Road Shows

"...THU 27 Horny Toad, Emo's..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Under the Skin

Psychological thriller Felt slices into rape culture

"...cinema: Just the other day, his 2012 debut feature Toad Road made a new list of the best drug..."

July 17, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Felt

In this psychological horror story, an artist uses her craft to fight rape culture

"...sense of waking dreams. Director/cinematographer/co-editor and co-writer Jason Banker (Toad Road, for which Banker received the Jury Best Director..."

July 17, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest 2014: How It Felt

Artist Amy Everson on trauma and truth

"...In the new film from director Jason Banker (Toad Road), Everson plays Amy, a somewhat fictionalized version of..."

Sept. 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Japanese Madness Overtakes Fantastic Fest

Miike, Sono, and Studio Ghibli all added to lineup

"...in this gripping sophomore effort from the creator of Toad Road...."

Aug. 27, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

I Come From the Water

Sideman / producer Gurf Morlix delivers album number two.

"...groove as his first for the label, 2000's The Toad of Titicaca. Maybe better since Morlix is still growing..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Out Front

Profile of newly minted solo artist Gurf Morlix

"...the show. Or at least of his solo debut, Toad of Titicaca...."

April 14, 2000 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Debate Time: Colin Allred and loathsome toad Ted Cruz had a fun debate Wednesday night. The..."

Oct. 18, 2024 News Feature

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar goes back to his youth and gets all horny (and toady)

"...gifts, jewelry, and personal accessories dedicated to the horny toad (www.toadland.com), I was ecstatic. Though today's children have probably..."

April 14, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Bullet Bills and mushroom gags can't save this awful video game flick

"...save his brother, Mario connects with Princess Peach (Taylor-Joy), Toad (Key), and Donkey Kong (Rogen, one of the few..."

April 7, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Psychedelic Renaissance and the Veterans Leading the Charge

Psychedelic healing around Austin and beyond

"...medication for the foreseeable future, without any sort of road outside of that. That didn’t seem like the reasonable..."

July 5, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Postscripts

"...reading class before letting him go out on the road. The very idea that Pantheon would try to teach..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

Coal Hard Cash

Alcoa has applied for a mining application in Elgin, near Austin.

"...end. As Hobbs reached the turn off for County Road 313-C that afternoon, he found a brand-new gate across..."

Sept. 3, 1999 News Feature

Destination Unknown

"...of the other guys wanted to play. So the road manager said, 'That's it. Nobody wants to play after..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...and gritty. His two solos releases, One For the Road and last year's Beer, Bait, & Ammo, are full-on..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Record Store Day, Formula 1, Dyke March, and More Event Recommendations

Your weekend is spoken for

"...their television sets in 1992 to see a strange broadcast. Live on the BBC was a ghost sighting, presented..."

Oct. 18, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...Caster A father takes his estranged daughter on a road trip in an effort to get her out of..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Postscripts

Texas Writers Month is here and that means … lots and lots of Texas writers speaking at a multitude of events.

"...wringing your hands if you heard the rumor that Toad Hall is closing, because it's not closing, just moving...."

May 5, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

photograph by Todd V. Wolfson

Bruce Hughes

"...then joy. Having found a bandmate with the same broad interests is totally exiting. [Schneider's] got a voracious appetite..."

June 5, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Sxsw

"...Houston's Justice label, the Rounder of the Southwest, Dayton's roadhouse rhythms stick to your ribs like good chicken-fried steak...."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...tracks near the intersection of East Seventh and Webberville Road in the early morning hours of Oct. 22, spilling..."

Oct. 25, 2024 News Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...out a nearly nine-hour day after sets from Cyclop Toad, Nøkken & the Grim, Aunt's Analog, Christopher Petkus, and..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Laiken Neumann

Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas Lives Up to Its Title

Stephen Harrigan chronicles the Lone Star State’s last 500 years

"...for Mexican American workers. Here's Old Rip, celebrated "horny toad" of Eastland County, who allegedly survived 30 years bricked..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Half-Century Psych of Shiva's Headband

13th Floor Elevators weren't the only local psych act exploring Austin's outer limits – and still doing so

"...as the Waller Creek Boys; the Wigs with John "Toad" Andrews, Keith Karnaky, Bob Arthur, and Boz Scaggs; the..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

On the Fringes of Cinema

Zack Carlson celebrates the creative spirit with new Vice series Outsider

"...decades crafting homemade horror jaw-droppers like The Giant Horny Toad Monster or The Devil Ant? Or Laz Rojas, who..."

June 3, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Insect Sex Act

"...drummer Max Brody provide rubber-burning muscle. Malevolent highway mirage "Road Toad" sets the scene with driving urgency, then yarn-weaving..."

April 4, 2014 Music Review by Greg Beets

The Kingdom of Heaven

Psychedelic pioneer Powell St. John, on the Right Track Now

"...New bassist Bob Arthur and guitarist John "Toad" Andrews, who had both played with St. John in..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Dancing About Architecture

Neil Diamond comes to town, the Metro stays open, Cotton Mather searches for a deal, Hamstein sells its publishing, Wynton Marsalis visits the Elephant Room, and much, much more.

"...to take a shot at it... Fans of the Toadies will want to check out the Burden Brothers, the..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Chick Flick

Who amongst ye could have conjured Mainer Janet Bonney's true chicken story? Mark Lewis' documentary The Natural History of Chickens, playing on Wednesday at the Alamo Drafthouse as part of the Texas Documentary Tour, features real-life stories of fowl play so strange they must be true.

"...-- the guy who gave us everyone's fave Cane Toads (1988), about that reptilian biological control gone awry, and..."

April 6, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...By 1991 and the advent of Nirvana, at the crossroads of the Beatles and Sex Pistols (sorry Oasis), Eighties..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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