Record Reviews

"...Trio Fascination (Blue Note)..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Music Review

Live Shots

"...when one of them features garbanzo falafel sandwiches and belly dancing. But as the name implies, the St. Elias..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature

Fall Film Previews

September

"...One False Move and genre study Devil in a Blue Dress seem worlds away from One True Thing's family..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...States, Bulgaria) Director: Crystal Moselle, Derrick B. Harden Producers: Izabella Tzenkova, Crystal Moselle Khalid, from Brooklyn, gets stuck in..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...the Ground), seems to continue into the franchise's post-Bruce Campbell future, and lean heavily into the 2013 flick's hyper-gory..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

It's Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas

Jingle Bell Rocks! spins under the musical mistletoe

"...of the men behind the big white beard. Jingle Bell Rocks explores another aspect of the season: Christmas music...."

Dec. 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Farmers Market Report: March 30-31

Easter weekend happenings at the markets

"...is way too early in the year to get bell peppers and cucumbers from regular farming (it is just..."

March 29, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

ACL Music Fest Saturday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2009

"...and Whitney McGraw (keys) are keepers of the slow folk-blues flame, spinning 1970s AM radio gold on this year's..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature

Saturday Night Legends

Classic soul at the Continental; rock homage at the Saxon.

"...Spot Barnett was supposed to sit in with Archie Bell, but he’d been misdirected upstairs, where Mike Flanigin plays..."

Sept. 4, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Maxey Helps Dems Rebuild

Former state-representative- turned-political-consultant offers his grassroots organizer skills to help Texas Denocratic Party get it together

"...believes in, and how we proceed to be a blue state again, is the most important discussion I've heard..."

June 16, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

King's Ransom (discography)

"...original trio's Hendrix rap: funky, oft pummeling, burp gun blues ("Ray-Gun"), delivered in Lynott's thick, earthy yowl. CD adds..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Music Feature

2006 State Races

A sampling of some of the livelier contests taking shape in the March 7 primary and the general election in November

"...singer/humorist/detective novelist Kinky Friedman; two Democratic ex-congressmen – Chris Bell and Bob Gammage; and two novice Dem contenders –..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Lege Notes

"...if the Senate version prevails in conference committee, a blue-ribbon panel would sort out the options. – K.R...."

July 15, 2005 News Column

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...BELLS OF JOY: Arguably the old-time gospel group in Central..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Texas Platters

"...merit, and there's a languid late-night charm to "Boozy Blues." But most of Short's songs remain curiously lightweight, suffering..."

July 31, 1998 Music Review

Reissues

"...Dallasite Bobby Patterson's ultra-funky "T.C.B. or T.Y.A." and Archie Bell and the Drells' cruelly neglected Houston dance tribute, "Tighten..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Feature

This Is Who We Are #2: Sally Jacques' The Well Inside

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...The yearning is amplified by the wash of blue that colors the production. Some of it is literally..."

May 5, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Mug Life

Austin isn't a world-class beer destination, but it's close

"...new brewhouses with clever styles and polished taprooms like Blue Owl, Last Stand, and 4th Tap are dispelling the..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Saturday

Punk, hardcore, hip-hop, oh my!

"...in early 2010 for more of frontman Ryan Patterson's blue-collar hardcore. – Raoul Hernandez Royal Bangs..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Music Feature

Band on the Run

ACL's battle of the bands, the Sound and the Jury, represents another new paradigm of indie music exposure in the post-label era of the music industry

"...Austin City Limits Music Festival afternoon set. Turner's high-collared baby-blue cape drapes heavily in the heat, while Behrens' braids..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Miller's Tale

Swinging across the century with Ernie Mae Miller, 'a little blues, a little bawdy'

"...why the school burned. I remember it had old potbelly stoves. The janitors would come fill them with coal,..."

July 6, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Well Inside

In The Well Inside, Sally Jacques' extraordinary site-specific work, dancers suspended high in the air swing and sway and spin, right side-up and upside-down, exhibiting athleticism and daring that take your breath away but also convey an isolation and yearning for connection with amazing grace.

"...The yearning is amplified by the wash of blue that colors the production. Some of it is literally..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Texas Platters

The Rev. Horton Heat

"...the T.Rexian "Slow"); and even fleet-fingered solo gems ("Bath-Water Blues," "Folsom Prison Blues"). Even if his live shows aren't..."

May 28, 1999 Music Review

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...Johnathon Demme photograph by John Anderson ANTONE AND THE BLUES: A STORY OF OBSESSION..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Record Reviews

"...certain obvious charm, especially with Allred's unmistakable drawl. The bluesy "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" is also a..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Music Review

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Even Cow-Boys Get the Blues..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column

Getting School to Work

Aided by an infusion of new tax dollars from high-tech and other industries, Del Valle ISD finds success by investing heavily in school-to-career programs.

"...only six educators nationwide to receive a Terrel H. Bell award from the Dept. of Education for outstanding leadership,..."

Dec. 31, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Miss Montana's Wedding Day

Third Place

"...Halliwell, Miss Montana 1999, in a red white and blue spangled bikini waving a lasso. "I hate that fucking..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Features Feature by Amanda Eyre Ward

Live Shots

The Barkers

"...Buddy Guy at the 1st Annual Antone's Blues Festival photograph by John Carrico Even though Billy Joe..."

June 4, 1999 Music Feature

Record Reviews

"...whose last album, Copperopolis, was an ode to the blue-collar wasteland left after the demise of the post-war American..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Music Review

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