Heroes and Villains

Van Dykes Parks: 'Smile' and the world smiles with you

"...at London's Royal Festival Hall, that knowledge was Van Dyke Parks' reality for 37 years...."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Standing in the Shadows of Motown

"...movie brings the Motown musicians -- a regular house band of session players known as the Funk Brothers --..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gay Place

Gay Place likes 'Our Hands on Each Other'

"...the Lone Star Women's Music Festival at which our band played a few years in a row in the..."

July 9, 2010 Column by Kate X Messer

Exit Laughing: Carl Reiner, RIP

The brilliant comedian, writer, and director has died at age 98

"...age 98, he was still tweeting to beat the band...."

June 30, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Butchies

Acts Playing South by Southwest

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Kate X Messer

Texas Platters

The Rev. Horton Heat

"...shuffles, waltzes, and ballads showcase Austin-based Heinrich and his band the Pickups, all clearly influenced by late Fifties/early Sixties..."

May 28, 1999 Music Review

Those Magic Moments

Composer, classicist Stephen Barber's encoding and imprinting

"...and David Byrne to renowned composers and arrangers Van Dyke Parks, Joe Zawinul, and John Corigliano...."

Oct. 25, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Queer & Now

A roundup of Texas pride events

"...other visor-wearing lesbitrons at the Forum are the only dykes left in town, along comes June 2 -- and..."

May 31, 2002 Features Feature by Verushka Gray

Not Your Daddy's Facial Hair

Kate Messer brings us up to date on the drag king scene in Austin.

"...The Drag King Anthology, while Herrup's curious fascination with boy-band icon Lance Bass is the subject an upcoming film,..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Texas Platters

"...as impressive a body of recorded work as any band can boast, ranging from the raw roadhouse blues of..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Music Review

Recviews

"...Hughes-directed nightclub sequence. Rob Cavallo's flat production castrates the band even further. I can't figure out why anyone wouldn't..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Music Review

Qmmunity: 50 Years Queer History

Everything you need to know to make the best of Pride Weekend

"...Dyke March We're so freakin' excited for the return of..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Qmmunity: Summer of Pride, Take Two

QPOC art, Bulimianne and Louisianna’s wedding celebration, and more

"...ever-scheming Beth Schindler has announced the return of Austin's Dyke March on Sunday, Aug. 11. Former Chron writer Verushka..."

July 26, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Rattling Our Stage

A Survey of Austin's Rebel Theatre Scene

"...curst & Shrewd, root wy'mn's no mo' blues and dyke/warrior-prayers, Lisa D'Amour's Oscar Snowden and the Magic O). Also..."

April 10, 1998 Arts Feature

Page Two

It's time to celebrate the coming of South by Southwest and think about how we're going to pay for our roads

"...addition to a discussion with Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks (no performance). There will be an interview with..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Praying for an Early Death

Louis Black sucks, and he makes SXSW suck

"...propulsively rocking performance of his two songs from the band's first album – "Sitting by the Window" and "Fall..."

March 26, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Gay Place

The Gay Place loves you. All of you. Hard. And will miss you when you are gone.

"...pal; you don't want to mess with this monster dyke who is subsisting on nachos and so little sleep..."

March 19, 2010 Column by Kate X Messer

Rainravens

"...to say that Rainravens frontman and songwriter Andy Van Dyke has matured on the local trio's latest, One Last..."

June 29, 2001 Music Review by Ken Lieck

General Lee and Me

My life and dirty times as a Jam & Jelly Girl with Dino Lee & the White Trash Revue

"...night because I've had a huge fight with my husband, Rollo Banks, over this show and its location. Right..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Latin powerhouse has developed into one of the hottest bands in Austin. – Jay Trachtenberg..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Record Reviews

Prince Paul

"...sides, Underworld's third full-length is the sound of the band streamlining its more eclectic elements into a shimmering cohesive..."

May 14, 1999 Music Review

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...and a penchant for reinterpreting classical music, the jam band landscape just went technocolor. (Outdoor Stage, TBA) -- Raoul..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Sticking it to the Fat, Lazy Americans

International Acts at SXSW

"...ALTAN (Donegal, Ireland): When you're a band and you're getting glowing press from the Wall Street..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Dancing About Architecture

A bitch session about the plight of the Austin music scene is scheduled at Threadgill's; here's hoping Negativland's long-anticpated Austin appearance doesn't dissapoint a la SRL.

"...the Austin music scene being silicon-chipped away with reckless abandon. I've even offered a few tentative suggestions about things..."

May 12, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing about Architecture

Goodbye, AM15?

"...of the Year: "Long Haired Country Boy," Charlie Daniels Band with special guest Hal Ketchum; "You've Got a Friend..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Saturday Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...since. Oh, and Spin named them the 15th-best live band in the world. – Christopher Gray Mastodon..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...punkish chord progressions and red-devil rhythms that plenty of bands shoot for, but few put forth. The same could..."

March 8, 2002 Music Feature

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...Heads. Andy Shernoff himself has pointed out his old band, the Dictators, wouldn't have made it in had singer..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

Off the Record

Courtney Love vs. Boudoir Queen, Jason Reece vs. Conrad Keely, Border Patrol vs. Texas Tornados, and other dream matchups

"...the indie circuit. That's a testament primarily to the band's co-founders and alternating guitarists/drummers, Jason Reece and Conrad Keely...."

Feb. 4, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Live Shots

"...Oompahs, one of the Hill Country's more enjoyable polka bands, we anxiously awaited the arrival of the main attraction...."

June 14, 1996 Music Feature

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