All Access: ACAC Then and Now

"...An independent producer at Austin Community Access Center since 1981, Kirk Hunter has seen his share..."

July 14, 2000 News Feature by Sarah Hepola

Austin on TV: The Bizarre Story of Cable Access

Web series and documentary highlight the wild heyday of Austin Public Access and its vibrant future

"...Moore when he learned about The Ol' Bitty Show. Originally from North Carolina but now resident in Austin, Moore..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Screens Feature by Trace Sauveur

Austin's Public-Access Glory Days

When We Were Live time-travels back to weird TV

"...in Austin just to watch him die ... on live television. In reality, it was a gag – real..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Faster Than Sound: Unlocking Oblivion Access

Leaving the Austin Terror Fest title behind, Oblivion Access partners Dusty Brooks and Dorian Domi reach for new horizons

"...with a total rebrand as the more genre- neutral Oblivion Access, due June 5-7...."

Jan. 10, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

One in a Crowd: When We Were Live

A history of Austin's cable access legacy seeks crowdfunding

"...Public access television: The YouTube before there was YouTube. A media..."

Aug. 10, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cable Access Hero “DaveTV” Exits ATX

Prewitt brought the club to your couch for three decades

"...Austin home. Some brim with video masters containing local live music footage from the Eighties and Nineties. Inside others..."

Aug. 19, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: DaveTV's Cable Access Comeback

DaveTV returns to cable access!

"...A friend to late-night channel-surfers and ally to underground bands, honorable Dave Prewitt occupied the humble..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Best Things We Saw at Oblivion Access 2023: Earth, BEAK>, GEL, and More

Highlights from year two of the underground Austin music festival

"...records for the month of June, this year’s Oblivion Access marked a new high for the homegrown heavy music..."

June 19, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

Charles Attal Discusses C3/Live Nation Deal

“We needed each other”

"...“This business is all relationships,” nodded Charles Attal in an exclusive interview at..."

Feb. 26, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Council to Propose Resolution for City Co-Sponsorship of Free Live Music Events

Natasha Harper-Madison will suggest an initiative at Feb. 15 meeting

"...city co-sponsorship of the concert series and other free live music events...."

Feb. 14, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Council Moves to Ensure People Actually Live Near Project Connect Stations

What’s the point of public transit if nobody can use it?

"...will largely depend on the number of people who live near those lines and routes. More people living around..."

March 10, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Commission Debates Guidelines for Opening the Live Music Fund to Venues

Stressing preference that aid goes primarily to musicians

"...Commission picked up discussions on how to open the Live Music Fund to music venues at its February meeting..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Live Fire! 2023 Tickets Are on Sale Now

Beef lovers rejoice, the heat is on

"...Live Fire!, the Austin Food & Wine Alliance’s annual celebration..."

Feb. 21, 2023 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Live Nation Acquires ScoreMore

Austin promoters sell controlling interest to concert industry titan

"...a majority stake of their company to industry giants Live Nation...."

May 30, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Review: 'All American High Revisited'

An Eighties high school doc gets another chance at life

"...and pastel-everything… You couldn't pay many of us who lived through the 1980s the first time to live through..."

March 16, 2014 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

The Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

A look back at the Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

"...is explaining to Debra Winger the intricacies of worm swallowing. "Mess-kins say eatin' the worm'll give you visions," his..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Three Live Music Events for Your Valentine's Weekend

Showtunes, Motown, and live comedy are on offer

"...Valentine out on the town for a night of live music. Here are a few options you should know..."

Feb. 10, 2021 Events Post by Greg Stitt

Checking In: Dayglow Is All Right

Crank up his quarantine theme by Christopher Cross, COVID survivor

"...Sloan Struble’s full-length debut as Dayglow, 2019’s Fuzzy Brain,..."

June 9, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

March Primary Election Coverage Live Blog

Texas primary first out the starting gate

"...off with today's Texas primary. Follow the Austin Chronicle's live election coverage night here, and pick up Thursday's issue..."

March 1, 2022 News Post by the News Staff

Abortion Regs Hearing: Déjá Vu All Over Again

Same players, same testimony

"...measures that opponents say are designed solely to restrict access to abortion and to drive back in time women's..."

June 14, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Nothing Succeeds Like Access

"...illustration by Robert Faires..."

June 11, 1999 Arts Feature by Dawn Davis

All Roads Lead to Bergstrom

Light Rail Ignored as City Airport Planners Encourage Vehicle Use

"...Veronica Perez calls it "living under the belly of the beast." Perez..."

March 7, 1997 News Feature

Access-ive Viewing

TV Eye

"...The Duke in all his glory: Filmmaker Brian Huberman's documentary John Wayne's Alamo..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Faster Than Sound: How Two Years Off Made Oblivion Access Festival Even Better

An interview with the truly independent booking duo on their landmark lineup

"...3-year-old Austin Terror Fest with the new name Oblivion Access. For an absolutely landmark rebrand year, they'd booked Lil..."

May 6, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Live and Unscripted

A ringside seat at the AMN/AMP/ACTV death-cage match

"...local ACAC/ACTV station programming is to be content-neutral; to allow free, unfettered, public access to programming of a broad..."

Sept. 17, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Support Austin Access

"...two of the fundamental attributes of those who truly live in an emancipated society. Unfortunately, in recent times we..."

Aug. 25, 2004 Postmarks

MASS Gallery Opens 'Public Access'

Group show turns gallery into public access TV studio

"...The Fusebox Festival is all about fusion. Last week, Arts Editor Robert Faires described..."

April 18, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

To Oblivion and Beyond: A Breakdown of the Bands at Oblivion Access

Translating the scrolls at Austin’s most interesting festival of the year

"...and sub-sub-subgenre breakouts highlight the 107 acts on Oblivion Access' poster. The festival, christened with a two-word title that..."

May 6, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

10 Essential Showcases to See at Oblivion Access

Unpacking the unclassifiable experimental music festival, show by show

"...Meandering through buzzing electronics, hypnotic atmospherics, and ethereal vocals..."

June 9, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

ACCESS News Trying to Fill Funding Void

Program for deaf and hard-of-hearing may not have third season

"...a woman with a mission – a modest goal, really, she says, to stimulate civic involvement and understanding of..."

May 17, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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