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March 19, 2004 Music Feature
Luv Doc Recommends: Salvage Vanguard Labor Party
Tillery Street Theater, Saturday, August 16, 2003
"...exception being Leslie Cochran, who is arguably Austin’s longest-running performance-art piece). No doubt a need for attention is an..."
Aug. 15, 2003 Column by The Luv Doc
The Hightower Lowdown
The Pentagon and Boeing play kissyface; and Bush becomes the Terminator.
"...Who says the Bush-Rumsfeld Pentagon is a ruthless, cold-hearted, imperious war machine? I've just learned the Pentagon is..."
June 20, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower
Austin Women in Black
"...way, including a TV ad campaign and an upcoming performance-art event by Sally Jacques...."
March 7, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple
States of Grace
States of Grace, the opening program for Sharir + Bustamante Danceworks' 20th anniversary season, provided an optimistic opening to 2003, with bold and imaginative choreographers presenting creative movement against which the rest of this year's work will have to be measured.
"...When artistic director Yacov Sharir introduced this Sharir + Bustamante Danceworks..."
Jan. 24, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar
Holiday in San Antonio
The birth of Austin's punk scene: the Sex Pistols at Randy's Rodeo in San Antonio, 25 years ago this week.
"...reaction. Three months prior, in October 1977, the English quartet had detonated in the media with Never Mind the..."
Jan. 10, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Page Two
The events of the week form themselves into a kind of poetry.
"...morally corrupt that I've now decided this is simply performance art. This guy couldn't be serious; few folks are..."
Feb. 8, 2002 Column by Louis Black
Public Notice
This week, our sassy public service column "Public Notice" goes to the dogs.
"...a man ... or a woman, depending on Rover's particular inclinations and leanings. A pirate poodle, perhaps? An Airedale..."
April 13, 2001 Column by Kate X Messer
Articulations
New York is calling, and Austin performers from the Rude Mechanicals to the Flaming Idiots to MOMFest are answering.
"...York is the destination for a number of local arts types of late. Besides the Rudes and the Vortex..."
March 16, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Dot-bombers
Despite the clouds of layoffs, a virtual silver lining shines for some caught in Austin's online bust.
"...them are emerging, pruned and hung over from the party that fizzled all too soon. Banished From Eden At..."
March 2, 2001 Features Feature by Carol Brorsen
Full Mental Jacket
While writer-performer Wayne Alan Brenner has a quirky style and indisputable stage presence, his new show Full Mental Jacket is so self-referential that, like an overanalyzed relationship, it talks itself to some semblance of death.
"...crotchety stage persona employs many genres (stand-up comedy, music, performance art, reading) in this series of tales and songs..."
Nov. 3, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun
Grunt Work
Interview with America's favorite Gladiator about his band
"...as they've been known to fans for the better part of a decade, combine a folky, vaguely pub-rock sensibility..."
Aug. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov
Defining World-Class
When Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood moved to Austin 30 years ago, the Driskill was a run-down, pitiful shadow of a formerly grand hotel threatened with foreclosure and destruction. Now its new owners want it to be a world-class destination. How does the Driskill Grill define "world-class"?
"...original furnishings and to use the skills of Texas artisans for many design elements. The result is stunning. The..."
May 19, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood
SXSW Profiles
Thursday Night
"...Her work as a solo artist, especially last fall's just-under-the-wire Best of 1999 entry, Cowboy..."
March 17, 2000 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri
After a Fashion
Part one of a voyage into the Austin salon scene.
"...PINK & WET: PART 1 With this column, we begin a two-part voyage..."
March 3, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
Open Wide and Say AAAHHH!!!: Holler, Get It Out
Local Arts Reviews
"...A double whammy of self-reflective, girl-centric performance art rocked Movements Gallery last weekend. The first piece,..."
Feb. 25, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun
The New Sweet Style: A Novel
"...death, celebrity, and genetic inheritance. There would be nothing particularly rousing about it, other than its manic Marx Brothers..."
Jan. 21, 2000 Books Review by Scott Blackwood
Landmarks of the Nineties
"...1. Barton Springs. The Springs have always been, and always will..."
Jan. 7, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Cinematexas International Short Film and Video Festival: An Introduction
"...In past years, the sidebar presented works by Hal Hartley and Robert Altman. This year the honoree is internationally..."
Sept. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Alaskan Heat Blue Dot
"...to confess: I've always felt a curious coldness about performance art theatre -- nonlinear, if you want to get..."
March 12, 1999 Arts Feature
Handicapper's Guide
Slam-O-Rama
"...Chicago is where the poetry slam started and the Green Mill (where they slam) is its..."
Aug. 14, 1998 Books Feature by Michael Bertin
SXSW Record Reviews
"...from somewhere in the French Caribbean, perhaps Guadeloupe or Martinique. As it turns out, they're based in Paris like..."
March 13, 1998 Music Review
Exhibitionism
Chronicle Art Reviews
"...MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE..."
Oct. 3, 1997 Arts Review
Recommended
"...with a little help from resident shouter Lou Ann Barton. Saturday, Memphis maestro Bobby Blue Bland returns to croon..."
Aug. 29, 1997 Music Feature
Land of 1,000 Dances
Sundance Film Festival 1997
"...seen anything good?" That was the most frequent conversation starter at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival...."
Jan. 31, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Monkee Dues
Michael Nesmith Pays His...
"...itself open to interpretation, I decided to leave his part of our conversation largely uniterrupted..."
Nov. 15, 1996 Music Feature by Ken Lieck
Food-o-File
"...The Threadgill's World Headquarters trial run party in mid-October looked like an indoor..."
Oct. 25, 1996 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood
Recommended
Son Volt
"...spot of religious ecstasy both Friday and Saturday nights starting at 7pm when Texas Folklife Resources and the Texas..."
Nov. 24, 1995 Music Feature
Music Recommended
Fiddle Fete
"...no longer the flag-wavers of this annual union of performance art and music, the Electric Lounge has taken the..."
Sept. 22, 1995 Music Feature
"Fire"-man Arthur Brown
The God of Hellfire
"...For better or worse, when The Crazy World of Arthur Brown released "Fire" in 1968 it immediately made Brown..."
