Page Two: Die Another Day

On renewal, 'Red Cavalry,' and the joys of creating, despite the hostile storms and vicious seas

"...Stalin came to power in about 1924, although what we think of as Stalinist oppression didn't kick into..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Matt Rebholz: The Golem

A parade of spooky black-and-white fever dreams in which we're less alive than the soulless being from folklore

"...otherwise reanimated corpses – all creatures that exist without whatever essential spark of humanity animates us – we feel..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Castle in the Forest

Unfortunately, Norman Mailer is more a journalist than he is a novelist, more a student of humanity than a creator of lives

"...versions of the limits (or limitlessness, as the case may be) of human immorality. Just ask the History Channel,..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Books Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Beside the Point

McCracken waxes Wal-Mart for the cameras

"...Willis claimed five CenTex Wal-Marts were all larger than what's proposed at Northcross...."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Page Two: Persistence of Revision

Fascism, Frank Capra, and how legend becomes history

"...As the narrative unfolds, del Toro's film becomes ever more metaphorically obscure and symbolically dense. This is..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Now, all of what I have said will be discredited with an easy..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Column

The Essex Green / Camera Obscura

Record review

"...of factories, shipyards, and warehouses, decrepit places that foster dreams of blissful afternoons in pastoral meadows and long nights..."

May 5, 2006 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Chest Cavities, Empty Kneecaps, and Elbows

A week at Austin's all-ages live music venue Redrum and the 'School of Rock' lessons learned

"...schooling. It's a coming-of-age tale, full of rock star dreams and parents who, really, just don't understand. But most..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Static Between Stations

The American Analog Set at 10: end of part one

"...show: hardcores up front, chatterboxes in the back. It's become law over the last decade. You can't escape the..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Swan Lake

As Ballet Austin danced through a mist of blue, 'Swan Lake' cast its spell once more

"...Bass Concert Hall, May 15..."

May 20, 2005 Arts Review by Ann Ciccolella

Shorts on a Shoestring

The Texas Documentary Tour presents 10 Under 10

"...10 Under 10 program aims to remedy that omission. Come to think of it, at a time when we're..."

May 6, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...confirmed child abuse, with no substantiated data other than what she wrote into a report because she needed to..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Column

Page Two

Boston '69 revisited

"...– it was somewhere near Harvard Square. It was maybe 1969 or 1970. The performer was late. We waited...."

Nov. 19, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Nightswim

History and friendship are the fulcrum on which Nightswim balances Steve Moore's impressionistic, profound look at famous friends Roy Bedichek, Frank Dobie, and Walter Webb

"...macrocosmic, something personal and intimate. Certainly, the past is what makes the present, both on a large and small..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Steady as She Goes

Li'l Cap'n Travis humbles its way into Austin's musical heart

"...Here comes trouble. Skinny, bearded Mandon Maloney struts into the living..."

July 2, 2004 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Perry is "battling back the statewide demand for an income tax" ["Page Two," April 23]. I have to pray..."

April 30, 2004 Column

Finding Their Tuva

The Texas Documentary Tour screens 'Genghis Blues,' the Belic Brothers' next step in living a 'kickass, adventurous life and meeting cool people.'

"...Francisco blues musician of some note discovers throatsinging (exactly what its name suggests) coming from the tiny Autonomous Republic..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Waking the Dead

Okkervil River's Will Sheff and Centro-matic's Will Johnson find common ground.

"...Nonetheless, tarry is what these two men do, perched as respectfully as possible..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Comin' at Ya!

3-D is back on the big screen -- again.

"...of glasses with red and blue lenses to achieve what is called subtractive filtration. This allowed each eye to..."

July 25, 2003 Screens Feature by Ken Lieck

Hothouse Wildflowers

Through the looking glass with Eisley

"...from the concrete jungles of greater "civilization" is exactly what brought Kim and Boyd DuPree to this dump of..."

July 11, 2003 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

TCB

Willie, ghosts, and the White Stripes … all in all, a good week

"...& Ebb's "Mr. Cellophane" from Chicago. His newfound celebrity may have Jack feeling transparent these days -- even as..."

July 4, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Page Two

Songs of democracy in distress

"...been an orgy of service-cutting that should fulfill the dreams of all small-government advocates. We'll see if this turns..."

April 25, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Choosing Peace

On the second anniversary of being named Ballet Austin's permanent artistic director, Stephen Mills reflects on his first two years and the company's current program, Director's Choice.

"...artistic director. It has been a busy two seasons, what with Mills delivering a new full-length ballet based on..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Vital Currency

Through copper wire woven into life-size human figures and micro-architectural sculpture made from twigs, handmade paper, and almost infinitely knotted strands of horsehair, Patricia Greene and Oscar Silva's "Unconfined Weaving" exhibition at the Butridge Gallery proves elemental and galvanizing.

"...Maybe you knew that already. Still, it's quite the complex..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Big Mischief

Like the protagonist in his latest novel, Miss Spellbinder's Point of View, novelist Edward Swift is still battling the "disease of the literal minded."

"...of art meeting the requirements, and Ed Graczyk's play Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

"Austin City Limits" Festival Picks & Sleepers

"...languorous voice and folky pop-rock is the stuff of dreams. (Heritage, 4pm) -- Margaret Moser..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Music Feature

bee luther-hatchee

It's rare for a piece of theatre staged in Austin to touch an issue close to the city's heart, and that immediacy by itself recommends bee luther-hatchee. But what makes the Zachary Scott Theatre Center production more worthy of attention is the skill with which it serves up the thorny issues authenticity of voice and artistic representation by people of different cultures.

"...To most of us here on Earth, stars may appear to be objects of beauty and wonder, celestial..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Marshmallow Love

The 31st annual Kerrville Folk Festival

"...song and songwriters, it takes place over 18 days, May 23-June 9, at the Quiet Valley Ranch, which is..."

May 24, 2002 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

A Streetcar Named Desire

The Zachary Scott Theatre Center's new staging of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire attempts to jazz up the classic, but its intentional anachronisms, jarring musical score, and robotic Stanley result in a production that is painfully off-key.

"...hands at it. You know: Marilyn Manson covering "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)," the Kronos Quartet paying homage..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Public Notice

Gather 'round the Yule log and the figgy pudding, get out a paper and pen, and jot down some of these items form our Annual Holiday Wish List 2000. Local organizations need you!

"...artist), and we were talking, of course, about ... what else? Babes. The pal and we had devised this..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column by Kate X Messer

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