Bill & Ted Face the Music

Can we all finally just be excellent to each other?

"...Directed by: Dean Parisot. Starring: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Kristen..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ted Versus Technology

Cruz visits Capital Factory and plays prop comic

"...Ted Cruz dumps a rotary phone on the lectern and..."

Nov. 19, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Better All the Time

Cabaret and musical legend Barbara Cook is still learning

"...stage treasure, performing at Bass tonight, insists she's a better singer today than she was five years ago...."

Sept. 19, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Ted Cruz: Newtown Families 'Props'

Texas junior senator learns what YouTube is, the hard way

"...goes past without a galling press statement from Sen. Ted Cruz, filled with right wing bon mots that would..."

April 30, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Ted Cruz Refuses to Endorse Donald Trump

Texas senator tosses matches (and himself) on RNC dumpster fire

"...It's rare – no, scratch that – it's unprecedented that Sen. Ted Cruz would get a standing ovation..."

July 21, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Ted Cruz: The New Schwarzenegger

And we don't mean that in a good way

"...the next big thing. Now it's US Senate nominee Ted Cruz who will lead the party into a glorious..."

Aug. 7, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Ted Gordon Believes

Is it too late to fix the AISD bond package?

"...That's how AISD trustee Ted Gordon, the board's lone African-American member, began a long,..."

June 23, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Health Care Protest at Ted Cruz's Office

"...On Thursday afternoon, over forty people gathered outside Ted Cruz's office to share their stories and rally against..."

June 26, 2017 Photo Gallery

Off the Record

A curated survival guide to the Austin City Limits Music Festival

"...at the Moody Theater had been certified as an official Rock & Roll Hall of Fame landmark. Ninety percent..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

And They're Off!

Primary filings reveal a who's who of contenders

"...Dinner, it became clear that there were more than expected primary contests and general election challengers...."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

Reviewing the three-ring circus of Fun Fun Fun Fest and flashing back to the Armadillo World Headquarters with Dweezil Zappa

"...Who better than Austin's Riverboat Gamblers to belt out the unofficial..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

OTR attends Fun Fun Fun Fest, packs things, and moves to the Cloud

"...grounds on Friday quite simply because there was no better place to be than Auditorium Shores last weekend...."

Nov. 11, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Rocks Off

SXSW 04 encore: Saturday showcases and more

"...Eighties. From the opening riff of "That's Never Why," off the recent The One That Brought You, to the..."

March 26, 2004 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

East Texan Kacey Musgraves Leads Cosmic Kiss-Off at ACL Fest

This writer sure wouldn’t want to be her ex-husband

"...Records recording artist, onetime Americana Awards nominee, and generally well-respected singer-songwriter dude Ruston Kelly...."

Oct. 10, 2022 Music Post by Julian Towers

Off the Record

Threadgill's reopens its original location in historic fashion, Spoon gets remixed, and Neil Young's Greendale takes the stage

"...on March 14, the original Threadgill's on North Lamar hosted a tribute to Walter Hyatt with David Ball of..."

April 4, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Scott Newton and Ginger Leigh go under the lens

"...parties he attended with local songwriter Billy Callery and started selling prints out of a briefcase for $5. "In..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Ben Kweller saddles up in Austin, Willie Nelson and company share one last night in the Backyard, and Bavu Blakes and others gear up for election night

"...and the Monahans ("James Knox Polk [The Other Is Better/The Landscape to Transform]"). The latter president, you may recall,..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Run-off Roundup

Congressional District 10: Ankrum Wallops Foreman

"...a rural vs. urban battle – former NASA bureaucrat Ted Ankrum of Cypress took Travis and Harris Counties, and..."

April 14, 2006 News Feature by Lee Nichols

SOPA: A Bad Idea Falls Off – For Now

After an Internet blackout, lawmakers see the light

"...dark, and The Austin Chronicle, while not blacked out, posted an action link and an editorial voicing support of..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Off the Record

KUT announces a new Cactus Cafe manager, plus this week at the movies

"...The city's official calling card as the "live music capital of the..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

The battle for Townes Van Zandt's legacy wages on, Willie and the Doggfather get Half Baked in Amsterdam, and Pinetop Perkins gets his mojo working

"..."It's finally over," exclaims Jeanene Van Zandt, the court-appointed executrix of Townes Van Zandt's estate, in regard to..."

April 25, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Hot Tub Time Machine

Consider this comedy yet another nail in the Eighties coffin.

"...Directed by: Steve Pink. Starring: John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig..."

April 2, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Million Ways to Die in the West

Seth MacFarlane furthers his Hollywood onslaught with this Western spoof in which he's no longer strictly a voice talent but is now playing the onscreen lead.

"...Directed by: Seth MacFarlane. Starring: Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Amanda..."

May 30, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Darfur Now

For all the film’s rallying efforts, its meandering structure and absence of a central focal point result in a film about genocide that is, as unbelievable as it sounds, kind of boring.

"...Directed by: Ted Braun. The world can be a terrifying..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

TV Eye

A new workplace sitcom addresses the tough questions. Like, if eyeballs explode at minus 20 degrees Celsius.

"...having a high time skewering it. The new comedy Better Off Ted pokes fun at corporate greed and amorality,..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

TV Eye picks its favorite Emmy nominees

"...The Emmy Awards will be presented this weekend. I won't bother making predictions except to..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

News Ticker: October 25

All the news that's fit to blog

"...Ted Cruz has a martini, Tom Delay has an epiphany,..."

Oct. 25, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

TV Eye

At the networks' preview of their fall shows, it seemed a lot like same-old, same-old

"...sense I got watching online previews of new series presented at this year's network upfronts. The upfronts are traditionally..."

May 28, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye: Who's Sunny Now?

Matthew Perry, funny if not quite sunny, returns to TV

"...and he's there to make sure it all comes off without a hitch, that the talent and especially the..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

HBO My

Premium cable network struts its stuff with three premieres this weekend

"...He's assisted and blocked by his fellow developers, the arrogant architecture..."

April 4, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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