Homemade History

Las Manitas, the Pérez sisters, and a usable past

"...street cafe – the hangout where everyone in town meets, greets, exchanges gossip, and maintains the ties that bind...."

July 21, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Ginn Sisters

Record review

"...There are few sounds sweeter than siblings harmonizing, and like dessert to their 2004 debut, Generally Happy, the..."

July 7, 2006 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Freight Train Outta Town

Jesse Hercules Taylor

"...story of Jesse Taylor doesn't all fit together chronologically, and I want to call him and ask what happened..."

March 31, 2006 Music Feature by Jo Carol Pierce

Veggie Heaven

A visit to Angel Valley Organic Farm

"...certified organic farm would be among the scrubby hills and limestone cliffs of Jonestown, Texas. But you will: Angel..."

March 24, 2006 Food Feature by MM Pack

Tres Chicas

"...pure heaven. Lynn Blakey (Glory Fountain), Tonya Lamm (ex-Hazeldine), and Caitlin Cary (ex-Whiskeytown) have woven individual careers with golden..."

March 17, 2006 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Outlaw Onda

If Tejano music isn't on the radio, does it still exist?

"...it in the local press. The pieces ranged from measured obituaries to screeching demands like Julian Limon Fernandez's, which..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta

Permaculture

Local activists try to break free of oil-dependent lifestyle

"...Permaculture Focused on meeting basic human needs in an environmentally, economically, and socially..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

I'd Much Rather Be With the Girls

What a box set should be:'One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost and Found'

"...Nothing ever conveyed the exuberant joy and bitter heartache of young love like a heavenly choir..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Song From the Sea

"...Second Youth Family Theatre. All of the original company members, such as recently departed Artistic Director Rick Smith, are..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

2005 ACL Music Fest Preview

All 'picks' no 'sleepers' for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, one blurb at a time

"...FRIDAYAustin Collins Band11:15am, BMI stage..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature

Static Between Stations

The American Analog Set at 10: end of part one

"...Andrew Kenny is slight but stoic, his hands barely grazing..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Discord and Ecstasy

Werner Herzog on 'Grizzly Man'

"...of a Werner Herzog hero: personal demons, a mysterious and difficult past, a receding hairline, paranoia, grandiosity, and a..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Willie Graham

Live shots

"...sold-out show also demonstrated yet again the power, cohesiveness, and incredible range of talent of the Austin music scene...."

July 1, 2005 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 1: 59-61, The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 2: 1962

"...with a bolded endnote. "It's only the beginning. Future volumes – Volumes 2 through 12 – will document every..."

May 27, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...South Austin Tennis Center is not a neighborhood park and identified it as a "semantic" distinction, noting that some..."

May 13, 2005 Column

Defending Anti-Smoking Metaphor

"...that a downtown chemical factory was not a good metaphor, I understand the logic and have taken it into..."

May 9, 2005 Postmarks

Page Two

Finding peace in the wonderful chaos of SXSW

"...An aside: Chronicle Publisher Nick Barbaro and I are partners in SXSW with Roland Swenson. He..."

March 25, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Nedelle

"...singer-songwriter Nedelle's songs are fleeting impressions rather than fully formed statements, her distinctive, disciplined voice pulls you in anyway...."

March 18, 2005 Music Review by Greg Beets

Saturday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...Sleepers for March 19All showcase times subject to changeEPHRAIM OWENS8pm, Elephant Room One of Austin's..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Working Beauty

In spinning a fairy tale of gifts, outsiders, and thorns, Bonnie Cullum's own story gets told

"...At this moment Bonnie Cullum probably envies Sleeping Beauty. The artistic director..."

March 11, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Searching for Something

Artist Roi James' journey through landscapes, abstracts, figurative work, and more

"...thing, especially if it sells. In which case, Roi James must be awfully tempted to paint nothing but representational..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Arts Feature by Jacqueline May

Equality

Ornette Coleman, speaking softly and carrying a huge legacy

"...can't think of any problem about it. I don't remember speaking to anyone about a booking in Austin."..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Whole Bow

Alvin Crow fiddled it his way

"...cockfight, ask Alvin Crow. If you're looking for an argument about pit bulls, politics, or baseball, find Alvin Crow...."

Nov. 12, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Insecure

John Cale's strange relationship with Austin and Alejandro Escovedo

"...peers. Although singularly unsuccessful on the charts, the VU and Cale's subsequent solo output nonetheless paved the way for..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Hug a Tree Until Things Get Better

"...Dear Editor, Although few and far between this time of year, good rains make..."

Sept. 13, 2004 Postmarks

Simon & Garfunkel, the Everly Brothers

Live shot

"...BrothersFrank Erwin Center, July 6 For all their pleasant melodies, pastoral imagery, and harmoniously finger-picked guitar, many of Paul..."

July 9, 2004 Music Review by Christopher Gray

The Posse Convenes

In Houston, Texas Democrats unite behind one cause: dumping Bush

"...couple of weeks before. The music on the loudspeakers and the midway was generally friendlier – less military and..."

June 25, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Page Two

A few modest school-finance proposals

"...MEA CULPA! This column has long maintained that Gov. Rick..."

April 23, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Iron & Wine

"...WineOur Endless Numbered Days (Sub Pop) When Sub Pop came across Iron & Wine in 2002, its sole member..."

March 19, 2004 Music Review by David Lynch

Letters at 3AM

Although it may sound like hooey in the retelling, this is the story of the author's discovery of his soul's expression.

"...The subject is the soul and the form is the essay, and the trouble is..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

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