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"...TITO & TARANTULA..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Feature

Road Shows

"...SUN 14 Tito & Tarantula, Stubb's..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Feature

Matinee

This film is a fondly humorous look back at the last gasp of America's innocence, being a kid, and, in particular, monster movies.

"...great monster movies as Creature from the Black Lagoon, Tarantula, and This Island Earth, among others), Mant is more..."

Jan. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

ACL Preview: Bob Schneider Is Always Evolving

Local favorite celebrates birthday weekend on the ACL stage

"...BS: “Tarantula” is a favorite and has been since I started..."

Oct. 8, 2024 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Cactus Lee’s New Phase of Folk Realism

With Perfect Middle Hall, songwriter Kevin Dehan steps out of honky-tonk confines

"...self-titled Cactus Lee. The Austin native followed up with Tarantula in 2020 and Texas Music Forever in 2021...."

Jan. 6, 2023 Music Feature by E. Ryan Ellis

The Table Ed Ward Built

Pioneering music journalist (1948-2021) wrote rock & roll history

"...his girlfriend’s possession of galleys for Bob Dylan’s book Tarantula under Williams’ nose...."

May 5, 2021 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Kevin Curtin's Top 100 Austin Albums of 2020

Why stop at 10 when 10 times that still only scratches the surface of year-topping ATX releases?

"...70) Cactus Lee, Tarantula (709)..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Summer Fun Playlist: Release Shows TBA

"...Cactus Lee, Tarantula: Kevin Dehan's calming voice, sweet as cantaloupe, hovers like..."

May 29, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Checking In: Lolita Lynne & Tito Larriva Wrote an Album Together

Father/daughter ATX musicos maintain during the chaos

"...[Tito &] Tarantula had just released album No. 6 in October 2019..."

April 14, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

North Austin's Ebisu Japanese Restaurant Boasts Fresh Modern Sushi

Anyone for sake mac & cheese and other tasty surprises?

"...vibrant photos. The Ebisu, 911, Spider, Hot Nights, Firecracker, Tarantula, and Sexy (no rice) rolls were among our collective..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Review: Petite Portions and Not-So-Petite Prices at She’s Not Here

South Pacific-themed tiki bar-cum-restaurant evokes a sense of sleek playfulness

"...delicious, it edged out the equally tasty soft-shell crab Tarantula roll in showmanship and fun. The hands-down favorite at..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

My Obsession: The Dick Van Dyke Show

Was the Sixties sitcom a harbinger of horror?

"...a fancy new impractical sports car. Its name? "The Tarantula."..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Screens Column by Joe Gibson

No Escape From Island Zero

Rizzolli & Isles creator on her creature feature

"...up during the golden age of creature features (Them!, Tarantula) which were really manifestations of our fear of the..."

Sept. 20, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Pet Issue: Chronicle Staff Pets

"...Arts Listings editor Brenner's pet tarantula, Belvedere, freshly molted on National Coming Out Day 2016..."

Feb. 9, 2017 Photo Gallery

Evidence for the Prosecution of Rock

Austin’s Graffiti Trials releases a garage-flavored chunk of awesome

"...Takashi Miike got the scenic designer high on Bolivian tarantula venom and kept, like, dry-humping that designer’s left leg..."

Oct. 12, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Time for Another Graphic Novadose of That Kramer’s Ergot

Sammy Harkham’s new anthology is one long & strange & stunning trip

"...or ‘shrooms or, ah, what was Jim Morrison’s thing? Tarantula venom?..."

May 25, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Live Shot: Victim Mentality

Korea Night II: The Revenge of Glam Metal

"...Drummer Tarantula kept up a mid-tempo beat, occasionally kicking it up..."

March 21, 2015 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

Margaret Moser’s Retirement Party

Christopher Cross crowns the Continental’s all-star love-in

"...Victor, who also keeps the beat for Tito & Tarantula. Churchwood delivered a high voltage set, while the Standing..."

May 6, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Three Cheers for Reading

Our favorite books of 2013

"...My Lovely. "He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food cake." –..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Food Events

Upcoming food related events

"...Fusebox Hub (1100 E. Fifth), with Night of the Tarantula (featuring tarantella music by Graham Reynolds and the Golden..."

April 20, 2012 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Any Given Wednesday

One man, 10 years, some seriously sublime weirdness

"..."Bud" Cardos' Kingdom of the Spiders (witness William Shatner's "tarantula dance"), John Boorman's surrealistic masterpiece Point Blank (Lee Marvin's..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Scabs

"...him off. Death metal "HEB," a little bluegrass action, "Tarantula," and we're out – a sign that you've been..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Music Review by Dan Oko

Record Review

"...and (nonlewdly) clever. "Slower Dear" slides suavely, "Bombonanza" and "Tarantula" unload horn-fed mambos, and closers "Trash" and "Bicycle vs...."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Sonidos del Barrio

Part 1, the overview, of Latino music in the Austin mainstream

"...• Tito & Tarantula, Emo's. May 8-9..."

May 1, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dengue Fever

Live Shots

"...Pow," "Sni Bong," and "One Thousand Tears of a Tarantula," jammed by Chicha Libre along with a closing collaboration..."

May 1, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Jesse Sublett

Bonus Tracks

"...Nick Cave, spinning original tales of "The Headless Supermodel," "Tarantula Girl," and political disillusionment ("Baghdad Calling"). Sublett's gravel delivery..."

May 16, 2008 Music Review by Austin Powell

Wednesday Picks

"...innovative vein of the Latin Playboys and Tito & Tarantula. – Greg Beets Simian Mobile Disco..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

Friday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...in the form of the Venus 3. Their Olé! Tarantula was a celebration of Hitchcock's Syd Barrett Alpha and..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Day Party Crawl

"...set leaning heavily on material from the Hitchcock's Olé! Tarantula. Sure, they were limited to acoustic guitars, but who..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Dengue Fever

SXSW live shot

"...the band closed with "One Thousand Tears of a Tarantula," an upbeat Dragon House number, here rendered faster and..."

March 24, 2006 Music Review by David Lynch

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