God's Paper

Austin-based Publisher Reaches Out to Russians

"...Hamill told the New Yorker that his dream paper, "God's paper," would have a "coalition of audiences... the new..."

Sept. 27, 1996 News Feature by Andy Langer

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Happiness Is a Warm Microchip: Idaho-based giant Micron Technology is looking at a..."

Sept. 2, 2022 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...conducting “Know Your Rights” campaigns, The Texas Tribune reports, warning undocumented citizens that they should make plans now in..."

Dec. 20, 2024 News Feature

Luv Doc Recommends: Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Cold War Kids, and M. Ward

Auditorium Shores at the Long Center, Thursday, March 19, 2009

"...who actually are cooler than you. Both categories are goddamned annoying. In fact, it is a huge struggle not..."

March 20, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

Variations on Carol of the Bells

Mermen, movies, and Whitney pulled me under for Christmas

"...Whitney Houston as the titular spouse makes mincemeat out of the film’s music segments. Her live, gospel-rock performances ascend..."

Dec. 24, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Mark Twain Warned of Government Duplicity

"...was horrified and heartbroken at his nation's mass murder of hundreds of thousands of Filipinos and spoke up clearly...."

Jan. 27, 2004 Postmarks

A Potpourri of Pages

On the Bookshelf

"...Detailed to the point of obsession, The Highwaymen: Warriors of the Information Superhighway by..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Books Review

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...is in big trouble. Despite having overseen the passage of what even Gov. Greg Abbott touted as some of..."

Feb. 9, 2024 News Feature

Letters at 3AM: My Top 10 of All Top 10s

A list of the Top 10 cultural artifacts that have shaped my life

"...9) 'THE WAR OF THE WORLDS' (1953), DIRECTED BY BYRON HASKIN Scientists..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

God Bless This Mess

The AFS Texas Documentary Tour: Doug Block's '51 Birch Street'

"...best man at his father's wedding, articulates the reaction of each of the groom's three adult offspring: "After 54..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Saving HeteroTexas: God and the GOP

God – or rather, those who claim to speak in his name – works in mysterious ways this election season

"...All's fair in war, Texas politics, and gay bashing, or so it would..."

Oct. 7, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Page Two: Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory

The path to a Republican presidency

"...This column was going to be part of a two-step with last week's, spelling out in some..."

April 8, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Letters at 3AM: A Paradox of Oligarchy

'Am I my brother's keeper?' is the fundamental question of government

"...Think not? Examine two game-changing pieces of legislation: the federal government's Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944..."

May 21, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Songs of Pain Was Not in Vain

The day a skinny young kid named Daniel Johnston came shuffling to the back door of the 'Chronicle'

"...1985: Deep into writing one Saturday afternoon at the offices of The Austin Chronicle, I heard a strange sound..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature by Louis Black

Confessions of a Cowboy

Working a cattle drive in Texas in the 1870s probably wasn't like what you imagine; ask Frank Harris -- he was there and he knows.

"...three novels set in 19th-century Texas -- The Gates of the Alamo by Stephen Harrigan, The Borderland: A Novel..."

May 26, 2000 Books Feature by James C. Simmons

The Music of Our Sins

Letters at 3am

"...We've stuck the words "great" and "culture" to gobs of hype but let's pretend they still mean something and..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

In Defense of Paul McCartney

Milquetoast Balladeer or Songwriting Stud?

"...feeling that way because his death was a hell of a tragedy." -- Paul McCartney, 10/29/95..."

Dec. 15, 1995 Music Feature

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"...Dee Ramone, and Joe Strummer swirled a cyclone chorus of his inked and illustrated iconography. South by Southwest reconverging..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Titan, King, God, Monster

Ray Harryhausen in Austin, Tuesday, March 28

"...Gods still walk the earth. I know. I've seen them:..."

March 24, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Fantastic and Utterly Disreputable History of the Bevy of Sin Known as Guy Town

Before downtown Austin had the Warehouse District, it had the Whorehouse District: a notorious neighborhood of brothels and fandango houses called Guy Town.

"...in sophisticated company. You head on down to the Warehouse District, and plop yourself at any one of the..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Ian Quigley

The Music of Our Sins -- Part II Letters at 3am

"...his VP). Elizabeth II was crowned Queen. The Korean War ended. Senator McCarthy's committee was blacklisting thousands for their..."

Sept. 26, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Portrait of the Artist as a Road Comic

Long Drives, Low Pay, and Drunks -- What a Life!

"...Road comics are the gypsies of the modern age, wandering far and..."

March 28, 1997 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...as much the direct catalyst for the recent flood of punk books as for the equivalent avalanche of archival..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

Cream of the Tech-Top

The Year in Multimedia

"...Top Ten Multimedia Happenings of 1995 Dave Evans, Vice President of Digital Voodoo, Inc.,..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Screens Feature

Richard Whittaker’s Top 10 Films of 2023

"...1) Oppenheimer Science, war, politics, and pettiness combine in this landmark film...."

Dec. 15, 2023 Screens Feature

A Bigot Without Sin Steps in to Chide the Rest of Us

"...at we Americans. Something happens like 9/11, and all of a sudden we recognize true virtue, honor, character; and..."

Oct. 27, 2005 Postmarks

When Little Blue Men Fight the War at Home

Scott Prendergast on 'Kabluey'

"...The image came out of nowhere. Scott Prendergast was on an airplane when he..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Austin Heart of Film Festival Schedule

"...The third annual Austin Heart of Film Festival and Screenwriters Conference takes place this weekend,..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Screens Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...testimony before a Texas Senate committee on Tuesday, Dept. of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw described the law enforcement..."

June 24, 2022 News Feature

Playback: Top 100 Austin Albums of 2017

Top 10s? Feh! Multiply that by 10 – locally.

"...The Top 10 list is nonsense. That obligatory tally of artistic superiority that every critic, record store clerk, and..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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