Letters at 3AM

In 2002, cinema has been the healthiest of our arts. The movies' range and variety relieve what has otherwise been a bleak time for our culture and our Constitution.

"...made to seem innocent of the bigotry of his tribe. Still, this is unforgettable cinema. The Quiet American is..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Letter at 3AM

While remembering September 11, we owe it to ourselves to remember what its horrors have been shamelessly manipulated to obscure.

"...and the FBI weren't listening. It wasn't until May 8, 2001, that Vice-President Dick Cheney was appointed head of..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

The Name of the Game

Raising deer, oryx, antelope, and more on central texas ranches

"...it has referred specifically to the deer family. (Since 1983, the USDA has included antelope in the definition.)..."

June 7, 2002 Food Feature by MM Pack

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...and sketches. Its dominance in stateside theatres began circa 1880 and continued through the late 1920s, when it ran..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Your 15 Minutes Are Up, Mr. Gates

Top Nine Cyber Stories

"...On February 4th, 1998, Bill Gates got hit by a cream pie in..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Top 10 Festival Films of 2023 You Haven’t Seen Yet

From the Toxic Avenger to school shootings, the best of the fests

"...Toxie lives! New York ultra-indie pioneers Troma Entertainment seemed..."

Dec. 19, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: January Events Roundup

Nature, history, and more to explore in 2023

"...State-sponsored conservation efforts began in 1895 with the Fish and Oyster Commission. It became the..."

Jan. 4, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

10 Bands Under 25 That Make Me Feel Alive

A quintessential coming-of-age soundtrack to score the next spiral

"..."I can finally get that vocal range I've wanted."..."

June 10, 2022 Music Feature by Mars Salazar

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

It’s time for chili cook-offs, festivals, and all sorts of November fun

"...Saturday Event are $15 at the door for six 8-ounce pours. Arrivals after 4pm only get four pours. Guests..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

I Love You, Jimmy

Nearly four-hour LaFave convergence petitions a greater good

"...Jimmy LaFave Songwriter Rendezvous set list, Paramount Theatre, 5.18.17..."

May 19, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Son Rises With Philipp Meyer

Austin author on adapting his award-winning novel for AMC

"...They didn't. The Son begins a 10-episode run April 8 on AMC. Meyer figures the series is about 50%..."

April 7, 2017 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Lust for Life

The 2015/16 Austin Music Awards' bedrock mania

"...Thunderbirds at the second-ever Austin prom – Thursday, March 8, 1984. Last year's AMA centerpiece, a reunion of next-generation..."

March 11, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...Look for more Austin residents and alumni in competition..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Polari Place

Come out! Come out! For Polari!

"..."surf.") First Thursdays. Lucy's Retired Surfers Bar, 506 West, 236-0083. Free...."

Oct. 5, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Playback

Storm (Thorgerson), Chaos (in Tejas), and gender dysphoria: Welcome to summer music!

"...all downhill from here. Their new album, Greatest Hits: 1908-1987, is available now. Essential Hefner..."

June 1, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Second night SXSW handicapping

"...8pm, Flamingo Cantina Cameroon native Francis Mbappe comes by his..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Are the Horns Tourney Bound?

Steep hill to climb

"...A man named Tom Penders coached the 1998 Longhorns to a 14-17 record the year UT last..."

Jan. 23, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Enchanted Forest Gets Organized

Community gets behind South Austin art institution.

"...Like every media outlet in town, Newsdesk has been..."

July 23, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Letters @ 3AM

These Lubbock friends of mine were always writing books – thick notebooks of drawings and words

"...school with most who did; he's part of "the tribe" (as we also say). Two years ago he published..."

March 16, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Point Austin: Obama Mania

For the heady moment, everything he do b-be funky

"...the Barack Obama event last Friday, as Neville & Tribe 13 funkified the crowd for more than an hour..."

March 2, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Letters @ 3AM

Something in me still wants to be a World War I fighter pilot – which is not only nuts, but helps me understand why we will always make war

"...haven't asked them to fight and die for their tribe, king, god, and/or country. This expectation runs deeply through..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

The Cult of Pitchfork

How former record-store clerks and obsessive music nerds turned a Web site into a hit machine

"...made bird sounds, delving us all into some bizarre jungle-tribe dance...."

Aug. 4, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes

When Jack Jackson wasn't studying, researching, and presenting history in painstakingly drawn graphic novels, this wildly talented artist and scholar was making it himself

"...of the Texas revolution (Los Tejanos); of the Karankawa tribe's massacre of the Spaniards (God's Bosom); of the Sand..."

June 16, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two: Loss Upon Loss

Legendary cartoonist, historian, and Texan Jack Jackson passes on

"...with the badge-wearers), Jaxon was part of an infamous tribe of Austin artists, musicians, writers, politicians, and general scalawags...."

June 16, 2006 Column by Louis Black

TCB

Austin's weeklong goodbye to Clifford Antone, while the club he left behind ponders its own future

"...his on-camera interview with Andy Langer for Austin's News 8, Carlos Sosa of Boombox, one of the innumerable local..."

June 2, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Tell It Like It Is

Cyril Neville holds nothing back

"...slit his neck and shoulder with a straight razor. 180 stitches later, he emerged as a scarred precedent to..."

April 28, 2006 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Hustle and Snow

At Sundance, the proving ground just got a lot more slippery

"...argue have already proved fatal to members of their tribe. (Sleep, incidentally, was the subject of two other festival..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Realms of Inspiration

Erik Hokkanen, Finnish and fiddling in Austin

"...Cosmonauts, alt-rockers Hanoi Rocks, and the folksy chorale of V8;rttin8;. With a dash of whimsy, Hokkanen's music touches in..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Written in Stone

UT's Jim Bob Moffett and Freeport-McMoRan ride a new wave of allegations of business as usual: exploitation, cronyism, and environmental devastation

"...prices have jumped by 70% (the highest level since 1988), and Freeport's stock price has quadrupled. Better still for..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Letters at 3AM

To blame disasters like the Twin Towers and New Orleans on a few perpetrators is to ignore the greater disasters that are the foundation upon which the developed world lives: our attempts to hold on to an unsustainable way of life

"...wouldn't want to be a woman in an African tribe or a man on an Asian rice paddy, even..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

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