Watch: Kev Bev and Eric Power Haunt the "Ghost Tower"

Spooky animated party preludes band's new album

"...sorcerer Eric Power enchant you with the video for "Ghost Tower," a creepy ode to a crumbling edifice, complete..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Ghost Riding

Wizard World confirms first Austin guests

"...Ernie Hudson (best known as the fourth Ghostbuster and Warden Glyn from HBO's Oz) will be there,..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

I See Dead People

The Black Angels conjure Austin's psychedelic renaissance

"...Stephanie Bailey lives with a ghost...."

May 9, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Eve of Destruction

Lawrence Wright on 'The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9 / 11'

"...The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Books Feature by Taylor Holland

Solider of Fortune

Thin Lizzy's “Still Dangerous,” just ask its anchoring guitarist Scott Gorham.

"...Still Dangerous, “Live at the Tower Theatre Philadelphia 1977,” not only powers up the ‘classic’..."

April 23, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Last Shall Be First

New Year's Eve becomes a cultural extravaganza with First Night Austin

"...and Latin dancing. 2:30-3pm2:45pmThe TroublePuppetShow – Song of the Ghost Ship, plaza, Bank of America, 501 Congress. Three-masted sailing..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Billy Clayton's Flying Circus

State, City Head for a Dogfight Over Mueller

"...The new tower construction at Bergstrom. Bergstrom's old tower is in the..."

Jan. 17, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Day Trips

The USS Lexington has gracefully retired from fighting ship to military museum.

"...From the flight deck, climb up the tower, or "island," as it is called, to the bridge..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

ATX Film News

Emmys, gen:LOCK cast, plus a good omen for film incentives

"...2. at the News & Documentary Emmy awards ceremony, Tower – the animated retelling of the infamous 1966 UT..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Announces 2018 Grant Winners

Recipients show strength and diversity of Texas filmmakers

"...previous AFS Grant recipient David Lowery, and his A Ghost Story producers Toby Halbrooks and James M. Johnston) and..."

Sept. 5, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tomorrowland

Seeming more like a calculation than a flight of fancy, this adventure tale has both hits and misses

"...of live action with his last film Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. Bird wrote the Tomorrowland screenplay with Damon Lindelof..."

May 22, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The World

Using a sleek visual style and bits of animation, this elegant Chinese film explores the effects of modernism, globalism, and international commerce upon its culture and society.

"...stuck here all day will turn me into a ghost," laments Tao (Zhao Tao), a dancer in a dreary..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Minnow Mountain Co-Founder Goes Into the Archives

Animation studio's Steph Swope takes a mountaintop view

"...we finished it, and that was the important thing." Tower (2016)..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Screens Feature

Top 10 Austin Albums of 2017

Consensus on the best local platters

"...1) Xetas, The Tower (12XU)..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Greg Beets

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...Keith Maitland has two films making their world premiere. TOWER delves into mass murderer Charles Whitman's UT Tower shooting,..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Record Reviews

"...he was visited by three spirits. The first, the Ghost of Christmas past, took Scrooge back to a simpler..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Music Review

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...bills following COVID-19. – Rachel Rascoe Katherine de Rosset: The Tower..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...emotional content over a forlorn-yet-popward song structure. – Greg Beets Ghost Wolves..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

99 Bands

Ninety-nine local bands on Red River waiting to be heard

"...six weeks have been littered with teething infants – Ghost of the Russian Empire is not alone. This young,..."

July 8, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Killer Reputation

Murders from Austin's not quite forgotten past

"...one remembers their origin. Gazing up at the moonlight towers that dot central city neighborhoods, most Austin residents probably..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Dancing About Architecture

Hatfield Takes a Rest

"...had been hoped, able to attend. Legendary pianist Grey Ghost has been in Seton Hospital getting some general care,..."

May 5, 1995 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Chronicle’s Favorite Austin Albums of 2023

Ten music writers reflect on the records they loved this year

"...More peaks and summits than the Frost Bank Tower (check San Antonio's as well), Shinyribs scaled another Kilimanjaro..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Faster Than Sound – Welcome to Red River World: The Future of Austin’s Music District

Forecasting the storm of developments between the state Capitol and I-35. Also, NPR warned and ACL Fest confirms: Austin’s pop soloists are stepping up.

"...Real estate blogger James Rambin, editor of Towers.net, calls Waterloo Park's surroundings "one of the city's most..."

May 24, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Plantation at Comal Bluff

Sneed House ruins tell a story beneath and behind modern Austin

"...especially noble, standing at the foot of the UT Tower in rank with Pres­idents George Washington and Woodrow Wilson,..."

May 23, 2014 News Feature by Sam Ramos

Yes Yes: Sundance Announces 2014 Class

Austinites a-plenty in Competition and NEXT slates

"...love and friendship he never had in life, Jamie’s ghost visits former classmate Adam McCormick, drawing him into the..."

Dec. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Dungeons and Draggin's

My Short Vacation in Sunny Brittania

"...finally, by a harpy, I came back as a ghost. All color flushed from the world. Gary, as Khalil,..."

March 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Sxsw

"...Austin, Texas as the sniper's (oops, I mean UT) Tower, yet now 100% Golden Gate Bridge. Yup, our last..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

O.D. Whizz!

"...us that Roosevelt Williams -- better known as Grey Ghost to most of you -- passed away early in..."

July 19, 1996 Music Column

What We're Listening to This Week

Dayglow, Sunny Sweeney, Chucky Blk, Alexi 8bit, and more local sounds worth your time

"...statement of strength through emancipation. – Raoul Hernandez Chucky BlkA Tower and Thereafter (Hushpuppy)..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Music Column by Kriss Conklin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Ends," 15 additional tracks stacking this boneyard into a tower of creative realization...."

April 30, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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