The Hightower Report

Bush keeps emphasizing the "shadow" in "shadow government" and Segway tries to push you off the sidewalk.

"...motor vehicles from pedestrians was a problem, however, for Dean Kamen and his mega-rich investors. Kamen invented the much..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Dancing About Architecture

Exposing the Subgenius; Austin clubowners gather to mourn the Steamboat; Earthpig moving to the taxicab center of the universe; and Jonathan Richman breaks down.

"...poll -- with stalwarts like Orenthal "O. J." Simpson, Donald "Stinky" Trump, and "Dr." Laura Schlessinger all trailing so..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...Billy Strayhorn Songbook (a cross-medium promotion also done with Donald Maggin's tome, Stan Getz: A Life in Jazz), or..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...now prohibited from contacting the School of Social Work dean and staff and must write papers reflecting on their..."

March 1, 2024 News Feature

Public Notice: Meanwhile, Back on January 6

Congressional hearings are demanding a reckoning

"...General John Mitchell, and relatively lowly legal aide John Dean, who rebelled at his role as scapegoat, and whose..."

July 1, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

UT Faculty Say Conservatization of the School Is a Long Time Coming

Another brick in the wall

"...UT-Austin noticeably shifted its priorities after the election of Donald Trump, to focus more on reaching out to conservative..."

March 11, 2022 News Feature by Abe Asher

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...extension technology on the UT campus at Guadalupe and Dean Keeton; the new platform will enable buses to meet..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature

Mirror, Mirror

"...said the council members have “the same position” as Donald Trump when Trump repealed Obama’s Affirmative Fair Housing initiative...."

Sept. 15, 2020 Postmarks

Chronicle Endorsements for the March 3 Primary Election

From local judges and representatives to the presidential candidate, here are our recommendations

"...to eradicate the political and moral pestilence of which Donald Trump is but a symptom. But it is also..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Feature

ACL Live Review: Raconteurs

Only half of Jack White’s supergroup dresses for the occasion

"...Of course the group, which live includes utility multi-instrumentalist Dean Fertita (moonlighting from Queens of the Stone Age), were..."

Oct. 5, 2019 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Election Coverage: A Glass Half-Full

Little f*cking drops of blue blood, sweat, and tears

"...– for Obama, for Clinton, for Sanders, for Howard Dean, for Occupy, for DSA, for whatever – into actual..."

Nov. 9, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...Street Elizabeth Crook – The Which Way Tree Jennifer Donaldson – Lies You Never Told Me Aja Gabel –..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Chronicle Recommends: War Movies

Movie picks for Memorial Day

"...leading an ever-expanding team of dogface expendables ranging from Donald Sutherland's stoner-cum-tank commander Oddball to Don Rickles' lusty hustler..."

May 25, 2018 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...First World Problems D: X. Dean Lim Harold, an Asian-American, comes to realizes his family..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Holiday Viewing: White Christmas

The one we can't seem to quit

"...by Bob and Phil’s former commanding officer, Gen. Waverly (Dean Jagger)...."

Dec. 13, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

“Teresa Hubbard/Alexander Birchler: Giant” at the Blanton Museum of Art

The film is good at showing the fate of the film set of Giant, but it leaves open the question of what’s happened to Marfa

"...film Giant, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean. The set, a skeleton of deteriorating wood beams, is..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

SXSW Panel: Covering POTUS: A Conversation With the Failing NYT

Editor Dean Baquet defends NYT's “honorable pursuit of the truth”

"...this morning to hear New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet defend his paper’s coverage of Donald Trump and..."

March 12, 2017 SXSW Post by Michael King

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...on the Quai Minerva Koenig, South of Nowhere Jesse Donaldson, The More They Disappear Pamela Erens, Eleven Hours Jon..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Announces Midnighters and Shorts

Henry Rollins, Jeremy Sisto join horror lineup

"...of an isolated lake house. Cast: Lauren Ashley Carter, Dean Cates, Brian Morvant, Larry Fessenden, John Weselcouch (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 10, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Table Banquet

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Qualities of Starlight, Gabriel Jason Dean..."

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

DVDanger: 'Halloween'/'Prince of Darkness'/'Eyes Without a Face'

Three throwback horrors for your Halloween pleasure

"...embossed cover) is a restored print, overseen by cinematographer Dean Cundey...."

Oct. 29, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Chronicle' Neglected Concordia University Texas

Aug. 29, 2012 Postmarks

Food-o-File

Beat the heat with foodie TV this summer

"...16 French pastry chefs, including Chicago French Pastry School dean Jacquy Pfeiffer, as they spent three days in Lyon,..."

July 1, 2011 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Segretti, Rove, O'Keefe

Dirty tricks against Laundrieu seem Nixonian and Rovian

"...of his from USC, a former military prosecutor called Donald Segretti. In his autobiography Blind Ambition, White House Counsel..."

Jan. 28, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Drunken Angel

In his 1948 debut for the immortal Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune unleashes a naked rage that anticipates James Dean by a half-dozen years

"...a photographer unleashes a naked rage that anticipates James Dean by a half-dozen years. The pair's immediate follow-up, Stray..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Gilded Lili: Lili St. Cyr and the Striptease Mystique

Author Kelly DiNardo recounts the fascinating life of 'the queen of striptease'

"...Fifties, Lili St. Cyr influenced Marilyn Monroe, performed with Dean Martin, and danced well into her 50s. Author Kelly..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Books Review by Rick Klaw

Naked City

Yes, we remember hearing about those nuclear-power plagiarists …

"...in the works, Landsberger confessed his sins to the dean of engineering, who insisted he write a letter to..."

May 7, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...May-July 2000: Miss Congeniality (Castle Rock Entertainment) D: Donald Petrie; S: Marc Lawrence, Katie Ford; with Sandra Bullock,..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Escape From New York (Special Edition)

Subsequent to both The Warriors and Mad Max, yet predating Blade Runner by a year, Escape From New York laid the groundwork for John Carpenter and Kurt Russell's ensuing masterpiece, 1982's The Thing

"...tight-lipped gunslinger to save the president (a wonderfully buffoonish Donald Pleasence) from the baddies (Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau,..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Texas Titles in Toto

"..."Houston," Dean Martin..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

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