Confessions of a Cowboy

Working a cattle drive in Texas in the 1870s probably wasn't like what you imagine; ask Frank Harris -- he was there and he knows.

"...This month, Carroll & Graf publishes Star-Spangled Eden: 19th-Century America Through the Eyes of Dickens, Wilde, Frances Trollope, Frank..."

May 26, 2000 Books Feature by James C. Simmons

I Wanna Take You Higher

"...with surgical precision, saying, "Back in the early eighties, America did have something close to a proto-rave scene, in..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Simon Reynolds

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...Know to Buy and Cook Today’s Meat) Ayad Akhtar (America Dervish) Katherine Applegate (The One and Only Ivan)** Gustavo..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

BBC America celebrates its HD premiere with a week of sci-fi programming

"...Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame). Apparently, BBC America thinks summer and sci-fi are a perfect match, as..."

July 17, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...would a fraudulent election of the United States of America? I should think so. And yet you didn't...."

Nov. 26, 2004 Column

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

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...Singh, Sara Zandieh, Neel Patel A 30 year old Indian-American virgin gets a job teaching high school Sex Ed...."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...officers hustled the second English punk band to play America (beat by the Damned in 1977) past 60 photographers..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

2019 Women’s World Cup: Everything You Need to Know

Group breakdown, game schedule, new rules, and more

"...quarterfinals. This'll likely be their last go-round under sparkplug captain Lisa DeVanna, and they'd been playing well until the..."

June 4, 2019 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Comics Worth Spending Money on

Three Chronicle writers recommend 14 current comics, from standard superhero fare to funny-animal satire to slice-of-life drama.

"...concerns, and volatile tribal warfare. Priest, the character's first African-American scribe since the Panther's debut in the pages of..."

May 3, 2002 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...You ask, "Where's Captain Kirk?" ["Austin @Large," Nov. 9]. He's climbing Jack's Beanstalk,..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Column

Fatal Error

Hooked on Drug Money

"...For more than a century, stationing U.S. soldiers in American backyards was against the law. The Posse Comitatus Act,..."

Dec. 25, 1998 News Feature by Monte Paulsen

Reissues

"...backdrops, the resulting synthesis of European classical formality and American jazz improvisation was so well-realized that it made the..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Temple of Angels, a DJ Chicken George benefit, a Soap Creek Saloon reunion, and more recommended shows

"...26, with Joe McPhee and Stefan Gonzalez Soundspace at Captain Quack's, Sunday 27..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Dinosaur Jr. at Lakeline Park, Los Texmaniacs in Sunset Valley, and more recommended shows

"...revival, 91-year-old Ramblin' Jack Elliott remains the essence of America's free spirit. As a young New Yorker at the..."

April 28, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

DPS Troopers Push Undocumented Immigrants Into a Deportation Pipeline

Spike in traffic stops raises concerns about racial profiling, faulty record keeping, and the damage done to families

"...their families – including their children, who are typically American citizens...."

June 2, 2017 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...Mateo Director: Aaron I. Naar Mateo follows America's most notorious white mariachi singer on his misadventures in..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

SXSW: Nik Turner Spreads His Cosmic Wings

Hawkwind co-founder to re-enact the 'Space Ritual'

"...to be bass player.” He played with the Damned [Captain Sensible]. I did some recording with him the other..."

March 15, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Burn, Baby, Burn

On Fahrenheit 451 and why good democracy should make you feel bad

"...too accurate a portrayal of the darkest chapter in American history to be taught in American schools. African princes..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

TV Eye

The floodgates are opening with a whole host of premieres and returning shows

"...The writers' strike continues, but the Writers Guild of America gave a pass to the SAG because they've been..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Michael Hall

Record review

"...the Highways Roll" offset by the jagged edges of "Captain, Captain" and the shimmering hook of "Summer" in contrast..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Destiny's Child

Tom Doyal reviews Sam Houston, Austin author James Haley's new biography on the Texas legend, and finds that the biographer's "hard work is almost invisible to the reader; he makes this complex life accessible, even understandable, in light of the times in which Houston lived."

"...by any measure, as his subject. Houston's father was Captain Samuel Houston of Timber Ridge plantation in Rockbridge County,..."

June 14, 2002 Books Feature by Tom Doyal

Childhood's End

A certain boy whose permanent address is Neverland has been buzzing Austin quite a bit this spring, and here are some thoughts on why Peter Pan is so much in the air these days.

"...sticking it to the Man (in the person of Captain Hook, that is), still living free. He cannot be..."

May 10, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Coach's Corner

A best-of-the-century roundup

"...This was, of course, the Miracle on Ice, the American victory over the USSR on the rink at the..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Here Comes the Judge

Beavis and Butt-head's Hollywood Score

"...strength of the television series, Beavis and Butt-head Do America, the movie, opens this Friday, December 20, featuring an..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...the huge impact the theremin has had on popular American culture. The filmmaker interviews a variety of people in..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...the huge impact the theremin has had on popular American culture. The filmmaker interviews a variety of people in..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Soccer Watch

"...at 7:30pm at Bold Stadium at Circuit of the Americas, and televised on KBVO-TV...."

May 24, 2019 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Letters at 3AM: The 'Austin Sun' Gets Hung

Old Austin Sun writers may have expected to hang, but not in a museum

"...talent was. Carlene Brady, Margaret Moser, Marty McKenzie ("Word Captain," we called her), Dan Hubig, Rhett Beard, Ed Guinn,..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

'I Am Sullied – No More'

Col. Ted Westhusing chose death over dishonor in Iraq

"...Baghdad. At that time, he was the highest ranking American soldier to die in Iraq. The U.S. Army Criminal..."

April 27, 2007 News Feature by Robert Bryce

I Live My Broken Dreams

This year's rock docs examine the 'outsider myth' and more among the likes of Daniel Johnston, Townes Van Zandt, and Wild Man Fischer

"...in something like financial security for the family of America's best-loved totally unknown songwriter. Be Here to Love Me,..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

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