One of the Great Ones

"...and peered through the used book catalogs that came almost every day in the mail. No dice. There was..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Hot Line to Jesus

Edison's Speaking Phonograph

"...The history of the jukebox goes back almost as far as the history of recorded sound. It..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Exhibitionism

One Night Only!: in Uncharted Waters with an Über-diva

"...Feet stomped. People wept. And almost in unison, audience members dropped their heads in their..."

July 31, 1998 Arts Review

Burgers, Burgers Everywhere

The Chronicle Guide to Hamburgers in Austin

"...and optional guacamole. It's quite a taste experience but almost more burger and fixin's than one bun can hold...."

June 20, 1997 Food Feature

International Musicians Keep Austin’s Scene Alive, but They Struggle to Stay

Putting the “world” in Live Music Capital of the World

"...“Then all of a sudden you’re like in this paradise where you had one club that had metal, the..."

Nov. 29, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

The Luv Doc: America’s 40th-Best City

Because Ted Cruz is the Rat King

"...swarms. Maybe that's because the grackles in Austin are almost as intimidatingly gangsta as desert flies. They may not..."

July 28, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

The Most Memorable Moments of Levitation’s Saturday and Sunday

Die Spitz, L7, and the Pinky Rings as Fembots

"...funk over savage blasts of noise, heralding a persistent, almost gleeful deconstruction of rock tropes from singalong pop (“New..."

Oct. 31, 2022 Music Post by Kriss Conklin

OMG, We’ve Reached Peak Yogurt

It’s cocojune, and it’s not even, you know, dairy-based …

"...only enough to make you say: “Okay, this is almost what I want, almost like the real thing, and..."

April 5, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Faster Than Sound: The College Kids Are Alright

First-ever KVRX Fest offers a buzzing platform for indie artists, Symphony Square, and industry-aspiring students. Also, Broken Spoke daughter Ginny White-Peacock needs "robot legs."

"...stood as an incubator for Austin music (see "KVRX: Almost Old Enough to Drink (Legally)," April 17, 2008), namely..."

May 17, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: Start the Presses – Gold Rush Vinyl

Austin’s first major record press opens, and more music news

"...stole everyone's thunder with a heavy-hitting lineup that was almost as much of a coup as using river tubing..."

April 20, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Anna and the Apocalypse

Fantastic Fest 2017 preview

"...of musical films. Romantic comedies, straight-up romances, and then, almost inexplicably, horror musicals. From Phantom of the Paradise to..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Record Store Day Unearths a Roky Erickson Rarity

Reanimating one of the great Austin tributes

"...his neighbor's mail and taping it to his wall, almost like a security blanket. Unfortunately, postal authorities considered it..."

April 21, 2017 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

The Music Lover's Guide to Austin

The essential sounds, sights, and settings of Austin music

"...Mindzai Art & Vinyl (hip-hop), Encore (metal), and Groovers' Paradise (vintage country, rock, and soul). If you’re in need..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

35 Years of the Austin Music Awards

Living in a dream

"...In retrospect, confrontation seemed almost inevitable. Everyone saw it coming, but no one recalls..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

Review: The Beer Plant

Uneven execution blights vegan gastropub

"...was the kind of worst that, for a critic, almost crosses over into damn good time. Much of that..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Heart and Soul

Nice N Ful bounces back

"...– making the familiar event space a food lover's paradise...."

June 26, 2015 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

DVDanger: Spring

Benson and Moorhead on Drafthouse Film's genre bender

"...and a mutilated body floating to the surface in paradise. The movie is that juxtaposition, of beauty and the..."

June 2, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Capital Grille Steaks Its Claim on Fourth Street

And, boy howdy, does it come through with flavors flying

"...Listen, it's almost embarrassing to have that be the case and then..."

April 30, 2014 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas Young Composers Concert

For the third time, the Austin Symphony gives Texas composers under 18 a chance to be heard

"...classical music firmament, composers who write orchestral music can almost expect that it will never be performed by a..."

March 29, 2013 Arts Feature by Natalie Zeldin

Fables of the Reconstruction

Todos Santos Music Festival, on the edge paradise & progress

"...for paving. As thickly as time stretches here in paradise, there’s an underlying sense of change that pushes against..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Music Post by Doug Freeman

God Loves Ya When You Swim

Behind the scenes of this week's Billy Joe Shaver cover shoot

"...A decade earlier almost to the month, I'd sat out back of Alejandro..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Bedside Manner

Strip mall apocalypse

"...catalyst in unraveling the ugly truths behind this consumerist paradise-turned-nightmare. Conceived almost a decade ago, Ballard did not necessarily..."

March 5, 2012 Books Post by Jay Trachtenberg

Will Travel for Food and Wine

Well-made wine, exquisite food, and great art – Spain should be on anyone's short list of travel destinations

"...young and fresh, one to two years old, and almost never make it to our country. Crianzas are the..."

June 26, 2009 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Ecuador v. Big Oil

Joe Berlinger documents the case against Chevron in Crude

"...director of the groundbreaking crime investigations Brother's Keeper and Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills and..."

April 17, 2009 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Around the World of Weird

The many genre delights of Fantastic Fest 2008

"...turn the Alamo's South Lamar locale into a genre-film-geek paradise that will prove, as if proof were needed, that..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Wreck of the Elizabeth Dane

Ghost stories

"..."Eleven fifty-five – almost midnight. Enough time for one more story." Even before..."

July 13, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

After a Fashion

Well Riverside and Congress is finally all clear. So now Stephen can go out and be fabulous at all these incredible Valentine's and early springtime happenin's!

"...fine dining and dancing to Paul White & the Paradise Orchestra. Tickets are $55 per person. Call 261-0142 for..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

New Year, Old Films

Mid-20th-century must-sees: Part I

"...a rich family in a scavenger hunt. Soon, he's almost one of the family, if you can say that..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Page Two

SXSW 2005 looms on the horizon

"...SXSW 2005 looms on the horizon almost exactly one month away. Schedules are emerging of acts..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Lousy With Desire

Soulman Walter Tragert and the light at the end of the tunnel

"...our back yard, caves in the woods. It was paradise for a little boy to run around. I listened..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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