Love in the Time of 'Green Darkness'

Don't judge Anya Seton's reissued biographical novels by their romance and bad covers

"...for female authors. Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind, Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth, Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca,..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

ACL Music Fest Interviews

"...Saturday, 7:30pm, AT&T Blue Room stage..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Big, Bright Eyes of Texas

Celebrating the life of the bigger-than-life Ann Richards

"...Richards left another pearl of wisdom: When you allow yourself to grieve, a..."

Sept. 15, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

When :-( = $

Despair.com, demotivation, and capitalizing on the variables of Web content

"...vibrant color photograph of a windblown tree on a blue seashore that bears the word "Adversity." Below this, in..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Screens Feature by Toddy Burton

How to Make a Piñata

Honorable mention

"...at war. The Gulf of Mexico is churning its blue-green body into a series of blind destructive eyes. Someone..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Books Feature by Jenny Browne

After a Fashion

Has your style avatar Stephen found religion … or just joined a cult?

"...engage the consumer ... rubber, leather, sterling, 14k, platinum, pearls, semi-precious as well as precious stones," says Monsieur Heady..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Unrelentingly Hostile: Editor's Cut

This is an extended version of the story that ran in the print edition.

"...with picnic baskets to watch the anonymous boys in blue slaughter the anonymous boys in gray. But when the..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Smells Like Preteen Spirit

Kid rockers Three Hourz Sleep confront their first major crisis when their drummer moves away.

"...The drummer parked himself casually behind a Pearl drum kit, his drumsticks wound with blue tape and..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Marcia Ball's Cheers

"...kept falling off. Then there was the bartender's dog Blue, as symbolic of Soap Creek as cigar-store Indian Tecumseh..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...as significant in its magnitude as the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. That was, at least, an attack..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Column

KLBJ Freedom Fest @ Auditorium Shores

Live Shot

"...gave themselves over to enjoying a red, white, and blue rock & roll good time. With the U.S. Army..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Flaming Lips & Tongues on Fire

The 11th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival Sunday at Waterloo Park

"...at the Austin Chronicle booth near the stage (the blue flag on the map). Pick one up, vote for..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Food Feature

Welcome Wagon

Doyle Bramhall II, classic rock's most promising new blood

"...later with producer Tchad Blake (Los Lobos, Crowded House, Pearl Jam)...."

May 25, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

"...2. Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier..."

May 18, 2001 Books Column

Dancing About Architecture

The rains came, sweeping away parking at Noahfest, Boozoo Chavis, and DJ Muppetfucker's name. Clifford Antone, meanwhile, remains in the pokey, while Schatzi prepares to go the same route and sign a record deal.

"...12 on indie label Edsel Records. The disc features Pearl Jam doing "The Kids Are Alright," Sheryl Crow flying..."

May 11, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Unrequited Love

Considering the high prices and small portions, Cuisines Editor Virginia B. Wood admits that to pursue her tryst with Emilia's would make her a fool for love.

"...been rotated off the menu and replaced with a Blue Crab Bisque ($9.50) with Sweet Corn Truffle Beignets. We..."

May 4, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

South Austin Secede!

Our second installment in a series about South Austin explores the roots of "Bubba" and the rivalry between North Austin and south of the river.

"...was defined by a weird stew of rednecks, hippies, blue-collar workers, and Hispanics. And he sees North Austin, once..."

April 13, 2001 Features Feature by Rob D'Amico

Articulations

New York is calling, and Austin performers from the Rude Mechanicals to the Flaming Idiots to MOMFest are answering.

"...church in Greenwich Village. Directing the piece was Katie Pearl (who returns to Austin briefly this spring to stage..."

March 16, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...4TH AVENUE JONES: Melky Sedack with teeth, Lucy Pearl with grit. Dropping their debut on Interscope. Opening one..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

"...1. Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier..."

March 9, 2001 Books Column

Trouble Men

The post-SRV trials and tribulations of Texas' most famous rhythm section

"...Friends," both shows offered a who's who of modern blues: Jimmie Vaughan, Susan Tedeschi, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd,..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Slacker, the Map

It's been over a decade since Slacker premiered at the Dobie Theater. Since then, the lifestyle it celebrated is largely gone, along with the locations it helped make famous. In this "Slacker map," we look at what's disappeared and what's endured.

"...is now a B&B known as the Inn at Pearl Street. A cool place, yes, but try inviting the..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

What's up in the live music capital this week

"...2001. And finally, the Spankers are hoping to become Pearl Jam without electricity by starting work on a four-CD..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Speaking in Tongues

When Dan Dietz 'lets go,' he turns gibberish into art. And he proves it in the Salvage Vanguard Theater production of MacWellman's nonsense play Terminal Hip.

"...might have been lifted from Terminal Hip: Dress Me Blue, Window Me Sky...."

March 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...been playing Sunday nights at Austin's Home of the Blues for so long, Clifford Antone lists him as a..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Little Darlings

Addison DeWitt and Miss Caswell come back to life as chihuahuas, and it's All About Margaret.

"...painted Adam Ant stripes across our noses in bright blue, Sally Jane wore a stripe on her nose, too...."

Feb. 4, 2000 Features Feature by Margaret Moser

Drug Warriors

Hays County drug war is costing lives and money.

"...All four officers reported seeing Windle, dressed only in blue jeans, point an assault rifle at Stapp. Ducking and..."

Nov. 5, 1999 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

The Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

A look back at the Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

"...a devastating early-Eighties oil bust, something Pasadena -- a blue-collar patchwork of strip malls, subdivisions, refineries, and pipeline immediately..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Record Reviews

Prince Paul

"...-- is a jittering, spastic throwback to Underworld circa "Pearl's Girl" filtered through the lens of millennial bad trips...."

May 14, 1999 Music Review

Further Reflections

"...the devil to become the king of the Delta blues. Whether you believe that or not, the king he..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

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