Finding the Fun in Porn With Peep Show

Local comics keep it relatively clean and boner free

"...A man in cheap aviator sunglasses and something resembling a cop’s..."

Oct. 10, 2018 Events Post by Shalavé Cawley

The Road to Urinetown

Composer Mark Hollmann on the show's creation and success

"...They knew it was a stinker of a title. They..."

Aug. 30, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...and gave me a piercing look. Queued up at the vinyl room register in Waterloo Records, I flashed back..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Bowie on the Big Screen

Looking back on the rare gems of the Diamond Dog

"...Goblin King. Starman. Man of science. Prisoner of war. Everyone knows David..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Marvel Makes the Ultimate Television

The House of Ideas launches new Spider-Man this weekend

"...not often that hardcore gamers get told to turn their machines off. But when there's an unexpected screening of..."

March 31, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Great Buck Howard

Appearing as the has-been mentalist Buck Howard, John Malkovich delivers another memorably eccentric performance.

"...become a writer but takes a paying job as the assistant to and road manager for the has-been mentalist..."

March 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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

This Business Called Show

Talking with Tom

"...he doesn't respond to a question, move on to the next one." Such was the succinct advice offered by..."

May 10, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Shivering the Timbers

The Dirigo Group's 'Gypsy Chain' Speaks for the Trees

"...24-year-old activist named David "Gypsy" Chain was killed in the Headwaters Forest in Northern California: This is a matter..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Ladies Man

"...Will Ferrell, Lee Evans, Tiffani Thiessen, Eugene Levy, John Witherspoon and Julianne Moore. Leon Phelps (Meadows) has never met..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What the Right Hand Is Doing

Magician turned sitcom star Harry Anderson returns to Austin at Palmer Auditorium this weekend, and his former partner and cohort, Austin author Turk Pipkin, looks back as he looks forward to reuniting with his old pal.

"...by Turk Pipkin, Mike Caveney, and Martin Lewis for the 20-year reunion of the Left-Handed League at Palmer Auditorium...."

Sept. 3, 1999 Features Feature by Turk Pipkin

Invocation of the Duke

daKAH Hip Hop Orchestra's chamber music

"...It was Gangstarr’s Guru who, on the soundtrack to Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues, rapped, “The..."

May 27, 2009 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

The Cola Sisters Speak

Arcie and Shasta's Best Public Access TV Show

"..."They're so sexual, those retards." – Shasta Cola..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Features Feature by Meghan Ruth Speakerman

The TV Set

David Duchovny and Sigourney Weaver star in this dyspeptic drama about the work of creating television shows.

"...Ioan Gruffudd, Judy Greer, Fran Kranz, Lindsay Sloane, Justine Bateman and Lucy Davis. The journey of a television show..."

May 4, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...Georges Melies never saw the Apollo astronauts tee off on the moon, but the..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Lauryn Paige Fuller Story

Eighteen-year-old Donald Scott Fuller was brutally murdered last year. Jordan Smith explores

"...weeks before Christmas, but outside it feels like spring. The sky is clear and bright, and there is a..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Features Feature by Jordan Smith

Doing Sports the Craig Way

Mike Butts profiles sports stats man and voice of the Texas Longhorns, broadcaster Craig Way, of KVET's Sports Day and Fox Sports Southwest's High School Extra Live.

"...sports-crazed mind. It's a Thanksgiving night, and he's foregoing the traditional after-meal living-room couch flop to broadcast a high..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Features Feature by Mike Butts

Austin Musical Theatre Hits the Heights

That's Show Biz!

"..."The Farmboys" in Austin Musical Theatre's Gypsy. photograph by Kenny..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Arts Feature

Voxtrot: The (Re)start of Something

12 years after disbanding, the forerunners of modern indie-pop call on the "mystical, inexplicable force" that flowed through their Early Music

"...Voxtrot would like to revise their last will and testament, please. No, not that part..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Who the Hell Is TVHeadATX?

The local wheatpasting provocateur reveals … a thing or two

"...TVHead’s bold work can be found all over the city, his wheat-pasted posters and ubiquitous stickers pulling public..."

Aug. 11, 2022 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

To Oblivion and Beyond: A Breakdown of the Bands at Oblivion Access

Translating the scrolls at Austin’s most interesting festival of the year

"...hitters, cult figures, moshers, rappers, and sub-sub-subgenre breakouts highlight the 107 acts on Oblivion Access' poster. The festival, christened..."

May 6, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Masters of the Universe: Revelation Trailer Threatens All Life

More details on the new show from Kevin Smith and Powerhouse

"...So, it looks like the entirety of creation is ending - at least, in..."

July 2, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Crossroads Meet at Mexic-Arte Museum's "Intersección: Choque & Alivio"

The 25th edition of this showcase for early-career Latinx artists is a space for sharing our shock over this time and our humanity

"...The picture doesn't look like a crash. It shows a..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fantastic Fest Interview: Nail in the Coffin – The Fall and Rise of Vampiro

The split life of a lucha legend and a father from Canada

"...doesn't matter that his career in and out of the ring has stretched across four decades. It doesn't matter..."

Sept. 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Exclusive Interview With Wrestling Legend Duke “The Rooster” Cartwright

Deposed local champ tells it like it is before Soul Grudge Showdown VI

"...The legendary Duke “The Rooster” Cartwright of the Blue High..."

Aug. 9, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Tyler, the Creator Returns to Austin

Odd Futurist on his Austin arrest, a new app, and ice cream

"...The last time Tyler, the Creator performed in Austin, during..."

June 3, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Who Brings the Wondershow?

Is this Patrick Terry the Patrick Terry you're looking for?

"...unnerving when Patrick Terry turns out to be somebody other than who you think he is...."

March 20, 2015 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

From the Vaults: Myth-ing in 'Action'

Saluting Superman on his last big birthday – 25 years ago

"...With Krypton's last son returning to the screen amidst a big 75th birthday shindig, here's a..."

June 13, 2013 Screens Post by Robert Faires

Owls, Hooters & the Devil: Graveyard Part II

Graveyard Part II

"...what time Graveyard lifts off at Stubb’s on Saturday. The Sword lops heads beginning at 8:45pm, then Neil Fallon..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Sex and the City

The new feature stands on its own (typically stilettoed) feet, while holding fast to the series’ singular mix of the giddily ribald and brutally confessional.

"...Willie Garson. Surely enough ink has been spilled over whether a women’s picture can own the weekend box office..."

May 30, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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