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Defending the death penalty, the new Gov, the schools, and all that Jazz.

"...me of some dumbass diatribe by a heavy metal head concerning the phallocentric prowess of a guitar god who..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Column

The Hills of Arkansas

The Meat Purveyors

"...bolted into the room, lifted her shirt above her head, and in a cloth-muffled voice exclaimed, "My band Joan..."

March 6, 1998 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Ring Out the Young, Ring in the "New"

"...Well, things slowed down a whit after that, but head Twanger Dah-Veed Garza (who's gone back to spelling his..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

¿Quieres Chanclar?

East Riverside's "Latin Strip"

"...stand out on Sixth Street. The white suede leather western jacket and two-tone cowboy boots Omar's compadres are sporting..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Music Feature by James E. Garcia

Postmarks

Justice Denied

"...focused on Barton Springs and stopping growth in the western parts of the city, has chosen to abandon East..."

June 6, 1997 Column

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Wednesday

A primo Tiger Den showcase, iLe, Hermanos Gutiérrez, and more

"...Tuesday coverage. An Untroubled Look Into Asian Glow’s Emo Headspace..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

Heavy Lifting: The Hammond Organ Has a Special Place in Austin ... I Should Know

Austin's an epicenter for an instrument that stopped being manufactured 47 years ago

"...make it the way you hear it in your head. Uniquely, the Hammond organ can blend in with any..."

April 1, 2022 Music Feature by Red Young

Live and Recorded Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Black Pistol Fire, BLXPLTN, Jazz for a cause, and more

"...Owen and I have just finished going head-to-head in an axe-throwing contest at an East Austin facility...."

July 23, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Friday SXSW Picks

"...This year's big show out in the elements comes headlined by the New York quartet that made it cool..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Urban Tejano

Tortilla Factory pulls down a Grammy nomination as Best Tejano Band as the almost four-decade-old local institution gets ready to reinvent the genre

"...begins in San Angelo, the real cotton fields of Western songs. Its chapters are soundtracked by time-worn vinyl records..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Crossroads 3

I went up to the Crossroads – and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – fell down on my knees

"...Cleveland and Harvey Pekar are one and the same: head down but unbowed...."

July 2, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Fusebox Festival

The 2010 lineup promises a Fusebox as wild, novel, and thrilling as ever

"...May 1, will include modern dance from Japan, a Western from England, a Western swing big band with 200..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Towns & Places

"...No. 2 Who'd a-thunk that in MTV's infancy, the band to put Texas on the video map would be..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...punkish chord progressions and red-devil rhythms that plenty of bands shoot for, but few put forth. The same could..."

March 8, 2002 Music Feature

The Memory of Music

Discovering Moby Grape's Skip Spence via his only solo album Oar, and it's new tribute album, More Oar

"...early Eighties. The water has mellowed to lukewarm. My head is laid back, my eyes closed, my body buzzing...."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Feature by Louis Black

The Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

A look back at the Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

"...that features Mel Tillis, Faron Young, Ernest Tubb, Moe Bandy, Ed Bruce, and Willie Nelson, among many others, which..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

No Tours, No Interviews

Doubling Back with Bob Mould

"...ended up purchasing a place in the city he'd abandoned three years ago for a quieter life in Austin,..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Music Feature

John Doe’s Latest Album Is a Step Forward and a Long Look Back

X co-founder and folk songwriter discusses the path from isolation to inspiration

"...THE RISE OF A CULTURE… THE DECLINE OF THE WESTERN CIVILIZATION."..."

June 24, 2022 Music Feature by Gary Lindsey

Ex-Melvins Confederate Mark Deutrom Achieves Artistic Equilibrium

Longtime local learns The Value of Decay

"...artist goes back to the mid-Eighties same as the band...."

June 22, 2018 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Dancing About Architecture

Champ Hood takes his fiddle to heaven.

"...even know he was sick" keeps running through my head. Y'see, it was a couple of months ago, at..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...to American interests was over, the Afghans were quickly abandoned with bin Laden in their midst. Now that the..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...is apparently not smart enough to know that the headquarters of the Strategic Air Command is in Nebraska. Maybe..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

Robert Earl Keen

Inside REK's inner sanctum, the "Scriptorium"

"...The Texas Hill Country stretches endlessly into the distance, Bandera beyond the rising ridge, and at night, the faint..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

photograph by Todd V. Wolfson

Bruce Hughes

"...Bruce Hughes may play in two ofAustin's most popular bands, the Ugly Americans and the Scabs, but there have..."

June 5, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Xenophobia?

International Acts at SXSW

"...is your Baedecker. It's rife with reference points (other band names) to clue you in because, hey, you're an..."

March 7, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

SXSW Adds Iron Man, Captain Kirk, New Order to Speaker List

Robert Downey Jr., William Shatner, Deepak Chopra headed to Austin

"...double-duty this year. Swinton, who stars in film festival headliner Problemista, will sit down with Sundance Film Festival director..."

Feb. 14, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...of South by Southwest, find harmony in the three headlining films announced for this year’s streaming festival...."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

30 Years of Hot Sauce Festival Creates Many Memories

Reminisce with event staff, judges, and fans during this year’s break from the heat

"...us and wouldn't leave. He had it in his head that the contest was rigged. I have no idea..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Food Feature

Jenny Hoyston Releases First Solo Album in Over a Decade

Erase Errata founding member seeks new soundscapes in Hold On, Loosely

"...tracked her other projects, Hallways of Always with Middle Western’s William Elliott Whitmore and Austin’s Hey Jellie with former..."

Jan. 3, 2020 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Wednesday night SXSW blurbs

"...Saxon Pub When he arrived in the late Eighties, hard-headed Texas troubadour McMurtry was already talented and insightful beyond..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

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