf

Nude in Tub: Stories of Quillifarkeag, Maine

"...appearance, Maine's natural beauty seems to be a refuge. Upon closer inspection, it's actually a hideout. It is a..."

June 18, 1999 Books Feature

R Is for Rerun

"...try to use summer television for two things: catching up with primetime shows and watching far too many black-and-white..."

May 29, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Sin by the Numbers

"...take severe measures if the food riots that have erupted in many villages should spread to the cities. What's..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

Dancing About Architecture

Dejadisc All Under Again

"...what Wilkison says he's gonna do now is pack up his label and leave town. "We're just not making..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Music Column

Sam Moore

"...accident in 1988, Sam & Dave would've probably kept up their vocal sparring until reaching the same emeritus status..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Music Feature

SXSW Thursday Picks and Sleepers

"...Auditorium Shores Whatever you do, don't be late. Italian superstar Jovanotti kicks off an international all-star bill with an..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

The ACM Machine

Assistant City Managers Outlive Rumors of Their Demise

"...buzzed with rumors of imminent resignations and dismissals of upper-level staff members. Even councilmembers were willing to confirm that..."

Sept. 12, 1997 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy