The House of Tomorrow

Punk coming-of-age tale is a little too sweet for its own good.

"...his new – and only – friend Jared (Wolff). They’re not even really pals at this point, actually, more..."

May 18, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Descendents’ Uncontrollable Urge

Fun Fun Fun punks anew – coffee, documentary, and album

"...The Descendents blasted into music 35 years ago with a..."

Jan. 27, 2014 Music Post by Claire Gordon

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...Editor’s note: This is the third chapter in a serialized history of Austin’s punk..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Hightower Report

Agribusiness, Mutant Germs, and Us; and A GOP Leader's Economic Plan

"...Agribusiness, Mutant Germs, and Us..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Luv Doc: Unmasked and Undangerous

Nothing is more dangerous than a control freak who has just figured out the situation is beyond their control.

"...I am vaccinated and b) I was OUTDOORS and there wasn't anybody within 10 to 15 feet of me...."

April 30, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

Luv Doc: The Morning Grump

Part of being a monster is lacking the self-awareness that you are a monster

"...this is a first-world problem, but it's a problem nonetheless. This is especially so when it comes to the..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Out of the Mouths of Children

The return of the Butthole Surfers – don't call it a reunion!

"...a vow of silence," bemoans drummer King Coffey at the watercooler inside Beerland. "I regret every word I've ever..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Hightower Report

Prissy Politicos; and My Gift for George W.

"...politicians – but what do politicians think of us, the hoi polloi?..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

'Gems' Not 'Germs'

"...Powell's piece on Jesse Dayton, Stag Records and our [the Texas Sapphires] upcoming release [“Off the Record,” Music, Aug...."

Aug. 29, 2007 Postmarks

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

History doesn't repeat itself but the rhymes are terrifying in this unmissable documentary

"...History doesn't repeat itself, as the saying goes, but it certainly does rhyme. That's the..."

May 1, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Off the Bookshelf

D.A.: Prosecutors in Their Own Words

"...by Mark Baker Simon and Schuster, $24 hard..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Books Review

Off the Record

"...Local rockabilly troupe the Road Kings are tuning up two of their old..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Music Column

Off the Record

Fun Fun Fun Fest by the numbers and Asleep at the Wheel's Top 40

"...Transmission Entertainment doesn't do anything by the book. The local concert promotions enterprise announced the lineup..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

What We Do Is Secret

Darby Crash, the L.A. punk rock junkie godhead leader of the Germs who died of an overdose in 1980, is revivified in this long-gestating but strangely sterile biopic.

"...may have come into this old world a puzzled panther waiting to be caged, evolution a process too slow..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What She Does Isn’t Secret

Punk rock doc godmother Penelope Spheeris speaks

"...already ransacked your punky-bank and purchased Penelope Spheeris’ watershed The Decline of Western Civilization trilogy – finally! – and..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Five More to Die For, Part One: Must-See Movies You Missed in 2011

Savlov's 2011 Top Ten expands by five

"...The trouble with year-end top ten lists is obvious. There's..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Sound on Sound Review: Ariel Pink

Media-savaged savant or indie pop’s biggest asshole?

"...decade of amassed live train wrecks and incendiary interviews, the avant-garde act’s Sunday night performance at Cheer Up Charlies..."

Nov. 13, 2017 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Ex-Melvins Confederate Mark Deutrom Achieves Artistic Equilibrium

Longtime local learns The Value of Decay

"...The Melvins fused to Austin at least as far back..."

June 22, 2018 Music Feature by Michael Toland

John Doe on SXSW Hit-and-Run

“Very strange feeling to be that close, but not be aware”

"...bohemian roots, and forthcoming L.A. scene tome, Doe discusses the deadly South by Southwest hit-and-run that occurred the last..."

April 10, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

sxswm: Foo Fighters, Sound and Vision

Grohl's gang hit Paramount and Stubbs

"...Tuesday was a pretty good night for the Foo Fighters. First their new documentary Foo Fighters: Back..."

March 16, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the Germs

Sheet Music

"...Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and..."

May 31, 2002 Music Review by Crispin Sartwell

Serious Rock & Roll Anthropology

An interview with SXSW honoree Penelope Spheeris

"..."Attention: Please be advised that by your entry upon these premises, you are consenting to being photographed and filmed..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Music Reviews

"...With a back-to-back Lone Star sucker-punch of the Texas Tornados' "A Little Bit is Better than Nada"..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Music Feature

About AIDS

Denialists are often well-intentioned but willfully uninformed. We applaud the raising of difficult questions, but if denialism interferes with education and self-empowerment, it is merely destructive.

"...AIDS denialism is the belief that (pick one or more): HIV does not..."

April 29, 2005 Column by Sandy Bartlett

Bubble Boy

"...Brian George and Patrick Crenshaw. It's a shame if the controversy surrounding Bubble Boy distracts people from what a..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk

Punk rock as L.A. lit no less than Charles Bukowski and Raymond Chandler

"...had a simultaneous trashy vibrancy befitting its ascendancy in the shadow of the Hollywood dream factory, and a dark..."

June 17, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

As Good as It Gets

Nicholson and Hunt both won Oscars for their respective roles as a rude and obsessive-compulsive writer and the waitress who grows to love him.

"...Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding, Skeet Ulrich and Shirley Knight. The title, As Good as It Gets, looms like an..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List

"...errors – Fugazi concerts cost $5, not $15, and "the first great blast of L.A. punk" probably came from..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Music Feature by Daniel Mee

Mika Miko

SXSW showcase reviews

"...Miko down to five songs, but as part of the cabal of twentysomething punks slouching out of L.A. right..."

March 14, 2008 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Levitation Rain Checks

Weather-displaced festival re-collects in the clubs

"...via email late on Thursday night/early Friday morning in the wake of Levitation’s cancellation. The three-day outdoor music festival..."

April 29, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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