Welcome to the Jungle

Metal and alt-rock collide and flourish during the Back Room's glory years

"...its 30-plus-year run was it Austin's classiest venue, but the Back Room definitely had balls; in the self-proclaimed Live..."

July 28, 2006 Music Feature by Ray Seggern

Meat Puppets Reviewed

"...Meat Puppets..."

July 20, 2007 Music Review by Austin Powell

The Truth Will Set You Free

"...The failure of the mainstream music press to unglamourize drug..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Valley of the Robots

"...by: Ross Wilsey. This homegrown epic adventure from PuppeTose Theatre features a cast of animated puppets, and lots of..."

Oct. 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Only the Fourth Wall Is Forever

After 10 years, Salvage Vanguard Theater is moving on

"...There's a full-color painting hidden beneath several coats of white..."

June 24, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Girl Ultra, Nori with strings, Maxo Kream, Mudhoney, Little Mazarn, and more recommended shows

"...to provide "a map of people before I meet them." Today, 26-year-old Mariana de Miguel prefers to discover people..."

May 13, 2022 Music Column by Christina Garcia

The Hightower Report

Don't Look Down at Immigrants, Look Up; and a New Horror From the IRS

"...jobs, why not start looking up – focusing on the posh executive suites of corporate America, which have saddled..."

April 21, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Canterville Ghost

Oscar Wilde's spirited comedy gets a breezy animated resurrection

"...As an aficionado of the works of Oscar Wilde, and the actor who gave..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Silent Twins

True story of siblings gives little insight into their inner lives

"...The Silent Twins is not the first work of art..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Down the Line

The 2010-11 Austin Music Awards crown South by Southwest's Saturday night

"...back patio construction site at high noon ("I'm playing the Gap at 4pm and American Apparel at 6," he..."

March 25, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Last Shall Be First

New Year's Eve becomes a cultural extravaganza with First Night Austin

"...The last night of 2005 will be the first night..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Welcome to the Real World

Rhizome Collective brings activist ideals down to earth

"...Thursdays are busy nights at the Rhizome Collective, a three-warehouse complex at the dead end..."

Dec. 31, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The Hightower Report: Cosmetic Giants Wage Nonstop Makeup War

There's formaldehyde in your makeup, America. Do you even care?

"...In the U.S. alone, the cosmetics industry pulls in some $70..."

Nov. 7, 2014 News Column by Jim Hightower

Long Fringe Review: 'The Crapstall Street Boys'

A dark, sad tale and a new direction for Trouble Puppet

"...Then Trouble Puppet Theatre Company presents its newest creation, a..."

Jan. 26, 2012 Arts Post by Elizabeth Cobbe

Master of Puppets

Ozzfest rolls out the black carpet for Texas metal

"...at Pizza Hut Park in Dallas, Saturday, August 9. The show is headlined by Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica, but..."

June 6, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

Summer Fun: Join the (Book) Club

Summer reading programs for Austinites young and old

"...But if you, like me, find yourself without the self-control needed to carve out some time on the..."

May 15, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

The Luv Doc: Probably a Rat

Can cats see ghosts?

"...she would argue with me about my choice of clothes or the foods I like, or the beer I..."

April 1, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

The Hightower Report: Shoveling America's Wealth to the Top

Rich get richer; poor get poorer

"...shoveling wealth into an ever-bigger pile for those at the top. They've gotten away with this by lying to..."

Feb. 6, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

An ugly surprise from Big Oil

"...The corporatists in Congress barked at Obama that he must..."

Jan. 27, 2012 News Column by Jim Hightower

Sci-Fi Art

The changing face of science-fiction and fantasy art

"...Whether you like the fact or not, George Lucas' Star..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Books Feature by Richard Whittaker

Top 9 Theatre Productions of 2009 That Did Ascend the Brightest Heaven of Invention

A year of failed romances, Greek myths, and more that were staged so ingeniously

"...1) 'BOBRAUSCHENBERGAMERICA' (MARY MOODY NORTHEN THEATRE) Modern art's master of collage celebrated in a..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Hightower Report

Are We in Iraq to Stay?; and Time for Percolate-Up Economics

"...Aha! Now we're seeing the real reason that George W. pushed us into his..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Bush's Hollow Support for Veterans; and Vote for America With Your Consumer Dollars

"...Hey, it's the holiday season – time to go out there and..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Art of the State

Art:

"...Smith, through March 30; "Animals in African Art: From the Familiar to the Marvelous," an exhibit of 90 works..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Arts Feature

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Women of Antone's, underground MCs, FuckEmos, and more recommended shows

"...matriarch Susan Antone, women built Austin's world-famous Home of the Blues, now staging three separate spotlight events on the..."

March 24, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Sun Ra’s Cosmic Jazz Epic Space Is the Place Touches Down

"...As the hero of the 1974 underground classic Space Is the..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Puns, Pigs, and Puppets in Austin Web Series Buckle Up

Ridesharin' dirty with writer Andy Silverman

"...One of the best things about ridesharing is how uniquely terrible it..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Screens Feature by Dan Gentile

Texas School for the Blind’s "I Can’t Hear You, It’s Too Dark in Here"

TSBVI student artists go WEST with an exhibition of their work

"...A note at the entrance to the gallery at the Texas School for..."

May 12, 2017 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

7 Roky Erickson Moments at the Austin Music Awards

"...1986: The 1985/86 Austin Music Awards took place at the Austin..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Long may Zach Theatre's musical Queen reign!

"...of making a name for himself as "Mitzi" in the Sydney drag scene, he must return to the small..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

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