SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Joss Stone, Toots & the Maytals, Kris Kristofferson6-10pm, Town Lake Stage @ Auditorium Shores..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Letters at 3AM

Michael Ventura weighs in with his Top 5 list of 2001's best film and television moments.

"...dumb after all. Scholars now believe that lists were the earliest form of writing -- in fact, some think..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

For 2001, a Kubrick Odyssey

In this biographical film documentary, legendary film director Stanley Kubrick is exposed by his brother-in-law and frequent collaborator Jan Harlan for the artist and family man he was.

"...Allen, to name just a few. Thoroughly enjoyable. At the same time, it feels a bit like a trial..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Spring Storm: Green Shoots Through a Frozen Crust

Robert Faires examines Artists Repertory of Texas' debut production, the world premiere of Tennessee Williams' Spring Storm

"...B. Iden Payne Theatre,..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Postmarks

"...The letter about what happened to the All News Mornings..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Column

Megachurch Miracle

Believers Flock to Bigger, Some Say Better, Churches

"...And the Lord added to the church daily...."

Dec. 19, 1997 News Feature by Kayte Van Scoy

Cultural Cross Pollination

A Cash Crop of Reggae Reissues

"...photograph by Nathan Jensen It's apparent from the moment the bass and drums mesh in the opening..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Pointed Remembrances, Pointless Arguments

Letters at 3AM

"...years younger than that. Yet we're part of a generation to whom so much happened, so quickly, in such..."

May 9, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Family Circle

Charlie and Will Sexton

"...photograph by Todd V. Wolfson The two young women sitting in front of a pile..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Art is a put-up-or-

"...that a sentence that turns itself inside out (as the best art inevitably does): All art is mass art,..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Column

Tough Fights

"...Dear Editor, Serving in the military prepared me for tough fights, and we must..."

Sept. 21, 2020 Postmarks

Elliott Smith

"...wove: loneliness, surrender, love, alienation, addiction. His vulnerability swirled rather than standing still, each measure touching the core. Unlike..."

May 11, 2007 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Soccer Watch

"...We're coming up on the registration deadline for the Third Annual Copa Esperanza, presented..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Move Over, 'Mis-leaders'

"...Dear Editor, Oligarchies everywhere are shuddering with fear as they watch world events unfold. Rightly, they worry that they..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Postmarks

Battling Challenges Here Is a Testament to Austin

"...Dear Editor, As a rather new resident to Austin, or a "carpetbagger" as one..."

Dec. 9, 2007 Postmarks

Bob Marley Chant Down Babylon (Tuff Gong/Island)

National Records

"...Babylon (Tuff Gong/Island) It's been nearly 20 years since the untimely death of Bob Marley, and still his music..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

John Denver

"...in Fort Worth, attended Texas Tech in Lubbock in the Sixties, and went on to sell millions of records..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Music Feature

Forever Smokey

Smokey Robinson smokes the Paramount's 95th Anniversary Gala

"...At 71, Smokey Robinson projected 41 out into the Paramount Theatre on Saturday night, the downtown landmark’s 95th..."

May 16, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Young Romantics: The Tangled Lives of English Poetry's Greatest Generation

It takes a village: This inquiry into the late-period Romantics debunks the idea of the individual artist as isolated, sui generis, and in torment

"...Young Romantics: The Tangled Lives of English Poetry's Greatest Generationby Daisy Hay..."

May 7, 2010 Books Review by Kimberley Jones

Radical Itty Bitty Titties

IBTC@aGLIFF rulz!

"...IBTC chronicles the radical feminist awakening of Anna (played by Melonie Diaz)...."

Oct. 3, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Texas Platters

Live Shot

"...Up in the mosh pit, elbows flew, shins got booted, and comet..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Increase in Cost of I-35 “Caps” Means Less Money for Other City Projects

New estimates show cost of caps increased by 61%

"...effects while even Texas Department of Transportation engineers acknowledge the expansion will not alleviate traffic congestion much, but now..."

Dec. 6, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Review: Single Black Female

Lisa B. Thompson's play preaches from a Nineties perch

"...Despite the constant reminders of a ticking clock, Lisa B. Thompson’s..."

Feb. 26, 2020 Arts Post by Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel

Public Notice – LDC Revision: Notes & Notices

"...The city Zoning & Platting Commission, largely sidelined in recent..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Review: J.T. Youngblood's

Fried chicken joint still a little green

"...and former TRIO GM Jeff Haber were rolling back the stone of the beloved J.T. Youngblood's Fried Chicken chain,..."

June 16, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

SXSW Music: 2015/16 Austin Music Awards

Robert Plant crowns magnum opus roots pull

"...Thematically, the 34th Austin Music Awards boasted “Deep Roots, Living..."

March 17, 2016 SXSW Post by Doug Freeman

Simple Man, Simple Dream

Part of the Seventies Southern California songwriting cabal that produced Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, and the Eagles, J.D. Souther brings his craft to the Dripping Springs Songwriters' Festival

"...Nowadays, the mainstream knows J.D. Souther from a network television hit,..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Music Feature by William Harries Graham

Austin's Public-Access Glory Days

When We Were Live time-travels back to weird TV

"...fake gore, kiss kiss, bang bang annnnnnd I'm outta there like a shot. Ha! Seriously: I had a party..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Thanks Barbara Lynn

Empress of Gulf Coast soul graces the North Door Saturday

"...single, 1962’s “You’ll Lose A Good Thing,” soared to the top of the Billboard pop and R&B charts. Skip..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

DVD Watch: Berberian Sound Studio

Analog audio horror that will send a chill through your ears

"...Fantastic Fest 2012, is frustrating, shattered, brilliant, and entrancing. The second feature from British director Peter Strickland, it is..."

Dec. 10, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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