DVD Watch: 'Hill Street Blues'

An aural history of the cop show that changed TV

"...Blue. On January 15, 1981, a cop drama called Hill Street Blues aired to low ratings on NBC. When..."

April 29, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Musings on 46 Minutes at the King of the Hill Day Barbecue

"...and the boy arrived at the King of the Hill Barbeque just in time to see "celebrity" Jen Garrison..."

April 9, 1999 Arts Feature

'Saveur' Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival Event Schedule

If you've got the money, you've got a great time in store.

"...Savor the Hill Country Luncheons..."

April 4, 2003 Food Feature

View From a Hill

Site visit to F1 track, major announcements put plan in context

"...the local media to see track boss and former Churchill Downs track president Steve Sexton in person, and he,..."

April 13, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

The World Is Flat

How King of the Hill helped make Texas three-dimensional again

"...when that state is Texas." – a baffled Hank Hill to son, Bobby, in the series finale of King..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

The Mother

From the director of Notting Hill comes this story about a middle-aged woman who reignites her sex life with a much younger man.

"...with a younger man, but director Roger Michell (Notting Hill) and writer Hanif Kureishi (My Beautiful Laundrette) raise the..."

July 2, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

True to Its Own Terroir

Can Saveur magazine save the soul of the Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival?

"...the course of its 18-year history, the annual Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival has become the premier..."

April 4, 2003 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

10 Minutes with Robert Earl Keen

‘Jesus, can we stop with the songwriting for just a second?’

"...at the Moody Theater. We caught up with the Hill Country raconteur last week, recapping his first ever tour..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

The 'Saveur' Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival

"...our turn until this week, when the Saveur Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival kicks off today, Thursday,..."

April 2, 2004 Food Feature

Writer/Director/Actor Pamela Adlon Embraces Better Things at SXSW

The comedian and show creator talks the strength of scars

"...artist who gave life to the animated character of Bobby Hill, the adolescent son of Texans Hank and Peggy..."

March 11, 2019 SXSW Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Danny Collins

Al Pacino is an aging rock & roller who makes an entertaining play for redemption

"...Starring: Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Christopher Plummer, Jennifer Garner, Bobby Cannavale, Katarina Cas, Giselle Eisenberg, Josh Peck, Melissa Benoist..."

April 3, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Joins SXSW Speaker Roster

A$AP Rocky, Olivia Wilde, and the Fonz all join conference

"...director of FX’s Better Things and the voice of Bobby Hill in King of the Hill)..."

Jan. 15, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Horns Men's Basketball Team Out Snipe Hunting

Signature win alludes them

"...On an early episode of King of The Hill titled “The Order of the Straight Arrow,” Hank and..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Stay Tuned

TV Eye

"...soon) and they have trumpeted the finale of Beverly Hills 90210 as The Night Donna Does "It." Gads --..."

May 9, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Divorce, Alamo Style

From a small north-side apartment – via toney Rob Roy, a Hays County ranch, and several sojourns in jail – Janet Kennedy keeps fighting a battle featuring all the latest in family bitterness

"...one of the most contentious land battles in the Hill Country – but for once, a controversial development isn't..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Town Was Hoppin'

Austin's music scene of the Fifties lives on in Ray Campi

"...In the otherwise barren hills of West Lake, musicians played the Elm Grove Lodge,..."

March 30, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Buried Alive in the Blues

The night Austin's Godfather of the blues granted Ed Ward a favor he'll never forget

"...Johnny Taylor, Denise LaSalle, Tyrone Davis, Bettye Lavette, Z.Z. Hill, and Benny Latimore were playing Austin – on the..."

May 26, 2006 Music Feature by Ed Ward

A New Life for 'A Band Called Death'

Detroit rock & rollers resurrected through Drafthouse Films

"...In 1971, three Michigan kids – guitarist David, bassist Bobby, and drummer Dannis – bought some instruments with some..."

June 28, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFCA Announces 2009 Awards

The Austin Film Critics Association hands The Hurt Locker top prize

"...(The Austin Chronicle), C. Robert Cargill (Film.com), Laurie Coker (Hill Country News), Korey Coleman (Spill), Chris Cox (Spill), Cole..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Tenth Annual "Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest Results

"...drift, and my favorite -- about sledding down a hill fast as Mercury...."

Oct. 19, 2001 Books Feature

Crackpot Crackdown

Joining a long East Texas tradition, Jackson County DA Bobby Bell has convicted 28 black people on drug charges via manufactured evidence and railroaded trials. One small-town exile, her family, and a few neighbors are finally fighting back.

"...plea bargains offered by longtime Jackson Co. District Attorney Bobby Bell. They did so, it seems certain, in large..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

HOG Wild

How a concrete wasteland has become a street-art wonderland called the HOPE Outdoor Gallery

"...art world. "So I headed up here to 'the hill.'"..."

June 20, 2014 Arts Feature by Bob Makela

Naked City

News and happenings around Austin and beyond

"...Austin Stories • Bobby Cox Cos. Inc. officially assumed ownership of Schlotzsky's Inc...."

Jan. 14, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

KAZI's True Colors

The Reverend Frank Garrett Pushes KAZI to the Edge

"...Board director and attorney Bobby Taylor says he and other members "laughed" when they..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...Fats Domino’s left hand on “Blueberry Hill.” [Sings] “I found my thrill...” and the right hand..."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

Food-o-File

Barbecue, wine, sushi, and crepes, that sort of thing

"...How cool was it to see venerable Taylor pit-master Bobby Mueller cracking jokes with Food Network host Guy Fieri..."

June 8, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Hey, Hey, Hey!

No. 2 hit from 1965, 'Treat Her Right,' by Roy Head & Gene Kurtz: 'Just one of them songs that hangs around"

"...generation has covered the song. Had Sun Records' Sam Phillips heard Roy Head before he heard Elvis, Head would..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Dark Horses

The redistricted Centex Democrats bravely into battle go

"...in altitude, from the edge of the Central Texas Hill Country to the East Texas coastal plains. But make..."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood hits the barbecue backroads with the Travel Channel's Epicurious.

"...crew -- including cameraman Tom Taylor, sound engineer Mike Hill, and production assistant Amy Hughes -- and the seven..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Tributes

"...(Windham Hill)..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Music Feature

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