Borderline Vaudeville

Bill Crawford and Gene Fowler go off-off-off Broadway with Border Radio.

"...requires a little explanation. In 1987, Bill Crawford and Gene Fowler, two Austin writers, published Border Radio: Quacks, Yodelers,..."

May 10, 2002 Music Feature by Clay Smith

Snake Oil Cures Turbulent Instinct

Shuck and Jive in the Old West

"...Wellness in the Old West and Beyond, edited by Gene Fowler (Ancient City Press, $27.95 hard). Good choice; it..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Mavericks: A Gallery of Texas Characters

"This is the west, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." That wisdom is at the heart of this collection.

"...Mavericks: A Gallery of Texas Charactersby Gene Fowler University of Texas Press, 158 pp., $19.95..."

March 21, 2008 Books Review by Richard Whittaker

'The Border Radio Show': Blast From the Past

In The Border Radio Show, a stellar cast of Lone Star artists revive the days when radio towers south of the Rio Grande filled the airwaves with revival meetings, wild product pitches, and all kinds of music.

"...the unique, sometimes wacky history of border radio, as Gene Fowler and Bill Crawford richly documented in their 2002..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

The 'West' Shall Rise Again

A new generation creates its own take on the show that changed Austin theatre

"...When this classroom effort to launch the next generation of In the West started, Garcia-Crow was at a..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Where They're Coming From

Connecting the Dots of Texas Writers Month 2002

"...at the gaudy Capitol Visitors Center, once the stately General Land Office. The GLO serves as the setting for..."

June 7, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

'In the West': Living Portraits Avedon Would Die For

The original Austin Chronicle review from Nov. 15, 1985

"...this kind of project. The words given us by Gene Fowler in "Mickey Cruthers" and "Buddy;" by Sidney Brammer..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Border Radio: The Big Jukebox in the Sky

'Border Radio: The Big Jukebox in the Sky' was as eclectic as the border radio culture it re-created, but one couldn't avoid feeling overstuffed by evening's end

"...of the book Border Radio (by Bill Crawford and Gene Fowler, who also wrote the show's script), the TFR..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Arts Review by Belinda Acosta

'To the Limit': Austin Radio Spanish

Austin's Hispanic broadcasting market makes huge changes, too

"...have no respect for Austin's Hispanic community. "There is general ignorance of the business opportunity," said Castro, president and..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

The Secret History of Tuna

Tuna isn't the only Texas town with which actor-writers Jaston Williams and Joe Sears can be closely identified. Austin has played a significant role in the development of their town, and in return Sears and Williams have changed the face of the capital city.

"...longer the bare-bones operation at the Trans/Act, with its generic unit set-pieces and songs to cover the costume changes..."

April 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Missed Nuts

"...powerful radio station across the border in old Mexico. Gene Tognacci, a radio voice artist and recording studio owner..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Postmarks

The Austin Music Awards, a Black Rock Maverick, and More Crucial Concerts

Our recommended shows for the week ahead

"...continues pinpointing a singular moment in music evolution. Author Gene Fowler elicits stories, history, and inspiration starting at 2pm...."

Feb. 23, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Bill Leissner: I Shot the Eighties

Event to fund photographer's book showing the decade in Austin

"...Big State Productions company members Janelle Buchanan, Joy Cunningham, Gene Fowler, Amparo Garcia-Crow, and Tim Mateer, who will perform..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

2008 Texas Book Festival

"...Gene Fowler (Mavericks: A Gallery of Texas Characters)..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Books Feature

2002 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...12:30-1:30pm CExt. #E2.010The Voices of Their Generation: Hip-Hop & Narcocorridos Bakari Kitwana, Elijah Wald, Moderator: Joe..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature

Can Tom Zigal Really Say That?

"The truth is, I didn't know a thing about the world of mystery writers and crime publishing," Tom Zigal, the author of three mystery novels, says. Chronicle writer Dick Holland discovers why Zigal might say such a thing and why it may not matter in light of Pariah, Zigal's new installment in the Kurt Muller mystery series.

"...confirmed is that above all he is observant, loyal, generous, self-deprecating about his talent, and very funny. Let's say..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Scanlines

Million Dollar Legs

"...Meeting by the once legendary, now largely unknown, writer Gene Fowler. I found It's a Gift(1934) perplexing and The..."

June 25, 1999 Screens Feature

Featuring Texas

Films From Around the State

"...Rodeo Association. Henry trains his sights on longtime bronc-buster Gene Mikulenka, and follows him not only from rodeo to..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Faster Than Sound: Willie and a Movie

The Red Headed Stranger rides again at Luck Cinema's kickoff, thriving Austin rapper Ladi Earth can't be categorized, and more music news

"...I'd react a lot," "I grew up singing with Gene Autry and Roy Rogers and all those guys –..."

July 12, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Postmarks

Starbucks vs. the Chronicle: Who's zoomin' who?

"...journalistic hacks who seem to be short a logic gene or two. You failed to mention that Texas follows..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Column

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...Cruz, Havana Rose Liu, Kaia Gerber, Nicholas Galitzine, Miles Fowler, Marshawn Lynch, Dagmara Dominiczyk, Punkie Johnson (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...Break Point Director: Jay Karas, Screenwriters: Gene Hong, Jeremy Sisto Two estranged brothers reunite to make..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

AFF Announces Lineup

Serious Moonlight, scripted by the late Adrienne Shelly, will open the fest

"...Feature Competition: American Cowslip – Mark David (Writer/Director), Ronnie Gene Blevins (Writer) - (World Premiere) Cummings Farm – Ted..."

Sept. 28, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Cumulative Staff Box

"...Fernandez, Sarah Hatfield, Diane Greenhill, Bill McCullough, Ceri Bernis, Gene Cockrell, Dragon, Robert Bostick, Joel Bradley, Judy Stanford, Marie..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

After a Fashion

One of the family passed on this week. The Style Avatar's sister remembers the Houston Chronicle's Maxine Mesinger.

"...read the list of nominees for Best Film, and generally seemed completely disoriented. Fortunately, Dick Clark was there to..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser