Club Foot U2 Redux

"...U2's first tour – on March 31, 1981 at Club Foot. As I recall, Brad First booked it, F-Systems..."

Sept. 12, 2006 Postmarks

The Dead Club Crawl

Club hopping through Austin's musical past.

"...me and I almost get sent to that big nightclub in the sky. I jumped back, grateful to be..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

"Shoot Like a Grrrl" Takes You on a Club Crawl Through Lost Austin

Photographer Martha Grenon's exhibit at SouthPop covers the Austin music scene in the Eighties and Nineties

"...on the print: "Joe Ely and (Little) Charlie Sexton, Club Foot, Austin, June 1982," adding that Charlie is 13...."

Aug. 30, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dead Club Crawl

A video tour of Austin’s lost videos with a modern soundtrack

"...Recalling the Chronicle’s own Dead Club Crawl, each episode pairs an aural history, provided by..."

April 9, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

What About Club Owners' Rights?

"...the proposed smoking ban is the rights of the club and bar owners. These establishments are not public space,..."

April 15, 2005 Postmarks

Stay Gold Landlord Threatens Club With Half-Million-Dollar Lawsuit

With evictions over rent expected once moratoriums lift, the music venue's landlord wants the remainder of the lease term paid in full now

"..."They shot themselves in the foot because, under normal circumstances, the building owner has the..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Mala Sangre: City Shoots Self in Foot, Then Reloads

The city's legal strategy -- or lack thereof -- in the Jeff White suit.

"...by halting undercover surveillance work at an East Austin nightclub where APD officers were allegedly using cocaine. On Sept...."

Oct. 31, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Best Tejano/Conjunto Club

Tejano Ranch

"...From their 1,200 square foot dance floor to Thursday night live music, "The Ranch"..."

Sept. 26, 1997 Best of Austin Feature

The Chinese Feast

"...But when rival chef Xin Xin-xiong (better known as “Club Foot,” yet another Once Upon A Time in China..."

July 28, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Death Takes No Holiday

Mourning two Austin players.

"...in places like Patsy’s Cowgirl Café and the Continental Club. Over on his website, his family and former wife..."

Oct. 1, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

The Year It All Went Wrong

Looking back at club closings in Austin in 1999.

"...by paying a New Year's visit to the legendary club, then declared them in violation of maximum occupancy. Approximately..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Howlin' Wolf Does Not Wear Panties

Walter Daniels' punk blues stirs up a whole new generational ilk, like Black Joe Lewis

"...More recently, his harp-and-horn double whammy punched up Big Foot Chester, Eugene Chadbourne, the Crack Pipes, Oblivians, and current..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...stories like Joe O'Connell's recent article on his dad, football memories, and his own fatherhood approaching ["Why the Longhorns..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Column

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...down to the Lizard Lounge -- where that retro club Polly Esther's is now -- wanting to try some..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...her. She cast a formidable presence in the local club scene whether you knew her or not, and I..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

I'm Sorry, Yogi

"...bitch with big tits announcing a Godbullies/Hole show at Club Soda (wherever that is), or a zombied-out Nazi clown..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A Room With a View

Steve Wertheimer prepares to open a second Continental Club -- in Houston.

"...soon to be the stage of the Houston Continental Club, which, provided all goes according to plan, will bring..."

May 26, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Roadie

The shot about midway through 'Roadie' that travels from her sparkling shoes slowly up to her beaming face – that's Margaret Moser.

"...culture connections that led to its staff (and many club scenesters) being used as extras in a 1977 Peter..."

March 2, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Page Two: Making Their Marks

Austin loses two legends in one week

"...those who support them: the ones who run the clubs, book the bands, program the movies, show the art,..."

July 2, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Welcome to the Jungle

Metal and alt-rock collide and flourish during the Back Room's glory years

"...World, it adopted a simple enough name: "The Rock Club." And it was, especially during the era celebrated in..."

July 28, 2006 Music Feature by Ray Seggern

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...still a learning curve, but we got ever more surefooted along the way. The mid-Eighties, until we went weekly,..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Farewell Fest

A single tear for the closing of the North Loop Parlor

"...late 2004, the North Loop Parlor was the first club I ever went to. I stepped inside its narrow..."

June 8, 2011 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

The Greatest Gift

An oral history unearthing one of post-punk's most seminal acts: Austin's Scratch Acid

"...musical groundswell that birthed Emo's, having them play the club's 14th anniversary is a particularly rich stroke of kismet...."

Sept. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Breaking the Biker Code

Austin musician and Glass Eye expatriate Kathy McCarty sends greetings from the Sturgis, South Dakota, Black Hills Motor Classic & Rally, learns how to be a biker chick, and wishes we were there.

"...of miles apart from one another cling to the foothills of the mountains. If a town reaches a population..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

Day Trippin'

More day parties than you can shake an iPhone at

"...Lisa Cameron (12:30), No Age (2), Mika Miko (2:30), Foot Village (3), Kevin Shields (3:30), Devon Williams (4), Ima..."

March 11, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Behind the Tall Tales of Lester Bangs in Texas

Lester's Last Stand

"...Lester Bangs and the Delinquents before they ever set foot onstage at the venerated Armadillo World Headquarters. The only..."

March 7, 1997 Books Feature

I Am the Resurrection

Ignore Jim Morrison - do not cancel your subscription to the resurrection, because Roky Erickson is Lazarus unbound.

"...the True Believers to the Saxon Pub's Sunday supper club with the Resentments, Graham's true-blue heart aches in all..."

March 10, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Such Stuff as Screams Are Made On

Austin punk gets the museum treatment, but does the scene come off as dead or alive?

"...the appearance of the Sex Pistols at San Antone club Randy's Rodeo in January 1978. The gig, one of..."

March 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Why I Moved Back

Nostalgia Ain't What It Used To Be

"...practice space on Fifth & Red River. It's called Club Serendipity now. Back then, it was shared living and..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature by Gretchen Phillips

Bad Dog's Good Deeds

Contrary to its name, the new Bad Dog Comedy Theater isn't a mean spoiler on Austin's comedy scene. It's about bringing things together, like improv / sketch comedy and stand-up, two veins of comedy that are almost always separate.

"...bizarre ideas. But he wanted to christen the new club with a roast -- one of those shows where..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Arts Feature

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