Subject: Harvey Pekar

• Harvey Pekar To Speak About Jazz At NX35

  February 9, 2009

• Good Friday: Ludo, Derek Trucks, Brave Combo, Awkquarius, Screaming Red, The Southern Sea, Southern Culture On The Skids, Jessie Frye, Darktown Strutters, Plants & Animals, The Make Believers, Inner City All-Stars, White Tie Affair, Brent Best

  Learn how to handle your liquor, chump.It's Friday, everybody, case ya didn't know. An, as such, it's time to look at the weekend calendars and plan out your, um, plans. Let's do this. First, the shows we've always talked on...Tonight, there's the Dr. Dooom vs. Dr. Octagon show at the Loft and that apparently hotly anticipated Trebuchet CD release show at Hailey's (with Dead Twins and Peacemaker). Tomorrow night's chock full o' goodness, too: Woven Hand, True Widow and Shiny Around The Edg

  March 6, 2009

• Echoes and Reverberations: Mad Chops and Culture Jamming on Fry Street

  Check out our accompanying slideshow for more images from this week's installment of Echoes and Reverberations.Sly Stone was born there. Roy Orbison and Don Henley went to school there. Pat Boone and Dr. Phil even made the scene. But enough about all that: Let's talk about skronk monkeys trippin' balls at Fry Street Fair. Let's remember the graffiti artists getting sick with the acrylic... and smelly jazz doods rippin' minor scales for eight hours straight in an effort to land a spot in the UNT

  March 13, 2009

• Yesterday at NX35: Bringin' the Weird

  Denton is a pretty weird cross-section of the world, and people are starting to notice--even the New York Times. Aaron Jacobs But the cold and constant rain didn't keep some of Denton's most eclectic weirdoes from showing up at the Denton Civic Center yesterday. Their conversation was centered on the necessity of 'weird' in creative processes, their community and beyond. 90.1 KERA-FM radio personality Paul Slavens, horn player for Denton's Brave Combo Jeffrey Barnes and legenda

  March 14, 2009

• Yesterday at NX35: A Conversation About Jazz with Harvey Pekar

  A boom box, lamp, L-shaped chair (a hipper version of Martin Crane's recliner on "Frasier") and a tall glass of orange juice set the Fine Arts Theater stage for a casual discussion with Harvey Pekar. Known as the confrontational, famed author of the autobiographical comic book series, American Splendor, the topic of music seemed to smooth over the speaker's sharp edges. The Pekar that the mostly college-aged audience witnessed was about two parts contemplative, one part fussy. "Agh

  March 15, 2009

• Bugaboo Confidential

  Life as a young, hot, white, educated nanny in the city sure is a drag

  August 23, 2007

• Sour Grapes

  A bitter wine freak makes an adorable hero in Sideways

  November 4, 2004

• The Hard Sell

  Local filmmaker Shane Carruth won Sundance's top honor. So...now what?

  February 12, 2004

• The Sorrow and the Pity

  In a year of big-screen sadness, our critics comfort those who triumphed

  January 1, 2004

• Forget It

  You saw Paycheck last year...don'cha remember?

  December 25, 2003

• Dream On

  Neil Gaiman returns to his influential, beloved Sandman

  September 18, 2003

• NX35's 2010 Keynote Speaker: Steve Albini

  ​Just last week, Daniel Rodrigue caught up with NX35 festival organizer Chris Flemmons to see how things were going as preparations for year two of the pre-SXSW fest began.Today, some news to report on that front: On its festival blog, NX35 has just announced the keynote speaker for its 2010 go-'round: producer, sound engineer, Shellac member, Record Hop fan and highly opinionated music observer Steve Albini.No date has been set on when his speech will take place, but, either way, it's an exci

  October 22, 2009