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The Life of a Search and Rescue Drone Pioneer
How retired Air Force medic Gene Robinson found new purpose looking for missing persons
"...Back in 2004, when aerial drones were still synonymous with Hellfire missiles and top-secret military..."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Feature by Cat Cardenas

Drone Home
"...Hard-rocking acid drone veterans remain as hellbent on feedback as on workshopping..."

April 26, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Luv Doc Recommends: Drone: A Border Affair That Crosses a Line
City Theatre, Friday, February 4, 2011
"...different theatre this weekend, try Friday night's performance of Drone: A Border Affair That Crosses a Line, a comedic..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

Bad to the Drone
What's happening this weekend.
"...Joel Crutcher and his wife Michelle make up the drone-psych group, and they veer between folky excursions and guitar..."

Jan. 16, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Eye in the Sky
Helen Mirren is a British colonel engaged in modern drone warfare
"...through the kaleidoscopic moral and military lens of modern drone warfare. Hood’s masterful film – written by Guy Hibbert..."

March 25, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Common Law
Drone rules – the basics
"...of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly referred to as drones, has taken off. As drones become more affordable, we..."

May 6, 2016 Column by Chris Perkins

Good Boys
Tweens up to no good? Yeah, it's a Rogen/Hill joint
"...a quest to the mall to replace a broken drone that Max’s father covets, a plot involving two high..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Good Kill
Ethan Hawke pilots drones over Afghanistan from a trailer in the Nevada desert
"...where weaponized unmanned aerial vehicles – otherwise known as “drones” – stealthily roam on missions to (using the military..."

June 12, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Poltergeist
They're here … again. But why?
"...there’s an arbitrary update such as a handy remote-controlled drone or a popular catchphrase-turned-hashtag (#thishouseisclean), and the single liveliest..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Frank
Arthouse comedy amuses yet disappoints.
"...Jon Burroughs (Gleeson) is a British office drone with pop-star aspirations who stumbles quite by accident into..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Cuban Fury
Nick Frost is a schlubby guy who's gotta dance.
"...with the spark is Bruce (Frost), a schlubby office drone utterly lacking in confidence who decides to dance-step back..."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Paranoia
This techno-thriller starring Liam Hemsworth, Harrison Ford, and Gary Oldman arrives inert.
"...Aussie hunk Hemsworth as Adam Cassidy, an entry-level software drone from Brooklyn who lands a job with a multibillion-dollar..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Margin Call
A high-powered cast drives this fictional depiction of what might have occurred in a top investment firm in the hours leading up to its collapse.
"...the middle of the night after a youngblood risk-assessment drone (Quinto, Star Trek's rebooted Spock) spots the metaphorical Wall..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Love Object
A shy office drone orders a life-sized plastic doll off the Internet, to predictably disastrous results.
"...is not made of flesh and blood. Instead, office drone Kenneth (Harrington), the shyest of the shy boys, orders..."

May 7, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Eel
"...wit. Yakusho (Shall We Dance?) plays Takuro Yamashita, a drone salaryman who, as the film opens, has received an..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shall We Dance?
"...life. For Mr. Shohei Sugiyama, life is a monotonous drone: rising early to eat breakfast, crunching numbers all day..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Austin Psych Fest Live (Saturday): Spectrum
Sonic Boom to Spaceman 3, sweet dreams are made of this
"...3, the pioneering Eighties psych-rock troop whose feedback and drone-ridden spirit hangs over this festival like an awning over..."

April 28, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

The Hightower Report
A blanket of PR to make you want to hug a drone
"...of PR To Make You Want To Hug A Drone..."

March 22, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

Letters at 3AM: Obama's May 23 Speech
Obama deftly weaves vagueness, misdirection, and a few outright lies
"...18, 2011). Since Libya, Obama hasn't sought authorization for drone actions in Yemen or in Africa. The president has..."

May 31, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: An Arbitrary Nation, Part 3
The Fifth Amendment no longer exists as a functioning law of the land
"...American citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki, was executed in Yemen, via drone, by order of the president. The White House says..."

May 17, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Drone: The Musical Comedy
This show is an entertainment with an eminently enjoyable looseness to it
"...Drone: The Musical Comedy..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Six, Three Times
An abridged guide to Boris
"...Frequency Version." The 65-minute static symphony elicits pure tonal drone, like swimming directionless through magnetic fields of television snow...."

June 27, 2008 Music Feature

Farewell, Boris
Boris drummer Atsuo breaks the sound (and language) barrier.
"...ITV: What pushed you to start experimenting with drone techniques? Atsuo: When we started the band, we didn't..."

March 23, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

100 Local SXSW Music Acts
A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest
"...quartet Annabelle Chairlegs navigates terrain somewhere between Black Angels drone and the melodic experimentation of mid-period Flaming Lips. One..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Letters at 3AM: The Sixth War
America is engaged in hostilities on six fronts
"...War No. 3: We're lobbing missiles and drones into Libya, apparently for a good cause, except that..."

July 15, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

I See Dead People
The Black Angels conjure Austin's psychedelic renaissance
"...darker recesses of rock & roll: Velvet Underground's confrontational drone, Love's harrowing psychedelia, and the distorted nihilism of Joy..."

May 9, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Best Things We Saw at Oblivion Access 2023: Earth, BEAK>, GEL, and More
Highlights from year two of the underground Austin music festival
"...Simmons busied themselves applying rosin to violin bows to drone out some final 15 minutes, while drummer Clint Dodson..."

June 19, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

The Most Memorable Moments of Levitation’s Thursday and Friday
King Gizzard, Godspeed You!, and more lengthy band names
"...and Aussie tour mate Leah Senior’s vocals lent the drone body and nuance. “Don’t take too much acid,” they..."

Oct. 29, 2022 Music Post by Christina Garcia

How to Escape the Field With Shane West
The Gotham star heads to the cornfields for new thriller
"...was two nights in succession. We did this cool drone shot where I was involved - once again, shirtless,..."

May 12, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Good Eye: Daniel Webb
January 30, 2014. 24 photos.
"...comic Daniel Webb, who sometimes performs under drag names Drone Collins and Toyota Lopez...."

Jan. 29, 2014 Photo Gallery

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