Faces of Homelessness

Another Downtown attempt to find answers

"...the year ("Crime and the City Solution," Music, June 26)...."

Oct. 9, 2009 News Feature by Marc Savlov

Le Draft 2007

"...crickets, here are my notes and observations from the 2007 NFL Draft…..."

April 29, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Ribbon on the Highway

Here comes Jimmy LaFave

"...LaFave got to Austin exactly 20 years ago, when he was 30, during what he..."

May 6, 2005 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...ran clear for hundreds of years until August of 2003) first filled with sediment and runoff debris due to..."

March 25, 2005 Column

Thursday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...changeTHE GOURDS8pm, Town Lake @ Auditorium Shores Austin's beloved bad-boy roots-rock quintet produced one of their best albums last..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Buying this land would save $20 million of this $34-$40 million plan. The plan says..."

June 21, 2002 Column

Storyteller

Talking turkey with X-Ray

"...I suppose it's about someone going through a really bad time as a teenager...."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

Fear & Loathing on the Inaugural Trail

One man's journey to the Bush inauguration confirms more than it denies.

"...mate and business partner Charlie Jones was booking Big Bad Voodoo Daddy for the Thursday Texas party and flying..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Features Feature by Michael Bolduc

Hello Dottie

Austinite old-school punker Dottie Farrell explains the meaning of the word 'splooge.'

"...That stage is just disgusting. It's got splooge from 25 years of splooging on it."..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Postmarks

Don't look to the past, don't repeat other's mistakes, and don't read the Chronicle's movie reviews.

"...box-on-stilts housing development that sprang up on 3410 and 3412 Speedway [Phil Sterzing in "Postmarks," Jan. 14]. The issue..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Column

Taboo Topics, True Subjects

Reflections on Race in the NBA

"...The National Basketball Association, which began its 1999-2000 season a few weeks ago, is a photo negative..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Books Feature by David Shields

Why Wall Street Is Betting on Austin's Multimedia That Magic Touch

"...about 10 other big names we'd all recognize. Not bad...."

March 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

From Southerners to Seventh Grade

"...are as commonplace in Texas lore as horses and bad weather. Yet modern-day readers -- with appliances, air conditioning,..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Books Feature

Record Reviews

"...CHRIS ARDOIN AND DOUBLE CLUTCHIN'..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Music Review

Texas Platters

"...has a new sound that draws as much from Bad Religion for the uncanny vocal similarities as it does..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Music Review

Braver Newer World

The Year in Albums

"...down at their checkbook calendar and realized the year 2000 wasn't just some Orwellian plot device, it was a..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"...2 DAYS IN THE VALLEY A group of strangers, played..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Record Reviews

"...new, original material by Austin bands. It's not a bad sampler, either. The relatively small number of previously released..."

April 28, 1995 Music Review

Musicians on How Best to Employ City Funds Earmarked for the Local Scene

$3 million in HOT funds are coming. Now what?

"...No trickle-down, no bureaucratic nonsense. Corey Baum(Croy & the Boys)..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Music Feature

Playback: John Doe Moves to Austin

X's John Doe moves to Austin, Adam Nurre celebrates his late bandmates, and The Shopkeeper takes Congress House Studio to the movies

"...Nevertheless, the 63-year-old troubadour, actor, author, and poet must hang his hat somewhere..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

In the Name of Ann Richards

AISD's School for Young Women Leaders is a district showcase – does its glittering reputation hide a darker side for teachers and students?

"...the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders in 2007, it was that pledge turned into brick and mortar:..."

Aug. 30, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...The Texas Book Festival announced its 2012 slate today, featuring big hitters in fiction (Junot Díaz,..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

International Bands

Around the world in one-liners

"...Adam Tensta (Wed., 12mid, Speakeasy)..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Big 12 Power Rankings: Week 7

Texas/Oklahoma border battle continues after the game

"...get a hold of a couple of cases of 3.2 beer (you know, for the ride back home). Then..."

Oct. 21, 2009 Sports Post by John Razook

Big 12 Power Rankings: Week 3

Ladies love the grillmaster

"...breakthrough to the big time, and joined the big boys in college football's elite. All the talent seemed to..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Sports Post by John Razook

Crime and the City Solution

How safe do you feel exiting the Sixth Street/Red River Austin music crucible at 2am?

"...It was a fine night, Thursday, March 26, edging past 12mid, 60 degrees and muggy as all..."

June 26, 2009 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Off the Record

Playing in Traffic with Los Lonely Boys, Daniel Johnston, Roky Erickson's Ice Cream Social, and Dan Auerbach

"...which already features locals the Steps and Los Lonely Boys. "There was no one left that we knew at..."

March 20, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

The politics of Austin music in 2008: Barack Obama boogies back to Texas, a Man From Plains, and the Live Music Task Force

"...unequivocal and unavoidable rhythm section for the soundtrack to 2008. Nowhere was that more prevalent than here in Austin,..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Big Chill

Wild Thing Chip Taylor waxes political on 'New Songs of Freedom'

"...and Seven Days in May (1999). That led to 2000's The London Sessions Bootleg and 2001's Black and Blue..."

June 27, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Elvis Lives!

Allison Orr choreographs a new comeback special for the King

"...the first time. That initial version, produced for the 2004 Sharir + Bustamante Danceworks program Sex, Lies, and Fairytales,..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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