The Reluctant Celebrity

When you get caught between the moon and New York City, it's time to head back home to Austin

"...the paper had a reputation for being "hard on mainstream bands." He has a point...."

Jan. 20, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Heart and Soul

Lengthy Q&A with Huey Lewis

"...HL: I am. I’m a fly fisherman. I’m more a fisherman than..."

Oct. 25, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...participant had so much more to say, and I am very grateful for their good natures and candor...."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Hello Cleveland!

Anvil frontman Steve “Lips” Kudlow wears his heart on his bondage gear

"...L: We’ve become successful, famous. We’ve been on Conan O’Brien. We’ve been on tour..."

Jan. 21, 2010 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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Our readers talk back.

"...I still refer to Austin as my home. I am compelled to write after reading the "David vs. Goliath"..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Column

Fortunate Son

Bass player to the stars, past and present, Mark Andes

"...real staying power, and that's what counts. There's the wristband level of rock star, the one who rules his/her..."

May 19, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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Our readers talk back.

"...do. They asked for money to participate in a band event for which the schools can fund. Instead of..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...electroclash is? It doesn't seem highly intelligent to throw bands into this category just because they use synthesizers and..."

July 22, 2005 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...another black woman ... gets her groove back." I am a black woman who never tires of seeing something..."

March 4, 2005 Column

Spangles and High Heels

Dreams come true, just ask "Her Tallness," Marcia Ball.

"...piled with propane gas grills, ice chests, gardening tools, camping equipment, home décor, outdoor swings, and Adirondack chairs. "Seventy-five..."

June 20, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Right Where They Belong

Raoul Hernandez goes on tour with the Flatlanders

"...David Spade's vaudevillian understudy, meanwhile, already bumped from the program, digs through the welcome cookie basket with one hand,..."

July 26, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Truth Is Out There

Patrice Pike emerges from the "jam band thing."

"..."First of all, it's always assumed that I am gay. I am bisexual. I have always had wonderful,..."

June 7, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dancing About Architecture

Tosca are no Slackers, Pong bounces back, the Dicks still hate the police, and Ken Lieck finds a new journalist pal in this week's "Dancing."

"...made the trek from the packed house at the Paramount's Slacker screening, where Chronicle Editor Louis Black was heckled..."

July 6, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Dead Club Crawl

Club hopping through Austin's musical past.

"..."L-l-look, I know this sounds crazy," he stammered, "but believe me, you don't want to talk that..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Every Day of Your Life

Remembering Sims Ellison, and profiling the SIMS Foundation

"...had not turned out the way anyone in the band wanted and shoulda been a contender. Not with Geffen..."

July 7, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

I Am the World Trade Center, Emo's Jr.

Wednesday Night

"...I AM THE WORLD TRADE CENTER Emo's Jr. At one end..."

March 17, 2000 Music Review by David Lynch

Breaking the Biker Code

Austin musician and Glass Eye expatriate Kathy McCarty sends greetings from the Sturgis, South Dakota, Black Hills Motor Classic & Rally, learns how to be a biker chick, and wishes we were there.

"...I sense here, thought I, a change of attitude among the traditionally conservative small-town burghermeisters? (Headscratching.) Are they now..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

Postmarks

More tributes to Doug Sahm

"...I have some comments re: Rob D'Amico's public service piece on how to avoid bike theft..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Column

Live Shots

"...garbanzo falafel sandwiches and belly dancing. But as the name implies, the St. Elias Mediterranean Festival is anything but..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature

SXSW Record Reviews

"...easing around the wicked sway of "Sweet Cycle" ("Who am I to complain/about a little earthly pain?"). What's Larriva..."

March 20, 1998 Music Review

Texas Platters

"...DEEP LISTENING BAND & THE LONG STRING INSTRUMENT..."

April 11, 1997 Music Review

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Latino Leadership

"...we need to broaden the focus of the Council dramatically...."

Feb. 28, 1997 Column

Reissues

"...back to life. At a time when soundtracks have became mere compilation packages and much of GWTW might be..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo Turns 50

The landmark album spins at the Moody Theater via two of its makers and their virtuosic friends

"...album Sweetheart of the Rodeo. Stuart and his expert band the Fabulous Superlatives have joined original Byrds Roger McGuinn..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

SXSW Friday Picks and Sleepers

"...FRIDAY PICKS FLAMING LIPS / JIM JAMES / DIVINE FITS..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

One Way or Another

Dikes of Holland, Austin's Red Devil detonators

"...Records, and nobody in Dikes of Holland can find bandmember Phillip Dunne...."

Aug. 31, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Wednesday Interviews

"..."It's pretty much madness," he says from the band's South Austin headquarters. "It's loud and fast and something..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Lucie 'splains It All

Austin Cabaret presents Lucie Arnaz, and here we have a lovely convo.

"...10 year anniversary series of divalicious evenings from the American Songbook. She also happens to be one of my..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Arts Post by Kate X Messer

Let It Bleed

Riverboat Gamblers: The most thrilling (and battle scarred) punk band this side of the Mason-Dixon Line

"...image has been battered and bruised more than a champion bull-rider in recent years, couldn't ask for better cultural..."

April 21, 2006 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Sound Checking for a Pulse, and Finding It

The rock docs in this year's 24 Beats Per Second program rattle and hum with soul and revolt.

"...premiere as part of the 24 Beats Per Second program during South by Southwest...."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

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