Spinning Yarns

Tracing generations' worth of jazz and R&B history through the Texas Trumpets

"...bawdy singer moans "Rebecca, Rebecca, get them big legs offa me." Floating on top of the whole mix are..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Book Reviews

"...in airports. Woe to all frequent flyers! The cover of Cindy Bonner's Right From Wrong and the covers of..."

March 26, 1999 Books Review

Book Reviews

"...Larry McMurtry Simon & Schuster, $26 hard Larry McMurtry, Texas' preeminent novelist for almost 40 years, announced last year..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Books Review

You Do Not Tear Down Landmarks

"...In the looming shadow of the massive Texas State Capitol, it's easy to miss...."

Feb. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Hole-o-ween

"...is with a tubetop may explain a lower level of local reverence for the holey doughnut here than in..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Food Feature by Meredith Phillips

From Southerners to Seventh Grade

"...it (and are usually right) are as commonplace in Texas lore as horses and bad weather. Yet modern-day readers..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Books Feature

The Lost Cause

"...Jack Jackson's Lost Cause: The TrueStory of Famed Gunslinger John Wesley Hardin is what they call..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Books Feature

Exibitionism

Artisans: The Art and Culture of Early Texas Handmade Furniture: Our History in Chairs

"...Republic of Texas Museum, through September 5..."

June 12, 1998 Arts Review

Only the Beginning

Wednesday Night SXSW "Sleepers"

"...Last year, as the Austin Music Awards were kicking off South by Southwest at the Austin Music Hall, the..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature

Untrained Wonders

UT's Exhibition of Self-Taught Artists Features Miracles

"...and, atop her white hair, a velvet black halo of a hat with a dark veil that trailed behind...."

Sept. 12, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Do Not (Po)Go Gently Into the Night

Punk Rock(ers): Not Burning Out, Not Fading Away

"...back: The phone rings. It's a rather drunken acquaintance of mine, now living 90 minutes away in some town..."

May 23, 1997 Music Feature

Reissues

"...but it wasn't until 1954 that the first recording of its soundtrack was available. Its appearance even then was..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

Growing Pains

Austin Theatre for Youth Builds on First Season

"...Scene from ATY's production of The Reluctant Dragon..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art Prom, Pup Crawl, Eeyore’s Birthday, and More Recommended Events

A smattering of ways to fill your weekend

"...will that be truer than this Thursday’s tiara-topped triumph of women and non-binary chefs/grillmasters. Under the theme “Dame Prom,”..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Art in Motion, Pride Kickoff, and More Weekday Recommendations

Arts and more to keep you busy

"...Through Jan. 5, 2025, Blanton Museum of Art..."

Aug. 2, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Qmmunity: Ch-ch-changes

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

"...turn and face the strange: We're in a season of change. Icons of the Austin queer scene are embracing..."

July 28, 2023 Column by James Scott

From the Music Desk

On Willie, Billy, Stevie Ray, Blaze, and more highlights from four decades of covering Austin music

"...tragedies play out through this scene that's the heart of this city. Music is activism and cultural resistance. It's..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Michael Hall

Austin-Made Horror Anthology Comes Back Home for Other Worlds

Delivering a Scare Package

"...Scare Package takes a knowing look at the conventions of the genre, he was determined to never feel like..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Abracadabra

Steve Miller brings the magic at Texas Medal of Arts

"...for his supper, so to speak, at the 2013 Texas Medal of Arts awards Tuesday night. The Lone Star..."

March 6, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Full Circle

The gospel according to Ruthie Foster

"...The opening lines of Ruthie Foster's new album Let It Burn peel back..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Media Watch: The Rag in the Modern World

Olde Austin Ragsters revive in a digital age

"...For most of us, the underground press movement of the Sixties exists..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Feature by Kevin Brass

'May the Passenger Pigeon Sing Thee to Thy Rest'

Second-Place Winner

"...A species vanished, here no more, save the victim of taxidermy hidden in a museum drawer. She assured me..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Books Feature by Perry Tyson Midkiff II

SXSW Showcases

"...been about more than Pimp and Bun. As forefathers of the Houston rap scene, the Underground Kingz had a..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...appears trapped in a numerical vortex. The recent frenzy of articles on police use-of-force reports is polarizing our community..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Column

Playing the Violin

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

"...For lack of a better term, I've been calling Jeremy "Jerm" Pollet..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

James Hyland & The South Austin Jug Band, Broken Spoke, Wednesday 14

"...Jug BandBroken Spoke, Wednesday 14 There's a phenomenon out of Texas that's got some folks in the media, primarily..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Coach's Corner

A guide for the younger generation: Sick of hearing about Woodstock? Recreate all of its dubious glories at this year's Super Bowl party.

"...I'm pleased to know the readers of my column span three generations. If you're under the..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Two Generations, One Art

Like twins who have grown up apart and are finally reunited, writer-performer Terry Galloway and the Austin theatre company Rude Mechanicals are creative soulmates who have at last discovered their kinship through their collaboration on Galloway's dark comedy In the House of the Moles.

"...close kin to Galloway -- close creative kin, born of the same love of art, with the same restless..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Wrapped and Ready

"..."Have yourself a bloody little Christmas." Oh, there's plenty of the regular old drama standards and entertainment for the..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Live Shots

Beastie Boys, Rancid, Asiandubfoundation

"...Texans jumping up and down, shouting at the top of their voices, rattling San Antonio's Alamodome like a rice-paper..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Music Feature

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