Water Parks, Swimming Holes, and More Options to Keep You Cool

Beat the heat with these H2Options

"...says you have to be miserable in these record-breaking Texas temperatures? Austin has an abundance of enjoyable outdoor water..."

July 18, 2018 Events Post by Eilish O'Sullivan

Zakary Thaks

Kings of South Texas rock

"...Corpus Christi in 1966-67, riding the musical wave from surf to psych with a rough-and-tumble, bluesy, Texas edge...."

Aug. 12, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Catch up on news from around Texas and travel destinations for fall

"...music festival, attend your first rodeo, or just explore Texas...."

Sept. 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

The Best Things We Saw at Austin Psych Fest 2023

Toro y Moi, Automatic, and more highlight homegrown festival’s return

"...state of national touring – survival of an outdoor Texas musical gathering doesn’t just take tenacity, it may actually..."

May 1, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

3 Balls of Fire

Texas platters

"...him, Burnin' Mike Vernon is substantially more than a surf music operator. He's an instrumental guitarist of the first..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Music Review by Margaret Moser

25 Years Ago, Sublime Arrived in Austin and Cut One of the Decade's Biggest Albums

Local producer Paul Leary put some Austin in the Long Beach surf/punk/dub trio's mix

"..."We were Butthole Surfers fans," Sublime bassist Eric Wilson recalls. "So when we..."

May 7, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

Visit historic Presidio La Bahia, take a scenic drive, and more

"...head out for a weekend drive to these authentically Texas places...."

March 31, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

We Have an Issue: Another Lege Gavels In

Previewing the 88th Texas Legislature

"...recurring "Headlines" column, which typically has some sneaky theme: surf rock and Nineties bops, horror movie taglines, the one..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

Baby sea turtles, Elvis Fest, and more!

"...your tan. Festival season is just warming up around Texas, so there is lots to do and see...."

May 5, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

For 2001, a Kubrick Odyssey

In this biographical film documentary, legendary film director Stanley Kubrick is exposed by his brother-in-law and frequent collaborator Jan Harlan for the artist and family man he was.

"...and Seinfeld -- how weird could he have been?) surf the Kubrick Web sites...."

Oct. 12, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Fresh and the Cured

Two local charcuterie wizards surf the old wave

"...After relocating to Central Texas with his wife, Natalie, who's a talented designer, Runkle..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Young the Giant, Shakey Graves to Headline New Landlock Festival in Waco

Pro surfing competition supplements the unusual event

"...Two things Waco, Texas isn’t particularly known for? Music festivals and surfing. Two..."

Jan. 30, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Fleming’s Filets of Fall: Three Steaks to the Win

That steakhouse in the Domain sizzles up some savory satisfaction

"...recently told you about that new mural of a Texas-glorifying guitar on the rooftop of a building in the..."

Sept. 27, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Terror Fest Review: Daikaiju, Lightning Bolt

Four-alarm dose of masked mayhem

"...in the north would make us stronger in the Texas heat,” declared Lightning Bolt drummer Brian Chippendale amid the..."

June 9, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Show Your “I Voted” Sticker at These Local Food Spots

Ride the blue wave straight to tasty treats

"...a huge surge in registration for first-time voters across Texas (and the rest of the United States), this year’s..."

Nov. 5, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

May the 4th Be With Y’All

“I think female nerds are totally underestimated”

"...benefit for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Texas, which is now run by ex-HAAM director Carolyn Schwarz...."

May 4, 2016 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Suspirians

Texas Platters go mondo

"...seven-song long-player blending raucous rock inspiration with crisp Sixties surf-pop. Standout "In My Time" flexes Pool's bratty style and..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Closed Shutter

The Austin Center of Photography comes to an F stop

"...readings on the books Color: American Photography Transformed and Surf Texas, as well as the "Blog/Reblog" exhibition at Big..."

March 19, 2014 Arts Post by Rod Machen

Day Trips

Gerald weighs in on his best 'Day Trips'

"...Moment: Watching hundreds of sea turtles run into the surf at Padre Island National Seashore. Hatched from eggs rescued..."

Sept. 13, 2013 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Look Who's Back in Town

Turbo Fruits will be playing the Mohawk (inside) this Thursday

"...has been on a country-wide tour since November and Texas is one of their last stops...."

Dec. 11, 2012 Events Post by Derek Van Wagner

The Stepbrothers

Texas platters

"...Mike Mariconda and his gang of delinquents drop funk, surf, and garage into their soul shaker. Psychedelic sing-along "Straight..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Fires Were Shot

Texas platters

"...restraint and beauty but grandiose and alien enough to surf a wave of vaporized flesh, too. "Subslumber" lays on..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Fozlur

Texas Platters

"...evokes the Jesus & Mary Chain's propensity for dunking surf-rock nuances in acidic crunch. All of which would amount..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Music Review by Greg Beets

Peglegasus Tired of Adventures (Entropic Carnival)

Texas Platters

"...SST post-punk closet, everything from angular melodies to progressive surf instrumentals, while drummer Peter Voskamp tries to contain the..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Day Trips

The Texas Surf Museum in Corpus Christi tells the story of an era as well as the evolution of the sport along the Texas coast

"...The Texas Surf Museum in Corpus Christi tells the story of..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Record reviews Reissues

"...COWABUNGA! THE SURF BOX..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Music Review

Step Into Liquid

Surf's up! It's The Endless Summer: The Next Generation.

"...Directed by: Dana Brown. Bruce Brown’s 1966 documentary on surfing and the surfing lifestyle, The Endless Summer, was the..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Record Reviews: Reissues

"...RARE SURF..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Music Review

Musica del Mar

Hanging Ten with Austin trio the Sir Finks

"...and sets the tone for the Finks' approach to surf music. Just when you think a Finks song has..."

May 12, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Summer Solace

More From the May Bookshelf

"...In Texas, those who don't go to Galveston for the beach..."

May 23, 1997 Books Feature

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