Texas Playboys Baseball Club

Keeping the sandlot field of dreams alive

"...opening day happens Sunday, beginning with a game between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals. For the..."

April 3, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

First Quarter

Bradley Jackson and Andrew Disney kick off a festival run of their new comedy about the importance of intramurals

"...The lead actress comes from Twilight. Her male counterpart played..."

April 25, 2014 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Farmers’ Market Report: March 29-30, 2014

Asparagus, spinach, celery tops, turkey eggs, and black hogs

"...The quality and variety of produce at the farmers’ markets..."

March 28, 2014 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Dinner Lab: You Never Know Where It’s Gonna Be, But It’s Gonna Be Real Damn Good

The stealthy supper club gives locals a taste of 'guerrilla cuisine'

"...I fell under the sway of Dinner Lab’s mysterious culinary charms a couple..."

March 26, 2014 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A New Life for 'A Band Called Death'

Detroit rock & rollers resurrected through Drafthouse Films

"...There's a shadow hanging over the Detroit-born proto-punk band Death..."

June 28, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Then There's This: Redemption, Texas

Theatre en Bloc Brings one gay rights activist's fight to the stage

"...More than a decade after the Texas Leg­islature passed the historic James Byrd Jr. Hate..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Tour de France 2012: Stage 6

The last sprinter-friendly stage

"...Today's race begins in the Champagne capital of France, Épernay, all 207.5 km (129..."

July 7, 2012 Sports Post by Larysa Pachulski

20 Questions With David Kilgour

The Clean guitarist comes, well, clean for Chaos in Tejas

"...I first heard the Clean early one spring morning in 1989 while working..."

May 30, 2012 Music Post by Greg Beets

Shine a Light

'In the Shadow' and more selections from the 15th annual Cine Las Americas

"...of feverish, sexual psychodrama, Nicole Elmer's debut feature, In the Shadow, at times feels like a Jess Franco film..."

April 20, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

TDH: 4/25/11

The Daily Hustle asks if time's up for Single Member Districts

"...After a brief working vacation (ha!), TDH is back. The big news on this Thursday’s City Council agenda is..."

April 25, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Solid Waste Rocks!

Solid Waste Services goes national with its name campaign

"...There's a scandal under way at City Hall that's rocked..."

Feb. 11, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Bedside Manner: Treehouse Tomes

Up in the air with Klosterman, Murakami, and more

"...Good news: I have the distinct advantage of appearing on this blog following my..."

Jan. 3, 2011 Books Post by Monica Riese

Don't Let Me Fall

One ancient, cracked 45 opens the doors to the church of the Relatives

"...It's 104 degrees, and the ice cream truck is stalled. Kids run around the..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Becoming Herself

What role the 'Universe of Texas' played in the life and art of Marcia Gay Harden

"...In 2010, she is known to the world as an Academy Award winner, a Tony Award..."

May 21, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sista... Whut?

Why didn't they just name the new lezzie version of the Cockpit the Strap-On?

"...than its elder sib, that used to reside at the same location on San Jacinto. The last incarnation of..."

Nov. 12, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Thirst

The new film from the South Korean director of Oldboy is a stunning feast for the senses but veers off-track with its overlong meditation on vampirism.

"...Ok-vin, Shin Ha-kyun and Kim Hae-sook. Have you heard the one about the priest, the girl, and the mother-in-law?..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3am

A bounty to getting older is that you grow tired of the uselessly dramatic aspects of yourself, and most of your fears evaporate

"...ago, writing for a paper in a city by the sea, I lived very differently. Not only because I..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Energy Forward

Sofia Resnick gets her kee-op! on at Master Yi Martial Arts Academy

"...Rolling to a stop at the side entrance of Master Yi Martial Arts Academy on..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Screens Feature by Sofia Resnick

Media Watch: Sunday Morning Blues?

A watchdog group claims that the political talk shows' choice of guests tilts right

"...One of the ironies of the modern world is the vast chasm..."

March 23, 2007 News Column by Kevin Brass

'Possession Arrow': Barnes<->Huggins

"...[Two contemporary classics of the coaching ranks, two bloggers with nothing better to do..."

Feb. 3, 2007 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

Claus & Effect

The holiday how-to guide for the perpetually perplexed

"...Oh hell, it's the holidays...."

Dec. 15, 2006 Features Feature by Meredith Barnhill

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

South Korean horror cultist Park Chan-wook's 2002 film is the opening freshet in his bloody cinematic triptych; it’s also a finely wrought and emotionally complex film of surpassing, stylized beauty.

"...Korean director Park’s recently released ode to vendetta-as-empowerment, is the second film in his ongoing vengeance trilogy; the third,..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring

A Buddhist monk, viewed from childhood to old age, becomes a vehicle for exploring the journey of the soul in this cinematically rich Korean film.

"...bucolic Korean monastery is at once profound and simple. The most action-packed it gets is when somebody rows a..."

May 21, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Pop Beloved

Revisting the Reivers

"...Nineteen eighty-five. What was on the radio in 1985? Tears for Fears' "Everybody Wants to..."

April 26, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

SXSW 2002 Web Awards

This year's Earl Award winners

"...design, and incorporating found elements into a conceptual framework. The images and sounds are lost fragments, daily accreting on..."

March 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

SXSW 2002 Web Awards

This year's Earl Award winners

"...design, and incorporating found elements into a conceptual framework. The images and sounds are lost fragments, daily accreting on..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

Juke Joint Madonna

Toni Price comes clean.

"...The women lined up in front of the monitors at..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Girl, Upgraded

According to the 1999 Interactive Digital Software Report (IDSA), the majority of people playing computer games are older than 18, and 38% percent of the people most frequently playing computer games are women. Boy, have things change

"...interest me -- it seems like boys get all the computer fun. (5 points)..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

TV Eye

Ain't it cool? Harry Knowles pitches a television show based on his cinephile Webzine; also, the NAACP boycott is scrapped, plus other small-screen newsmakers.

"...to be sweeps week? That one, short week when the networks sent out the siren call to viewers to..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Exhibitionism

The Suida Manning Collection: the Renaissance Is Here

"...Claude Vignon's David With the Head of Goliath, circa 1616-22 With springtime in the..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Review

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