Casual Victim Pile II

SXSW 2011 Picks 2 Click

"...that I like," admits Hood. "I got really into American Idol, just for fun. What strikes me most is..."

March 11, 2011 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Owls, Hooters & the Devil: Graveyard Part II

Graveyard Part II

"...AC: Are American audiences different from European audiences and if so, how?..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

TV Eye

This year's political campaigns have been just as stupid and offensive as previous ones, but at least Jon Stewart knows how to wrangle a good punch line out of them.

"...'Idol' Confessions Yes, dear readers -- I admit to falling..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Really bad TV deserves really bad haiku.

"...Reality programming like Fox's American Idol are pulling in viewers, meaning more of the..."

July 12, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Josh Rosenblatt Has Seen the Future, and It Isn't Pretty

Magic eight-balling 2008, month by month

"...night ratings). Reruns clutter every channel. Tensions are high. Americans start wandering the streets looking for entertainment. Fights break..."

Jan. 3, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Event Listings

"...friends, plus the sassy, mean-pourin' bartenders from Sister's Edge II round out this explosive evening of full-lipped fury. 6pm...."

June 4, 2010 Features Feature

Austin City Limits Festival Picks & Sleepers

"...SUNDAY PICKSJANE BOND: Forget that Kelly girl; the real American Idol from Austin could be this chestnut-haired former Omelettry..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Music Feature

After the Deluge...

Comes the fall flood

"...her a list of what he considered 100 essential American songs. Cash updates some of those, which fans of..."

Oct. 14, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Off the Record

Commemorating the 95th birthday of Pinetop Perkins one year at a time, exploring Willie's Place at Carl's Corner, and a pregame pep talk with Paul Wall

"...1914 Establishment of the American Society for Composers, Authors, and Publishers...."

July 4, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Holiday Viewing: The Shop Around the Corner

The essential Jimmy Stewart Christmas movie (no, not that one)

"...the part – “the antithesis of the old-time matinee idol; he holds his public by his very lack of..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Papa's Brand-New Bag

Jazzers and jam bands alike just wanna funk, Austin style

"...not, a scene has sprung up around them. Austin Idolatry..."

July 27, 2007 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

2005 ACL Music Fest Preview

All 'picks' no 'sleepers' for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, one blurb at a time

"...Asbury Park, N.J., they're not afraid to incorporate South American cumbias and salsa de Nueva York into their guitar-dominated..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature

They're Here! Fantastic Fest Wave One Arrives

Overlord, Apostle headline fest opening salvo

"...The J.J. Abrams-produced World War II flick, scheduled for a Nov. 9 release, is one..."

July 31, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Reissues

"...backdrops, the resulting synthesis of European classical formality and American jazz improvisation was so well-realized that it made the..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...ANDREW KENNY: Austin's serene popsters American Analog Set went on hiatus when frontman Andrew Kenny..."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature

The Toronto International Film Festival

A first-timer's diary

"...not going to see any movies. Those last two American Festivals offer an exciting but limited sampling of international..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

In With the Old, In With the New

"...The latest pile of poetry to hit the Chronicle..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Books Feature by Phil West

Be Filled With Dredd For Other Worlds

Judge Dredd retrospective plus new hits for SF fest

"...Fans of the original British comic never forgave the American version for missing all the brutality and inherent political..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place

Community leaders hosts forum to discuss new city commission to focus on LGBTQ quality of life

"...Powerful Beyond Measure II Austin Queer Yoga Collective hosts a three-part experience designed..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

The Year in Books

Freedom, Finkler, and Kids of America

"...with its untidy sprawl and tart, doomy observations about American life. And speaking of: When a colleague and I..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...to those looking for a healthy helping of new American roots rock." (Hard Rock Cafe, 9pm) -- Jim Caligiuri..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Audio Snapshots

America's premiere archival roots label celebrates the big 4-0.

"...zydeco, Texas-Mexican border music, and most recently, "Sacred Steel" African-American gospel traditions -- into the spotlight, often letting other,..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Music Feature by Mike Quinn

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"...well as stars in this study of Shakespeare's Richard III in which the actual performance sequences are interspersed with..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tributes

"...This music meant something, carrying on the tradition of American folk with its English and Celtic roots, and that..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Music Feature

Postmarks

More tributes to Doug Sahm

"...False Idols..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Column

30 Rock

Thirty recordings for 30 years of music Chronicling

"...a ward of the scene into a full-fledged teen idol, at least in Japan. Fueled by synth king Keith..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Friday Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...just put Money in a similar category as his idol Devin the Dude but brings to mind the animated..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Not Your Mother's Flamenco

The New José Greco Dance Company

"...takes over for the company's former star, José Greco II, and while comparisons between the two are impossible not..."

June 16, 1995 Arts Feature