Everywhere Is War

A beginner's discography to Rock en Español

"...rifle. A burst of machine gun fire. In Latin America, take your pick -- slit throat, perhaps. Car bomb...."

Nov. 12, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

On the Pork Trail

Noel Coward once declared that "Any part of the piggy / Is quite all right with me" but we found five pork dishes at Austin restaurants that are more alright than others.

"...about beef that has so captured the tastebuds of America's carnivores. It's not that steak isn't delicious -- it..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Postmarks

"...Fortunately for America, there seems to be a new independent politics on..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Column

Of Mercy and Mississippi

On the Bookshelf

"...not pick up White Trash: Race and Class in America, edited by Matt Wray and Annalee Newitz (Routledge Press,..."

July 18, 1997 Books Review

Literary Guisado

An Interview with Francisco Goldman

"...Sue Kaufman Award for fiction and that of the American Academy of Arts and Letters -- the outpouring of..."

June 6, 1997 Books Feature by Marion Winik

Record reviews Reissues

"...BEFORE THE BLUES: THE EARLY AMERICAN BLACK MUSIC SCENE VOLS. I-3..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Music Review

Diamonds Are Forever

Does Baseball Still Matter?

"..."Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn base-ball, the rules, and realities of..."

June 23, 1995 Arts Feature

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...Singh, Sara Zandieh, Neel Patel A 30 year old Indian-American virgin gets a job teaching high school Sex Ed...."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Themes at This Year’s Texas Book Festival

What’s hot, what’s intriguing, and who’s gonna be at the annual literary bonanza

"...Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics by ace historian H.W. Brands (Nov. 12, 1:15pm,..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Arts Column by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...Moore. Speaking of reappraisal, expect debate around The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution, a rebuttal to the swathe of..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...officers hustled the second English punk band to play America (beat by the Damned in 1977) past 60 photographers..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Far From Respectable: Dave Hickey and His Art

In this new book, the iconoclastic art critic gets the respect he deserves

"...His on-the-money insights about the kitschy wonder of America and its shape-shifting pleasure center, alongside excerpts on the..."

May 28, 2021 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

The Luv Doc: Fortunately Pets Can’t Read

A little wallow in the unpleasantries of modern politics with the greatest patriotic advice columnist in modern history

"...as well as his supporters. I guess ½ of America is smart and the other ½ dumb, and you..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

Sound Unseen Drops Full Playlist

Online music film fest adds Bee Gees, Sound of Metal

"...up the festival circuit, including raucous comedy Dinner in America (which just won the audience award at the genre-friendly..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...disorder that impacts motor skills. In a Good Morning America appearance last month, wife Sharon Osbourne predicted her husband..."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

One in a Crowd: “Monica and Me”

Short film about being “the other woman” needs your crowdfunding support

"...Ejen Chuang's 2009 photobook, Cosplay in America, remains one of the most important visual documents of..."

July 12, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

2019 Women’s World Cup: Everything You Need to Know

Group breakdown, game schedule, new rules, and more

"...in the level of competition, with Africa and South America still lagging behind...."

June 4, 2019 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

The Ultimate Queer Guide to SXSW 2019

Often imitated, never duplicated, we’re here to keep it real kweer

"...in LGBTQ media and emerging topics in the “queer American political and pop-cultural” imagination...."

March 1, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...premieres for feature films (101 World premieres, 9 North American, and 3 U.S. and counting), today's list also includes..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Alejandro Escovedo

"...become Mexican Diego and Italian Salvo searching for the America of the New York Dolls, Ramones, and Jack Kerouac...."

Sept. 28, 2018 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Club Endorsements

Who's backing whom in the March primary?

"...Young Democrats, Bexar County Young Tejano Democrats, Democracy for America, Blue America, National Nurses United, The People for Bernie..."

Feb. 15, 2018 News Post

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...British Ghost Story, starring Martin Freeman, makes its North American debut. Sorcerous mystery Hereditary comes out of Sundance with..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...swathe of firsts, including 82 world premieres, 11 North American premieres, five U.S. debuts, and 43 first-time filmmakers. Festival..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Panels: The Future of Food and Drink

Highlights from the 2017 food track

"...address what they saw as systemic issues in the American food system. They discussed how food production is intimately..."

March 12, 2017 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Carry On the Struggle

"...Dear Editor, Millions of people voted [Tuesday] to “Make America Great Again.” There is not a fixed point in..."

Nov. 9, 2016 Postmarks

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...(The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer); presidential biographer H.W. Brands (The General..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"...from ocean to ocean. The driving idea was that American exceptionalism was moral and philosophical, and inherent in the..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Oh, Death

Remembering the late Steve Levitan, and a long-ago afternoon with him boxing Wendell Crowley's comics collection

"...Mavis!, and Citizenfour) gave me a very special present. America's Greatest #5, an omnibus comic from Fawcett that featured..."

March 25, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Context Is Key

"...nation.' "Coppini's intent was to show the reunification of America in World War I after it had been divided..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Postmarks

The Hightower Report: Why Won't the CIA Even Say the Word "Torture"?

If the CIA can't admit that they tortured people, then there's no doubt they'll do it again

"...Not by anything that foreign enemies might do to America – but by what our CIA spooks and their..."

Dec. 19, 2014 News Column by Jim Hightower

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