The Funk Box

"...civic duty to wag that booty. Not just knee-deep, this 4-CD set details the short (roughly 1970-1982, "Sex Machine"..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

SXSW Profiles

Thursday Night

"...Pub, 8pm Thursday If they're ever in the mood for a little rock opera, Hotwheels Jr. might consider the..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Meet the New Boss

The Privatization Route

"...they will "continue to go through the agency looking for areas where we might be able to streamline by..."

Jan. 15, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

“Here Comes the Pain”: Slipknot Invokes Catharsis En Masse

Iowa nü metal legends celebrate 25 years in ATX

"...This was the Back Room, a revered 1,000-capacity East Riverside..."

Sept. 21, 2024 Music Post by David Brendan Hall

Election Ticker: Say It Ain’t So, Zo

Qadri explains his GOP gigs, Guerrero explains her housing views

"...enough market-rate housing, and if so, why? The campaign for the central-city district has gotten edgier...."

Dec. 9, 2022 News Feature by the News Staff

Review: Austin Playhouse's Previews of Departing Attractions

Twenty years in the making, Lowell Bartholomee's latest collection of short plays is worth the wait

"...years since playwright (and actor/director/designer) Lowell Bartholomee gathered, and this publication reviewed, a collection of his short works. The..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

The Luv Doc: Blowing Smoke

Telling the truth is easy. Lying is a lot more work.

"...like to embellish the truth, but after knowing her for more than six months, I now realize she lies..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

Sound on Sound Review: The Frights

Eighties party jam

"...and induced air punches gearing up an eager crowd for the Frights’ havoc...."

Nov. 12, 2017 Music Post by Isabella Castro-Cota

Perry's Top 10 Worst Hits

Perry for Prez redux calls for a sojourn down memory lane

"...that left nine churchgoers dead, Republican presidential candidate and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry majorly flubbed by calling the..."

June 23, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

The Spillover

SXSW Interactive loosens its belt, expands to 14 venues

"...that it's the big dog – so big that this year it will stretch across 14 Downtown campuses, from..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

TCB

Saying adios to Texas music titan Freddy Fender, and bienvenidos to a little band called the Rolling Stones

"...Zilker Park Sunday evening. Gates open at 3pm, with former Stones sideman Ian McLagan & the Bump Band up..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

The Luv Doc: Don't Bother Knockin'

OK, maybe if there is an EF5 tornado coming or perhaps a ravenous herd of Bengal tigers

"...last week with my earbuds in and sometime shortly before 8am I heard a very rapid and insistent banging..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

Hornography

"...season in Austin, a year in which, much like this one, the Longhorns got drubbed in consecutive contests before..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Sports Column by Russ Espinoza

Say Goodbye to Domy Books, Say Hello to Farewell

An Austin epicenter of art and words prepares for metamorphosis

"...well, wistful might be the most precise word. Looking forward to whatever comes next, peering into the future with..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

All Over Creation: Assumptions and Definitions

Seeing what's new in theatre requires letting go of old notions

"...be absolutely sure of what you're going to see before you see it, that every production can hold surprises..."

March 23, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Samuel Barber: American Romantic

Conspirare revealed how this composer does go gentle into that good night

"...from the ensemble's three dozen singers with the righteous force of an Old Testament prophet, and its gathering volume..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Luv Doc Recommends: Pachanga Latino Music Festival

Fiesta Gardens, Saturday, May 22, 2010

"...no outstretched torch of Lady Liberty lighting the way for clandestine nighttime border crossings, no bronze plaque beckoning tired,..."

May 21, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

Rogue Performance Venue: Paradise lost

James Cotton thought he'd found an ideal spot for his new theatre, but he may be forced to leave over conflicts with a neighboring rehearsal studio for bands

"...At this point, Rogue Performance Venue was supposed to be in..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TCB

The ACL Festival turns five, and the weather gods (might) give Austin a break. Trae tears up Red 7, and the obituary roll call grows.

"...High Five This weekend the Austin City Limits Music Festival reaches its..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Triumph of the Yellow Kid

Comics are art, Spiegelman notes in his panel-busting history lesson

"...– simple lines, broad caricatures – made it easy for comics to be dismissed as crude, juvenile. The only..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fun With Carole, Rick, and Greg

The budget standoff provides a snapshot of the new Texas politics.

"..."a typographical error" -- that would be remedied and forgotten in a matter of hours. When the reporters inquired..."

June 27, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Coach's Corner

Ray Rhodes may not have been fired as the Green Bay Packers head coach because he's black, but he'd still have the job if he were white.

"...Mississippi cracker sheriffs, knowing they'd never be held responsible for terrorizing and killing kids trying to get blacks registered..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Raul's in Overdrive: "AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!"

In 1978, visits from Patti Smith and Elvis Costello plus the Austin Punk Scene’s first record could mean “AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!”

"...Editor’s note: This is Chapter 6, Part 2 of a serialized history..."

Dec. 30, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Gay Place

Caleb De Casper brings his horror cabaret residency to Cheer Up Charlies

"...over Cheer Up Charlies. Caleb De Casper, Austin's piano-playing singer/songwriter/performer, will host horror cabaret every Sunday, complete with costumes,..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Austin Punk Pioneer Steve Marsh Climbs the Star Ladder

Ex-Terminal Mind vocalist explores outré galaxies in Evil Triplet

"...At this juncture in January, his local psych trio Evil Triplet..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Playback – ACL Fest: Dad Rock Is Dead

Wrapping weekend one of ACL Fest on the eve of the second iteration

"...You Know, for Kids!..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Still the Fading Stains of Some Bad Improv Blood

Because: You have Five Families, you're gonna have some dysfunction.

"...stirring up old shit in the community, especially not for the sake of generating meager clickbait, especially not when..."

Aug. 28, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Beau Willimon Lays His 'Cards' on the Table

Austin Film Festival presents the showrunner on season two of the hit Netflix series

"...of the fourth wall and chides, "You thought I forgot about you, didn't you?" The scene and episode end..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Screens Feature by Aleksander Chan

Great Are the Myths

Edward Norton introduces Leaves of Grass to Austin

"...part of your youth in the central plains of this great nation, odds are you clocked some of those..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Top 10 (plus one) Theatrical Treasures and Pleasures of 2007

'Chronicle' Arts Editor Robert Faires recalls 2007, in the theatre

"...thought after seeing Dave Steakley's high-gloss, high-spirited revival of this Coward comedy. Cliff Simon's set and Susan Branch's costumes..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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