Managing the Media

As the Bush presidential campaign unravels after Labor Day, a press offices tries to keep the candidate on message and out of trouble.

"...Less than five hours had passed since the "major league asshole" comment. But all was calmness and..."

Sept. 22, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Blue Noise Band

Austin neo-jazzsters the Blue Noise Band

"...As the title of their debut suggests, the Blue Noise Band..."

March 3, 2000 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Aleshire the Agitator

Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Limelight

"...have computers with screen saver devices that count down the number of days until Aleshire walks out of the..."

Aug. 28, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

How the West Was Sung

The Newton Boys Soundtrack: An Oral History

"...THE NEWTON PLAYERS..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

The ARA Myth

Empty Promises on the Eastside

"...support would have unseated him. If Mitchell had given the Eastside even a fragment of what he said he..."

June 20, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Behind the Tall Tales of Lester Bangs in Texas

Lester's Last Stand

"..."Lester's Last Stand: Behind the Tall Tales of Lester Bangs in..."

March 7, 1997 Books Feature

Epiphanies for the Blind

Who's Teaching Who at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired?

"...for a carnival-like parade of odd couples and unexplainables, the bizarre sights that cause my occasionally visiting father to..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

Kevin Curtin Hung Out With All of Austin’s “Tree of the Year” Winners

A socially distanced journey through the city’s green spaces

"...It's tough, this many months into the pandemic paradigm, finding fresh socially distanced activities that'll get..."

July 31, 2020 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

The 38th Annual Austin Music Awards Deliver the Guy Clark Standard

“Stuff That Works” – GA floor, sleek runtime, winner sets, funny hosts

"...In the best sense of the word, communal defined the mood..."

March 12, 2020 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Lit in the Time of Coronavirus

From emerging writer to potential vector at AWP in San Antonio

"...ends. It starts in August 1972, my dad sealing the deal on a used two-tone cobalt/sky blue Cutlass while..."

March 12, 2020 Arts Post by Mark Gozonsky

Texas Book Festival 2018: Meet the Indie Next Authors

Faves R.O. Kwon, Tommy Orange, and Nicole Chung get personal

"...Who among us hasn’t wanted to sit at the cool kids' table? Moderator and bookseller from Jersey City’s..."

Oct. 28, 2018 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

City Arts Funding: The Resolution

Council approves FY 19 arts funding, ponders its next move

"...The three-act drama about city arts funding that opened Sept...."

Oct. 8, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Next Generation of Austin Hip-Hop

Young rappers reinvent the most streamed genre in America

"...on a Facebook event from a fellow student's Twitter blast: "MUD DJ set. East or North Austin locale."..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Music Feature by Clara Wang

Cracking Open The Devil's Doorway

Horror director Aislinn Clarke on Ireland's dirty secret

"...personal nightmares. For Aislinn Clarke, director and co-writer of The Devil's Doorway, her inspiration was a dark chapter in..."

July 14, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Denny Laine Saves the World

British Invasion pioneer played it, sang it, saw it all

"...weeks ago, Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Hines) entered the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the Moody..."

April 26, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Half-Century Psych of Shiva's Headband

13th Floor Elevators weren't the only local psych act exploring Austin's outer limits – and still doing so

"...There have been bands skirting around the edges of city..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Rolling the Dice

Behind the scenes of The Adventure Zone with Griffin McElroy

"...There weren’t particularly grand aspirations when the pilot for The..."

Oct. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

The Austin Film Society Unveils Its New Home for Cinema

Two-screen theatre will showcase the best of new and classic arthouse cinema

"...It's final touches time at the new Austin Film Society Cinema: fine-tuning the projectors, training..."

May 26, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines – The Texas Legislature: Not Enron

Passing a state budget when one side’s “cooking the books”

"...If the Republican Texas House Speaker from San Antonio can be..."

March 31, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Panels: The Future of Food and Drink

Highlights from the 2017 food track

"...look like an endless stream of celebrity sightings and themed cocktails. But in between the madness, culinary experts are..."

March 12, 2017 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Lege Lines: Left in the Dark

Who knew about the ICE raids this weekend? Not your state reps.

"...In the absence of information, confusion tends to reign. As reports..."

Feb. 17, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Future of Tegan & Sara

Digital age Intervention

"...in Tegan & Sara. From day one, fans found the Canadian siblings’ music digitally, and living in different cities..."

Sept. 13, 2016 Music Post by Sarah Marloff

Hyde Park Theatre's The Flick

Annie Baker's drama movingly shows us that the drama in a movie theatre isn't only on the screen

"...At the movies, our eyes stay locked on the screen. That's..."

July 22, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Roar: The Blood Stays in the Picture

Star John Marshall on lions and the world's craziest home movie

"...carries a stack of family photos: his dad, his brother, his dad's second wife, her daughter, the family's animals...."

April 29, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Breaking Chains, Bending the Knee

'Game of Thrones’ complex consideration of freedom and slavery

"...In modern popular culture, the depiction of slavery usually involves stories set in the..."

May 7, 2014 Screens Post by Rod Machen

Letters at 3AM: The Sadness That Stays

When the world inside you is no longer the world around you, that's called aging

"...Solve Death?" Time ran that headline on its cover last September. They call it "radical life extension": engineering biology..."

April 18, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Where the Girls Go/ATX: The Comedown Weekend

A helpful guide to find the G-grrrls about town in the ATX this weekend

"...As Austin embraces her comedown from the high that was SXSW we’re taking a mellower route..."

March 21, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Equality Texas and the Dangers of 'Good Enough'

Sarah Davis endorsement falls short on promoting LGBT equality

"...incumbent Sarah Davis in her House bid. It was the first time the organization threw official support behind a..."

Jan. 24, 2014 News Post by Brandon Watson

Letters at 3AM: The Curious Case of the Missing Quotation

Jimmy Carter says the U.S. has no functioning democracy at present, and the press goes silent

"..."America does not at the moment have a functioning democracy."..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Moms the Word

Whoopi Goldberg on the black woman comic who started it all

"...inside Whoopi Goldberg. You can see for yourself when the multitalented, what-hasn't-she-done comedian/Oscar-winning actress/co-host of The View/drinkslinger on the..."

May 17, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

« 1    ‹ BACK    2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11     NEXT ›    34 »