The Old 97’s Celebrate 25 YearsThe Nasher Prize is set up not only to offer validation to the artists it honors, but to weigh in on the very definition of contemporary sculpture.
Augustine Frizzell’s Surefire Way to Make Funny MoviesThe band was called “alt-country” then, but it was more like country-adjacentrock and roll.
Augustine Frizzell’s Surefire Way to Make Funny Movies“After I’d told it so many times, I finally decided to write it down. And when I started writing it, I realized how much I had to say.”
Why Bobby Haas Built a Big Bike Collection“You just keep writing and then people will keep helping and then eventually you can find money and, you know, it just keeps on going.”
More Proof That the Jurassic World Franchise Desperately Needs to Be Stomped Out“I haven’t ridden any bike in here. To me, these are artistic pieces. I wouldn’t use a painting to cut a sandwich on.”
Cruelty Is Well-Dressed in Theatre Three’s Play About Sex and RevengeFallen Kingdom is driven by contrivances from the get-go, and relies on a continuous lack of common sense from characters who are supposed to be scientists and intellectuals.
Wayne’s World Director Penelope Spheeris Reveals Why She Stopped Making MoviesMoments of disquieting moral sacrifice elicit snickers rather than silence.
This Movie Left Erykah Badu Speechless. Then, She Didn’t Want To Stop Talking About ItIt smelled a little bit like spilled beer, but everyplace I went back then smelled a little bit like spilled beer. It didn’t smell like a bathroom or something at all. It actually was pretty clean. It didn’t look clean, I know, in the movie, but it was pretty clean except for the writing on the walls.
A Shamelessly Bright Takashi Murakami Retrospective Transforms The ModernWe always had a similar conversation and it was for the most part dedicated to figuring out where we stood in this capitalist society. How do we function?— because we are benefiting in many ways, because we’re all capitalists.
The Lorenzo Hotel Is the Ultimate Instagram BackdropMurakami remarks that emptiness itself could be “the greatest art piece” of all, referencing the eastern approach to “emptiness” as a symbol of infinity, liberation, and the truth of all things. Appropriately, the artist’s purely non-representational paintings seem to draw the viewer into nothing else but looming, liquid black holes.
Vandoliers Are a Texas BandThe problem with the Lorenzo is that it doesn’t seem to take its art very seriously. Not that we should expect it to. It is a hotel, after all.
A Week in the Life of KUZU 92.9, Denton’s New Radio Station“There’s a lot less idol worship in Texas music.”
A Week in the Life of KUZU 92.9, Denton’s New Radio Station“It’s like a balloon you’re letting go of, and who knows where it’s going to land?”
What happens to a song when it’s played on the radio?