Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

Summer travel opportunities and news from all over Texas

"...Luckenbach news. This just in from the good folk carrying..."

June 2, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Faster Than Sound: Nine Records That Inspired Austin Author Fernando A. Flores' Valleyesque

From Pauline Oliveros to Big Boys, sounds behind the surreal South Texas-rooted story collection

"...two stories in Valleyesque were partly drafted this way." Bach: The Goldberg Variations by Glenn Gould..."

June 3, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Film Review: Dio Dreamers Never Die

Biography of the metal master reveals a quiet, gentle man

"...bandmates, members of Black Sabbath, and fellow metalhead Sebastian Bach, among other rock royalty. Together, they detail his childhood,..."

March 18, 2022 SXSW Post by Robert Penson

Faster Than Sound: Wait, How Does SXSW Music Work Again?

Breaking down the basics, and some favorites, after three years away

"...topics: Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler and Skid Row's Sebastian Bach discuss "the enduring power of metal," Chic co-founder Rodgers..."

March 11, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Days of Being Wild: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Reflects on Source Tags & Codes

Twenty years after its release, the band and producer look back ... while always looking forward

"...The one who painted a portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach to hang in his home studio. Searching for a..."

March 4, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Ethan Azarian, Soccer Mommy, OUTlaw Pride Fest, Fuckemos, Playboi Carti, and Dr. James Polk & Centerpeace

"...Anthem" for example, with its bewitching chemical mixture of Bach Halloween favorite "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" and..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Music Column by Doug Freeman

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

Pho on the coast, statuesque women in Dallas; June is time to hit the road

"...Bach Festival June 8-12, Victoria, www.victoriabachfestival.org..."

June 3, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Greenland

Gerard Butler brings back the classic disaster movie

"...Dale Floyd, Scott Glenn, David Denman, Hope Davis, King Bach and Holt McCallany...."

Dec. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Jerry Jeff Walker Brought the Magic

"Mr. Bojangles" author catalyzes the Seventies progressive country movement.

"...recorded live in Hondo Crouch's Hill Country hideaway of Lucken­bach, became the hallmark of a distinctly Texan style: rowdy..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

This Is Who We Are #3: A New Year's Conspirare Classic

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...smoothly ascended the scales. Reger's 20th century evocation of Bach then gave way to the real thing: Johann Sebastian's..."

May 6, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Levitation Interview: Lingua Ignota

Kristin Hayter on academia, catholicism & the complexity of violence

"...a piece of architectural writing from Le Corbusier and Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, then assigned each note to a word..."

Nov. 7, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

In Austin, Bushwick Bill Found his Musical Playground

Late Geto Boys rapper’s penchant for stage crashing was legendary

"...looked like they'd rather be listening to Beethoven or Bach,” Bushwick Bill recounted of his first time crashing a..."

June 10, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Qmmunity: Austin Sparkles With Black Pride

ABP's fourth annual Pride Weekend, dykes you should know, and more events for your Summer of Pride

"...Bulimianne’s UnBEARable Bach Party! She's getting hitched! Thu., June 6, 10pm. The..."

June 7, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

No more pencils, no more books, just tons of fun for everyone

"...Bach Festival June 1-8, Victoria, www.victoriabachfestival.org..."

May 31, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Robert Faires’ Top 10 Dance and Classical Joys of 2018

In this year’s dance and classical offerings, extraordinary depictions of loss and suffering continue to haunt

"...6) BACH N' BEATS (Austin Symphony Orchestra) ASO proved that classical..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Conspirare Sings at Matthew Shepard Interment

Austin choral ensemble performed at National Cathedral service

"...concert, it's worth noting their upcoming programs: the concert Bach Plus on Sat., Nov. 17, at St. Michael's Episcopal..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company’s Company

In this short works program, the troupe explored the solace and thrills in the company you keep

"...a few minutes, the first piercing, familiar notes of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor came across as..."

June 15, 2018 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop

The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Concert/Opera Bach: Mass in B Minor, Panoramic Voices Carmen, Austin Opera..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Soccer Watch

"...high school championships are this weekend, April 18-21 at Birkel­bach Field in Georgetown – games pretty much all day..."

April 20, 2018 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Get in the Spirit of Spring With These Classic Movies

Our critics poke their noses out after winter

"...("Toccata and Fugue in D minor" by Johann Sebastian Bach), the adorable (Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Suite") and your good ol'..."

April 7, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Seen / Soon: March 16

Getting virtually swept away by A Colossal Wave! and hearing America singing via Bill Murray and Jan Vogler

"...on their recording New Worlds, on which Vogler played Bach and Piazzolla, Murray read poetry by Whitman and prose..."

March 16, 2018 Arts Column

Five Arty Things to Do: Jan. 5-7

Apocalypse indefinitely postponed; go out, have some fun

"...can get some Classical Baroque going with their annual Bach’s Herd of Harpsichords gig. Which glorious event, note, tends..."

Jan. 4, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Holiday Viewing: TV Christmas Episodes

Celebrate the season in Sunnydale, the Oval Office, and more

"...triggers – an incident with a suicidal pilot, bagpipes, Bach’s “Cello Suite No.1 in G Major” – that escalate..."

Dec. 14, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Future Imperfect: Our Favorite Dystopian Films

VOTE: Deadly roller derby, sad clones, and a Road Warrior duke it out

"...story, although with a classical soundtrack that includes J.S. Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor it can feel..."

Sept. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Rabbit

Fantastic Fest 2017 preview

"...and Beethoven, we go to the Baroque era with Bach, "Air on the G String." We go through those..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Seen / Soon Sept. 15

Winding up 11:11's 11 dances in 11 months and preparing to go string quartet off-roading with invoke and Beerthoven

"...string quartet and the first piano quintet by P.D.Q. Bach "scholar" Peter Schickele. All this, plus beer from Lazarus..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Arts Column

Greezy Wheels Take a Last Bow

Still Greezy after all these years

"...who formed the band in 1970. "It's swamp, it's Bach, it's everything. Every song is its own universe, so..."

June 23, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Show That Never Ends: The Rise & Fall of Prog Rock

"...in 1960s genus pioneers including Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Bach) and Yes (Stravinsky). Another British Invasion, this one populated..."

June 16, 2017 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

"Maria Chávez: String Room"

With this interactive sound installation, it’s hard to tell whether it’s more about music or not-music

"...to climb inside a massive pipe organ and play Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor from the inside..."

April 28, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Luv Doc: Crock-Pot Potpourri

In which the Luv Doc gives a one-word answer

"...dance at the bookstore, whether they're playing Bowie or Bach. At art museums, I sometimes find myself in a..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

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