Youth of the Beast
Another wildly inventive crime thriller from a criminally underappreciated director.
"...doesn't have that movie's cheesy musical numbers. Full of high-octane editing, hard-boiled characters, a 120-mph pace, and a Sixties..."
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Jan. 19, 2001 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw
Public Notice
Hey! It's beginning to look a lot like over-glitzed, commercialized spending spree time of year, and oh, yeah, good will to all man and woman, man, so why don't you get on the public service tip whilst getting yer yule on to help your brotherman, or whoever …? Okay?
"...as first, Friday, Dec. 1 promises four hours of "high-octane rock & roll" at the KOOP Punk Benefit at..."
Dec. 1, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer
The Great Escape
Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews
"...boxers... Nicolas Cage takes a break (thank god) from high-octane actioners to make Family Man, a fable about a..."
Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola
Live Shots
"...Jeremy Chatelain (ex-Handsome) cut through Schwarzenbach's candy-cane rasp and high-octane riffage with subtle effects accenting the singer's sardonic tales..."
Sept. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Michael Chamy
Murder on Music Row
Nashville, we have a problem.
"...who's made it his life's mission to preach the high-octane gospel that "pop-country really sucks," to Lone Star's rotation...."
Sept. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray
Pubic Notice
Public Notice gets all hot under the collar for the Chronicle sex issue.
"...the Life SIMS Benefit Concerts featuring Poor Man's Habit, Octane, and Broken Teeth. 804-1008. There's nothing sexier than the..."
Aug. 11, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer
Barrel Chested Again
Chewing the fat with Brent Best of Denton tub-thumpers Slobberbone
"...band's musical direction began to inch away from the high-octane hoedown arrangements of Crow Pot Pie, the second LP..."
July 28, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw
Third World Cop (Palm Pictures)
Monty Alexander Monty Meets Sly and Robbie (Telarc Jazz)
Horace Andy Living In the Flood (Melankolic/Astralwerks)
Monty Alexander Monty Meets Sly and Robbie (Telarc Jazz)
Horace Andy Living In the Flood (Melankolic/Astralwerks)
"...foundation laid down by unfortunately unidentified musicians. The exciting, high-octane, gun-play music of Third World Cop may quicken the..."
June 2, 2000 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg
Seonaidh Davenport
Building a Sustainable Future
"...humor and a devilish creative streak. Compared to the high-octane work environments of other tech companies, Human Code is..."
March 3, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola
Top 10 Games of 1999
"...Star Wars: Episode I -- Racer (LucasArts).This beautifully executed, high-octane contribution set a whole new standard for the racing..."
Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer
Coffeetable Books
Remembrance of Things Past
"...his life and work and reads something like a high-octane detective novel with the ever-elusive McGuffin being the source..."
Dec. 17, 1999 Books Feature by Sidney Moody
Where the Toys Are
Films Aimed at the Kiddie Crowd
"...their crayons with giddy anticipation. Leading the pack with high-octane energy and lustrous animation galore is, of course, Toy..."
Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer
The Next Wave
A comprehensive look at the emerging Rock en Español movement in the United States
"...followed by Viva Malpache's more punk-oriented ska-rock, and Houston's high-octane Los Skarnales. The healthy crowd was not the usual..."
Nov. 12, 1999 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley
The Jive Bombers Hit the Deck, It's the Jive Bombers (Texas Jamboree)
"...by drummer and High Nooner Shaun Young. From the high-octane opener "Whirlin'" one thing is perfectly clear: Former Jubilettes..."
Oct. 29, 1999 Music Review by David Lynch
Live Shots
Dianne Reeves, Pam Hart/Austin Music Festival
"...sensibilities. There wasn't too much in the way of high-octane rock theatrics or ferocious punk energy, but the Georgia..."
June 18, 1999 Music Feature
Record Reviews
Ibrahim Ferrer
"...with the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Lester Bowie's high octane horns have kept an eclectic playbook, often landing far..."
June 11, 1999 Music Review
SXSW Records
Jeff Beck
"...coaxes nuance above nuance from his amplified stringbox producing high-octane John Lee Hooker without Van Halen histrionics. The 11..."
March 12, 1999 Music Feature
Roll 'Em
March
"...BLOOD, GUTS, BULLETS & OCTANE..."
Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Coffeehouse Chronicles
"...High Octane Specialty: Leo's Crowbar (fourshots of espresso w/a splash of..."
Jan. 29, 1999 Food Column
Coach's Corner
"...their little gunner hearts' content. Guards were the high-test octane that made the Texas offense fly and soar. Travis..."
Nov. 27, 1998 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton
Food-O-File
The Meat of the Matter
"...about TVFN addiction proved unfounded when Emeril Legasse's wild-eyed, high-octane exuberance prompted a channel switch after only one segment..."
Oct. 23, 1998 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood
Fall Film Previews
September
"...BLOOD, GUTS, BULLETS, & OCTANE..."
Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature
Movies From the Mount
Sundance Film Festival
"...set in a used-car dealership: Blood, Guts, Bullets & Octane. Joe Carnahan's Blood, Guts was made for rock-bottom prices..."
Feb. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Exhibitionism
Rockin' Christmas Party: Glistening And Thrumming
"...brought roaring into the present by an ensemble of high-octane performers. In every tune, without fail, the singers find..."
Dec. 26, 1997 Arts Review
No Prozac for the Wicked
The Cool Capers of Donald Westlake
"...U-Turn, not only emulate the noir style but employ high-octane narratives to prove just how entertaining men behaving very..."
Dec. 26, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett
Exhibitionism
Managed Care: Down the Rabbit Hole
"...Watching this show's high-octane cast, with Lana Dieterich, Shelby Brammer, Ann Perea, Dana..."
Sept. 19, 1997 Arts Review
Exhibitionism
The "Devices" Series in the Proportions of Man: Drama in the Digits
"...Dickson infuse the cyber characters with nuclear energy and high-octane comedic timing. Their words fly out with mind-shattering speed..."
Sept. 5, 1997 Arts Review
Scanlines: Ruby in Paradise
"...as it did as a soulful alternative to the high-octane spectacles that have come to define the summer season,..."
Aug. 8, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Whisky 101
"...distilling techniques and different barrel-aging practices. It's also a high-octane geography lesson covering everything from the grassy Lowlands to..."
May 2, 1997 Food Feature
7 and 7 Is
"...O' Fire and Jesus Christ Superfly is all high octane lo-fi punk, with the latter two local bands in..."
March 14, 1997 Music Feature
ACL Live at the Moody Theater
