Child's Play

Everyone's favorite homicidal doll is back

"...of the likes of Pinhead and Pumpkinhead and the Tall Man and, of course, Chucky. The pint-sized villain of..."

June 28, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...the passing of Angus Scrimm (AKA Phantasm's nightmare inducing Tall Man), it's good to have Don here."..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fire in the Night, Music in Bone-Deep Bassnote Throbs

Reveling among the multiform delights of Art Outside

"...slightly different bags of HEB bulk trail mix; two tall bottles of Smartwater; a couple extra pairs of disposable..."

Oct. 29, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan

This multiaward-winner from Sundance 2006 follows three “lost boys” of the Sudan, chronicling three years of their journey in the United States, while revealing as much about American life as African life.

"...film follows three “lost boys” – also including the tall, imposing John Bul Dau, a camp leader who evolves..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Undercover on High School's Ritziest Glitziest Night It All Goes Down at Prom

"...a prom dress anyway? How does one accomplish those tall hairdos? As a person whose wardrobe is frighteningly dictated..."

May 14, 1999 Arts Feature

No Prozac for the Wicked

The Cool Capers of Donald Westlake

"...Not-so-coincidentally, Brian Helgeland, co-screenwriter of L.A. Confidential (adapted from the..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...in the middle of an uproar that I was totally unprepared for. Battle lines were drawn between fans and..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

10 Great Birds to Peep in Austin

Austin’s birds are as eclectic as the city itself

"...and behavior. They’re both stocky, standing about two feet tall, and are distinguishable from one another by the color..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Chronolog Post by Ramón Rodriguez

Julia Child Centennial Celebrations

August 15 is the 100th anniversary of the cook's birth

"...began to watch the PBS cooking show starring a tall, gawky woman with the funny, warbling voice and two..."

Aug. 14, 2012 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Ana's Opening

Third place

"...the warrior Philistine who stood more than three meters tall...."

Feb. 9, 2007 Books Feature by Stacy Muszynski

Day Trips & Beyond: January Events Roundup

See what 2020 has in store

"...The voyage, which includes lunch, costs $200. The Official Tall Ship of Texas, the 1877 iron Braque is one..."

Dec. 31, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Darkness and Confusion

Rocha grand jury file raises as many questions as it answers

"...the Taser – investigators found it later in some tall grass, about six feet away from Rocha's body. "There..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

South for the Marijuana

The gringo travels to Mexico in search of weed and wisdom.

"...as night approached, a blinking red light topped a tall radio tower. The train station...."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Denying Marisol

Third Place

"...wall, the jardin where she lost her tooth while walking back from a baseball game, an aguas vendor with..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Books Feature by Nancy Moser

God's Own Clothesline

In Search of Far Flung Adventures With Butch Hancock

"...there would be a two-and-a-half hour van ride to Talley, the put-in point on the river. I recalled that..."

May 15, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 26 - May 2

"...years later, it had grown to be 6 feet tall but had never bloomed. Then one December day, the..."

April 26, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Restaurant Options to Pair With Smithville's Small-Town Charm

Things to do when you're out east of the big city

"...“Walking in when it was just an auto shop,” says..."

May 15, 2019 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Trumpet Colossus Kenny Dorham Towers Alongside the Jazz Gods

The Austin musician stands alone in showing up Miles Davis in his autobiography

"...Kenny Dorham was once 10 feet tall, lean and healthy...."

Sept. 14, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Day Trips & Beyond: Six Baseballs for Cuba

Capt. Day Trips makes friends in Cuba by handing out new baseballs

"...There was Carlito behind the bar. Tall and handsome with a very personable smile, he recognized..."

March 16, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

The Long Vindication

After 35 years and a lengthy sentence for robbery, Ronnie Barrs remains determined to prove his innocence

"...bullet had been fired when one of the robbers accidentally pulled the trigger on his gun as he hit..."

Jan. 15, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Arthouse

It takes a village to raise a city

"...for The 24 Hour Roman Reconstruction Project, a time-based installation/performance by Los Angeles artist Liz Glynn in which volunteers..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Why Jimmy'

Second-Place Winner

"...then wander into the little wooden playhouse by the tall slide where teenagers wrote bad words in permanent marker..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Books Feature by Erin Pringle

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Mighty Atom

Atomic City's Jim 'Prince' Hughes is punk rock daikaiju at a whole different level

"...For 25 years now, Hughes, the tall, stocky, benevolent spieler/collector extraordinaire has been indulging his love..."

June 8, 2007 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

City of the Dead

Journeying through the graves of Austin's oldest cemetery

"...a fancy, carved or cast tombstone. Here is the tall "white bronze" (that is, cast zinc) marker of brother..."

April 21, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Journey Woman

A young Austin nurse takes her skills and faith to Bolivia.

"...Kara explains in her directions, "and there's only one tall gringa in the village, and that's me."..."

Oct. 31, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Radio, Radio

Satellite radio, the burgeoning technology that may ultimately shake up the broadcast world the most, is right around the corner.

"...mile in some cases. Meteorological disturbances can disrupt transmissions; tall buildings in urban areas can get in the way..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Child's Play

Writer Kevin Wood discovers that there's a lot to learn while teaching kids.

"...I were his older brother. He told me about walking to school, and the crossing guard who smokes, and..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Features Feature by Kevin Wood

Confessions of a Cowboy

Working a cattle drive in Texas in the 1870s probably wasn't like what you imagine; ask Frank Harris -- he was there and he knows.

"...and dark tweed coats. Ford was American, six feet tall with a hatchet-thin, bronzed face. They were cattleman who..."

May 26, 2000 Books Feature by James C. Simmons

One Man Talking

In these days of HDTV, IMAX theatres with SurroundSound, and interactive software in 3-D hyper-realism, who wants to listen to one man talking for 90 minutes on a stage? A lot of people, when the man is Steven Tomlinson, award-winning economics lecturer, lay preacher, and Austin's premier monologist, as Wayne Alan Brenner explains.

"...me talk,'" says Steven Tomlinson, Austin's premier monologist and Tall, Lanky Guy with Intense Eyes. "But I think there..."

March 31, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sea Cruise

Sailing into the sunset on Delbert McClinton's Blues Crusie.

"...howling at the moon as Ball played long and tall; now, he's sobered by our proximity to Cuba. He..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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