Kingdom of Days

Bruce Springsteen doesn't call E Street pianist Roy Bittan "Professor" for nothing

"...word supplied by an accordionist describing the emotional palette of his instrument: pathos. Bittan (pronounced "bitten") expresses more sympathetic..."

April 3, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Cult of Pitchfork

How former record-store clerks and obsessive music nerds turned a Web site into a hit machine

"...wear tiny gym shorts in public, even in blistering, dead-of-summer heat. But there they were: grown men dressed like..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Cream of the Crop

Nominations for the 2005-2006 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...April 30, 2006, were assembled by an informal affiliation of arts writers, consisting of the Austin American-Statesman's Michael Barnes..."

May 19, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tale of a Tale Spinner

How a ballplayer, a piano player, beatnik poetry, and Lubbock made Terry Allen an epic storyteller.

"..."I'll tell you a funny story about my mother," offers Terry Allen, grinning wryly like he does. "I was..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Age of Aquarius

With a new production of the "American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" Hair, director Dave Steakley caps 10 years of making the Zachary Scott Theatre Center rock -- and so much more.

"...The members of "the Tribe" wander into the playing space, moving slowly,..."

July 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pride of the Yankees?

Evan Smith translates a New York pedigree into the editorship of Texas Monthly.

"...If Evan Smith were the editor of Self or Sport or Guns and Ammo, his story..."

July 20, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Remembrance of Texas Past

The Year in Texas Lit

"...We remember the Alamo. Agnostics in the Church of the Alamo had reason to be a little mystified..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Crimes of Passion and Prose

With Quills, Philip Kaufman (Henry & June, The Unbearable Lightness of Being) has made another film about the startling fusion between literature and sex.

"...It is no coincidence that film director Philip Kaufman's offices are a five-minute walk from the City Lights bookstore..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Screens Feature by Michael Ventura

The Greening of George W. Bush

An industry pollution control program started backed by Gov. George W. Bush has cleaned less than 3% of the industrial toxic emissions it aimed to clean up.

"...One of the final acts of the 76th legislative session was..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

The Kings of Monterrey

Hanging out in Monterrey with a passel of up-and-coming Mexican rockers

"...rifling through his pockets for change, while Gerardo, one of Genitallica's singers, is wolfing down a cheese sandwich back..."

June 16, 2000 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...England. Though it didn't originate there, it took hold of and thrived in the taverns and music halls of..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

House of Cards

Critics say the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs awards low-income housing tax-credits to undeserving developers.

"...the book, or so legislators were told. The days of shoveling public subsidies into questionable developments were over, out..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

The Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

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

"...Scott Glenn is explaining to Debra Winger the intricacies of worm swallowing. "Mess-kins say eatin' the worm'll give you..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Murder, Mayhem, and the Underbelly of Life

Friends in Low Places

"...her Jeep and body in a field just outside of Bastrop, Thomas has about 27 years until he can..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Books Feature

The Bounty of Erin

The Emerald Restaurant

"...Route 71, gives sanctuary from both the radiant heat of the pavement outside and the heat of our own..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Food Feature by Meredith Phillips

The Lords of Parking

Neighborhood Associations Deciding Curbside Privileges

"...Area 2? A few phone calls to the city of Austin ascertained that my neighborhood association - the Eastwoods..."

Aug. 28, 1998 News Feature by Jeff Mandell

Revival of Spirit

University Baptist Grows Despite Controversy

"...Dr. Larry Bethune, right, of University Baptist Church, stands with Rev. Sid Hall, a..."

May 29, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Points of Departure

The Viewpoints Invade Austin

"...The Viewpoints are a theatrical tool. And a philosophy of movement. And an aesthetic vehicle. And a series of..."

May 8, 1998 Arts Feature by Danielle McClelland

Geisha and Other Books of 1997

Dusting off the Bookshelf

"...Film rights for Arthur Golden's first novel, Memoirs of a Geisha (Knopf, $25 hard), have just been bought..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Books Feature

The Voice of the Writer

Readings From the Texas Book Festival

"...who arrived early enough to get a highbacked State of Texas Representative's chair were the envy of the hall...."

Nov. 14, 1997 Books Feature

The Music of Our Sins

Letters at 3am

"...We've stuck the words "great" and "culture" to gobs of hype but let's pretend they still mean something and..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...as much the direct catalyst for the recent flood of punk books as for the equivalent avalanche of archival..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

The Fight of His Life

Are Ronney Reynolds' Mayoral Hopes on the Ropes?

"...short but thunderous Watson, 38, delivered a standard candidate's kick-off speech in his deepest Texas twang, casting himself as..."

Dec. 6, 1996 News Feature by Alex de Marban

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Writer

"..."alternative" writer, a "Texas" writer, and some other kind of writer. ("Serious," I think, was the designation.) How the..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Column by Michael Ventura

The Celling of Sundance

Sundance Film Festival Report

"..."And please turn all your cellular phones to `off' and put your beepers on `vibrate.'"..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Studio of (Un)truth

Photographer Pedro Meyer Journeys to Film's End

"...second revolution that has followed hot on the heels of the personal computer, it is the ability to digitize..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Screens Feature

Slam Sisters

The Women of the World Poetry Slam brings Austin a spoken-word contest that's about more than scores

"...started with an open-mic poetry night at the Hideout Coffeehouse, where she was studying for a macroeconomics exam. A..."

March 21, 2014 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

TK Tunchez, Space Creatress

With mercados such as Frida Fridays, this artist and jewelry maker makes room for women of color to share art and build community

"...to Austin from San Antonio to be a woman of color in mostly white spaces. The pop-up markets here..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Arts Feature by Leticia Urieta

Vortex Repertory Company's The Way She Spoke

At the Vortex, Isaac Gomez's drama made us remember the lost women of Juárez

"...A Docu-Mythologia felt contained within a fictional frame, that of an actor arriving at a darkened theatre to read..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

New Work: Performances

Journeys in story, song, and dance with four outstanding women of color

"...rare for such presentations to showcase new work by women of color. That's what makes Women & Their Work's..."

June 8, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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