How Robert Rodriguez Saved Alita: Battle Angel From the Scrap Heap

After a decade and a half, the legendary manga's battle dreams are made real

"...to trust the tech that would make her more metal than flesh was a leap of faith when Rodriguez..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Nothing Stays the Same: The Story of the Saxon Pub

How a South Austin listening room survived, and what we can learn about preserving culture

"...more shows there than anyone other than the iconic scrap metal knight who stands guard out front). That he..."

May 31, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Cuckoo

This 1944-set story humanizes the wastefulness of war.

"...full of magic mushrooms. They have clean water and scrap metal acquired from demolished military hardware. Given that one..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Larks on a String

"...beneath a filthy Czech sky, sorting out piles of scrap metal (one huge pile is nothing less than a..."

June 7, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'Charlie Ferguson: Wasted Expressions'

Austin photographer finds painterly strokes in trash bins' rust and scratches

"...scratches, rust, and flaking paint on the sides of metal industrial containers. Self-taught photographer Charlie Ferguson has been training..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Jumbo

True love this wild and weird romance between a woman and her fairground ride

"...miniatures of all rides that she crafts out of scrap metal) is matched by her meekness and inability to..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Paraguayan Youth Band Turns Trash Into Treasure

From the trash heap to the concert hall with Landfill Harmonic

"...like an electric violin," he said. "It had a metallic quality to it, rather than the warmth of a..."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Hightower Report

It's easy to make nuclear waste safe -- just pass a law saying it's so; and, dishonesty permeates the corporate culture -- even CEOs' golf games.

"...instead of lemons, what they actually have is radioactive scrap metal. This "technology park" used to go by another..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is back (again)

"...backstory is all but glossed over. A demolition and scrap metal engineer who oversees a crew cleaning up after..."

July 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Who Steals a Faucet?

Armed rep highlights the big copper theft problem.

"...straight out of houses and business, to sell for scrap. There's even been more than a few instances of..."

July 10, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

L'Enfant

This Cannes Palme d'Or winner presents a maelstrom of grit, crime, poverty, and bureaucratic gridlock.

"...is seen here as a boneyard of mechanical waste, scrap metal, and hidden hollows for squatters. It’s a grim..."

May 5, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Hightower Report

Do we really mean the stuff we're sticking on our cars?; and smut goes corporate

"...mess and our troops are still (still!) scrounging for scrap metal and sandbags in an often-futile effort to jerry..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Zero Kelvin

"...snowbound home (what little there is: a wood and scrap-metal shack is pretty much the sum of it), the..."

June 27, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

STOMP: Discarded Scrap Waiting to Be Heard

STOMP turned the Paramount Theatre stage into a tidy salvage yard, where every piece of junk became a percussive instrument waiting to be heard.

"...STOMP: Discarded Scrap Waiting to Be Heard..."

March 17, 2000 Arts Review by Barbejoy A. Ponzio

Will Holly Pass Muster at Council?

Council to consider controversial bid proposal

"...required $5 million credit for recycling of salvage and scrap materials, reducing the original $24.9 million cost to $19.9..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...Item 28 is designed to stem sales of stolen scrap metal and air-conditioning units, requiring out-of-town scrap purchasers to..."

Aug. 27, 2010 News Feature

The Daily Hustle: 8/23/10

Council previews are our Domain

"...Item 28: Ordinance designed to stem sales of stolen scrap metal and AC units, requiring out of town scrap..."

Aug. 23, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Daytrips

"...six-foot Aermotor on a "bent pipe" tower made of scrap iron. During the Depression, inventive farmers made horizontal windmills..."

March 14, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Uncancel the Olympics With a DIY Decathlon

How one man became the world's greatest athlete* (of his backyard)

"...curved piece of steel pipe I found in my scrap metal pile, and it's mounted to the front of..."

May 29, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Best Disaster Practices

Guest blogger/fire survivor shares firsthand how to really help

"...can coordinate your cleanup effort." "I can spearhead your scrap metal recycling." "I can coordinate the donations - I'll..."

May 29, 2015 Emergency Post by Kelly Conrad Simon

Blood, Sweat & Murder

Redemption for Austin's definitive one-man band? Just don't ask Scott H. Biram what the 'H' stands for.

"...crushing the midsize vehicle into a tattered heap of scrap metal. After being pulled from the wreckage by the..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

It's a Gas, Gas, Gas

South Austin's Neon Transformers Light Up Life South of the River

"...of the sign artists' shops and their grand portfolios.The Metal Man Watch your step. Evan Voyles doesn't get rid..."

Jan. 19, 2001 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Live Shots

"...As Rick Lee whomped on every kind of small metallic item imaginable, from wagons and dishes to gongs and..."

April 4, 1997 Music Feature

Live Shots

"...joined members of touring partners 16 Volt for a scrap metal drumming jam. 16 Volt, a Portland-based industrial duo-turned-guitar..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Music Feature

AFI Review: Jumbo

Love is strange ... when one of you is a fairground ride

"...miniatures of all rides that she crafts out of scrap metal) is matched by her meekness and inability to..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...a better life, a young woman joins a dangerous scrap metal crew. Cast: Jessica Barden, Gus Halper, Austin Amelio,..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Useless Eaters

"...Sutton's droll, factory-loudspeaker vox commingle at meat-locker temperatures with scrap-metal guitar jags and slightly off-kilter rhythms. If riffs could..."

March 15, 2013 Music Review by Greg Beets

Day Trips

Terry Jones of Jewett in Leon County is a shade-tree sculptor who destroys illegal firearms in the making of his art

"...learned to weld. When he sees a piece of metal, he thinks how it might fit into a sculpture...."

July 24, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Exhibitionism

Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika: Feels Like Hope

"...irons, pendulums, dentist chair parts ... no piece of scrap metal or abandoned object is safe under Brudniak's creative..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Arts Review

Death Waits for No Plan

Austin works on making its cemeteries more accessible to the public

"...graves, taken up to protect them from vandals and scrap-metal thieves. A pair of rough-hewn wooden tombstones from the..."

Feb. 6, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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