The Last Shall Be First

New Year's Eve becomes a cultural extravaganza with First Night Austin

"...2005 will be the first night of First Night Austin, and the arts scene is eager to see just..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two

Harvey Pekar's two Chronicle covers have been a rare, and deserved, exception to our 22-year focus on local news, culture, and events.

"...the notion that our focus was going to be Austin. We were not a biweekly published in Austin but..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Born on Highway 61

Famed superharpist James Cotton settles into Austin.

"...On a Friday night at Antone's in early January, Austin's newest celebrity resident James Cotton is playing to a..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Exhibitionism

Latino Comedy Festival: Ripeness Is All

"...entertainment world right now, Latino comedy is hotter than Austin asphalt in August. Headliners like Carlos Mencia and George..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Arts Review

Litera

Lectures, Classes, Misc.

"...send it to: Liquid Paper Press, PO Box 4973, Austin, TX 78765..."

March 14, 1997 News Feature

Texas Platters

"...are continually growing as musicians. This fine slice of Austin jazz is a snapshot of how they sounded for..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Music Review

Postmarks

Overhyped Roadshows

"...Langer's piece on the burial of live music in Austin ["Where Live Music Is Dead," Vol.16, No.6] points at..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Column

Recommended

"...Martin Banks for another rally of the Endangered Music Society. Austin Jazz at its pinnacle. LEGENDARY PINK DOTS Back..."

Nov. 10, 1995 Music Feature

Postmarks

Readers against Starbuckfucking, violence against children and rattlesnakes, and internal combustion engines.

"...and dial 911 like the good citizens of East Austin do...."

Sept. 24, 1999 Column

Postmarks

Global Warming, Public Schools, and Jazz a la Zorn.

"...I'd like to suggest that The Austin Chronicle consider assigning one of its environmental reporters to..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Column

Sex, Thugs, and Thanatos

The mad, bad bounty of Fantastic Fest 2009

"...Fantastic Fest 2009 guest of honor Jess Franco, the jazziest, most lushly femme-centric director of outré and deliriously sexualized..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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Our readers talk back.

"...checked, they are considered adults to the rest of society and certain things are then expected of them. They..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Column

Deconstructing Sonic Borders

The 13th annual No Idea Festival explores everything from phenological sound art to avant jazz and microtonal composition

"...This weekend, Austin's No Idea Festival once again fuses aural experimentalists and..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Music Feature by Conor Walker

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...with screenings put on by CinemaTexas, a graduate-student-run film society that was part of the Radio-Television-Film Department at the..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

Postmarks

"...Austin Ad Nauseam..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Column

ACL Interview: Esperanza Spalding

Friday, 3:30pm, Barton Springs stage

"...Austin's musical mojo permeates throughout the bulk of bassist Esperanza..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Stompy Jones

"...the coast -- is like that: enchanted. Imagine if Austin and Port Aransas were one and the same. Atlantis..."

April 30, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

I Wanna Take You Higher

"...the context of a genre or a tradition or society or a market or the universe, in order to..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Simon Reynolds

Faster Than Sound: Music Venues React to Stage 5

New city recommendations halt shows at many venues ahead of New Year's Eve

"...As Austin headed into the holidays, health officials moved Travis County..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Tell It Like It Is

Cyril Neville holds nothing back

"...Walking up the driveway of Cyril Neville's two-story South Austin home is a humbling experience for someone who grew..."

April 28, 2006 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Hill Country Breakdown

"...local bluegrass outfit the High Stakes Rollers. "There's a society for the preservation of bluegrass music, and they're real..."

June 4, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...All it took was a song, "The Way," and Austin's previously ignored power pop trio Fastball wound up generating..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...is a key factor in her continuing significance to Austin music. She is one artist you can be a..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

Music Amidst Used Furniture

The History of the Red River Strip

"...been the most open- minded booking policy of any Austin venue, and had become a place where anyone was..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Music Feature

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...musical movement, the natural evolution of, in order: gospel, jazz, blues, R&B, funk, and soul music...."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Chief Priest of the Shrine

The epic life story of Nigerian soul superstar Fela Kuti.

"...a talented musician," says Nigerian-born Gregg Ukaegbu, a longtime Austinite who recently moved to the East Coast. "And then..."

July 14, 2000 Music Feature by David Lynch

Everything Old is New Again

The Year in Albums

"...cocaine was as prevalent in the music industry (and society as a whole) as LSD had been a decade..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...As always, Texas - and especially Austin - filmmakers have a hometown presence. Dear Mr. Brody,..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...Thu. 15, Flatstock Stage, Austin Convention Center, 12:30pm; Thu. 15, Lamberts, 9pm Bifannah conjures..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...SXSW Film has always been up with comedy, and..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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