Hammer of the Gods

Scandinavia brings the lobster tail to SXSW 07

"...blond ivory-tickler Astrid Swan shakes down some redheaded Tori blues; and Helsinki "lady lumberjack" Irina Bjorklund pulls haunting sounds..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...CALVIN OWENS BLUES ORCHESTRA1pm, Town Lake Stage @ Auditorium Shores This prolific..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

The Banks of the Blanco

Environmentalists and Hays County clash over river-clearing project

"...the water on a clear summer day, with the smoke from the burning trees hanging in the air, the..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Shrinking Schools

While the suburbs sprawl, central city schools count their children – and their blessings

"...A blue-ribbon banner proudly hangs over the brick facade of Blanton..."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Food on Fourth

A guide to small plates and good drinks for barhopping in the Warehouse District

"...conversation, and there is a blessed absence of hovering smoke – the sign of a really good smoke remover...."

Oct. 29, 2004 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Comin' at Ya!

3-D is back on the big screen -- again.

"...centered around the wearing of glasses with red and blue lenses to achieve what is called subtractive filtration. This..."

July 25, 2003 Screens Feature by Ken Lieck

Short Cuts

Festival news from around the globe, as pertaining to Austin's little chunk of it.

"...are stuck under that semiannual pall of Mexican agricultural fire-smoke (seriously, you've got to worry when the haze is..."

May 16, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

I Before E

A career retrospective on one of the lost cosmic cowboys, Rusty Wier

"...young woman in a straw cowboy hat and bleached blue jeans. Wier offers a devilish grin and raises a..."

May 31, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Home Grown

Why Chef Louis Lambert's Palate Is a Product of his Texas Roots

"...on what's available. When he discovers there are no blue crabs, he substitutes lump crab meat. While he bemoans..."

April 26, 2002 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Letters at 3AM

War movies are back ... but they don't make them like they used to.

"...angry. They constantly bicker, constantly question their orders, constantly smoke. Unable to use outright curses due to censorship, Milestone..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

The Dead Club Crawl

Club hopping through Austin's musical past.

"...anthems with titles like 'Tit Bars' and 'Massage Parlor Blues.'..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

Readers are baffled by the Chronicle's "no endorsement" for the mayoral race.

"...such legislative specification, TEA's David Anderson is just blowing smoke. For instance, was Grover Cleveland one or two presidents?..."

April 28, 2000 Column

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...Austin, and were intent on tickling the town's Cosmic Cowboy/blues brigade into a two-out-of-three free-for-all hands-down victory. Songs like..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

Oh, Oh, Those Summer Bites

Camp Food

"...for specific things: misty mountain air dusted with campfire smoke, toasted marshmallows. The memories of childhood and my first..."

July 9, 1999 Food Feature

Texas Platters

Jimmy Lafave

"...between Dylan's "Oh, Sister" and "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues," even as another original, "Never Be Mine" glows between..."

April 23, 1999 Music Feature

The Spirit of Improvisation

"...by John Carrico Ambient energy still pulsed in the smoke-filled air as scores of dazed fans shuffled through the..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...screens. Some titles to look for include Buffalo '66, Smoke Signals, The Hanging Garden, Hav Plenty, (Pi), High Art,..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Texas Platters

"...The Trance (Prestige) The In Between (Blue Note)..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Music Review

Coach's Corner

"...skydiving, or even darts. Cooking. I have a little blue apron. I'm excited about new cookbooks. I read them..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Art is a put-up-or-

"...though character is all that gives plot vitality. NYPD Blue lost its edge when it lost David Caruso's often..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Column

Ginny Kalmbach Shared A Honky-Tonk Legacy with the World at Ginny’s Little Longhorn Saloon

ATX country maverick Roger Wallace remembers Burnet Road bar “boss”

"...their night shifts, the daytime regulars arrived, an older, blue-collar crowd and true lovers of old-school country music, many..."

Jan. 11, 2021 Music Post by Roger Wallace

Local Merch to Shop on Bandcamp Today

Let these 15 selects kick off your shopping spree

"...The Oakland-based platform normally collects 15% of revenue from..."

March 20, 2020 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

The Gravity of Sound

The Bubble's new studio stands as Mark Genfan's swan song

"...Hudson – known for their work in platinum-selling band Blue October – decided to open a state-­of-the-art recording facility..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...The Texan stands in the back listening. Cigarette smoke eddies around his face like ghostly seaweed as he's..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

Chronicle Endorsements

Recommendations for the county, state, and country

"...a union rep (providing an organizational base). A strong blue turnout now and in the fall for Siegel could..."

Feb. 16, 2018 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Austin Music Awards’ Message of Love

35th annual local prom sets a new standard

"...spirit echoed immediately in White Ghost Shivers’ frontwoman Cella Blue accepting the first award of the night. Paying the..."

March 13, 2017 Music Post by Doug Freeman

We Learned It by Watching Movies

A film primer for the best in wicked entertainment

"...told you, "Congratulations, you're on your way into true blue and boozy charlatanism." Content in his magnificent childishness, Gould's..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Election Notes

Emptying out the dregs from this election

"...Tokin' Opposition? We Smoke to Forget? Red and Blue Make Green? The headlines..."

Nov. 11, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Hot Takes

What to drink with the fieriest salsas at the AC Hot Sauce Festival

"...Pairing: Blue Owl Brewing Professor Black Sour Cherry Stout..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

L. Shapley Bassen's "Portrait of a Giant Squid"

First Place winner

"...necks up at the 94-foot-long, 21,000-pound model of a blue whale suspended from the ceiling. Ray located the diorama..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by l. Shapley Bassen

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