Zack Carlson Cracks the Vault on Terror Tuesdays at the Drafthouse

Wild and weird movie expert on the underground horror phenom

"...At the behest of then-Alamo Drafthouse programmer Kier-la Janisse, he dropped..."

Jan. 29, 2019 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Over Under Sideways Down

The resurrection of DJ Jonathan Toubin

"...New York-based DJ Jonathan Toubin when he checked into the Jupiter Hotel in Portland last Dec. 7...."

July 27, 2012 Music Feature by Greg Beets

The Hightower Lowdown

Bush's policy toward democracy is loaded with irony; Corporate Big Brother is watching you shop; Our government legal robs us -- of our rights.

"...When the Bush Gang got caught supporting the failed military overthrow..."

May 17, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Where the Shadows Are Deepest

The search for, and subsequent conversation with, country singer James Hand

"...especially now, when it's not even necessary to leave the house for groceries. But for someone who must have..."

May 5, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Emperor Jones

"...listens, watches. An elegant figure, almost regal, Jones commands the audience's attention, even when he's standing still. There is..."

April 30, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

The Luv Doc: A Post-Jambox Era

You start dropping big bombs and everybody gets hurt

"...to break off relations with this guy (even tried the morning after), but he keeps calling, texting, and messaging..."

Nov. 11, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Elgin Agrarian Community Promises Co-op Living on the Blackland Prairie

“It’s like an urban twist on traditional farming.”

"...On Friday afternoons, residents of the Elgin Agrarian Community will knock off work, return to..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

The Judges

"...His fiction and essays have appeared in McSweeney's Quarterly, The Paris Review, the 2014 Pushcart Prize anthology, and elsewhere...."

Feb. 28, 2014 Books Feature

Letters From the Women of SAFPF

A small sample of the letters received by Austin attorney Derek Howard; transcribed and minimally edited

"...In early 2008, Jodi Stodder-Caldwell, an inmate at the Ellen Halbert SAFPF unit in Burnet County, contacted Austin..."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Sheriff Robert Chody on an evidence tampering charge in the destruction of video and audio recordings in connection to..."

Oct. 2, 2020 News Feature

The Luv Doc: A Good Deadbolt

Parent sex is kind of like death

"...but I was actually kind of looking forward to the school year starting so that our kids would be..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

The Luv Doc: Exposed Flesh

Please remember my disapproval

"...I tell her that often, and I am sure other people do too. On average, she dresses stylishly, but..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Olsen Firing Appeal Under Way

Civil Service Commission hearing testimony in case of APD officer terminated for fatal shooting of Kevin Brown

"...The Civil Service Commission began hearing testimony this week in..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Snarling Citizen

"...above a whisper. Ehrenreich struts her razor-sharp stuff in The Snarling Citizen, a collection of essays that first appeared..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Books Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Pajama Pants Under Blazer Prevail for Now: Remember Interim City Manager Jesús..."

Aug. 4, 2023 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Border Town Abortion: Whole Woman's Health, the largest abortion provider in Texas, shuttered its four clinics..."

July 8, 2022 News Feature

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Trail of Dead, Opeth, Mykfresh, Big Laugh, Rattlesnake Milk, Deezie Brown, and more recommended shows

"...Friends of the Dead Fall Fest..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Music Column by Julian Towers

Gun-Filled Weekend Prompts APD Action

Spring fest unrest

"...After a spate of shootings across the city during the final weekend of South by Southwest,..."

March 22, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Also Starring Austin Makes ATX the Star

Mike Blizzard’s cinematic history finds more than just slackers

"...What was the first movie shot in Austin? It's a question most..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Screens Feature by Julian DeBerry

Death Watch: The Merits of Hypnosis-Induced Testimony

Attorneys argue Charles Don Flores' conviction is rooted in junk science

"...Charles Don Flores received a stay of execution from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals just six days before..."

June 3, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Good Eye: Of Russians and Ruffles

From Chekhov to Gunne Sax

"...As a college student studying Russian, I always underestimated Anton Chekhov. Why take Chekhov's gentle ironies when you..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

The Hightower Report

Politicizing U.S. Attorneys; and Ambassador Spic and Span

"...SPAN With his bloody war, torture policies, oil-soaked economics, head-in-the-sand environmental approach, and global arrogance – George W. has..."

March 23, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Frank 'The Fetus' Strikes Again

Seemingly undaunted by his failure to push through legislation in 2005 that sought to protect pharmacists of conscience from having to fill scrips for emergency contraceptives, Rep. Frank Corte, R-San Antonio, gears up his 2007 this-is-where-life-begins agenda

"...to fill scrips for emergency contraceptives – or by the larger defeat inherent in the U.S. Food and Drug..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Hightower Report

Newt Gingrich is back ... hooray! And, job numbers are up – but wages aren't.

"...tell me it's true. Please tell me that Newt "The Newt" Gingrich really is mounting a political comeback and..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

A Tidal Wave of People Batter the Foundations of Austin’s Structural Racism

Thousands took to Downtown and Eastside streets to say, emphatically, that Black Lives Matter

"...protest violence – mostly waged by Austin police – the Austin Justice Coalition's Black Austin Rally and March for..."

June 12, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Return of the Lege

State’s 85th Legislature already a battle of House and Senate

"...The 85th Texas Legislature is imminent, but don't expect a..."

Jan. 6, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Kill the Trumpet Player

Don Cheadle does Miles Davis in freak-fusion biopic Miles Ahead

"...like: young Miles learning gospel music in church, encountering the freedom of jazz in a nightclub, giving birth to..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

Jimmy Scott: Always All the Way

The legendary jazz singer died last week at 88

"...time to be still and let it overwhelm you. There can be no resistance to stop it and it..."

June 19, 2014 Music Post by Bill Bentley

Okay, Everybody– Back Into the Pool!

Esther's Pool, that is: Winning fools, grooving stars.

"...We're not talking about cerebral comedy along the lines of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest, but we..."

Sept. 11, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Off the Record

SXSW News and Carryings-On

"...Last year, the MTVu Woodie Awards were a prime-time spectacle shoehorned into..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Austin Powell

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