Spotlight: The American Analog Set

1am, Blender Bar at the Ritz

"...vibes ring out, and Lee Gillespie's subtle low-end hums, American Analog Set slowly pulls the twilight out of the..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Spotlight: American Music Club

The American Music Club is open

"...of the most distinctive sounds is that of the American Music Club. Formed in San Francisco in 1983, singer-songwriter..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

American Boy

Chris Isaak's drummer Kenney Dale Johnson: From Soap Creek to Showtime

"...Although Chris Isaak sings "I'm the original American boy" during the opening of his Showtime series The..."

July 5, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Take Me to the River

Rock & Roll Books

"...Can't You Hear Me Callin': The Life of Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrassby..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Books Feature by Christopher Gray

It's a Mystery to Me

"...a certain snotty conceit that all genre fiction is somehow inferior to so-called "literary" fiction, that Hammett was a..."

April 23, 1999 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

In a Previously Unpublished Interview Late Power Trip Frontman Riley Gale Talks SXSW, COVID, & American Health Care

“I’m having nightmares about what [COVID] is going to do to the status quo”

"...Chronicle on March 15 about SXSW and the pandemic. Home from Feb­ru­ary dates in Asia, the singer's predictions of..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Take Me, Instead

An interview with SWT's Arturo Mancha, whose novel in progress was a recent break-in casualty

"...only novel. For the past five years, "it's brought me to brink of examining everything I've ever known," says..."

April 25, 2003 Books Feature by Michael Erard

Review: Call Me Animal: A Tribute to the MC5

Austin contingent delivers highlights on Joecephus’ 2 LP set

"...that their debut live strike remains the rarest of specimens: a pure expression of rock & roll. That, along..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Me Nd Adam’s Keep Austin Cheer’d and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Get in the holiday spirit with Spaceflight Records or Spiritualized

"...Underneath their sequined dirtbag style (aligned with July record American Drip Pt. II) homegrown duo Me Nd Adam pack..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Watch This: Me Nd Adam Go on a Weed Adventure in “I Only Feel Alive When I’m Stoned”

Depraved pop duo trips to glory at an Oklahoma casino

"...as the Texas desert, Adam Walker and Vincent Winik come up with hasty, if nonetheless inspired, plan: they’ll drive..."

Dec. 1, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Page Two: "Fab 5 Freddy Told Me Everybody's Fly"

Out of nothing, street art achieved velocity

"...walking through Athens and later in Lisbon driving by some of Europe's oldest surviving neighborhoods. In ways we now..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Column by Louis Black

You Made Me Love You

Wooed by Bubbling Cheeses and Generous Portions

"...Romeo's photograph by John Anderson Romeo's..."

June 27, 1997 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Qmmunity: Call Me

Opportunities for queer artists roll in alongside oodles of queer events

"...anyone who missed the brrring brring: I took a message for ya. Here's the deets on two current creative..."

May 5, 2023 Column by James Scott

Noir City Film Festival Redefines the All-American Genre

Black, white, and red all over

"...first step was to get these movies seen. "The American Cinematheque in Hollywood thought it would be a great..."

May 17, 2019 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle

God Hates Me

Suffering through Austin's hangover cures

"...By the time my dad found me, my 501s were soaked. Awkward,..."

March 18, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Texas Me

New Doug Sahm documentary and SXSW all-star concert resurrects Austin's cosmic groover

"...Patoski marvels at the end result of his debut documentary, Sir Doug & the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove. In..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Give Me Those Nice, Bright Colors

Scholar John Rohrbach shows how color photography developed

"...Drawing on his book In Color!: American Photography Transformed, newly published by UT Press, Rohrbach showed..."

March 28, 2014 Arts Post by Rod Machen

Thamnak Thai

Tastes of Thailand in Central Texas

"...it was there. The interior is very basic casual-dining American: cushioned vinyl booths with honey-colored wood dividers, colonial-style chairs,..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Color Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story

This story about a con man who pretended to be Stanley Kubrick is a playground for star John Malkovich.

"...Davidson, Richard E. Grant, Luke Mably, Terence Rigby and James Dreyfus. Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich. This movie is all about..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Lunchtime at Asian American Cultural Center's Magic Dragon School

"...for the pre- and after-school programs at the Asian American Cultural Center. "Snack is the high point of the..."

March 23, 2007 Food Feature by MM Pack

'I Am Not Tartuffe': American rock & roll vs. French art film

Yellow Tape Construction Company's I Am Not Tartuffe reimagines Molière's satire as a tale of scheming French people plotting to take over America's future

"...you've ever wanted to speak to God in real time, now is your chance. On March 15, Yellow Tape..."

March 16, 2007 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Come Go Home With Me

Houston, where the blues is almost as thick as the humidity

"...public space in this city that Lightnin' Hopkins called home even acknowledges the existence, much less the cultural importance,..."

May 30, 2003 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Please Abuse Me

A reknowned terrorism "expert" says Arab-Americans don't mind ethnic profiling; an actual Arab-American disagrees.

"...support ethnic profiling of Arabs. He added that most Arab-Americans are willing to subject themselves to such profiling for..."

Nov. 9, 2001 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Mama Mia's Ristorante Italiano

Chronicle food writer Rachel Feit went to Mama Mia’s looking for her Big Night, but found instead the sort of place that put the little restaurant in Big Night out of business.

"...rushes about in black and white calling clients by name. The type of place where a slightly misanthropic yet..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Thai Me Up, Thai Me Down

A Sampling of Thai Restaurants Around Austin

"...America just can't seem to get enough of Thai food...."

March 27, 1998 Food Feature

Marathon House Debate Yields “Show Me Your Papers” Sanctuary Cities Bill

Amendment lets cops question detainees' immigration status

"...R-Lubbock, imposes civil and criminal penalties on local law enforcement leaders who don’t fully comply with federal immigration policies..."

April 27, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

The Hightower Report: Are the Rich Different From You and Me? Ask Cadillac!

Cars will tell you what your country needs right now. (It's another car.)

"...our country needs right now? I think we need something that can bring us together again, something that can..."

March 24, 2017 News Column by Jim Hightower

Doggett: GOP Still Hunting Me

Austin congressman warns of plan to split Travis four ways

"...in a press conference today, referring respectively to the former U.S. House majority leader and Travis’ other two Congressmen...."

April 18, 2011 News Post by Lee Nichols

An American Education

A former exchange student re-examines her trial by fire in Brownsville

"...At 17, Barbara Eder was far from her Austrian home, living as a foreign exchange student with a Brownsville,..."

March 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

The American Con of Bootstrap Optimism

Kelly Reichardt talks about Wendy and Lucy, her prescient tale about a girl and a dog, a rock and a hard place

"...with Reichardt about the best way to approach political themes as a filmmaker, the importance of capturing mood in..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

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