It's Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas

Jingle Bell Rocks! spins under the musical mistletoe

"...Forget carols and devotional music. In my house, it's not really Christmas until..."

Dec. 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Holiday Viewing: TV Christmas Episodes

Celebrate the season in Sunnydale, the Oval Office, and more

"...The best Christmas episodes take the basic DNA of a TV show..."

Dec. 14, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Clips From 'Mars'

"...Since you likely won't gain admission to the Alamo Drafthouse's Veronica Marsathon, for..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Austin @ Large: A Very Mayor-y Christmas

Enjoy your present from Gus Garcia. (You can't return it. Some assembly required.)

"...was right. If he had run, he would have won, by acclamation if not by default. In real life,..."

Dec. 27, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Health Is the New Drug

Boxing Lesson’s must-see music video

"...The Boxing Lesson, touted by critics as “space rockers,” have finally broken..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Hi, How Are You Day: Wayne Coyne

Flaming Lips’ singer talks Daniel Johnston ahead of Tuesday megashow

"...celebrate his 58th birthday, Wayne Coyne mused about Texan song-savant Daniel Johnston. Flaming Lips, Built to Spill, Yo La..."

Jan. 21, 2019 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

The Flaming Lips

"...The Flaming LipsChristmas on Mars (Warner Bros.)..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Seven Sci-Fi Rock Flicks

Bowie, Kiss, Flaming Lips, Guitar Wolf, Frank N. Furter, and Marty McFly: celluloid rockers

"...Frankenstein, seduces both members of a white-bread couple (Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick), and kills schlock-balladeer Meat Loaf in..."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Fathers of Football

Oklahoma high school football documentary could have gone deeper

"...Austin-based, Flaming Lips-affiliated, Okie-oddball filmmaker Bradley Beesley (Slacker 2011, Christmas on Mars) has all the creative drive of a..."

April 26, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

Critics Poll

"...JIM CALIGIURI Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears, Hole in the Wall..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Music Feature

Silver Lining

The Octopus Project's Avalanche instrumentalism

"...in South Austin is like walking into a Tim Burton film. Amplifiers are disguised as ghostly creatures, the black..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

SXSW News

"...Please Don't Eat the Dailies..."

March 15, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Off The Record

Making the rounds for the third annual HAAM Benefit Day, while the Black Angels walk with a zombie

"...the third annual observance, 194 local businesses agreed to donate 5% of their sales on Tuesday and/or make a..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...The big story coming out of this year’s Sundance..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Hightower Report

Bush wants to militarize space; the FBI guards against the danger of … almanacs?

"...secure, he has hiked the FBI's budget above $5 billion a year – a 60% increase since Bush took..."

Feb. 13, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

This week's recommended shows include mini-fests celebrating rockin' girls, Latinx talent, and Christmas shopping

"...Armadillo Christmas Bazaar..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Qmmunity: Stop, Drop, and Shop

Qmmunity advises on what local places are best for gay gift shopping this year

"...for your special little guys, but oh no! You don't know where to go. As a seasoned shopaholic and..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Column by James Scott

The Penguin With the Pulitzer

Berkeley Breathed on putting Opus to bed and what comes next

"...24th and Guadalupe, tread carefully: You may be stepping on a Pulitzer Prize-winner's autograph. Back in the 1970s, while..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Books Feature by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Jenny Staff Johnson's piece on the proposed historic zoning of the Castleman-Bull..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Column

The Food Issue: Moonage Daydream

Baked goods + Austin Psych Fest = cookie monster

"...final girlfriend whipped up a pot roast in hers on about our fifth date. That’s when she had me...."

June 13, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

DVDanger: Follow

Owen Egerton on VOD, plus Antibirth

"...year's Fantastic Fest was no different, with author Owen Egerton unveiling his directorial debut, Follow. Almost a year later,..."

Aug. 27, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Territories

Austin Lyric Opera Ventures Into the Frontier Once More

"...illustration by Robert Faires Something in America America loves a..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...hours earlier, this native San Franciscan rolled into San Antonio in an un-air-conditioned Datsun 280ZX only to discover abuelita..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Goose & the Gander

The Rise and Recover and what it's like to live like a rock star – sometimes

"...It's 7:30pm on Friday night, and school is out. Teenagers clad in..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Postmarks

Contradictions Exposed

"...Chronicle Editor:..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

Qmmunity: Make the Yuletide Gay

The best way to spread queer cheer is giving thanks, supporting QTs who keep Austin queer

"...As a friend of Dorothy, it's only a little fitting that one of my most played..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...With nearly 40 films in release this holiday season, it's harder than ever for a viewer to keep..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Food-o-File

The Drafthouse draws a big-name chef; plus, V.B.W. is giving you a big gift basket of foodie news for Christmas!

"...close. Tim and Karrie League announced they've hired former Mars chef John Bullington as executive chef at the new..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Qmmunity: Top Five Scene Shakers

Qmmunity counts five major queer scene shake-ups in 2023

"...The Little Gay Shop uprooted from the rainbow house on Airport to a bigger Eastside home on 12th –..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Column by James Scott

Food-o-File

Returning chefs, restaurants anew, and requests for canned-food donations from Caritas of Austin

"...of news that came to light during the holiday season is the imminent return of Cathy Cochran-Lewis to Austin...."

Jan. 11, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

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