Texas Platters

"...(Killeen, Waco, Dallas, and Oklahoma City!), but by linking Austin and Minneapolis, Conspiracy Corridor is becoming Highway 61 revisited..."

July 11, 1997 Music Review

The Vicious Cycle

Citywide Bike Plan: a Modest Beginning

"...Bicycles don't belong on the road." How many Austinites would agree with that statement?..."

Feb. 16, 1996 News Feature

Film

Film Reviews

"...(in fact, some tastes may find the movie too slow... so be warned). Due to its subject matter and..."

Sept. 15, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...(in fact, some tastes may find the movie too slow... so be warned). Due to its subject matter and..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

Jon Batiste Closes Down ACL Fest with Musically Elastic, Spiritually Ecstatic Revue

A vibrant soundtrack to life coming back

"...Plague-induced out-of-body experience ongoing, Austin snapped back into place at its very heart over..."

Oct. 11, 2021 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

How Did Legendary DJ and Londoner Paul Oakenfold Land in Bastrop?

The Londoner finds his way to a Texas ranch

"...luxury of choosing a landing place or time, instead burning out on their way to an ashy end. Paul..."

July 30, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

"...X: The Godless Void and Other Stories, the veteran Austin institution achieves full circle career transcendence behind core co-leaders..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Music Review by Alejandra Ramirez

Tender Rough Rough Tender

Groundswell turns up the heat in its developmental staging of Sarah Saltwick's new play

"...sultry. The Off Center becomes home to the hottest Austin summer on record and the messy lives of two..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

B.B. King Saved My Life

He played blues so we can find a way through ours

"...themselves with strength and grace. It was a sometimes slow process, but Riley King put blues in the White..."

May 15, 2015 Music Post by Bill Bentley

'This One Summer' Is a Story for All Seasons

Mariko and Jillian Tamaki don't take the trials of girlhood for granted

"...First Second Books, who recently brought us Paul Pope's..."

July 24, 2014 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Last Housecore on the Left

Your guide to all things metal

"...D band revels in ultraviolence, commanding "Watch My Town Burn." Debut Casket Prospects darkens the way. – Michael Toland..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Music Feature

Girlie Action: Charlie Faye

A magnificent seven Texas Platters

"...Faye gently on "Conspiracy of the Sad Song," capturing slow heartbreak as it unravels across the Austin-based troubadour's third..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Man

Bobby “Blue” Bland (1930-2013) made me one too

"...“Stormy Monday Blues,” “Your Friends,” and others seemed to burn right off the turntable...."

June 28, 2013 Music Post by Bill Bentley

Damned, Damned, Damned

Chaos in Tejas brings the bedlam

"...you take are equal to the effort you make." Austin's final major music festival of the spring, Chaos in..."

May 31, 2013 Music Feature

Headlines

"...› Start your engines or close the curtains. The..."

Nov. 16, 2012 News Feature

Unraveling Shakespeare's Life

Dr. James Shapiro tackles the Bard one slice at a time

"...Austin Chronicle: I've read enough biographies and partial biographies of..."

March 23, 2012 Books Post by Robert Faires

Black Bone Child

"...the straight and narrow track laid out by this Austin duo. Donny James and Kenneth M. Hailing are about..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Peace Offering

"...Bill Callahan, both somber and sobering. "I move so slow, I won't move at all," he whispers on "Go..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Just Another Manic Monday

The Alamo Drafthouse's music / film synergy: Music Mondays and more

"...sing-alongs of R. Kelly and competitive events like the Austin Air Guitar Championships. Music Mondays mold bits of cultural..."

July 7, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Luv Doc Recommends: Fighting Brothers McCarthy

Hole in the Wall, Friday, April 22, 2005

"...because they plan on having plenty of time to burn. Crossing the event horizon of one of these black..."

April 22, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

Naked City

Enviro groups call for more, not fewer, limits on power plant emissions

"...The culprit? Power plant emissions, specifically from those that burn coal, account for the bulk of mercury in the..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Golden Plum Shines On

Mirabelle means inventive and impressive by any name

"...Bardo. Downtown, we call it Castle Hill; in Northwest Austin, it's Mirabelle Restaurant, but either way it's a haven..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Capitol Chronicle

The grandfathered pollution exemption celebrates its 30th birthday, and the Lege takes another look at cleaning up the air

"...Lignite did burn and pollution did swirl...."

April 6, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Toadies, Tower Records In-Store, Saturday 17

"...when Lewis pulled out the secret weapon: "Tyler," the slow-burning love song named after a boring East Texas town...."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Professors of Pleasure

Their name may suggest a lack of intelligence, but make no mistake, the Flaming Idiots are wise men when it comes to comedy.

"...sparkling brilliantly as they shoot upward and then drift slowly downward again. The immediate effect is astonishing, in part..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Reissues

Los Zafiros

"...Powell St. John -- a direct link to her Austin days. Bonus tracks on Cheap Thrills include one of..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Feature

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

"...made me come in to help serve. Despite the slower pace, I dreaded those quiet Sundays more than the..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

Believe the Buzz

"...hear what I thought of my first meal at Austin's hot new dining spot. "But the food, for the..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Coach's Corner

"...a late November false dawn, most sports fans in Austin are still peacefully asleep. Some dream happily of a..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Record Reviews

"...Burning the Daze (Atlantic)..."

April 3, 1998 Music Review

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