Dancing on Main Street

Lorenzo Thomas of Houston is a thinking-man's writer. His critical studies of folklore, modernism, and music are substantial works, and in both prose and poetry he always addresses the difficult issues.

"...Dancing on Main Street..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Books Review by Dave Oliphant

Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup

Laissez les bons temps rouler

"...Strap on your dancing shoes for the holiday season of Lunar..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Each in Its Own Language

The year in books, 2004

"...David Mitchell (Random House, $14.95, paper): "Spent the fortnight gone in the music room, reworking my year's fragments into..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Is Lockhart the Live Music Suburb of the World?

A growing wave of musical expats heads south

"...Aaron Fox first stumbled across Lockhart in search of a..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Day Trips

"...replace the wildflowers of spring as the major tourist attraction. The village is 10 miles east of Brenham and..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks

Book Smart

"...I very much enjoyed Karl Pallmeyer's article "Chain Reaction" (Vol. 16, No. 13) that dealt with the encroachment..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Column

Postmarks

Press Bush on Wiccans

"...a newspaper of record for the campaign. Junior's record: None. And amply described. The Austin American-Statesman has had a..."

June 18, 1999 Column

Page Two: "Fab 5 Freddy Told Me Everybody's Fly"

Out of nothing, street art achieved velocity

"...I thought about it – as I did early one morning walking through Athens and later in Lisbon driving..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Column by Louis Black

The Magnificent Seven

Why three records are better than two

"..."I always saw it as a record for people on oil rigs or Arctic stations." -- Joe Strummer on..."

May 19, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Old Settler’s Music Festival: Thursday

Camping, pickin’, and carrying on at the Fest’s first day

"...“This is my favorite night of the festival,” confessed a stagehand in a tie-dye shirt and ball cap...."

April 11, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Teezo Touchdown, Arny Margret, and More Reviews From Tuesday of SXSW

Standout sets to kick off the big music week

"...Reuniting audiences on the second official day of SXSW Music certainly had..."

March 13, 2024 Music Post by Derek Udensi

Fables of the Reconstruction

Todos Santos Music Festival, on the edge paradise & progress

"...About 45 miles north of Cabo San Lucas, on the resort-riddled southern tip of the Baja Peninsula, sits..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Day Trips

The New American fare at The Range in Salado alone is worth the 45-minute drive from Austin.

"...is the kind of place that greatly expands the options of a visit to a town best known for..."

March 17, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Triumph in River City

With The Music Man, Austin Musical Theatre creates a River City that's bigger than some by-god real Texas towns. But it's a show whose heart may be the biggest thing of all.

"...real municipalities -- that are smaller than the theatrical one in the current Austin Musical Theatre production of The..."

May 19, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Music Reviews

"...Bad Girls Upset by the Truth (Monkey Hill)..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Music Review

Al Yankovic Keeps Austin Weird

Pop culture absurdity, rated PG

"...Projected on the big-screen backdrop via closed-circuit video, dancing gleefully through..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...I Feel Love I'm sitting in one of the myriad coffee shops on Congress Avenue --..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...roll is a rather transparent metaphor for extreme sexual frustration. If this is indeed the case, a porn star..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...1982-83 Chronicle History: By August of 1982, Sarah Whistler had moved..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Postmarks

"...happened to the All News Mornings and News at Noon on KVET-AM was truly incredible ["Postmarks," Vol.18, No.7]...."

Oct. 23, 1998 Column

In Memoriam: George Wilkerson

Remembering Esther's Follies' first sketch-writing superstar

"...chortling, and guffawing you did was thanks to George Wilkerson. He wrote 100 sketches for the group back then..."

June 17, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Dyke in Gold Knickers

Austin’s third QueerBomb celebrates the right to bear sequins, assless chaps, and neon weave

"...of Aqua Net in my hair. We had slapped on some coordinating swashbuckling colors and called ourselves "Pussy Pirates."..."

June 1, 2012 Features Feature by Raven Hinojosa

Day Trips & Beyond: August Events Roundup

Finish out a hot summer with a cool adventure

"...Marfa Lights, a spelunking adventure in New Braunfels, or on the Main Plaza in San Antonio...."

Aug. 3, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Excited About Life

Friends keenly mourn the death of Esme Barrera

"...2010 when she spotted Esmeralda Barrera right up in front of the stage. Barrera was "so enthusiastic," Blue recently..."

Jan. 13, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Sxsw

"...over 700 bands playing this year's South by Southwest conference? You are only one person, with two legs, three..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Postmarks

Losing Our Lunch

"...Dear Chronicle: To Mayor Watson and your posse -- I hope..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Column

25 Bars That Define Austin

Dives, lounges, and saloons that are raising the bar

"...sure ain't easy. We are a city of drinking contrasts, full of upscale dives, punk parlors, and hippie honky-tonks...."

July 21, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Public Notice

Today's Menu: Road Kill, Street Pizza, Dillo Stew

"...of local bookstores and seems perfectly timed for his reunion with Austin airwaves. Hightower Radio Live From the Chat..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Column by Kate X Messer

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.

"...place. Little dusty towns, hundreds of miles apart from one another cling to the foothills of the mountains. If..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

The Spirit of Improvisation

"...dazed fans shuffled through the door and back out onto Sixth Street. Not yet midnight on a Friday evening,..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

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