DIIV Stays on Topic – Guitar

“The focus on my personal life caught me off guard”

"...since the band’s inception in 2012 and a 2013 heroin bust. Emerging triumphant behind the acclaimed new LP, DIIV..."

May 25, 2016 Music Post by Libby Webster

SXSW: Anthony Bourdain

“I’ll go back to brunch, motherfucker. I don’t care.”

"...the Massachusetts episode – where he delved into his heroin addiction – the former Brasserie Les Halles (Manhattan) chef..."

March 14, 2016 SXSW Post by Kahron Spearman

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...and icon of cool, Chet Baker, whose comeback from heroin addiction is thrillingly told with wit, verve, and style..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

"Cali Thornhill DeWitt: This Magic Moment" at Farewell Books

Nineties youth rebellion meets millennial "meh" and resigned participation in this solo show

"...logistically perplexing frames moves the dark subject of the heroin epidemic into mainstream territory, something to be puzzled over,..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Arts Review by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Goodnight Irene

Timeless music time-travels – backward, forward

"...chapters of his Life. Detained in Toronto for hoarding heroin, the poster Brit for rock & roll's bumper sticker..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Petty: The Biography

Gator comes clean

"...some descents are wholly unexpected and shocking: Petty's midlife heroin addiction. Author Zanes empathetically captures his subject's intertwined resilience..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Music Feature by Scott Jordan

DVDanger: Tokyo Tribe

Sion Sono's deranged, delirious hip-hop musical rocks

"...Meinhof Complex, Last Exit to Brooklyn, and seminal Berlin heroin drama Christiane F. However, as oddball, low-budget, and straight-to-VOD..."

Dec. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...to discuss new steps to combat prescription drug and heroin use, and taking part in a criminal justice reform..."

Oct. 23, 2015 News Feature

Fidlar

"...addict's lament, "Overdose" mirrors leader Zac Carper's experience kicking heroin and crack, which fueled the first LP. Even in..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Help Desk

Is it phone addiction or just the modern way to consume information?

"...all joke about our phones being like crack and heroin. Seriously, how worried should I be?..."

July 31, 2015 Screens Column by Michael Agresta

Closer

This 7 Towers production shows the disconnect between love and sex, and the pitfalls of confusing the two

"...Like functional heroin addicts who no longer remember why they need their..."

July 24, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Death Grips Bash & Dash Mohawk

Experimental hip-hop trio make grand exit

"...hook of Money Store favorite “Get Got,” doing a heroin jig to the fluttering beat, then becoming physically possessed..."

July 20, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...for being the site of the development of both heroin (diacetylmorphine), in 1874 – and penicillin (penicillium chrysogenum), in..."

May 15, 2015 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Levitation Picks

"...be better known for his modeling career, or his heroin arrest, or his relationship with fellow tastemaker Sky Ferreira..."

May 8, 2015 Music Feature

Wilson Marks’ Jazz Hands

Weathering the road to local minstrelsy

"...Winners album and that might as well have been heroin...."

April 23, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Wes Hurt Comes Clean

New premium water promotes sobriety

"...smoking crack. I'd always prided myself on not doing heroin, but that was the next stop. Then one day..."

April 24, 2015 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Q&A With Comedian Tig Notaro

Showtime documentary airs Friday

"...this week a friend of ours died from a heroin overdose, and so we sat around and talked about..."

April 15, 2015 Screens Post by Andy Campbell

Fables of the Reconstruction Part II

Todos Santos, Mexico, rebuilds as its music fest grows

"...Following Joseph Arthur’s cosmic turn through Lou Reed’s “Heroin,” and live onstage painting as he sung “I Miss..."

Feb. 4, 2015 Music Post by Doug Freeman

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...formalism and raw documentary as it follows a young heroin addict who finds mad love in the streets of..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: The Atticus Institute

Or, in defense of found footage and mockumentaries

"...Okker Ray (Sampson), peer-pressured into jamming a kilo of heroin up his backside to smuggle into Australia. Not the..."

Jan. 24, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Music DVDs

"...affectionate, and balancing the artistry with the not-always-great decisions heroin addiction inspires. There's ample archival footage and photographs, much..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Velvet Underground

Out of the basement and under the tree!

"...proved sonically profound. Gone was the noir reportage of "Heroin." Almost absent was second LP White Light/White Heat's sonic..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Keith Ferguson Texas Blues Bass

Legendary Austin bassist gets his due – from Germany!

"...deliver. Ex-wife Lou Ann Barton laments that he loved heroin more than her, Connie Hancock recalls his in-studio amplifier..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Housecore Horror Live Shot: Saturday Part 3

“Gwar is not dead! Oderus!”

"...the thrash contingent’s center with his death from a heroin overdose in March. Saturday night at Emo’s, the shuffled..."

Oct. 26, 2014 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

The Good Eye: Killer Outfits - Julia Cotton's Armani Suit

You would kill for this suit

"...had been announced, months after Basquiat died of a heroin overdose. Miami Vice was on its way out. In..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

The Luv Doc: Stick in the Mud

How to be sober and not want to kill yourself

"...crack or drop molly or snort meth or shoot heroin or even worse: drink coffee. Fucking Starbucks junkies and..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Playback: Mineral Reunites

Emo pioneers Mineral return

"...for the recovery scene – after years of a heroin-abusing lifestyle where ODs were a normal part of life..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Pawn Shop Rock

In hock? We've got just the ticket!

"...[Charlie] Parker was a serial pawner owing to a heroin habit he was never able to kick," stated a..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Hopper Energy Bars Ready to Jump Into the Local Market

Mixing it up with peanuts and honey and crickets and more

"...it?” I ask. “Like drug dealers with coke or heroin?”..."

June 17, 2014 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Food-Loving Mom’s Response to 'Fed Up'

Who is responsible for what we eat?

"...That said, the heroin dealer is only partially to blame for the junkie’s..."

May 19, 2014 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

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