An Excerpt From Blackout

Sarah Hepola's memoir on "remembering the things I drank to forget" – an excerpt

"...In the fall of 1993, the accidental lumberjack look was like..."

June 19, 2015 Arts Feature

You Are Entering Harlan County

Justified creator Graham Yost exits Kentucky for the ATX Television Festival

"..."They had dug coal together as young men and then..."

June 5, 2015 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Nick Drake

A new tome sheds light on the mythic UK folkie

"...Everything Nick Drake left behind lingers with Romanticism, the big R Romanticism that speaks to something transcendent, pastoral,..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Hip-Hop on the Verge

Austin finally cemented a scene, but who will break out nationally?

"...Months before becoming only the second local rapper to play the Austin City Limits..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Point of Entry

Fun Fun Fun is Judas Priest roaring back to Austin

"..."Tell the world" are words normally reserved for revealing who's really..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Feature by Adam Ganderson

Orange Is the New Weird

ATX indie-rock guitar god alert! The Young frontman Hans Zimmerman.

"..."I'll be the dork drinking beer," reads the text from Hans Zimmerman...."

Aug. 22, 2014 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Other Notable Local VR Projects

"...Omni TreadmillThis omnidirectional treadmill replaces the usual controller for movement within a virtual environment. Slick..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Screens Feature

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...The McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica are the driest place..."

July 18, 2014 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Where the Girls Go/ATX: Make-It-Last Edition

Yer best bets to find the QTs of ATX all weekend long

"...Not the Last Edition, the Make-It-Last Edition. Every now and then,..."

June 27, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Binge Watching in Wi-Fidelity

Austin WebFest, Texas’ first webseries festival, kicks off tonight

"...“There is a misconception about the quality of webseries,” says..."

June 26, 2014 Screens Post by Fernie Martinez

Got My Mojo Workin'

Paul Oscher used to blow harps for Muddy Waters

"...Thursday night at C-Boy's Heart & Soul, and Steve Wertheimer's southside juke joint is drenched in true blues. Dim..."

June 27, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The History Book on the Shelf Is Always Repeating Itself

'Mad Men' hits reset with midseason finale "Waterloo"

"...The first half of the last season of Mad Men..."

May 27, 2014 Screens Post by Rod Machen

The Long Journey Home

The Houston Kid comes full circle

"..."It was the hippie Shangri-La, it truly was. I lived on Enfield..."

April 18, 2014 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

DVDanger: 'Frightmare', 'The Flesh and Blood Show'

Redemption resurrects the legacy of terror maestro Pete Walker

"...When American audiences think about British horror in the 1970s, they tend to think about the Gothic high..."

March 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Get Your Arms Around CLAW

How one quirky hobby became an over-the-top phenomenon

"...The sleepy city of Charlottesville, Virginia, is like the Austin..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: February 1914

Charlie Chaplin's iconic Tramp was really born in 'Kid Auto Races at Venice,' not 'Mabel's Strange Predicament,' as commonly thought

"...The icon that Charles Chaplin created at the age of..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

DVDanger: 'Devil's Pass', 'Die, Monster, Die!', 'The Whip and the Body', 'Birth of the Living Dead'

A modern shocker, two vintage terrors, and a history lesson in zombies

"...The years change, the decades fall away, but here at..."

Jan. 11, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Q&A Hole: What's the Best Thing They Got for Christmas?

And what's the best thing they gave? Nine citizens answer.

"...Because, sure, it's all about "the reason for the season," whichever holiday you celebrate. Whether..."

Jan. 1, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Becoming Johellen, Part 3

A young queen dives wig-first into the pool of Austin drag divas

"...He dabs at an 88-hue makeup pallet and applies the finishing touches to her deep purple eyes and lips...."

Dec. 26, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Jesse Mandell-McClinton

A Starring Role: Interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Our man Brenner talks with the famed astrophysicist, because science.

"...Neil deGrasse Tyson, the celebrated astrophysicist, the director of the Hayden Planetarium, the..."

Nov. 26, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Egg & I

How an experimental treatment for major depression introduced me to the medical magnet and the return of 'energetic' medicine

"...on my back in a dimly lit room on the seventh floor of a Dallas research hospital. A device..."

Aug. 23, 2013 News Feature by Greg Harman

Playback: Major Frost

Who's Max Frost and how did the Austin native sign to Atlantic Records?

"...Count Max Frost as the only Austin musician who's down with both Kydd Jones..."

June 28, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Jitterbug Vipers: Shut Up and Play, Bitch!

Lounge jazzmasters celebrate ‘Phoebe’s Dream’

"...met up to talk about her lounge jazz band the Jitterbug Vipers’ new album, Phoebe’s Dream, which came out..."

June 4, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...first semester, I only knew one individual who fit the criteria: Doors’ keyboardist Ray Manzarek...."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

Five Things Baymageddon Taught Me

No pain, some gain from last weekend's Michael Bay marathon

"...Of course, that could just be the green Jello talking...."

April 28, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Urinetown: The Musical

Texas State University's delightful staging showed off all the strengths of its musical theatre program

"...Urinetown: The MusicalTexas State University, 430 Moon, San Marcos April 16..."

April 26, 2013 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Music Supervisor Thomas Vale

Next Big Things on the silver screen

"...I’ve discovered incredible music while watching TV and films...."

April 2, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Jacco Gardner

"...Four decades after the fact, Syd Barrett's London Underground joins forces with Curt..."

March 15, 2013 Music Review by Greg Beets

Four Space Nerds Sitting Around Talking…

Space Tech After NASA: Boom Time for Innovation, or those were the days?

"...Having missed all the previous NASA @ SXSW sessions, I rushed over to..."

March 13, 2013 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

Beyond the Final Frontier

Entering the new age of spaceflight with some unconventional leaders

"...us think of space, we immediately think of NASA, the government-controlled entity that put a man on the moon..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Joey Keeton

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