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Dec. 23, 2005 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri
Culture Flash!
The Blanton unloads some prints, 'Keepin' It Weird' gets the eye from CBS, and Zach's Little Elf ain't so little anymore
"...yard-art stars Scott Stephens (doll heads) and Beth Thom (polka dot lawn), and – wait for it – Leslie..."
Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Food-o-File
A Majestic future for Grape Vine Market? Plus: Noodle-ism and Mangia aren't just local favorites.
"...complete with German food and specially brewed beers, live polka music, a bratwurst-eating contest, a Harley-Davidson Biketoberfest area, human..."
Oct. 28, 2005 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood
2005 ACL Music Fest Preview
All 'picks' no 'sleepers' for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, one
blurb at a time
"...most of their 25th year by winning the Best Polka Grammy for Let's Kiss (DenTone) and appearing at Springfield's..."
Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature
Day Trips
At the Moravia Store, the beer is cold and the polka music fills the air even when there isn't a band playing in the dance hall
"...southwest of Schulenburg, the beer is cold and the polka music fills the air even when there isn't a..."
July 15, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
99 Bands
Ninety-nine local bands on Red River waiting to be heard
"...Lewis leads the most unique band in Austin. Blending polka with psychobilly all fronted by a modern Frank Sinatra,..."
July 8, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens
TCB
Going yard with a litany of baseball songs, a hot-rod
show, and Trail of Dead
"...UNKNOWN, "Baseball Polka": The first known baseball song, "Baseball Polka" appeared in..."
April 1, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray
Schultze Gets the Blues
The life of a retired German miner and accordion player is spurred toward change by the sound of zydeco music.
"...group is invited to send a representative to a polka festival in New Braunfels, Texas, and they decide that..."
March 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Th' Legendary Shack*Shakers
"...stirring gumbo of blues, country, gospel, rockabilly, and even polka from the Mississippi Delta clear up to Appalachia. The..."
March 18, 2005 Music Review by Greg Beets
Wednesday Sleepers
SXSW Picks & Sleepers
"...or may not have ever existed. Something about gaudy polka-dot costumes and an indescribably spastic Devo-on-angel-dust sound. The picture..."
March 11, 2005 Music Feature
A First for Austin Art
New City Hall filled with locals' visual artistry
"...Berman Gallery; her Seven Rocks for City Hall uses polka-dot stickers, plastic, and tape to form groovy rocks. Tucked..."
March 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper
Rock & Roll Books
Gift guide
"...but he doesn't notice. They talk about James Dean, polka, Duluth, angels, dreams, Woody Guthrie, testicular cancer, Hank Williams,..."
Dec. 3, 2004 Music Feature by Shawn Badgley
TV Eye
The Political Dr. Seuss
"..."Polka Time" (directed by Lisa Blackstone). Polka lovers from around..."
Oct. 22, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
Galaxy Cafe
A kicky cafe signals that Southwest Austin is ready to outgrow its chains
"...cookie-cutter chain restaurant. The tomato-colored walls are punctuated by polka dots of mirrors, which give the effect of cut-outs..."
Oct. 22, 2004 Food Review by Barbara Chisholm
Bonus Tracks
Bonus tracks
"..."Pink Tornado." Everybody line up for the "Little Longhorn Polka"... It's around the world in 61 minutes with true..."
June 11, 2004 Music Review by Christopher Gray
TCB
Texas history, Handsome Joel, and 'Choice Cuts' from Tee Double.
"...albeit revealing, bios. Narciso Martinez, for instance, turned the polka into conjunto's predominant style; Mingo Saldivar replaced Flaco Jimenez..."
May 28, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray
A Summer Place
Your Style Avatar does the unthinkable and exposes himself to sunlight, presenting the latest in summer fashion
"...Summer Shoes: Polka-dotted fabric pumps ($34) at Goodie Two Shoes..."
May 21, 2004 Arts Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser
Summer Fun
The Austin shore: beachy fun in Centex
"...women are size 2!). Would you prefer a pink-and-black polka-dotted Tankini or a floral-print bikini? Why not mix and..."
May 14, 2004 Features Feature by Meiling Guentzel
El Zuzal Restaurant
El Z. specializes in El Salvadoran cuisine, though they do have some standard Mexican dishes for those with no sense of adventure
"...Mexican variety show television is on screen, while Norteño polka music blares through the air. The clientele is an..."
April 16, 2004 Food Review by Mick Vann
Red Stick Ramblers
Live shots
"...jazz, gypsy music, Western swing, fiddle tunes, and even polka. The Red Stick Ramblers make music that may be..."
Jan. 23, 2004 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri
Texas Titles in Toto
"..."Uvalde Polka," Hank Thompson..."
Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature
Willie Nelson
Texas Platters
"...There's a tinkly piano version of "The Beer Barrel Polka" that doesn't make a whole lot of sense, and..."
Oct. 17, 2003 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw
Flaco Jimenez
Texas Platters
"...up the 11 tracks here, opening with the classic polka, "In Heaven There Is No Beer" sung in Spanish,..."
Oct. 17, 2003 Music Review by Belinda Acosta
TCB
If John Lennon had attended this weekend's ACL Fest blowout he might have screamed, "I've got blisters on my feet!"
"...stage, and left the entire festival in its hyperkinetic metal-polka-ska-New Wave-disco-soccer-chant wake. All that was left was to wander..."
Sept. 26, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray
Sheet Music
Summer Reading
"...with elements of jazz, blues, pop, country, Mexican, and polka influences seeping in. There are plenty of warts-and-all accounts,..."
June 6, 2003 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw
Brave Combo
Texas Platters
"...the familiar to new places. Starting with a rollicking polka version of Mozart's "Rondo a la Turca," Box of..."
May 30, 2003 Music Review by Greg Beets
The Latin Flare
2002-03 AMA Band of the Year winners Del Castillo ride a wave of Latinization.
"...In two-four time, I can play you a German polka, a Mexican conjunto, a Texas two-step, or 'Hava Nagilah.'..."
April 11, 2003 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta
The Oblong Boys
Texas Platters
"...beyond mortal assimilation of the boingy guitars, wobbly keyboards, polka dot percussions, hiccupping falsettos, jerky/staccato beats, and lopsided rhythms."..."
Feb. 21, 2003 Music Review by Michael Chamy
A New Kind of Catering
Local businesses are marrying style with substance on the wedding table.
"...the recent Bridal Extravaganza, Fletcher created a three-tiered, pink polka dot cake that looked like something straight out of..."
Jan. 31, 2003 Food Feature by Rachel Feit
Run by Families, Run for Families
It's a Friday evening at the Santa Cruz Center for Culture, and as the Aztlan Dance Company rehearses its production of Reflexiones '02, the company shows how after 30 years it's still not only an exhilarating dance company, but very much a family affair.
"...(especially Germans and Czechs) to make folklorico informed by polka, by Schottis, by redovas...."
Nov. 8, 2002 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola
Mays Street & Old Settlers Park
