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May 11, 2001 Column
The Dead Club Crawl
Club hopping through Austin's musical past.
"...This is no doubt the strangest story I've ever had to write. What makes it..."
Jan. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Ken Lieck
Sleigh Ride
Robin Bradford takes a trip back to examine love, trust, and safety.
"...The first thing I remember from my mother's second marriage is the lights in my eyes. We were traveling..."
Dec. 24, 1999 Features Feature by Robin Bradford
Choose Your Own Adventure
A short list of the most promising games slated to hit home systems before Christmas.
"...It was once noted that 90% of everything is crap. In..."
Nov. 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Brendan Sinclair
Readings From the Fringe
"...Mystery and science fiction sometimes go hand in hand. They've spent..."
Jan. 22, 1999 Books Review by Mike Shea
Wrapped and Ready
"...If this holiday season were a song it might be sung to..."
Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
1998 Austin Theatrical Movie Openings
"...Authors are: Marjorie Baumgarten (M.B.), Hollis Chacona (H.C.), Steve Davis..."
Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature
Music Mo'nday for June 18
The queer cha-cha's, la la's, and boom-chicka wa wa's
"...It's been oh so quiet on my lil' column, and for that I apologize but, you know: life! Here..."
June 18, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen
Living With 'Monstrosities'
Jen Hirt and Scott Webel and their Museum of Natural and Artificial Ephemerata
"...You think you have weird roommates? Consider Jenny Hanniver's situation: Her co-habitants are..."
June 27, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
The Chronicle Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe
As the Guardians of the Galaxy gather once more, every MCU film reviewed
"...Hey, true believers, are you ready for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3?..."
May 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Diamond Days
Aussie drone duo wants to sax you up
"...After Ruskie-loving indie-poppers Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin play..."
Nov. 22, 2010 Music Post by Audra Schroeder
Generic Ensemble Company’s Collection
GenEnCo uses an eclectic mix of objects to explore how relics of relationships past keep us connected to love
"...A Monopoly board. A tennis racquet. A ukulele. A Jeremy..."
Sept. 1, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires
The Whole Universe Rocks
The Harry Ransom Center's exhibition "Make It New" explores how modernism changed everything.
"...On or about December, 1910, art went strange...."
Dec. 12, 2003 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull
"Z" Is for Zine
"V" Is for V-Search
"...You've all seen the RE/Search series of books, RE/Search series of..."
July 12, 1996 Books Feature by Ken Lieck
Mr. Not So Frivolous
Wallace Shawn bares all about writing, why he does theatre, and that play with all the sex in it
"..."I suppose I'm obliged to say, as I do believe in the sacredness of facts,..."
May 11, 2007 Arts Feature by Spencer Parsons
Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes
Artist/Historian Jack Jackson
"...Jack Jackson, fiftysomething, wears glasses, has white hair and a..."
Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett
"Alyssa Taylor Wendt: Compartments of Desire"
Personal strength, theatrical animism, and sexual dynamics dominate this exhibition
"...It's been a strong year for Alyssa Taylor Wendt. The artist's mysterious..."
Jan. 8, 2016 Arts Review by Seth Orion Schwaiger
The General Specific
AFS Essential Cinema: Love on the Largest Continent: Ten Asian Films
"...The pages of my passport mock me with the paltry number..."
May 29, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Letters at 3AM
Learning to listen to your soul in all aspects of your life.
"...Los Angeles, 1985. With no warning and no mercy, suppressed childhood..."
Dec. 26, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura
The Music of Erica Zann
Vortex Repertory Company's The Music of Erica Zann brings H.P. Lovecraft's "The Music of Erich Zann" to the stage as a chamber opera, and the result is a fever dream, a hallucinatory state in which you're overwhelmed by strange visions and a palpable sense of anxiety and apprehension.
"...The Music of Erica Zann: That Way Lies MadnessThe Vortex,..."
May 31, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires
Pushing Air
Game audio design firm GL33k sounds off on whale calls, light sabers, and sweet jams
"...A well-designed sound "pushes air." According to Matt Piersall, founder..."
May 9, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch
Fantastic Fest Tells Tales of the Long and the Short and the Tall
Short film selection from Austin to Estonia, animation to sushi
"...It's time to get small. With two rounds of feature films already on the..."
Sept. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
An Activity of Alchemies
The alchemy of baseball makes possible the elongation and compression of time.
"...It is the only physical contest in which many men are required to stand..."
May 11, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura
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March 2, 2001 Column
SXSW Film
Daily reviews and interviews
"...To Dance With Death: 'The Matador'..."
March 14, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt
Emulating the Eighties in Dead Mail
Kyle McConaghy and Joe DeBoer synthesize tragic horror for SXSW
"...Kyle McConaghy and Joe DeBoer know their way around the guts..."
March 8, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
The Death of a Cat
C. Denby Swanson's unconventional new play, 'The Death of a Cat,' takes us into a weird world as dark and funny as an Edward Gorey cartoon
"...The Death of a CatThe Off Center, through Oct. 2, Running..."
Sept. 17, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires
'To Need, the Women Say'
Short Story Contest first-place winner
"...Open a window and you can hear them cry outside –..."
Feb. 10, 2012 Books Feature by Mary Terrier
Back in the Realm of the Senses and Provoking All Five
AFS Essential Cinema presents Smashing the Rules: Films of Oshima Nagisa
"..."In the first place, to make films is a criminal act in this..."
Feb. 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Every Step They Take
Kathryn Bigelow dramatizes the dangerous business of bomb detonation in The Hurt Locker
"...Only a few weeks are left before their tour in Iraq..."
March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
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