The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...museums, for starters. Cheers, jeers, fears, and tears. It's summertime and the readin' is easy. --Margaret Moser..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

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We Get What We Want

"...Nichols' final assessment that Austin area news coverage can sometimes be "silly and sensationalistic," I tend to question further..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Column

Sxsw

"...Royal showcase at the Electric Lounge in the same time slot? And what about the Tejano Concert at the..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

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Contradictions Exposed

"...Klux Klan now calls itself, i.e., "Conservative Christians." In time of rising hate crimes against Gays and Lesbians in..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

Having a Plan for When Shit Hits the Fan: A Journey in Prepping

What disaster preparedness experts have to say about best-laid plans for worst-case scenarios

"...Martin. He’s an attorney, reinsurance industry lobbyist, and a longtime prepper who holds training events and consultations about emergency..."

April 26, 2024 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

Top 10 Most Read Film Reviews of 2023

A-bombs and b-movies were what you were interested in this year

"...like to live outside of America as films like Armageddon and Deep Impact dominated our box office.” - Matthew..."

Dec. 23, 2023 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

We Have an Issue: You Have the Right ... (in Theory, at Least)

In this week's cover story, Maggie Q. Thompson digs into Counsel at First Appearance – what it is, why we don't have it in Travis County, and whether that's violating our Constitutional rights

"...the accused is not provided an attorney the first time they go before a judge, a vulnerable time when..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

The Luv Doc: No Questions, Just Answers

Two is plenty, thank you

"...by soft-handed dudes with office jobs. It's not nuclear armageddon, even though Putin is definitely crazy enough to lob..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Stripping Out the Propaganda: Dominic Cooke on The Courier

The director pays tribute to forgotten heroes of the Cold War

"...in bringing the world back from the brink of Armageddon during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and paid terrible costs..."

March 26, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Need to Flip a Car or Burn a Building Down? Call EB3 Effects.

How brothers Everett and Craig Byrom went from building maintenance to making movies

"...and separately on a succession of big-budget Hollywood projects (Armageddon, Amistad, Dante's Peak, and Godzilla) "but," Everett said, "the..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Tony Gilroy to Receive Austin Film Festival Honor

Rogue One, Bourne writer to be awarded

"...Gilroy (one of six names on the script for Armageddon) has gone back into the blockbuster business, working on..."

May 8, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Priority Problems

While the world burns, City Council does what it can

"...is an idea (or a desperate local gesture) whose time has not yet come. The mayor's call for Austin..."

Aug. 11, 2017 News Column by Michael King

They Shoot Movies, Don't They?

Heather Page on the state of the Texas Film Commission

"...and very ready for indie film production all the time." Similarly, gaming has become a major part of its..."

April 22, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Holy Mountain Closing Oct. 1

Holy Mountain falls prey to skyrocketing rents Downtown

"...Leases are time bombs in Austin's increasingly exorbitant real estate market. As..."

June 26, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Marriage Equality Comes to Texas

But is it here to stay?

"...government's hostile reaction. "Here we are and nothing's crumbling; Armageddon hasn't happened; and the sky's not falling down on..."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Heaven Tonight

Toss punk. Flesh Lights coin fast-rock.

"...Sometime between Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords getting shot at a..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Good Eye: Are You There God? It's Me, Vagina

One zine grows up, and Austin's mags burst into bloom

"...this spring, though. Just as fall is the perfect time to celebrate fat deckle-edged hardbacks with marbled frontispieces, spring..."

May 2, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Austin Critics Table Awards 2013

Arts writers raise their glasses to outstanding art in list of nominees

"...designs by Michelle Ney. The most recognized musical was Ragtime, produced by Zach Theatre to open its Topfer Theatre,..."

May 24, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two: That Was Then

The case for improving the quality of strategic political fictions

"...that we are indeed living in the worst of times is beyond lightweight: Though dour, it is void of..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Printing the Legend

A brief history of Austin's improbable weekly, 28 years on

"...submissive, including rock & roll, love letters, photographs, bad times and good ones. There are over-the-top drunks, cheap pot,..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Texas Top 10s

"...5) Good Times Crisis Band, Select a Gather Point (Australian Cattle God)..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Music Feature

Point Austin: What's Next?

A day or two for cheering, and then back to work

"...he considers such a war the necessary preamble to Armageddon and the triumphant return of the Messiah. In a..."

Nov. 10, 2006 News Column by Michael King

'The Sporting Life': … or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving to Lose

"...tabletop, and the evidence suggests that it was a pastime for royalty. I personally can envision the foppish knaves..."

Oct. 25, 2006 Sports Post by John Razook

Left Behind

The Omnibeast – and a sect of video-art zealots at UT – is hungry

"...spare him should their demands be met, by the time they remove my blindfold in a secret underground barracks,..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

'He's Forked Himself'

Our Full conversation with Louis Dubose about 'The Hammer'

"...former Austin Chronicle politics editor, and Reid have been longtime observers of Texas politics, and have followed DeLay throughout..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

High Baptismal Flow: Part 2

The 13th Floor Elevators' ground floors: Where are they now?

"...of the 13th Floor Elevators, "She Lives (In a Time of Her Own)," "I've Got Levitation," Live..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two

The rhetorical extremes about Ronald Reagan belie a country balanced on a rhythm of democracy

"...wing's challenges, criticisms, and accusations of betrayal of the time are now erased...."

June 18, 2004 Column by Louis Black

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Our readers talk back.

"...for example, sufficient intermediary fossil records. At the same time, you make the claim that intelligent design has no..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Column

Outkast, Ludacris, Austin Music Hall, April 1

"...double-platinum Def Jam South debooty, Back for the First Time -- Nelly-style scratch with extra X's -- ol' Dixie's..."

April 6, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Mystery Train

Light Rail's narrow defeat at the polls has probably spared Capital Metro an assault by legislators in January. But the agency is trying to figure out how to keep rail on track while satisfying Republican legislators who want sales tax returned.

"...rebate to local governments will probably help it avoid Armageddon in the Legislature.Reading the Ballots It's hard to say..."

Dec. 22, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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