Now Streaming in Austin: The School of Rock

Linklater! Jack Black! The ATX fave gets the live-tweet treatment

"...and now we have a winner. Yes, tonight, after the first Now Streaming in Austin public poll, you have..."

May 14, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wrapped Up in Books

One last batch of music books for 2012

"...Moon's already a liability but John Entwistle's fondly remembered, the dead half of the Who still cruelly extinct. Fortunately,..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Ed Ward Unleashes His Second Volume on The History of Rock & Roll

First-generation rock critic visits Teen Pan Alley

"..."I don't believe in the Great Man Theory of rock & roll," states Ed..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Day Trips: Rock Art

If these walls could talk

"...Pictographs left on the walls of rock shelters by prehistoric and historic people..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Rock Dog

It's a dog … that rocks!

"...Just like Jenny, in the anthemic song written by Lou Reed and performed by..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kanye West: Rock Star

“I’m the biggest of all of them”

"...“Rap is the new rock & roll. We the new rock stars,..."

July 7, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Detroit Rock City: The Uncensored History of Rock & Roll in America's Loudest City

Detroit just wants to rock & roll all night

"...Detroit Rock City: The Uncensored History of Rock & Roll in..."

June 21, 2013 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Shell Shocked: My Life with the Turtles, Flo & Eddie, and Frank Zappa, etc.

Howard Kaylan comes out of his shell

"...Shell Shocked: My Life With the Turtles, Flo & Eddie, and Frank Zappa, etc.by Howard..."

June 21, 2013 Music Feature by Scott Schinder

Rock of Ages

Tom Cruise playing a dissolute rock god is the main attraction of this jukebox musical.

"...Boneta, Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Malin Akerman, Mary J. Blige and Bryan Cranston...."

June 15, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Girls Rock on Saturday!

Girls Rock Camp Austin benefit this Saturday, Dec. 15

"...Tis the season for giving, so come to the Mohawk early..."

Dec. 13, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Darcie Stevens

Swag 2: Rock Posters of the '90s and Beyond

Gift guide

"...Swag 2: Rock Posters of the '90s and Beyond..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Radio Dial: New New Rock Alternative Alternatives?

The radio marketeers have rendered adjectives completely meaningless

"...not be immediately noticeable to casual listeners, but all the local rock radio stations have been quietly tweaking their..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Rock School

More than his Philadelphia school of rock, it's blustery instructor Paul Green who becomes the true subject of this documentary.

"...Maybe this documentary plays better in places outside Austin, the so-called live music capital of the world, where the..."

June 10, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Yes Deserves to Be in Rock Hall of Fame

"...this week's "TCB" [Music, Oct. 8], I'm reminded of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's most glaring omission..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Postmarks

The School of Rock

In Linklater's studio-financed comedy hit, Jack Black brings his rock & roll vibe to riff-needy prep students.

"...and Robert Tsai. When his roommate’s bitchy girlfriend asks rock & roll schmo Dewey Finn (Black) what he’s done..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The New Rites of Spring

The Last Word in Instrumental Rock

"...It's an overly romanticized notion, the idea of every generation having some sort of defining..."

April 27, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...Like this country's forefathers, it came from England. Though it didn't originate there,..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Sounds of Silence

"...illustration by Jason Stout Rock is dead. Or so you may have thought, if..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

The Shot Heard 'Round the Dial

Austin' "Alternative" Radio Market

"...It's taken a while, but the three favorite words in Austin radio are no longer..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Music Feature

"A Rock About the Size of a Small Avocado"

You can find connections to this city's art scene just about anywhere

"...There was a rock about the size of a small..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Round Rock Honey’s Special Bourbon Barrel Honey Is Perfect for Fall

A day in the life of a local beekeeper for National Honey Month

"...to a Craigslist ad for a job at Round Rock Honey,” she says. “The vibe of the warehouse was..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Day Trips: Round Rock Honey

Take a sweet trip to the land of golden sauce

"...Round Rock Honey opens the sweet world of bees to closer..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Back to 'School of Rock'

Get schooled on the film by Mike White, Jack Black, and Richard Linklater in time for its 10th anniversary

"...Jack Black was 34 when The School of Rock was released; it was his first..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Runaways

A grittily femme perspective governs this otherwise conventional music saga about the Runaways, America's first all-girl rock band.

"...Stella Maeve, Alia Shawcat, Scout Taylor-Compton and Riley Keough. The Runaways opens with a drop-dead perfect shot and a..."

March 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Girls Rock!

"How do you teach a teenage girl how to like herself?" is the key question that drives Portland, Ore.'s Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls, as well as this documentary survey of the experience.

"...taco?" wails a pint-sized camper named Amelia in Girls Rock!, a documentary look at Portland, Ore.'s Rock 'n' Roll..."

March 21, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Round One at Round Rock

Is the noisy suburban school battle an omen of things to come?

"...The story so far: When the Round Rock ISD put..."

April 29, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones

The scruffy, seminal punk band that put the Bop in the Blitzkrieg is given its due in this treasure-laden doc.

"...help but feel conflicted watching this superb documentary about the seminal New York-based punk rock vanguard, the Ramones. On..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Prey for Rock & Roll

Gina Gershon plays a rock & roll grrrl pushing 40.

"...Gina Gershon to strut her provocative stuff, Prey for Rock & Roll is a rock & roll fantasy come..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Straight Out the Trailer

Examining the current overwhelming white trash influence in popular culture

"...-- from the introduction to Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP (Interscope, 2000)..."

July 28, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Kings of Monterrey

Hanging out in Monterrey with a passel of up-and-coming Mexican rockers

"...more beer. We're at a 7-Eleven not far from their rehearsal space, and the drummer, Andres Saenz, is rifling..."

June 16, 2000 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

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