Day Trips: Lubbock Tornado Memorial, Lubbock
Monument commemorates havoc wreaked by two twisters in 1970
"...The Lubbock Tornado Memorial commemorates the twisters that tore through town on..."
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May 13, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Tornado Damage in Round Rock
"...Severe storms and tornadoes ripped through Central Texas on Monday, March 21. Areas..."
March 22, 2022 Photo Gallery
Tornado Survivor Wins Turkey Trot Poster Contest
365 free sandwiches are a boon for amateur artist
"...home in Northeast Austin was seriously damaged when a tornado tore off the roof and rain flooded the entire..."
Sept. 29, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood
Tornado Alley in Texas
Oklahoma City face TX Rollergirls tonight
"...Hell Marys as the visitors from Oklahoma City, the Tornado Alley Roller Girls, wheel onto TXRG home turf to..."
April 6, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker
Into the Storm
The tornado may be bad, but the movie is not.
"...(hoping that’s not a pun), a film centered on tornadoes ravaging a limited area affecting a few states. Admittedly,..."
Aug. 8, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black
Life A.D.
Former Austin Sun writer Bill Bentley says a prayer for Doug Sahm
"...every day. When the Nineties started and the Texas Tornados were born, Doug was back at full tilt, and..."
Nov. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Bill Bentley
Doing the Twister
Tornado Coverage Courageous, Runoffs Ignored
"...story of the past couple of weeks was the tornadoes that ravaged Jarrell and Cedar Park, and local news..."
June 13, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
A zippy, lippy animated adaptation of the popular children’s book.
"...on any one sight – not with a spaghetti tornado and a Jell-O funhouse to attend to – but..."
Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Deal Him In
Jesse Taylor's tornado days
"...roll sound more than Jesse Taylor, the Lubbock guitar tornado...."
March 31, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Gummo
White-trash hell from the writer of Kids.
"...has never fully recovered from being leveled by a tornado in the Seventies. Just a few of the bizarre..."
Nov. 28, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Twister
A daredevil storm chaser gets the tornado he's always longed to see.
"...on the horizon and a series of increasingly deadly tornadoes begins to touch down around them. Paxton, whose idea..."
May 10, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Luv Doc: Don't Bother Knockin'
OK, maybe if there is an EF5 tornado coming or perhaps a ravenous herd of Bengal tigers
"...reasonable excuse. OK, maybe if there was an EF5 tornado coming or perhaps a ravenous herd of Bengal tigers,..."
Dec. 31, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc
A Man and a Half
Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler
"..."Nuevo Laredo." Doug Saldaña, Samm Dogg, Wayne Douglas. Texas Tornado. The Last Real Bluesman. Heart and soul of Austin's..."
Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Postmarks
How the WTO touches our readers' lives; and other hot-button issues like film reviews, bikes, and Kevin Fullerton.
"...The Tornado's Tale..."
Dec. 10, 1999 Column
Sound the Alarms: Does Central Texas Need a Storm Alert System?
Austinites struck by surprise when tornadoes swept the I-35 corridor on Monday
"...As at least five tornadoes swept through the greater Austin area late Monday afternoon,..."
March 25, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon
Dancing About Architecture
A Fond Farewell to the Texas Tornado himself, Doug Sahm.
"...Adios, Tornado..."
Nov. 26, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck
Dancing About Architecture
Is the new Sir Douglas Quintet collection is from the original masters? Doug Sahm makes the final call. Also, Michael Nesmith, Junior and Tanya Rae Brown, and Clifford Antone updates.
"...Return To Tornado Alley..."
Oct. 22, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck
Doug Sahm & Band, The Sir Douglas Band
Reissues
"...Texas Tornado (Collectors' Choice)..."
Dec. 15, 2006 Music Review by Margaret Moser
Texas Titles in Toto
"..."Lubbock Tornado," Terry Allen..."
Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature
Tornado in Slo Mo
Tornado in Slo Mo, the autobiographical album by Darcie Deaville, contains songs drawn from Deaville's tumultuous past that ring with a saving not-gonna-take-it-anymore grace, but her one-woman show at Hyde Park Theatre based on the same material falls way short of compelling.
"...Tornado in Slo Mo: Gone With ......"
Aug. 17, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner
Report From L.A.
"...Lubbock, I spent two years in the Panhandle -- tornado country. So we all felt more "at home" last..."
Oct. 2, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura
Dancing About Architecture
Couldn't $tand the Weather or: The Winds of Change
"...Warner Bros. exec and Texas Tornados booster Bill Bentley just happened to be returning my..."
June 13, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck
Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup
Pho on the coast, statuesque women in Dallas; June is time to hit the road
"...Riders on the storm. One witness to the F5 tornado that roared through downtown Lubbock on May 11, 1970,..."
June 3, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
Memorial Weekend Flood Assistance
Resources for folks hit by the Memorial Weekend floods
"...• ATX Floods for areas in flood emergency and..."
May 24, 2015 News Post by Nina Hernandez
Doug Sahm & the Sir Douglas Quintet
"...P. Meaux, Together After Five opens with the Texas Tornados template: "Nuevo Laredo," border rock barbecue and beer. There's..."
April 15, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez
Doug Sahm
"...LPs from 1973, Doug Sahm and Band and Texas Tornado. A boutique affair right down to the booklet's page..."
Dec. 19, 2003 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez
The Return of Wayne Douglas
A flood of posthumous Doug Sahm CDs, both old and
new, hits record stores
"...country chops struck a nerve with the legendary Texas Tornado. As the two grew closer, Sahm offered Burleson a..."
June 23, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw
Put Your Weight on It
"...1975's pimp adventure Dolemite and its sequel, The Human Tornado, have a rabid following, both are far cries from..."
April 30, 1999 Screens Feature by Mike Emery
News Ticker: May 21
All the news that's fit to blog
"...go out to the victims of the Moore, Oklahoma tornado. A list of ways to help is available here...."
May 21, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson
My Dinner with the Tornados
Texas Tornados celebrate a new CD with a lengthy stay in Austin
"...recognizable even through a window at night. The Texas Tornados had arrived, hungry, happy, and with their new CD..."
