Interacting With the Best of the Web

The 2011 SXSW Interactive Awards finalists

"...of refreshing your browser on business-as-usual? Why not use the SXSW Interactive Awards finalists as a jumping-off point to..."

Feb. 11, 2011 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo Turns 50

The landmark album spins at the Moody Theater via two of its makers and their virtuosic friends

"..."The Byrds were ahead of the curve, and they taught..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Power to Change

A quick sound check with the Austin mayoral candidates

"...As the ongoing hullabaloo over the Austin sound ordinance in regards..."

April 30, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

One in a Crowd: King of the Roadies

Help crowdfund a film and support a backstage legend

"...Kris Kristofferson. Johnny Cash. Patsy Kline. Willie Nelson. They may have been..."

June 1, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Peter and the Wolf Go to Texas

Lionheart Youth Theatre's new adaptation unites the music of Mother Falcon with the puppets of Glass Half Full Theatre

"...To get from the Peter and the Wolf that you know (Russian folk..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fight of the Century

Best of Enemies climbs back in the ring with Buckley and Vidal for their 1968 face-off

"...The biggest heavyweight bout onscreen in 2015 won't be on..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

After the Demons

Luciana Pedraza's 'The Portrait of Billy Joe' is more than a story of a 64-year-old songwriter

"...Some might recognize Luciana Pedraza from her appearance in the Robert Duvall film Assassination Tango. Born in Argentina, Pedraza..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Playback: The Greyhounds Hoof It

Groove-mongering R&B duo the Greyhounds get mule-headed, S.S. Hangover floats Laguna Gloria, and the Austin Music Commission overlooks music hub

"...For the singer and guitarist, who grew up with equine companions..."

April 13, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

How the West Was Won

SXSWUK 2008

"...The Gorillaz are extinct, and with barely a Queen, good,..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Music for the Eyes

Annie Leibovitz's portraits of American musicians reveal her true oeuvre

"...Here's Lucinda Williams on a country road outside Austin, the photograph taken during a visit to South by Southwest..."

July 8, 2005 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

On the Threshold

Slaid Cleaves

"...It's a chilly summer's afternoon and you're climbing the curves on the Kancamagus Highway, a tortuous stretch of..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Music Feature

The Pilgrim Returns

Q&A with Kris Kristofferson

"...It could be argued that there are three types of "Austin" musicians: those who live..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Off the Record

Fun Fun Fun Fest by the numbers and Asleep at the Wheel's Top 40

"...Transmission Entertainment doesn't do anything by the book. The local concert promotions enterprise announced the lineup..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Journey Through the Past

Down the digital rabbit hole of the Neil Young Archives Vol. 1

"...Teeth determine the grin. Self-conscious hardware hides in pursed smiles...."

Aug. 7, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Long in the Tooth

Songwriting 101 from Billy Joe Shaver

"...to writing a real-deal country song, few roll up the ol' denim sleeves and crank out gold like Billy..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

OTR goes country with Mike & the Moonpies and Fire Relief: The Concert for Central Texas

"...Fire Relief: The Concert for Central Texas at the Frank Erwin Center..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

SXSW news and carryings on

"...In the chapel of the Travis County Correct-ional Complex on Friday..."

March 19, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss raise sand in Dallas, Lick Lick goes big in Japan, Dutch hip-hop sprouts in Austin, and a homecoming for Doyle Bramhall II

"...Bramhall II has never had a problem standing on the shoulders of or alongside giants. The former Fabulous Thunderbird..."

July 11, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Welcome to the Jungle

Metal and alt-rock collide and flourish during the Back Room's glory years

"...its 30-plus-year run was it Austin's classiest venue, but the Back Room definitely had balls; in the self-proclaimed Live..."

July 28, 2006 Music Feature by Ray Seggern

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...The phrase "shit-hot," cribbed from some international band's bio, comes..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Getting off the Road

Rail will help, roads will help – but so will your decision not to drive today

"...sunk dangerously low. You have a couple of choices. Either you make more money: Take on a second shift?..."

June 27, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Against the Grain

A profile of Bad Livers bassist Mark Rubin

"...his mind and can provide history or opinions on the diverse set of disciplines he's involved in or been..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Only the Beginning

Wednesday Night SXSW "Sleepers"

"...Last year, as the Austin Music Awards were kicking off South by Southwest..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature

Letters at 3AM: The Mob, 9/11, and Your Garbage

Don't look too closely at your garbage collection

"...The years between 1966 to 1973, during which the World..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Off the Record

Learning the ones and twos with the Dub Academy and Phranchyze

"...On the Grind..."

June 18, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Project in Interpreting the Texas Past

"...down a long straight road and turn right into the dusty scrub of LBJ State Park. The vast Johnson..."

July 4, 2003 Features Feature by Abe Louise Young

Playback – Kinky Friedman: Between the Lines

Kinky Friedman's first album of original songs in 35 years: "How hard could it be?"

"...Echo Hill Ranch in Medina. "Though I read at the 75-year-old level."..."

June 29, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...five nights, divided by you. And that's not counting the attendant acts the conference sweeps in every year. If..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...After last week's tease, the Austin Film Festival has announced its official lineup for..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...Start your SXSW Film Festival planning now: the annual celebration of screens large and small has announced..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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