The People’s Joker

Trans coming-of-age story filtered through superhero homage

"...Warners realized they don’t want to Streisand Effect more publicity onto the project. Drew is an intriguing artist, but..."

April 12, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

South by Psychedelics

Psychoactive substance research gets a spotlight at this year’s festival

"...legal channels available to procure them. This spike in publicity led to a boom in psilocybin mushroom interest, and..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

After Art Acevedo Fallout, Interim City Manager Jesús Garza Answers Council Questions in Memo

Acevedo debacle prompted memo, but Garza doesn’t address it

"...The meeting was prompted by the whirlwind of bad publicity CMs faced in the wake of the Acevedo news,..."

Jan. 31, 2024 News Post by Austin Sanders

Dream Scenario

Nic Cage leads a strange satire about public perception

"...hilariously framed in his quickly souring relationship with a publicity firm run by Michael Cera's hip, PR-speak-addled exec. The..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

999 Eyes Freakshow & Surreal Sideshow Invites You to Step Inside an American Tradition

The beauty of the bizarre

"...demanding that the word "freak" be removed from all publicity material and replaced with the term "prodigy." Over a..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Protesters Want Airline Kicked Out of San Marcos for Flying Migrants for DeSantis

California governor says the operation could be kidnapping

"...that flew migrants to California as part of a publicity stunt by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hasn’t faced consequences...."

Oct. 18, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Fantastic Fest Review: Spooktacular!

Rise and fun-fulfilled legacy of America's first haunted attraction

"...He also grasped that power of publicity, explaining the vast amount of local TV news footage..."

Sept. 24, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ascension Seton Nurses Confront Managers Who Refuse to Meet With Them

Ascension calls the move "antics"

"...themselves in this manner and continues to focus on publicity stunts as opposed to what is important – reaching..."

Aug. 31, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Saint Teresa: Richard Linklater and John Pierson on the Icon of Slacker

The director of Slacker and the film's sales agent discuss the creative importance of actor and musician Teresa Taylor

"...And if you notice closely the T-shirt in the publicity still, taken during a rehearsal, says "Fuck art, let's..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Screens Feature

SAG-AFTRA Strikes Affect Dazed and Confused Anniversary

Screening to be postponed, but baseball celebration still on

"...may not do during the strike. This includes "promotion of/publicity services for work under the TV/Theatrical Contracts." Obviously, that..."

July 21, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The League

The history of the Negro Baseball League as the history of America

"...in seeing the stars of the Negro League in publicity photos and broadcast footage, especially when the film talks..."

July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Comfort Food Views, Inn Cahoots Debuts, Fresh Tequila Cues, Dosas On the Loose, and More as Our Long Hot Summer Continues

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...huzzah for the power of pop-culture media crossovers and publicity tie-ins and such, right? Well. Here, we’ll just make..."

July 19, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Best Things We Saw at Oblivion Access 2023: Earth, BEAK>, GEL, and More

Highlights from year two of the underground Austin music festival

"...performance. New partnerships, including with Stereogum and a national publicity firm, also leveled up Oblivion Access’ second year (following..."

June 19, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

Farewell to the Danger God: Gary Kent (1933-2023)

The stunt legend who called Austin home died this week

"...his first wife, Joyce. Sationed to Texas to handle publicity for the Blue Angels, Kent took up community theatre..."

May 26, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Why Owen Wilson?

"...does this insanely rich white man need any more publicity? There are so many other important current events going..."

April 12, 2023 Postmarks

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

Catch up on Texas travel news and plan some spring sightseeing

"...hearing in Bay City on June 22. Besides statewide publicity, the legal wrangling has garnered support for saving the..."

April 2, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Sundance 2023 Review: Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)

Album cover maestro Anton Corbijn highlights the art mavericks

"...subtly inform the documentary's idea of covers as part publicity and part (as inveterate and always entertaining talking head..."

Jan. 24, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

M3GAN

A yassified Chucky for the iPad Kid generation

"...of the titular automaton has also proved fruitful for publicity if we’re to look at the troupe of real-life..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

The Austin Songwriters Group Symposium Returns With Country Hitmakers

Including Russell Sutton, who got his start at the gathering

"...focuses on valuable industry education for songwriters – from publicity and contracts to recording and licensing...."

Jan. 7, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Männkitchen Pepper Cannon vs. The Horse Leg

When the spicy dust is clear, only one will be left standing

"...knee-high to a chapulina, he also has a dedicated publicity team who hawks his wares to food writers and..."

Dec. 1, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Former Fine Southern Gentlemen's Expansive Rebrand to Feels So Good

A more inclusive name for the rising screenprinters/record label/music venue

"...with FSG Records last year and counts merchandise fulfillment, publicity, and scouting for sync opportunities among responsibilities he's passed..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Feeding the Ukrainian Resistance With Varenyky and Mutual Aid

To Austin's Ukrainian community, the meaning of food has co-evolved with the war itself

"...community's nine-month ordeal has turned into a mechanism for publicity and mutual aid. Some of Liberty Ukraine's recent fundraisers..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Food Feature by John Besche

Protect the Parking Deck

"...(35 years), and currently am a partner in a publicity business for rising artists. I was 34 when I..."

June 18, 2022 Postmarks

Open to the Classics

"...artists do not have the heavy cash to buy publicity, and so they are only known to a select..."

May 12, 2022 Postmarks

30 Years Ago, GG Allin Cleared Austin’s Scuzziest Punk Venue in 24 Minutes

Witness accounts of the notorious shock rocker’s antics and arrest at the Cavity Club

"...of his probation," says Colby. "It was probably the publicity from his arrest in Orlando that got him in..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...bunch of bullshit ever," says Warner Bros. Director of Publicity Bob Merlis. "I was on the other side of..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Austin Punk Chronicles: "I Don't Think the Sex Pistols Inspired Anything Other Than a Buncha More Punk Bands!"

The San Antonio shoot-out ricochets locally in Chapter 4 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...with them?'" recalls Bob Merlis, then Warner's director of publicity. "It seemed, at a great distance, that this was..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Robert Rodriguez Opens The Book of Boba Fett

The Austin filmmaker takes the mask off Star Wars' enigmatic bounty hunter for new Disney+ show

"...Robert Rodriguez was fixated on the helmeted figure. "The pre-publicity was all about who the new characters were," he..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Hendrick's, Hendrick's, Pickles and Gin

Ah, this is the way our obsessions begin

"...– big yucks, right?Hilarity, as you can guess, ensued.Good publicity all around...."

Nov. 10, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Lost Leonardo

High intrigue and big money in the murky world of high art

"...money)!” Which they do, launching a full-on blitzkrieg of publicity, which is where the other Leonardo pops up, seen..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

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