Throwback Throwdown

Can the next-gen and old-school coexist?

"...old Asteroids arcade game, playtime can range from 30 seconds to five hours, and the instructions are only three..."

June 16, 2006 Screens Feature by Carson Barker

Genius and Jive

My roller-coaster relationship with Daniel Johnston

"...As I talked to him on the phone, within seconds, sometimes, I would be slamming my fist on the..."

May 5, 2006 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Food-o-File

Second that!

"...and the Starlite folks are currently transforming the former 7 location into their second restaurant concept. Look for the..."

April 7, 2006 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Naked City

"...just shy of winning the four-candidate race outright with 45.47% of the vote. Gov. Rick Perry is expected to..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature

'Secuestro Express'

Jonathan Jakubowicz and Elizabeth Avellán on 'Secuestro Express'

"...the oil was $8 a barrel. Now it's like $67 a barrel – we sell 3 million barrels a..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Michael King

Page Two

Notes on Daniel Johnston, 'Dead Dog's Eyeball,' and the soundtrack of our lives

"...manual rewind to find it. Even a couple of seconds – more in traffic – allowed my exhilaration to..."

April 29, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Tasers and the APD

Police leadership says stun guns protect officers and prevent injuries, but critics charge they are dangerous and overused

"...In March 2004, the Austin Police Department acquired 730 new X26-model Taser International brand electro-shock weapons. (The department..."

March 18, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The LCRA Moves to Turn on the Tap

Future of Hill Country waits on Authority's decisions on water plan

"...Joe Beal at a September board meeting. As a 70-year-old electricity and water/wastewater outfit, the Authority has had decades..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Love Is All Around

Tracking Sonny Curtis and his tall, West Texas tales

"...the Law," thundering down the halls of punk rock's 1977 season on the hoofs of the Clash. A quarter-century..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

TCB

Pub-rock, U2, and British-style power-metal: Where are we again?

"...7) CHRIS MARTIN, singer, Coldplay: In dire need of lullabies..."

July 30, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Luv Doc Recommends: The 27th Annual O.Henry Pun-Off World Championships

, Saturday, May 15, 2004

"...dork. Own up to it. You can’t be cool 24/7. If for some reason you think you are, your..."

May 14, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

Short Cuts

Austin film -- top 10 with a bullet

"...Thirty-One Million, Five Hundred and Thirty-Six Thousand Seconds Dept.: But don't you think it felt like a..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Family Circle

Don Howard's new documentary turns Texas football, cheerleading, and weddings into an anthropological model -- with a little help from Jung.

"...in which the coach of the team that for 17 consecutive years has beaten the opponent they're about to..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

TCB

Scuttlebutt from the Dead Club Capital of the World

"...off, at Sniffy's final show, Aug. 29 at Room 710 with Excess Lettuce and the Rockland Eagles, and her..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

After a Fashion

Keg party at the lake! We get starstruck at the 10th anniversary party for Dazed and Confused, Richard Linklater's classic ode to bud and tube socks.

"...-- see her new band, the Risk, at Room 710 on Saturday, June 7)...."

June 6, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Election Wrap-up

"...several crucial issues weighing on our city, including a $77 million budget deficit), coverage of the City Council races..."

May 9, 2003 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Making the Grade

On campus at the Bleu River Grille and Ventana, the Texas Culinary Academy's training restaurants

"...Four of us went on a Tuesday night at 7:45. Ventana was about one-third full, with an interesting blend..."

April 25, 2003 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

TCB

Austin soldiers on beyond SXSW with hot rods, SPAM, and puking

"...York, L.A., or Nashville. CEO John LoFrumento estimates between 7,500-8,500 of the publishing society's 150,000 members reside here in..."

April 11, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...at KGSR) the sound became garbled for a few seconds ... then it cleared up. From then on the..."

March 28, 2003 Column

Gourmet Gadgetry

The Food staff offers some ideas on stocking stuffers for the kitchen enthusiast on your list.

"...effort. Breed & Co. has a pair of Fiskars 7-inch kitchen shears for $12.79, Linens 'n' Things has Farberware..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

"It's Extremely Easy to Frighten People"

Insightful foreign policy critic Noam Chomsky explains the upcoming war, previewing his Austin appearances.

"...the Chronicle by phone on the morning of Oct. 7, prior to the George W. Bush address that evening..."

Oct. 18, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

International Competition

Documentaries

"...in 'America's Finest City'" in 55 minutes and 45 seconds, it's a worthy project nonetheless. Cul de Sac: A..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Too Tough To Die

The last surviving real Ramone takes us back to the best years of our lives.

"...talking about starting a band before doing it in 1974. We said we were in it till the end."..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A Forced Confession?

Jurors spent much of week three of the yogurt shop murder trial of Michael Scott watching nearly 20 hours of an exhaustive videotaped confession he gave Austin police in September 1999.

"...police grilled Scott for nearly 12 hours in a 7-by-10-foot room on the second floor of APD headquarters; by..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Short Cuts

Sure, you can call a spade a spade, but the Statesman can't call a dildo a dildo. Try "female sex toys" instead.

"...world premiere of Dildo Diaries this Friday, Sept. 30, 7:30pm at the Regal Metropolitan (I-35 S. at Stassney)......"

Aug. 30, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Right Where They Belong

Raoul Hernandez goes on tour with the Flatlanders

"...off a mischievous glow. For three minutes and 30 seconds, then, the stage on which the Beatles made history..."

July 26, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Coach's Corner

San Antonio and Los Angeles are the two best teams in pro basketball. Their meeting this weekend was just a preview of a playoff showdown.

"...Without him, a starting forward who averages a miniscule 7 ppg, the Spurs become very ordinary...."

April 5, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

The New Sobriety

SXSW Interactive Conference photos and panel reviews

"...retrieval instead of airtime. It's a multimedia device, available 24/7...."

March 22, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...setting is not "pro-neighborhood." At two students per bedroom, 700 renters will be crammed into an acre of land...."

Jan. 25, 2002 Column

Pure Happiness

Unassuming Austin singer-songwriter stumbles upon the big time.

"...McGraw's duet with wife Faith Hill is currently No. 7 on Billboard's country singles chart. It's the kind of..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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