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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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