Moving on From West Memphis

Freed from death row, Damien Echols reflects on where to go next

"...Damien Echols' life as part of the wrongfully imprisoned West Memphis Three has been well-documented in books, films, songs,..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Books Feature by Dan Solomon

West of Memphis

Eighteen years of wrongful imprisonment and four documentaries still don't put to rest the trials of the West Memphis Three.

"...In 1993, three 8-year-old boys – Stevie Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher..."

March 15, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Three Guys, a Girl, and a Dog Named Friday

Austin film collective Jollyville Pictures on its ingredients for success

"...than a roadway over yonder in the key of West Austin. But, hang on, we're getting ahead of ourselves..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders of Robin Hood Hills

"...1993, the horribly mutilated and abused dead bodies of three eight-year-old boys -- Steven Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Undefeated

This Oscar-winner for Best Documentary tells a rousing and heartwarming tale of a West Memphis high school football team overcoming the odds.

"...of the perpetual losers from Manassas High School in West Memphis, Tenn., has been expertly molded by co-directors Lindsay..."

April 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

... And Justice for All?

Bruce Sinofsky and Joe Berlinger's Paradise Lost depicted the grossly mishandled trials of three Arkansas teens. With Paradise Lost 2: Revelations, part of the Texas Documentary Tour, they return to the scene of the crime.

"...rancid underbelly of small-town America. In eight years and three films they have examined what happens when American justice..."

April 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Bright Lights, Big City

At the crossroads of the Austin Music Awards.

"...out onstage ready for a Weezer video to introduce "three guys that never bought into the goatee crap" –..."

March 8, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Unknown Soldier

Bill Carter steps out from under the shadow of Captain Jack Sparrow

"...shadows of moviemaking royalty. J.D. contributes slide guitar to West Memphis Three ode "Anything Made of Paper," cut at..."

May 3, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Dancing About Architecture

Austin Music goes to Amsterdam, and the Spankers come back from there; more albums don't come out, and more bad club news

"...are already kicking into high gear at South by Southwest World Headquarters, and next week you can expect to..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s

Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history Satanic Panic revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria

"...nuclear pissing contest between the Soviet Union and the West (which in turn spawned the equally toxic Sting track..."

March 11, 2016 Arts Feature by Marc Savlov

The Kingcast Finds the Personal Stories of Stephen King Fans

Eric Vespe and Scott Wampler make for the podcast's skeleton crew

"...the guest." Thomas Jane, for example, has starred in three King adaptations (1922, Dreamcatcher, and The Mist) and digs..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker

Playback: ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré! ¡Cuatro!

SXSW Music begins coming into focus

"...No calm precedes the South by Southwest storm. Two weeks out from the world's most talked..."

March 1, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

DVDanger: Ryan Reynolds, the Most Interesting Man in the World

How Van Wilder became Hollywood's most unpredictable talent

"...flair to the equation, with Devil's Knot retelling the West Memphis Three story, and an almost conventional thriller in..."

May 2, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival Announces 2012 Lineup

Hot off the press: Justin Cronin, Junot Díaz, and Cheryl Strayed among 200 authors to attend

"...years of wrongful imprisonment as a member of the West Memphis Three in Life After Death; Dan Rather (Rather..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Let the People Speak

Documentarians Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky

"...national, if not international, sensation: The nude bodies of three boys, all eight years old, are discovered on a..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Screens Feature by Patrick Taggart

It Ain't the Meat, It's the Notion

Smokin' to the East, Smokin' to the West

"...of course. Later in the book, Goudsblom identifies the three most important steps in becoming civilized as the control..."

June 14, 1996 Books Feature by Ed Ward

Robert Plant Carries Fire

Ex-Austin deities sell out three nights at the Moody Theater

"...call and response to a reworked “Black Dog.” All three nights offered a different set-list: Saturday began with Carry..."

Oct. 2, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Bill Carter Tackles the Unknown

Waterloo Records in-store today previews new album

"...Johnny Depp, interested him in the case of the West Memphis 3...."

Jan. 29, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Playback: Groping the SXSW Elephant

SXSW Music doesn't just boil down to three power points

"...Same for South by Southwest...."

March 21, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Record Reviews

"...It's been nearly three decades since Dr. John the Night Tripper was born,..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Music Review

The Lemon Twigs, Obongjayar, the Zombies, and Ambré Added in SXSW 2023’s Second Lineup Drop

With a whopping 301 musical artists

"...As the festival looms just three months away, March 13-18, SXSW Music unveils another triple-digit..."

Dec. 7, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Checking In: Guitar Heater Sue Foley Works on Her PhD

Ace stringer “spaced out for about three months” first

"...“Pic of me and Mike [Flanigin] attached from our West Texas trek to promote Mike’s album West Texas Blues,..."

Aug. 18, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Gulf Coast Soul

The Boogie Kings continue to boogie, Port A-style

"...the jukebox and then some. They sported upwards of three lead vocalists, who could take off on their own..."

Aug. 4, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

SXSW Unloads Fourth Artist List

Quin NFN, Cayucas, Gabriella Cohen, and 128 more

"...Following three supersized artist announcements, South by Southwest now shifts to..."

Jan. 17, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Box Sets/Reissues

The Disco Box

"...tantalize with words of BPMs, race mixing, DJs blending three songs at once, and naughty leather bars, but the..."

April 9, 1999 Music Feature

Reissues

"...MUDDY WATERS & MEMPHIS SLIM..."

July 28, 1995 Music Feature

Sxsw

"...are over 700 bands playing this year's South by Southwest conference? You are only one person, with two legs,..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...sign of the zodiac), Fisher decided this South by Southwest showcase was a good chance to display his newer..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

Book Tour Confidential

"...the staff is mainly female. "You'll start on the West Coast and work your way east. First stop, L.A."..."

May 21, 1999 Books Feature by Carol Dawson

Reissues

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

"...man alone. Unfortunately, there's not much from the last three Beefheart albums, or any of the much-sought-after early Bat..."

June 25, 1999 Music Feature

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