Aliens, Martian Colonies, and Dwarves

1997 Hugo Nominees Reviewed

"...again, it is that time of year when a young girl's heart turns to fancy. And aliens. And Martian..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Books Feature

Scanlines

"...most memorable screen voice (Thornton reportedly had daily migraines from keeping his jaw set) becomes one of this year's..."

July 18, 1997 Screens Feature

Public Notice: Spring Is Busting Out ...

Free pot, free events, and more

"...realistic, logical, humane, fiscally sound – pick the adjective you want; they're all applicable – marijuana laws...."

April 15, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Bass Drum Heard 'Round the World

How the Roland TR-808 drum machine revolutionized music

"...You might not know it, but you've heard a TR-808...."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Dan Gentile

When Bad Movies Attack

James Nguyen's underground oddity Birdemic cries fowl

"...aerial mating display or chasing down stolen food or whatever. What they weren't doing was attacking Wren, surely. But..."

July 2, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Man in the White Hat

Larry Joe Doherty rides into the battle for CD 10

"...Now, here we are five years down the road fro m Tom DeLay's..."

Oct. 3, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Japaniversary

A decade at SXSW and Japan's musical jack-in-the-box has lost none of its delight. China, Singapore, India, and Iran take their cue, in baby steps.

"...the festival's international scope. Petty Booka, Polysics, and Ex-Girl are just a few of the Japanese acts that developed..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Letters at 3AM

When we say, "This is Nature, and this is not," we're just picking and choosing according to our ideologies, desires, and needs – in other words, a power play to make life behave as we wish. That it never does is life's answer to our machinations.

"..."In time," he continued, "Earth, too, will change; later, what issues from this change will itself in turn incessantly..."

March 3, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Long Way Home

Considering the art of the map, as inspired by two local exhibitions and a housewarming party

"...said. "So it's not too early to figure out what you're going to get us for a housewarming present."..."

May 20, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

TV Eye

Belinda Acosta is not amused by the two rich chicks on Fox's farm.

"...about reality TV again because, well, let's face it, are there really any more surprises to the genre? (OK,..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Naked City

An Atlanta man gets the FBI once-over for reading an alt-weekly article in a coffee shop

"...American to have written a testimonial about it. In "Careful: The FB-Eye Might Be Watching," (www.atlanta.creativeloafing.com/2003-07-17/rant.html), printed in the..."

July 25, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...10] have seen tough times. However, I'd like to share the story of a Houston man who's making the..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Column

The Apocalytes and the Tetragons: Psychic Blasts and Undulating Bodies

With the multimedia B-movie spoofs The Apocalytes and The Tetragons, composer-performers Chad Salvata and Sergio R. Samayoa serve up some well-scored soft-core sci-fi cyber-porn, heavy on the energy fielding (and the hyphens.

"...Pop quiz: Which of the following sounds sexiest to you? A) "Come and receive the euphoric download from my..."

March 17, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

The Color of My Parachute

120mph Straight Down

"...From up about 13,500 feet, the human body descends at..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Braver Newer World

The Year in Albums

"...millennium. It came on gradually at first, faint rumblings from the underground, but suddenly one day, somebody -- everybody..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Matilda, The Matrix, and Mixers in This Week’s Recommended Events

Get nerdy, brooding, and out there with these suggestions

"...Fallout from a wild SummerSlam continues as WWE makes its second..."

Aug. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

A World Tour of Hot Sauces in Just One Box

Does Clark + Hopkins pack a powerful international punch?

"...we’re all about the hot sauce here in Texas, aren’t we?..."

Feb. 10, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...more terror-tinged titles in the Midnighters, a buzzworthy selection from other fests, as well as episodic pilots, and the..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Confessions of a Cheapskate Posing as an Environmentalist

Mother Earth better have my money

"...Operator from the Nature Conservancy: How can I help you today?..."

April 21, 2017 Features Feature by James Renovitch

Other Worlds Austin Goes Intergalactic, Intercontinental

Steampunk, time travel, and zombie comedy join the fest

"...announced its opening night film, an adaptation of Dutch Young Adult dystopian novel Boy 7. The European theme extends..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music: Third Whopping List

Another 547 acts booked for the 2015 Music Conference

"...lineup list revealed by SXSW, totaling 964 performers of what will ultimately tally over 2,000. SXSW General Manager James..."

Jan. 13, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Art of the Brew Will Quench Your Aesthetic Thirst

Co-Lab Projects' second annual celebration of beer and visual art

"...Co-op and Jester King and Live Oak and Thirsty Planet and the others – and we're glad Russell Etchen..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Men in Black 3

Josh Brolin's spooky good impersonation of the younger Tommy Lee Jones is the only fresh thing happening in this sequel.

"...– Nico wasn't human? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you. (A keen eye will also spot Factory cameos by..."

May 25, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shaq's Third Autobiography

Where he reveals he's pretty much the best at everything

"...beautiful chapter of life that is their NBA playing career, they must hire a little helping hand and write..."

Nov. 29, 2011 Sports Post by Will Schmidt

Outsider Art

Music on the margins

"...point for the trip that would take them away from Africa and across the ocean to a life of..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Encore!

The second annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards honors Texas' finest contributors to cinema.

"...Entrapment, wrote the original screenplay for Cast Away, and shared writing credits for 2001's Planet of the Apes and..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Letters at 3AM

Hot news about global warming.

"...information that mine can't, but wherever his information comes from I've learned to trust it. Certainly in this case..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

An Immense World of Delight

It used to be a commonplace of moralists that man was the only creature in the animal kingdom to slaughter his own kind. But as Chronicle writer Roger Gathman points out, kind is slaughtered by kind routinely among ants, salamanders, and, as any child can tell you, guppies. The golden rule, in nature, is not "do unto others" -- it is "why waste the protein?"

"...The British biologist J.B.S. Haldane was once asked what he could infer about God's plan from the design..."

June 30, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Superman: Peace on Earth

"...When is the last time you saw Superman? No, really. When is the last time..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Books Feature

Stage Top 10s

Top Ten That's Really 13 (and Could Easily Have Been 20) Theatre Experiences of 1996

"...Colonus (Hopeful Monsters/Frontera@Hyde Park Theatre, Zachary Scott Theatre Center): What are the odds? In one year, two Austin theatres..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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