Boo-ya!

Let the Summer Games Begin …

"...The temptation among makers of NBA games is to follow the NBA Jam school of cartoon idolatry or to..."

June 8, 2001 Screens Feature by Michael Chamy

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...What O'Connor didn't know at the time was that many shows at Houston's legendary Gilley's dancehall ended with..."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Postmarks

Austin - bands, bikes, billboards, ballots, Bradley, and beyond - under scrutiny.

"...["Postmarks: Finding the Beauty in Billboards," April 20] claim that restricting billboards denies property owners their rights leaves me..."

April 27, 2001 Column

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...bet it'll sell strong out of the box, and that he will prosper the good old-fashioned way; on the..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Day Trips

"...a chance to see the tools of moviemaking. Those that view the Star Wars series simply as science fiction..."

March 16, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Flight of the Night Bird

Harry Akin opened for business on Christmas Eve, 1932, selling hamburgers for 15 cents apiece. Cuisines Editor Virginia B. Wood reveals how Akin turned his hamburger stand into Austin's former restaurant empire.

"...over steak and coffee at the same restaurant. But that's exactly the way things were for more than 40..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Little Station That Could

Austin's AAA station KGSR and its market ascendance.

"...impossible. One person said he eats too much sushi. That's not really much of a vice, though, except perhaps..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...extols Wexler in the Chronicle's Doug Sahm memorial the following week. "Western swing, straight country, Norteño, even jazz, rock..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks

Post-election political rumblings , and Music Editor Raoul Hernandez takes it on the chin from Nina Simone fans.

"...has missing ballots and missing ballot boxes. I believe that whoever is responsible for the process in Florida needs..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Column

Postmarks

The Starbucks Showdown continues; and readers voice their opinions on last week's Best of Austin issue.

"...the beauty, wit, humor, and, yes, piss and vinegar, that is Liz...."

Sept. 22, 2000 Column

Dancing About Architecture

NXNW news; speak of the devil and Chris Gates shall appear.

"...new media festival, North by Northwest. (Rumor has it that Zeigler may be looking for a new home while..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Armchair Adventures

"Good adventure books do the same thing as a good adventure," Chronicle writer Dan Oko writes in this roundup of recently published adventure books.

"...of the wonderment of the natural world. At least, that's how I took it as I read through a..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Books Feature by Dan Oko

Saint Jackie

It was with high expectations of low class that Stephen MacMillan Moser embarked upon the latest crop of books about Jackie O. But shortly into it, he found himself thinking, "Where's the dirt?"

"...intensely, instead of in the Sixties, it seems unlikely that he would have survived the presidency, even if he..."

June 9, 2000 Books Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

2000 Kids Summer Fun Guide

Listings

"...holds a variety of special events and school programs that will turn the young'uns into true farmers who can..."

May 5, 2000 Features Feature

TV Eye

Television shows are using direct addresses to the audience more and more. What hath Ferris Bueller wrought? Also, say goodbye to Boy Meets World and, quite possibly, Sports Night.

"...Maybe it's the literal size of the television set that makes it most suitable for gazing at events that..."

May 5, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Readers are baffled by the Chronicle's "no endorsement" for the mayoral race.

"...update on renewable energy in Texas and the potential that particularly wind energy holds. In fact, wind energy is..."

April 28, 2000 Column

Land Mine

public access debate surrounds preservation issue

"...The idea, hashed out over several years, was that by preserving a large block of habitat for endangered..."

March 3, 2000 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Day Trips

Oak Thicket Park on Lake Fayette received a complete makeover when no one was looking.

"...for recreation gear. After a day of exploring all that Fayette County has to offer, a hot shower feels..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Real Life Rat Tales

Carol Brorson consults the experts to get to the roof of Austin's rat problem.

"...rat for every person living in the United States. That's one of them for every one of us. Our..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Features Feature by Carol Brorsen

Bibliomania

Books We Love and a Few Books We Don't

"...10. Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt 11. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami 12. The Sparrow by Maria..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...to relocate the historic house. We shall see if that was justified...."

Dec. 31, 1999 Column

Cosi Fan Tutte: Doin' What Comes Naturally

Local Arts Reviews

"...Alfonso bets his two young pals Ferrando and Guglielmo that their loves Dorabella and Fiordiligi would just as soon..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

The Composer's Roots

A look at the career of a premier jazz pianist, Dallas-born Cedar Walton

"...Dallas-born jazzman has played so well for so long that he's being taken for granted. After all, Walton doesn't..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Bad Dog

When we see a dog running free, why are we frightened? Longtime Austinite Paula James meditates on the effect that fear of the natural world has had on us.

"...this county," the woman yells at me as I follow my pooch toward the trees. "That dog should be..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Features Feature by Paula James

Postmarks

The beefs this week: Chronicle reporter Robert Bryce on CNN, genetically engineered foods, Steamboat, John Aielli, Paul Minor, and more.

"...No insights, only frivolous speculation. It is a shame that the limited national coverage your paper gets is wasted..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Column

Off The Bookshelf

Revolutionary Romanticism

"...the movement early in the anthology, belying the perception that Keats, Wordsworth, Byron, and Blake leapt from the ether..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Books Review

Iron Writer

"...overalls and playing a computer game, he tells me that the neighbors "don't really understand what I do." I..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts

Haranguing the Hugos

"...a well-tuned Hoover. It's Hugo time again, old chums. That time of the year when we ponder the best..."

July 30, 1999 Books Feature by Adrienne Martini

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...Episode 1 -- The Phantom Menace. It is assumed that every man, woman, and child in the galaxy will..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Jazzin' (But Not for Blue Jeans)

"...clubs come and go, right? For every Electric Lounge that burns out, there's a new venue plugged in --..."

May 21, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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