City Still Mired in Tires

Documents reflect management problems within Fleet Services

"...The mounds of tires moldering on land leased by Vic's Tire Service just southeast of Downtown – on which..."

Dec. 25, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Keep On Keepin' On

Vic Chesnutt roasts God

"...90-minute set at the Central Presbyterian Church Saturday night, Vic Chesnutt had blown the power (second song), referenced Valtrex,..."

Dec. 7, 2009 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

The Lineup

Recommended music for the week of Dec. 4-10

"...This week, check out music from Lee Barber, Vic Chesnutt, Grooms, and Jay Reatard...."

Dec. 4, 2009 Music Post

Castlemania

One boy's induction into horror

"...Pittsford, N.Y., to see my first Alfred Hitchcock film – Family Plot – which, as it turned out, also..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Day Trips

The best day trips are the ones in the planning stages. Here are a few gems to consider.

"...grandmother wished she could make. Opened in 1926 by Vic Paris, the tradition has been carried on by the..."

Sept. 4, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

License plates, Ferrari, cacti, and hyenas

"...Shecky Greene, Don Rickles, and Vic Damone all liked the rice pudding at the Riviera..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Once Upon a War Story

Quentin Tarantino rewrites the spaghtetti western with a side of sour Krauts in Inglourious Basterds

"...accent or they decide to sound like the Old Vic, it's period actors playing the Nazis. I think that's..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Serge Gainsbourg

"...de Melody Nelson," but the sleazy funk basslines and Vic Flick's wandering-eye guitar-work on opener "Melody" and orchestral closer..."

April 24, 2009 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

SchoolJam Daze

Teen bands take home awards

"...son of Kyle Brock, Eric Johnson’s longtime bassist. Drummer Victor Ziolkowski won Best Drummer, no surprise there either as..."

March 2, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Austin's bands of tomorrow are already here, they're just U18

"...Yes, watching teens and preteens play rock & roll is adorable, but they aren't doing it to..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Shock and Awesomeness

Stephen Romano puts the movies in his mind down on paper in his fake-history coffeetable book, Shock Festival

"...The chain-beating sequence from Devil Times Five slo-mos into Buñuel's ants in the hand, which in turn morphs into..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Pride Punt

So what does the Pride Coalition actually do? (Spoiler: The answer isn't in here.)

"...that Austin's LGBT community has lacked (other than a neighborhood… oh, and a lesbian bar) is a Central Pride..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Elaine: The Extended Cut

The incomparable Ms. Stritch on humor, happiness, Tennessee, Beckett, and bad directors

"...I did Elaine Stritch at Liberty at the Old Vic. When? Now let me see, I opened in New..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

It Came From the Idiot Box

Small-screen sci-fi: TV themes

"...in your backyard bomb shelter on September 16, 1963 – the Havana-happy Russkies having almost gone apocalypto on us..."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Simon Joyner Pays His Toll in Austin

"...and Cohen with the ramshackle solemnity of contemporaries like Vic Chestnutt and Lambchop. Though championed by John Peel and..."

July 18, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

A Browner Shade of Black

Blazing trails of Chicano soul

"...Mexican genres and tempered with a love of rock & roll, blues, and jazz, gave a distinctive sound to..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Happenings

Nov. 8-14

"...For more events, see Community Listings. THURSDAY 08..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Feature

TV Eye

Indie Accomplishments

"...Laura Kightlinger (Lucky Louie, Will & Grace) and Nicholle Tom (The Nanny, The Book of..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Sea Dragon

Sea Dragon

"...pho, or a com dia rice platter. My buddy Vic Jacobs and I used to go there for the..."

April 27, 2007 Food Review by Mick Vann

Gramography

"...Farther Along: The Best of the Flying Burrito Brothers (A&M), 1988..."

June 30, 2006 Music Feature

Visions Holy and Damned, Innocent and Experienced

The documentary 'The Devil and Daniel Johnston' – as well as this story – are just the latest attempts to make sense of his life and art

"...gifts, but to some he is simply a creative naïf lacking substance; others label him a no-talent celebrated by..."

May 5, 2006 Screens Feature by Louis Black

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...out one of the few remaining regional blues juggernauts. – Jay TrachtenbergBEAUSOLEIL AVEC MICHAEL DOUCET2pm, Town Lake Stage @..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Bauhaus

Gift guide

"...but it's the stunning live performance at London's Old Vic Theater from 1982 that really captures the band's dark..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Beat Box

Beat box

"...Austin's Knight Ridaz ride impressive digi-beats provided by Sic Vic in order to attack every faulty assumption ever made..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

Bigger Stakes

Richard Linklater on remixing 'The Bad News Bears'

"...season. Nearly 30 years later, Linklater's update underscores the original's Hall of Fame caliber...."

July 29, 2005 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

TCB

Stumbling through Memorial Day weekend with Small Stars, Gorch Fock, Shane Bartell, and a cast of dozens

"...might consider adding some Rick Nelson to his repertoire – he's a travelin' man, and then some. Just back..."

June 3, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Rick Broussard's Two Hoots & a Holler

"...Hoots and a Holler (Stag) Rick Broussard's Two Hoots & a Holler Songs Our Vinyl Taught Us..."

May 13, 2005 Music Review by Margaret Moser

The No Idea Festival

Live shot

"...Bruckmann, trombonist Dave Dove, percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani, and cellist Vic Rawlings created glorious waves of sound that crashed and..."

April 8, 2005 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Page Two

SXSW 2005 looms on the horizon

"...still possessed one of the truly thrilling, great rock & roll voices...."

Feb. 11, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

It's time to celebrate the coming of South by Southwest and think about how we're going to pay for our roads

"...– "Turn, Turn, Turn," Pete Seeger..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Column by Louis Black

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