Off the Record

Recounting the first decade of the Austin City Limits Music Festival, one year at a time

"...Ben Kweller plugs his infamous nosebleed onstage, gets spoofed the..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Thursday SXSW can't escape the blurbs!

"...Fri., 9pm, Red Eyed Fly) – Raoul Hernandez Carla Morrison..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

SXSW Lists

SXSW groupings: Metal, Austin jazz, Polish acts, plus everything else

"...Pitmon go eight strong before bringing in a guest (Ben Gibbard, Ira Kaplan, Craig Finn, etc.) to close out..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

sxswf: Wired-In Watching

And now... Choose Your Own Feeling films?

"...the team of presenters, including the film's ringmaster Gawain Morrison and Drs. Ben Knapp and Miguel Perez, that offered..."

March 14, 2011 SXSW Post by James Renovitch

Off the Record

Prime real estate: Patricia Vonne and the historic opening week for Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater

"...seal off the main hall. A remote-controlled camera glides beneath the mezzanine level, while the backstage recording studio and..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Live Shots

The Montreal Jazz Festival skronks Zornumental

"...Robinson, not to mention Eric Burdon & the Animals, Ben E. King, and Dave Brubeck (2006 Paramount Theatre marvel),..."

July 9, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

City Announces 'Multimodal' Bond Package

Package notable less for its contents than for how it came to be

"...last week, the mayor announced that he and Laura Morrison will be co-sponsoring Sheryl Cole's June 24 resolution to..."

June 25, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Wednesday Showcases

Wednesday SXSW showcases at a glance

"...honed in the five-year Hammond B-3 organ employ of Ben Harper's Innocent Criminals, even as British Columbian co-ed quintet..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

City Hall Hustle: It Ain't Xmas Yet

Council closing in on a raft of unfinished business

"...Elsewhere amid the land-use tableaux, Laura Morrison has two zoning motions of her own. Item 43..."

Dec. 11, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...This Is All Made Up), plus you’ll-never-believe-this docs like Ben Steinbauer’s Winnebago Man and Michael Paul Stephenson’s Best Worst..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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

"...Hall in February with Asleep at the Wheel's Ray Benson. After millions of Americans voted for change on Nov...."

Dec. 26, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

The Low Lows make a fresh start in Austin, Jon Dee Graham returns to the stage, Tim Kerr and Mark Arm talk Monkeywrench

"...anything from A Tribe Called Quest to Metallica," rapped Ben Harper just prior to Sunday's Nike+ Human Race, the..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

A Bloodcurdling Day in the Neighborhood: Candidates woo ANC

Candidates to ANC: Howdy, neighbor!

"...together." One question posed to former ANC Chair Laura Morrison dealt with the city's contentious move of the Town..."

April 4, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

How the West Was Won

SXSWUK 2008

"...It's not just the UK that's gone round the bend, of course. We're all waiting for the great leap..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

The 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival Winners

Past winners

"...G: 1) Dennis Williams; 2) Brian Morrison; 3) Lindy and Carol Billich..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Food Feature

ACL Music Fest Preview

"...been Austin-based for more than three decades. With Ray Benson behind the Wheel, they've kept the spirit of Bob..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature

The 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival Winners

"...G: 1) Dennis Williams; 2) Brian Morrison; 3) Lindy and Carol Billich..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Food Feature

The Cult of Pitchfork

How former record-store clerks and obsessive music nerds turned a Web site into a hit machine

"...a perfect 10, while former Dismemberment Plan singer Travis Morrison's album Travistan was slapped with a 0.0, along with..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Junebug

With this film built on a host of remarkably nuanced Southern characters, first-time filmmaker Phil Morrison announces himself with assurance and uniqueness of vision.

"...Directed by: Phil Morrison. Starring: Amy Adams, Embeth Davidtz, Ben McKenzie, Alessandro Nivola,..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival Winners: 1991-2004

"...G: 1) Dennis Williams; 2) Brian Morrison; 3) Lindy and Carol Billich..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Food Feature

Thursday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...solicitation. – Andy LangerHOTEL LIGHTS11pm, Habana Calle 6 When Ben Folds Five folded into simply Ben Folds, few wondered..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Surviving Christmas

Money can buy happiness goes the moral of this cynical yet mildly amusing comedy starring Ben Affleck and James Gandolfini.

"...Directed by: Mike Mitchell. Starring: Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini, Christina Applegate, Catherine O'Hara, Josh Zuckerman,..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

The 'Chronicle' Sells Out, Again; Go Ahead, Lament Us; Table of Contents Not Useful on Page 4; Envision a Correct Map; Fair Reporting on Police

"...respect for your readers (and your writers, who would benefit immensely from a sound edit and a solid refusal..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Column

Jazz and More

"...is basically a ballad jazz album). And don't forget Ben Harper, Morphine, Sidestepper, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Hamell on..."

Nov. 3, 2003 Postmarks

Moonlight Mile

"...Hoffman and Jake Gyllenhaal. Middle-aged commercial real estate agent Benjamin Floss (Hoffman) asks his attorney why his daughter was..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Austin Stories

"...crowd, along with most local hopefuls. State Rep. Geanie Morrison came all the way from Victoria to show her..."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Feature

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...for mayor of Austin against his longtime political target, incumbent Mayor Bruce Todd. It shocked everyone except Daryl. He..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Napster Gone Barbados

What if Napster went offshore?

"...into the ocean on their way to demolish Big Ben...."

Aug. 24, 2001 Music Feature by Tim Quirk

Dancing About Architecture

The usual suspects return: Miles Zuniga, Daniel Johnston, Sandra Bullock, Bob Schneider, and the Asylum Street Spankers; also, Patti Smith returns to Austin for SXSW, as do a bunch of other people.

"...Writing About Music Then & Now," featuring Stanley Booth, Ben Fong-Torres, Ann Powers, Ed Ward, and Texas Monthly's Evan..."

March 10, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Media Clips

Corporate media giants cause journalism to become less competitive; Walter Cronkite and Bill Moyers speak at The Daily Texan's 100th birthday event; Grassroots Media Conference held in Austin

"...become the most important study on this subject since Ben Bagdikian's seminal The Media Monopoly (1983). Here's an excerpt..."

Oct. 15, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

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