The Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast Grabs the Checkered Flag

F1, council fun and more fleet follow-up

Nov. 19, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Cars 3

Third times not a charm for this franchise

"...really Lightning’s story almost all the way to the checkered flag. While I can’t recommend Cars 3 to any..."

June 16, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Snake Charmer

Ray Wylie Hubbard survived the crash, recovered the black box, and continues to fly high and get lowdown with 'Snake Farm.'

"...and other musicians, particularly down in Austin where the Checkered Flag, Castle Creek, and the old Saxon Pub burned..."

June 23, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2023, Power-Ranked

Top of the Hops VIII, baby!

"...beers, Violet blueberry blonde ale. 18 | Flix Brewhouse Flagship..."

Oct. 10, 2023 Food Post by Eric Puga

The Real Greezy

Greezy Wheels, back from the dead (the Seventies).

"...club willing to let us play and rehearse, the Checkered Flag, which later turned into Castle Creek. It became..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Music Feature by Cleve Hattersley

Austin At Large: Keep Your Eyes on the Road

As we endure this age of clownery, we can have nice things in our future – even I-35

"...Box Derby car rolling down the hill toward the checkered flag waved by the TTC last week. In the..."

May 8, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

ACL Live Review: Abhi the Nomad

The toxic treasure of Modern Trash

"...as accidental closer once the stage manager waved the checkered flag with one song left on the setlist. Appropriate,..."

Oct. 13, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Greezy Wheels Take a Last Bow

Still Greezy after all these years

"...Eddie [Wilson] came and saw us rehearse at the Checkered Flag a week after Mary joined the band, and..."

June 23, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Ray Wylie Hubbard’s Birthday Bash

Growly troubadour – still canny after all these years

"...“I started playing in Austin at the old Checkered Flag and met all these incredible musicians,” he recalls...."

Nov. 13, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Segle George Fry III, 1937-2015

Restaurateur, musician brought two scenes together at Good Eats Cafe

"...five string banjo during Austin's folk heyday of the Checkered Flag and Castle Creek in the late Sixties and..."

Jan. 15, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

F1 on Film

As Ron Howard readies 'Rush,' we look back at the best racing movies

"...fleet of veteran pics that have already passed the checkered flag...."

Nov. 16, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dining Del Lago

More places to eat

"...channels old Austin music treasures like Soap Creek and Checkered Flag. Don't miss the Poodie Burger. 22308 Hwy. 71..."

July 1, 2011 Food Feature

Headlines

"...which may or may not slide in under the checkered flag this meeting. See "Formula One Deal on the..."

June 24, 2011 News Feature

The Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast Gets Bonded Out!

Transpo bonds, tires and more

"...always, Jordan Smith and Wells Dunbar are waving the checkered flag...."

Aug. 12, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

High, Low, and In Between

Steve Earle talks Townes

"...weekends and the day, and I’d go to the Checkered Flag, Castle Creek, the Saxon Pub. I saw Townes..."

June 19, 2009 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The Hightower Report

The Downturn Hits High-Dollar Sports; and Lobbyists Change Their Stripes

"...boost the sales of the brand that got the checkered flag. "What wins on Sunday," the saying goes, "sells..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Playing Through

Shana Young may be only 14, but she'll leave you in the dust out at Iron Rock Raceway

"...of the last lap to pass and take the checkered flag."..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Column by Thomas Hackett

Designating Icons Is Nonsense

"...Orange Bull, Tamale House, Dale Baker's BBQ, Shady Grove, Checkered Flag, Saxon Pub No. 1, Saxon Pub No. 2,..."

Dec. 2, 2006 Postmarks

Ate Days a Week

How much more food and music can you ask for in this town around this time and after?

"...of the original Saxon Pub, Soap Creek, and the Checkered Flag and rolling them all into one casual music..."

March 18, 2005 Food Feature

I Before E

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

"...be a folksinger, so I went down to the Checkered Flag and auditioned for Seigel Fry and Allen Damron,"..."

May 31, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...Creek, Split Rail, and Broken Spoke, there was the Checkered Flag, a fledgling beer joint on Lavaca owned by..."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Power Games

Eight reasons to go on living if you don't' own a PlayStation2

"...little sucker is primed and ready to grab the checkered flag, knock out the knocks, and redline any road-dazed..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

Can Tom Zigal Really Say That?

"The truth is, I didn't know a thing about the world of mystery writers and crime publishing," Tom Zigal, the author of three mystery novels, says. Chronicle writer Dick Holland discovers why Zigal might say such a thing and why it may not matter in light of Pariah, Zigal's new installment in the Kurt Muller mystery series.

"...the Pirates,' "Captain Pissgums and His Ma,' and the "Checkered Flag.' I went bar-hopping with him a couple of..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Books Feature by Dick Holland

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...Harris Curry, and a revolving cast of sidemen. Their Checkered Past debut, The Fractured Hymnal, finds them their trenchant..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...being that Coe tackles rednecks, while Bob, on his Checkered Past debut, Things Fall Apart, tackles God. (Scholz Beer..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Texan Palestinians Protest Israeli-American Council

Protesters and conference speakers clash

"...protesters waved the red and green of their nation's flag, some wrapped in a traditional keffiyeh, a checkered scarf...."

Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature by Leena Alali

Bad Blood

Did the Austin Police Department Shut Down an Investigation of Its Own Cops?

"...this much," Farris said. "That just sends up another flag, a red flag." Young similarly testified that the sheer..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Demolition

Before she knew there was really something wrong with her brother, Elaine would tell him that their mother had tried to abort him when she was only a month gone.

"...and flexible in the kitchen. She tied on a checkered apron and sailed around the kitchen with her hair..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Features Feature by Susan Shields

Michael Ray Charles' New Art Asks Hard Questions About Race and America

The internationally acclaimed artist returns to Austin with new work that, as ever, leaves us asking ourselves what we see

"...ways, often by juxtaposing one with something unexpected: a red-checkered tablecloth straight out of a cheerful diner of old,..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

How Do You Formulate a Grand Prix?

The race to nail down an F1 deal involves multiple entities

"...to do any upgrades for 30 years." Beyond the Checkered Flags..."

Nov. 19, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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