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"...Don't Do Tombstone Any Favors..."

July 23, 2004 Column

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Stevie Tombstone9pm, Opal Divine's Freehouse Austin's Stevie Tombstone deserves a wider..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

The Hightower Report

The "outernet industry want advertising on the inside of your eyelids; WorldCom moneyslinger Bernie Ebbers dies by his own gun; and the un-American activities of Stanley Works.

"...The Arizona tombstone of a Wild West gunslinger declares: "I was expecting..."

June 14, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Curtain Call

SXSW Film saves the (next to) last dance for Robbie Robertson, with the Friday night Paramount screening of The Last Waltz; also, more SXSW film reviews.

"...are akin to tampering with a graveyard landmark, a tombstone whose aging and oxidation only add a rustic dignity,..."

March 22, 2002 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...at the OK Corral on Oct. 26, 1881, in Tombstone, Ariz...."

Nov. 1, 2024 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Fantastic Fest Review: The Spirit of Halloweentown

Documentary heads to where the Disney Channel fave was shot

"...town, especially one as off-the-beaten-track as St. Helens, or Tombstone, or Marceline. Nor are there enough specifics about Halloweentown..."

Sept. 30, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Horror Unearthed: The Return of Confessions of a Serial Killer

The lost Austin horror classic finally gets the respect it deserves

"...a picture of him lying next to a homemade tombstone that just said “Burns") and sent a letter to..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

The weather’s ideal to learn about Bob Dylan or see hot air balloons

"...Tombstone Trail at Washington-on-the-Brazos Oct. 21-22, Washington, www.thc.texas.gov/historic-sites/washington-brazos-state-historic-site..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Review: The Lost Well: Rock for Rent Vol. 1

"...as the nine-track compilation's opening ceremony before Sabbath Crow's tombstone-tumbling rhythms fortify for the barking "Bug Out." Later, Nathan..."

April 1, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

What We're Listening to Right Now

Ayo Tamz, Blushing, Whookilledkenny, Chief Cleopatra, and more have us dialed in

"...from Saustex Records. Perched with an acoustic guitar, Stevie Tombstone's "Christmas on Red River" gallops down the music strip..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Music Column by E. Ryan Ellis

Politics Gift Guide 2021: Ain't That Good News

Some gift ideas for the politically and civically minded

"...Journal in 2013, "That's what I want on my tombstone – the Capitol ornament lady." Her idea has translated..."

Dec. 3, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Janie Cowan’s Fascinating Musical Journey Finds Her Playing Alongside Bob Dylan in Shadow Kingdom

Checking in on the one-time Austin bass standout

"...her bowed bass anchoring a slowed, suspenseful version of “Tombstone Blues,” then dialing in the rhythm on an electrified..."

July 28, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Music Industry Rally Called for Monday at City Hall

Advocates turn up the volume for dedicated music funding

"...illustrated the names of recently shuttered venues on a tombstone next to a grim reaper, who’s sickle reads “City..."

Sept. 26, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Holiday Viewing: A Christmas Carol

In this season of giving, who is the best Scrooge?

"...business partner left him money to pay for a tombstone, he had him buried at sea. Voiced by Alan..."

Dec. 24, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gift Guide Grab Bag

An array of extravagance to geek out on

"...the season 15-30 and the Houston Chronicle publishing a tombstone with the epitaph "RIP Astros' Season." They had to..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan

Day Trips: Veterans Memorial Plaza, San Antonio

Small park in downtown San Antonio serves as a moving Memorial Day reminder

"...the right of the main entrance is a white tombstone-like War Mothers Memorial, placed there to honor the mothers..."

May 26, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Get Ready for Russellmania II

Alamo mystery marathon celebrates Kurt Russell (again)

"...big hits and established faves like The Thing or Tombstone. "I only show films I truly care about and..."

May 3, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...At the Bronx's Woodlawn Cemetery, on Miles Davis' tombstone, you will find the first two measures to "Solar,"..."

April 7, 2017 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 1: 1920-1963

Local music journalism pioneer takes on all of rock & roll

"...Sixties/Seventies work with Crawdaddy, Rolling Stone, and Creem (revisit "Tombstone Blues," Sept. 16), he doesn't begin his timeline with..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Fantastic Fest Review: Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl

Gothic conventions revamped for coming-of-age chiller

"...It's in little moments, like Beth's hobby of taking tombstone rubbings, or the way Adele rifles through the housekeeping..."

Oct. 3, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...The Regional Office Is Under Attack! Jose Skinner, The Tombstone Race Mauro Javier Cardenas, The Revolutionaries Try Again Duncan..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin Author Ed Ward Revisits Rock’s First Guitar Hero, Michael Bloomfield

“When you heard Mike Bloomfield play, you got the sense this was the real shit."

"..."Tombstone Blues" Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited (1965) The boss..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Playback: Gourds Co-Leader Jimmy Smith Heads to Montana

Jimmy Smith heads for higher ground, Pete Mitchell reaches a higher plane, and Izzy Cox would like to remain upright on terra firma

"...commences Friday (7pm-2am) for a 10-act bill including Stevie Tombstone, Rock Bottom String Band, and Flametrick Subs. Saturday (9pm-2am)..."

July 29, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

DVDanger: Edgar Allan Poe's Black Cats

Two Italian retellings of the American horror classic

"...English-language version, he's a crazy guy talking to a tombstone...."

Oct. 27, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Richard Jenkins Wields a Bone Tomahawk

Old Western horror with the Six Feet Under star

"...The authenticity was helped by having Russell aboard. Before Tombstone, well before Bone Tomahawk and the upcoming The Hateful..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2015: Tim League Speaks!

Hot tips and the inside spill, plus Kurt Russell!

"...a few of those." Ever since then, getting the Tombstone star for a screening has been a dream for..."

Sept. 24, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

This Comic Does House Calls

Knock Knock It's Tig Notaro

"...especially, when the pair winds up buying Notaro a tombstone from a roadside business specializing in (what else?) tombstones..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Andy Campbell

For Friday the 13th... Alice Cooper

Shock rocker delighted kiddies at the Moody Thursday

"...Then a grim reaper walked out with the first tombstone, Jim Morrison, and Cooper and his backing fivepiece played..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Q&A Hole: Killing a Human?

With Jon Lebkowsky, Marc English, Rowan Hagemann, and more

"...dictionary. Camera closes in tighter as preened hair and tombstone teeth ready to make the first pronouncements behind the..."

Jan. 26, 2015 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fantastic Fest 2014: The Babadook

Tyro helmer Jennifer Kent conjures disturbing spook story

"...a sturdy, all-black silhouette appears as if part scarecrow/part tombstone, and with extended whiskers or claws attached above and..."

Sept. 21, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

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