Fun and Games With Stratfor

APD and DPS collaborated with private 'geopolitical intelligence firm'

"...overlap between government, law enforcement, and private intelligence. You don't even need to leave Austin. The Stratfor Hack..."

March 7, 2014 News Feature by John Anderson

Naked City

Expensive Education for T.A.B.

"...and accuses the T.A.B. and its Executive Director Bill Hammond of illegally soliciting and spending $2 million "in direct..."

Nov. 29, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Articulations

The stage musical version of The Lion King finally lands in Texas, and even four years into its Broadway run, the show still truly creates a world of wonders.

"...few shows generally considered a must-see (even if you don't have kids). But unless you could get to New..."

July 19, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Point Austin: We Want Your Urine

Rick Perry's latest bright idea is pissing on Texas

"...they need to drug test their employees. Indeed, Bill Hammond of the Texas Assoc­i­a­tion of Business cheerfully endorsed this..."

Nov. 23, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Murry Hammond

bonus tracks

"...Murry HammondI Don't Know Where I'm Going but I'm on My..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...the week before that. This time, T.A.B. President Bill Hammond was ordered to jail for refusing to turn over..."

July 4, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The T.A.B. Timeline

Reviewing the major events in the ongoing controversy of T.A.B. expenditures during last fall's campaigns

"...Texas Association of Business collected $1.9 million from corporate donors to pay for a direct-mail campaign to influence the..."

March 28, 2003 News Feature

Naked City

The University of Texas announces the finalists for the design of its new art museum (after rejecting the original design as too modern) and everyone on the list, with few minor exceptions, hews closely to the classical or neo-classical tradition.

"...Overland's equivalents in Boston (Kallmann McKinnell and Wood), Chicago (Hammond Beeby Rupert Ainge), and Washington, D.C. (Hartman-Cox, teamed up..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Country Chorus

"...Grand Ole Opry was obviously a huge deal for Don Walser. I don't know if it was because I..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Dusty Springfield, Sam & Dave, Donny Hathaway, King Curtis, Dr. John, Willie Nelson, Allen Toussaint,..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Fear & Loathing

Travis County says goodbye to a coyote-killing machine

"...The city hired Tawny Hammond as its director of the Animal Services Office in..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Bubba Ho-Tep

Elvis Presley and JFK (played brilliantly by Campbell and Davis) fight a soul-sucking mummy in this twisted sci-fi horror film loaded with generous chunks of cheese.

"...Directed by: Don Coscarelli. Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce, Heidi..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Wreck Your Image

The New Old 97's

"...signing to Elektra, the Dallas quartet toyed with hiring Don Was or T-Bone Burnett to produce what would become..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

What Happened to Our Buzz?

Riffing on a "Buzz"

"...by Chris Gray "Don't forget me when I'm gone" - Glass Tiger (1986)..."

Aug. 11, 1995 Music Feature

Cash Cows

The Huddled Masses

"...bill, local officials seem to be saying, "No, we don't like immigrants, but if they can bring us some..."

Dec. 18, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

SXSW Records

Jeff Beck

"...slinger quivers over a jungle beat osmotically procured from London's underground scene. "Psycho Sam" is a loopy gait to..."

March 12, 1999 Music Feature

Faster Than Sound: Raoul Hernandez, Not Like Everybody Else

Outgoing Chronicle Music editor on 27 years of pure emotion

"...Half the things I write, my wife's like, "I don't know what this means." Making this transition, she suggested..."

July 23, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Council: Save the Coyotes!

A morning on wild, wild life, an afternoon on workers’ rights

"...coyote. One wrinkle was that AS Department head Tawny Hammond wanted to replace a previous, clumsier arrangement through which..."

Oct. 10, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Greenberg

Ben Stiller and (one-time Chronicle cover girl) Greta Gerwig star in this new film by the director of The Squid and the Whale.

"...opening-credits font and the soundtrack (Steve Miller Band, Albert Hammond) and LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy's AM-sounding score; in Harris..."

March 26, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Of a Lifetime

Gregg Rolie, the voice of classic rock, and originally, Journey

"...There's a million reasons why those things work and don't work."..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Good Enough for Your Kid

The Lege considers the cost of an "adequate" public school education

"...Gov. Rick Perry's mantra – regularly amplified by Bill Hammond of the Texas Association of Business – that "we..."

March 12, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Live Shots

Beastie Boys, Rancid, Asiandubfoundation

"...hell without ever sounding somber; the band features a Hammond organ that could easily have been deleted from the..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Music Feature

Can't-Miss Austin Bands at SXSW

Nigerian rapper's gonna break

"..."But the first time I hear a song, I don't even hear the beat. I listen to what they're..."

March 8, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Headlines

"...Don't Drink the Kool-Aid: Long-defeated City Council candidate Laura Pressley..."

April 14, 2017 News Feature

Senators Hold Meeting to Reaffirm Anti-LGBT Discrimination

State Affairs Committee hearing used as anti-LGBT soapbox

"...who voiced opposition to the bills during session, Bill Hammond, president of the Texas Association of Business (and an..."

Feb. 17, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Republican SBOE Candidates Dodge Debates

Why all the debate hate?

"...board's sizable religious fundamentalist bloc – by saying: "I don't think our State Board of Edu­cation should be the..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

One Pol's Stimulus Is Another's Crack Cocaine

When it comes to the stimulus, state lawmakers split along party lines

"...consequences for a long, long time." Perry later echoed Hammond in the Statesman, saying, "This is exactly how addicts..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Beast Wins a Round

Preliminary approval -- but still grave concern -- for two South Austin Supercenters

"...week, Baker even supplied the language for Commissioner Clarke Hammond's motion, explaining that her concerns about the proliferation of..."

Oct. 17, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Steve Winwood

"...whiskey angel belting out "Gimme Some Lovin'" behind a Hammond organ with the Spencer Davis Group. His vision of..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Naked City

Yet More Contempt for T.A.B.

"...As expected, T.A.B. President Bill Hammond and information systems director Don Shelton refused to turn..."

June 13, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

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