DVDanger: Not Very Martial, Very Little Art

Restored karate flop Death Machines, plus Chan's Amnesia

"...Bad plan. Very, very bad plan...."

Jan. 7, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From Circus to Cocktails

Two nights, two very different shows from CircX and friends

"...The impetus for two very different shows on one weekend, producer/bundle of energy Jessica..."

July 9, 2011 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Son of the Circus

Twistin' in the Wind

"...he's finally seated, going through a mental check-list of everything he's done since the April release of his 14th..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Billy Clayton's Flying Circus

State, City Head for a Dogfight Over Mueller

"...The what? Think of it as Billy Clayton's Flying Circus...."

Jan. 17, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Backstage at the Circus

The Lege melodrama can be a hard act to swallow

"...increasingly difficult to embrace the return of the biennial circus. Oh, they're entertaining enough, I suppose. This week's opening..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Trump's Three-Ring Circus Hits Austin

"...Trump blew through Austin on Tuesday with a three-ring circus featuring an interview with FOX News, fundraising, and a..."

Aug. 24, 2016 Photo Gallery

The Eugenic Circus Comes to Town

A Downtown hotel is hosting a natalist, eugenics-aligned conference in December. Why Austin?

"...think that the pronatalist and the eugenic positions are very much not in opposition; they're very much aligned," Dolan..."

Nov. 3, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Point Austin: The Circus Returns to Town

Final-day filings bump up the list of wannabe Council candidates

"...solid (by which I mean fully qualified) candidates in every race, several races are filled out with folks who..."

Aug. 24, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Welcome to the Circus!

The redistricting fight and the grassroots politics of chaos

"...all this practical complexity is the simple fact that everyone – from directly involved public officials to voters –..."

March 9, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege or Circus?

A lack of democracy turns education 'reform' into an unfunny joke

"...administrators, school boards, parents, and public school advocates – everyone, it seems, except a few special interest groups that..."

Aug. 12, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

The Circus Life of Michael Slattery

Shoulders frontman readies HAAM Day set and new LP

"...So I became a musician – and not a very good one, I might add. Todd decided to join..."

Sept. 18, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Point Austin: The Capitol Circus Decamps

Did we learn anything more than the meaning of 'chub'?

"...is the sort of glum calculation that comes around every two years. Was the fight over voter ID worth..."

June 5, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Playback: Armadillo Tales

A review of the best book on Austin’s 1970s music scene since The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock

"...Texan amalgam of concert promotions legend Bill Graham and circus tamer P.T. Barnum, but the memoir reveals a Mark..."

April 7, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Q&A: Henry Threadgill

Master improviser speaks on sustaining creativity

"...know what group I was with. It was with Very Very Circus, so it must have been the early..."

April 6, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Live Music This Weekend, Aug. 11-13

Elvis tribute to Japanoise, take your pick

"...with BÖC lead guitarist Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser, tackling everything from his collaboration with Patti Smith to his take..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Music Post by Victoria Mycue

Record Reviews

"...be familiar with alto saxophonist Charlie "Yardbird" Parker. Virtually everything being played in jazz today stems from the monumental..."

June 13, 1997 Music Review

An Amarillo State of Mind

The Plutonium Circus Comes to Town

"...large piercing blue eyes that seem to take in everything and everyone at once without alarming you, he's soft-spoken..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Arts Feature

Shadows and Fog

"...Exposure. Let's take that risk. This time out, Allen very successfully blends his existential musings, European yearnings, American humor..."

March 20, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

A Little Night Magic

Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus

"...Considering her debut novel's title – The Night Circus – one assumes circuses in general are a topic..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...but bank the embers of his resentment. Burn is very nearly an interesting character study, a minute examination of..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Cirque du Soleil Performer Guillaume Blais Crystalizes His Art

Queer trapezist talks the high-flying life ahead of H-E-B Center show

"...who made wigs for Cirque du Soleil – the very same company he’ll be performing with this Wednesday through..."

Feb. 21, 2024 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Delicatessen

Set in some sort of post-apocalyptic Parisian deli o' the damned, this is a lunatic's take on the future of man.

"...hotbed of questionable sanity comes Louison (Pinon), an unemployed circus performer whose only friend and partner, a chimpanzee named..."

June 5, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

John Dyer Baizley’s Brute Emotion

Baroness frontman cuts through the B.S. for Chaos in Tejas

"...over a viaduct in the UK and nearly killed everyone aboard. The heavy rock quartet counts Chaos in Tejas’..."

May 30, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Guidance for Parentals Suggested

George Ratliff on Joshua

"...Sundance in January and knowing George since his Plutonium Circus debuted at the first South by Southwest Film Festival..."

July 13, 2007 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Alice in Wonderland

Sadly, the mirth-to-muck ratio in Tim Burton's new film is deeply imbalanced.

"...off to a Victorian prig (Leo Bill). Dodging his very public proposal, Alice chases a rabbit through a topiary..."

March 5, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away

In this 3-D spectacle, the wan drama takes a back seat to the Cirque's acrobatics.

"...To call Cirque du Soleil mere circus is to undersell the astonishing breadth and vision of..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Seed of Chucky

Over-the-top gore is the rule when Chucky and Tiffany are resurrected by their anatomically incorrect offspring.

"...can’t imagine how I’ve longed to someday pen that very sentence) has been trapped in a circus freak show..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...not counting the attendant acts the conference sweeps in every year. If you have time for day parties and..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

BY MICHAEL VENTURA You'd think a town

"...I didn't need a thermometer to know the temperature. Everything radiated heat -- the steering wheel, the seat, the..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Column

Death Race

All the busted heads and blasted gaskets can't turn this makeover of a cult classic into anything but a real drag.

"...Death Race 2000 was a trenchantly subversive – and very American – film. This new Death Race is equally..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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