Friday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...– Andy LangerSALLY TIMMS8pm, Red Eyed Fly Sally Timms knows it's a man's man's man's world, and she takes..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Record Reviews

"...slump. What seemed quirky and charming the first time now seems kind of odd and lacking in direction. Rigby..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Music Review

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

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...to Song and his directorial debut, Lost River. But now he's bringing his Hollywood action hero persona to town..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Checking In: Kana Harris Reveals Her Vulcan Side

Live wire wax healer wants to sell you a record for your health

"...Before Xetas’ three tripwire LPs and now frontwoman Kana Harris’ musical apothacarium in Lockhart, Bluebonnet Records..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Bonnie Whitmore Sticks to What She Does Best

“I’m hoping to have a lot more stories to share after all this”

"...a lead review in the Chronicle on news stands now: “Bonnie Whitmore works musical alchemy, turning the hardest material..."

Oct. 13, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Israel Nash Sets the Hill Country Reeling

Potent C&W psych alights despite global downturn

"...folk-rock potency to a diaphanous Dripping Springs swing circa now. Israel Nash’s giddy new EP Topaz thus imbues classic..."

May 5, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Unbelievable Summers at the Paramount

The most unforgettable moments from this year’s classics of cinema

"...an accent. I loved it because I, too, every now and again – for no reason at all –..."

May 18, 2018 Screens Feature by Chronicle staff

The Rise of the House of Torment

Austin's biggest home haunt is now a national phenomenon

"...a home haunt, scaring the kids every October 31st. Now he leads one of the biggest Halloween haunt businesses..."

Oct. 28, 2015 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Roar: The Blood Stays in the Picture

Star John Marshall on lions and the world's craziest home movie

"...maniac loaned Francis Ford Coppola the Filipino army for Apocalypse Now...."

April 29, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rising From the Halloween Flood

Rebuilding the homes – and lives – displaced by the 2013 Onion Creek floods

"...and the subdivision that it borders, at casual glance, now looks normal: Christmas decorations dot the street. From the..."

Dec. 26, 2014 News Feature by Kate X Messer

RoboCop Is Alive and Well and Kicking Ass Onstage

Eighties blockbusters and a 'cardboard aesthetic' courtesy of the Old Murder House Theatre

"...film at Savannah College of Art and Design. And now here he is in the ATX, along with his..."

June 17, 2011 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Three Guys, a Girl, and a Dog Named Friday

Austin film collective Jollyville Pictures on its ingredients for success

"...well, that's probably going to change pretty soon. Right now though, chances are you've at least seen something that..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Ted's Ghost

The death of Ted Westhusing leaves a widening circle of sorrow

"...when he set sail for Troy, has died and now dwells in the gloomy regions the Greeks called Hades...."

April 27, 2007 News Feature by Tom Palaima

Big and Getting Bigger

Austin comic Eddie Gossling has always gotten a lot of attention for his size, but these days he's getting more attention for his comedy, and J.C. Shakespeare explains why.

"...going to do next. His infectious self-confidence lets people know right away, "I'm funny, fucker, so step back and..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Hissing Fits

Bryan Mealer sinks his teeth into the 1999 Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup.

"...an eerie resemblance to a scene straight out of Apocalypse Now. "Hell, you guys should've been here last year,"..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Features Feature by Bryan Mealer

Postmarks

Interfaith's Socialist Agenda

"...people will live walled off from the community, never knowing their neighbors, where a soccer mom has to burn..."

April 23, 1999 Column

Postmarks

VanScorned

"...Based on the above review I didn't go. But now I have gone, and I won't be looking to..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Column

Fortunate Son

The Return of John Fogerty

"...The Big Chill, Born on the Fourth of July, Apocalypse Now, and Forrest Gump. Shit man, for anyone who..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Record Reviews

"...Jason Falkner Presents Author Unknown (Elektra)..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Music Review

Keshara Moore Wants You to Join The Obsidian Society

Austin author’s debut pits Black and queer characters against the apocalypse

"...time to start writing what would become her debut novel. Now, three years on, it's finally published. "You're like, 'Crap,..."

June 30, 2023 Arts Feature by Joelle DiPaolo

Checking In: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Jason Reece Navigating Uncharted Territory

Trail of Dead co-engine decries music’s “shoddy substitute” for shows

"...Into the American Void.” Has a ring to it now...."

May 4, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: A. Sinclair (& Family) Rises Into the Eye of the Tiger

ATX indie trueheart sings “time to find out what really matters”

"...Did my time, took my chances/ Went the distance, now I’m back on my feet/ Just a man and..."

April 22, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Shinyribs’ Frontman Kevin Russell Keeps His Fingers Crossed & Washed

Concern in a quarantine for Austin’s pied pipers

"...Now’s the time to check in with loved ones. “I..."

March 27, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Colombia's Child Soldiers Captured in Monos

Alejandro Landes on breaking the feelgood narrative of youth

"...Alejandro Landes: I don't know if you've been a new kid in school, but..."

Sept. 29, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Stream the Synth-Pocalypse on Pinkish Black’s Concept Unification

Texan twosome shares new LP and email Q&A

"...synth-n-drums team Pinkish black shook Beerland with John Carpenter-esque apocalypse rock. Two days later, the club closed amid much..."

June 20, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

First Look: Attack of the Demons

Austin animator Eric Power debuts latest at Cinepocalypse today

"...Andreas Peterson to create a lean, mean retro-horror, and now that 74 minute goregasm debuts at Cinepocalypse...."

June 16, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story

New documentary reveals the man behind moviedom's monsters

"...Hodder tells her she can do a stunt, she knows she can pull it off; if he tells her..."

July 21, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Fest Adds 10 Titles

First wave includes Jarmusch, Stooges, Rooster Teeth

"...thick and fast. Last week, it was Fantastic Fest; now Austin Film Festival unleashes its opening salvo of 10..."

Aug. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

State of the Union

A Fourth of July film roundup that goes beyond Independence Day

"...for doing the right fucking thing these days, you know, as Americans, what with last week's legalization of same-sex..."

July 3, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Richard Stanley, Cinema's Lost Soul

Director on new documentary about the Dr. Moreau disaster

"...who quickly drove the careening catastrophe over the cliff. Now the tale of madness, egos, and on-set clashes between..."

Feb. 25, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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