Chasing Liberty

A fictional president's daughter (Mandy Moore) skips out on her Secret Service minders (this doesn't remind us of any presidential daughters we know).

"...on a yet-to-be-determined date, but pop singer Mandy Moore’s Chasing Liberty gets points for being first out the gate..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Esther's Follies Meets Scooby-Doo in The Haunting of the Tavern

In this new murder mystery comedy, chasing Emily the ghost leads to some real high jinkies!

"...in this Austin landmark the same ones who've been chasing phantoms since Nixon was in office? They sure look..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

La La Land

This bittersweet musical will make your heart soar

"...in the aisle. The heart, at least, is at liberty to swell to bursting...."

Dec. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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Our readers talk back.

"...I moved here in the Seventies chasing the call of great music and wild times, and..."

July 12, 2002 Column

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"...I moved here in the Seventies chasing the call of great music and wild times, and..."

July 19, 2002 Column

Recurring Character

Four Texas writers on fathers and sons

"...Chasing the Rodeo is at its heart my quest to..."

June 17, 2005 Books Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...wit even when he is deadly serious about promoting liberty, I feel I must clarify a statement which may..."

June 25, 2004 Column

Feels the Need to Explain What Candidate Meant

"...wit even when he is deadly serious about promoting liberty, I feel I must clarify a statement which may..."

June 21, 2004 Postmarks

Chad Holt, Austin's Last Provocateur

The Total Badass left his mark on the city's underground

"...three-pound bag of pot and taunting frat boys into chasing him, was something he actually witnessed Holt do...."

Oct. 18, 2019 Screens Feature by Kevin Curtin

Dancing About Architecture

Night Clubbing

"...evening, which culminated with a batch of Austin's Finest chasing down Sixth Street after an axe-wielding thug, it was..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Record Reviews

"...Fugees, we finally have the real score: Wylcef's content chasing Bob Marley's legacy, Lauryn yearns for the days of..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Music Review

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...to a bunch of groggy musicians and industry professionals. "Chasing that Dream," he titled his 45-minute speech, more of..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Page Two

On love, culture, renewal, timelessness, and SXSW

"...which is much like killing for God or denying liberty for freedom. Certainly, cultural activity and achievement is not..."

March 26, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Ben Fountain on Beautiful Country Burn Again

In his new book, the author lights up 2016 to make sense of that crazy, intense year

"...created equal; certain inalienable rights; the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness – there had never..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Out of Ink 2017: Object Lessons

This year’s crop of new 10-minute plays captures the apprehension in the air but with creativity and craft

"...you're an immigrant from Mexico, a much-loved pooch, Lady Liberty, or the whole damn planet, they tell us, the..."

May 5, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Saturday SXSW Picks

"...the alt-rock foursome first played locally in 1987, at Liberty Lunch. Songs on Clerks and Chasing Amy soundtracks, plus..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

We Remember What the Dormouse Said

Ten authors cut you a little slice of their own personal Wonderlands

"...pursuit of the beautiful and the strange, she's always chasing her curiosity down a rabbit­hole or trying to find..."

March 31, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Old Settler’s Music Festival: Friday

Ralph Stanley, Del McCoury, Donna the Buffalo & Paul Janeway

"...were promoting Austin Powers” – did to Lamberts what Liberty Lunch’s onetime footprint building does to barbecue today –..."

April 12, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Star Wars Day: Happy May the Fourth, And a Very Merry Revenge of the Fifth

One man's 35 year trip to a galaxy far, far away

"...racing. And then that crawl, and the big ship chasing the little ship, and my life changed...."

May 4, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jimmie Vaughan 2010

"...do it. I play every day, and I'm still chasing that dream about the guitar and how to get..."

July 16, 2010 Music Feature

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...Screenwriter: Garth Donovan Centering around an aging party animal chasing the endless summer, Phillip The Fossil is an uncompromising..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Landmarks on the Menu

Pay tribute to old Austin with a visit to one of these 19 landmark restaurants

"...disappears. Rest in peace El Matamoros, Armadillo World Headquarters, Liberty Lunch, Les Amis, and Las Manitas, just to name..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Endorsements

"...ear or else spending too much time and money chasing petition signatures. One campaign-buzz proposal would leave the two-term..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature

Chest Cavities, Empty Kneecaps, and Elbows

A week at Austin's all-ages live music venue Redrum and the 'School of Rock' lessons learned

"...Like the Talking Heads at the Rapture, the Police chasing Modest Mouse, they incorporate punk and New Wave sounds...."

Nov. 11, 2005 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Circling the Hearses

State funeral regulators are dancing to the undertakers' tune – and that's bad news for consumers

"...array of litigation," but that he is "not at liberty to disclose" the number of lawsuits pending against it...."

Nov. 5, 2004 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Sayings of Candidate Badnarik

The Libertarian Party presidential nominee hails from Austin

"...... I would rather be skydiving, drinking beer, and chasing beautiful women. I'm trying to rescue the Republic."..."

June 11, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

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"...horrible dictator possessing weapons of mass destruction, and bring liberty to Iraq. The success of this operation without the..."

April 25, 2003 Column

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The dog-running controversy continues … and chalk another one up for Ventura.

"...End. Lynn recently designed and fabricated the Statue of Liberty ("Libby") sculpture riding a custom Harley which is crashing..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Column

Dancing About Architecture

The Quiet Game

"...even jumping onto the niteclub-as-theatre bandwagon, with bull-riding film Chasing the Dream scheduled to run on Tuesday nights in..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Music Column

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ACC Needs Planning, Not Damning

"...so much as acknowledge last night's Dogstar concert at Liberty Lunch. Your loss, you self-indulgent arbiters of hipness and..."

June 20, 1997 Column

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