Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...even though, it turned out, they had no idea what they were doing. The first year, especially, was a..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Pride of the Yankees?

Evan Smith translates a New York pedigree into the editorship of Texas Monthly.

"..."I'm not sure that Texas Monthly is all that interesting a story," says..."

July 20, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Regular Folk

"...South Austin has longcaptivated the rest of the city with its diversity and..."

Dec. 4, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

What's Left of the Dial?

Virtual Deejays, Pay-to-Play, Celine Dion

"...a revolution going on. A quaint town with an approximate population of 60,000, Victoria's biggest claim to fame might..."

May 22, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Page Two

"...Coast of Florida. I was staying in a house that was bracketed by shuttered porches. I lived in the..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Column by Louis Black

Offering

"...believe in five elements I believe the serpents were created from a darkness that wanted something ugly to hide;..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Space and Distance: A Joint Interview With Balmorhea and Explosions in the Sky

How Austin’s landmark instrumental outfits soundtrack the state of Texas

"...crossing the Rio Grande. A fleeting glimpse of the Pallid bat, stalking its prey under the stars. Something. Anything...."

Dec. 10, 2021 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Oral History of ABGB

Pils to wake, pils to sleep

"...In a city like Austin, it is downright invigorating to have a such a staple of rustic, provincial..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Bill Cotter's Parallel Apartments Are Full of Freaks Like You and Me

And the author presents a wine-fueled glimpse at BookPeople tomorrow.

"...Bill Cotter's new novel, The Parallel Apartments, should come with one of those Government Warning..."

Feb. 24, 2014 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Full-Gore Press

Mind the viscera: Austin's horror filmmaking scene is exploding

"...as a vital hub for gore? Consider the evidence: At the time of this writing, there are just under..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Throw Down Your Hatred

Neil Young's solo tour, Part 2

"...Since Neil Young's solo performance at Bass Concert Hall this month, I've been writing obsessively..."

June 18, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Brass Ring Lessons

How TexARTS' first two go-rounds in staging classic musicals are helping to make its new Carousel ride a winner

"...affordable two-bedroom in South Austin. But time was, those metallic hoops were common enough on carousels that grabbing the..."

June 22, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Thursday

"...THURSDAY PICKSAll showcases subject to change..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Page Two

Advice for artists, inspired during the whirlwind of SXSW 2005

"...journey down the always long and winding road, to finally find two truisms about art at the end...."

March 11, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Thirty Years on Location

An overview of the Texas Film Commission, which has been wedding film production and the state economy for 30 years.

"...hear so many times about government not working, but that has never been true of the Texas Film Commission...."

June 15, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Super-8's Super Fans

The Cinemaker Co-op preserves the art of the littlest of motion picture formats -- Super-8 -- and trains tomorrow's filmmakers along the way.

"...dinky little suburb of Rochester, New York, I vividly recall stumbling across a cache of my father's old film..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

"...I need to correct a rumor, one that developer Robert Knight said in the Waller Creek article..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Column

The Buzz Heard 'Round the World

"...Gunnar Hansen as Chainsaw's Leatherface..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Whither Rock?

ii.

"...Mellencamp -- via the auspices of a pre-punk band called the Brains -- said it first, and in some..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Books Feature by Gina Arnold

Immaculate Perception

Author and Visionary Bruce Sterling

"...and makes sense of them. Futurist, author, journalist, husband, father, and new home owner Bruce Sterling has been a..."

April 18, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Mad Scientist on Wheels

Brian Beattie

"...Brian Beattie appears quite the mad scientist as he scrambles around,..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 23-29

"...SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity," said fashion writer..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Sun Ra Commander Marshall Allen

Intergalactic RAS Day headliners tap universal vibrations

"...Marshall Allen is 92 years young and remains as sharp..."

Aug. 24, 2016 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Ingredient Fatigue

A restaurant critic's lament

"...In the space of a week at the end of August 2014, I had occasion to..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Unicorn Booty Bounces

From popular gayfotainment blog to bustling NOLA cafe, here's Booty's

"...What if your favorite webpage or blog came to life..."

March 7, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Life in Prison for Hemp

José Peña brought some roadside weeds home from Kansas. Cops decided it was reefer, and a Texas court sentenced him to life in prison – without the evidence. It took a decade for Peña to get back some of the pieces of his life.

"...favor Peña often did for friends and family, no matter how distant the relation – and the kind of..."

March 16, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Scene of the Crime

Revisiting the yogurt shop murders: A cold case reconsideration of the 1991 crime points away from the prosecution's assumptions and conclusions

"...On Oct. 28, 2009, Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg stood solemnly behind a lectern choked with..."

Dec. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Flavor of the Month

A Q&A with the Posies' Ken Stringfellow

"...Guitar-pop fanatics get a glimpse of heaven on Friday night when..."

Nov. 24, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Page Two: The Best of Austin

A concept in search of an author; characters in search of a form; memory in search of meaning

"...A Silent Film Serial in Many Chapters (projected at the correct speed, accompanied by a small orchestra, with..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Around the World of Weird

The many genre delights of Fantastic Fest 2008

"...Eight days and nights of fear, loathing, love, lust, cannibalism, and carnage (plus, thanks to this..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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