Roll Over, Beethoven

An interview with Francis Preve, laptop composer and producer

"...Francis Preve is a "laptopper" – the modern musician. Record producer, music remixer for..."

March 26, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Kraftwerk Reboots in 3-D

Friday’s first set screened a three-hour extravaganza

"...a bunch of robots out of Düsseldorf’s Kling Klang Studios. Which is to say it was a miracle that..."

Sept. 28, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

SXSW Creates XR Austin for Online Festival

Digital environment will be virtually like being there

"...theatre performances of Finding Pandora X from Double Eye Studios, and Dream, the new virtual experience inspired by A..."

March 2, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Tricks of the Trade

Keynote Address: Mark Cuban

"...that question, Hayes tapped a few buttons on his laptop, and within seconds, the entire room was captivated by..."

March 19, 1999 Screens Feature

ACC’s Music Trade School Gets a World-Class Facility

The Music Business Performance Technology department spreads its wings at ACC Highland

"...great music-making facilities, one of the most state-of-the-art recording studios is at – of all places – the community..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Features Feature by Kevin Curtin

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...night party this year will be at his Troublemaker Studios, where badge holders will be able to party on..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Art Space Gallery & Studios

Austin Art Space offers happy art rainbows hidden in a strip mall

"...Austin Art Space Gallery & Studios..."

April 17, 2009 Arts Review by Rachel Koper

L. Shapley Bassen's "Portrait of a Giant Squid"

First Place winner

"...and the museum site of their house and shared studios on Long Island had been renamed, hyphenated to include..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by l. Shapley Bassen

When the New Thing Is Old News Already

Call it Murphy's nth Law of Computing: 'Any given program, when running, is obsolete'

"...it: After all, it's only a phone or a laptop or a Blu-ray player. But what if that definition..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Party Girl, Interrupted

Sandra Bullock's 28 Days

"...This is known as a "publicity junket," in which studios (in this case, Columbia Pictures) fly journalists (in this..."

April 14, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Local Gaming News-Bites

Supporting the scene has never been so easy

"...Kickstart a unique game from the app developer, Rocksauce Studios. Spinferno is the modern equivalent of pinning an enemy's..."

June 29, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

PrintAustin 2021 Reproduces Community Online and Off

At this celebration of printmaking it's gather, prints, repeat

"...done so with great success. The number of participating studios and galleries, and the exhibitions and workshops and demos..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...his 1978 Clash swagger sessioned at Dale Watson's Ameripolitan Studios for all-star producer/engineer Cris Burns. What emerged from the..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Eastside Housing Proposals Blow Up at Council

"That was crazy"

"...With Friends. He had the meeting running on a laptop, but he wasn't really paying attention because he didn't..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Checking In: Como Las Movies Cumbias Despite Performance Shutdown

“[We] won’t be playing live for a long time to come”

"...records. All the folks who provide services – recording studios, photographers, videographers, etc. – to help us put out..."

Aug. 12, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Retro-Futurists Reshape Austin Music

Half-a-dozen rising stars of local electro

"...the computer," he says. "I don't really trust the laptop and live setting. Especially with bass music, because I've..."

July 1, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Playback

Stop complaining there's no hip-hop scene here because now it has its own festival

"...his first country album, tracked locally at Practice, Inc. studios with local blue-chippers Willie Pipkin, Warren Hood, Grady Pinkerton,..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Games People Play

Casual gaming's rise opens the doors for players and developers

"...quiet. Nothing but occasional conversations and hushed taps on laptop keyboards. Then again, these teams of programmers, graphic designers,..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing Thursday night SXSW 09 talent

"...Music), recorded in Memphis, Tenn., at the famed Ardent Studios, is a soulful delight. – Jay Trachtenberg J*Davey..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

The 11th Hour

Tim McCanlies eyes the finish line

"...the film's sound supervisor. Reisch is working on a laptop on which the multicolored visual representation of the film's..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

This Euphoria

David Garza returns Dream still intact

"...that instant of connection, from the "extra virgins" and "laptop loners" of "Discoball World" on 1998's This Euphoria to..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Off the Record

Threadgill's reopens its original location in historic fashion, Spoon gets remixed, and Neil Young's Greendale takes the stage

"...the Junior Brown Show last Tuesday at Tequila Mockingbird studios. The show is modeled after the country music programs..."

April 4, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Slam as It Ever Was

The nationals come to Austin amid the polarizing medium's 20th anniversary

"...West and Henry share an office in 501 Studios that doubled as a production headquarters for the documentary..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Arts Feature by Shawn Badgley

Summer Camp Guide

"...Pack the bug spray, the laptop, the curling iron ......"

April 28, 2006 Features Feature by Nora Ankrum

Sound Checking for a Pulse, and Finding It

The rock docs in this year's 24 Beats Per Second program rattle and hum with soul and revolt.

"...that before would have only been attainable in million-dollar studios can now be achieved with a laptop computer in..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Brian Eno

Record review

"...The old man has stolen the laptop: Brian Eno, who invented both ambient music and Moby,..."

June 10, 2005 Music Review by Martin de Leon II

The Kid's Got Moxie!

Man of the Century director Adam Abraham talks about old-style Hollywood panache, the precarious nature of a career in independent cinema, and a little film that could -- and did.

"...didn't. It prompted Harry Knowles to leap to his laptop and start his review with this attention-grabber: "Man of..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola