How many times have you thought that the film adaptation of a Stephen King story could have been made better? Come on, you know that most of the films that are the best of King’s work suck. Granted there are some fine examples that do manage to successfully make the leap from page to screen but they are few and far between. Frank Darabont has been at the helm on a few of those exceptions and The MIst, is another success.

I saw this film a month ago and it is still with me. This is disturbing actually. It hasn’t helped that in the past week, the mist has been creeping outside my house and courtesy of this thriller, I now sleep with all my windows and doors shut.  I don’t know why I think this helps, but it does. This film centers on a group of everyday people trapped inside a store by some unknown horrifying force. When fear is introduced everything gets flipped upside down. Michele Williams of the Austin Movie Show and I met with Frank and had a nice talk. Video footage of this interview will be available on our website.

AUSTIN DAZE: So you are in Austin for the first time. How do you like it?

FRANK DARABONT: I really like it, I’m not just saying that. That are very few places that I like right away and this is one of them. Read the rest of this entry »

AUSTIN DAZE: What does the word “freak” mean to you?

SAMANTHA X: The word freak is derived from the word, “To dance with nature”. We consider it to mean a fabulous genetic anomaly who is willing to perform and show the world how wonderful they are. Read the rest of this entry »

[fa:p:id=2113015537,j=r,s=s,l=p]AUSTIN DAZE: Have you guys been doing the festival circuit?

DIABLO CODY: We’ve definitely been doing the festival circuit. We went to Telluride, and then we had our official premiere at Toronto, and now we are here. Read the rest of this entry »

[fa:p:id=2113015829,j=r,s=s,l=p]AUSTIN DAZE: How did you get involved in this project?

ANDREW WAGNER: seven years ago, Fred my writing partner and I lived in the same neighborhood and my wife and I were walking the dog, and he was walking down the block and he had this book in his hand, Starting out in the Evening. And I said, “Wow, something about the words, I love the name, tell me about it.” Read the rest of this entry »

[fa:p:id=2113795312,j=r,s=s,l=p]AUSTIN DAZE: Your current film, Reservation Road, is a family drama. I understand your next project returns to global political issues. Can you tell me more about it?

TERRY GEORGE: It’s a biopic based on the life of Sergio Vieira de Mello. He was a Brazilian UN Diplomat who was killed by the first Al Qaeda bomb in Baghdad. And Sergio had all through his life worked for the UN but with no attachment to any country. Read the rest of this entry »

[fa:p:id=2113794806,j=r,s=s,l=p]One of our favorite bluegrass outfits, Green Moutain Grass packs the house at Ruta Maya every time they play. Christine and Hilary caught up with these cats at the South Padre Music Festival.

AUSTIN DAZE: We are here in Beautiful South Padre Island with Green Mountain Grass: Dave, Jesse, Pickles, Trevor. How long have you been playing together?

DAVE: The Band’s been around quite awhile. The current lineup has been together for 7 months or 8 months since we picked up Trevor in a flea market in Tucson, AZ. Read the rest of this entry »

[fa:p:id=2113016097,j=r,s=s,l=p]AUSTIN DAZE: How did you first get into music and when did you know that was going to be your path?

TAB BENOIT: I first got into music at birth-probably before birth-my mom said I used to kick to the beat in her stomach. As far as I could tell I’ve been playing something all my life. But I didn’t think about doing it for a living until I was out of high school. It didn’t seem like it would be possible-coming from a little bayou isolated life. Read the rest of this entry »

[fa:p:id=2113796904,j=r,s=s,l=p]AUSTIN DAZE: This is your second time to Austin this year. What do you think of the “Live Music Capital of the World?”

CHRIS BAILEY: You can go out any night of the week and see 50 different bands anywhere. I saw that on the Tele in the hotel–I thought that was astonishing. But is it really true? Read the rest of this entry »

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[fa:p:id=2113797158,j=r,s=s,l=p]AUSTIN DAZE: Tell us about the new album.

TONI PRICE: I call all my music soul music. An artist is just expressing herself and there is not a why or a who or nothing-we are just trying to express ourselves. These are songs I want to sing and songs that I want to hear and hear them played right. And there are not a lot of those out there these days. Read the rest of this entry »

[fa:p:id=2113016371,j=r,s=s,l=p]AUSTIN DAZE: Where did this ensemble come from and how did you all get together?

CARLOS SOSA: Bob Schneider was doing his own thing at Antone’s on Tuesday nights. And after 12 of playing with him I felt like I just wanted to do something of my own so I talked to Will at Lucky Lounge. Antone’s was always packed on Tuesday nights and he would stop I think at 12:30. Will’s formula for Lucky Lounge was that he didn’t ever want music past midnight but I figured that if I started there when Bob’s show lets out people will come to Lucky Lounge. And it worked. Read the rest of this entry »