FILM:
From The Austin Chronicle

I Live My Broken Dreams [screens feature, 03-11-05]
Recent documentaries on Townes Van Zandt, Daniel Johnston, Roky Erickson, and Wild Man Fischer.
All About the Others [screens feature, 12-03-04]
Contemporary Spanish film besides Almodóvar.
The Cinema of Dual Citizens [screens feature, 04-18-03]
Classic noir and more from European émigrés in Hollywood.
Remembering Stan Brakhage [screens feature, 04-11-03]
Fine China [screens feature, 01-17-03]
Surveying the film of China's "Fifth Generation."
Cinescape [screens feature, 09-20-02]
Austin’s new micro-cinema outlet kicks off with works by Chris Marker, Patrick Bokanowski, and Naomi Uman.
Six Legs to Tango [screens feature, 09-13-02]
The films of Ladislaw Starewicz.
The Age of Restoration [screens feature, 08-23-02]
Kino's 75th anniversary restoration of Metropolis / Austin's Paramount Theater screens Thief of Bagdad.
Hiiiiiiiii-Yah! [screens feature, 05-17-02]
"Austin foley artist Buzz Moran strips the sound out of a forgotten kung fu flick and redubs it live at the Alamo Drafthouse."
The Sights and Sounds of Art in Sync [screens feature, 05-03-02]
"Ron Mann's jazz avant-garde exploration Imagine the Sound provides the perfect counterpoint to Austin Eye+Ear: Both are bent on the blurring of artistic lines."
Something to Talk About [screens feature, 04-12-02]
"...The grandes dames of pre-talkie Hollywood: Garbo, Bow, Gish, Pickford, Brooks."
American Cinematheque's Universal Appeal [screens feature, 02-15-02]
An article about up-and-coming independent distributor American Cinematheque.
The Big Thrill [screens feature, 10-12-01]
"Heart of Film Distinguished Screenwriting Award recipient Lawrence Kasdan talks shop."
After Atom [screens feature, 09-28-01]
"The Austin Film Society presents the films of Kinji Fukasaku, Japan's premier post-war director."
The Long and Short of It [screens feature, 09-14-01]
A review of Andy Warhol's Vinyl, screening at the Cinematexas Short Film Festival.
Bedtime Stories [screens feature, 09-14-01]
Eric Rohmer's "Moral Tales" and "Proverbs and Fables" cycles.

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MUSIC:

On Tim Hardin. [from Said the Gramophone.]
A lot of people ask me about Tim Hardin's influence on our album Black Sheep Boy. It's a tricky question and here I manage to avoid it while nonetheless talking about Hardin at great blustery length.
Soft-Rock is Pure Evil: [from Audiogalaxy.com]
Real evil in rock music exists in its purest form in the soothing strains of Don Henley and James Taylor.
Songs about Superman: [from Audiogalaxy.com]
An overview on songs about Superman, inspired by the execrable Five For Fighting hit.
The Worst Songs by the Best Bands: [from Audiogalaxy.com]
Why do bad songs happen to good writers? "I Want to Live in a Wigwam" and more.
Smell My Beard: [from Audiogalaxy.com]
Towards a theory of the intimate connection between beards and rock, in the form of a compendium of the major rock beards.
Musicians-Turned-Actors: [from Audiogalaxy.com]
Black History Month: Lead Belly [from Audiogalaxy.com]
A profile of the great blues artist, written for Black History Month.
The World's Worst Wedding Songs [from Audiogalaxy.com]
If you play these songs at your wedding, you deserve to get divorced.
None More Black: [from Audiogalaxy.com]
An overview of Scandinavian Black Metal and its excesses.

Selected record reviews:
[from Audiogalaxy.com]

"The Dark(/Light) Side of Folk"
[from Audiogalaxy.com]
Articles about the seamy (and sacred) side of old-time folk, jazz, blues, country, and vaudeville.

"Tainting the Memory"
[from Audiogalaxy.com]
In the tradition of VH-1's "Behind the Music." Great rock bands that should hang it up:

Gene Simmons: The P.T. Barnum of schlock-rock. Kind of stretches the concept since he's sorta always sucked.
Mick Jagger: The grandaddy of them all. Since we started him up, he's never stopped.
Sting: The Anne Rice song. The P. Diddy appearance. The Phil Collins/Brian Adams duets.
Billy Idol: The “Heroin” cover. The “greatest hits” record. The second “greatest hits” record. The third “greatest hits” record.
Henry Rollins: The stand-up routines. Johnny Mnemonic. The TV hosting gig.

"Essentials"
Ten of my favorite albums from some different genres, written for Audiogalaxy.

"Outsider"
Proto-Punk
Goth Rock A list of some of my favorite (and least favorite) musicians who decided to Act.
The Best Rock Guitarists: [from Audiogalaxy.com]
An attempt to piss off Eric Clapton fans everywhere.
The Best Rock Bassists: [from Audiogalaxy.com]
An attempt to piss off Geddy Lee fans everywhere.
The Best Rock Keyboardists: [from Audiogalaxy.com]
An attempt to piss off Billy Joel fans everywhere.
The Best Rock Producers: [from Audiogalaxy.com]
This article confused Audiogalaxy users a little.