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June 6, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Box Sets/Reissues
The Disco Box
"...2 stars --David Lynch HOT RODS & CUSTOM CLASSICS..."
April 9, 1999 Music Feature
Playing Through
If hot-rodders can still remake battered old cars into things of brazen beauty, the rest of us can get to work remaking America into something equally bold and brave
"...First things first: The women who go to custom car shows are still major babes. For some of..."
Jan. 23, 2009 Column by Thomas Hackett
"Jonathan Muzacz: Stained Slabs" at the Butridge
With his solo show, the artist revs up the gallery by bringing in the street in eye-catching style
"...homage to another form of community-centering street art: the custom car...."
July 13, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean
Kontinental Krew
Local custom car club, the Kontinentals, bring the third annual Lonestar Rod & Kustom Round Up auto show to town
"...headed to Festival Beach where, for this weekend only, cars really do get you girls, and smoking is still..."
March 26, 2004 News Feature
Fast Times With Darondo
Doin' the splits with a lost soul singer
"...of the decade cruising Bay Area boulevards in his custom Rolls Royce. His flashy ride and gold jewelry earned..."
March 25, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett
City of Austin "Major Events" Roster
The city lists over 400 days’ worth of events from the Commitment Day 5K on Jan. 1 to the New Year’s Celebration on Dec. 31. The full list is posted here.
"...St James Mission 5K3/30/20133/30/2013 Lonestar Rod and Kustom Roundup Custom Car Show4/5/20134/6/2013 Austin American Statesman Jr. Dillo4/6/20134/6/2013 Farmers Market..."
July 12, 2013 News Feature
Off the Record
The fast and the furious: the sentencing of J Kapone, Steve Wertheimer's Hot Rod Revolution, and 'How to Tour in a Band or Whatever'
"...a local drug ring with ties to Mexican drug cartels that resulted in 20 convictions. "I'd like to apologize..."
Nov. 19, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell
Kars: The Movie
Ron Mann on 'Tales of the Rat Fink'
"...of World War II, turned a predisposition toward fast cars and outlandish artwork into an all-encompassing lifestyle. Like the..."
Sept. 15, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Other Significant Anniversaries
"...Dyer Electronics 8440 Burnet Rd. (custom home theatre systems), 374-0404. 8605 Burnet Rd. (retail and..."
Dec. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Anne Harris
Kar Gawk
Ron Mann's adventurous RIP for hotrod artist and icon Ed Roth
"..."I just drew the cars. Once I got 'em to a point where they..."
March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Adult Swim Drive-In Tour Comes to Town
Blue Starlite hosts cable channel's rolling roadshow
"...with your nuclear family blasting some doo-wop on the car stereo, grab your classic, cheap concession fare, and then..."
Aug. 19, 2016 Screens Post by Tucker Whatley
Surf and Turf, Travis-Style
Lakeside Dining 2002: By boat or by car, bring your appetite.
"...It has become Chronicle custom to check out lake-area restaurants by renting a boat..."
Aug. 2, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood
Congressional District 25
Can anybody beat the used car dealer?
"...They're fairly akin on the issues – emphasizing health care, women's rights, criminal justice reform, campaign finance reform, etc...."
Feb. 9, 2018 News Feature by Michael King
Fast Cars and Craft Beer
The Beer Diaries co-creator debuts new brews at Lockhart hot rod fest
"...documenting beer to making it himself. His new brewpub, Caracara Brewing Company, will be the very first brewery to..."
Jan. 30, 2018 Food Post by Tucker Whatley
Playback: A Weekend on the Crust
Cruising Austin's Eastside with the Gospel Truth, Chumps, and Stza
"...the opportunity to hear tough-guy bikers rev their fancy custom motorcycles on Sixth Street or ogle at the leather-skinned,..."
June 17, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
Who the Heck Is Kristoffer Ragnstam?
"...simply become obsessed, like every time I'm in my car, I want to hear this song. I need to...."
March 16, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate Getty
Film News
So, sure, SXSW is over, but that just clears your schedule for QT Seven
"...after Hurricane Katrina. "We always loved the script," says Carolyn Pfeiffer, Burnt Orange head. "When we heard it was..."
March 24, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...We were elated to see that Ace Custom Tailors had again won the Chronicle's "Best of Austin"..."
Oct. 10, 2003 Column
TCB
Austin soldiers on beyond SXSW with hot rods, SPAM, and puking
"...than Toni Price or Jon Dee Graham, it's tricked-out, custom-built hot rods. He can often be seen cruising to..."
March 28, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray
One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Carjacked for Christmas
Ruby Jane and her mother are carjacked, plus other holiday tales of need
"...outside a gated community. As Smith rolled down the car window to enter the security code for admittance, a..."
Dec. 16, 2011 Music Column by Margaret Moser
Life's Enriched Pageant
Good design, like good air, helps you breathe a little easier, and here are a few Austinites who are helping us all breathe easier through their work as graphic designers.
"...flows darkly onto his shirt and puddles across the car's compromised hood. The photo's all grayscale, except for the..."
Sept. 8, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
Two-Wheeled Texas
Bikers' best bets on the highways and byways
"...it off. 1706 City Park Rd., 346-1831. www.cityofaustin.org/parks/emmalong.htm. Lightning Customs A virtual hub for all bike-rally needs. Details for..."
June 13, 2008 Features Feature by Angela Armstrong
Friday Picks
"...best barbecue in Lockhart ("Kreuz Market"). His casual demeanor carries over into discussion of the group's self-titled breakthrough debut...."
March 14, 2008 Music Feature
Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection
No luck: Madea doesn't assume a new identity and disappear. Instead the old gal takes in Eugene Levy, playing an investor implicated in a Ponzi scheme.
"...name in the title – as has been his custom with most of his previous movies. It's a dubious..."
July 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
What Time is it There?
"...in the sense of national demarcations of language and custom. It speaks a different cinematic language, one that tosses..."
April 26, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
History Repeats
A writer and his artist aunt explore cave paintings and see more than just writing on the wall.
"...-- a close family friend was killed in a car accident just outside of town. Her husband and owner..."
Aug. 17, 2001 Features Feature by Eli Kooris
The Road Home
"...nurses hard, bitter grief, insisting that the body be carried back to the village by hand, with the coffin..."
June 29, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
SXSW Interview: Margaret Brown
We're all connected through the Great Invisible
"...because I bought a new board. I got it custom-made, and I haven't even used it. That's how much..."
March 10, 2014 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer
Smoke Gets in Your Mouth
Taylor
"...and two kinds of sausage (jalepeño and regular) attract customers from all over Texas. The sausage is like peppered..."
