'Friday Night Lights': Snakes. Why Does It Always Have to Be Snakes? Edition

"...field after last week's 55-33 win over one of Texas' top 3A teams all season, Cuero. Trailing at halftime,..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

Snakes on a Plate

Reconsidering the reptile

"...It's no secret that snakes have a seriously bad rap. From the apple-obsessed serpent..."

July 10, 2015 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

The Crack Pipes

"...The Crack PipesSnakes in My Veins (Emperor Jones) Just as Snakes in..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Music Review by Matt Dentler

Point Austin: Fattenin' Frogs for Snakes

Wave a white sheet at City Hall, and the Keystone Kops kome running

"...On Saturday, Nov. 5, about a dozen chicken snakes assembled down at City Hall Plaza, in the form..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Reptile Hunters Rattled Over Ban on 'Texas Tradition'

Feeling singled out, they're threatening to sue state over legislation banning roadside hunting of wild animals

"...state over what they call the destruction of a Texas tradition. The argument is over parts of House Bill..."

July 27, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Snakes and Ladders

'The Man From Orlando' team recalls the high stakes of making their lo-fi first feature

"...directing shorts since he graduated from the University of Texas in 2005, The Man From Orlando is his first..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Screens Feature by Amy Gentry

Texas Book Festival 2019:
On the Topic of Mothers

Saeed Jones, Michele Filgate, & Angie Cruz grapple with a mother’s love

"...the way she would dance around, “fingers snapping and snakes in her blood,” when a certain song came on,..."

Oct. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Barbara Purcell

St. Patrick’s Day Could Chase the Snakes of Your Blues Away

Annual celebration of all things Irish brings new shenanigans

"...sunnyside-up farm egg), and Rosemary Campfire Hoey Irish Stew, Texas Style (made with Angus beef, marble potatoes, heirloom carrots,..."

March 8, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Will Johnson

"..."Ruby Shameless" lulls a brutal beauty and "Heresy and Snakes" burns redemption behind guitar distortion, while Johnson welds his..."

April 14, 2017 Music Review by Doug Freeman

The Saint James Society

"..."Ode to the Turquoise Ox"), bonfire epics ("House of Snakes," "Blood & Sand"), bad-dream ambience ("Celestial Symbols Interpreted"), and..."

April 12, 2013 Music Review by Michael Toland

Top Chef Texas, Week 3: The Bus Arrives

Pre-cooked frozen shrimp and the merits of screeching "orale!"

"...(I really, really, REALLY wanted there to be live snakes in those boxes.) Question: are there really that many..."

Nov. 17, 2011 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Tee Double

"...his dissertation ("I Seen It," "Transmit") and spot-on lecture ("Snakes Industry" and Del the Funky Homosapien-guested "Keep Up"). Best..."

April 17, 2009 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Hissing Fits

Bryan Mealer sinks his teeth into the 1999 Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup.

"...weekend of the month, the small town of Sweetwater, Texas, becomes world-famous. The population more than doubles, motel rooms..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Features Feature by Bryan Mealer

Johnny Bush

Texas Platters

"...Johnny Bush Green Snakes (Texas Music Group) Even though he's been making music..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Natural Science

Rush

"...“Hello, good evening Austin, Texas,” smiled Rush bassist and singer Geddy Lee into the..."

April 24, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The River and the Wall

More than a nature hike, this border wall documentary replaces rhetoric with reality

"...States, beginning in Colorado and running down to South Texas where, as you may have heard, it forms the..."

May 3, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

13 Crack Tracks: Austin Bands Perform Songs From the Crackpipes Songbook

Texas Platters

"...Victims of Leisure's opening "Hot Dang," Big Foot Chester's "Snakes in My Veins," and the spot-on bra-strap snap of..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

The Shakin' Apostles Too Hot for Snakes (Big Ten)

Texas Platters

"...The Shakin' ApostlesToo Hot for Snakes (Big Ten) Because Too Hot for Snakes was recorded..."

June 30, 2000 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Riding the Pinwheel

The GOP redraws the map of Texas – brazenly sidestepping most of the state's newest voters

"...Outside a committee hearing room during the 82nd Texas Legislature, I ran into Austin political consultant (and staunch..."

Aug. 26, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Sipping 'Satellite of Love'

Texas wineries make the movies

"...Will Moore, when asked about his selection process for Texas vineyards as sets for his film...."

April 23, 2013 Food Post by Margaret Shugart

Only Natural

The Texas Memorial Museum decides to focus on its natural history roots.

"...The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, planted dramatically at the north end..."

Feb. 21, 2003 News Feature

Rise Above

SST Records' Greg Ginn jams econo in Taylor, Texas

"...releases from three of its master's projects: the Taylor Texas Corrugators, Jam­bang, and Gone. While Ginn cites a number..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Postscripts

Texas Books

"..."Slate fractured skulls and removed limbs," Larson writes. "Venomous snakes spiraled upward into trees occupied by people. A rocket..."

July 30, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

Day Trips

"...The newest addition to the zoo is Explore Texas, an exhibit of 27 different species of Texas snakes..."

March 14, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...of Women in Trouble, written and directed by Sebastian “Snakes on a Muthafuckin’ Plane” Gutierrez. And that’s just off..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Calling All Queso Enthusiasts: Quesoff and Hot Luck Fest

Celebrate melted cheese and compete to win Best Queso in Austin

"...it should be. Maybe you’re hellbent on the South Texas Velveeta and Ro-tel tradition or maybe it’s queso flameado..."

April 10, 2018 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Planet Rock

Austin, Texas, SXSW 2005

"...transcendence. After the agro spectacle of These Arms Are Snakes, Chicago fourpiece Pelican shook with their precise instrumental drone-metal...."

March 25, 2005 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

The Swells

Texas Platter

"...machine crops up on the relatively peppy "Talking to Snakes," while "Through and Through" uses a hokey sitar line..."

April 11, 2003 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Stephen Bruton

Texas Platters

"...and "When Love Finds You." Jaunty dust-kicker "Acre of Snakes" ("if all these walls could talk, they'd slur") hearkens..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Snake Blood

"...for me to write about our family and the snakes we have known, however briefly. "There was that one..."

April 28, 1995 Features Feature by Suzy Banks

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