You Were Never Really Here

Joaquin Phoenix and Lynne Ramsay renew the revenger's tragedy.

"...He was, as he would remind everyone, the best there is at what he does, and what he does..."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

You'll Never Cook Again The Deli Explosion

"...B. Wood After World War II, the supermarket concept really exploded in this country. American housewives were encouraged to..."

July 28, 1995 Arts Feature

The More You Learn About God, the Further Away from Him You Move

mewithoutYou frontman Aaron Weiss likes a good question, but finds some answers easier than others

"...Weiss is a man of God. Not because the mewithoutYou frontman sings about Judeo-Christian matters throughout the Philadelphia quartet’s..."

June 15, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

You Are Entering Harlan County

Justified creator Graham Yost exits Kentucky for the ATX Television Festival

"..."They had dug coal together as young men and then lost touch over the years," wrote..."

June 5, 2015 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Hi, How Are You Day: Wayne Coyne

Flaming Lips’ singer talks Daniel Johnston ahead of Tuesday megashow

"...La Tengo, Bob Mould, etc. play Hi, How Are You Day, Tuesday at the Moody Theater. Coyne screens his..."

Jan. 21, 2019 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Here We Rest

Alabama slammers with Jason Isbell

"...special talents. They're in full effect on his latest, Here We Rest, a combination of sharply defined character studies..."

June 1, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The 12 People You Meet at Sam’s Town Point, Austin’s Real-Life Roadhouse

You’d never know the South Austin honky-tonk is there, but wait 'til you meet its cast of characters

"...Camouflaged by a wooded neighborhood beyond Slaughter and Manchaca, where the road in looks like the road out, the..."

April 26, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Can You Still Get Coffee from Little City, Though?

Or is that a nostalgia-tinted dream of old-school townies?

"...Well, of course you can get coffee from Little City roasters, Austinite!..."

Aug. 3, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Q&A Hole: Considering All the Different Gods Available to Humanity, How Do You Choose Which One to Believe In?

With Russell Glasser, Cristine H. Legare, David Wheeler, and more.

"...“Oooh, Lord, you are so big, so absolutely huge,” as Michael Palin..."

Oct. 25, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

10 Pounds of Blue Horseshoes in an 8-Pound Game, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving 'the Best of You'

"...the hated nemeses of my Colts, and I would never allow such villainy to touch my flesh in a..."

Feb. 11, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

When Dallas and Fort Worth Were the Music Capitals of Texas

Before Austin became the 'live music capital,' they were rocking & rolling in DFW

"...no mistake about it, Los Angeles and New York were the kings of the music business in the Seventies,"..."

May 23, 2014 Screens Feature by Kevin Curtin

You Can Fly

Freedy Johnston's rainy day album

"...would most likely include Freedy Johnston’s 1992 LP Can You Fly. It’s a perfect singer-songwriter album – thoughtful, crunchy,..."

Jan. 13, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Here Comes the Judge

Beavis and Butt-head's Hollywood Score

"...air at all. This pair of animated 14-year-old dimbulbs were hardly the fare that corporate mega-hitter MTV seemed to..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

How Parallelogramophonograph survived Scotland and became a better improv troupe

"...After you've been standing in the rain for four hours, handing..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...one apparent inebriate to do the running man dance (there was plenty of room), but the other few hundred..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Get It While You Can

"...pissed about the review of her book: "I'm sorry you didn't take the time to read my book, Angels..."

March 19, 1999 Books Feature

Bill Cotter's Parallel Apartments Are Full of Freaks Like You and Me

And the author presents a wine-fueled glimpse at BookPeople tomorrow.

"...they are depicted, with delicious frequency – nor because there's anything Sexual going on – although there is much..."

Feb. 24, 2014 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

'Never the Same Again'

Jesse Sublett's 'Rock 'n' Roll Gothic': an excerpt

"...Richwine, his wife, is a senior advertising account executive here. This is Sublett's eighth book.]..."

May 7, 2004 Books Feature

How You Became a Criminal

An interview with Canadian documentary filmmaker Ron Mann about his newest film, Grass.

"...onto projection-quality video, but we soon moved on from there to other things ......"

March 10, 2000 Screens Feature by Nick Barbaro

Do We Really Need More Superhero Movies?

We asked local artists if we're approaching Peak Cape anytime soon

"...So here comes Infinity War, as reviewed here by Richard Whittaker,..."

April 25, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

FF2011: Sharni Vinson Says 'You're Next'

From Australian soaps to home invasion horror

"...So You're Next blew through Fantastic Fest last night with a..."

Sept. 25, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Your Name Here

Big Boys guitarist Tim Kerr put Austin punk on the map, then spent the next quarter century painting on it

"..."On the last night at Raul's, they were tearing everything up, so I grabbed that," motions the..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

We Were the Urban Pioneers

Our search for the just-right million-dollar condo, in the wilds of Downtown

"...public ridicule – our lives would be far different. There would be no airplanes, polio vaccines, or Botox. Our..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Really Over There

The Texas Documentary Tour: Garrett Scott and Ian Olds' 'Occupation: Dreamland'

"...film's final credits roll, bombs bursting away, the peace never made much less kept, an insurgency so out of..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Here Comes a Regular

The dark world-view of Jeff Klein

"...Jeff Klein is a young man with a serious dark side. He's only 24,..."

March 2, 2001 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

From Nowhere to Here

Interview with Nowhere Man James Duval

"...James Duval is the coolest superstar you haven't seen yet... at least, not as much as..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Opportunity to Reimagine Public Safety Is Here Right Now. Will Austin Take It?

“We want everything that can be done outside of the police, to be done outside of the police.”

"...– the community activists the task force comprises – were quite untouched. With the three-hour meeting wrapping up, they..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

If You're a Viper

From 'La Cucaracha' to Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson: P-O-T

"...You'll be high, but not for long..."

May 25, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Never Mind the Bollocks

Ray Benson decides to cut a solo album

"...beer cans thrown at me onstage, because I've been there.' It was a fucking circus. I had no desire..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Really Left of the Dial

Austin's True Cooperative, KOOP

"...more than four interviews, I thought, and four names were quickly chosen. And then, to my horror, I realized..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Music Feature

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