First Concert: Dianne Scott

The Continental Club’s guardian at the gate began her life in live music inauspiciously

"...When: Late December 1962..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Music Feature

Page Two: The Suburbs

Growing up with Phoebe Snow, whose presence and music transcended the ordinary

"...It's a music story – a story of the blues and jazz..."

May 6, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Off the Record

Touring Austin's new clubs and digging into Heavy Light Records

"...The incomparable poet of soul music, Smokey Robinson has been confirmed as the keynote speaker..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Jesse Dayton walks with a Zombie, while T Bird & the Breaks spice things up for the annual Hot Sauce Festival

"...the hangers in it kept rattling." Named for the 1962 cult film, Captain Clegg stirs an original witches' brew..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Bob Johnston’s Great Lost Johnny Cash & Bob Dylan LP

Late producer set the mood for one of music’s great summits

"...Producer Bob Johnston died Friday. This is a chapter..."

Aug. 18, 2015 Music Post by Louis Black

Off the Record

Juan González answers to no one

"...for increased student participation in all aspects of the music venue's operations through internships, student discounts, and enhanced interaction..."

May 14, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Frame Job: Carson Brock

Former U18er steps into another league on new full-length

"...Another generation of local musicians continues coming on strong, especially sons of fathers. Carson..."

March 26, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Love, Sex & Money: Helen Gurley Brown

Thanks, from one “mouseburger” to another

"...Gurley Brown, who died Monday, preceded them not in music but in mindset – even if her Cosmopolitan magazine..."

Aug. 14, 2012 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Page Two: In Memoriam

Biff Parker (Steven Stelmach), 1962-2011

"...As an appropriate end note: SXSW Music Creative Director Brent Grulke has written there: "Biff was..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Austin Icon Dr. James Polk Passes Away at 83

Legendary Ray Charles collaborator gone but never forgotten

"...Keyboardist, band leader, and educator Dr. James Polk passed..."

June 24, 2024 Music Post by Cy White

Boogie 4 Stu

Ben Waters' boogie for Rolling Stones sideman Ian Stewart

"...first to answer Brian Jones’ ad in the paper, 1962. Keith Richards arrived next and found Stu. “Boogie with..."

May 10, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Dirty Laundry

Hey, you got soul in my country

"...With his 1962 Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Ray Charles..."

Sept. 18, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Off the Record

Commemorating the 95th birthday of Pinetop Perkins one year at a time, exploring Willie's Place at Carl's Corner, and a pregame pep talk with Paul Wall

"...1940 Billboard introduces the popular music chart...."

July 4, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

AusPop Organizes a Tribute to Frank Kozik

A special night at the Mohawk to celebrate the print master

"...When legendary poster artist Frank Kozik died earlier this..."

May 26, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Pirates

Teens navigate the UK garage scene in this turn-of-the-century tale

"...In American Graffiti, the hangout was 1962 San Modesto, California. In Slacker, it was 1989 Austin...."

March 12, 2022 SXSW Post by Joe Gross

Johnnie Taylor, Soul Man

Johnnie Taylor's Live at the Summit Club gets released.

"...we’ll be talking a lot about the ghosts of music’s past here – particularly the obscurities and curiosities that..."

March 9, 2007 Music Post by Greg Beets

SXSW Interview: Walter Yetnikoff

Ballroom Dancing: Music Panels

"...refugee brought to Columbia Records by Clive Davis in 1962, Yetnikoff used his clinical understanding of the artistic mind..."

March 19, 2004 Music Review by Greg Beets

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...My Cousin Vinny, while Sam Beam (better known in musical circles and Iron and Wine) will present a 45th..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Reissues

Los Zafiros

"...the escapist and youthful appeal of early Sixties pop music, and happily, it was no different for the Cubans...."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Feature

Author by Author

Notable Folks in Their Own Write

"...notable existence it has attacked everything from the "alternative" music scam, Wired magazine, and Quentin Tarantino films to Edge..."

May 1, 1998 Books Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

Warm up for summer with frozen margs and fests around Texas

"...and early June for an afternoon of family-friendly live music celebrating the rich tradition of jazz. May 11, 18,..."

May 1, 2025 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Reissues

"...this set meticulously, fully cognizant of soul history and musical flow. As such, they've wisely avoided a pacing bottleneck..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Feature

Holy Ghost

Austin's Revenant Records follows up its Grammy-winning Charley Patton box set with free jazzman Albert Ayler's 9-CD 'Holy Ghost'

"..."He was fascinated by the music of Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane, yet despite repeated..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Fast, Twisted, and Deeply Paranoid

A year of notes on The Manchurian Candidate remake's script

"...was produced by his company). Released in October of 1962 to a healthy box office, Sinatra withdrew it from..."

July 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Fast, Twisted, and Deeply Paranoid

A year of notes on 'The Manchurian Candidate' remake's script

"...was produced by his company). Released in October of 1962 to a healthy box office, Sinatra withdrew it from..."

July 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Scanlines

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

"...D: Stanley Kubrick (1962) w/ James Mason, Sue Lyon, Shelley Winters, Peter Sellers,..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Screens Feature

Hancock Center, R.I.P.

Everything Old Is New Again at 41st & I-35

"...Goliath Won In 1962, an impatient Judge Jones reversed the sale of the..."

Feb. 14, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Cinemaphonic 2: Soul Punch
Popshopping 2: More Music from German Commercials 1962-1977

Record Review

"...Cinemaphonic 2: Soul Punch(Motel/Fourth Density)Popshopping 2: More Music from German Commercials 1962-1977 (Crippled Dick Hot Wax!)..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Music Review by Greg Beets

The Outlaw Josey Wales

"...Webber, Shelley Winters, Jennifer Edwards, Rosanna Arquette. Watching Austin Musical Theatre's The Music Man, starring Larry Gatlin, at Palmer..."

May 19, 2000 Screens Review by Louis Black

Bob Dylan

DVD and record review

"...Live at the Gaslight 1962 (Columbia-Legacy/Starbucks)..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Review by Shawn Badgley

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