Morrissey and Interpol Go Classic Post-Punk on the Erwin Center

Weekend’s double headliner doesn’t disappoint

"...Patrick Morrissey, 60, brought jokes to his takeover of the Erwin Center on Friday night. The English-born Irishman and..."

Sept. 23, 2019 Music Post by Alyssa Quiles

Once Upon a Time in Austin With Mark Knopfler

Dire Straits deity sells out and serenades the Moody again

"...flies here in Peter Pan town. I would’ve bet the farm Mark Knopfler’s last visit to ACL Live occurred..."

Sept. 9, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: KINGs and Queens

Kids in a New Groove, Bull McCabe’s bows out, and underground heroes of Austin music

"...clarion call runs up and down a major scale, the vocal warm-up tapped out on a keyboard by her..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Margaret Moser Tribute: Paddy Moloney

"You felt you were in safe hands with Margaret"

"...to Austin and worked with Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, brought us to Texas in the late..."

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Hightower Report

What does it mean to gig American workers?

"...That's the latest corporate buzz-phrase from Silicon Valley. CEOs are hailing..."

June 3, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report: Why Doesn't Congress Do What the People Want and Need?

Hightower asks an age-old question about Congress

"...If you wonder why Congress critters keep ignoring what the people want them to do – while doing things..."

April 22, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Who says America doesn't need unions?

"...In their ongoing, all-out assault to crush labor unions, corporate forces..."

Sept. 25, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report: Obama's Bizarre Sales Pitch for TPP

Obama's trying to sell the TPP; Hightower's not buying it

"...Sometimes you get offered "a deal you can't refuse." Then there's the deal that Barack Obama has offered to..."

May 22, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report: Scurrilous Corporate Thieves Are Stealing Workers' Comp

No honor among these thieves

"...They say there's honor among thieves, but I say: That..."

April 17, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Samsung apologizes, only not really

"...Sometimes, corporate chieftains actually step forward to apologize for the abuse they..."

May 30, 2014 News Column

Margaret Moser Exit Interview

No Cassandra complex for Austin’s senior music journalist

"...Last Thursday, after the city dedicated Margaret Moser Plaza to her, its namesake..."

May 22, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Chieftains Chief Paddy Moloney

On why Dublin’s trad masters didn’t become the Beatles

"...“Hello, Paddy Moloney here!” The voice is everything you imagine the elfin leader of..."

Feb. 26, 2014 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Hightower Report: Rick Perry struts his stuff in Davos

"...Were you invited to the big doings in Davos? You know, the annual powwow..."

Feb. 14, 2014 News Column by Jim Hightower

Record Review

"...Wild Child The Runaround (Noise Company)..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Frankie Gavin Got Stoned

De Danann’s prince of fiddlers receives a sovereign nod

"...Gavin can stand up and take a bow as “The Prince of Irish Fiddlers.” And he’ll be taking several..."

Jan. 30, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Hightower Report: The Selling of Obama's Inauguration

Corporate cash infiltrates the president's inaugural festivities

"...Obama essentially admitted that allowing corporations to purchase the inaugural is wrong when he tried to sugarcoat his..."

Dec. 21, 2012 News Column by Jim Hightower

Hightower Report: Bosses Gone Berserk

Faced with having to provide health insurance to full-time workers, these head honchos just made sure every one of their employees was part-time instead

"...The sky is falling! The end times are upon us!..."

Nov. 23, 2012 News Column by Jim Hightower

Celtic Tiger Moya Brennan

Clannad singer goes solo at the Austin Celtic Festival

"...Moya Brennan. If the name looks unfamiliar, think of Mairé Brennan. If that..."

Nov. 1, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

The Hightower Report

GOP leaders denounce 'class war' on rich – while they wage war on the rest of us

"...War on the Poor..."

Oct. 7, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Don't blame Wall Street – you're just not spending fast enough

"...Going Broke? Look in the Mirror!..."

Sept. 30, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

A Morally Untenable Corporate System; and Signing Off on Less Political Corruption

"...How quaint. Today, the riches are massive, but the embarrassment gene seems to..."

June 3, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Seismic Jolts in Shreveport; and Hoovernomics, Part II

"...The corporate chieftains who have relentlessly pushed American factories and..."

April 15, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Newt Fakes It; and From Democracy to Plutocracy

"...At last, Newt Gingrich has come bucking out of the presidential chute shouting, "Yippie-ty-yi-yo, here I go!" On March..."

March 25, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Where There's Smoke, There's Firing; and Plenty of American Jobs

"...Where There's Smoke, There's Firing..."

March 18, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Some tribal chieftains in Papua New Guinea walk around with big sticks..."

March 18, 2011 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Hightower Report

Congressional DeLay Tactics; and System of Checks and Imbalances

"...Republican-run House of Representatives is looking a lot like the old, ethics-be-damned House run just a few years ago..."

Feb. 18, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

Record Skipping

Down home with Abigail Washburn and more

"...Other women grab the spotlight in the world of Americana,..."

Jan. 26, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Hightower Report

Obama Feels Wall Street's Pain; and Do Apples Need a Remake?

"...Guess who's whining the loudest these days, wailing that they're getting a raw..."

Jan. 7, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Offshoring Lawyers; and A Bad Case of ASS

"...Maybe you're one of the thousands of young lawyers in America working in some..."

Dec. 31, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Hello, Vietnam!; and Fee-Brained Airlines

"...tech giants are now breaking with conventional thinking on the offshoring of their factories and jobs, asking a heretofore..."

Dec. 10, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

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