The Resurrection of Kinky Friedman

From Houston to Echo Hill, the self-proclaimed Texas Jewboy sings a new tune

"...Kinky Friedman can't hear very well these days...."

Dec. 13, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Fire in the Night, Music in Bone-Deep Bassnote Throbs

Reveling among the multiform delights of Art Outside

"...I want to tell you about the men and women with the live fireworks exploding off..."

Oct. 29, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Children of the Revolution

"...a revolutionary household by a Party princess mom and then let loose to run according to his genetic program?..."

May 23, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hulk

"...smashed. It’s an unfortunate visual coda to Nolte’s career. The actor – who plays warped papa to the rampaging,..."

June 20, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

It's the Thoughts That Count

Comics to cut through everything

"...standing at my kitchen counter at some ungodly hour the other morning drinking coffee and reading One Hundred Demons..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Books Feature by Marion Winik

ATX Television Fest: The Devoted Niche vs. the Casual Mass

Examining an audience's value

"...As the quality and quantity of television grows, the ways for..."

June 8, 2015 Screens Post by Rod Machen

The Long and Winding Road

Sir Paul McCartney flashes back to Rock & Roll High School in Arlington

"...The Dallas Cowboys’ new stadium in Arlington is large enough..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

March of the Flower Children

The last interview with Seeds frontman and oh-so-brief psychedelic Austinite Sky Sunlight Saxon

"...his living room. Unpacked boxes surround him, only heightening the sense of physical disconnect permeating the rustic, South Austin..."

July 24, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Earth to Echo

A trio of suburban kids befriend an alien entity in this Spielberg-influenced family film.

"...entity and must avoid parents and authorities alike in their mission to send it back home. Earth to Echo..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Canvassing the City for ECHO’s Point in Time Count

Nina Hernandez takes to the 4am streets for annual survey

"...Every year since 2010, the Ending Com­mun­ity Homelessness Coalition hosts an army of volunteers..."

Feb. 2, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Echo in the Canyon

History of the Laurel Canyon folk-rock scene gets lost in its own winding paths

"...There are certainly treasures to be found in this documentary..."

June 21, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Black Waters of Echo's Pond

Recalling the tone and spirit of Eighties horror films, this is an homage to exsanguinations past.

"...Ever wonder what would happen if cinematic miscreants Friday the 13th, Evil Dead, and Witchboard all took a course..."

April 9, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Polyester Prince Road Show 2003

"...Directed by: Various. The show is a traveling showcase of of Super-8 films..."

Jan. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

ZM3 Live Productions' Echo of a Refugee ... Me?

Zell Miller III's latest was a state of the city address that called out Austin for gentrification and policies harmful to its black citizens

"...Called out for catering to the wealthy at the expense of the needy...."

Aug. 17, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

This Oscar nominee from Germany chronicles the last desperate hours of Sophie Scholl, a real-life German university student who, in 1943 Munich, ran afoul of the gestapo while distributing anti-Nazi leaflets.

"...Directed by: Marc Rothemund. Starring: Julia Jentsch, Alexander Held, Fabian Hinrichs, Johanna Gastdorf,..."

May 19, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Over the Wall With Will Sergeant

Rob yaks with Will Sergeant of Echo and the Bunnymen

"...Will Sergeant and Echo and the Bunnymen are Eighties unsung heroes – or..."

May 7, 2011 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

Over the Wall

Echo & the Bunnymen's guitarist Will Sergeant didn't much care for Donnie Darko.

"...The Merseyside port of Liverpool languished with one of the..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

"...Brian Markinson, Wallace Shawn, David Ogden Stiers and Charlize Theron. “I like your early, funny movies better,” someone tells..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Wild Combination of Arthur Russell

An avant icon gets another look

"...voice moans in melodic reverb, sounding almost disjointed from the bed of electronic beats like a remix of a..."

May 2, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Big Bill, CupcakKe, Echo & the Bunnymen, Blxst, Boris, and more live shows to fill your evenings

"...London, NME would've long ago run articles effusively praising their peculiar strain of punk and proclaiming them the next-big-thing...."

Aug. 19, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Opinion: Decriminalizing Homelessness is Working. Now Austin Needs Investment to Take the Next Step.

The ordinance changes in Austin, designed a year ago to decriminalize the basic human need of having somewhere safe to sleep, have done exactly what they were crafted to do

"...There are many uncertainties about how the COVID-19 pandemic will..."

July 17, 2020 Column by Matt Mollica

Fantastic Fest Review: The Deeper You Dig

Family-made home movie is a supernatural eye-opener

"...repeating. And thus it is with microbudget supernatural drama The Deeper You Dig. It was captivating and enthralling when..."

Sept. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The White Countess

The final collaboration between director Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant is a gorgeous slice of Merchant Ivoryisms (thanks in large part to the lushly vertiginous cinematography of DP Christopher Doyle) that nevertheless fails to equal the team’s greatest works.

"...Lynn Redgrave, Madeleine Potter, Hiroyuki Sanada and Allan Corduner. The final collaboration between director Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant,..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ride With the Devil

"...Clarity of vision degrades over distance, and so do the high-toned rationales political leaders concoct to justify blood-borne passions...."

Dec. 17, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

That's the Way I Like it

"...Francis, Medaline Tan and Adrian Pang. Disco dead? Perish the thought. At least not in Singapore, circa 1977, an..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Evening Star

"...Jack Nicholson. She's been gone for 15 years, but the memory of Emma -- beloved daughter, mother, and friend..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Pesto, Puccini, and the Omni Talented Singing With Your Supper

"...by Virginia B. Wood Ancho's Restaurant at the Omni Hotel..."

June 16, 1995 Arts Feature

In the Name of the Father

Daniel Day-Lewis reunites with his My Left Foot director for this harrowing story about the real-life, imprisonment of Gerry Conlon (and family members) for an IRA bombing in Belfast that he did not commit.

"...head, a backbeat of blood that drowns out reason, the only thought you can form: “This can't be happening!”..."

Jan. 21, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Spoon's Hot Thoughts Remodels the Locals' Art-Funk

Britt Daniel and Jim Eno talk about the rise of R&B in the band's sound

"...urgently. "We told people we're on at this time. They may not get to see us!"..."

June 2, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Luv Doc Recommends: SXSW Free Concert with Spoon & Echo & the Bunnymen

Auditorium Shores at the Long Center, Thursday, March 16, 2006

"...listening to Tom Petty 8-tracks, but down here in the bowels of the city, the SXSW shit has hit..."

March 17, 2006 Column by The Luv Doc

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