Letters at 3AM

All the tumult, all the culture, all the relentless historical brouhaha, has not changed the irreducible loneliness that haunts us.

"...1817, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were writing each other the most important letters in the American canon. When..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Mouthing Off

Lowell Bartholomee has a lot to say, and he says it in plays that blaze like a Klieg instrument throwing gritty metrosphere of modern life into stark relief -- stark comic relief.

"...Lowell Bartholomee ... yeah, the name's a bit of a mouthful -- and the..."

July 26, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

After a Fashion

If you ask Stephen out on a date and he tells you that he has to do his Hair, don't be offended, he's just obsessing about the new production at Zach Scott.

"...A FESTIVE FOURTH The weekend of the Fourth of July was a round..."

July 19, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Age of Aquarius

With a new production of the "American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" Hair, director Dave Steakley caps 10 years of making the Zachary Scott Theatre Center rock -- and so much more.

"...The members of "the Tribe" wander into the playing space,..."

July 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...From the ACC President..."

March 22, 2002 Column

Heat

"...straw-colored hair up into a bun and held it there, pledging to write from her grandmother's in Ponca City...."

July 13, 2001 Features Feature by Robin Bradford

Three Canyons

The Southwest Edge of Texas Hill Country -- Home to Lost Maples and Garner State Park -- Is Rich in Both Beauty and History

"...There's a beautiful place about 150 miles southwest of here...."

May 18, 2001 Features Feature by Brant Bingamon

Worlds of Flavor

As a food writer with a special passion for the foods of Southeast Asia, I was excited about the 2000 Worlds of Flavor International Conference and Festival, Mick Vann writes. My pulse quickened and I salivated uncontrollably every time the possibility of attending crossed my mind. I would love to go, but my financial picture was in its usual bleak and blurry mode. Then came the call from my editor. I had gotten a surprise, last-minute press pass.

"...As a food writer with a special passion for the foods of Southeast Asia, I was excited about the..."

March 23, 2001 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Letters at 3AM

Let's Get Drunk and Read Poetry

"...It falls to me to write this on the night of Gore's concession speech ("Our disappointment must be..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Poetry in Emotion

Katherine Catmull never intended to pursue a career in acting. In fact, she seriously avoided it for as long as she could, choosing instead to earn her degree in English literature. Why is revealed in this profile of one of Austin's most sophisticated and literate performers.

"...as if she could not recognize her face, and there were her hands, desperately trying, again and again, to..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Animation Station

Through ADVision, Austin has become a hotspot for producing English-dubbed anime. Who knew?

"..."In the dying days of the Tukoobuwa Sho -- "..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Velvet Underdog

Sterling Morrison: An Oral History With Interviews

"...On the night of May 17, 1979, Sterling Morrison and John..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

No Ordinary Folk

Producer Fred Miller remembers the making of this antiwar documentary, which focuses on the music of folk legends Peter, Paul & Mary.

"...was shot or if mellifluous, acoustic harmonies like "Puff, the Magic Dragon" have context only on your "oldies" station,..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Scanlines

Dazed and Confused

"...Affleck, Parker Posey, Anthony Rapp, Wiley Wiggins, Rory Cochrane, Matthew McConaughey. Can't Hardly Wait..."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

Smoke Gets in Your Mouth

Taylor

"...Second, Taylor, 512/352-6206 Mon-Thu, 9am-8pm; Fri, 9am-5pm; Sat, 9am-'til they run outta food...."

May 21, 1999 Food Feature

Selective Enforcement

The Sixth Street Load-In Policy

"...illustration by Jason Stout The Sixth Street crowd is an unruly one. Overwhelmingly drunk,..."

May 1, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Human-Headed Flies

Drastic Space III:

"...illustration by A.J. Garces There's a glowing thing in your home, a drastic space,..."

June 20, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Immaculate Perception

Author and Visionary Bruce Sterling

"...Perhaps more than any other writer these days, Bruce Sterling takes the abstract ideas..."

April 18, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Record Reviews

"...The following are albums by artists playing the 1997 South..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

Sxsw

"...Okay, take a deep breath. Hold it. Exhale. Again. There. Feel better? Look, just calm down. So what if..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Old King: Neil Young and Jonathan Demme in Nashville

Neil Young's new 'Prairie Wind' howls for the decades

"...This isn't really the return of "Page Two." Instead it's a ... well,..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Music Feature by Louis Black

Game Reviews

"...instructor in this first-person horseback riding simulator game, reportedly the first of its kind. The goal is to ride..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus

The legendary composer delivers his final performance in a stirring concert documentary

"...how his music made me feel. As an eight-year-old watching Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor (too young), I had..."

March 29, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Play On!

In the backstage comedy Anton in Show Business, playwright Jane Martin wittily paints the contemporary stage as a madhouse overrun by loons and lunatics so preoccupied with money, image, and themselves that they can hardly be bothered to create art. And the State Theater Company's production takes us inside the insanity with an air of playfulness that keeps the audience primed for a good time.

"...Man, the American theatre is one seriously fucked-up place. Here's this..."

March 30, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Platters

"...Strange, I don't remember doing any acid in the Eighties. Still, Obsessive Personality feels like a horrific flashback..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Music Review

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...with Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce, Chloe Sevigny. For once, the hype is right on the money. Kids is an..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

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

July 18, 2014 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

On Leaving Paradise for an Oasis

An Austin foodie falls in love with Marathon and West Texas' other boutique towns

"...following a chef, but like many who've headed in the same direction, I discovered much more. In my 22..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Live Shots

"...LAUREL AITKEN & THE NEW YORK SKA-JAZZ ENSEMBLE..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Music Feature

The Who

Dinosaur DVDs with a smattering of punk, porn, and R&B

"...The WhoLive in Texas '75 (Eagle Rock) Thin LizzyLive at..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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