Talking SXSW Blues

With Bloodshot Records' Nan Warshaw

"...Waco Brothers. I spoke to Nan earlier this week about SXSW, past and present, and the state of her..."

Feb. 18, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Everything You Need to Know About Voter ID

A program to help guide you through Tuesday's Senate meeting

"...the major facts you need to know to understand what’s going down...."

March 9, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Meeker Officially Declares for Council

RG4N spokesman challenges Leffingwell.

"...After what seemed like an eternity of almost-but-not-quite declaring, Jason Meeker,..."

Feb. 6, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Ugly Americans

"...was one thing he said that’s stuck with me. Talking about the 1994 World Cup, which was hosted by..."

Aug. 18, 2008 Sports Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Fast Times With Darondo

Doin' the splits with a lost soul singer

"...know?' Me and Sly got to cutting up and talking to each other. He said, 'Give me the keys..."

March 25, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Fran Lebowitz in Town Tonight

Social commentator to speak with Frank Rich at Bass Concert Hall

"...it's an affectionate goosing: The movie, after all, is about a crippling creative block, and Lebowitz famously shut down..."

Nov. 14, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Heart & Soul, Part 2

Second half of lengthy Q&A with Huey Lewis

"...Long Center, the frontman talked a mile a minute about Nick Lowe, Bill Graham, Thin Lizzy, etc. For the..."

July 19, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Story of Johnny Lydon

PiL/Pistols frontman and FFF Saturday headliner finds peace

"...his love of learning, how butter saved PiL, and what folk music means to him...."

Nov. 1, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Punjabi Powerhouse: Red Baraat

Brooklynites connect Indian and New Orleans brass bands

"...I saw some people completely lost in ecstatic dance. What’s it about your live show that makes people just..."

April 5, 2013 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Jonathan Coulton: “Internet Rock Star”

They Might Be Giant opener has a successful business model

"...song per week on his website. That netted him about a half-million dollars in 2010. Who says you need..."

Feb. 2, 2012 Music Post by Melanie Haupt

At Home in the World of One's Woes, And It's a Wide, Wide World

The nitty-gritty of what speaks to us and why

"...than the musings of the occasional self-deprecating contributor. (And what’s so wrong with self-deprecation? David Rakoff and Jonathan Goldstein..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Gloria Gaynor Will Survive

Q&A with SXSW Music panelist/disco queen Gloria Gaynor

"...panel. I couldn’t help throwing in a few questions about her glory days...."

March 5, 2012 Music Post by Greg Beets

Disaster Movie

We're running out of genres to spoof: This time it's disaster movies.

"...take advantage of one of the great immutable truths about the American public: If you never stop assuming the..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

King Corn

The film’s light hand, appealing style, and simple exposition make it an eminently watchable inquiry into the politics of food, public health, and the reasons why corn has become an ingredient in virtually everything we eat.

"...of the University of Virginia, who adds, “I’m not talking about corn on the cob, sweet corn. I’m talking..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Toros Tryouts: Day One, Part Two

"...soon as we shook hands, he was telling me about the itinerary of his trip from New York to..."

Oct. 22, 2006 Sports Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Back to Babs

Barbara Lynn at Antone's tonight

"...guitar – that’s the sound I liked and that’s what I wanted to play. My mother worked at a..."

July 29, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Battling It Out Over ‘Bridesmaids’

Film reviewer Kimberley Jones jumps into the fray

"...I don’t usually reply to comments about my film reviews – I’ve had my say, now..."

July 15, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Texas-Sized Basketball: The Houston Rockets and Why I Moved to Texas

"...is hot as all hell, its summers lasting for what seems like endless centuries, its cockroaches the size of..."

Nov. 23, 2006 Sports Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Austin Psych Fest Live (Saturday): Deerhunter

I almost died for Deerhunter

"...Not for any interpersonal danger, or bad drugs. I’m talking about the freeway turn lane into Carson Creek Ranch..."

April 28, 2013 Music Post by Luke Winkie

Now You Shouldn’t Be Scared

Del tha Funky Homosapien wakes up for ACL

"...CYS: What has studying music theory done for your musical development?..."

Sept. 25, 2008 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

The Urban Experience

Dâm-Funk's intergalactic jam

"...(Stones Throw), is as funky as it is ambitious. Whatever you do, just don’t call it chillwave...."

March 16, 2010 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Mighty Hannibal Sees All

The Atlanta soul man has stories to tell, and who cares if they're true?

"...Bump & Hustle catches up this time around, rapping about Barack Obama, upstaging James Brown, and how much he..."

Aug. 27, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

A Detour With Taj Mahal

"...OK, some of this was my fault. I'd been talking to Taj Mahal’s publicist about doing an interview before..."

Nov. 7, 2007 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Tony Visconti Part 1

"...What’s on tap for you today?..."

June 19, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Something Wicked This Way Comes: Lucinda Williams

New songs, new outlook, new horizons

"...sat in with us on that. I’m also excited about a new, younger band out of Alabama, the Kenneth..."

Jan. 15, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Sound of the City

Black Milk's Detroit "oomph"

"...Possibly book smart, though we didn’t get to talk about books. No, Black Milk’s smart in that “the older..."

Jan. 13, 2010 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

South by So Real 09

Rapping with Matt Sonzala about SXSW hip-hop

"...South by Southwest booker and hustler extraordinaire Matt Sonzala about all things hip-hop. If an MC is performing at..."

March 10, 2009 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Shins' James Mercer: Fond of Y-O-U

The Shins' James Mercer winces upon a star.

"...I’m still kicking myself over forgetting to ask him about all the animal references on the album. Make that..."

March 1, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Get Schooled at Buck U With 'Mr. Angel'

Buck Angel talks about life and love, porn and plans

"...life, love, and family relationships. With the globe-trotting star about to take off for a speaking engagement in Canada,..."

March 8, 2013 SXSW Post by Andy Campbell

The Green Movement

KRS-One and Hakim Green bring the Stop the Violence Movement to Austin

"...caught up with the Channel Live wordsmith to talk about the new movement, the truth about Obama, and sparkin’..."

Jan. 21, 2009 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

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