2022/2023 Austin Music Awards Winners

You voted – here's Austin's favorite artists, albums, and more

"...Deezie Brown Kelsey Wilson (Sir Woman) Kiko Villamizar Ruthie Foster Songwriter of the Year: Ray Wylie Hubbard..."

Feb. 26, 2023 Music Post by James Renovitch

Five Gifts of Literary Delight for You or Anyone Lucky Enough to Be Your Friends or Family

Sentence yourself to a long stretch of reading pleasure

"...hell not? Well, because one wouldn’t want to confuse David Foster Wallace’s ecstatic, hyperbolic, and relentless orchestration of darkling..."

Nov. 28, 2022 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Hyde Park Bar & Grill Is All Forked Up, NADC Burger Smashes Those Idle Hands, Industry Is Off the 86 Board, Marufuku Ramen Noodles Its Way to Mueller, and (How D’ya Like It?) More, More, More

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

"...the crabs, already, what about lobsters? Well, ghost of David Foster Wallace, when we consider the lobster in this..."

Oct. 12, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

You Deserve an Escape This Year, to Lakeway Resort & Spa

Because you don’t have to run yourself ragged 24/7/365

"...the sort of linguistic goof you’d find in a David Foster Wallace story). No, what you should know is..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 19-25

"...TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Author David Foster Wallace felt sad about how little of our..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

The U.S. Open and that Grey Goose Honey Deuce

Wetting your vodka whistle when it’s forty-forty again

"...most of what I know about tennis from reading David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest. Which also means that I..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Food News Buffet

"...sentence from a recent press release and wish that David Foster Wallace was still around to see it: "It..."

July 10, 2020 Food Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

This Bubblegum Is Packed With Chewy, Fucked-Up Flavor

Fantastic new novel deeply reimagines our world for better and worse

"..."What if David Foster Wallace wrote Gremlins?" begins the press release from..."

April 20, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Persistence of Vision Podcast Books Your Life Up Right

Austin-based audio series brings lively lit-talk from local lights

"...(That last one's certainly true in the case of David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest, as hyped by Shannon McCormick..."

March 16, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas Book Festival 2019:
My Story Is More Than the Struggle

Mitchell Jackson and Jaquira Diaz get under the skin of memoir

"...the page. He noted that, while white authors like David Foster Wallace are often acknowledged for their intelligence, black..."

Oct. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Laura Jones

2018/19 Austin Music Industry Poll Top 10s

Nearly half of this year's Austin Music Poll/Austin Music Awards winners are now known

"...4) David Brendan Hall..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Music Feature

Looking For a Writing Class, Austinite?

Calling all writers sick of their cruel inner critics

"...things Jorge Luis Borges and boasts the archives of David Foster Wallace and Anne Sexton and, oh, you know:..."

Sept. 9, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Unbelievable Summers at the Paramount

The most unforgettable moments from this year’s classics of cinema

"...with them forever. – Richard Whittaker LabyrinthD: Jim Henson; with David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly (1986)..."

May 18, 2018 Screens Feature by Chronicle staff

Review: Spinning

Tillie Walden's graphic novel is a powerful coming-of-age tale

"...how you weren’t interested in junior-level tennis? And then David Foster Wallace wrote Infinite Jest and suddenly you couldn’t..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Film Festival Snags Chappaquiddick as Closing Night Film

Full lineup includes Call Me by Your Name, Three Billboards

"...Mansfield 66/67 Directors: P. David Ebersole, Todd Hughes..."

Sept. 26, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Ransom Center Lands Ondaatje Archive

Author of The English Patient sends papers to UT

"...Kazuo Ishiguro, Doris Lessing, Ian McEwan, Brian Moore, and David Foster Wallace. For more information, visit the Ransom Center..."

Sept. 26, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...(1976, 114min/color, DCP) Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, and Cybill Shepherd...."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Essential History Museums and Cultural Spaces

Fun for everyone from history buffs to kids who like hands-on science

"...includes the archives of literary lions (Gabriel García Marquez, David Foster Wallace, Norman Mailer), film legends (David O. Selznick,..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

The Regional Office Is Under Attack!

This adventure tale pulls elements from many corners of pop culture, but Manuel Gonzales’ writing chops make it wholly his own

"...that channels George Saunders or a less vocabularily intense David Foster Wallace while others could be lifted straight from..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Arts Review by Adrienne Martini

Bedside Manner: Sharing Shelf Space

My parents' Kindle library and me

"...library, including Margaret Atwood’s The Heart Goes Last and David Nicholls’ A Question of Attraction. It adds a weird/fun..."

June 22, 2016 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Mixed Metaphors

These craft cocktails are for the books

"...Book: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace..."

June 17, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Austin Film Society Spotlights Ethan Hawke

Richard Linklater chats with Hawke on his illustrious career

"...slight detour when he shared a story about author David Foster Wallace. He went to a reading of Infinite..."

Feb. 23, 2016 Screens Post by Neha Aziz

Author Mo Daviau Debuts Every Anxious Wave at BookPeople

A love-wracked tale of time travel and bands to spin you right ‘round

"...I also like the idea of Elliott Smith and David Foster Wallace making big-budget buddy cop films in heaven,..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Good Coffee Shop Is Not That Hard to Find

Finding home in the bottom of a cup

"...Houndstooth is where I first read the David Foster Wallace short story "Mister Squishy" and where, two..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Food Feature by Heidi Meurer

Fantastic Fest 2015: Zoom

Body image and identity crises in an M.C. Escher world

"...actually. Fans of Charlie Kaufman and the late, great David Foster Wallace will be overjoyed at Morelli and Hansen’s..."

Sept. 27, 2015 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The End of the Tour

Fictional but satisfying portrayal of a David Foster Wallace interview by a Rolling Stone reporter

"...In 1996, David Foster Wallace published his masterwork Infinite Jest, which launched..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Our Most Anticipated Movies of Summer 2015

The summer movie season has begun, and we've got opinions

"...Wild Card: Host Interruptus: David Letterman absents himself from the nightly airwaves later this..."

May 1, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Fenves to Be Next UT Austin President

Provost replaces Powers as regent wars still rage

"...Ohio State University Provost Joe Steinmetz, and UT-Dallas President David Daniel. However, Steinmetz withdrew his name, Hamilton has already..."

April 20, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Massive

St. Vincent's Annie Clark: Great Texan

"...Basically my life philosophy can be summed up by David Foster Wallace's Ken­yon College speech. What are you going..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Lit-urday: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

Haruki Murakami turns the volume down

"...book, or any of Murakami’s fiction, calls to mind David Foster Wallace’s assessment of David Lynch: “An academic definition..."

Aug. 23, 2014 Books Post by Amy Kamp

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