Letters at 3am

A bounty to getting older is that you grow tired of the uselessly dramatic aspects of yourself, and most of your fears evaporate

"...felt he deserved. I said: "I always pay the cover, man. Even here." I picked up an empty beer..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Fun Fun Fun Fest Preview

"...The Lemurs..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Music Feature

Home Style

Barbara Chisholm's favorite fried-chicken recipe

"...3 cups well-shaken buttermilk..."

June 29, 2007 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

If You're a Viper

From 'La Cucaracha' to Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson: P-O-T

"...There you have it. Hidden in the foreign words..."

May 25, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Watching, Breathing, and Eating the World Cup 2006

Saturday June 10 - Sunday, June 11

"...On inaugural weekend, a few friends will gather at..."

June 9, 2006 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Summer Camp Guide

"...Pack the bug spray, the laptop, the curling iron..."

April 28, 2006 Features Feature by Nora Ankrum

Renegade

Still mourning the death of Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott 20 years later

"..."He's just a boy, that has lost his way...."

Jan. 20, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Otaku* Overload!!!

After Monster Island Studios sank, Austin's acting community and Houston animé giant A.D. Vision unleashed talent bent on vengeance and redemption (*otaku = animé geek)

"...weekend snippets of what is now universally known as anim33;, or Japanese animation. Devo-coiffed Astro Boy; Captain Harlock, with..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

AISD: Low-Budget Wrassling Resumes

Budgeting for public education always involves struggles between competing needs, but these days the competition is particularly fierce

"...it, the district has plenty of new revenue to cover a raise. A 3% across-the-board increase would cost about..."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...'Chronicle' Needs to Print Truth!Dear Editor,..."

May 6, 2005 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Revoke Stevens' Creative License..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Column

Soccer Watch

Assisting UT; breakfast with Beckham

"...last weekend, sweeping Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, 1-0 and 3-1 respectively. Goalkeeper Dana Hall made two huge saves in..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

31 Nights

Darcie Stevens braves 31 nights in a row out in the Live Music Capital of the World. Too bad she didn't live to see it.

"...hundreds, maybe – of venues and semivenues from Highway 183 to 71, and I'll be damned if I spend..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Headlines..."

Sept. 10, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Woes for Lowe's

The big-bad big box gets stuffed – twice – in court

"...council narrowly approved the agreement last December on a 4-3 vote after a harried series of 11th-hour deal breakers...."

June 25, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

"......"

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Biased, Ignorant, and Dumb..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Column

Dancing About Architecture

Things get so bad in the Live Music Capital of the World that they're citing the 'King of Sixth Street,' Gerry Van King, for busking on the street

"...Long Live the King!..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Ex-Mayor Cooksey Responds..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

100% Texan

Kevin Fowler is among the brightest of the Young Texas rising stars.

"...on Highway 95 in Coupland, between Taylor and Elgin, 30 or so minutes northeast of Austin. Its 7,000-square-foot ballroom..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two

The Newspaper That Came to Breakfast: The Statesman's coverage of the Stratus deal is very hard to swallow.

"...zoning that would allow them to develop up to 3 million square feet of commercial development, the proposed development..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Column by Louis Black

Dancing About Architecture

Emo's turns 10.

"...Emo Reigns Supremo..."

July 19, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Imminent Harm

The city plays a high-stakes, high-risk game with Stratus Properties, while the citizens look on

"...Bob Moffett -- and persistent suspicions of his continuing covert interests in Stratus -- that helped rally the troops..."

July 19, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Saturday Picks..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Clouds Over Dripping Springs

As the pressure for growth continues, Dripping Springs residents question the role of city government insiders

"...in the agreement are really designed to decrease impervious cover," he said. "There's lots of finger-pointing going on right..."

Feb. 22, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Contributors

Descriptions of the contributors to The Austin Chronicle 20th anniversary issue

"...writing for publications such as Parents and raising her 3-year-old daughter. She still contributes to the Chronicle occasionally...."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Right Man for the Job

Charlie Robison says 'fuck everybody.'

"...about that one for a few days," admits the 36-year-old Robison. "Then I saw some stuff he said in..."

June 29, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Top 10 Censored Stories of 2000

The news stories that didn't make the mainstream press in 2000

"...the Project hopes both to provoke mainstream media to cover these issues and to strengthen the independent press. "We..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature by Karynn M. Fish

Things They Used to Do

Dick Holland assesses two Texas journalists, Gary Cartwright and Jan Reid, whose new collections of articles possess a cautionary wisdom, the kind you acquire when you court danger and danger provides you with a keen view of what lies beyond.

"...Turn Out the Lights: Chronicles of Texas During the..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

A Streetcar Named Desire

The Zachary Scott Theatre Center's new staging of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire attempts to jazz up the classic, but its intentional anachronisms, jarring musical score, and robotic Stanley result in a production that is painfully off-key.

"...A Streetcar Named Desire: The Big Difficult..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

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