The Luv Doc: An Upsell for Your Latte

We have pumpkins. The Irish have Guinness.

"...and I'm not just talking about the unfortunate souls cursed with discriminating palates...."

Nov. 24, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

Prepárate Para Tener Miedo With New Horror Anthology Satanic Hispanics

Segment directors on celebrating Latino diversity through terror

"...2, he also oversaw his own anthology with 2011's Cursed Bastards...."

Nov. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Amyl & the Sniffers, Beach Fossils, the Veldt, and More Reviews From Levitation’s Saturday and Sunday

Standout sets to wrap the Halloweekend music festival

"...snare drum. The crowd even cheered when Dustin Payseur cursed himself for forgetting song lyrics midway through. Call it..."

Oct. 30, 2023 Music Post by Genevieve Wood

The Austin Chronic: Ranking Halloween Candy in the Order I Will Devour Them After a Couple of Bong Rips

A fun-sized dopamine release

"...Tootsie Rolls: Unless I've been cursed with Peanut Butter Kisses – you know, those orange-and-black..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Column by Kevin Curtin

The Luv Doc: NoisyDogs Guest

A possible entry into the Passive Aggression Hall of Fame

"...think how this column would read if I were cursed with the earnestness and forthrightness of … say …..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

The Verde Report: In Addition to Opponents, Austin FC Is Battling Bad Injury Luck

After a charmed sophomore season, El Tree has been cursed with one groin injury after another

June 2, 2023 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

SXSW Film Review: Late Night With the Devil

Supernatural satire shows the hellish price of success

"...Late Night with the Devil that reveals the unearthed, cursed reality of this particular taping of Delroy’s show which..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Trace Sauveur

Hannibal Buress’ Meta Musical Comedy as Eshu Tune

Dexterous rap and stand up integration at Creek & the Cave

"...set at Austin’s Sahara Lounge, where a lady recently cursed ten generations of his family because she lost her..."

Jan. 9, 2023 Music Post by Clara Wang

Fantastic Fest Review: Huesera

Motherhood told in splintered bones and fractured identity

"...sense of dread and the pervasive feeling of being cursed. Piece by piece, she’s asked to give away pieces..."

Sept. 27, 2022 Screens Post by Jasmine Lane

Fantastic Fest Review: Smile

Opening night selection continues the summer of smart studio horror

"...cycle. This story about therapist Rose (Sosie Bacon) being cursed by an entity that wields the smiling faces of..."

Sept. 26, 2022 Screens Post by Trace Sauveur

After a Relapse Into Addiction Quietly Broke Up Street Sects, the Duo Has Exorcised Their Demons

The Gentrification V 7-inch hit last week, but Austin experimentalists are focusing on a balanced existence instead of rushing anticipated third LP

"...literal toilet-dwelling rats, there was no conjuring the building's cursed energies toward the creation of vital new music. Instead,..."

May 27, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

SXSW Film Review: Boycott

The real victims of the GOP war on free speech

"...documentary filmmakers, and as the state capital, Austin is cursed to feature more prominently in the nonfiction scene going..."

March 22, 2022 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

La Condesa’s Lucky 13; Graeme Little Goes Big; Lucy’s Loses a Leg; Pasta | Bar Opens on East Sixth; Indie Chefs Community Is On Its Way to Town; and the Hajimaleki Bros Step Up Like Champions

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...truck and such a welcoming patio? Oh, damn you, cursed freedom of choice!..."

March 9, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Last Bow of an Accidental Critic

Lessons and surprises from a career that shouldn't have been

"...the superstition tied to Macbeth. The play is allegedly cursed and said to have been the cause of countless..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fantasia Review: The Last Thing Mary Saw

A nightmare in nineteenth century New York

"...muttered in church mumbles and the secretive whispers of cursed lovers. What keeps it intriguing are the garnishes and..."

Aug. 17, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Listen to This: March and Beauty Celebrate Friday the 13th by Covering “Scary Monsters”

Austin rock foursome spins a fun and spooky tribute to David Bowie

"...On this most cursed of calendar dates, Friday the 13th, it seems fitting..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Be Filled With Dredd For Other Worlds

Judge Dredd retrospective plus new hits for SF fest

"...the last strongholds against the barren wasteland of the “Cursed Earth,” lethally efficient Street Judges operate as judge, jury,..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five New Burger Spots for a New Austin

Brave businesses offer unique takes on the ubiquitous comfort food

"...As for selecting his new "cursed location" on Airport Boulevard, Pittle makes no bones about..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Local Lawyers and Activists Come to the Aid of Protesters

A look at life after the arrests

"...those apprehended, including Jay, to waiting cars as protesters cursed them...."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

We Have an Issue: Honoring RBG

The stakes have raised even higher for the most consequential election in a lifetime

"...Trump nominee before the clock runs out on this cursed presidency. Grudging respect for the majority leader's diabolical gamesmanship..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Wood & Wire Hit a High Point in Uncertain Times

After garnering a Grammy nomination, the bluegrassers roll it forward

"...suddenly vanguard outlaw-esque phenom Sturgill Simpson will bless a cursed 2020 calendar with two bluegrass albums...."

Sept. 11, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Those Pizza-Tossin' Dough Boys, Peached Tortilla's Fat City, and a Whole Lotta Schmears Going On

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...be the eatery that finally survives in the seemingly cursed location? (“Yes,” is what we’re betting, actually.)..."

Aug. 5, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, June 5-11

"...to win arguments. So I'm blessed in some ways, cursed in others – just like all of us! In..."

June 5, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

New Food Truck Cumberland Shares Its Chow Mein Recipe

Chef Chris Sapp talks about opening during a pandemic

"...grand opening is "still TBD," he said. "I feel cursed, but I'm lucky. I'm lucky that I didn't get..."

May 22, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

This Is Who We Are #4: Zach Theatre's The Gospel at Colonus

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...portrayed Oedipus – yes, the old man is that thrice-cursed king, "damned in his birth, in his marriage damned,..."

May 7, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

ATX Film News: Fundraisers and a Special Delivery Scare Package

Is Austin giving the world the next Game of Thrones?

"...11-book series follows the lives of Elric, a warrior cursed to reincarnation across time and space. It's the defining..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Capital T Theatre's It Is Magic

This captivating staging of Mickle Maher's comedy debates theatre's enchantments where Macbeth meets "The Three Little Pigs"

"...Scottish Play – the tragedy believed to be so cursed that theatre people won't even say its name...."

Nov. 15, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Book Review: A Cosmology of Monsters

Shaun Hamill pens an achingly aware homage to horrors past

"...Noah Turner, the youngest of the cursed clan, details the ruinous resentment that possesses his mother..."

Oct. 21, 2019 Arts Post by Roberto Ontiveros

Austin Film Festival Witnesses The Obituary of Tunde Johnson

Time travel thriller will be opening night film

"...late-night ghost story. She believes that she has been cursed and needs to sacrifice a black goat to avoid..."

Oct. 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: The Deeper You Dig

Family-made home movie is a supernatural eye-opener

"...and are parents to Zelda) lurks somewhere between the cursed chill of JT Petty's underground masterpiece Soft for Digging,..."

Sept. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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