Close Your Eyes

James Taylor and company at the Bass Concert Hall April 23

"...the piercing honesty of some of his greatest hits: “Your Smiling Face,” “Carolina in My Mind,” “Country Road.” The..."

April 25, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Don't Close Your Eyes

"...that good people do nothing. Then again, if I close my eyes, it will all go away!..."

June 24, 2021 Postmarks

Ten Thousand Beautiful Bugs in Your Eyes

New UT entomology project provides stunning public domain images

"...arthropods that you see sometimes? The perfectly focused, extreme close-ups you’ve seen on, like, a National Geographic special on..."

Feb. 8, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...experimental ensembles, K-pop collectives – it’s all here for your Festival scheduling...."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...opening night movie, today the festival confirmed it will close with the new adaptation of Stephen King's Pet Sematary...."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Smoke Gets in Your Mouth

Taylor

"...Sit down and roll up your sleeves, because this is one place where eating is..."

May 21, 1999 Food Feature

DVDanger: Alexandra Essoe Gazes Through Starry Eyes

Horror star talks body image, body horror, and audition angst

"...blood, murder, and Satanists from Hollywood horror story Starry Eyes, and what you're left with is still a Hollywood..."

Feb. 7, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Vapor Caves (Yadira Brown and Andrew Thaggard) return to your poolside playlists via Steve Arrington/Kashif-influenced gated drums and synths..."

April 2, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Counter Culture Is Closing and Rents Are Rising, Brunch Is Opening at Asti and Maie Day and Side Eye and Pretty Much Everywhere In Town, Gift Guides Are Clamoring For Your Hard-Earned Spondulics, and OMG What Is This Armadillo Rangoon?

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Yes, citizen, it’s your “Food News Buffet” for the second week of December..."

Dec. 7, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Kickstart Your Weekend: 'Bloody Work'

A 125-year-old cold case sees new light onscreen

"...unsolved murders in and around London will certainly grab your attention. But what about the earlier cold case with..."

June 14, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Whiskey A-Go-Go for Your Weekend and Beyond

Three Local Distillers Offer a Variety of Liquid Relaxations

"...grains and oak-aged for at least two years, is close to our hearts geographically – the unique 42-foot-tall still..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Ones Who Will Take Your Dead

Director's real life experiences with gang members inspire horror

"...That's not William, the begrudging protagonist of I'll Take Your Dead...."

June 15, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

999 Eyes Freakshow & Surreal Sideshow Invites You to Step Inside an American Tradition

The beauty of the bizarre

"...musicians, clowns, hoochie coochie dancers, and blockheads of 999 Eyes say this ain't your grandfather's sideshow, they're not kidding...."

Oct. 20, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'Halloween'/'Prince of Darkness'/'Eyes Without a Face'

Three throwback horrors for your Halloween pleasure

"...seen it so many times that it's seared into your memory. But what this edition has going for it..."

Oct. 29, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ready for My Close Up

Dancing Where the Audience Can See Everything

"...sweet little dances if you go see Kathy Dunn-Hamrick's Close Ups. Just because they're in the informal studio space..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Arts Feature by Stephanie Beauchamp

This Job Will Change Your Life

Former staff reflect on the zigs and zags of life post-Chronicle

"...the cover, illustrated by a Guy Juke drawing of yours truly wearing a fedora, my size 12 shoes on..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Jesse Sublett

How Safe Is Your E-Vote?

Proponents of electronic voting promise no repeat of Florida in 2000, but critics say it could be even worse

"...In some eyes, computers seemed the obvious answer. No chads. No stray..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Every Day of Your Life

Remembering Sims Ellison, and profiling the SIMS Foundation

"...who were as supportive as they had always been close-knit. Tried with therapists who frightened him with threats of..."

July 7, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Kay Odyssey drummer Vajaja Meza, depicts a woman boxer, eyes blackened and bleeding from the teeth, but smiling. Indeed,..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Fantastic Fest Is Here To Bash Your Brains In

Shock, schlock, and awe at America's premier genre fest

"...How about a kids-eye-view of close-quarter combat, complete with life and death stakes, hyper-imaginative weaponry,..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

McCoy Eyes the Prizes: National Title, Heisman Trophy

A lot at stake this Saturday

"...cradling the helmet of A&M quarterback Jerrod Johnson, pulling close the man who almost single-handedly beat Texas and telling..."

Dec. 3, 2009 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

At Close Range

The Men Behind the Texas Militia Myth

"...it went. "Do you think you could ever defend yourself with one of these?" Pat Ball, owner of the..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...collaborations with nonstop locomotive Netherfriends, added luxury to his closet of trap. The Seventh Seal, a stellar project with..."

April 23, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Before you can catch your breath, "Minstrel Boy Howling at the Moon" gets slightly..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Vez"), OG R&B (Candi Sanders' "Crawlin'"), Tex-Mex (Ray Benson's "Eyes of Texas"), and country gospel (Dale Watson closer "You..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Smiling Your Way to Heaven

Supernatural advice by West Texas sage Tommy Hancock, tears from Billy Gibbons, and Casual Strangers coupling

"...do that is smile. It works. You can smile your way into heaven."..."

July 18, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Your Satori Mind

Japanese guitarist and Boris collaborator Michio Kurihara, 'a mixture of science and feeling'

"...a few slivers of gray. He looks older up close, exhausted yet hospitable...."

July 23, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Use Your Words

The 18th annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest

"...even, you've already got a few stories banging around your brain, or better yet, put down in a notebook..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Here are the sounds we’re consuming

"...own personal reveal toward the end of the book closes a cosmic circle that makes perfect sense...."

June 26, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A Few Visual Art Galleries: In Your City and Beyond Right Now

So much to see, how far to go, an embarrassment of riches…

"...trailer park, may something divine have mercy on our eyes' titillated souls. Tomorrow night – Saturday night – is..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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