Just a Family Thing

"...fond of Avenged Sevenfold for much the same reason that I’ve been listening to a lot of 101X lately:..."

Nov. 28, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Scotty Needs Our Help!

Check it out! Austin High alum dispatches spazzy SOS (Save Our Scotty?) for GWB's former press sec!

"...Lil' Scotty McClellan, that lovable wedgie boy from remedial English 101, is looking..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Down the Drain

The leads put so much of themselves in this new play that it transcends fiction

"...See this latest effort from Imagine That Productions only if you wish to guffaw. I refer..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Thanks, Canada

Blood-soaked nights on the road to punk rock with the Krum Bums

"...think I'm prepared for tour, I eventually realize I haven't even packed my clothes yet. 6:30am, while attempting one..."

July 11, 2008 Music Feature by David Rodriguez

Making Movies on Cyber-Location

Doug Block's Film, Home Page, and How It Grew

"...he encountered the World Wide Web and found Justin Hall's website, Justin's Links (http://www.links.net), a best-case example of personal..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Too Late

Standup comedy can be murder in this stage-set satire

"...If the last few years have taught us anything it's that, in the entertainment industry,..."

June 25, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Change-Up

In this body-switcheroo movie, Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman star as pals each a little envious of the other's life.

"...best not to linger too long on the supernatural hoo-ha required in a body-swap movie to get two persons..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Why, a Duck!

What You Did See at AMOA's Art Guys Exhibition

"...Clown (Ha Ha Ha), by the Art Guys How many ducks..."

Jan. 31, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

The Multifarious Mike Wiebe

Music, comedy, faux-Christianity: the many faces of the Drakulas/Riverboat Gamblers frontman

"...he jumped backward off the bar into a crowd that didn't see him coming...."

June 12, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Record reviews Reissues

"...THE CONGOS..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Music Review

Home Movies

Q&A with "Family Nightmare" director Dustin Defa

"...standout in the Documentary Shorts showcase, “Family Nightmare” (2011) has also played at Sundance, BAM Cinemafest, True/False, and Rooftop..."

March 15, 2012 SXSW Post by Leah Churner

Playback: White Denim Breaks Free

White Denim’s new LP Performance signals a new era of emancipation for Austin’s prog rockers, and Como Las Movies rides a nuevo wave

"...Petralli admits he'd been "going too hard" and it affected his creative consistency. He delegated too..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Gay Place: BESTNESS

It's Best of Austin week and gay Austin is deep in it

"...Liz Williams, and our ally (and Bobcat) Jordan Gass-Porré have made this crazy special issue season (the stretch between..."

Nov. 9, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Web Extra: The Austin Chronicle interview with Robert Rodriguez's bandanna

"...While the noted director was off changing clothes for his Chronicle cover shoot, we took the..."

July 25, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

After the Last Hurrah

Austin singer-songwriter-rocker Beaver Nelson returns with his second album.

"...Brother. His stare is fixed straight at you. His hair is disheveled, strewn in all directions. His shirt is..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Egg Hunts, Trans Visibility, and More Community Events

Meet your fellow Austinites as these goings-on

"...Friday 29, Cheer Up Charlies..."

March 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...momentousness when you’ve just attended a crazy, life-altering concert. Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles” zeros..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

A Guide to Austin Stand-Up

Who makes the jokes, where you can see them, and who keeps the scene running in a city where laughing matters

"...No setup for a joke here. It's literally what happens at Cap City Comedy Club every May when..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sean Carey, Lucas Molandes, Rob Nash

"...(and nonaffiliated) shows available in the swarm of activity that the streets of Downtown Austin had become. Comedy. Stand-up..."

March 24, 2006 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Comics Worth Spending Money on

Three Chronicle writers recommend 14 current comics, from standard superhero fare to funny-animal satire to slice-of-life drama.

"...behind a promotion like Free Comic Book Day is that once you come in for the free stuff, you'll..."

May 3, 2002 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Playwright as Architect

In a conversation on art and craft, playwrights Dan Dietz and Wayne Alan Brenner discuss making the blueprints for and building a drama.

"...of a series of conversations between artists about craft, that is, how artists do what they do: the impulses..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Suneeta Peres Da Costa's Homework

"...Bloomsbury USA, $23.95 hard..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Books Review by Katherine Catmull

In With the Old, In With the New

"...the Chronicle reflects a current trend in line with what you're supposed to have at a wedding: something old..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Books Feature by Phil West

Tag

Ridiculous true story of childhood retained makes for ridiculous fun

"...Directed by: Jeff Tomsic. Starring: Ed Helms, Jake Johnson, Hannibal Buress, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Annabelle Wallis, Rashida Jones,..."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bumping Uglies with Modern Prose

The Cunning Stunts of Miracle Jones

"...a flash-drive into the back of your Mac when that flash-drive is embedded in a cheap artificial vagina...."

Aug. 12, 2011 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

After a Fashion

Taking an e-puff with Your Style Avatar as he muses about Courtney Love's catfight with an Austin designer

"...A SMOKING NEW ERA While I was hanging out with some famous movie-star types recently, I was..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Drawing Interest

Books with graphic value

"...Fantagraphics Books, 220 pp., $39.99 Bottomless Belly Buttonby Dash Shaw Fantagraphics Books, 720 pp., $29.99 (paper) Wordless Books: The..."

July 11, 2008 Books Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

The JFKonspiracy

Kathy McCarty wants to know "Why?" Why is wanting to know more about the Kennedy Assassination such social suicide?

"...beings, as a rule, care a great deal about what other human beings think of them. I used to..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

The Blue Noise Band

Austin neo-jazzsters the Blue Noise Band

"...sense of the term. Though the local instrumental quartet has its structural foundation in jazz, their goof-laden, quick-change musical..."

March 3, 2000 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Postmarks

Don't look to the past, don't repeat other's mistakes, and don't read the Chronicle's movie reviews.

"...The Same Mistake?..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Column

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