Entries from Austinist tagged with 'tcm'
November 22, 2006
Thanksgiving: a time for celebrating family, eating food, and of course, watching TV. Well, we're here to recommend some options: The given: "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade", 9am, NBC/KXAN. The random: Twelve hours of Doris Day films on TCM, starting at 5am. Pigs at Thanksgiving?: Babe on NBC/KXAN, 2pm. Katie pre-TomKat: One of our favorite Thanksgiving films, Pieces of April, is on IFC at 4:15pm. What Not to Wear on Thanksgiving: What Not to Wear......
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October 9, 2006
Lester Bangs once said of the Dead Kennedys that their fans didn't really understand them - that even if the Kennedys were earnest in their political views, it didn't matter because people only came to their shows for the “goon brutality.” And he was right. Just look what happened to punk; it was misunderstood, watered down and rendered near-useless by its own following. It rotted from the inside out. (For hard evidence, go see Propagandhi......
Continue Reading "Austinist Reviews Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning"January 31, 2006
If you would like to hear about how our country rocks and why spying on us Joe Schmoes is necessary, then at 8pm tonight, be sure to tune to the basic networks for El Presidente's State of the Union address. KVUE (ABC), KXAN (NBC), KEYE (CBS), KTBC (FOX) and even KLRU (PBS) will be showing Bush's speech (and offering commentary afterwards). **Editorial Note: While we would never encourage listening to W. pontifuhmuhkate about the......
Continue Reading "TV Tonight: What to Watch Instead of You-Know-Who"December 22, 2005
It’s coming on Christmas, and boy do the cable channels know it. Here are some of our favorite holiday movies to watch for this weekend: TCM is starting their holiday fare tonight (Here’s their schedule for the weekend). One of our favorites from the bunch is Holiday Affair (9pm), with Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh (aka the lady from Psycho). Leigh plays a widowed young mother who gets caught comparison shopping, and Robert Mitchum......
Continue Reading "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year . . . If You Like Holiday Movies on TV"November 23, 2005
Our Thanksgiving usually consists of a huge Thanksgiving lunch (with the Detroit game in the background) and then vegging out in front of the TV that evening. There are a bevy of holiday (and non-holiday) goodies on tomorrow. Here are a few things to watch out for: -"Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade" - 9am, KXAN (NBC). -Miracle on 34th Street - The 1947 original with "the real Santa Claus" (or so Dad tells us every......
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