Johnny Goudie & the Little Champions

"...There's at least a dozen bands from the Nineties and Aughties easily referenced by Johnny..."

April 17, 2009 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Page Two: A Pleasant Summer Afternoon Outing

With an all-too-familiar rant recalled and reoffered

"...I'm feeling as if I've been somewhere else for a number of weeks now and just..."

April 10, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Kingdom of Days

Bruce Springsteen doesn't call E Street pianist Roy Bittan "Professor" for nothing

"...Run in 1975, Roy Bittan's piano playing finds perfect complement in one word supplied by an accordionist describing the..."

April 3, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Quintessence

Quincy Jones has lived a career that would make his hero, Duke Ellington, proud

"...His voice comes over the line like that of an elder: convincing,..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Page Two: Tiny Tornadoes

SXSW time allows us to go soaring off fearlessly into our imaginations

"...fool oneself into believing there was still plenty of time). Having now emerged into the too sunny, dead-ahead, ever-shrinking..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Bob Byington New to New York, Old Hat in Austin

Austinite Bob Byington premieres 'Harmony and Me' at Lincoln Center's New Directors/New Films showcase

"...known about Bob Byington for years. His new film, Harmony and Me, which was shot locally and stars Bishop..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Playing Through

Practitioners of parkour strive for efficient movement for its own sake

"...a practitioner of parkour, i.e., the French art of movement. For I do move. I walk up stairs. I..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Column by Thomas Hackett

Page Two: Inertia, Inverted

It isn't the outside world but oneself that most often determines the nature of experience

"...Welcome to 2009. We have entered into this new year;..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Playing Through

Finding the rhythm of footbag

"...You're hopping up and down, contorting your body in all kinds of yogic..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Column by Thomas Hackett

International Man of Independents

The wide world of producer Anish Savjani

"...two of his latest productions – erstwhile Chronicle contributor and current Northwestern professor Spencer Parsons' I'll Come Running and..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

ACL Fest Saturday Interviews

Ladies and gentleman we are floating in space

"...he was checked into the Royal London Hospital. The Spacemen 3 co-founder was diagnosed with advanced periorbital cellulitis with..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

ACL Fest Saturday Interviews

After the gold rush

"..."I feel like if you go into something expecting success, you're setting yourself up to fail," offered..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Page Two: Spinning Tales

The GOP masterfully weaves a tapestry of deceit

"...overall political narrative that serves as the most important element in their electoral campaigns. Their take on any daily..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Sugar, Sugar

Smacking bubblegum to the beat

"...This American Beat series from last year languished under a stack..."

Aug. 11, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Chac-Mool

A rare glimpse inside the inner circle of accordion pioneer Esteban 'Steve' Jordan

"...Jordan is always playing for his life. His spidery, turquoise-and-silver-laden fingers squeeze the custom Hohner diatonic accordion, in and..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Brazilian Guitar Quartet: Capturing the Unexpected

Bringing this famed musical foursome to town is the latest feather in the cap of the Austin Classical Guitar Society

"...For most of us noninstrumentalists, the word "guitar" evokes the sounds and images of..."

July 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Hard Back

You got grime in my hip-hop!

"...London's Dizzee Rascal in 2003, when he swiped the famed Mercury Music Prize – given each year to the..."

July 18, 2008 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Record Review

"...The cover of Reckless Kelly's fifth studio album and Yep Roc debut, Bulletproof, comes branded with the image..."

July 4, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Last Shadow Puppets

"...The Last Shadow PuppetsThe Age of Understatement (Domino)..."

June 20, 2008 Music Review by Austin Powell

Tomorrow, the World

Craig Hella Johnson's company of voices has long been world-class; now the world is hearing it

"...scientist. The founder of the professional choral ensemble Conspirare and its artistic director for, lo, these 16 years is..."

June 20, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Wah-Wah Me a River

French blues from a white guy

"...Here’s a confession: A promo copy Don Cavalli’s Cryland (Everloving) has been sitting on my desk since February...."

June 17, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Ride to Live

Local biker clubs share the secrets of the open road

"..."Bikers come in all stripes. There is a misconception that they're..."

June 13, 2008 Features Feature by Abe Louise Young

Page Two: Correlation Does Not Imply Causation

The lessons of Florida beaches, anti-drug education, and chain gangs

"...know rocks are. Many have to do with oneself and one's perceptions of the world, but those are not..."

May 9, 2008 Column by Louis Black

I See Dead People

The Black Angels conjure Austin's psychedelic renaissance

"..."I have a wall-length mirror in my room, and these little handprints will appear on it," reveals the..."

May 9, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Miss Understood

Carolyn Wonderland through the looking glass

"...cell phone. "He goes: 'Hey, have you heard Carolyn Wonderland? She's something else!'..."

May 2, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two: Humanity in Its Habitat

As part of the natural world, we can be neither celebrated nor condemned

"...In my last two columns, I wrote about realism and idealism, practicality and utopian fantasy. Many leftist positions that..."

April 18, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Daniel Lanois and the Improbabilities of Sound

"...is missing. It’s Tuesday before the start of SXSW, and Lanois’ manager is standing uneasily outside the Hyatt Regency..."

March 20, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Slow Motion Sound

"...responsible for altering the way that people thing about time, tone, and color in regards to music. OTR spoke..."

March 15, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

War Stories

Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro collaborate to document one wounded soldier's transformation into 'anti-warrior'

"...inevitable that Phil Donahue, the father of the modern daytime TV talk show, would make an anti-war film. This..."

March 14, 2008 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...The concept of Mister Lonely, Harmony Korine's first feature in eight years or so, is..."

March 14, 2008 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

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