Faster Than Sound: What Sparked Joy at SXSW Music

Marie Kondo-ing my Festival experience, with scooters and shooters in the giveaway pile

"...for "Wild Girl." Rising local presence Ladi Earth (Michaela Taylor) also danced onstage at the end. Prized Possession: Local..."

March 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Mamrie Hart Deserves a Drink

YouTube star/author spills the beans about Beanz and John Mayer's bed

"...episode, she makes a cocktail with fake blood called Taylor Swift’s Bad Blood. She spends about nine minutes demonstrating..."

June 3, 2015 Arts Post by Alexa Harrington

South Austin Silent Night

Christmas albums local and otherwise.

"...Christmas LP could be is Karen Mal & Will Taylor’s A Mandolin Christmas. Find on it traditional songs performed..."

Dec. 7, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Magnificent Obsession

This is the film that heralded Sirk's astonishing end-career run of gloriously over-the-top women's pictures

"...most ludicrously plotted (what Sirk called a "combination of kitsch and craziness and trashiness"). Hudson plays Bob Merrick, a..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

Run Rudolph Run

Revisiting Keith Richards' “Run Rudolph Run”

"...drummer Mike Driscoll, borrowed from ex-Stones six-string razor Mick Taylor. The flip side, a meaty cover of Jimmy Cliff..."

Dec. 22, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Brothers & Sisters

Record review

"...Coast drawl. "One Night" sounds like a Carly Simon/James Taylor jam with more twang and less sexual tension: "Come..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Hopelessly Devoted to 'Grease'

"I was born to Hand Jive, baby, and that's not even a euphemism," says Sarah Hepola, explaining the continuing appeal of camp classic, Grease. Project Transitions and the Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival will host a sing-along performance of Grease this weekend at the Paramount.

"...All musicals have kitsch appeal, but Grease is a double dip of nostalgia..."

July 25, 2003 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

TV Eye

O St. Clare, help us in this time of Emmy nominations.

"...then, there she was. Four inches of plastic, glow-in-the-dark kitsch. I couldn't resist. Clare was born in 1194 to..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The King and I

TV Eye

"...any appreciation for him and even that was more kitsch than King. I went to Memphis in 1983 on..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Record Reviews: Reissues

"...savvy with the lysergic loopiness that put Fifties lounge kitsch on its ear. While each has its own vibe,..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Music Review

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