Duct Tape Messiah

A Q&A with Gurf Morlix

"...Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar screens Kevin Triplett’s Blaze Foley: Duct Tape Messiah, a documentary 12 years in the making...."

Feb. 3, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Little

Time goes backward in this riff on Big (or maybe it just feels that way)

"...thing along, the plot is seemingly held together with duct tape, but the more problematic aspects involve sloppy editing...."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

We Are What We Are

This effectively creepy horror story gives new meaning to the family film.

"...(DePaiva) falls ill while purchasing shady-looking home implements (rope, duct tape, shears), the bearded backwoodsman tells daughters Rose (Garner)..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

MacGruber

Here's an idea that hasn't been tried in a few years: Turn a Saturday Night Live skit into a feature film.

"...jury-rig a fix-it to most any sticky situation with duct tape and a bottle of toilet-bowl cleaner. MacGruber (played..."

May 28, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Right at Your Door

Harrowing doesn't even begin to describe this low-budget exercise in siege paranoia, which builds on our current terrorist-related night sweats.

"...life, really is. No amount of plastic sheeting and duct tape can salvage anything but the most meager and..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Walking Contradiction

Exploring the legacy of one of Austin's great, unsung singer-songwriters, Blaze Foley

"...-- he was known by his friends for using duct tape to hold most of his possessions together --..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

The Luv Doc: Thoughtfulness

What do you get for someone who has everything?

"...needs: you. No offense, but you’re kind of like duct tape on a radiator hose: necessary but not optimal...."

Dec. 20, 2013 Column by The Luv Doc

Toward an Accounting

In its unjustified rush to war, the Bush administration wants Americans to apply ample amounts of duct tape over their eyes, ears, and mouths.

"...world is, he authenticated and practically welcomed Osama's new tape. The very fact that Osama is alive is a..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...Kevin Triplett, director of the documentary film Blaze Foley: Duct Tape Messiah, asked for an interview. [inset-1-right]..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

Blaze Foley's Lost Muscle Shoals Recordings

Cult songman keeps thwarting his own success – even posthumously

"...film follows Kevin Triplett's thorough 2011 documentary, Blaze Foley: Duct Tape Messiah. Both build on a dearth of official..."

May 5, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Sisters Under the Scrim

Six of the finest theatrical artists in Austin discuss their work behind the curtain designing lighting schemes, mixing sound, and creating and constructing sets and costumes and how their careers have been affected by the fact that they're women.

"...and creating award-winning sets and costumes for performing arts productions here and across the nation...."

Sept. 12, 2003 Arts Feature by Molly Beth Brenner

Page Two – BFI: Blaze Foley Inside

11 verses in search of a song

"...neither management nor he expected it to stick. Using duct tape to accentuate and mend his clothes until he..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Column by Louis Black

The Art Is Formally Known as Prints

A somewhat kaleidoscopic glimpse of Austin's screen-printing scene

"...a cultural event, a multidocument campaign for some new product, laying down one color at a time, over and..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Uneasy Death of Riad Hamad

Investigation continues in the mysterious death of an Austin peace activist

"...floating near the shore. Hamad's eyes were covered in duct tape, his legs and his hands also bound –..."

May 9, 2008 News Feature by Michael King

The Last Horror Movie

The U.S. premiere of this self-reflexive horror film from England is presented in Austin by Fangoria magazine.

"...again, we’re supposed to be watching a rented VHS tape in the comfort of our own home. We’re obviously..."

June 18, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Invisi-Bell Halloween Mask Instructions

How to magically appear on Nov. 7

"...1) Retrieve the stockpile of duct tape from under your bed that you bought in..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

From Stuff, Art

The 21st 'New American Talent' exhibition features a whopping 72 works of art, many of them created from everyday objects

"...cleaning out the garage. Molt is an amalgamation of duct tape, Plexiglas, spandex, faux leather, acrylic paint, wire, and..."

July 14, 2006 Arts Feature by Amanda Douberley

Hunted

Oddball riff on Red Riding Hood gets weirder and wilder

"...hook-up in a bar and finds herself gagged with duct tape, running through a European forest, pursued by two..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ben Dickey on Being Blaze

Inspiration, fear, and the guiding hand of Vincent D'Onofrio

"...surprise that Ethan Hawke cast Dickey as Austin's legendary Duct Tape Messiah in biopic Blaze. Both cut imposing figures:..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Blaze

The life and legacy of Austin's ill-fated Duct Tape Messiah

"...the way for Kevin Triplett’s 2011 documentary Blaze Foley: Duct Tape Messiah, which featured rare footage and comprehensive interviews..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

4am With a Head Full of Whiskey

Ethan Hawke and Ben Dickey's late-night daydream

"...portrait of composer and teacher Seymour Bernstein, Seymour: An Introduction, but it's often presented itself in less overt ways...."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker

Donya Stockton Isn’t Going Anywhere Near Hell in That Handbasket

The Austin clubland mover-and-shaker weaves much to the imagination

"...they are similar, but it’s more like what a tapestry would be, rather than a four-harness loom. Without getting..."

April 4, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

3 Days to Kill

Kevin Costner stars in this snappy but contrived mix of international espionage and paternal redemption.

"...on the job, whether he’s torturing an informant with duct tape or about to make his next kill. The..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Blaze Foley

"...Blaze FoleyDuct Tape Messiah: Soundtrack From the Documentary Film (Lost Art)..."

June 3, 2011 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Serious Moonlight

Cheryl Hines directs this romantic comedy starring Meg Ryan and Timothy Hutton, based on a script penned by Adrienne Shelly.

"...Maybe the script needed more polish before going into production, the neophyte director more experience, or the cast more..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Why Rick Is No Dick

As list of GOP vice-presidential hopefuls shortens, Texans are absent.

"...political ghosts like former Homeland Security chief Tom "Buy Duct Tape! Buy Duct Tape!" Ridge might be in the..."

Aug. 11, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

House of Wax

An occasionally creepy but mostly rote remake of the 1953 horror classic, with some putatively clever jibes at a certain high-profile hotel heiress.

"...scene? Anyway, amidst the crunching chords of Disturbed and product placement for InStyle, a certain high-profile hotel heiress becomes..."

May 6, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Hightower Lowdown

The Army cares about residents near its waste incinerator, the post office is watching you, and Americans are overworked.

"...Sheets of plastic and a big ol' roll of duct tape. That's it! When citizens hear that shrill whoop-whoop,..."

Aug. 3, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Tomcats

"...Hardcore apparently has that all wrapped up, doubtless in duct tape) the film is chock-full of nasty moments. Just..."

March 30, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Coach's Corner

"...was half full, the air hose held together with duct tape...."

May 15, 1998 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

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