Texas History
August 6, 2021
In Memoriam: On MTV’s Fortieth Anniversary, Don’t Forget to Thank Michael Nesmith
The Texas native helped make the music video into an art form, and was instrumental in creating the network that defined a generation.
MTV
The Culture
July 31, 1998
Off With the Show
An epilogue to Austin Stories: Why did MTV cancel the critically acclaimed slacker sitcom?
Film & TV
April 30, 1998
The Subversive—Mike Judge
Could he be Texas film’s new king of the hill?
Film & TV
December 1, 1997
Austin, Storied
Just as Austin is the Dallas of the nineties—a booming cultural icon bordering on cliché—Austin Stories may be the Dallas of the nineties. The MTV sitcom, which debuted this fall, is weekly television’s first credible portrayal of Texas and Texans since J.R. got shot. (Walker, Texas Ranger? Kung fu in
Film & TV
August 31, 1997
Elka
Like sadistic teenagers who introduce fire ants into an otherwise docile ant farm, the producers of MTV’s voyeuristic soap opera The Real World make casting decisions based not on avoiding conflict but on encouraging it. This season’s stereotypes are a jock, a poet, a comely lesbian, a city girl, a
Music
April 1, 1995
Word of Mouth
Never mind the bullocks, here’s Sincola: An Austin band tries to live up to the hype.