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"...of the world around us and the world to come.   – Cat McCarrey Free Press Forever: The Soulectors..."

Nov. 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Postmarks

"...just unloading my trailer of 2,000 pounds of band equipment on Sixth Street, I have yet again walked back..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Column

Steve Van Zandt’s Soulfire

Springsteen henchman and Sopranos boss hits the road and classrooms

"...and I know you did it in a short time...."

May 24, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Confessions of a Cowboy

Working a cattle drive in Texas in the 1870s probably wasn't like what you imagine; ask Frank Harris -- he was there and he knows.

"...This month, Carroll & Graf publishes Star-Spangled Eden: 19th-Century America Through the Eyes of Dickens, Wilde, Frances Trollope, Frank..."

May 26, 2000 Books Feature by James C. Simmons

Mad World

Dobro, mandolin, and banjola ease April’s cruelty

"...explosions, no gun control – last week’s inhumanity reduced me to a Pat Benatar lyric, collateral LP muscle memory..."

April 22, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Murdering Oscar

A brief conversation with Patterson Hood of the Drive-by Truckers

"...The pride of the South, Athens, Ga.'s Drive-by Truckers pull into Stubb's tonight. During a brief layover..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

Page Two: Before the Impending Flood

An erratic list of memories and some dates

"...Woe is me, why can't I see?..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Two Turntables and a Microphone

Austin's DJ Culture

"...'98 was a resounding, "Yes." It was a watershed moment for SXSW, whose previously limited success in the guitarless..."

May 29, 1998 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

The Star Maps Hustle

Interview With Filmmaker Miguel Arteta

"...follows the travails of Carlos (Douglas Spain), a youthful Mexican immigrant who pursues his dream of Hollywood stardom while..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Bob Stoops Is on Line 3! Mack Brown Is on Hold …

Joe O'Connell has an (imaginary) talk with OU's Bob Stoops

"...my man! Bob Stoops here. But you can call me Coach, my scribbling wordsmith. So here we are again...."

Oct. 7, 2008 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Watch: Kady Rain’s Barbies Come to Life in “Lovestruck”

Plastic lovers cruise to a drive-in concert in pink convertible

"...an epic choreographed dance to her track “You Got Me” – as interspersed with sequences of people hugging and..."

Feb. 8, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Rolling the Dice

Behind the scenes of The Adventure Zone with Griffin McElroy

"...popped up in the My Brother, My Brother and Me podcast feed...."

Oct. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...is progress? Is every vestige of weirdness in Austin doomed?..."

July 28, 2006 Column

The Searcher

Wim Wenders on his sense of the right direction

"...In 1984, German director Wim Wenders teamed up with American playwright Sam Shepard to make Paris,..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Diana Welch

The Luv Doc: Backseat Driver

The most exquisite intellectual torture imaginable

"...in the car he cannot help himself from telling me what to do. It is really getting on my..."

March 2, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Letters at 3AM: The Return of Our Angel

Marilyn Monroe has returned to us recently in various guises

"..."I don't think I've ever met a writer I'd like as my judge."..."

March 9, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Unfriendly and Uncooperative Police

"...an incident occurring this New Year's evening. After enjoying some festivities on the east side of town with a..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Postmarks

SXSW Filmmaker Hospitalized

SXSW filmmaker Benh Zeitlin recovering after a major car accident

"...at the festival, Rooftop Films founder Mark Rosenberg tells me all about Benh Zeitlin’s short film “Glory at Sea,”..."

March 11, 2008 Screens Post by Spencer Parsons

Dark Side of the Potterverse

Brad Neely's 'Wizard People, Dear Readers' and the volatility of artistic alchemy

"...is an irony cherished by just about every smarty-pants American grade-schooler worth hanging out with that Francis Scott Key..."

July 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

From the Vaults: All for the Love of You

Carey Mulligan steals hearts as Daisy Buchanan in 'The Great Gatsby'

"...Daisy, Daisy … Jay Gatsby is half-crazy, all for the love of you...."

May 10, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"...straight at them, and if they have to reach some that is a good thing."..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Vinyl Ashes

A gray vinyl 7-inch with your exit songs?

"...it be?" Your cremated remains pressed into vinyl? As homegrown local tenor saxophonist Elias Haslanger comments herein, "Wow, the..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

At the Ready Gets in the Uniform Boots of Texas’ High School Cops

Sundance title comes to AFS's drive-in screen

"...saw those kids, she quickly realized that no one seemed surprised by their presence. It turned out it was..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Rad Chad Lives!

Jeremy King, star of Scare Package, talks VHS heaven

"...in the back of his mind, maybe doesn't like me. And doesn't like me so much that he wants..."

Oct. 22, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Czech Republic of Texas

The story behind the iconic photo and the iconic bakery that's in it

"...The photo began ripping through the social media sphere like gas station chilidogs through a trucker's lower..."

April 18, 2013 Emergency Post by Kate X Messer

Page Two: Bright Light, Hot Smoke

Here we go again: South by Southwest 2011

"...would almost be flattering it. It is a straight-out, pedal-to-the-metal slam, a roller coaster car having climbed the highest..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Bonnaroo (From the Pit)

"...in early December when I got an email telling me I had won a trip to Hollywood for the..."

June 19, 2008 Music Post by Gary Miller

La Onda Chicano

Tejano music, as a genre, might be on the ropes, but Sunny Ozuna – one of the genre's architects – is anything but

"...night of Saturday, April 22, unquestionably constituted a banner moment for Tejano music in Austin...."

July 21, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Layers of Connection

Miranda July's crazy, shiny lovefest

"...own dialogue to them. She is also an Eldercab driver, helping those who are "feeling too old to drive."..."

July 15, 2005 Screens Feature by Audra Schroeder

Back Home in Texas

The return of the reigning Queen of Austin Country Music

"...Northern Exposure clap-on-the-back of truly fine Texan Barry Corbin. "Welcome to Libbiville!" he hails, and up two-steps a country..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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