More Q&A with Marc Ott

The new city manager on council initiatives, city planning priorities, and the change in the weather at City Hall

"...to fairly allocating resources to the initiatives of a seven-member council? How do you make sure that the resources..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Bonnaroo (From the Pit)

"...in early December when I got an email telling me I had won a trip to Hollywood for the..."

June 19, 2008 Music Post by Gary Miller

All Attitude

"I'm a very nice girl -- who happens to be completely amoral," says cult queen Mary Woronov. She'll present two films -- Death Race 2000 and Rock 'n' Roll High School --at the Rolling Roadshow's Rock 'n Roll Drive-In this Saturday.

"...drive-in B movies, also has a firm handle on comedy. Her finest performances are the lightest of comedies --..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...got my first voter's registration card, my mother told me that during elections to always check The Austin Chronicle..."

March 8, 2002 Column

Iron Writer

"...know where to look. The Iron Giant screenwriter's High Lonesome Ranch sits on a remote 250 acres in southeastern..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts

Future's So Brite

I Love the Scent of Burning Flesh...

"...short story collection Swamp Foetus (released in paperback last summer as Wormwood) is likewise one of the most wonderfully..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

I Learned to Cook at Bad Restaurants

Cooking mediocre food results in a priceless skill set

"...One day I was scrubbing melted cheese from bowls of French onion soup, unaware that..."

April 4, 2018 Food Post by Danny Palumbo

An Austin D.A. Turns to Detective Novels

Q&A with Mark Pryor on his Paris-set Hugo Marston mysteries

"...He's a former journalist turned lawyer who now works as a prosecutor..."

Oct. 10, 2012 Books Post by Jordan Smith

Playback: Lights Out for Jovita's

Run-ins at Jovita's, thieves in the night at Mohawk, and Lickona's feeds off of 'Austin City Limits'

"...Who knew a fourth-rate Tex-Mex restaurant in South Austin was allegedly one of the..."

June 29, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar Spanx you very much, but he'll take the Leonisa, instead

"...are well-versed in the flaws and foibles of foundation garments. Personally, I've been a devotee of foundation garments ever..."

July 9, 2010 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

'Possession Arrow': Barnes<->Huggins

"...while watching Kansas State visit Texas, they of the 22-game home winning streak. John Razook will be playing the..."

Feb. 3, 2007 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Re: "Meet the New Neighbors," News, July 29: Quoting from a..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Column

Radio

The mentally handicapped again are used as vehicles for our own best intentions.

"...Cuba Gooding Jr., Debra Winger, Alfre Woodard, S. Epatha Merkerson, Riley Smith and Chris Mulkey. You’d have to be..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Tomcats

"...Gary Marshall, Bill Maher, Joseph D. Reitman, Travis Fine, Jaime Pressly, Horatio Sanz, Jake Busey, Shannon Elizabeth and Jerry..."

March 30, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Projecting an Image

In a city filled with artists and filmmakers, Luke Savisky is an original -- an innovative projectionist whose unique art has graced the surfaces of buildings, rock stars, video screens, and more for over 15 years.

"...for the Texas Union Film Program (Does anybody still remember it now?), and a group of UT Radio-Television-Film students..."

June 16, 2000 Screens Feature by Bryan Poyser

Texas Platters

The Scabs

"...Songs Sung and Played on Guitar at the Same Time (Shockorama)..."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature

Undercover on High School's Ritziest Glitziest Night It All Goes Down at Prom

"...is less about the brutality in the heart of some than the longing in the heart of us all...."

May 14, 1999 Arts Feature

Recviews

"...NOMEANSNO..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Music Review

Austin Man’s Suicide in Jail After Seeking Medical Care Raises Question: Why Was He There?

Suffering from criminal depression

"...know what was happening in the world. He kept asking me, 'What are we doing? What are we doing..."

April 1, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Chevalier

The latest playful foray from the Greek filmmaking avant-garde

"...Chevalier might well be Homer’s lost epic about Odysseus and his men, playfully captioned..."

June 17, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Seven Psychopaths

A knockout cast of oddball actors seize the reins in Martin McDonagh's smart comedy about dumb people doing really awful things.

"...Do I really have to write anything other than the cast list above? Because that sums..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Campfire Horror Story

How Carole Keeton Strayhorn and the state destroyed a healing camp for kids

"...Chevy Suburb­ans were Texas Child Protective Services caseworkers who'd come to take custody of 22 foster boys, ages 12-17,..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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

"...man of leisure. I am a gentleman.    All the same, I must destroy Happy Jack.    The game is shuffleboard,..."

Oct. 25, 2006 Sports Post by John Razook

After the Storm

Austin's Louisiana exiles remain suspended between before and after

"...for 15 years, the bodies of two of her former neighbor's rottweilers were piled on top of each other..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Power, Forward

Dave Zirin on 'What's My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States'

"...of, say, sports, in favor of the latest and lamest media-contrived controversy: My own little lullaby. It's maddening, really,..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

The Memories of the Long-Distance Runner

After surviving a holocaust, Gilbert Tuhabonye runs through life to tell his tale

"...would report the massacre "to the police, to the government, to their parents." He didn't believe he would live...."

May 13, 2005 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...normally propose term limits on themselves, and the council members did so for a different purpose...."

April 12, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Theatre reviews! Film reviews! The Summer Smut Issue! Get your snipes here!

"...the land of longhorns, cowboys, and cactuses (I'm an American, I refuse to say cacti) tell me why it's..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Column

Saturday Night at the Bookstore

The Dicks' Gary Floyd 20 years after Austin's first Punk Prom at the ArmadilloWorld Headquarters

"...old Quonset hut at 525 1/2 Barton Springs Rd., formerly a National Guard armory, was just beginning to cool..."

May 12, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Party Girl, Interrupted

Sandra Bullock's 28 Days

"...pastry plate, between the bagels and croissants, and spies something. "Oooh, a cheese danish!" She picks it up with..."

April 14, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

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