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Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
The life, passions, and shattering death of the traveler
"...Neville’s new film about Anthony Bourdain’s life and career, Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain, Bridgers’ lyrics echoed in..."

July 16, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Welcome to the Roadrunner Network
UT's Longhorn Network to take five UTSA games
"...well and good, but last time we checked the Roadrunners are not the Longhorns. The network only has two..."

Sept. 8, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

She's a Roadrunner!
Shut Up wants to be just like Maya Arulpragasam when she grows up

May 2, 2008 Music Post by Darcie Stevens

UT Hockey vs. Austin Roadrunner Mini-Mites to Benefit Make-a-Wish Foundation
"...UT hockey hosts an exhibition matchup vs. the Austin Roadrunners Mini-Mites (ages 4-8) at the Chaparral Ice Center (14200..."

Feb. 15, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Back to Blue Mountain
Alt.country no more!
"...bassist Laurie Stirratt, Blue Mountain released three albums on Roadrunner and two on their own before the marriage and..."

July 30, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Paycheck
Affleck and Uma race to descramble the past in this futuristic thriller based on a Philip K. Dick short story and directed by John Woo.
"...Woo!), and Ben Affleck’s morosely furrowed brow. You’ve seen Roadrunner cartoons with more suspense than this entirely predictable hash...."

Jan. 2, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Machine Head: Still Pissed
Machine Head's Phil Demmel talks new rage
"...punishing new album, The Blackening, due March 26 on Roadrunner Records. Into the Void: A lot of people feel..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Page Two: And It Was All Right
Notes on a life saved by rock & roll
"...I felt like the roadrunner..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: You Always Remember the Dance
First steps, two step
"...album only to fall in love with Jonathan Richman's "Roadrunner." Playing it again and again while wildly dancing around..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Column by Louis Black

TCB
Freescale's Road to Austin is paved with good intentions, Lions get ready to roar on Guitar Hero 3, the Parish thinks locally, and the Texas Music Museum's barely-tapped treasure trove
"...courting fire-breathing local quartet Lions for nearly a year, Roadrunner Records suddenly didn't hear a single. But instead of..."

May 18, 2007 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Page Two
On love, culture, renewal, timelessness, and SXSW
"...– "Roadrunner," Jonathan Richman..."

March 26, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Not Your Mother's Hockey Puck
Austin's Women's Hockey Team, the Roadrunners, Face Off Against the Gender Gap.
"...On the ice, the Roadrunner women face off with Oklahoma City. One tense second...."

June 29, 2001 Sports Feature by Emily Pyle

Greil Marcus and the Mad Parade
In his book Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century, Greil Marcus explained punk to the world and created a bible for that music's true believers. As Austin theatre company Rude Mechanicals opens its stage adaptation of Marcus' book, the author talks about the Stones, the Sex Pistols, and the "mad parade" of history.
"...but I love the way they use Jonathan Richman's "Roadrunner."..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

Welcome Home
King Diamond crowns Fun Fun Fun Fest
"...unique project, because Metal Blade has gotten licenses from Roadrunner. They're doing a real best-of that we should have..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Council: Beep Beep!
This week's agenda has plenty to strike sparks and eat up the day and evening
"...could consult on the urban forest plan, and the Roadrunner on the coyotes...."

Aug. 29, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Not Fade Away
Five years after the end of The Sopranos, creator David Chase directs his first movie, which takes him back to New Jersey in the Sixties.
"...with the Sex Pistols’ cover of the Modern Lovers’ “Roadrunner.” Seismic changes were rattling households throughout America. The gap..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

UTSA Looms as Texas State’s New Rival
Hide the orange paint immediately and warn the horses
"...for the first time last year. This Saturday the Roadrunners host the Bobcats. UTSA is already calling it the..."

Nov. 21, 2012 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

What the Puck?
A Yankee sport finds an unlikely home in Central Texas
"...on the characters." And characters he found in the Roadrunner Adult Hockey League, a tiny Texas outpost of a..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan

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When Gravity Fails: Notes on the influence of Ed Lowry, 'Crazy Mama,' and not sweating the small stuff
"..."Roadrunner" had come on. Swartz and I started dancing, then..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...when Alex Jones pinned censorship on Time Warner Cable's RoadRunner Internet service. Chronicle HQ was flooded with tips (actually,..."

Oct. 14, 2005 News Feature

2005 Kids Summer Camps
An annotated list of several places where kids could be going this summer to enjoy physically and mentally invigorating activities
"...is filled with storytelling, gardening, arts and crafts; Camp Roadrunner for those 6 through 10 covers nature trails, Español..."

April 29, 2005 Features Feature

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We struggle with the obscenity of a special legislative session aimed at redistricting, and we mourn the passing and celebrate the life of Al Ragle, an almost unsung hero of the Austin music scene.
"...Steve Swartz and me dancing around the house to "Roadrunner." The Sex Pistols, X-Ray Spex, and so many others..."

June 20, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Spotlight: Jerry Cantrell
Nu-metal master architect Jerry Cantrell returns with his second solo album.
"...about to repeat that success with a new label (Roadrunner) and a new solo album, Degradation Trip...."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Wild, Wild Webcasts
Why party in line when you can party online?
"...front of your Powerbook, dial up our friends at RoadRunner, and catch all the millennial carnage from the safety..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Tomorrow Is Better
Walter Meyer is more than just a survivor of Nazi Germany; Katherine Catmull reveals why.
"...suddenly called me back. "Have you ever seen a roadrunner?" he asked, a gleam of pleasure in his eye...."

Nov. 26, 1999 Books Feature by Katherine Catmull

Lewis & Clark & George
"...achieve his stated aim of evoking old Warner Bros. Roadrunner cartoons. The cartoonish feel carries through to the broad..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Review: fibril, The Rot
More Eaze/Fuck Money members reassemble nü metal beyond cheap nostalgia
"...fragmented pasts. "Distracted Parking Lots" hits like your favorite Roadrunner Records bangers of yore, submerged in aqueous murk that..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Music Feature by Andy O’Connor

Ladybird Laments
"...other reasons to oppose it. I thought of the roadrunner we regularly encounter on the trails, the big owls..."

Sept. 28, 2022 Postmarks

A Pair of Porcupines in Zilker
Meet the new residents of the Austin Nature & Science Center
"...Many other residents of the center do, with wild Roadrunners often circling the Roadrunner enclosure, and ravens cawing to..."

Sept. 18, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Behind the Wheel With Deezie Brown
After five years of fine-tuning, the perfectionist producer and rapper rolls out 5th Wheel Fairytale
"...have for him in my head speeds up to roadrunner velocity...."

Aug. 26, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

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