TV Terrorist

KTBC Reporter Caggiano's Guerrilla Tactics Cost Him

"...and a cameraman. And the people at my station wanted me to do as much work as [KVUE's] Walt..."

Aug. 8, 1997 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Oral History of ABGB

Pils to wake, pils to sleep

"...me on Fridays" because I could see that he wanted to. I was like, go tell Gretchen [Lowe, Amos'..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Harry Dean Stanton's Long Ride in the Whirlwind

The character actor moves front and center in SXSW doc

"...didn't want to make a talking heads documentary. I wanted Harry to be the leading man, and I wanted..."

March 6, 2013 Screens Post by Shawn Badgley

Duct Tape Messiah

A Q&A with Gurf Morlix

"...I’ve watched Kevin Triplett’s vision come into focus. I’ve wanted to do a record of Blaze’s songs since he..."

Feb. 3, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Trial and Error, Rewarded

The days- and nights- and years-long journey to make August Evening

"...On the first day. "A disaster," he says. "I wanted to quit. I wanted to go home." One problem:..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

A Browner Shade of Black

Blazing trails of Chicano soul

"...taken, even among the Mexican community," contends Molina. "People wanted to be American or they wanted to be Mexican...."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

'Secuestro Express'

Jonathan Jakubowicz and Elizabeth Avellán on 'Secuestro Express'

"...and they support the message of the movie. They wanted people to actually see it in theatres. The movie's..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Michael King

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...I think the main thing everyone wanted was for someone to come in and make the..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Spike Through the Heart

"...truth I could offer, on his level. When he wanted to know about James, about why he left, I..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Books Feature by Spike Gillespie

Living in a Dream

Too Many Ways to Fall

"...it seriously. Everyone was real headstrong about where they wanted to go with it. Everyone had their own idea..."

May 14, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Wisdom of Years

Whatever Way the Wind Blows

"...mother was an actress and nurse, naturally her daughter wanted to be an actress and nurse too. As for..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Weird Bands From Texas

"...myself into a band and becoming a drummer. I wanted to have a fanzine, and I did that in..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Looks Back... and Forward

Documentary Film Pioneer D.A. Pennebaker

"...kinds of reasons for doing it. I think he wanted to have Dylan go through the experience and see..."

April 3, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Total Honesty

Fred Sanders

"...After the first time, they told me if I wanted to play I'd have to come on Tuesday nights..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...of the Sex Pistols playing Randy’s Rodeo. "I Just Wanted To Play That Music!"..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Building a Monster: How Gabriel Luna Became the New Terminator

Austin actor on creating "the Ted Bundy of Terminators"

"...did heavy analysis of the first two films. I wanted to honor what had scared the pants off me..."

Nov. 2, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Local Pick for Free Comic Book Day

Creators of Punchline offer a super-powered narrative

"...of emotions from the usual scowly, angry superhero. I wanted to do something lighter. I was at Tribe, the..."

May 1, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Future of Tegan & Sara

Digital age Intervention

"...Yeah, it was my first time doing it. We wanted to do a Tegan & Sara song, but the..."

Sept. 13, 2016 Music Post by Sarah Marloff

Other Worlds Austin Has The Answer

Writer/director Iqbal Ahmed talks identity before Texas debut

"...his mysterious heritage than he could have hoped or wanted. "I’ve always been really interested in issues of identity,"..."

May 18, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Feel the Burn

Austin author and wildland firefighter Mary Pauline Lowry takes readers inside the fire line in her novel Wildfire

"...Mary Pauline Lowry: I definitely wanted to write about wildfire as a character and as..."

July 24, 2015 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

Crime and Consequences

American Crime creator John Ridley talks about shooting in Austin, faith, race, and Felicity Huffman

"...was very close after the Trayvon Martin trial. They wanted to do a show about where we are as..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

All the Way With LBJ's Play

Bill Rauch talks staging 'All the Way' and 'The Great Society'

"...those audiences. But Robert was really clear that he wanted the play to be in New York if at..."

Oct. 9, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Darkness in the Heart of Town

Will Sheff, one step forward, two steps back

"...been 15 years since the last visit, and Sheff wanted to linger in his past for a few hours..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Unraveling Shakespeare's Life

Dr. James Shapiro tackles the Bard one slice at a time

"...more interested in the narrative aspect of it. I wanted to know &ndash I came across in a book..."

March 23, 2012 Books Post by Robert Faires

Preserving a 'Special Kind of Place'

Scott Swearingen on the ‘environmental city’

"...or 30 years before it, and so I really wanted to write the book ... to try to show..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

All That Remains

Roxanne Paltauf vanished three years ago, leaving her family with only memories and investigators with few clues

"...children, didn't particularly care for Roxanne. If the two wanted to spend any time together, they had to find..."

July 3, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Constancy of Sorrow

Native Texan Kevin Reynolds taps loss of innocence, from Cold War Commies to The Count of Monte Cristo

"...I guess, when I was a kid, I never wanted to grow up and sort of sensed that it..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Advance's Retreat

Is this the end for Cinematexas?

"...was my TA for my Film 1 class. She wanted to put together a film festival for UT, kind..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

The Greatest Gift

An oral history unearthing one of post-punk's most seminal acts: Austin's Scratch Acid

"...of two-word combinations and settled on Scratch Acid. We wanted something evocative but nonspecific, something that indicated an atmosphere..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Transformations

A Conversation with the three directors of the SXSW premiere Cruel & Unusual

"...with the same kind of idea of what we wanted with this film, so that really helped. Our end..."

March 10, 2006 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

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