SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...Saturday SleepersAll showcase times subject to change. Please check official SXSW schedule...."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Wednesday SleepersAll showcase times subject to change. Please check official SXSW schedule...."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature

Hearing Voices

An institution unto itself, the DVD commentary track can provide insider dish, impressions of mommy, and the startling depths of one movie star's know-how (or lack thereof).

"...of exchange is common in the Conan commentary; every time Milius attempts to elevate the discussion with comments like..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Screens Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...off as fact? If Mr. King doesn't have the time or the resources to talk to the candidates, maybe..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Column

Dancing About Architecture

Goodbye to the Hole, hello Trail of Dead. Imus falls for the Flatlanders.

"...features short sets from Jean Caffeine, Kathy McCarty, Texacala Jones, Pam Peltz, Handful, Annie Melvin, and Lewinsky. Saturday's Jitters..."

June 28, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Townes Without Pity

The battle for Townes Van Zandt's legacy

"...check from Eggers since 1991. In fact, since that time, she maintains the only statements generated by TVZ's entire..."

June 14, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Dancing About Architecture

The city's noise ordinance proposes to drown out live music in Austin.

"...3, the Flatlanders June 21, Ralph Stanley and Norah Jones in August, and the Blind Boys of Alabama in..."

April 26, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...band's latest, New Ground, follows up the critically well-received Time to Discover. (Stubb's, 8pm) -- Michael Bertin..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

For Your Consideration ...

Austin Film Festival Preview

"...& Hammerstein) to get the grime gone. -- Kimberley Jones..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Screens Feature

Best of Austin 2001

"We Can Be Heroes, Just for One Day..."

"...to represent the very best of Austin survivors than Tim & Karrie League, whose playful Alamo business concept of..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Best of Austin Feature by Kate X Messer

Road to Nashville

Road to Nashville is a wonderful snapshot of what Nashville was like in the years before all the Shania Twains and Tim McGraws of the world took things over.

"...("Beetlebomb" was Weaver's pseudonym during his days with Spike Jones' band). After disregarding Doodles, you're left with a great..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Gram Parsons

"...on, Parsons' music has been tremendously influential since his untimely death in 1973, and Sacred Hearts & Fallen Angels..."

July 13, 2001 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Dancing About Architecture

The Return of the Butthole Surfers and the christening of Beerland

"...department is what the band really needs at this time. Since I mentioned Ministry, I should add that off-and-on..."

June 22, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Innovators

Part 2 of "Jazz," by Harvey Pekar

"...a revolution was about to take place. At that time, jazz improvisation was almost always based on the foundation..."

June 15, 2001 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

They Got the Beat

Living the pop life in Austin

"...foundation for what used to be called, in simpler times, a "scene." These days, you can call it whatever..."

May 4, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Dancing About Architecture

Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital...

"...just that by dying last Thursday (see bandmate Davy Jones' obit), the same day that other bickering members of..."

April 6, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

SXSW begins

"...Recommended page for loads of in-store band appearances and daytime parties...."

March 16, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

The Austin Music Network changes administrations once again.

"...The Men From Nantucket couldn't have timed things more precisely. Their single "Burning Bridges," which they..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

That's a Wrap

Notes and reviews from the Austin Film Festival and Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference

"...were so many movies to catch -- surprisingly adept first-time features like The Poor and Hungry and We All..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Dancing About Architecture

Aqua Fest seems unlikely, but there's plenty of other summer fun to be had; the Austin Music Network is a bit of a mess.

"...on the way. Hell, I barely even mentioned the one-time center of all outdoor summer musical activity in Austin,..."

April 14, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...audiences, and whether this lead-in gig for John Paul Jones brings on the Bonham-big show or something a little..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...and sophisticated, but it's all pop Babylon, all the time. (Beerland, 8pm) -- Michael Bertin..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...aimed at all the kids out of school with time on their hands; fall is for the heavier dramatic..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tried and True: Auteurs Make a Return to Form

"...D: Brian De Palma; Tim Robbins, Gary Sinise, Don Cheadle, Kim Delaney, Elise Neal,..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bibliomania

Books We Love and a Few Books We Don't

"...Liston Was a Friend of Mine: Stories by Thom Jones 3. For the Relief of Unbearable Urges: Stories by..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Feature

Spinning Yarns

Tracing generations' worth of jazz and R&B history through the Texas Trumpets

"...and jazz, warm-sounding but not overheated. The product of longtime Texas horn veterans -- with musical pedigrees including Joe..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Short Cuts

News from the Austin film world.

"...Kassem for "Isabelle." The No Budget Award goes to Tim Warden for "At Room Temperature." The Screenplay Award goes..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Elephants and Pygmies

A profile of rising Austin honky-tonker Roger Wallace.

"...South Congress and South First, the dwelling at one time boasted among its tenants Austin country/roots talent such as..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Dancing About Architecture

Exposing the Subgenius; Austin clubowners gather to mourn the Steamboat; Earthpig moving to the taxicab center of the universe; and Jonathan Richman breaks down.

"...Time Waits for No Man -- Even "Bob"!..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Autumn Tales

The fall 1999 film season looks to be busier and noiser than ever.

"...Generally, the autumn movie season is a quiet, reflective time during which the focus is on dramatic and adult-oriented..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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