Anonymity: Never Gonna Give You Up

Is 4chan Internet freedom's best hope?

"...rage and interlinked online connective tissues such as Twitter, Facebook, WikiLeaks, and the iPhone (the official lightsaber of the..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Mothers of Reinvention

White Denim's Fits of maximum R&B

"...the place. Three stage hands in bright orange ski masks shine flashlights in hastily choreographed movements as giant cue..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

For Mature Audiences Only

How did Kevin Smith prep to make a movie about two kids making a porn? Years of research.

"...Up came out, and suddenly I'm seeing Seth Rogen's face on billboard's everywhere I go. I thought I was..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Revealing Poses

How the Victorians presented themselves to the camera explains a lot about them – and us

"...catching the great knight's eye ("She has a lovely face") as it floats past Camelot. This drippy tale was..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Accidental Death of an Anarchist

Staging of Fo's farce never quite musters the urgent lunacy of its Looney Tunes inspiration

"...make-up with exaggerated features that falls somewhere between commedia masks and cartoon faces; the silly walks and impulsive jigs;..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Kitsch Kringle

What we really want when we want Santa

"...the notion that there is "something more" to the surface of things, something behind it, perhaps something that is..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Arts Feature by Nikki Moore

Page Two: For What It's Worth

Thoughts on conflict of interest and the staying power of Neil Young

"...and heads (the cops wore shielded helmets and gas masks and carried shields). It was surreal in a way:..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Ribbon on the Highway

Here comes Jimmy LaFave

"...who knows how to keep it tight. On his face, a goatee and a slight grin. His sideburns are..."

May 6, 2005 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

If You're White, It's All Right

The colors of justice in Williamson County

"...But others charge that Bradley's simple cause-and-effect explanation masks a much more complicated reality. Indeed, although the county's..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Woman in Black

The power of little things to make spirits real drives The Woman in Black, a terrifically old-fashioned ghost story in the English tradition, and the State Theater Company production employs simple sights and sounds in effective ways that make us believe and be terrified.

"...which signals the play's roller-coaster drop into horror, the faces of Gagne and Norton have tightened into masks of..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Luv Doc Recommends: Extravagasm Fantasy Ball

The Vortex, Saturday, November 1, 2003

"...the plastic piehole of your thrift store Halloween mask. Face it, in the immortal words of mack daddy Arthur..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Column by The Luv Doc

Slayer@La Zona Rosa

"...the pussy metal pyrotechnics of Rob Zombie, make-up and masks of Slipknot, or blow-up dolls of Ozzfest. Slayer's streamlined..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

All Aboard for Middle Earth

Fans of J. R. R. Tolkien needn't wait until the December 12 opening of the film of Lord of the Rings to take a journey to Middle Earth. Second Youth Family Repertory Theatre, an Austin arts company acclaimed for its intelligent, highly theatrical stage shows for family audiences, will ferry you there this weekend via its production of The Hobbit.

"...things are -- the Lord of the Rings movies face the same problem -- so when I started thinking,..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cinema of the Americas

A Festival of Latino Films Showcases New Visions of an Old and Resurging Culture

"...young girl, though, it is the symbol of necessary self-effacement and loss of identity that she must endure in..."

April 13, 2001 Screens Feature by David Garza

Taking Stages

Young, optimistic, and flaky in a way that belies their revolution-for-the-hell-of-it satire, the KAiROS Co. has cultivated a name for itself as "poetic terrorists." Now, after five years in Austin, this theatrical sketch comedy troupe is readying to face down New York.

"...we at least want to hit them in the face. Our punk rock attitude will never die, our comedy..."

July 7, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Things That Go Bump

Young writer Eli Kooris spends the night in a haunted photography shop to see what he can scare up.

"...kiss -- soft brown hair, intense eyes, a statuesque face -- Grimes is the spitting image of actor Kenneth..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Features Feature by Eli Kooris

Exhibitionism

Latino Comedy Festival: Ripeness Is All

"...comic theatre of the streets. Stock characters, some with masks, engage in a full-sized Punch-and-Judy show that adds adult..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Arts Review

Exhibitionism

Blood Wedding: Folk Tale Under a Glitter Moon

"...focus and dark. Her models wear nothing more than masks and knee high stockings while frolicking in crushed red..."

April 30, 1999 Arts Review

Postmarks

CSC: It's a Good Thing

"...the current direction of our city government in the face of these changes, and we fully support the CSC..."

April 2, 1999 Column

No Law & Order

"...showcase were a billboard, it would read "watch this face." (Soho Lounge, 9pm) -- Margaret Moser..."

March 12, 1999 Music Feature

Moon-Shaped Panties & the Saint of White Trash

The Late Lucinda Williams

"...Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, starts playing. Lucinda's face lights up...."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Endorsements

"...In a couple of weeks, we face an election as confused as it is crucial. Right..."

Oct. 16, 1998 News Feature by the Editorial Staff

Texas Platters

"...gritty element to the down and dirty moments, often masks the incondite vision of the compositions. More often than..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Music Review

Food-O-File

Wouldn't You Know It

"...renowned for their works in pottery, wood carvings, textiles, masks, straw, lacquerware, and hand-hammered copper. The tours are scheduled..."

June 5, 1998 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

A Guide to Austin's Musical Theatre Scene

"...bright and brightly colored as a rainbow, all fresh faces spontaneously bursting into buoyant song and breathtaking dance, gliding..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Platters

"...should by all rights only be performed wearing ski masks or paper bags. Then, when the band covers the..."

April 11, 1997 Music Review

Courting Ecstasy

Exploring the Landscapes of Playwright Lisa D'Amour

"...imagination, she refashioned her slender good looks into a white-faced androgyne. Her eyebrows are thick black arches with a..."

Feb. 7, 1997 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Cultural Evolution

New Directions for Mexic-Arte Museum

"...young woman with the easy, dark smile and heart-shaped face serves as interim director of the Museum. She was..."

July 7, 1995 Arts Feature

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