Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...If he hadn't been driving the getaway car, Tim O'Connor might have punched Willie Nelson...."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Mansfield Park

Jane Austen's third novel is infused with liberal doses of modern attitudes and autobiographical tidbits from the author's life.

"...Directed by: Patricia Rozema. Starring: Frances O'Connor, Embeth Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola, Jonny Lee Miller and Harold..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Terminator Salvation

Despite a couple of good action sequences, Terminator Salvation is loud, talky, and entirely lacking any sort of soul or sense of good old summer-matinee fun.

"...of all mankind with the brown-envelope-bland moniker of "John Connor." It's akin to calling Bruce Wayne "Tom Smith" or..."

May 22, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Terminator: Dark Fate

Sarah Connor and the T-800 remain the best components of SF franchise

"...a robo-apocalypse of their own. Now, with no John Connor there's no Kyle Reese, so it's Davis as Grace..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

What Chronicle Music Writers Are Reading This Summer

Recent musical reads on Lucinda Williams, Sinéad O'Connor, and more

"...hear what you find."  – Michael Toland Why Sinéad O'Connor Mattersby Allyson McCabe University of Texas Press, 256 pp.,..."

June 30, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Color of Night

"...Lesley Ann Warren, Brad Dourif, Lance Henriksen, Kevin J. O'Connor and Scott Bakula. Sporadic director Rush (whose last film..."

Aug. 26, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cinderella Man

Ron Howard and Russell Crowe have once again combined their efforts to create a big Hollywood biopic that exudes the strong whiff of Oscar bait.

"...Ron Howard. Starring: Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Connor Price, Paddy Considine, Craig Bierko, Patrick Louis, Ariel Waller..."

June 3, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Room With a View

La Zona Rosa's Ripple Effect

"...constitutes an announcement equally surprising, Direct Events president Tim O'Connor has declared that he would like to meet with..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Emily

Speculative biopic of the middle Brontë sister, author of Wuthering Heights

"...Directed by: Frances O'Connor. Starring: Emma Mackey, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Fionn Whitehead, Alexandra Dowling,..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Prime Time Irony?

The Future of Liberty Lunch

"...development of his property and come up with a price...."

Jan. 30, 1998 Music Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

1999-2000 Award Winners

"...20. Toni PriceMusician of the Year1. Bob Schneider 2. Kelly Willis..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Moon-Shaped Panties & the Saint of White Trash

The Late Lucinda Williams

"...order of business is getting her live-in boyfriend Richard Price to band rehearsal. A group he formed with friends..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two

Local promoter and legend Tim O'Connor is retiring (well, he says he's retiring), and I want only to praise him. Hell, look at his accomplishments -- Castle Creek, Austin Opera House, Backyard, Austin Music Hall, La Zona Rosa, Willie, Farm Aid, and that's just the beginning.

"...It is not easy to write about Tim O'Connor, but it is necessary. I've been dealing with him..."

June 1, 2001 Column by Louis Black

Ask Questions First, Shoot Later

In 1967, Hobart Ison shot and killed Hugh O'Connor, who was filming a documentary on Ison's property. In her documentary Stranger With a Camera (showing at the Alamo Drafthouse this Wednesday, November 1), Elizabeth Barret examines the context that brought these two men together -- one with a gun and one with a camera.

"...which Appalachian landowner Hobart Ison killed documentary filmmaker Hugh O'Connor -- the stranger with a camera. O'Connor was working..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Dancing About Architecture

All news: noise ordinance gripes, AMN budget crunch, Sound Exchange faces rent shortfalls, Williamson County refuses to give up on an amphitheatre, Clifford Antone back on the streets, and the first SXSW 03 confirmees. Plus, three music deaths.

"...mess involving the Austin Music Network, says Chairman Kevin Connor. With so much going on at the Dec. 5..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

A2K Meets 'ACL'

The rise of Charlie Jones, local promoter extraordinaire, ACL Fest main man.

"...many of the headliners would typically command nearly that price on their own. Better yet, nearly 40% of all..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Luck Reunion 2016 - 2019

"...Connor Oberst, Phoebe Bridgers at Luck Reunion 2017..."

April 15, 2021 Photo Gallery

Austin Critics Table Awards 2013

Arts writers raise their glasses to outstanding art in list of nominees

"...Ordinary Peephole: The Songs of Dick Price, The Dick Price Fan Club..."

May 24, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Supersizing the Scene

From Rest Stop to Tour Stop

"...for its summer concert series, while Backyard owner Tim O'Connor also spent close to $500,000 to renovate the new..."

May 12, 1995 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Tightening the Noose on Defendants

Court rulings whittle away Sixth Amendment

"...Uranga's case. In a strongly worded dissent, Judge Tom Price (joined by Holcomb) argued that the court has "without..."

Nov. 26, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...He called West Campus a high-priced slum where overcrowding is a way of life. "His..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Column

A Whole Lotta Lava Going On

Winter/Spring Movie Sneaks

"...INVENTING THE ABBOTTS D: Pat O'Connor; with Liv Tyler, Jennifer Connelly, Joanna Going, Joaquin Phoenix,..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Experience the C.H.A.R.M.?

Marketing the "live music capital of the world"

"...as the bureau director, she hired KGSR deejay Kevin Connor as the bureau's Austin Music Entertainment Specialist, a job..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...of a missing student on social media. Cast List: Connor Kalopsis, Ramona Young, Rita Moreno, Keith David, Kate Flannery,..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dancing About Architecture

Freddy Fender is diagnosed with Hepatitis C, as news comes in that Direct Events owner and longtime local live music promoter Tim O'Connor is getting ready to retire.

"...on the impending retirement of Direct Events' founder/owner Tim O'Connor from the concert promotion business, but those wondering what..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...D: Gavin O'Connor; with Janet McTeer, Kimberly Brown, Gavin O'Connor...."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Live Shots

"...show was something of a disappointment, but sometimes the price to pay for intimacy, not to mention artistry, is..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Music Feature

Two Tickets to Paradise

Who tickets what in Austin

"...product. If a customer stalls at the $70 asking price, it soon drops to $50. At that price, the..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Music Feature by Matt Dentler

SXSW Music 2017: Thursday

"...Connor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers..."

March 17, 2017 Photo Gallery

Welcome to the Machine

2014-15 Austin Music Industry Awards results

"...8) A Hill Country Saturday, Kevin Connor, Sun Radio..."

March 13, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

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