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Awesome Color
"..."We play the most primitive form of high-
octane
music that reflects our roots and our spirits," explains..."
Nov. 10, 2006
Music Feature
by
Austin Powell
After a Fashion
Is DIY design? Your Style Avatar weighs in ... like the 500-lb. gorilla in the middle of the room.
"...Garage Sale, featuring clothes from Estilo, the Garden Room,
Octane
, Shiki, and many more. Details are at www.legaragesale.net Wed.,..."
Aug. 18, 2006
Column
by
Stephen MacMillan Moser
After a Fashion
This week, Stephen slathers it on at a major social-climbing event...
"...Austin Fete, Gothic, I knew it would be a high-
octane
night of glamour and jewelry that would make my..."
Sept. 23, 2005
Column
by
Stephen MacMillan Moser
Halfway to Nowhere
As the Lege turns the corner, there's still plenty of time for trouble
"...state's leading economists, Dr. Ray Perryman, has provided some high-
octane
data for the Association of Counties, the Texas Municipal..."
April 1, 2005
News Column
by
Amy Smith
After a Fashion
Okay, SXSW has officially begun and your Style Avatar is deep in it. Watch where you step.
"...one of the loveliest parties I've ever been to: high-
octane
, low-key, with incredible food from Kurrant Events, a sparkling..."
March 18, 2005
Column
by
Stephen MacMillan Moser
'Match' Maker
Deborah Hay's latest dance leads to a new start
"...Cardona and the rest of her select band of high-
octane
dancers Ros Warby, Chrysa Parkinson, and Mark Lorimer..."
Jan. 14, 2005
Arts Feature
by
Robert Faires
Barbara Lynn
Texas platters
"...and Kaz Kazanoff, it's no surprise Lynn pumps out high-
octane
blues and smoky soul ("Matt's Hatt," "You Don't Sleep..."
June 11, 2004
Music Review
by
Margaret Moser
SXSW Picks & Sleepers
Picks & Sleepers
"...with a swaggering blend of Seventies cock rock and high-
octane
punk. Their Gearhead CD, Something to Crow About, does..."
March 19, 2004
Music Feature
SXSW Picks & Sleepers
Picks & Sleepers
"...at it since the early Nineties with a raunchy, high-
octane
rock that's on 2003's Automatic. Rounding out the night..."
March 19, 2004
Music Feature
La Conquista, Los Terribles del Norte, El Tri
"...headliner, El Tri. These old-school rock & rollers have high-
octane
swagger and bad-boy antics to burn. Lead singer Alejandro..."
March 19, 2004
Music Review
by
Belinda Acosta
TCB
Willie's July 4th picnic showers Spicewood with more than just fireworks.
"...while Cross Canadian Ragweed ran through 35 minutes of high-
octane
redneck rock that saw Willie emerge for a juiced-up..."
July 11, 2003
Music Column
by
Christopher Gray
Short Cuts
XL ent's "The 20 Greatest Car Movies of All Time" gets "Short Cuts" all in a tizzy, and an upcoming production from the Wilson brothers.
"...Arts Editor Jeff Salamon) and immediately stirred up some high-
octane
controversy behind the counter at various video-rental outlets we..."
June 13, 2003
Screens Column
by
Marc Savlov
Delaney & Bonnie and Friends
Reissue
"...After the hits, most of Together's 18 tunes are high-
octane
filler ("Move 'Em Out," "Big Change Comin'"); the six..."
April 4, 2003
Music Review
by
Margaret Moser
SXSW Picks and Sleepers
"...veteran mixing blues, classic rock, and traditionalism into their high-
octane
live blowouts. That Willie Nelson befriended the young trio..."
March 14, 2003
Music Feature
This Microwave World
Texas Platter
"...EP in high-energy fashion, and between the chirpy bleeps, high-
octane
programmed beats, and O'Neal's heavy British affectation, one might..."
Feb. 7, 2003
Music Review
by
Michael Chamy
Your Neighbors, Your Money: ACC Looks for Support
Austin Community College seeks to build support for a tax referendum even as a state audit blasts ACC leaders.
"...Adding high-
octane
fuel to the bad-PR pyre, the day before Thanksgiving..."
Dec. 6, 2002
News Feature
by
Michael King
Slobberbone
Texas Platters
"...angry, rowdy, and ragged, hearkening back to the sour-mash
octane
of early gem "Whiskey Glass Eye." Slippage is a..."
Oct. 11, 2002
Music Review
by
Michael Chamy
Fast Cars, Strip Bars, and Elvis, Even
What's new, Pussycat? Onetime Russ Meyer leading lady Tura Satana comes to town for the first annual Alamo Drive-In.
"...hit the screens with a combination of high melodrama, high-
octane
editing, hot-rod camera work, and a trio of impossibly..."
May 3, 2002
Screens Feature
by
Jerry Renshaw
Get in the Game
New Fast Fun for Xbox and PlayStation2
"...flow within you. For within these computer-generated streets of high-
octane
racing, the laws of normal society do not apply...."
March 29, 2002
Screens Feature
by
Marcel Meyer
SXSW Picks & Sleepers
"...commercial side of Trance Syndicate, but last year's high
octane
debut, It's Late But I Feel Early, handled those..."
March 8, 2002
Music Feature
Postscripts
Book news, signings, and author appearances this week.
"...his new memoir... Christopher Cook, author of the noirish, high-
octane
novel Robbers (2000), is emerging as one of the..."
Nov. 23, 2001
Books Column
by
Clay Smith
Bluegrass Drive-By
Record Review
"...the bluegrass style just seems to lend itself to high-
octane
playing and arrangements. Austin's Bluegrass Drive-By don't take things..."
Nov. 16, 2001
Music Review
by
Jerry Renshaw
Most Valuable Players
A Guide to Austin Stage Actors
"...her Lydia in Big Love. Periodically mixes this high
octane
with high dudgeon with rich comic results, as in..."
Sept. 28, 2001
Arts Feature
Autumn Tale
What Movies Look Like This Fall
"...directs. (Sept. 21)... Swap club scene for suds and high-
octane
hijinks in The Wash. Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg..."
Sept. 21, 2001
Screens Feature
by
Belinda Acosta
Betty Blowtorch/Peaches, Emo's, August 14/August 16
"...citizens demolish the B-52's "Love Shack" instead of the high-
octane
antics of L7s-come-lately Betty Blowtorch. Regretfully, that meant missing..."
Aug. 24, 2001
Music Review
by
Christopher Gray
Jelly's Last Jam: Style Over Soul
Zachary Scott Theatre Center's musical production of Jelly's Last Jam doesn't quite get at the soul of Jelly Roll Morton's complicated legacy.
"...life of "The Roll," despite the flashy numbers and high-
octane
(and very loud) music, is a dark tale. And..."
July 13, 2001
Arts Review
by
Robi Polgar
Tortoise, Mouse on Mars Stubb's, June 12
"...stole the show with his high-pitched vocal stabs and heavy-
octane
electric pulse. The afro'd Nkishi played slave to Mouse's..."
June 22, 2001
Music Review
by
Michael Chamy
SXSW Picks & Sleepers
"...on punk, funk, or country, they're one of the highest-
octane
bands on the planet, going 0 to 60 in..."
March 16, 2001
Music Feature
Naked City
The Human Rights Campaign throws its annual fundraiser and honors gay-rights leaders.
"...March 17, at the Four Seasons Hotel, amid the high-
octane
atmosphere of South by Southwest. Drawing on that environment,..."
March 9, 2001
News Feature
by
Amy Smith
Bleeding Kansas
One-string gas-tank basses and the people who play them.
"...perfectly with Chicago alt.country indie Bloodshot and the label's high-
octane
stable. Though Scroat Belly's self-released debut, 1995's Great Alaskan..."
Feb. 23, 2001
Music Feature
by
Jerry Renshaw
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