Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...possible: "We're - an - arts - and - entertainment - biweekly - (that's - every - other -..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Bamboozled

"...complacency, accepting the status quo in our lives and entertainment. Spike Lee challenges our preconceptions, and dares us, as..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

We are wrong, wrong, wrong. So is golf.

"...In her introduction to "Scenes From a Digital Revolution" [March 3], Sarah Hepola draws a contrast between..."

March 10, 2000 Column

Cyber Swindle

Beware the Net Racket

"...most useful innovation in recent history, providing very inexpensive entertainment, information, and access to the avenues of commerce. But,..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Screens Feature

Career Opportunities: Music to Shoot Aliens By

"...all the music for games on MIDI (musical instrument digital interface, which allows instruments to be recorded on computer)..."

June 16, 1995 Music Feature by Al Kaufman

Buttigieg Back for SXSW, Plus Kenan Thompson and More

New speaker list adds keynotes and notables to virtual conference

"...hand with their perspectives. And, of course, arts and entertainment get their share of the spotlight, with award-winning filmmaker..."

Feb. 24, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Taps ConsenSys Founder Joseph Lubin for 2019 Keynote

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency track programming comes into focus

"...Ferris (CTO Open Technology, IBM), Neha Narula (Director of Digital Currency, MIT Media Lab), Jimmy Song (Bitcoin Developer, Programming..."

Oct. 9, 2018 SXSW Post by Bonny Chu

When the New Thing Is Old News Already

Call it Murphy's nth Law of Computing: 'Any given program, when running, is obsolete'

"...Masnick called the entertainment industry's battle over copyright and patents "an early warning..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Click on This

"...Best Business (Profit) Site Precision Digital Images..."

March 19, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Game Is All

We catch up with some major players in Austin's gaming universe

"...the progression of office space is so typical of entertainment companies their age. They started out in founder Michael..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Screens Feature by N. Evan Van Zelfden

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...settlers, it soon became the preeminent form of popular entertainment in the Unites States, reigning supreme for the next..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Girl, Upgraded

According to the 1999 Interactive Digital Software Report (IDSA), the majority of people playing computer games are older than 18, and 38% percent of the people most frequently playing computer games are women. Boy, have things change

"...ties, Ralph Lauren shirts. According to the 1999 Interactive Digital Software Report (IDSA), the majority of people playing computer..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

SXSW Announces Gaming Awards Nominees

In its debut, the awards honor big and small games alike

"...Tomb Raider – Square Enix Tearaway – Sony Computer Entertainment Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo Bioshock Infinite –..."

Feb. 11, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Big Dogs, Young Rebels, and Aging Giants

The Austin promoters who bring the music come in all shapes and sizes

"...with the live events division of Capital Sports & Entertainment, owned by longtime business partner Charlie Jones. The company..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Blow Up Your Video

MTV forces American youth to sell their souls, but has Joan Jett in a bikini!

"...Starting today, Austin-area subscribers to Time Warner's digital cable can choose from among 10 music-related video channels..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Cream of the Tech-Top

The Year in Multimedia

"...Multimedia Happenings of 1995 Dave Evans, Vice President of Digital Voodoo, Inc., an Austin online content developer, and 1994-95..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Screens Feature

Muralist Mila Sketch Celebrates a Decade of Creativity in Austin

Innovative immigrant artist on her approach, future, and love affair with the city

"...Sketch’s signature style – vivid, surreal cityscapes infused with..."

April 4, 2025 Arts Feature by Julie Royce

New Model for a Funny Business

Bill Burr and Al Madrigal's All Things Comedy lets the folks making jokes own more than the laughs

"...innovative comedy podcast network and artist cooperative. The nascent digital-media outfit is the focus of a SXSW panel, Owning..."

March 13, 2015 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

Unicorn Booty Bounces

From popular gayfotainment blog to bustling NOLA cafe, here's Booty's

"...very similar in the restaurant business – the experiential entertainment business – to an online space. Which was really..."

March 7, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...Hand-wringing about the pervasiveness of digital media and how it changes the way our brains..."

March 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Res Publica

Citizen's calendar, June 11-18

"...no good without a converter box – it's all digital from here on out. If you need info on..."

June 12, 2009 News Feature

TV Eye

The new new media, plus David Simon to speak at UT, and more questions about the switch-over from analog

"...competition to recognize the next great, original and episodic digital series." Finalists were celebrated at a VIP party last..."

March 14, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Off the Record

SXSW music news and carryings on

"...the future of live music in the Red River entertainment district with all its current urban development. "Rock &..."

March 14, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

How Green Is the Music?

Festivals, bands, and musicians seek environmental harmony

"...a common way to distribute albums, even in the digital age. So, the music industry is indeed a fertile..."

April 20, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Facing the Media

Who is Young-Min Kang? That's what he wants to know.

"...at Studio 107, the Space, the Austin Museum of Digital Art, and San Antonio's the Bower. And if he..."

March 25, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Coming Soon

Trend Watch

"...Los Angeles, CA 90036; and to Dawn Tarnofsky-Ostroff, President, Entertainment (CEO), United Paramount Network, 11800 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles,..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Information Wants to Be Worthless

Money was never the most interesting thing about the Internet. Which is a good thing, since now it's gone.

"...dot-communism. The core demographic at SXSW is the woolly-eyed digital creative, a species of creature from way before the..."

March 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Bruce Sterling

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...many other Austinites, have made the switch to a digital satellite system. Employees will be paid to provide satellite..."

June 22, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Texas’ Latest Porn Restriction Law Goes to SCOTUS

The 2023 law requires ID to watch porn

"...a third of the content is sexual to require digital age verification of all users: Failure to comply means..."

Feb. 14, 2025 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

UT Students Break Into E-Sports Through Longhorn Gaming

The university's independent organization gains notoriety in the competitive gaming world

"...There's a hue of gray in the world of digital connection-based athletics when it comes to internet failure. It's..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Screens Feature by Derek Udensi

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