Guillen Defeats Sims in Art of War 2’s No. 1 Stunner (Wh-What, Wh-What, What?)

"...Guillen … OK, the overemoting sportscaster approach doesn’t work when you’re describing a cage fight, does it? After watching..."

May 13, 2007 Sports Post by Jeremy Martin

Playback: Dialing In Birdlegg

Birdleggs, Strange Boys, Moonpies, Ed Hall / Gorch Fock / Brown Whörnet, and other weirdness

"...I'm getting Bluesman Wisdom 101 at 2am from Birdlegg, who's sweating through his suit after a frenzied performance at..."

July 19, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Scavengers of the Vast Wasteland

Whether they're riffing on punk, metal, funk, jazz, film scores, or even klezmer music, Brown Whörnet attacks each passage with a vociferous intensity that seldom fails to keep an audience at attention.

"...-- Attention Deficit Disorder. It's all the rage. But what about the positive effects of having a short attention..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Lotto Land's Winning Ticket

Musician Wendell Holmes Moves to Film

"...actors audition for years before landing a film role, while others break into movies without so much as a..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Arts Feature

Discord and Ecstasy

Werner Herzog on 'Grizzly Man'

"...garbage bags full of people" out of the bear who killed and ate Treadwell – but Treadwell's fear was..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Bring It

'Soldier of Cinema' Werner Herzog unloads on the state of short film and the ancient Greek drama that is WWF

"...the operas he has directed, and his unrelenting and wholly unique take on the craft of filmmaking, and you..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Sound and the Fury

Local theatre Alamo Drafthouse teams silent films with live musical scores by favorite Austin acts.

"...socials, barbershop quartets, and evening concerts in the park where gentlemen ride around on high-wheel bicycles. Certainly all are..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Local Composer Peter Stopschinski Releases 50 Free Albums in One Summer

That’s just the kind of guy he is

"...of the world's greatest short stories and also redefining what realism in the theatre meant. Dostoyevsky is a hedgehog..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by Kirk Lynn

Warren Hood Settles Into Strange Brew

Second generation fiddler finds a home for Sunday residency

"...Hood, Emily Gimble, and Willie Pipkin are the Brewbirds, who play every Sunday at Strange Brew, 8pm. When the..."

April 30, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Studio Visits: William Heath (aka Billy Beasty)

In an Eastside home, a consummate collaborator lives with the detritus of spectacular gestures

"...artist/curator/designer talent agency," Busy Town LLC, the title of which is cribbed from Richard Scarry's famous books. To know..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Arts Column by Andy Campbell

The Big Seedy

Werner Herzog talks about his eccentric tour de farce, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

"...WH: I don't think it would do justice to Kinski..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Golden Arm Symphony

Unraveling the budding symphonic genius of Graham Reynolds

"...the lapels of his double-breasted, pin-striped suit), and looking somewhat severe with his thick, Bela Lugosi eyebrows -- looks..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

10 Minutes with Warren Haynes

Gateway to the Allman Brothers, Grateful Dead, and Shawn Colvin

"...AC: When you first started playing was that something you aimed..."

Feb. 17, 2016 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Dancing About Architecture

Checking up on SIMS and their $216K, checking in on Lyle Lovett's broken leg, and Tyler Harwood checks out of the Zulu as Kono and the Peenbeets.

"...he had the utmost confidence in the local nonprofit, which provides free mental health services for local musicians. That's..."

April 5, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Brown Whörnet 12.15.99 (Pecan Crazy)

Texas Platters

"...Brown Whörnet12.15.99 (Pecan Crazy) Oh what a crazy night this must've..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Music Review by Greg Beets

String Theory

Do-It-Yourself Symphony

"...And if you think finding a semi-competent bass player who's not too drunk to play is hard, imagine how..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Satanism & Debauchery

Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital...

"...Concluding (I hope!) the Brown Whörnet vs. Zulu as Kono battle, here's a letter from..."

April 19, 2002 Music Column

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"..."Halloween's what I live for, so I'm very sad this year's..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

The renovated Austin Music Hall breaks new ground; Brown Whörnet goes digital; and Roky Erickson rocks Austin City Limits with a little help from his friends

"...Monday, Nov. 26, and originally starring Tori Amos – whose show has been moved to San Antonio's Majestic Theatre..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Brown Whörnet

Texas Platters

"...Brown WhörnetThe Secret In addition to a bevy of club dates,..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Music Review by David Lynch

Brown Whörnet

Texas Platters

"...Brown WhörnetRadio Ablum (Perverted Son) You've been there before, I'm sure...."

Aug. 17, 2001 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Nosferatu, The Golden Arm Film Project

The first release in the Alamo Drafthouse's silent-film-with-live-musical-accompaniment series is a video every self-respecting Austin hipster should own.Produced by the Co-op's Barna Kantor and the Golden Arm Trio's Graham Reynolds, this is a complete reverse of the Alamo Drafthouse's series -- these are silent films inspired by music.

"...just thought it sounded like a good idea. Unfortunately what that meant was that writers had to buy their..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Screens Review by Sarah Hepola

Golden Hornet Project

Since Mozart isn't writing any new chamber music, the Golden Hornet Project is picking up the slack with concerts of new works for small ensembles by local composers

"...Graham Reynolds (Golden Arm Trio) and Peter Stopschinski (Brown Whörnet) have hosted more than two dozen concerts featuring new..."

May 26, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Brown Whörnet

"...Brown WhörnetValamaranaro I had a freaky dream last night. I was..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Sheiks of Industry

Austin record labels, part 2

"...Son bands like Tia Carrera, Gorch Fock, Migas, Brown Whörnet, and Oh, Beast! (Chalmers and Fanning's own band) adorn..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Live Shot: Golden Hornet Project: Symphony III

Live Shots

"...cozy Off Center off East Seventh. Stopschinski's buzzing presentation, which took flight before Golden Hornet Project co-captain Graham Reynolds'..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Alexander Nevsky

To accompany the screening of Alexander Nevsky, Eisenstein's 1938 epic film about the 13th-century Russian hero and the army he led to defeat a German invasion, maestro Peter Bay led his own army -- some 200 musicians from the Austin Symphony and Conspirare choir -- that performed Prokofiev's epic score with grandeur and a stirring power.

"...and groups like the Golden Arm Trio and Brown Whörnet (and their myriad co-conspirators) have performed live scores for..."

May 30, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...Fugazi and Gray Matter on their debut full-length, Chimera, which leaves you tense and breathless. Tampa's the Washdown takes..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

TCB

SXSW looms on the horizon, and "TCB" is already neck-deep in it.

"...in recent days, including Shane Bartell, Black Lipstick, Brown Whörnet, Troy Campbell, Canvas, Eastside Suicides, Fivehead, DJ Sue's Fuzz..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Golden Hornet Project

In Box

"...the Golden Arm Trio and Peter Stopschinski of Brown Whörnet. Hybrid is an excellent concept given that GHP has..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Music Review by David Lynch

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