Heat Stroke

Austin's Amplified Heat turn both – their amps and the heavy metal heat

"...Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of the fall classic. Upstairs at this cozy pub in Montrose, one of..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Amplified Heat

"...Stars up here?" The opening title track forays into classic Southern stomp, chauvinism included ("She gonna cook me some..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Taxi

Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon comedy stalls at the starting gate.

"...which bodes very ill indeed for fans of the classic comic. Taxi’s only saving grace is its automotive mayhem,..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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"...money our various governments spend to keep people in cars from having to stop and get bored. The goal,..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Column

Letters at 3AM

The White House resorted to scare tactics, terror alerts, and slander following the Democratic Convention in order to avert the public's attention from newly released statistics documenting the country's economic downturn

"...with big lonely eyes. He speaks with a deep classic drawl. I'm carrying a USA Today; he nudges toward..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Kontinental Krew

Local custom car club, the Kontinentals, bring the third annual Lonestar Rod & Kustom Round Up auto show to town

"...headed to Festival Beach where, for this weekend only, cars really do get you girls, and smoking is still..."

March 26, 2004 News Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...the sixpiece smolders in a confluence of Middle Eastern, classical Western, and all that jazz. – Margaret Moser..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Lost & Found

John Schooley's Hard Feelings stay hard with Rebels Against the Future

"...Missouri in Columbia. After a meat-and-potatoes diet of radio-fed classic rock and crushing, small-town monotony, Columbia was a revelation..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Escape From New York (Special Edition)

Subsequent to both The Warriors and Mad Max, yet predating Blade Runner by a year, Escape From New York laid the groundwork for John Carpenter and Kurt Russell's ensuing masterpiece, 1982's The Thing

"...casting as government heavy in this low-budget, sci-fi cult classic from 1981. Producer Debra Hill and production designer Joe..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

RZA

Beat Box

"...point across." His lyrical duet with Ghostface Killah, "Fast Cars," has already become an instant classic for underground die-hards...."

Oct. 31, 2003 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

The Kids Are All Right

Not your parent's summer camp, rock & roll camp!

"...has final approval of the songs and leans toward classic Sixties rock but has a way of making the..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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"...and other transportation enhancements that are obviously planned for cars. Aulick's letter seems to reiterate that point, not refute..."

June 20, 2003 Column

2 Fast 2 Furious

"...E. Leonetti (who lensed a vastly superior American youth classic with Fast Times at Ridgemont High) shoot the speeding..."

June 6, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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"...was that he hit. Yes, Kris did hit two cars. He was very upset about this. Kris liked his..."

April 11, 2003 Column

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...retro synths, but twists them in more of a Cars-like straight pop/rock direction. Their eponymous sophomore effort on Idol..."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature

Day Trips

"...counter for those who appreciate fine machinery. The colorful cars are lined up like gumdrops that can be seen..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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"...Savages that went on to do many of the classic Austin punk concert posters from that period. Rick was..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Column

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"...Savages that went on to do many of the classic Austin punk concert posters from that period. Rick was..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Column

All Attitude

"I'm a very nice girl -- who happens to be completely amoral," says cult queen Mary Woronov. She'll present two films -- Death Race 2000 and Rock 'n' Roll High School --at the Rolling Roadshow's Rock 'n Roll Drive-In this Saturday.

"...along with it and have fun with it. Those cars [in Death Race 2000] are obviously not race cars...."

Nov. 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rock ’n’ Roll Drive-In With Mary Woronov

"...The Mary Woronov classics, Rock ’N’ Roll High School (PG, 93min.) and Death..."

Nov. 13, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

Fall in the air, fall on the air

"...promotional trailers for their fall series like shiny new cars. What can you tell from a few seconds of..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

100% Texan

Kevin Fowler is among the brightest of the Young Texas rising stars.

"...Street on a Saturday night, even if the buckshot scars suggest an occasional row...."

Aug. 9, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

After a Fashion

Who was that scary cowboy and why was he doing those nasty things??? Stephen ventures out to yet another "alternative" fashion show. Will he ever learn?

"...the T-Birds and the Pink Ladies, as well as classic cars, audience participation, and a costume contest. Tickets are..."

July 26, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

Stephen gets a nasty letter and tells stories from the "Mommie Dearest" benefit. Bit-chee, bit-chee, bitcheeeeeeeeee…

"...as the T-Birds and the Pink Ladies, along with classic cars, audience participation, and a costume contest (why, yes,..."

July 12, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

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"...avoid sitting in traffic jams caused by overuse of motorcars. Why not reward people who make responsible transportation choices?..."

June 21, 2002 Column

A Land Shaded in Melancholy Hues

The Austin Museum of Art exhibition "Visualizing the Blues: Images of the American South, 1862-1999" connects the blues aurally and visually, and reveals how the South, like the blues, is full of contradictions: dark and woeful yet beauteous and jubilant.

"...landscape to surround and dwarf it. The absence of cars makes the place seem still more remote, even lonesome...."

March 8, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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"...or Texas-sized truck should automatically get side-swiped by any cars driving next to them. No questions asked...."

March 8, 2002 Column

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"...subsequent studies show that very few drivers abandon their cars to take light rail. Most light rail riders are..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Column

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"...Del Santo a True Classic..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Column

All-American

Jimmie Vaughan at 50

"...a second-generation Family Style recording. Then there are the cars he loves to build and race, and guitars he..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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