Mean Girls

This isn't your mother's Mean Girls. Because it's really bad.

"...on Rosalind Wiseman's high school exposé Queen Bees and Wannabes, was the teen movie of the 2000s, the one..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Trolls Band Together

Boy band antics with the big-haired, big-voiced toys

"...brother Floyd (Sivan) from the captivity of two pop-star wannabes (Rannells and Schumer) who have been literally sucking away..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Five Here-and-Now Picks to See at Levitation

Genre-blending show assembly runs next Thursday through Sunday

"...passion they conjure when brought together is something 4AD wannabes spend careers futilely straining for...."

Oct. 21, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Seven Lone Star-Launched Recommendations at Weekend Two of ACL Fest 2022

Seven Texas recommendations at ACL Fest Weekend Two

"...Austin threepiece as the sort of humorless Joy Division wannabes everyone dodges at crazy Eighties-themed parties. But, you shrug..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Carrie Rodriguez's Laboratorio, itchy-O, Fontaines D.C., Ash Lauryn, Nas & Wu-Tang, and more

"...candles at Electric Lounge sub ABGB with scene kings Wannabes in their original early Nineties incarnation, modern psychsters the..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Music Column by Christina Garcia

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Mean Girls

Tina Fey’s musical induces laughter, sensory overload, and acid reflux

"...on Rosalind Wiseman's 2002 parenting guide Queen Bees and Wannabes) went on the road in September 2019 and packed..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Warped and Bloodied: Two New Books by Drafthouse Veterans

Giving the forgotten children of horror and exploitation the analysis they deserve

"...the torrent of lazily ironic Scream rip-offs and Tarantino wannabes "we realized that there were just as many DIY..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin's Throwing a Big Bash for Beethoven in 2020

The classical community is lighting 250 candles for this musical superhero

"...you may be wondering why anyone but these Schroeder wannabes should give an eighth note about Ludwig van B's..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Election Ticker: Marching Toward 2020

The latest from the local campaign trails

"...Buttigieg – are there, with a couple of billionaire wannabes (Michael Bloomberg, Tom Steyer) and some total unknowns (like..."

Dec. 20, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Shinyribs Frontman Kevin Russell Will Perform Gourds Set for Electric Lounge Reunion

Reliving the wild and woolly Nineties music scene downtown

"...(6:45), Genevieve Van Cleve (7:30), Hamell on Trial (7:40), Wannabes (8:35), Gay Sportscasters (9:30), Phil West (10:25), Pong (10:30),..."

April 11, 2019 Music Post by Michael Toland

Ann Howard Kicks Off Commissioner Campaign

ECHO director hosts first event in Precinct 3

"...may be a year away, but not only presidential wannabes are massing at the starting line. On Sunday, Ann..."

March 25, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Experiential House of L Brings Global Style and International Glamor to SXSW

Art, style, music, and more is very on-brand with the fest

"...subterfuge or skullduggery or whatever the John le Carré wannabes are calling it these days...."

March 9, 2019 Arts Post by W. A. Brenner

Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend

Get into your pre-ACL groove with these live music picks

"...Since 1995, local vets from the Wannabes and Javelin Boot have milked this gutter-minded Neil Diamond..."

Sept. 27, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Point Austin: The Circus Returns to Town

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

"...the district Council races appear quite so packed with wannabes, although I presume that's because you don't get as..."

Aug. 24, 2018 News Column by Michael King

UT Professor on the Making of Texas Film Epic Giant

Don Graham's Giant: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the Making of a Legendary American Film

"...like high school, with the cool kids surrounded by wannabes like a younger Dennis Hopper, who idolized Dean and..."

April 13, 2018 Books Review by Joe O'Connell

Point Austin: Double Top Secret Probation

City Council goes on a snipe hunt, and is left holding the bag

"...interviews, without apparently ruining the candidate pool by exposing wannabes – who might otherwise fear for their current positions..."

Dec. 8, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Council: Hello, Columbus!

Meet the would-be city managers … and an Ohio soccer team … ?

"...For the record, the five known wannabes are: Daniel Alfonso, Miami city manager; Spencer Cronk, Minneapolis..."

Nov. 13, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Gay Place

Memorial Day weekend signals the start of summer

"...just went to Urban. Either way, watch these Bushwig wannabes battle it out via Nineties icons. 18 and up...."

May 26, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Playback – JMBLYA 2017: Trapper’s Delight

JMBLYA garners the third largest concert audience in Austin's 2017

"...are so blinded by celebrity that they generally welcome wannabes like Russell Crowe's 30 Odd Foot of Grunts, which..."

May 12, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

I Like to Watch: UnREAL and the Forms of Consumption

Season 2 of the Lifetime series proves nothing's perfect

"...completely different form of consumption. It's why auteurs and wannabes prefer the all-at-once stream of Netflix and Amazon originals..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

What Would $720 Million for Transportation Buy?

City Council mulls the "Go Big" bond in preparation for the November ballot

"...It was a late addition to the smart corridor wannabes, but traffic analyses indicate it would have the most..."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Mars Needs Shock Jocks?

"...SOE has also had enough of the local Limbaugh wannabes like "Todd and Don" and "Mark and Charlie," whose..."

April 1, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Friday SXSW Showcases

"...sway, before blues-immersed guitar prodigy Rei makes seasoned six-string wannabes realize it's too late for them (damn teenagers with..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Richard Whittaker

Only Bowie

Long lost 1995 Austin compilation wields a license to freak

"...humid, fast) turn at “Hang On to Yourself” and Wannabes’ pop torpedo “TVC 15.” Menacing (Wounded Turkey’s “Suffragette City”),..."

Feb. 10, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Day Trips & Beyond: Cooking Studio Taos

New Mexico cooking class is fun and chaotic

"...directions seems too much to ask of the kitchen wannabes. But maybe the students enjoy displaying their culinary ineptitude...."

Dec. 9, 2015 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

UT Theatre & Dance's The Wild Party

In this Michael John LaChiusa & George C. Wolfe musical, gin, sin, and skin collide in a debaucherous 1920s requiem to the ego

"...one part bathtub gin. Add equal parts has-beens and wannabes. Throw in a love triangle and a few lines..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Review by Stephanie Carll

The Hightower Report

A flagrant liar for president?

"...her widely-hailed performance in the second debate among Republican wannabes, where she touched many viewers with her impassioned and..."

Oct. 9, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

Point Austin: Those Who Sow the Wind

The national GOP continues to perpetuate its permanent culture of extremism

"...he inherited it – the odd lot of remaining wannabes have been shamelessly lying and pandering, in hopes of..."

Sept. 25, 2015 News Column by Michael King

The Hightower Report

Trump is a buffoon, but what do we call his copycat rivals?

"...instead it's being embraced, not only by far-out GOP wannabes like Ted Cruz and Bobby Jindal, but also by..."

Sept. 11, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Rite Flyers

"...One part Doctors' Mob and Balloonatic, and two parts Wannabes, the Rite Flyers pay tribute to the more aggressive..."

June 5, 2015 Music Review by Michael Toland

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