Record Roundup: Last Gasp 2012

Buddy Miller, Iris Dement, Jason Isbell & Paul Kelly

"...While not quite as big-sounding as DBT, Isbell & the 400 Unit are equally..."

Dec. 19, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Ellington, Mingus, Monk

Complete catalogs trump career overviews

"...CDs in the Ellington set find the pianist and big band maestro taking full advantage of the new age..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Surf-Age Nuggets: Trash & Twang Instrumentals 1959-1966

Complete catalogs trump career overviews

"...already delivered the grail with 1996's Cowabunga! The Surf Box, his mission on this 4-CD set is spotlighting unsung..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Music Feature by Greg Beets

DVD Watch: 'V/H/S'

Found footage anthology from the mumblecore crowd and friends

"...Horrible Way to Die) – will be getting the big release boost when Lionsgate finally (finally!) unleashes their long-awaited..."

Dec. 4, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Michael Madsen, Last of the Warrior Poets

Mr. Blonde on poetry, hats, and 'Reservoir Dogs'

"...have been getting veteran actor Lawrence Tierney through his big scene, where gangster Joe Cabot gives his jewelry heist..."

Dec. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Progress Texas Plans to Expose You to the Koch Brothers

New doc on the secretive billionaires screens tonight

"...Rupert Murdoch's media empire (Outfoxed) and the impact of big box stores Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price)...."

Dec. 2, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

A Gift for Every Gamer

Put yourself in the shoes of your gaming giftee and answer the following questions on your path to the perfect purchase.

"...-moz-border-radius: 15px; border-radius: 15px; padding:10px; margin-bottom:20px; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; display:none; -webkit-box-shadow:1px 1px 10px #CCCCCC; -moz-box-shadow:1px 1px 10px #CCCCCC; box-shadow:1px 1px..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Steady As He Goes

From cosmic cowboys and Americana to punk rock and legacy acts, Freddie Steady Krc keeps the beat

"...when we formed the Explosives. I gave up a big money gig to do that, not like giving up..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Shopping Guide: Vote With Your Wallet

Bain Capital's surprising influence, plus Small Business Saturday

"...all along." Here's a list of some of the big-name businesses owned or invested in by Bain (it's all..."

Nov. 22, 2012 Design Post by Monica Riese

Texans Cage Bears, Lowly Jags Loom

Houston remains on top of AFC

"...get down off of my “Kubiak is awesome” soap box...."

Nov. 16, 2012 Sports Post by Barrett Walton

Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine

Rockabilly fillies Rosie Flores and Janis Martin together through life and death

"...and South Texas in the Fifties were a Pandora's box of farm reports, syndicated variety shows, and country or..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Great Texas Holiday Pie Migration

Bud Royer's plan to deliver pies from the heart of Texas to people displaced by Superstorm Sandy

"...a way to enhance each donation and involve his big-hearted cafe clientele at the same time. This was where..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Aerosmith's Tom Hamilton

Music from another dimension Friday at the Frank Erwin Center

"...went down to the studio and out into the big room where we went line by line, and verse..."

Nov. 15, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Texans vs. Bears

May the 'gooder' good guys win

"...“They were playing seven big guys in the box against our three wide sets,”..."

Nov. 9, 2012 Sports Post by Barrett Walton

Day Trips

Best discoveries of the year

"...Medina makes a great hamburger. Besides fresh buns and big meat patties, one of their secret ingredients is Texas..."

Nov. 9, 2012 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

'The NFL Beat': Bye Week Bros

Fantasy fill-in friends

"...There are a lot of big fantasy stars who are on a bye in Week..."

Nov. 3, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Football Prophecies: NFL Week 9

Redskins mascot woes, chai fives in Seattle, and more

"...Miami at Indianapolis: Big-time Colts fan and hardened Republican Randy Keller, 41, opts..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

The Luv Doc: Mittens and Muscleboy

Is it wrong to secretly hope that Romney wins the election?

"...the time, he eats tacos from Jack in the Box when he gets off work and then leaves the..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Column

The AggreGAYtor: October 22

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...GOP “knuckleheads” if elected. Because congress is like a big frat house, what with all the crazy hazing of..."

Oct. 22, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

How I Got Hitched

A twentysomething sees his first Hitchcock, and he likes what he sees

"...film courses, a suburban upbringing equipped with a cable box, and the fact that I'm an entertainment writer, Alf..."

Oct. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Aleksander Chan

Austin ISD: Brister Exit Changes the Game

District 3 trustee withdrawal rewrites board dynamics

"...Wednesday afternoon, I got a phone call: There were big changes in the Austin ISD district 3 election. Briefly..."

Oct. 14, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Sinister

Mix a doomed house with found footage and supernatural explanations and you have a horror movie that borrows smartly and has a strong lead in Ethan Hawke as a conflicted true-crime writer.

"...It’s been 10 years since Ellison’s last big bestseller, and he thinks the project he’s now working..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Everything Went Black: Live Fast Drive Faster

"Hello Kowalski..?

"...and the black leather interior sports a back seat big enough to breed and then birth in. (Seriously, this..."

Oct. 11, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

DVD Watch

Thai director Pen-ek Ratanruang goes bang with a 'Headshot'

"...down, and then inside out, when she discovers a box of stolen loot on her doorstep. Muzzle-flashes and bloody..."

Oct. 9, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Wheels of a Dream

With the long-awaited Topfer Theatre, Zach races full-throttle into the future

"...postage-stamp stages that'd be hard-pressed to accommodate a soap box derby racer, that might seem an impressive enough signifier..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Geometry of Proximity

This dance exploring reinvention and rejuvenation was hobbled by choreography that didn't feel new

"...mimed argument? Only occasional freshness, such as the quirky boxer-like poses that followed that argument, aligned the movement with..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Lubitsch's Last Hurrah

New AFS Essential Cinema series covers the 'Touch' from pre-war to 'Cluny Brown'

"...Flush with the back-to-back box office success of fearless 1942 Nazi satire To Be..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Polari Place

Come out! Come out! For Polari!

"...FRIDAY NIGHT BEARS A-tisket, a-tasket, varda that bear basket. Big burly gear night with cheap quaff. Fridays, 9pm-2am. The..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Point Austin: A Few Thoughts About Taxes

You don't get what you won't pay for

"...The five-cent Central Health increase is by far the biggest new bite on this fall's taxing menu, and the..."

Oct. 5, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Texas State Bobcats Remain Invisible

Host Nevada Wolf Pack

"...the Bobcats are aiming to be noticed, to play big-boy ball as they move into true FBS (Big-Time Football!)..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

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