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Letters at 3AM
The total absence of popular backlash to the paganism of The Mists of Avalon shows that the American fundamentalist influeunce has begun to ebb.
"...much. But TNT's recent production of The Mists of Avalon is another thing entirely. Its star, Julianna Margulies, was..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

TV Eye
The film version of Marion Zimmer Bradley's novel The Mists of Avalon debuts on TNT, and the Top 10 Reasons to be Mrs. Colby Donaldson.
"...When Marion Zimmer Bradley's novel The Mists of Avalon debuted in 1983, it garnered a loyal legion of..."

July 6, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

My Life on Apps
The convenience and economics of living through your phone
"...Avalon, my liaison for the afternoon, is a senior in..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Roadside Playboys and Texana Dames
The Hancock Family's long, strange, supernatural musical journey
"...on one side of the stage while Joaquin's daughter Avalon slides into Charlene's vacated spot at the piano. Avalon's..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

High Baptismal Flow
In search of rock & roll's psychedelic pioneers, Austin's 13th Floor Elevators
"...the era. (An Elevators live recording from San Francisco's Avalon Ballroom that same year features covers of the Beatles,..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Love in the Time of 'Green Darkness'
Don't judge Anya Seton's reissued biographical novels by their romance and bad covers
"...readers for decades. Books such as Katherine, Green Darkness, Avalon, and Devil Water have remained continuously in print for..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Reissues
Van Morrison
"...MorrisonWavelength (Exile/Polydor/Universal) Van MorrisonA Sense of Wonder (Exile/Polydor/Universal) Van MorrisonAvalon Sunset (Exile/Polydor/Universal) Van MorrisonBack on Top (Exile/Polydor/Universal)..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

General Jackson
Artist and historian Jack Jackson remembered by those who knew him well
"...and fellow dissenters included Freak Brothers artist Gilbert Shelton, Avalon Ballroom founder Chet Helms, singer Janis Joplin, and a..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

TV Eye
Summer TV used to mean boring reruns, but these days, cable takes advantage of the networks' hibernation to launch their own season of special movie events and series. Belinda Acosta offers a list of some of the upcoming "must check out" programs.
"...Mists of Avalon plays on TNT, Sunday-Monday, July 15-16, 7pm. Anjelica Huston,..."

May 18, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Roxy Music Airs Out Its Deep Cuts At Ragged-Edged Austin Show
Even with weakened chops, the HoFers enjoy each other's company
"...most recent (and in the US the most popular, Avalon) in 1982; the band’s complete Spotify playlist (including live..."

Sept. 22, 2022 Music Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Tapestry Dance Company's April Fools
This remount of the tap troupe's valentine to vaudeville brought the old art form back with delights in abundance
"...the women: Siobhan Alexis, Andrea Torres, Madeleine Owens, and Avalon Rathgeb. Whether dancing individually, as in Torres' ebullient "Jig..."

May 11, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Passengers
Bound for a distant planet, two persons awake prematurely
"...A space vessel named Avalon crosses the galaxy on autopilot from overpopulated Earth to..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Roxy Music
Complete catalogs trump career overviews
"...romantic balladry that's been Ferry's raison d'être ever since (Avalon). Roxy's stable of classic tunes – "Do the Strand,"..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
"...In their beach party movie heyday, Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello reigned supreme. Avalon's character in the..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Naked If I Want To
Magnum opus on one of rock & roll's Rosetta Stones: 1967's Moby Grape
"...The release was celebrated with a gig/party at the Avalon Ballroom, thrown by Columbia. With writers flown in from..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Louis Black

Livin' On
Up on the 13th Floor, the 10-CD Sign of the 3 Eyed Men lives on and on and on
"...official biographer. Longtime Elevators collector Patrick Lundborg provided the Avalon tape for the Live in California disc. In other..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes
When Jack Jackson wasn't studying, researching, and presenting history in painstakingly drawn graphic novels, this wildly talented artist and scholar was making it himself
"...Out in Haight-Ashbury, Jackson began creating posters for Avalon Ballroom concerts as an art director with Family Dog,..."

June 16, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two: Loss Upon Loss
Legendary cartoonist, historian, and Texan Jack Jackson passes on
"...charge of concert posters, mostly for shows at the Avalon Ballroom. In 1969, Jackson co-founded Rip Off Press with..."

June 16, 2006 Column by Louis Black

After a Fashion
"...Eight salons (Avant, Bella, 505, Maximum FX, Catena's, Innu, Avalon, and Aziz) competed in four categories, with a fifth..."

April 18, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion
Our Style Avatar get Grease-y and posh all in the same week!
"...(www.chaosinaustin. com/fotoj/index.html). Lonny Stern appeared as an Elvis-ized Frankie Avalon in the "Beauty School Dropout" routine, and Michael Friedman..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion
Is hair there and everywhere? Do the Eighties give you the Shiverz? And who's got Anthony's Nak? Read inside to see!
"...benefit Project Transitions. With cooperation from Avant, Topaz, Innu, Avalon, Salon 505, Catena's, and, of course, Aziz themselves, the..."

April 26, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Liberty Heights
"...to his beloved 1950s Baltimore, the setting of Diner, Avalon, and Tin Men, this time minus much of the..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

This Is My Father
"...script. Forget clinkers like Crusoe, Benny & Joon, and Avalon, this is what fans of the underutilized actor have..."

June 18, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Record Reviews
"...Walking in Avalon (CMC International)..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Music Review

Good Games for Adventurous Imaginations
Away From the Computer Screen and Back to the Table
"...away foreign-aid money in their Swiss bank accounts. Acquire (Avalon Hill, $30) just got a pointless graphic overhaul, but..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Screens Feature by Allen Varney

Flipper
"...played by Elijah Wood (The Adventures of Huck Finn, Avalon), who has an intriguing, emotive face and more acting..."

May 31, 1996 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Sentimental Family Band Isn’t Hung Up on the High Times
The softie ex-art-rockers arrive at Austin’s honky-tonk revival
"...In high school, Lewis and Albrecht’s friend Avalon Hancock, granddaughter of original cosmic cowboy Tommy X Hancock,..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW
Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest
"...and grabbed hefty inspiration from DJ/producers such as America's Avalon Emerson and England's late Andrew Weatherall for second LP,..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Powell St. John Brought Us the Message, 1940-2021
Psychedelic visionary and Janis Joplin bandmate – a "man for the ages"
"...The psychedelically-informed rhythm and blues act performed at the Avalon Ballroom and the Fillmore Auditorium and signed with Mercury..."

Aug. 23, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Margo Price Leads New SXSW Talent List
Yung Baby Tate, Broncho, David Wax Museum, and 77 more added to the fest
"...Avalon Lurks (Santa Ana, CA.)..."

Feb. 6, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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