1960s Austin Gangsters
The noir novelist digs into the capital city's criminal past and unearths characters who are lively, colorful, and interesting
"...Gangsters?! In Austin?! Really?! Believe it or not ......."
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#ATown#BossBabesATX#peeonsomebody& Art Gallery(red) nights(sub)Tex1 House at a Time1 Stop Food Store1/4 Hora Project Space100 Congress Building100-200 block E. 4th Street101 by Teahaus1015 E. Yager Ln, #191101X FM107.9 KFAN-FM/KEEP FM1100 Warehouse1102 Gillespie Place1104 E. Sixth1109 E. 31st Street1123 S. Congress115 Austin Place11th & Waller11th and Congress11th Street Cowboy Bar12 Fox Beer Company1202 S. Congress1202 Travis Heights12th Night Austin12th Street Baptist Church12th Street Books12th Street Soular Food Garden12XU1300 E 4th St.132 Main Street134 E. Riverside13th Street Heritage House1400 Block of South Congress1405 W. 6th Street1417 French Bistro1427 Suffolk Dr.1501 E 6th1550 Gallery15th Street Cafe15th Street/Enfield Road1604 E. 11th St.1610 New York Avenue1710 Palma Plaza1776 Cheesesteak Co.1810 Club1848 Grand Oaks Farm1860 Pioneer Cabin on the River1883 Old Hwy 20, McDade TX 786501894 Private Pullman Palace Car1903 S. 1st1906 Gallery1st Evening Food St.1st Rate Fixtures2 Chairs Studio2 day postcards2 Dine 42 Wee Cottages Bed & Breakfast20/20 Art2020 Apartments2040 Gallery2047 S. Lamar212102 Fort View Rd2102 Tejas Drive21st & San Jacinto21st Street Co-op2200 S. Lakeshore Blvd.2209 S. First St.23rd Street Renaissance Artists' Market24 Blocks on 6th Street from Brazos to I-3524-Hour Fitness24/7 Cleaning Services2823 Manor290 Flea Market2924 Highway 21 E Paige, TX2DayPostcards.com2K Sports2nd Degree Black Sash Class of 20082nd Street District2nd Street Liquor2XL Swagger Brands, Inc.3 Graces Skincare & Spa3 J Ranch Bed & Breakfast300 Austin300 Bear Canyon Dr.311311 Club3137 Jazz Street3218 Hemlock Ave.3305 E. MLKABIA: 24-Hour FlowersTeahausThe 04 CenterThe 04 LoungeThe 13th FloorThe 18th Floor at Capitol Place
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Oct. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Tim Stegall
Jesse Sublett's Latest True-Crime Book Takes on the Last Gangster in Austin
The rise and fall of the Junkyard King
"...Though his most recent book, Last Gangster in Austin: Frank Smith, Ronnie Earle, and the End of a..."
June 10, 2022 Arts Feature by Joe Gross
Ronnie Earle, Gangbuster
Jesse Sublett revisits Austin’s criminal past in Last Gangster in Austin
"...as your favorite pulpy, fictional counterpart. Set here in Austin, primarily back in the 1970s, it was a time..."
June 10, 2022 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg
Folk Music Fireball!
Sixty years ago this month and next, Elvis Presley destroyed Austin
"..."Austin [in 1955] was ... boring," recalls locally bred rockabilly..."
Dec. 25, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall
Jay Trachtenberg's Top Reads of 2015
A Brief History of Seven Killings leads a list of works exploring crime and politics abroad and at home
"...many of whom speak Jamaican patois, it's an intense, exhausting, but ultimately exhilarating read...."
Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg
Joe O'Connell's Top Reads of 2015
Paradise Sky and The Best I Recall head a list of stellar Lone Star books
"...crazed ex-wife. Baxter's tales are elegant gems of humanity. Austinite Elizabeth Harris' novel Mayhem reverberates around a castration done..."
Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell
Jesse Sublett's Top Reads of 2015
The Theater of War leads a list that reminds us how ancient lessons about war continue to ring true today
"...told from the survivors' POV. Yetmen, who lives in Austin, draws on her own family history with deft skill..."
Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett
Esther's Follies: The Laughs, the Gossip, and the Story Behind Texas' Most Celebrated Comedy Troupe
In his history of Esther's Follies, author Jesse Sublett follows the flow of four decades of frivolity
"...singular blend of satire, music, and magic to delighted Austinites, one of its first signature characters, the one who..."
Dec. 1, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
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"...CIRCUSD: George Ratliff. This is a reprint of the Austin Chronicle review that ran in March when this film..."
Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature
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"...(R, 95 min.) This is a reprint of the Austin Chronicle review that ran in March when this film..."
Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature
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"...(R, 95 min.) This is a reprint of the Austin Chronicle review that ran in March when this film..."
Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature
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"...Jarvet as Stub, the nicotine-fiend leader of the Russian gangsters who conveniently tucks a giant roll of uncut cigarettes..."
Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature
Cracking Open The Devil's Doorway
Horror director Aislinn Clarke on Ireland's dirty secret
"...Austin Chronicle: A lot of people think that shooting found..."
July 14, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Making a 'Killing'
Joshua Oppenheimer on the half-decade he spent filming for 'The Act of Killing'
"...his life. But he was not the victim. In 1960s Indonesia, Anwar Congo was a street thug who became..."
Aug. 9, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
The Good Times Ain't Over
Freddy Powers keeps on truckin'
"...Las Vegas in the 1960s was an entertainer's paradise. Mob money flowed freely from..."
