Remembrance of Texas Past
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Jan. 5, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith
Music of the Spheres
Sinatra in the Sahara
"...The kingdom of Morocco achieved independence from French and Spanish rule..."
July 9, 1999 Music Feature by David Lynch
Postmarks
Losing Our Lunch
"...and your posse -- I hope you all are reading. This is for you...."
Feb. 12, 1999 Column
Godawful for 25 Cents
"...God: a word of unverifiable significance -- can mean everything, nothing, or both; also, used as an expletive. For..."
Oct. 30, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura
A Hundred's Not Enough
One Word Is Too Many...
"...easily... A picture is worth a thousand words. The truth is, it is often difficult to find the words..."
Dec. 19, 1997 Books Feature by Margaret Moser
Comunidad
Austin's Oldest Record Store, Maldonado's
"...Maldonado's first in-store featuring Ramon Ayala y Norte, 1967. Henry and Beverly..."
Nov. 7, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer
Room With a View
La Zona Rosa's Ripple Effect
"...The still revitalizing La Zona Rosa photograph by Kenny Braun In truth,..."
Sept. 19, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer
Sculpting a School
David Deming on the Art of Being a Dean
"...photograph by Kenny Braun..."
Aug. 29, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Film Reviews
Recommended
"...THEREMIN: AN ELECTRONIC ODYSSEYD: Steven M. Martin. (PG-13, 85 min.)..."
Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature
Film Reviews
Recommended
"...THEREMIN: AN ELECTRONIC ODYSSEYD: Steven M. Martin. (PG-13, 85 min.)..."
Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature
Page Two: After the Flood
When everything is gone, there is love, and the memory of love
"...I was thinking about what a friend had said..."
July 8, 2016 Column by Louis Black
Letters at 3AM
A week of truth.
"...afraid of them and afraid of yourself. When the truth is out there's nowhere to hide, nobody owns anybody,..."
Oct. 1, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura
Record Reviews
"...Burning the Daze (Atlantic)..."
April 3, 1998 Music Review
SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen
New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest
"...South by Southwest will be kicking off its 2025 Film & TV Festival with The..."
Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Angie Renfro: Solo Show
Renfro's paintings elegantly evoke a sense of sorrow-tinged wonder about humanity's triumphs of creation
"...a dam built by beavers, a nest chewed and mindlessly sculpted into existence by wasps: Those are somehow more..."
Jan. 10, 2014 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner
Missive to the Ending Year
Letters at 3AM
"...but these days a sense of threat is always in the air, unforgettable and unavoidable. Quickly, you took on..."
Jan. 3, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura
Letters at 3AM: Notes on a Long, Long Journey
Artists are but translators of that which flows through them
"...The Dragon is a novel almost five years
in the works. It may take another five. I keep..."
Jan. 11, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura
Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW
Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party
"...that high-concept horror A Quiet Place is this year's opening night film. Now Wes Anderson's new star-studded canine animation..."
Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker
SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup
Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more
"...sneak peek of a half-dozen titles, SXSW Film has finally drawn back the curtain on its 2016 lineup...."
Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...recently penned a letter to the editor of The Austin Chronicle ["Postmarks," April, 4] wherein I took to task..."
April 18, 2003 Column
Texas Top 10s
Local Top 10s of 2006
"...1) The Black Angels, Passover (Light in the Attic)..."
Jan. 5, 2007 Music Feature
A Little Game Called Go Insane
Letters at 3 AM
"...to hear it. We quoted "I am the Lizard King" out of context way too often. We gazed at..."
Dec. 5, 1997 Column
Letters At 3AM: Karen Holden's This Music
This Music, Karen Holden's new poetry collection, expresses the connection between the self and the world
"...Egypt was completely different (like everywhere else), there lived in Alexandria a certain clerk named Constantine P. Cavafy. He..."
Sept. 5, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura
Life After Death
A new life for almost-forgotten author Mary Gavell
"...Mary Gavell became a published writer in the spring of 1967, several months after she died...."
Aug. 31, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith
Confessions of a Cowboy
Working a cattle drive in Texas in the 1870s probably wasn't like what you imagine; ask Frank Harris -- he was there and he knows.
"...I've asked but no one can explain why three novels set in 19th-century Texas -- The..."
May 26, 2000 Books Feature by James C. Simmons
Down the Dark Highway
Bradley Denton Talks about Blackburn
"...Road trip novels carry a certain potency, stories to make you clench the book jacket..."
Oct. 6, 1995 Arts Feature
Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend
JMBLYA, a conjunto fest, and more weekend sounds to keep you busy
"...The weather is clearing up and it's time for the great Austin pastime:..."
May 4, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff
Postmarks
The Clark-Madison brouhaha continues amidst tributes to Mambo John and more.
"...I read with interest your comments about Alfred Stanley and me ["Would You,..."
Sept. 14, 2001 Column
Finding Yingying
True-crime documentary centers on the life, not death, of Yingying Zhang
"...“Life is too short to be ordinary,” budding doctoral student Yingying Zhang wrote in her diary..."
Jan. 1, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf
Coach's Corner
Odds and Ends: NFL referees have an overinflated view of their own importance; the U.S. Open proved that in tennis, as elsewhere, youth will be served; and if people think Coach ignores UT football, well, there are good reasons for that.
"...Has it only been seven days since Lleyton Hewitt pummeled Pete Sampras on a sunny Sunday..."
