The Earth Moves

For choreographer Ellen Bartel, dance does make the world go 'round

"...Let's get one thing straight: Dance doesn't make the world go 'round. Although the world itself, the terrestrial..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Smell of Success

Austin's poster art scene is back, and it's better than ever.

"...[Posted to the chat room at Gigposters.com, Thursday, July 19, 2001:]..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin @ Large: Before the Flood

The Waller Creek Tunnel could have been a boon to Downtown; now its just another failed proposal in the City of Ideas.

"...Well, the streets of Prague and Dresden are filled with sludge,..."

Aug. 23, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

More Than Just the Facts, Ma'am

The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum's exhibition on Davy Crockett features a short stage show with the hero of the Alamo appearing live and in person. The two Austin actors who alternate in the show describe how they bring that King of the Wild Frontier to life day in and day out.

"...my ticket to see Davy Crockett in Texas at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, the register spits..."

June 14, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Agony of the Ecstasy

Will the federal and local crackdown on ecstasy put raves out of business?

"...pacifier fetish if you're over, say, 10 years old. The wisdom of such an accouterment for anyone old enough..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Greetings From the Great White North

Canadian Lorne Opler measures his country against the great state of Texas. Oh, Canada!

"...in Austin, I'm to blame. Yup. I'm one of them. One of the hundreds that you read about all..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Features Feature by Lorne Opler

Over the 8 Ball

Anna Hanks consults one of the world's most enduring toy fortune tellers just in time for Halloween.

"...Imagine how children across America will feel when they discover that one of their most enduring and popular..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Features Feature by Anna Hanks

Walking the Straight Edge

Texas Documentary Tour brings Jem Cohen's documentary on Fugazi, Instrument, to the Alamo Drafthouse.

"...In the early-to-mid-Eighties, Washington, D.C., played a role on the global..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Great Critic Test

How Much Do You Really Know About These Freaks?

"...one likes a critic. Largely, critics are viewed as the killjoys, the tomato lobbers, the heartless shrews who dare..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

I Hope You Bought It for the Article...

All the Nudes That Fit

"...People ask what I do. I say write. They ask what. I say articles. They ask where. I..."

May 12, 1995 Features Feature by Spike Gillespie

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...The phrase "shit-hot," cribbed from some international band's bio, comes..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...Austin: The recovery blossoms into the second boom. The first half..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Bud Shrake's Adventures in the Film Trade

'Midnight rambling, creative gambling': Louis Black's 1985 interview with Songwriter screenwriter Bud Shrake

"...Editor Louis Black spoke with Shrake in 1985 about the critically acclaimed Songwriter, starring Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson,..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Buzz Heard 'Round the World

"...Gunnar Hansen as Chainsaw's Leatherface..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...know you're in for a long, hot summer when the weather has hit 100 degrees before the beginning of..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

The Year It All Went Wrong

Looking back at club closings in Austin in 1999.

"...to die before it kills anything else. Even as these words are being put to page, another vital piece..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

The Luv Doc: Rejection

An effusively positive affirmation of your undeniable awesomeness

"...woman in my mid-40s trying to get back into the dating scene. I don't really even know if a..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

The Women of Hot Luck Fest Talk Food and Music

15 chefs share kitchen tunes & exclusive bites

"...party vibe is quintessentially Austin, with its focus on the intersection of food and music and just having a..."

May 24, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

The Town Crier

Oscar Casares dips back into Brownsville for his new novel, Amigoland

"...coffeehouse, I begin by asking about his upbringing in the Texas border town of Brownsville – a town that..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Books Feature by James Renovitch

Confessin' the Blues

Soul Man W.C. Clark

"..."[Blues music] was (and is) the lament, the comment, often mocking or ironic, of the..."

July 31, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

The Madness of King Geek

Harry Jay Knowles' Cool Movie News

"...do you explain someone like Harry Jay Knowles, and the corollary, should you even try? You might as well..."

June 6, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Drivin' the Devil Away

Miss Lavelle White

"...photograph by Ursula Coyote Loosely translated from the French, that means exactly what it says: Ooh-la-la, Miss..."

Feb. 7, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

How Many Times Has It Happened?

"...a band, but if I were, I'd be pretty damn glad to have a chance to play for a..."

April 15, 2010 Postmarks

Behind the Tall Tales of Lester Bangs in Texas

Lester's Last Stand

"..."Lester's Last Stand: Behind the Tall Tales of Lester Bangs in Texas" is an..."

March 7, 1997 Books Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...workers, including a Canadian-American, “unintentional.” But reports from CNN, The Washington Post, and more Tuesday pointed to evidence that..."

April 5, 2024 News Feature

The Take-Out

Community makes Austin food

"...apparent from my column that my baseline is anxiety. The more I care about something, the more I worry..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Food Column by Brandon Watson

The Good Eye – Clothes-Minded: An Eyeful of Austin Fashion Week

Austin Fashion Week comes to a clothes

"...I adore the 2010 documentary about the New York Times' octogenarian street-style..."

May 9, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Letters at 3AM: The System Ain't the System

The goal of oligarchy is to utterly disempower the workforce

"...One political question cuts through all others: Who benefits?..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Fly the Friendly Skies

"...I wrote that I believed I had been attending the Toronto Film Festival for around 12 years. Well now,..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Does Food Really Help Us Through Trying Times?

Soothing negative emotions with fat, carbohydrates, and sugar

"...During trying emotional times (or just PMS), humans tend to seek out comfort..."

May 5, 2017 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

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