Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock and Mike D Talk Trap, Basketball, Bogus Conspiracies, SXSW, and Their New Book

"We realized that all we do have, before this started and after it ends, is the three of us.”

"...October's Beastie Boys Book, released six years after the death of Adam "MCA" Yauch and subsequent disbanding, dives deep..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

One in a Crowd: Jungle Trap

VHS madness needs a little help to get on tape

"...The Soultangler, inexplicable New Wave gambling horror Cards of Death, and the flat-out deranged Run Coyote Run (all on..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Levitation Live Shot: High on Fire, Power Trip, Devil Master, Creeping Death

Sold-out metal four stack kept widening the mosh pit

"...got married, replaced original drummer Des Kensel with former Coliseum/Trap Them rhythm machine Chris Maggio, and, oh yeah, won..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Music Post by Michael Toland

Austin Playhouse's Death of a Salesman

Marc Pouhé creates a powerful and sympathetic portrait of Willy Loman in a production starring African-American actors

"...two camps: Thornton Wilder's Our Town and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman...."

March 3, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Slow Death of R&B

In the face of the Austin Urban Music Festival, where’s the love?

"...looking to change the landscape? They’re the ones wailing death rattles under those aforementioned trees, rigor mortis stiffening their..."

Jan. 14, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Deepwater Horizon

Mark Wahlberg stars in this throwback to Seventies disaster films

"...event on April 20, 2010, that led to 11 deaths on the titular oil rig, but not the aforementioned..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Luv Doc: Pineapple Pizza

A big ol' meaty, cheesy, greasy gastronomical death trap

"...why ruin a big ol' meaty, cheesy, greasy gastronomical death trap with something healthy like a pineapple? That just..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Rube Goldberg Spins in Grave, Invents Coolest Coffin Ever

Notes on Rube Goldberg and "The Collector"

"...Goldberg also invented the über-cool board game Mouse Trap and, as if that weren't enough to ensure his..."

July 23, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion

It's always a fiesta in Texas, but what is it when your Style Avatar goes to Fiesta Texas?

"...IT'S A DEATH TRAP. IT'S A SUICIDE RAP. Last month, when my..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Full Speed (A Toute Vitesse)

"...well-intentioned, this French youth film falls into the same trap as so many other youth-focused movies throughout the world:..."

July 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Inception

Nolan's first film since The Dark Knight is a heist picture with an inventive twist.

"...corporate espionage in which they design a dreamscape, then trap, say, a CEO into said dream in order to..."

July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Osama

The first feature to come out of post-Taliban Afghanistan, Osama tells the story of a girl who masquerades as a boy.

"...In between there’s all manner of hopelessness, deprivation, and death, which is to say that as the first film..."

April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blinded by the Light

Semi-true story of how the Boss shook the world of a boy from Luton

"...the woman he will be betrothed to. It’s a death trap, a suicide rap for someone his formative age,..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...BLONDE DEATH (Presented by Bleeding Skull) D: James Dillinger aka James..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Asked Writers to Review Bands They’d Never Seen Before at Hot Summer Nights

Going into the unknown with TV's Daniel, xBValentine, Holy Death Trio, Frederico7, and Los Kurados

"...a penchant for short, oscillating hooks over lightly sweetened trap production, her latest hinges on the very contemporary adjective..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

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"...We don't want to see 1826 become a worse death trap than La Crosse ever could have been. At..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

DVDanger: 'Tower Block'

UK suspense with a thick slice of social realism and bloodshed

"...crumbling British apartment complex, a kid gets beaten to death in the walkway. Only one person goes to help..."

July 8, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Housecore Horror Live Shot: Saturday Part 2

King Parrot squawk, Author & Punisher grinds, Neurosis evolves

"...Emo’s unyielding concrete floor – begged a question: Can death metal be bouncy?..."

Oct. 26, 2014 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 State Stories

Obamacare provoked, a star was born, and the Tea Party kept on steeping.

"...7) THE DEATH TRAP In December, Texas executed Jerry Duane Martin, its..."

Jan. 3, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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"...We don't want to see 1826 become a worse death trap than La Crosse ever could have been. At..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Column

Record Reviews: Reissues

"...It Up and Heartbeat City to reveal a formulaic death-trap), the first CD is flawless in its basic edit..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Music Review

Uché Falls Prey to Mob Luxuries

Pop singer’s sobering party anthem premieres visually

"...from being the life of the party to the death of it. Amid a rager were revelers turn up..."

June 5, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Mopping Up the Red in Green Room

Austinite Macon Blair on neo-Nazis and Patrick Stewart

"...band sees something they shouldn't have, it becomes a death trap for them, and a moral test for unlikely..."

April 22, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Housecore Horror Preview: Eyehategod

Mike Williams’ NOLA sludgemeisters load into Emo’s Sunday

"...festival, New Orleans sludge rippers Eyehategod overcame the sudden death of drummer Joey LaCaze by guesting Melvins mainstay Dale..."

Oct. 22, 2014 Music Post by Michael Toland

The Animals are Coming: 'You're Next' Early Screening

Stars AJ Bowen and Barbara Crampton coming to town

"...special obstacle course, in honor of the film's domestic death trap theme. Of course, we're expecting that it will..."

Aug. 6, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Football Prophecies

Dick Cheney, Butch Vig, and chicken wings all play a role in Week 7

"...linemen. They just can’t be trusted: Buffalo’s a delectable death trap. And I will not allow another Gary Tate..."

Oct. 20, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Playback: HAAM-er Time

Being a musician doesn't always come with a choice, and rarely includes health insurance, so HAAM Benefit Day remains paramount

"...stay healthy in a profession grounded in late hours, death-trap touring vans, alcohol and substance abuse, and shit pay...."

Sept. 28, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Eastside Art Spaces Under Siege?

Code crackdown on eclectic studio space

"...dead corridor – once you get in there, you're trapped," says Code Compliance Assistant Division Manager Ron Potts. "They..."

May 6, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Top 9 Letters of 2009

"...characterize Sixth Street and Red River like it's a death trap waiting to steal your wallet and eat your..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Features Feature by Mark Fagan

Can't the 'Chronicle' Find More Relevant Stories?

"...hype-fueled trend stories! Please, enough already. The Downtown Austin death trap article was more than sufficient [“Crime and the..."

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