Off the Record

A walk on the wild side of SXSW 2008

"...Walk on the Wild Side..."

March 21, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Descent Into the Maelstrom

Radio Birdman surfs out of Edgar Allan Poe's maelström a quarter-century later

"...The edge of the whirl was represented by a broad..."

June 22, 2007 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Developing Stories: The Long Capitol View

The Downtown Commission and Heritage Society of Austin square off over Capitol-view corridors

"..."The Capitol was intended to prevail over other structures, as..."

June 1, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

There Goes the Sun

Will a new study cause the sun to set on Austin's solar program?

"...The city's solar ambitions have long been predicated on an..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

I'd Much Rather Be With the Girls

What a box set should be:'One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost and Found'

"...Nothing ever conveyed the exuberant joy and bitter heartache of young love like..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Saw It on the X

ZZ Top's one-man iconography machine, Bill Narum, shares his wares

"...In fact, the 58-year-old graphic artist has been at the forefront of..."

April 1, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Weakness of the Flesh

Actor Bill Paxton gets behind the camera for his directorial debut, the Texas gothic terror tale, Frailty.

"...a household name; he instead falls some place between the "I know that face from somewhere" camp and the..."

April 12, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Latest Catch

Food writer Mick Vann on the hits -- and the misses -- of Roy's

"...opened in Honolulu in 1988 as a showcase for the talents of chef Roy Yamaguchi. He developed a name..."

March 29, 2002 Food Feature by Mick Vann

When the Dog Bites

Richard Rodgers knew well the dog's bite, the bee's sting, plagued as he was by inner demons, personal trials, and psychic pain. Yet he was able somehow to produce from this dark world music of sweetness and light.

"..."My Favorite Things." Just the title jump-starts that chipper melody in your head. Ba-dum-bump,..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Raising the Dead

Actor Joseph Fotinos Wants to Resurrect Local Television

"...and displayed in a collection of horror-movie memorabilia in the "Monster Room" of his South Austin home. He's known..."

July 6, 2001 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

The High Life

Too-often regarded as dull compilations of dusty facts, biographies are rarely bestsellers, Amanda Eyre Ward writes. But Amanda Foreman's Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire reads like a racy novel, complete with enough rocky relationships, torrid trysts, and illegitimate childbirths to keep Jerry Springer in business for weeks.

"...Duchess of Devonshire, preparing for a night out on the town. It is 1775, and she has fashioned a..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Books Feature by Amanda Eyre Ward

Two for the Road

Larry McMurtry's New Books Continue His Journey

"...Still Wild: Short Fiction of the American West: 1950 to the Presentedited by Larry McMurtry..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Where the Shadows Are Deepest

The search for, and subsequent conversation with, country singer James Hand

"...especially now, when it's not even necessary to leave the house for groceries. But for someone who must have..."

May 5, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Full Monte

"...Lubbock was an auspicious event for 14-year-old Monte Warden. The Lubbock Hilton was abuzz with the names of Tornado..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Preaching to the Converted

"Troubling Era"

"...Or NPR Talk of the Nation host Ray Suarez, author of the upcoming The..."

Dec. 25, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Back to the Drawing Board

Process for Mapping School Boundary Lines Improved, Still Difficult

"...Harner spends his days developing attendance zone plans for the district, only to have a new concern voiced by..."

April 3, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Sally Jacques' Book of The 64 Beds Project Under the Covers

"...I am not dreaming the intermittent pounding on the roof of my parents' house...."

Feb. 16, 1996 Arts Feature by Stephanie Beauchamp

Off the Desk

"...Austin's homeless got a 10-day reprieve from enforcement of the new camping ban. Maybe city officials figured that Rev...."

Jan. 19, 1996 News Feature

Keel: The Real Deal

He's No Andy Griffith

"...Travis County Sheriff Terry Keel recently bragged about the time that two men tried to carjack him on..."

Nov. 10, 1995 News Feature

The Future's So Bright ...

Johnston High School has problems with grades, attendance, dropouts, a magnet program resented by the host school, and a high turnover rate among principals. Will new principal Sal Cavazos stay and can he make a difference?

"...Salvador Cavazos, the baby-faced 37-year-old principal of Fulmore Middle School, is excited...."

March 9, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Room 237

Pet theories about what really went down at the Overlook Hotel abound in this documentary about Stanley Kubrick's intentions in The Shining.

"...room for interpretation in 2001, Eyes Wide Shut, and The Shining, that eternal terrorizer. There are no hard answers..."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Doctor Sleep

Back to the cinematic hallowed ground of the Overlook Hotel

"...Many authors have gripes about what Hollywood did to their works, but Stephen King saying "I hated what Kubrick..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Clifford

"...very, very good, but when he is bad, he's… rather a mediocre little fellow. Actually, it isn't Clifford himself..."

April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Give Me Liberty

Chaotic story of disability doesn't get completely lost on its trip

"...The AP Stylebook, the journalist’s friend, posits that a writer..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Lilli Hime

Event Horizon

A spaceship returns to Earth after seven years in limbo.

"...Sean Pertwee. Event Horizon is an amusing foray into the cloudy realm of sci-fi/horror hybrids, if only because you..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Servants of Twilight

"...Bauer and Grace Zabriskie. While not as awful as the last film adaptation of a Dean Koontz novel (the..."

June 7, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Books on Film

On what makes a great book a great movie

"...Filmmaking book: There are many, but by far my favorite book on..."

June 17, 2016 Screens Feature

We Buy Your Kids Come From Down Under

Exclusive peek from Australian art duo before Mondo show

"...We Buy Your Kids. No, don't panic, it's not the latest unexpected expansion of the local gallery's brand. Australian..."

Nov. 29, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Color Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story

This story about a con man who pretended to be Stanley Kubrick is a playground for star John Malkovich.

"...business deal for a wine bar. And why not? They all think his character is film director Stanley Kubrick..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Studio 666

The Foo Fighters make their own Evil Dead

"...come to life when I see your ghost,” in the song “All My Life,” he probably never imagined he’d..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

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