Point Austin: Something Must Be Done

City Manager Marc Ott needs to clean up Fleet Services management

"...dubious charges of self-dealing when he tried to clean up Fleet. Now it's a cloud hanging over Fleet service..."

July 2, 2010 News Column by Michael King

The Tipping Point

Austin and Travis County fail to deliver mental health care

"...exit from this world in late 2009 also chalked up another statistic, adding to Travis County's suicide rate –..."

June 4, 2010 News Feature by Amy Smith

They Went West

Back in the saddle with a faded genre's favorite stars

"...unlike those of other Western stars who wore flashy getups more Nudie's Rodeo Tailors of Hollywood than authentic cowboy...."

May 28, 2010 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Point Austin: The City's Tired Story

Fleet Services may be cleaning up those tires, but there's still a big mess

"...embarrassing publicity, the city has taken steps to clean up its scrap tire disposal program. What's not yet clear..."

Dec. 18, 2009 News Column by Michael King

All Times Through Paradise

Introducing Austin's patron saint of musicians, Saint Cecilia

"...The following spring, 1999, a distant cousin appeared upstairs at the Harry Ransom Center in the heart of..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Running the Funny

Club manager Margie Coyle has kept the laughter going for 20 years

"...City Comedy Club. In her hands is a large Tupperware container filled with something dark. "Good morning," she says,..."

July 10, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Solider of Fortune

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

"...at the Tower Theatre Philadelphia 1977,” not only powers up the ‘classic’ Lizzy line-up – Lynott, Gorham, Robertson, and..."

April 23, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Finding Gold in a Dust Bowl

Jenny Lewis, Bill Murray, and other nuggets from ACL

"...that’s pretty much Downtown,” I tell them. “I wake up and eat eggs before I walk down there. I..."

Oct. 1, 2008 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

1-2-3-4!

Marky Ramone defends the Ramones, Phil Spector.

"...years, and then they asked me to join the group. I joined in the spring of ’78, and the..."

Nov. 21, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

We're No. 1! (and No. 7)

"...weekend. It seems like a different player is stepping up for the Horns each week; this time it was..."

Oct. 9, 2007 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Mastodon's 'Blood Mountain' Flows Into Austin

Coming down the mountain with Mastodon

"...a metaphor for the band’s struggle to write a follow-up to Leviathan and about the writing process in general?..."

March 14, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Naked City

"...happening every day for the next few weeks. Stay up to date on important developments at the Capitol, City..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Feature

So Much for a Brick Wall

"...The New Orleans Saints went up to Pittsburgh and allowed Willie Parker to conjure breakaway..."

Nov. 13, 2006 Sports Post by Robert Gabriel

The Rise of the Invisible Man

Can longshot Democrat Chris Bell ring up a miracle?

"...in his cash box – about enough to set up a Web site and print some push cards to..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

'The Sporting Life': … or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving to Lose

"...Shuffleboard Table, has been in my nightmares, waking me up in the middle of the night with a cold..."

Oct. 25, 2006 Sports Post by John Razook

Let Open Gays in Military

Small, local effort to call attention to discrimination against gays in military recruiting under way with sit-in

"...Before showing up at the recruitment center to protest, the two wrote..."

Sept. 22, 2006 News Feature by Diana Welch

CSI: Travis County

Why Is the Medical Examiner's Office so screwed up?

"...in his stomach, but it was small and hadn't ruptured, and it looked as if blood flow throughout his..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Here Comes the Guv

Kinky Friedman lights up his campaign

"...Friedman looks much the same as he does, say, hanging out on a sun-burnished afternoon at his family's Echo..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the National Security Agency eavesdropping, Senate hearings on the Supreme Court appointment of Judge Samuel Alito, and continuing hostilities..."

Dec. 30, 2005 News Feature

The Utter Daveness of Dave!

A farewell tribute to artist and co-founder of the Fresh Up Club Dave Bryant

"...A self-made man, artist, and co-founder of the Fresh Up Club, Dave Bryant is moving to the Big Apple...."

Aug. 19, 2005 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Into the Heart

U2 drops the 'Atomic Bomb'

"...career-saving Steel Wheels, and the Who were being propped up/underwritten by Miller Lite. A quarter-century removed from the Quarrymen..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Here Come the Transporters

In the endless Central Texas transportation wars, the lions and the lambs look for ways to make peace

"...However, we now supposedly have a new high-profile community consensus – most visibly..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Do Aibos Dream of Electric Corner Kicks?

Gearing up for RoboCup VII

"...and eight soccer-playing robot dogs to victory at the RoboCup VII meet at Padua, Italy, in July?..."

April 11, 2003 Screens Feature by Sidney Moody

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...of Blue Buddha Design House and I just picked up this week's issue of the Chronicle with the poster..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...banned certain arbitrators, granted judicial discretion, or opened arbitration up to class actions. No version of the bill --..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Column

Mind Wide Open

D: Fuse, one of the world's biggest emerging DJs, hails from A-town.

"...easy to see why Austin DJ D:Fuse is blowing up bigger than the West Bank right about now. In..."

April 12, 2002 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Readers weigh in on the criminality of musicians, the integrity of neighborhoods, and more.

"...photos on pages 24 and 30. When I picked up the Chronicle, my first impression was a story on..."

July 6, 2001 Column

Capitol Chronicle

The grandfathered pollution exemption celebrates its 30th birthday, and the Lege takes another look at cleaning up the air

"...processes and pollution-reducing requirements of the Act. As a group, they annually disseminate roughly 900,000 tons of air pollution..."

April 6, 2001 News Column by Michael King

The Band

Kissinger, Austin's band of the moment

"...Schatzi, the Riddlin' Kids, and Dynamite Hack as Austin groups whose poppier approach has hit a nerve with local..."

March 2, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Cautiously Optimistic

Fifteen Hopefuls Make Up Austin's Musical Class of 2001

"...songs he recorded will make the album is still up in the air. He will say that working with..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

« 1    ‹ BACK    5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14     NEXT ›    34 »