Sundance Review: Prisoners of the Ghostland

Cage/Sono styles clash in underwhelming cowboy/ronin/gangster film

"...The Western and the samurai film have always locked step. The..."

Feb. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Song Premiere: Selena Rosanbalm Debuts Solo On “Patriot”

Rosie & the Ramblers lead gets political

"...due October 9. Long ensconced in the honky-tonk and Western swing scene with her band Rosie & the Ramblers,..."

Aug. 4, 2020 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Commissioners Court Candidates Get Early Start on Democratic Primary

In Western Travis, it's almost 2020

"...up to challenge GOP incumbent Gerald Daugherty for his western Precinct 3 seat on the Travis County Commissioners Court...."

March 29, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Dust and Bones

Cannibal Western Bone Tomahawk finds true gristle

"...started writing Bone Tomahawk, he wasn't creating a revisionist Western just for revisionism's sake. He wanted to focus on..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

What She Does Isn’t Secret

Punk rock doc godmother Penelope Spheeris speaks

"...punky-bank and purchased Penelope Spheeris’ watershed The Decline of Western Civilization trilogy – finally! – and the remastered, bells-and-whistles-and-catcalls..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

SXSW Live Shot: Qarabagh Ensemble, Qaraqan, Diwan Saz

Welcome to Azerbaijan

"...a country at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia – surrounded by Russia, Iran, Armenia, and the..."

March 19, 2015 Music Post by Michael Toland

Playback

Crooked Bangs sings en français, Western Medical pulls plug on the big machine, and UtopiaFest finds a soul-stirring hero ankle-deep in the mud.

"...– its second release – on new local label Western Medical Records from producer Mike McCarthy. Known locally for..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Toros Finish Busy Week With Lopsided Win

Leo Lyons named to All-Star team

"...at 22-12, good enough for second place in the Western Conference and third best in the NBDL...."

Feb. 25, 2012 Sports Post by Will Schmidt

The Romney Offensive

Perry gets mean as his campaign loses steam

"...campaign adopted a new strategy for last night's CNN Western Republican Presidential Debate: If you can't win by the..."

Oct. 19, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Flat Track Derby in Motion, Part 2

More from the WFTDA Western regionals, plus the East sorts out their seeding

"...Track Derby Association's Eastern regionals in Madison, Wis. Unlike Western regionals, where the big shock was last year's national..."

Oct. 13, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Texecutioners are the Reason

Full recap of Sunday's derby match up with the Detroit Derby Girls.

"...Speaking of the Texecutioners: With Western Regionals a month away, they were looking for a..."

Sept. 9, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Texecutioners Take to the Road for '08 Season

TXRG touring team to hit Houston, Kansas City and Feasterville

"...all on the road. That's not including the WFTDA Western Regionals and (fingers crossed) the national championship in November...."

March 26, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Cabela's: Not Just for Deer Hunting

The store for hunting weed dealers!

"...to send multiple 50-pound pot shipments from Texas to Western Michigan, via commercial carriers (think FedEx). Apparently things went..."

March 3, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

Dream Lady

Cindy Walker, the queen of Western Swing, reflects on a lifetime of songwriting

"...hard to think of a more influential country & western songwriter, or one who's more quintessentially Texan. In fact,..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Big Land, Big Stories,& One-Eyed Jacks

Western Roundup

"...illustration by Nathan Jensen Some American Indian tribes used..."

April 18, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

They Went West

Back in the saddle with a faded genre's favorite stars

"...In April, Western film stars William S. Hart, Tom Mix, Gene Autry,..."

May 28, 2010 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Riding With Bob

"...praying at the altar of the legendary King of Western Swing. Starting in West Virginia, rambling out to California,..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

You Are Entering Harlan County

Justified creator Graham Yost exits Kentucky for the ATX Television Festival

"...Eastwood was Unforgiven. That's such a deconstruction of the Western. We were trying to deconstruct that archetype as well,..."

June 5, 2015 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Spectre of Swing

Don McCalister's Demon

"...associated here in Austin and all over the world: Western swing...."

June 21, 1996 Music Feature

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...in the Chronicle's Doug Sahm memorial the following week. "Western swing, straight country, Norteño, even jazz, rock & roll,..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Hitting the Pavement

Building SH 130 is still being considered in terms of costs, routes, and whether it will be a toll road.

"...p.22) where TTA has studied an eastern and a western alignment for SH 130. This means there are eight..."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...declared the frontier dead in 1893, it was the Western frontier he was talking about, and he felt that..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

Equality

Ornette Coleman, speaking softly and carrying a huge legacy

"...What it's based on is that in Western culture there are four basic instruments, an F instrument,..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Big in Japan

Austinites forge a career half a world away.

"...Hot Club of Cowtown and released two Japan-only compilations, Western Jazz and Western Swing. In May 2002, Hot Club..."

May 2, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Serious Rock & Roll Anthropology

An interview with SXSW honoree Penelope Spheeris

"...Right up front you knew that The Decline of Western Civilization was not a film that was going to..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin Theatre Critics' Table 1999-2000 Nominations

"...Under a Western Sky, Amparo Garcia Crow..."

May 12, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Montana Story

Death in the modern West underlies this poignant family drama

"...are framed against the sweeping landscapes surrounding the farm. Westerns have always thrived on sweeping landscapes and off-center framing,..."

May 27, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Old Henry

Cowboy tale takes a little too long on a familiar trail

"...the sheriff, and Henry becomes embroiled in a chamber-piece Western where he, too, may have some secrets of his..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...James "Slim" Hand as he was: equal parts elusive Western legend and down-to-earth working-class man. "If you spoke his..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Laiken Neumann

Cowboys Versus Witches in The Pale Door

Austinite Aaron B. Koontz's weird, weird West

"...Supernatural Western. That phrase was all it took for Austin writer/director..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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