The Luv Doc: A Graceful Exit

Leaving someone pretty much implies you have something more important to do

"...I re-entered the dating scene a few years ago after a drawn-out..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Where the Wild Things Are

The 2015 Banff Mountain Film Festival features more female athletes, more mindfulness, and more emotion

"...Like an epinephrine shot, the 2015 Banff Mountain Film Festival is set to rev..."

April 17, 2015 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Off the Record

"...• Perhaps the only thing cooler than fronting one of Austin's best..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the Jewish South

Marcie Cohen Ferris traces the story of the Jewish immigrants in the South from larger urban centers like Savannah and Atlanta to more rural areas like the Mississippi Delta

"...Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the Jewish South..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Food Feature by Erin Mosow

Don't Confuse Them With the Facts ...

"...struck by certain ironies in your sarcastic, political satire. The "history" of the Bush culture seems to be influenced..."

Sept. 19, 2005 Postmarks

The Hard Feelings Reviewed

"...The Hard FeelingsRebels Against the Future (Dropkick/Beerland) Since the Hard..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Tangerine Dream, Eastside Kings Fest, Magic Rockers of Texas, and more recommended shows

"...South by Southwest barely registered one of its myriad weather events. Temperatures dropped 25 degrees between 8pm and 2am,..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Jackie Venson, Dangerous Toys, Zachary Williams, Cordae, Matthew Logan Vasquez, and more local shows to see

"...Tallying up the past two years, Jackie Venson breaks down her performances:..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: Cracking the SXSW Music Algorithm

If my phone broke and clickbait subsided, where would bring me joy at SXSW?

"...Wharf Cat Records co-founder Doug Warner says Minor invited the label to put on its first official showcase this..."

March 15, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Shooting the 'Hard Time Killing Floor Blues'

Craig Brewer on Black Snake Moan

"...Flow minus a crashing sonic background equal parts howling Delta blues, scaly king-snake preachings, and the implacable iron trust..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

By the Book

Recent Fiction and Nonfiction Reviewed

"...Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resourceby Marq de Villiers..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Books Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Outdoor Concert Kicks Off the Zach Theatre Season

Music, moonlight, and Mickey Mouse thrills audience and performers alike

"...out your Mickey Mouse ears and dancing shoes. Zach Theatre is back with Songs Under the Stars, a series..."

March 4, 2022 Arts Feature by Dina Barrish

The Top 10 Austin Food & Drink Stories of 2021

Another up-and-down year in Austin food

"...Polar Vortex: The Community Comes Together..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

"The Blessings of the Mystery" Questions the Notion of Preservation and Ownership

A different West Texas at UT's Visual Arts Center

"...Research, when presented as art, mines from the didactic to form the poetic, the subversive, and the..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Arts Feature by Vivie Behrens

Faster Than Sound: The Fall Music We Always Talked About

Music columnist returns to two major venues and a new one

"...The last time I walked up Second Street with my..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Unplugged: Lowering the Volume of the Live Music Capital

Ley Line, Aaron Stephens, Team Goodtimes, Uncle Pie Hole, and more grounded sounds

"...Emilie Basez, and twin sisters Madeleine and Lydia Froncek, the fourpiece found solace in traditional Brazilian forró, a fusion..."

May 18, 2018 Music Feature by Isabella Castro-Cota

Aggies Amped for Entry, Descent, and Landing in the SEC

A&M preps for SEC like Curiosity was prepped for Mars

"...As the Martian science lab the size of a small car..."

Aug. 28, 2012 Sports Post by Emily Bevan

Off the Record

Chaos and creation at South by Southwest and the Monday realization that blues landmark Pinetop Perkin is gone

"...Judging only from the local television news coverage, the 25th anniversary of South..."

March 25, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Diving into Club 1808, the Real Heroes' Chinese democracy, and Ray Benson on Willie, Wexler, and the Wheel

"...Last of the Breed..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Alejandro Escovedo scores his own life and Man From Plains, Backspin Records relocates, and UT's Center for American History archives Tary Owens' legacy

"...A Gathering of Promises..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Pinetop Perkins leads local Grammy nominations; The Heartless Bastards' Erika Wennerstrom relocates to Austin; the Invincible Czars re-envision Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite

"...Born in the Honey..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Candidate From Brown & Root

As Halliburton CEO, Dick Cheney and his employer made millions on government projects.

"...Herman Brown's huge bet on the Mansfield Dam just keeps paying off. It made Brown..."

Aug. 25, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Readings From the Fringe

"...Mystery and science fiction sometimes go hand in hand. They've spent a lot of time together in the pulp..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Books Review by Mike Shea

The Applause Sign

"...of Designing Women recently, I heard myself laughing in the audience. I have always felt sure that the sound..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Dusting the Bookshelf

Recent Titles

"...No -- you are not seeing things. These reviews -- albeit differing opinions -- were of notable..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Books Review

35 Years of the Austin Music Awards

Living in a dream

"...Blame the Big Boys, whose scathing punk for a classed-up Austin..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

Deep Blues

"...A. Stewart. Deep Blues is a project that puts the word “document” back in the term documentary. It plunges..."

Nov. 6, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

"...simplistic, but it more or less states this movie's theme and stays in keeping with the movie's culinary title...."

Sept. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jarhead

Though lacking a clear point of view, the film seems to say that war not only dehumanizes soldiers but also infantilizes them. It’s not a pretty picture, but it is a lovely film.

"...not hell, war is purgatory, with sporadic excursions to the Delta House to Get This Party Started, Motherfucker; girlfriends/wives..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

High Road Construction Ahead

Thomas Pallotta and Delta-9

"...High Road director and Delta-9 main man Tommy Pallottaphotograph by Minh Carrico..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Screens Feature by Russell Smith

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