Playback: Death by David Vincent

Hanging with Morbid Angel singer-turned-country outlaw David Vincent and other dark tales of the live music capital

"..."Man, it was like a nuclear bomb had gone off," remembers David Vincent of arriving..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Solid Goat

"...Terra, the Austin fourpiece's second album, boasts titles like "Nuclear Sushi," "Naked Talking Monkeys (of the Future)," and, our..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Music Review by Michael Toland

Capital T Theatre's Hir

The Capital T Theatre production of Taylor Mac's absurdist satire puts the front lines of combat inside an American home

"...direction beyond the old societal norms. That tightly bonded nuclear family of postwar sitcoms is revealed to be as..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Hightower Report: Why in the World Would Trump Tap Perry to Be Energy Secretary?

From twinkle-toed TV hoofer to in charge of our nuclear arsenal

"...– get this – taking charge of our government's nuclear arsenal!..."

Dec. 30, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

Public Citizen Tom “Smitty” Smith Looks Back on a Life Well Lived

The man in the white hat's relentless hard work and willed optimism

"...Smitty continued, the eventual closure of the coal-fired Fayette Power Plant has become imminent, not only because of its..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Dark Thoughts on a Dark Day

What will Trump do? Watch what he's done.

"...to read a lot of post-election analyses. The most powerful my bleary eyes fell upon very early Wednesday morning..."

Nov. 11, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Page Two – Alex Jones: Demon Hunter

“Clinton and Obama stink of sulfur, so they must be demons”

"...demon. This is biblical. She's going to launch a nuclear war. The Russians are scared of her."..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Column by Louis Black

The Golden Age of Industrial Musicals Shines Anew at the Alamo Drafthouse

Steve Young reveals the hidden world of uncanny corporate razzmatazz

"...all: show tunes and lyrics about tractor transmissions or nuclear power plants or whatever. So I loved it because..."

July 29, 2016 Screens Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Playback – Lift to Experience: Back at the Crossroads

Lift to Experience returns to Texas-Jerusalem, X Games music crashes, and Prince-a-plenty

"...need to stage the event in July, which Austin's nuclear summer makes impossible. COTA Managing Director Sharilyn Mayhugh confirms..."

June 3, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Pushing Past La Periferia

Cine Las Americas Film Festival aims for a wider reach

"...Cuban film about the country's attempt to build a nuclear power plant. Then there is the documentary on Salvador..."

April 29, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Mastodon’s Last Stand

Metal mainstays barely escape sonic tar pits

"...the undercard but delivering the goods. Newly signed to Nuclear Blast, the re-energized quartet slammed into opener “Heaven’s Not..."

Oct. 29, 2015 Music Post by Michael Toland

Mr. Burns, a post-electric play

Anne Washburn's inventive play shows how, after the apocalypse, we still cling to Springfield

"...on the run from clouds of radiation spilling from nuclear plants with nobody left alive to prevent a meltdown...."

Oct. 2, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Point Austin: Those Who Sow the Wind

The national GOP continues to perpetuate its permanent culture of extremism

"...that, for purely ideological reasons, prefers ignorance to knowledge, power to governance, war to peace. This week's spectacle of..."

Sept. 25, 2015 News Column by Michael King

The Race for Prez Is Already Reality TV. Let's Cast the Movie Version.

Cruise as Cruz? Wiig for Warren?

"...a contest to bestow the title of “World’s Most Powerful Person” on some poor schmuck who will immediately age..."

Aug. 8, 2015 Screens Post by James BigBoy Medlin

The Ballad of Davy Jones

Hickoids guitarist keeps breathing

"...To Davy Jones, stationed in Killeen, the nuclear reaction occurring at the nightclub on Guadalupe proved the..."

May 22, 2015 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Point Austin: Waging Peace

Our politics favors war as a first option

"...the outcry over the tentative agreement on the Iranian nuclear program. GOP presidential candidates are instantly declaring the deal..."

April 10, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Playback

Neil Young premieres his director's cut of Human Highway at SXSW, while Graham Reynolds brings Marfa to the Festival

"...love, ambition, and workplace politics unknowing that the nearby power plant will soon usher a radioactive holocaust. The broadly..."

March 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

News Roundup: Marriage (In)equality, Buehler, and the Mayor

Paxton vs. true love; Buehler civil suit dismissed; and more

"...Chinese to use their influence on North Korea concerning nuclear weapons. He also wished the audience a Happy New..."

Feb. 23, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Blackhat

Chris Hemsworth stars in Michael Mann's cyber thriller.

"...A nuclear power plant in China is caused to malfunction and..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Louis Black

Green Thoughts in a Green Shade

Adler and Martinez debate enviro records and policies

"...Treatment Plant No. 4 and the East Texas biomass power purchase – and called them a consequence of an..."

Dec. 5, 2014 News Post by Michael King

"EcoNetwork" Launches Online Enviro Voters' Guide

Environmentalists can see where candidates stand

"...on the nuances of shutting down the coal-fired Fayette Power plant (or squirming out of a junior stake in..."

Oct. 24, 2014 News Feature by Greg Harman

News Roundup

Your Monday morning news update

"...Specialists' pit for possible high-level waste from the nation's nuclear power plants were dealt a blow Thursday. The U.S...."

Oct. 20, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

Doubling Down

In The Great Society, playwright Robert Schenkkan and his subject, LBJ, both gamble big

"...raising the civil rights stakes with calls for "Black Power." And then there's Vietnam, the Far Eastern conflict that..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Public Notice: Drama on the High Seats

Reading (not too far) between the lines of Thursday's marathon

"...a Riley press release put it, "to expand solar power, ... and to replace the aging and dirty Decker..."

Sept. 5, 2014 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Letters at 3AM: Vulnerability/Connectivity, Part 1

As a species, we have a desire to connect electonically, but not ideologically

"...Alba narrated: "They used to say one nuclear bomb can ruin your whole day. It was sort..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Affordability Key to Climate Plan Goals

City task force makes its recommendations for 2024 climate change protection goals

"...2016 and sources another 22% of its energy from nuclear, the utility is already poised to pass the halfway..."

July 18, 2014 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

July Is Crime Month: Q&A with Meg Gardiner

Local writer on her new thriller and her secret to success

"...Grafton, Meg Gardiner moved to Austin recently, adding star power to our literary scene. With her 12th book, Phantom..."

July 9, 2014 Books Post by Jessi Cape

AE's Solar Deal: 'Game Changer'

Recurrent Energy price could lower energy rates

"...surprise in May when Austin Energy secured a solar power purchase agreement with Recurrent Energy for less than 5..."

July 4, 2014 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Unleashing the Fundraising Power of 'Inframan'

Drafthouse screening Hong Kong sci-fi classic for Stephen Romano

"...beyond bionics! Six thousand light years beyond believability!"), a nuclear-powered, laser-blasting, size-shifting biomechanical marvel, with a plot that precedes..."

June 25, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper

Through research and case studies, Robert Bryce argues that human ingenuity will beat environmental collapse to the punch

"...in Bryce's previous books about "misguided" trends toward green power and energy independence. In these, he adeptly debunks myths..."

May 16, 2014 Arts Feature by James Renovitch

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