Austin Downtown Arts

March 2002
Volume 8 Number 2

All Signs Point to Austin Music by Tom Benton
In Austin, turn to Cable Channel 15 and you might catch a live performance by Soulhat or the Golden Arm Trio, a local hip-hop video or a profile on the Texas gospel dynasty Mighty Bells of Joy.

Digital Art:
Austin Artists Pursue the Possibilities by Cinque Hicks
If digital art really shares something with hip-hop, then it follows that there must be a vast reservoir of untapped potential in this art form.

Gimme That Ol' Time Filmmaking by Andre Silva
Of the countless anachronisms in the hyper-technological 21st century, Super 8 filmmaking is certain to make the top 10.

The History of Jazz poetry by Daniel Davis Clayton

Notes from the Woodshed by Paul Klemperer
What makes a pop song a national hit, a culturally shared moment?

Section Eight by Daniel Davis Clayton
Who could harbor such Helvetica into American Gothic Condensed?

Reeling by Jodie Keeling
Any art that has been influenced in the slightest way by digital technology is digital art.

Reminiscing with Slim Richey by Paul Klemperer
Guitarist Slim Richey bills himself as "the most dangerous guitarist in Texas" and has the credentials to back it up.

Up All Night by Harold McMillan
Martin Banks: "Every major black musician came to the Apollo. So I was able to play behind all of them and made records with them. We made all those things with Aretha Franklin and stuff. That was in New York, and everything was going good. I played with just about everybody."

Verities by Meghna Haldar and Annie Reid
Fancying ourselves as storytellers, we both are continually asking: what makes a good story?