Letters at 3AM

According to a 'USA Today' survey, 30% of all American youth hope to have careers in the arts. Who's been lying to these children?

"...career they were most seriously considering. The survey tallied their first and second choices: 13%, communications; 21%, science; 23%,..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Event Menu

Sept. 29-Oct. 5

"...local artists slated to appear, as well as have their own signature HAAM-burgers on the menu during the monthlong..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Food Column

Page Two: Tearing It Up

Tearing It Up: Smart, committed, and usually the funniest person in the room, Ann Richards kicked down doors and prepared us all for the future

"...or fashion models – the real driving force is their intelligence. They know how to create/project/be themselves whether on..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Column by Louis Black

St. Nicholas

In 'St. Nicholas,' Conor McPherson wrote one hell of a one-man show, and Ken Webster executes it beautifully, making this tale of vampires seem as it might really be real

"...he gives up his life in Dublin to become their servant...."

Sept. 15, 2006 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

Grupo Fantasma

Record review

"...It's been nothing but ascension for Grupo Fantasma since their self-released, eponymous 2001 debut. That turned ears, but 2004's..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Review by David Lynch

ACL Music Fest Preview

"...With the recent release of their first album in more than a decade, Conga Dog,..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature

Austinites Sweep Texas Sommelier Competition

Scott Cameron, Craig Collins, and Devon Broglie

"...to announce Texas' Best Sommelier. Collins and Cameron and their friend all stood tense. When the award was announced,..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Day Trips

When discussing the finest cuisine in Central Texas, barbecue has to top the list

"...Llano and Taylor are each known for their excellent barbecue, but take the town of Lockhart, about..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Depeche Mode / The Cure / The Jesus & Mary Chain

Record review

"...made them a sort of prealternative trinity, however, was their talent for delving beneath the superficial flash so common..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Mission: Improvable

Austin's improv community gathers intelligence

"...a lot of people doing really interesting experiments with their improv. There are a lot of new kinds of..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

OoBer Alles

A guide to the troupes of the 2006 Out of Bounds Improv Festival (aka OoB V)

"...Former parts of Well Hung Jury, recently returned from their brief defection to the Windy City, mount a full-on..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Pulse

Pulse, the American remake of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2001 horror film Kairo, is the McDonald's Unhappy Meal to the original's elegantly obtuse sashimi o' sorrow.

"...living. Faded and hazy like underdeveloped photographs, they're edging their way back into our world via our most personal..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips

The Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden is just one of many reasons to visit Lampasas

"...Both springs have given their names to city swimming pools. Hancock Springs fills a..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...themselves the winners; the losers started going back to their homes and trying to rebuild. Naked City• Chalk one..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Feature

Los Lonely Boys: Cottonfields and Crossroads

Austinite Hector Galán’s reverential look at Grammy-winning "Texican" rockers Los Lonely Boys is a document of persistence, passion, and some of the finest rock & roll since Stevie Ray Vaughan’s untimely exit.

"...Roll,” Los Lonely Boys get a documentary to call their own in Austinite Hector Galán’s reverential look at the..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Convenient Truth

Kevin Smith on 'Clerks II'

"...the ass, and then you jam your cock in their mouth?! Nothing more horrible than that...."

July 21, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

DVDnds

DVDnds

"...firebrand Joe Ely lay back nice and rambly on their commentary accompanying Townes Van Zandt: Be Here to Love..."

July 14, 2006 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Tool

Record review

"...Tool's fourth studio release ain't their best, but this hasn't effected its popularity. The math-mystical..."

July 14, 2006 Music Review by David Lynch

Shriek: An Afterword

VandeerMeer first introduced Ambergris in an intriguing series of novellas, collected as City of Saints and Madmen. This is his first full-length novel set in the mythical city.

"...Shriek's piece evolves into a memoir of the siblings: their family, their loves, and, most importantly, their failures. Banned..."

June 30, 2006 Books Review by Rick Klaw

The True One

The Byrds' fifth dimension, Gene Clark, eight miles high and as wide as Americana

"...is not a charging rock-critic sermon castigating readers for their lousy taste as a way of deifying an avidly..."

June 30, 2006 Music Feature by Louis Black

Better Git It in Your Soul

Why listen to jazz's greatest bassist Charles Mingus today? The Creative Opportunity Orchestra's monthlong Mingus Among Us series has answers.

"...jazz artists to use elements of classical music in their creations. Mingus also released the Jazz at Massey Hall..."

June 16, 2006 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Food-o-File

Reports from rumor patrol; plus, it's that time of year for many, many different kinds of beer

"...discern whether or not the suggested products meet with their strict quality standards. If and when a new product..."

June 16, 2006 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Summer Reading

Reviewing the Central Market Cooking School

"...underpaid Latino kitchen helpers, ridiculing Vegas celebrity chefs and their overblown opulence, attacking Woody Harrelson's raw-food stance or the..."

May 26, 2006 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Maybe you could send the two children who watched their father get his head blown off while he was..."

May 26, 2006 Column

Maria and Málaga

A world-renowned wine master and her chef show what Spain is made of.

"...incredible Osborne wines and sherries. The first coupling was their Amontillado sherry and a bowl of luscious mussels in..."

April 28, 2006 Food Review by Mick Vann

Food-o-file

Awards, accolades, and openings give Austin something to celebrate

"...capture the spirit and essence of the restaurant with their design. They created a book that restaurateur Tom Gilliland..."

April 28, 2006 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Visual Arts Benefits

Waves in the gardens on the horizons

"...Women & Their Work will be Making Waves on Thursday to benefit..."

April 21, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Floating Chair

'The Floating Chair,' an exhibit at Design Within Reach, shows how the area's finest industrial designers bring so much to the table

"...transforming toys and found objects into large mutations of their former character. His version of the shag rug, Flua-Bert..."

April 14, 2006 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Beastie Boys

SXSW showcase reviews

"...This unannounced, quasi-impromptu gig, coming on the heels of their new Awesome: I Fuckin' Shot That! concert film proved..."

March 17, 2006 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM

Bob Dylan says he doesn't know how a guy like him came out of a place like Hibbing. He's been saying things like that for 40 years and I don't know a rock critic who doesn't take him at his word. But I also don't know a rock critic who's been to Hibbing. I wanted to see for myself.

"...was the only visitor. They asked me to sign their guest book and told me stories. In 1914 the..."

March 17, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

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