Caught by the Tides

Jia Zhang-ke’s latest is a love story with time’s passage in mind

"...faces of old men on the streets of a mining community, that Caught by the Tides is most striking...."

May 23, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Opinion: A 21st Century Texas Lament

A native Texan reflects on what it formerly meant to be a proud Texan and how that badge of honor has been sullied by our current set of elected officials

"...in the decrepit adobe walls of that abandoned quicksilver mining town, a Texan and a New Yorker agreed to..."

April 4, 2025 Column by John Langmore

Popeye The Slayer Man

Newly entered into the public domain, the spinach-loving sailor gets mined for horror

"...Relucio and Steven McCormack. The horror movie trend of mining iconic characters who have newly entered the public domain..."

March 21, 2025 Movie Review

SXSW Announces 2025 Film & TV Festival Award Winners

Good Boy’s Indy fetches “Howl of Fame” honors

"...of desperately needing to belong. The director’s vulnerability in mining her personal experience combined with her delicate and daring..."

March 12, 2025 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Hairy Situations, Pickle Parties, and More Weekend Events

Some non-SXSW arts and culture recommendations

"...a meditation on complex topics – nuclear proliferation, uranium mining, nuclear waste disposal – through myriad multidisciplinary sonic interpretations...."

March 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

No Badge Necessary at These Live Music Recommendations

Crucial concerts for the week ahead

"...a meditation on complex topics – nuclear proliferation, uranium mining, nuclear waste disposal – through myriad multidisciplinary sonic interpretations...."

March 7, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

We Give Two Thumbs Up to These Weekend Events

Arty and culture-y things to get up to

"...co-creator of stage play Greater Tuna, he’s used to mining his West Texas past for laughs. But here we..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...Shim, Kahane Corn Cooperman In tiny Creede, CO, conservative mining families and progressive theater people have been trying to..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

Colonialism, the Cold War, and jazz collide in engrossing documentary

"...product shots – two companies called out for questionable mining practices in the present-day DRC – Soundtrack doesn’t need..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dungeons & Dragons, Trivia, Comics, and More Recommended Events

It's a new year! Why not try some new things?

"...provided the laptops and a chill environment for building, mining, and exploring the netherworld. Feel free to also bring..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...In mining, a “shaft” enters the earth at a vertical or..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Austin Energy Proposes New Gas Generation as Part of 2035 Resource Plan Update

Critics say it “blows up” climate plans; AE says it improves emissions

"...minimizing the drawbacks of both (batteries use destructive mineral mining practices and peakers are carbon-emitting)...."

Dec. 9, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

St. Cecilia Soda Company Pays Sparkling (Water) Tribute to Austin’s Music Scene

Two service industry veterans join the women-owned beverage company swell

"...choices intentionally emphasize a commitment to sustainability. “While bauxite mining takes 10 times the electricity to produce a ton..."

Oct. 18, 2024 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

In Politics to Win, Again and Again

Introducing the passionate people who get our local politicians elected

"...the environmental struggle known as Save Our Springs. A mining company called Freeport-McMoRan had proposed a massive housing development..."

Sept. 13, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Off Beat: Beo Lerman’s Queer Werewolf Rom-Com

Women and queer creative showcase the Front Festival returns Labor Day weekend

"...Mining such personal topics makes it easy for Lerman to..."

Aug. 30, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

Alien: Romulus

Fede Alvarez speed runs through earlier Alien films in this uninspired sequel

"...and standing in for Detroit is a remote, sunless mining colony run by the eternally evil Weyland-Yutani Corporation...."

Aug. 16, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...released this week quantified exactly how much power Bitcoin mining takes: One Bitcoin transaction equals the amount of power..."

July 12, 2024 News Feature

Exactly How Much Power Are Bitcoin Miners in Texas Consuming?

One transaction = a day and a half of your household running

"...six years. The cause for concern is largely cryptocurrency mining, which ERCOT predicts will account for half of the..."

July 9, 2024 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

ERCOT Says Texas Power Demand to Double by 2030, With Bitcoin to Blame

Gas demand also increasing with electrification

"...expected to come from the increasing number of crypto mining operations and data centers in the Permian Basin. Crypto..."

June 18, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

Ernest Cline and Felicia Day Are Waiting Under the Bridge to Bat City

Don't miss the special reading and signing tonight

"...home, the bats’ cave is destroyed by a big mining company with its sights set on the farmland next...."

April 8, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Immaculate

Sydney Sweeney excels in just-OK nun horror

"...Neon horror Immaculate understands this on a basic level. Mining such rich material, director Michael Mohan and screenwriter Andrew..."

March 22, 2024 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Io Capitano

Despite strong performances, migrant tale is broadly told

"...whole system of exploiters, opportunists, cutthroats, and torturers strip mining human dignity for profit, sprinkled with just enough benevolent..."

March 15, 2024 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Visual Art Review: Laurie Frick’s “What did you do today?” at Ivester Contemporary

Data-driven works present art and technology with hope for connection

"...you could fall down an internet hole for days mining the richness of those charts. After years working within..."

March 15, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Recommended Austin Events

Highlights for your week in music, arts, community, and more

"...farmer Máxima Acuña as she fights back against U.S. mining companies ravaging the land and the people who live..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column

A.L. West at a Bookstore, and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Stop by Stalefish’s album release or Jonathan Toubin’s Soul Clap

"...Townes. Even so, 2020's Ghosts of West Virginia, about mining tragedy in his native state, tops 'em all. Local..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Music Column by Carys Anderson

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

YA epic's prequel can't catch the book's inner fire

"...Lucy Gray (Zegler) from District 12, the same Appalachia-like coal-mining country Katniss Everdeen will call home a half-century later...."

Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Royal Hotel

Disturbing trip to the sexist outback is cut short by a simplistic ending

"...resort to taking a bar job in a remote mining community. "You're gonna have to be OK with a..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Digging Deeper on Bitcoin Mining

"...increase their security operations in order to avoid another bitmining holdup (or worse)?!..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Postmarks

ERCOT Paid Bitcoin Miner $31 Million to Conserve While Texans Sweat

Bitcoin operations paid by ERCOT to conserve

"...recent New York Times investigation found that 10 bitcoin mining operations in Texas have accounted for ratepayers’ electric bills..."

Sept. 7, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Beck and Phoenix Make Every Moment Count at Breathless Moody Center Co-Headline

Dancing through three decades of songs from the two indie pop giants

"...comes with having performed the songs a million times. Mining the dancier moments, Beck flexed his pop star frontman..."

Aug. 23, 2023 Music Post by Abby Johnston

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