SRV’s Pride & Joy on Display
Stevie Ray Vaughan exhibit opens at the Bullock
13 Austin Women-Owned Restaurants
Where to fuel up on A Day Without a Woman and beyond
Bathroom Bill Flushed to Senate
Despite 21 hours of testimony, SB 6 goes to chamber floor
In Memoriam: Ishmael Soto
Groundbreaking Latino artist and teacher has passed
Comedian Raul Sanchez Is From Around These Here Parts
At least he (and many another immigrant) is now
Hot Luck Announces Culinary Talent
Tickets to Aaron Franklin’s new festival on sale now
Food Truck Tuesday: Masa
Louis Cantu brings fusion to W. Sixth
Austin Music Awards’ Industry Accolades Announced
Best radio station, record store, club, and many more
Alone With Malik
Video from one of ATX rap’s Top 10 2017
Joe Biden at SXSW
Former vice president to discuss new cancer initiative
SXSW Releases Final Artist List
Ryan Adams, Lil Yachty, Neko Case, and 184 more
The Gay Place Guide to a Kweer SX 2017
SXSW: Another year queerer
2017 SXSW Film Venue Guide
Where to go, how to get there, and how to navigate the lines
The Music Lover’s Guide to Austin
The essential sounds, sights, and settings of Austin music
Austin Transportation Guide
How to get around Austin, with or without your own wheels
Austin Monuments to Pop Culture
Fiji mermaids, vintage toys, and a Cathedral of Junk
Essential History Museums and Cultural Spaces
Fun for everyone from history buffs to kids who like hands-on science
10 Can’t-Miss Art Museums and Galleries
Old Masters and new whiz kids all have a home here
Let’s All Go to the Movies
Skip the multiplex: Austin has a better idea
Changing Your Name and Gender Marker in Trump’s America
A guide to doing it yourself and where to find help
Austin Song of the Year
RUNNERS-UP: “Twenties,” Jane Ellen Bryant; “Just Fine,” Vallejo; “Goat,” Noah North; “Talk!” Chill Russell; “Let Me In,” Mandy Rowden; “Trouble Find Me,” Jeff Plankenhorn; “Ready for War,” Love & Chaos; “Speedracer,” Capyac; “Start Over,” MCG
Bass
RUNNERS-UP: Bruce Hughes, Omar Vallejo, Kenneth Null, Gian Ortiz, Sabine Ellison, Christopher Alexander, Patrick Sanderson, Jeff Brown, Brent Samperi
Live Music Booker
RUNNERS-UP: Andrew Parsons, Peter Ratliff, Zach Ernst, Gregg Ware, Kacy Crowley, Austen Bailey, Howdy Darrell, David Cotton, C3 Presents
Record Store
RUNNERS-UP: End of an Ear, Antone’s Records, Breakaway Records, Piranha Records, Encore Records, Big Henry’s Vinyl & Gifts, Exploded Records, Sound Gallery, Superfly’s Lone Star Music Emporium
Avant-Garde/Experimental
RUNNERS-UP: Calliope Musicals, A Is Red, Survive, Octopus Project, Mother Falcon, Dead Love Club, Rick Reed, Amulets, Capyac
Drums/Percussion
RUNNERS-UP: Alex Vallejo, Wayne Salzmann II, Brannen Temple, Keith Langford, Joel Duhon, Jay Nazz, Sophia Baltierra, Aric Garcia, Jerry Ronquillo
Live Music Photographer
RUNNERS-UP: Ismael Quintanilla, David Brendan Hall, Todd V. Wolfson, Kim Yarbrough, Roger Ho, George Trent Grogan/Mountain Trout Photography, Dave Prewitt, Gene Chavez, Daniel Cavazos
Recording Studio
RUNNERS-UP: 512 Studios, Gerron Music, Same Sky Productions, Orb Recording Studios, The Bubble, Space, Congress House Studio, Jackrabbit Soundshack, Cacophony Recorders
Blues/Soul/Funk
RUNNERS-UP: Peterson Brothers, Eric Tessmer Band, Roxy Roca, Gary Clark Jr., Ulrich Ellison & Tribe, Golden Dawn Arkestra, Tomar & the FCs, Jackie Venson, Alesia Lani
Female Vocals
RUNNERS-UP: Elizabeth Lee, Patricia Vonne, Gina Chavez, Lex Land, Kendall Beard, Alesia Lani, Tameca Jones, Mandy Rowden, Barbara Nesbitt
Live Music Venue
RUNNERS-UP: Mohawk, ACL Live at the Moody Theater, Antone’s, Continental Club, One-2-One Bar, Stubb’s, Empire Control Room, Sahara Lounge, Kingdom
Specialty Instrument Store
RUNNERS-UP: Strait Music Co., Austin Vintage Guitars, Tommy’s Drum Shop, Fiddler’s Green Music Shop, Westbank String Shop, South Austin Music, Blackerby Violin, Violins Etc., Calaveras Guitar Boutique
A United Kingdom
A film on love, race, and royalty
Country/Bluegrass
RUNNERS-UP: Braidy Bingham, Reckless Kelly, Dale Watson, Hayes Carll, Wood & Wire, Shinyribs, Carson McHone, Them Duqaines, Whiskey Shivers
Guitar
RUNNERS-UP: Jon Sanchez, Geoff Queen, Eric Tessmer, Ulrich Ellison, Eric Johnson, Robert LaRoche, Jeff Plankenhorn, Sam Pace, David Grissom
Local Label
RUNNERS-UP: VMG (Vallejo Music Group), Super Secret, Saustex, Nine Mile Records, Austin Town Hall Records, Elevator Bath, Raw Paw, Holodeck, Music Road
Collide
A backpacker and drug smugglers clash on a high-speed highway
Cover/Tribute Band
RUNNERS-UP: More Cowbell, The Eggmen, Southtown, HeartByrne, The Damn Torpedoes, Bidi Bidi Banda, Brownout Presents Brown Sabbath, Skyrocket, A Live One
Horn Players
RUNNERS-UP: Michael Romero, Elias Haslanger, Kevin Flatt, Joshua Thomson, Oliver Steck, Zumbi of Golden Dawn Arkestra, Hard Proof Horns, Lyon Graulty, Altin Sencalar
Music Business Hall of Fame
RUNNERS-UP: SIMS Foundation, Antone’s, Tim O’Connor, Larry Monroe, Waterloo Records – John Kunz, Joe Ables – Saxon Pub, James White – Broken Spoke, John Morthland, Roland Swenson – SXSW
Logan
Hugh Jackman sports those famous mutton chops for the final time
EDM/Dance
RUNNERS-UP: Scorpio Rising, Dead Love Club, Capyac, Resonant Frequency, Texas Microphone Massacre, Kady Rain, GOBI, Holiday Mountain, Andrew Parsons
Keyboards
RUNNERS-UP: Zack Morgan, Jan Flemming, Brad Johnston, Red Young, Winfield Cheek, Emily Gimble, Marcia Ball, Dave Madden, Floyd Domino
Music Store
RUNNERS-UP: South Austin Music, Austin Vintage Guitars, Guitar Center, The Musicians Woodshed, Rock n Roll Rentals, Switched On, Tommy’s Drum Shop, Westbank String Shop, Fiddler’s Green Music Shop
Table 19
Table 19 2017, PG-13, 87 min. Directed by Jeffrey Blitz, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Anna Kendrick, Craig Robinson, June Squibb, Lisa Kudrow, Stephen Merchant, Tony Revolori, Wyatt Russell, Amanda Crew, Thomas Cocquerel. Table 19 plays like a concept in search of a movie. Granted, the concept is pretty good – a batch…
Folk
RUNNERS-UP: Love & Chaos, Madisons, The Deer, Jaimee Harris, Folk Uke, Calliope Musicals, Sons of Santos, Wild Child, Shakey Graves
Male Vocals
RUNNERS-UP: Bob Schneider, AJ Vallejo, Malford Milligan, Kevin Russell, Tje Austin, Sam Pace, Mobley, Nakia, Willy Braun
Music Support Nonprofit
RUNNERS-UP: Black Fret, SIMS Foundation, Austin Music Foundation, Swan Songs, Clifford Antone Foundation, Kids in a New Groove, Austin Traditional Jazz Society, Girls Rock Austin, Texas Folklife
Before I Fall
Before I Fall 2017, PG-13, 99 min. Directed by Ry Russo-Young, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Zoey Deutch, Halston Sage, Logan Miller, Kian Lawley, Elena Kampouris, Jennifer Beals, Cynthy Wu, Medalion Rahimi, Liv Hewson, Diego Boneta. Take a YA novel and a director like Ry Russo-Young with serious indie-film cred, and, if you’re…
Hip-Hop/Rap
RUNNERS-UP: Riders Against the Storm, SSB (Super Smash Bros.), Dre Prince, MC Overlord, Third Root, Protextor, Maneikis, Zeale, Mindz of a Different Kind
Miscellaneous Instrument
RUNNERS-UP: Oliver Steck (accordion), Frank Almendra (cavaquinho), Patricia Vonne (castanets), Kevin Russell (ukulele), Cody Braun (mandolin), Jeff Plankenhorn (the plank guitar), Paul Oscher (harmonica), Guy Forsyth (saw), Jeff Johnson (saw)
Music Writer
RUNNERS-UP: Peter Blackstock, Jim Caligiuri, Raoul Hernandez, Doug Freeman, Michael Corcoran, Greg Beets, Joe Nick Patoski, Deborah Sengupta Stith
Jazz
RUNNERS-UP: White Ghost Shivers, Black Red Black, Ephraim Owens, Atlas Maior, Karen Tennison, Brian Kremer, Sarah Sharp, Hard Proof, Jitterbug Vipers
Songwriter
RUNNERS-UP: Bob Schneider, AJ Vallejo/Kendall Beard, Braidy Bingham, Kevin Russell, Mandy Rowden, Mobley, Gina Chavez, Willy Braun, James McMurtry
New Club
RUNNERS-UP: 3ten ACL Live, Grizzly Hall, Texas Mist, Hanovers 2.0, The Townsend, Ethics Music Lounge, Stay Gold, Tellers, The Rose Room
Latin
RUNNERS-UP: Vallejo, Grupo Fantasma, Patricia Vonne, El Tule, Sefo, Money Chicha, Brownout, Del Castillo, Bidi Bidi Banda
String Players
RUNNERS-UP: Will Taylor, Ruby Jane, Cody Braun, Haydn Vitera, Curtis Thomas, Eddie Dickerson, Jason Roberts, Mother Falcon
Ongoing Music Residency
RUNNERS-UP: Church on Monday, Continental Club Gallery; Warren Hood, ABGB; The Resentments, Saxon Pub; James McMurtry, Continental Club; Austin Mic Exchange, Spider House Ballroom; Chicken Shit Sunday’s at C-Boys; Toni Price, Continental Club; Will Taylor’s Live Band Ecstatic Dance Night, Backstage at El Mercado; Jon Dee Graham, Continental Club Gallery
Metal
RUNNERS-UP: Death of a Dream, Snake Skin Prison, Immortal Guardian, The Sword, Stonekracker, Eagle Claw, The Well, Broken Teeth, American Sharks
Album Art
RUNNERS-UP: Reckless Kelly, Sunset Motel; The Deer, Tempest & Rapture; Charlie Faye & the Fayettes; Golden Dawn Arkestra, Stargazer
Out-of-Town Music Venue
RUNNERS-UP: Bugle Boy, La Grange; Whitewater Amphitheater, New Braunfels; The Kessler, Dallas; Luckenbach Dance Hall, Luckenbach; Paper Tiger, San Antonio; Poodie’s Hilltop Roadhouse, Spicewood; Cheatham Street Warehouse, San Marcos; Sam’s Burger Joint, San Antonio; Cedar Park Center, Cedar Park
None of the Above
RUNNERS-UP: The Moonlight Orchestra, Mobley, Shinyribs, Invincible Czars, Tje Austin, Calliope Musicals, Seu Jacinto, Steady Legend, Golden Dawn Arkestra
Best Music Venue to Play
RUNNERS-UP: One-2-One Bar, The Mohawk, ACL Live at the Moody Theater, Continental Club, Stubb’s, Empire Control Room, Antone’s, Strange Brew, Gruene Hall
Poster Artist
RUNNERS-UP: Billy Perkins, Jim Franklin, Mollie Tuggle, Evan Bozarth – AIRSHP, Dan Grissom, Mishka Westell, Kerry Awn, Guy Juke, Jaime Zuverza
Austin Musician of the Year
RUNNERS-UP: Bob Schneider, Kevin Russell/Shinyribs, AJ Vallejo, Mobley, Eric Tessmer, Gina Chavez, Gary Clark Jr., Mandy Rowden, Jeff Plankenhorn
Punk
RUNNERS-UP: A Giant Dog, Blxpltn, Big Bill, Riverboat Gamblers, Opposite Day, Residual Kid, Basketball Shorts, Sniper 66
Club Lighting
RUNNERS-UP: Kingdom, One-2-One Bar, ACL Live at the Moody Theater, Mohawk, The Parish, 3ten ACL Live, Saxon Pub, Cheer Up Charlies, Vulcan Gas Company
Producer
RUNNERS-UP: Bryan Ray, Tim Gerron, Frenchie Smith, Omar Vallejo, George Reiff, Adrian Quesada, Lloyd Maines, Michael Ramos, Jim Eno
Best Austin Band
RUNNERS-UP: Shinyribs, Bob Schneider, Vallejo, Reckless Kelly, Mobley, Jane Ellen Bryant, Fingerpistol, Chill Russell, Sefo
Rock
RUNNERS-UP: Vallejo, Calliope Musicals, Sefo, Sam Pace & the Gilded Grit, Shinyribs, Sweet Spirit, Emily Wolfe, A Giant Dog, Ulrich Ellison & Tribe
Club Sound
RUNNERS-UP: One-2-One Bar, Kingdom, Strange Brew, Antone’s, The Parish, Empire Control Room, Mohawk, ACL Live at the Moody Theater, Continental Club
Radio Music Program
RUNNERS-UP: Mike Buck, Blue Monday, Sun Radio; John Aielli, Eklektikos, KUTX; Dudley & Bob, The Dudley & Bob Show, KLBJ; Kevin Connor, Hill Country Saturday, Sun Radio; Jay Trachtenberg, Sunday Morning Jazz, KUTX; Rick McNulty, Left of the Dial, KUTX; Bobby Bones, The Bobby Bones Show, iHeartRadio; TIE: Chuck Loesch, No Control Radio, 101X; John…
Best New Austin Band
RUNNERS-UP: Cowboy Diplomacy, Chill Russell, Fort Never, MCG, The Belle Sounds, Sefo, Los Coast, Black Heart Saints, Braidy Bingham
U-18
RUNNERS-UP: Midnight Butterfly, Annie & Kate, Havins, Residual Kid, Peterson Brothers, Shelby Cheyenne, Jack Montesinos, The Boleys, Charlie Belle
Equipment Rental
RUNNERS-UP: Loudmouth Rentals, Strait Music Company, Music Lab, Westbank String Shop, Soundcheck Austin, Cascade Studios, Guitar Center, Switched On, Austin Backline Company
Radio Personality
RUNNERS-UP: Jason and Deb, 101X; John Aielli, KUTX; Kevin Connor, Sun Radio; Dale Dudley, KLBJ; Mike Buck, Sun Radio; Bobby Bones, iHeartRadio; Jody Denberg, KUTX; Mark Murray, Sun Radio; Jay Trachtenberg, KUTX
Austin Album of the Year
RUNNERS-UP: Unified, Vallejo; Time Owes You Nothing, Calliope Musicals; Sunset Motel, Reckless Kelly; And Yet We’re Captivated, Chill Russell; Soul Slide, Jeff Plankenhorn; 1,000 Miles, Mandy Rowden; Peligro de Extinción, Sefo; Musaic, Henry + the Invisibles; EJ, Eric Johnson
World Music
RUNNERS-UP: Atlas Maior, Hard Proof, Atash, Nagavalli, El Tule, Golden Dawn Arkestra, Grupo Fantasma, Mau Mau Chaplains, Gina Chavez
Instrument Repair
RUNNERS-UP: South Austin Music, Austin Vintage Guitars, Westbank String Shop, Switched On, South Austin Guitar Repair, Tom Oatley’s Guitar Garage, Dick Dubois, Joe’s Amps, Sam Bass Music
Radio Station
RUNNERS-UP: KUTX, KOOP/KVRX, KGSR, KUT 90.5, KLBJ, 101X, KOKE FM, KASE 101, KAZI
Fun Fun Fun
Tim Kerr posted the following to his Facebook page after the Chronicle asked for comment on the Big Boys’ “incident” at the second annual Austin Music Awards show in 1984. Reprinted in full with the guitarist’s permission: In 1984, we were asked to play the Austin Chronicle’s Award show. At this point we were putting…
Soccer Watch
The Dallas Cup youth soccer tournament made the world news this week, after 15 members of a Tibetan women’s soccer team were denied visas on Friday to attend the tournament, where they were scheduled to lead a parade at the Cotton Bowl. “We were really excited, scared, and had all the possible questions and answers…
Headlines
City Council meets today (March 2) with a full agenda, including a gimlet eye on “affordability” and economic incentives, another session on Plaza Saltillo, and the return of the Austin Oaks PUD – Both facing stiff division on the dais. See “You Say Affordable, She Says Tomato.” The Trump administration’s Department of Justice has reversed…
Having a Riot: The Chaotic and Beautiful Birth of the Austin Music Awards
I’m not an “Is the glass half-full or half-empty?” kind of guy. I’m a “That glass is a piece of shit, who bought that glass, it can’t even hold water!” kind of guy. I’m a hysteric. The sharpest upward momentum of our learning curve came the next year, for the 1984-85 show on March 6…
Theatre en Bloc’s Neva
Asking what difference art makes in the face of revolution, Theatre en Bloc delivers an engrossing production
Quote of the Week
Yes, he really said that
Waiting for the Man: Sterling Morrison Tribute 2000
[Sterling Morrison], the Velvet Underground co-founder who moved to Austin in the Seventies after walking out on the seminal two-chord wonder band, was paid tribute by former bandmate John Cale under the guidance of Alejandro Escovedo and the Tosca String Quartet. Opening with Cale on acoustic guitar performing “Amsterdam,” the tribute started off slowly, the…
Austin Playhouse’s Death of a Salesman
Marc Pouhé creates a powerful and sympathetic portrait of Willy Loman in a production starring African-American actors
Public Notice: The New Apartheid?
Everyone hates the non-transect zones
Take That F***er Back: Ronnie Lane/Texas Tornados/Clifford Antone Tributes 2007
The Convention Center ballroom began buzzing with anticipation immediately prior to Ian McLagan & the Bump Band’s tribute to McLagan’s Small Faces bandmate Ronnie Lane, who succumbed to multiple sclerosis in 1997. After warming up the crowd with Lane’s “Glad and Sorry” and a less sprightly, more mournful arrangement of “Itchycoo Park,” the big moment…
“Sherry Xiao: Thinking of Home”
A series of paintings with figures that are blurred and pixelated neatly illustrates the shortcomings of digital interactions
Did I Know Bruce Springsteen Was Going to Play 2012?
Three weeks ago, I interviewed with Russ Hartman, who printed an offhand comment of mine in Austin Daze: “Mr. Springsteen, if you’re not busy on Wednesday night before your keynote address, I’ve got a place for you to be, because Alejandro is going to be workin’ it up at the end of the show and…
The War on Women’s Rights Wages On
The Senate continues its attacks on abortion
Eye Wide Open on Lance Letscher
With two major solo shows and a new documentary about him, the Austin collage artist readies to be seen in a new way
7 Roky Erickson Moments at the Austin Music Awards
1986: The 1985/86 Austin Music Awards took place at the Austin Opera House on March 13. One of my fondest memories of that show was Roky Erickson playing with the True Believers. The set was ending, with Roky singing “Two-Headed Dog.” Every time the Believers began to wind the song down, Roky would run up…
State Appeals 3rd Court Ruling in Nisbett Murder
Can Stacey Soule prove that Vicki Nisbett is actually dead?
The Difficulties of Dining With Kids
Is the restaurant industry making a bad situation worse?
Gay Place
Rebel Grrrl Burlesque’s riot grrrl tribute will benefit SAFE
Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame Inductees 1983-2016
Never before published list of all Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame inductees
DiGiuseppe Dips Out on Austin, CodeNEXT
So goes the latest leader of the land code rewrite
35 Years of the Austin Music Awards
Living in a dream
The Luv Doc: Definitely Not Pee
Looking a gift horse in the mouth
2017 SXSWedu Preview
Scrubbing education’s one-size-fits-all model
Austin’s Growing Pains
We’ve got “an affordability problem”
Seven Local Acts to See at SXSW Music
“It definitely feels like a compulsion, to me,” says early thirtysomething genre-buster Mobley in a hushed tone barely audible over the country twang blaring out of the Companion event space on San Marcos Street. “When I first figured out this is what I was going to do, it didn’t feel like a normal, healthy thing.…
Review: Salt Traders Coastal Cooking
Jack Allen’s Kitchen is celebrated for bringing quality dining to the outskirts. Over the years, co-owners Jack Gilmore and Tom Kamm have expanded his formula of bold Texan cuisine and family-friendly atmospheres into an empire. Branching out, the pair is ready to make a splash with their latest seafood-focused concept in Round Rock. The inspiration…
Austin Music Awards Show Performers 1983-2016
Every AMA performance lineup of the past 34 years
Unsafe Lead Levels Found in Texas Schools
AISD found high levels at two of 66 tested schools
Seven Local Acts to See at SXSW Music
Capyac wants to make you dance.
Dear Glutton: Date-Night Dilemmas
Find a few neighborhood spots that won’t break the bank
How to Treat Trans Students
Kentucky high school does the right thing with its bathroom policy
Council Proposes “Austin Affordability Action Plan”
Looking for ways to balance the budget
Seven Local Acts to See at SXSW Music
Many vowed to leave the country after last November’s general election. Austin math rockers Hikes beat them to it. The quartet had embarked on a monthlong Japanese tour the week prior, breaking for a four-day recording session there. “A shitty day,” recalls drummer Chris Long. “I didn’t have anything to do in the goddamn studio…
Playback: Collateral Events During SXSW Scale Back
SXSW Music’s festival sideshow contracts
Making College a Lesson in Diversity
Blending race at Boston University and beyond
Michael McCaul’s “Town Hall”
Like many of his colleagues, the congressman decided to not show up
Seven Local Acts to See at SXSW Music
Annabelle Chairlegs’ compound on the Eastside houses a dreamy setup for local musicians: a duplex in a spacious 78702 lot serving as home for three of four band members, a practice space, and occasional recording studio. Plus, it boasts a big front porch, where the band sits to discuss SXSW. “Two of us work in…
The Texas Film Awards Celebrate the Maverick Spirit
Shirley MacLaine, Jeff Nichols, and others to be honored
Paraguayan Youth Band Turns Trash Into Treasure
From the trash heap to the concert hall with Landfill Harmonic
A Day Without a Woman
General strike planned for Wednesday, March 8
Seven Local Acts to See at SXSW Music
“I was exposed to electronic music at a really young age,” explains electronic maven and musical scion Dylan Cameron, 31. “My favorite records were Kraftwerk’s Computer World and Yellow Magic Orchestra’s first record – stuff with not very much singing at all, and not a whole lot of guitars or drums going on. That was…
The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of High Noon
Glenn Frankel’s new book on the classic film explores a very timely history
Improv Comedy’s Full Spectrum
Treating social anxiety one laugh at a time
Lege Lines: Deliberately Discriminatory
Voter ID’s future in Texas, without the DoJ
Seven Local Acts to See at SXSW Music
Provocative title notwithstanding, Fuck With Sad Girls proved one of Austin’s best, most alluring songwriter efforts of last year. From the slow build of gospel-tinged opening track “Wash It Away” to flat-out rocker “Cinderella” dismissing life’s fairy tales, Bonnie Whitmore converses about human relationships in these current times of distress. An album about independence, strength,…
The Common Law
Renting your rental house during SXSW?
A Roadmap Out of Poverty
“Curing poverty from the child up”
Bill of the Week: The War on the War of Northern Aggression
Mutual respect for those who fought for the North and South shall rise again
Seven Local Acts to See at SXSW Music
Even the most devoted Red River slaves might not have caught Soaked yet. The local fourpiece cranks out dreamy pop-rock that can max out your volume dial, but doesn’t gig around town much. And they’re OK with that, since they’re ready to go national. “I see Austin like the Beatles saw Liverpool,” says drummer Oskar…
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
A cargo container measures 40 feet long, 8.5 or 9.5 feet high, and 8 feet wide, and can hold as much as 29 tons in its 2,000 cubic feet. West Point cadets hold annual cyberwar games in full fatigues to simulate fighting the enemy online. Thomas Harman, a 16th-century magistrate, wrote about thieves’ cant, a…
Seven Local Acts to See at SXSW Music
Austin recommendations for out-of-towners
Death Watch: Cruel & Unusual Confinement
Convicted hit man faces third date with death
Point Austin: Waxing “Presidential”
Trump delivers the same threats in a more polite package
Visual History: Martha Grenon’s AMA Images 1985-2000
The Chronicle first published a photo of mine in 1982 – from Graceland, which I’d visited with members of the Joe Ely band. That year began a period where I led two lives: day job, where I earned enough to finance my night job, which was three or four nights a week shooting the music…
Day Trips: Whiteside Museum of Natural History, Seymour
Ancient history comes alive near where the bones were found
The Hightower Report: Wall Street Plowboys
Rather than sodbusters, Farmland Partners are taxbusters
