After Napster Part 2

Does having your music free online bring more or less cash?

"...in February 2001, more than 17 million Internet users were logging onto Napster servers and "trading" (downloading) compressed music..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Things That Go Bump

Young writer Eli Kooris spends the night in a haunted photography shop to see what he can scare up.

"...Grimes tells me with a devious smile, knowing full well that saying something to that effect nowadays can get..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Features Feature by Eli Kooris

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...BFI Recyclery's contract with the city ends Jan. 31, but the nettlesome issue of..."

Jan. 8, 1999 News Feature

Other Worlds Austin Goes to an Alien Nation

Sci-fi and horror fest releases full, final lineup

"...The Other Worlds Austin film festival has always been dedicated..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Little TLC

"...The Titanic salied from Southampton on April 10, 1912 and..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...12 MONKEYSD: Terry Gilliam; with Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Christopher Plummer, Frank Gorshin, Jon Seda. (R,..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Housebound

This New Zealand horror/comedy nimbly jumps through the tropes, and inventively subverts them along the way.

"...thing to pull off. It’s a difficult hybrid, tickling the funny bone one moment, reaching for the jugular the..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

How Safe Is Your E-Vote?

Proponents of electronic voting promise no repeat of Florida in 2000, but critics say it could be even worse

"...It's either the best thing ever to happen to elections, or..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Net Worth

"...WEB BUSINESS MODELS: AMAZING SUCCESSES, AMAZING FAILURES..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

Sxsw

"...Okay, take a deep breath. Hold it. Exhale. Again. There. Feel better? Look, just calm down. So what if..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 18-24

"...experience intense tactile pleasure – more so than any other nerve cells. They are located in your lips, tongue,..."

Oct. 18, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Bill Campbell: Blues Me or Lose Me

Remembering the late, great guitarist

"...a mountain disappears from our world, it feels like we are moving toward the end. When it’s a musical..."

Sept. 13, 2024 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 9-15

"...SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Of all the signs in the zodiac, you Sagittarians are least likely..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

After a Fashion

Stephen 'courts' the United folks and their roadkill, shares his dishy Internet source bookmarks, and finds out which red and which white go with huntin' and fishin'… monarchs and gossip and bears, oh my!

"...me to a special Fourth of July event – the United Court of Austin's College of Monarchs' Roadkill Chili..."

July 9, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Sneakers

"...Busfield and Steven Tobolowsky. In its awareness of where we've been and where we are now, Sneakers is one..."

Sept. 11, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

SXSW Film Review: Dara Ju

White-collar crime collides with first-generation immigrants

"...In the Nigerian Yoruba language, “dara ju” means “better.” This film..."

March 13, 2017 SXSW Post by Dan Gentile

Tuesday SXSW Interview

Argentine rockers Capsula cover Bowie's Ziggy Stardust to open SXSW Music 2016

"...fans in Argentinean rockers Capsula. So much so that the now Spain-based trio recorded a full-length cover LP titled..."

March 11, 2016 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Gay Place

Some weeks are for the birds, others for the bears

"...Some weeks are for the birds, others for the bears. This..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

'A Tickle In Your Soul'

Chely Wright talks about Atticus Circle, allies, and more

"...Atticus Circle, the Austin-based, national agency that encourages straight people to stand..."

Jan. 25, 2011 Qmmunity Post by Julie Gillis

Queer Lit: Gina Marie Guadagnino’s Debut Combines Lesbian Romance and Historical Fiction

The Parting Glass makes for an engaging, at times cheesy, read

"...characters, women, or characters of color only to have them dogged by tragedy in the name of “authenticity.”..."

March 4, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Mikaila Rushing

This Congressman Wants SXSW to Cancel Its Snowden Talk

Kansas' Mike Pompeo's full letter

"...We knew South by Southwest's decision to host whistleblower Edward..."

March 8, 2014 SXSW Post by Monica Riese

Gay Place

The Gay Place goes back to her roots, just south of the Wild Side and a hair shy of a Moonage Daydream

"...'IN THE NEXT ROOM' WILDE PARTY Hear what the buzz is..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Darkness, Then Light

Amanda Eyre Ward on the story she always knew she would tell

"...discover that a gruesome double homicide had occurred in the suburbs where she lived. It was a new year,..."

July 15, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Fractured Family Tales

AFS Documentary Tour presents In a Dream

"...he make a film about his dad, Isaiah Zagar, the legendary Philadelphia mosaic artist who, since the late Sixties,..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche

"...UndergroundThe Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Books Review by Lindsey Simon

10 in Focus

Alma

"...In works of documentary cinema, the proximity between subject and audience falls on any particular..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature

Revolutionary Bits and Pieces

As befits anything

"...has gotten a little out of hand. This is the sixth. Tonight I've realized, A) that it could go..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Column

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...North American first time looks, and 51 feature debuts. The SXSW Film roster has arrived, with big features like..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...The Texas Book Festival announced its 2012 slate today, featuring..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...THEREMIN: AN ELECTRONIC ODYSSEYD: Steven M. Martin. (PG-13, 85 min.)..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

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