Right Man for the Job

Charlie Robison says 'fuck everybody.'

"...in Nashville about Charlie Robison is to invite an anatomy lesson. They marvel at the size of his balls...."

June 29, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Red River Valley

Red River, home to Austin's real live music venues

"...A funny thing happened while a throng of shirtless rabble-rousers turned Austin's Mardi Gras celebration this past..."

June 22, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Uncle Blubbafink

Keith Graves, the author of seriously ridiculous stories like Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance, is garnering Hollywood’s attention, but did he ever want it?

"...Where are the kids?..."

June 8, 2001 Books Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Big Show

The aesthetic at Girasole speaks to the food fashion of our age, according to Chronicle writer Rachel Feit. It is studied, indeed, almost market-researched in its appropriateness.

"...Dinner, Mon-Sat, 5-11pm..."

June 1, 2001 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Day Trips

Off-road biking trails of the Lone Star State.

"...A good mountain bike ride gets the heart pumping and is an exciting way to see..."

May 18, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

All Creatures Great and Small

With the current state of the environment, long belabored by activists and scientists who point to any number of warning signs of planetary collapse, it makes sense, Chronicle contributor Dan Oko writes, that writers with deep green inclinations would juggle literary aesthetics and scientific data in their efforts to jar us from the stupefying impact of too much information and too much bad news.

"...Tinkering With Eden: A Natural History of Exotics in Americaby Kim Todd..."

May 18, 2001 Books Feature by Dan Oko

All There in the Music

Mandy Mercier puts down her fiddle to talk about her eventful life.

"...evening in early April, Mandy Mercier sets up on the makeshift stage at the Waterloo Ice House on 38th..."

May 11, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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.

"...Mon-Thu, 6-10pm (bar, 5pm-midnight); Fri-Sat, 6-11pm (bar, 5pm-1am)..."

May 4, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Deconstructing Downtown

The Economy Sneezes -- and Austin's Central Business District Catches a Cold

"...On a drizzly afternoon in late March, a handful of Intel officials arrived at an..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

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.

"...Pat Bennett envelops himself in smoke, then bellows it away..."

April 13, 2001 Features Feature by Rob D'Amico

Dancing About Architecture

A flood of weather (and music) following SXSW

"...guitar lesson, you gotta figure you're doing something right. That's what happened to ex-Arc Angel Doyle Bramhall II last..."

March 30, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO: For many, Buckwheat Zydeco (née Stanley Dural, Jr.)..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

SXSW NEWS

"...And the beginning is as good a place as anywhere, I..."

March 16, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Saturday SleepersALL SHOWCASES SUBJECT TO CHANGE..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Food-o-File

What foodies are reading, and updates on local culinary news.

"...The usual torrent of cookbook review copies has recently slowed..."

March 16, 2001 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Saturday PicksALL SHOWCASES SUBJECT TO CHANGE..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

One week 'til SXSW and already the music is hitting the fan.

"...Eyes on the Prize..."

March 9, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Austin Confessions

Chris Gray gets laid.

"...-- Leonard Cohen, "First We Take Manhattan"..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood's three sure-fire dining suggestions that will provide enough of a respite from traffic horrors to allow other drivers to suffer in the snarl while you relax over a delightful meal.

"...If I really had a workable solution to our horrendous local traffic nightmare, I wouldn't still be living in..."

March 2, 2001 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Here Comes a Regular

The dark world-view of Jeff Klein

"...dark side. He's only 24, but he doesn't have that freshly scrubbed look. He's got a wisp of a..."

March 2, 2001 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Dancing About Architecture

SXSW wristbands go on sale with the news that Dr. Demento will be attending this year's festival. Also, the passing of the Victory Grill's Johnny Holmes, and the expansion of Emo's.

"..."Austinites are special people, we all know that. That's why they always get first crack at the..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

South by Southwest draws closer -- lots of news from SXSW 2001

"...now a mere month away, things are coalescing for the music festival and overall conference: music, film, interactive. As..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Day Trips

The historic hotels of San Antonio.

"...The historic hotels of San Antonio offer a combination of..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Thou Shalt Not ...

Each one of Krzysztof Kieslowski's 10-part Decalogue is constructed carefully enough to be seen on its own. But together, they are a jigsaw puzzle of color, texture, emotion, and meaning. We take a look at this extraordinary series, which the Austin Film Society will screen at the Alamo Drafthouse on Saturdays through March 3.

"...Until the Sundance Channel acquired the television broadcast rights last March,..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Life at the Cha-Cha Palace

Stephen MacMillan Moser takes a trip down the yellow brick-laid, disco ball-lit memory lane in the world of Austin's Seventies Disco scene.

"...It was one of the most schizophrenic eras, but so typical of Austin..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Flight of the Night Bird

Harry Akin opened for business on Christmas Eve, 1932, selling hamburgers for 15 cents apiece. Cuisines Editor Virginia B. Wood reveals how Akin turned his hamburger stand into Austin's former restaurant empire.

"...By the time beloved Austin restaurateur Harry Akin died in 1976,..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Mapping Calle Ancha

The Avenue That Existed Before That Big Parking Lot in the Sky, I-35, Was Built

"...La Calle Ancha -- "the wide street" -- isn't among Austin's high-profile streets and..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Belinda Acosta

Bygone Buildings

Right in the booming heart of Austin, folks can still find evidence of times past. Devin Greaney explores some of Austin's abandoned haunts.

"...In go-go Austin, displacement is the rule. A video store seems to open in the..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Devin Greaney

New Kid on the Block

ASTI is the perfect addition to Hyde Park's busiest corner

"...ASTI Trattoria & Wine Bar408-C 43rd St., 451-1218..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood remembers two talented and hardworking women in Austin's culinary life who have recently died and also reveals some of her recent dining discoveries.

"...The Austin restaurant industry lost two of its most talented..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

« 1    ‹ BACK    18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27     NEXT ›    33 »