Peter's Friends

"...the Big Chill-isms in this tale of six old friends meeting up again after a period of ten years...."

Dec. 25, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I Broke Bad for 'Breaking Bad'

A (spoiler-free!) appreciation of one of TV's greatest shows

"...rom-coms. But I watch the hell out of Breaking Bad...."

Sept. 2, 2012 Screens Post by Monica Riese

SXSW Music Live: The Roots & Friends

“This is the best shit of the whole South By!”

"...stacked SXSW Saturday night billed as the Roots & Friends, a seemingly endless array of artists graced the stage..."

March 19, 2017 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

When Good Food Goes Bad

"...know this, but good food can turn very, very bad when it sits at the wrong temperature for too..."

June 4, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

The Luv Doc: It’s Bad, and It’s Nationwide

Comfort is the turd in which the mushroom of ignorance grows

"...have been around my brother-in-law and his "new Austin friends" and it was a real eye-opener. I know we..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

The Bad Guys

DreamWorks’ latest puts animal crooks on the right path

"...kiddie graphic novel series of the same name, The Bad Guys is about a crew of, well, bad guys..."

April 22, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

Amy Gentry Is All the Rage in Her Third Novel, Bad Habits

The Austin author talks anger, solidarity, and grad school villainy

"...came to her in a dream: two characters, female friends reconnecting after many years, one with "this murderous intent..."

April 30, 2021 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

'Bad Boy Brawly Brown' Reviewed

Has Walter Mosley's seventh novel in the Easy Rawlins series lived up to its predecessors? Jesse Sublett lets you know in his review of Bad Boy Brawly Brown.

"...Bad Boy Brawly Brownby Walter Mosley..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Luv Doc: More Than Just Friends

Life is not a Merchant Ivory Production

"...office that I have gotten to be really good "friends" with. We go out to lunches and happy hours..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Amateurs and Old Friends

Tom McCarthy works both angles in his winning third film. Make that Win Winning.

"...attorney volunteers as a wrestling coach for a really bad team and convinces the boy to join up...."

April 8, 2011 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Bad Dog's Good Deeds

Contrary to its name, the new Bad Dog Comedy Theater isn't a mean spoiler on Austin's comedy scene. It's about bringing things together, like improv / sketch comedy and stand-up, two veins of comedy that are almost always separate.

"...Before the Bad Dog Comedy Theater opened its doors to the public,..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Arts Feature

The Luv Doc: A Bad Case of ZTSD

The Luv Doc has a fat Santa's bag of helpful advice

"...also very often have questionable taste in interior design, bad lighting, sketchy internet connections, poor personal grooming, and terrible..."

June 12, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

The Luv Doc: Bad Ideas

Wallowing in a huge pig trough of hubris and mendacity

"...which is starting to be a problem because my friends keep asking me why I don't unfriend them, and..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Playing the Bad Guy

With actor David Stahl currently appearing as the wicked Richard III and actor Katherine Catmull having recently played the evil Goneril in King Lear, the challenge of playing villains seemed a ripe topic to launch a series of artist-to-artist conversations on craft.

"...not just one or the other, there's good and bad...."

Aug. 17, 2001 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Austin Film Festival: At Picnics, No One Can Hear You Scream in “Hi, Friends!”

Comedy of manners makes a picnic a party to flee

"...In "Hi, Friends!" the new short from New York-based filmmakwer Wheaton Simis,..."

Oct. 27, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Me and My Friends

Walking on the wild side with Red Hot Chili Peppers' guitarist John Frusciante

"...guitar, or whether it was how to treat your friends or whether it was how to settle an argument..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Luv Doc: Friends With Benefits

Some people don't like peas all up in their carrots

"...Dear Luv Doc, My friends say I am cold because I only call my..."

May 22, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

How to Avoid a Bad Review

One restaurant's epic fail is a lesson for us all

"...particular spot as an object lesson in how a bad review could have been avoided...."

Aug. 30, 2013 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Wizard World: Star Trek's Marina Sirtis is a One Woman Bad Girl's Club

Counselor Troi on picking fights and scaring the boys

"...it's a chance to catch up with her old friends in the cast. "We love spending the weekend with..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SOPA: A Bad Idea Falls Off – For Now

After an Internet blackout, lawmakers see the light

"...they were beginning to understand why the bills were bad for the Internet, as opponents – including major Internet..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

'As Long As There's a Record Deal, We'll Always Be Friends'

D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary

"...his wife and young child along with visits from friends John C. Reilly and the White Stripes' Jack White..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan

Bad Practice

"...who almost torpedoed the negotiations. I have many old nurse-friends who work there still and are telling me that..."

Sept. 3, 2016 Postmarks

To All Friends of Civil Liberties

"...Dear friends of civil liberties at The Austin Chronicle, Thank you..."

Oct. 17, 2006 Postmarks

Six-Week Abortion Ban Leads List of Bad New Texas Laws

Parade of horribles comes courtesy of the 87th Texas Legislature

"...including not just providers and support groups, but the friends and families of patients. So far, SCOTUS and 5CA..."

Sept. 3, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Why I Binge Watch Bad TV

Who else has watched 174 hours of 'One Tree Hill.' Anyone?

"...a depraved viewing regimen? When asked that by concerned friends I would respond that I “had to finish,” as..."

Sept. 6, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Drinking = Bad; Torturing Migratory Birds?

"...night, my boyfriend and I are hanging out with friends who are about to light fireworks. Thinking it would..."

Jan. 1, 2008 Postmarks

The Bad American

Bill Maher comes out on drink, drugs, and God

"...who knows it. And if that makes me a bad American to say I'm embarrassed by my country, so..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

Friends to the End (of the World)

Ric Roman Waugh and Gerard Butler reunite in Greenland

"...and John Carpenter. Klaus Kinski and Werner Herzog (OK, bad example). Austin-based filmmaker Ric Roman Waugh has found that..."

Dec. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bad Information on Natural Ear Music School

"...leave much time for Austin. Thanks to my Facebook friends, I was alerted to this blatant attempt to hijack..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Postmarks

Your Library Wants These Bad

How do we recommend these books highly enough? What miracles of precision can be created with pen-and-ink?

"...and losers. Change the faces, that's you and your friends right there, that's me and mine – but with..."

May 2, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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