Snake Charmer

Ray Wylie Hubbard survived the crash, recovered the black box, and continues to fly high and get lowdown with 'Snake Farm.'

"...it's also damn sure a reminder that screw you, this is Texas...."

June 23, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Development review gets flattened by budget steamroller

"...get people all inflamed. Of course, they get inflamed for different reasons. People who want to build things --..."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

CinemaTexas5

International Short Film and Video Festival Schedule

"...including Spectres of the Spectrum, which also screened at this year's SXSW. One returning highlight is the Cinematexas "Big..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Screens Feature

Adventures in Backpacking

While traversing the globe in search of enlightenment, writer Mary Fitzgerald finds something altogether different: the steadily growing tribe of the full-time traveler. Outfitted to the teeth with Stussy, batik, Birkenstock, and the latest John Grisham novel, these nomadic wanderers have an entire culture all their own.

"...The recent release of the Lord of the Flies-for-the-Nintendo-generation movie The Beach marked the celluloid canonization of a..."

March 24, 2000 Features Feature by Mary Fitzgerald

Live Shots

"...which God and Hank only knows what could bubble forth. The transition was as seamless as the song was..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Music Feature

Native Son

Sherman Alexie's Vision

"...recording the 29 songs that would haunt the world forever, he faked his death. Robert Johnson wandered, wandered across..."

July 7, 1995 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

Inside Austin’s Fantasy Roleplaying Speakeasy With Oakda Malkuth

Straddling two worlds with Tiny Minotaur's bartending orc

"...and highly magical world of Karth. She's a badass, this Oakda, a veteran of untold mercenary campaigns and a..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Playback: A Music Snob’s Guide to ACL Fest

There's more to any ACL Fest list than meets the eye

"...in basketball jerseys, and their collegiate counterparts lining up for Instagram photos inside the giant simulated picture frame near..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

TFPF Awards Filmmaker Grants

AFS' funding arm awards $121,000 to Texas filmmakers

"...$5,000 in post-production services from Seattle-based Alpha Cine Labs. This year's final selection jury consisted of Matthew Akers (Marina..."

Aug. 29, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

I Built My Girlfriend's iPod

Stranded on a desert island? At least you have your iPodSolar.

"...bungalow faces the lagoon, and goats, donkeys, and rabbits forage around the lush tropicalia that parts at the tree..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Point Austin: Act Against the War

Doggett:"We have to do everything we can"

"...is wrong once again," Doggett said. "The terrible price for his repeated miscalculations is paid for by the blood..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Column by Michael King

A Dream Pursued

The Young Eight is showing the world of classical music what it means to be young, gifted, and black

"...get lost in the blur of black tuxedoes and formal gowns. Outside of the rare string-slinging superstars such as..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two

A First Amendment primer for Alex Jones' faithful and others in need

"...The Chronicle's online "Postmarks" forum is now in its second official week. Some letters..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Hello Dottie

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

"...& rollers know sometimes they have to let it bleed. Preventing bodily harm ranks a distant second to cutting..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Dancing About Architecture

Punk rock rough stuff; Emo calls it quits; Tenacious D seems to be the shit.

"...Punk Me Till I Bleed..."

March 24, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Wild, Wild Webcasts

Why party in line when you can party online?

"...and a studiously unsoiled canine companion at your heels. For many, though, the thought of all those crowds champing..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Record Reviews

"...probably not just genetics; the argument can be made for environment, too. Unlike blues, which is dead among black..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Music Review

Record Reviews

"...not deserve to be stalked by goofy Jellyfish fans for the rest of his career. He may have been..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Music Review

Where Live Music is Dead

Welcome to Sixth Street

"...a large enough party we'll set up the stage for 'em," says the club's General Manager Bill Beisel. Don't..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Whether Saving Lives During the Freeze or Saving the City From Save Austin Now, Bob Nicks Just Helped

"I didn’t do a thing. I sat in my office and dispatched people. But I was part of it.”

"...Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. The power was still out for much of Central Texas. Back at his home in..."

April 8, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

A Rhythmic Ray of Light: Austin Community College's Hip-Hop Production Instructor Ray LaManna

From prisoner to professor, he wants to change people's lives

"...to damage his own hearing as his cranked-up headphones bleed loudly, but the empathetic instructor calmly comes over to..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Brea Grant, Modern Scream Queen

The Stylist star, 12 Hour Shift director and UT grad becomes a powerhouse of horror at Fantastic Fest

"...Yet this fall sees her secure her position as not just..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's Recalls the Moment Her Band Topped the Charts in 1981

Austin born and raised, Valentine and the girls reigned with Beauty & the Beat – as excerpted from her new memoir All I Ever Wanted

"...mixed, mastered, and finished. All of the Go-Go's assembled for a listening session at the IRS [Records] office. Track..."

April 17, 2020 Music Feature by Kathy Valentine

Meet Austin’s Funk Prodigy D-Madness

Blind purveyor of soul, hip-hop, and reggae takes us behind the curtain

"...of communication knotted by intentional static, from which you're forced to wrench meaning. No surprise, then, that the preternaturally..."

July 28, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

A Safe Place?

Parties, alcohol, and attitudes are contributing to a high number of sexual assaults in Austin

"...County Sheriff's Office alone, however, both advocates and law enforcement estimate that the high number only represents 10-15% of..."

Sept. 25, 2015 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Talking Shop With Curran Nault

The Polari artistic director on programming to bridge divides

"...radio-television-film and queer studies academic invited me to sit for an interview to pick my memory banks about the..."

Oct. 10, 2013 Screens Post by Kate X Messer

Such Stuff as Screams Are Made On

Austin punk gets the museum treatment, but does the scene come off as dead or alive?

"...that pounding soundtrack is somewhat reassuring, a signal that this institution hasn't completely drained the subject of its red,..."

March 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

2005 ACL Music Fest Preview

All 'picks' no 'sleepers' for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, one blurb at a time

"...Collins released his debut, Something Better (Fat Caddy), earlier this year to a rousing critical reception. The 26-year-old Collins'..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature

Too Tough To Die

The last surviving real Ramone takes us back to the best years of our lives.

"..."We sat outside our job for two years talking about starting a band before doing..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...approaches grandiosity with a distinctly indie perspective. Their debut for Chicago indie Overcoat, The Faces All Look On, is..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

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