Playback: Inside Antone's

Christening Antone's new location, SXSW reveals, and a new documentary on old Dicks

"...vessel that moved around and kept musicians and club workers afloat while other venues came and went...."

March 6, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Hip-Hop on the Verge

Austin finally cemented a scene, but who will break out nationally?

"...a more pressing concern: Who could score a headline gig Downtown? Catfish Station, an oasis for hip-hop in a..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Laura Thomas Dishes Combo Plate Booking

A socially conscious booking agent

"...one of the artists I’m working with a great gig, either in a room they’ve been really, really wanting..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Groover's Paradise

The Hole in the Wall has seen it all

"...The Drag forever changes. Students, workers, bums, and businesses recycle almost annually. One marquee maintains..."

June 20, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

LipSchtick Traces

When Cindy Wood scores the big laughs at Esther's Follies, she's channeling comedy's funniest femmes

"...year touring Neil Simon plays – her first pro gig after graduation. It was just after Wood had returned..."

April 4, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Food Issue Extra Helpings: 10 Years a Server

The trenches of the service industry are full of lessons

"...on almost every cute guy at my first serving gig...."

Feb. 17, 2014 Food Post by Claire Gordon

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...Improvement Club Director/Screenwriter: Dayna Hanson When their big gig falls through, a ragtag, avant-garde performance group with a..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Industry of Light and Magic

Fx guru and key 'Star Wars' figure Tom Smith to HRC

"...called "Animal House, because it looked like chaos with workers in rough outfits doing the sometimes grimy work of..."

April 15, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Some Parts of the World Pt. 1

Singer-songwriter BettySoo battles elasticity in Italy

"...proud: items #90 and #93 have changed from “One Gig Outfit” and “Jeans” to “Decent Going Out or Stage..."

June 2, 2011 Music Post by BettySoo

Headlines

"...• Gig 'em. President Barack Obama and former President George H.W...."

Oct. 23, 2009 News Feature

Occupational Hazards

Close encounters of the clerking kind at Vulcan and I Luv Video

"..."Our workers were totally shell-shocked, customers are literally fleeing in terror..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Sometimes Rumble, Sometimes Tumble

Joe Lansdale may be Texas' bloody answer to Mark Twain

"...toiling in a mobile-home factory – before the writing gig paid off. He's an Obama fan who is angered..."

June 26, 2009 Books Feature by Joe O'Connell

Letters at 3AM

It's a dangerous world, and some nights the most cruelly dangerous people may be you

"...a band formed by some of the young grunt workers at the paper, thereby demonstrating that the paper's elite..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

A Browner Shade of Black

Blazing trails of Chicano soul

"...soul bands to the route of the Mexican-American migrant workers across the United States as well as the migration..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Letters at 3AM

According to a 'USA Today' survey, 30% of all American youth hope to have careers in the arts. Who's been lying to these children?

"...pay, when they're paid at all, comes from secondary gigs: readings, lectures, conducting workshops. Readings are poetry-in-the-flesh, a performing..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Restaurant Service: A Discussion

Twelve Austin professionals come to the table in an effort to define, demystify, and defend the most controversial aspect of dining out.

"...for waitstaff benefits everyone, guests and servers alike. "This gig has taught me so much about food and wine,"..."

March 31, 2006 Food Feature by MM Pack

Where There's Smoke …

Across the country, perspectives on the smoking bans offer a very mixed bag

"...advocates are unlikely to make such concessions. Breathing at Gigs..."

April 15, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Family Circle

"...wooden train depot had been receiving travelers and railroad workers at McNeil since the late 1800s along the MoPac..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Music Feature by Christine Albert

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the load was reduced to 20% or less. Government workers would be better employed producing food, clothing, and shelter..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Column

Who's Texas?

The story of Texas history says a lot -- about the storytellers

"...for example, for scenes of Texas Rangers beating farm workers' heads in the Valley, or state prisoners swinging scythes..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Dancing About Architecture

Hole is on hold, as is Abra Moore's new album, though American Analog Set may be dead and the Mercury's Hip Hop Humpday is definitely. Meanwhile, John Kunz fights back, and Don Imus raises the Flatlanders flag. Whew!

"...grad school at Columbia University, with the upcoming Austin gig, the final one of their current tour, being the..."

July 26, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...a middling singer, I was definitely interested in a gig. Alas, he never called, so I'm not in his..."

June 21, 2002 Column

Dancing About Architecture

"...the travelers to meet with human rights organizations and workers for the purpose of learning more about the conflict..."

June 21, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

SXSW is still over, and now so is the new Emo's and the Metro. True Believers are back, though.

"...a snag in that EMI just laid off 1,800 workers -- including the fella in charge of the project...."

March 29, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Naked City

"...handles screening at Bergstrom Airport, out of the same gig at Boston's Logan International after a guard left a..."

Dec. 14, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

How to Be a Popular Girl

What will shy novelist Sarah Bird do now that she's back in the limelight, Dick Holland asks in this profile of the author of The Yokota Officers Club.

"...Luci Baines' wedding cake, and where one of her co-workers is a young man who mainly sleeps on the..."

June 22, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

The People vs. Mike Sheffield

The new APD oversight agreement is a first for Austin -- but will it do what it's supposed to do?

"...Sheffield the comp time necessary to do the union-boss gig full time.) That means Sheffield is more powerful, when..."

March 30, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...would be close to his beloved Saint, and the gig seemed rife with possibility, so he packed up his..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Spinning Yarns

Tracing generations' worth of jazz and R&B history through the Texas Trumpets

"...he moved to Detroit and joined fellow Ford factory workers Hank Ballard & the Midnighters for five years before..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Working Vacations

Theaterless Theater Corps, Rude Mechanicals, KAIROS! Co.

"...few local wits tapped for a plum showcase or gig to see who's ready for the Big Time. The..."

July 9, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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