Sometimes Rumble, Sometimes Tumble

Joe Lansdale may be Texas' bloody answer to Mark Twain

"...work, which has delved into and jumbled up together science fiction, Western, horror, and crime, always stays close to..."

June 26, 2009 Books Feature by Joe O'Connell

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"...have been surprised to see a "News of the Weird" in the same issue...."

Aug. 5, 2005 Column

After a Fashion

George-ness, Weird-ness, and what happens when Stephen does not get invited to a party

"...WEIRDER THAN THAT I know that two of the words..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

It Came From Beyond

"I saw my first cadaver when I was about five years old. I saw my first rotting corpse at 10." Now, at 35, Guillermo del Toro is probably the world's most promising horror film director.

"...hometown. "I got to know a lot of really weird people there," he says. "There was this short, chubby..."

July 21, 2000 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts

UT's Master Plan Disaster?

So Far, School's New Buildings Receive Low Marks

"...of Texas' "geek corner" -- where most of the science and engineering departments are imprisoned, cut off from the..."

Aug. 29, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

It's Knives Out For Rian Johnson at Fantastic Fest

The Last Jedi director's latest to close fest

"...late November. So Fantastic Fest, the annual celebration of weird cinema at the Alamo Drafthouse, has snagged a special..."

Aug. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Night He Came to Fantastic Fest

Genre fest announces Halloween for opening night

"...THE TRIP BACK – PRESENTED BY AGFA AND SOMETHING WEIRD USA, 2018, World Premiere, 80 min. In Attendance –..."

Aug. 22, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Cthulhu Humor of William Browning Spencer

Austin author William Browning Spencer finds the lighter side of Lovecraft and other horrors

"...of dark fantasy literature, the eldritch ways of the Weird Tales author are now familiar to many more consumers..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Arts Feature by Mike Berry

The Luv Doc: In Favor of Waxing

There is far too much hair in the world already

"...not real self-conscious, but it just seems kind of weird. It's not like we're going to be making porns...."

Nov. 25, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

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

"...mountains in 1959. All nine died. That's not too weird – it's the Urals in Winter – but how..."

Jan. 11, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Swimming 'Upstream'

Shane Carruth on pigs, money, and being a control freak

"...with. Getting there is where the mechanics of this weird pig-worm-orchid life cycle come from...."

April 19, 2013 Screens Feature by Patrick Courtney

Life in Prison for Hemp

José Peña brought some roadside weeds home from Kansas. Cops decided it was reefer, and a Texas court sentenced him to life in prison – without the evidence. It took a decade for Peña to get back some of the pieces of his life.

"...made by a panel from the National Academy of Sciences in its groundbreaking 2009 report on the national state..."

March 16, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW Saturday Showcases

Last night of SXSW 2011 and still plenty of one-venue hang time

"...and re-emerged three years later with the Chris Colonna-produced Science & Sorcery, which straddles the line between pure rawk..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Off the Record

Counting down 2008 in lists and casting the first ballot for the annual Chronicle Music Poll

"...3) Deerhunter, Microcastle/Weird Era Cont. (Kranky)..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Something Out of Nothing

Joe Swanberg, anti-director, on Hannah Takes the Stairs

"...not two weeks ago. The dreaded "M" word. "It's weird, because 'Mumblecore' is a term from within," Swanberg says...."

Oct. 26, 2007 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Overdue introduction

"...a year before granted divorce) and finished my political science degree at Carleton University. A few years after that,..."

Oct. 8, 2007 Promotions Post

The Comics (Artist) Panel

Five Austinites on the state of the sequential art, from comics to comix to manga and beyond

"...on the underground scene, and Robert Crumb was publishing Weirdo, and that's where I first heard about this zine..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Joey Seiler

It's Noon. Do You Know What Your Children Are Eating?

Fernando Saralegui is in 'Papi's Kitchen' trying to help kids with healthy habits

"...Saralegui as "Underdog meets the Nutty Professor," who provides science facts...."

June 9, 2006 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

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"...Austin With a Conscience..."

May 7, 2004 Column

Melodramatic Entrance

On set with 'Shades of Life,' the multicultural soap-opera access show giving minority actors a shot at exposure

"...Moore is a dynamic 28-year-old who teaches science and an afterschool acting class at Winn Elementary. He..."

April 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Page Two

If the City Council approves a proposed noise ordinance, Austin will have to stay weird quietly, and possibly without many nightclubs.

"...Last Thursday, I first read "Council Plan: Keep Austin Weird," an article on the front page of the Statesman's..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Column by Louis Black

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"...Weed Not 'Weird'..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Column

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"...Weed Not 'Weird'..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Column

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Solid Gold 40 is shocked and dismayed; non-fans of Carole Keeton Rylander add their two cents; a tear for Tony's Vineyard; and more letters to the editor.

"...Weird City Folks..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Column

The Spirit of Mid-Season

"...with suspended animation. Although it's easily placed in the science fiction genre, Groening hopes to create a take on..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

How the West Was Sung

The Newton Boys Soundtrack: An Oral History

"...records. I knew those records had all kinds of weird spooky stuff - what Danny Barnes would call "the..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Book Reviews

"...are usually the first thing disposed of by a science fiction author, which may be why so many people..."

May 2, 1997 Books Feature

A Very Merry List of Junk to Gift to News Junkies

For loved ones in the good fight and those you’ve yet to indoctrinate

"...is, titled, appropriately, Austin Is Cool and Also Totally Weird. Gifting an experience rather than an item that will,..."

Dec. 8, 2023 News Feature by the News Team

Five Themes at This Year’s Texas Book Festival

What’s hot, what’s intriguing, and who’s gonna be at the annual literary bonanza

"...(We Are the Crisis); and A Typical Day in Science Fiction With Clones, Supervillains & Spy Cats (Nov. 12,..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Arts Column by Kimberley Jones

Texas GOP's Book Bans Are the First Step in Anti-Public Education Crusade

Banning books (for Jesus!)

"...different from those raised elsewhere, in all kinds of weird and wonderful ways. Stephanie Erlewine has four of them,..."

June 30, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

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