The 'Lot' of the Working-Class NFL Fan

Q&A with Jonny Mars, 'America's Parking Lot' docmaker

"...filmmaker Jonny Mars documents that painful shift in America's Parking Lot...."

March 15, 2012 SXSW Post by Mark Fagan

TV Eye

Thirty years later, Jeff Krulik and John Heyn still find the best spots

"...thinking when they took their cameras into a Maryland parking lot in the mid-1980s to film the boisterous fans..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Housecore Horror Live Shot: Friday Part 1

Heavy metal parking lot

"...Once again, they paved over paradise with a parking lot. A heavy metal parking lot...."

Oct. 25, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Housecore Horror Live Shot: Saturday Part 1

Love and peace, and part two of heavy metal parking lot

"...Day two of heavy metal parking lot dawned hotter than the previous afternoon..."

Oct. 26, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

South by Southwest Film Festival 2016

Partake. Enjoy. And tips for townies.

"...will be sold at every screening. SXSW has a lot of good information on its website that covers just..."

March 18, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Off the Record

Good vibrations courtesy of the Roots, Distant Lights, and the Sword

"...How Heavy This Axe..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...isn't restricting the genre works to the late night slot. The "previously-announced" list includes the creepy pasta-inspired Beware the..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Show No Mercy

"...Thunder just broke out. The Atlanta power trio's gothic proto-metal surges with stadium appeal – huge hooks, thick grooves,..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Rod Kennedy's 80th birthday

"...only in spirit, Spoon's triumphant performance at the fenced-in parking lot of Waterloo Records on Monday afternoon recalled the..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Statler And Krulik In The Balcony

Video auteur and underground docs

"...is putting the finishing touches to his latest piece (Heavy Metal Picnic) and plans to complete his long-delayed doc..."

July 19, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

No Badge Required

Your guide to free events at SXSW

"...tickles your fancy, just keep in mind that Downtown parking is going to be even more of a nightmare..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Tucker Whatley

Finders Keepers

Get your red hot viral video right here

"...This year's program also includes a screening of "Heavy Metal Parking Lot," the 1986 underground doc about Judas..."

March 30, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

TCB

Ted Nugent livens up Rick Perry's inaugural ball, the literary side of the Texas Rollergirls, more parking needed on the Eastside, and a redheaded stranger comes to Coachella

"...expanded version of TCB's interview on the Chronicle's sports blog.Heavy Metal Parking Lot Eastside record shop Snake Eyes Vinyl..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Sound Unseen Brings Fugazi, Cyndi Lauper Docs to Austin

Minneapolis-based film fest spotlights local links for Austin leg

"...Pattisall, Jeff Krulik (director of the headbanging sociological doc "Heavy Metal Parking Lot"), and Austin's own resident Fugazi historian..."

Oct. 19, 2023 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: SXSW Mission Statement

Six lists to get you through SXSW 2015

"...Heavy Metal Parking Lot (Sat., Lost Well): Metal bonanza starring..."

March 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW 2011 Film Reviews

"...and Dean live like the world is one big heavy-metal parking lot. In the parlance of Western Canada, they..."

March 18, 2011 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Off the Record

Checking in to South by Southwest 2010

"...Entertainment, expands to two free days at a literal heavy metal parking lot, 1001 E. Sixth, a stone's throw..."

March 19, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Double Bliss

A day in the life of 'Austin City Limits' at 30

"...Texas' Communications building in a collapsible lawn chair. It's Heavy Metal Parking Lot, party of one: He's betting a..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Music Feature by Andy Langer

From Revolution to Entertainment in We Are Fugazi From Washington, D.C.

Chronicle writer Joe Gross goes documentarian for the hardcore pioneers

"...Filmmakers Jeff Krulik (Heavy Metal Parking Lot) and Joseph Pattisall (The Legend of..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Screens Feature by Tim Stegall

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Jackie Venson, Dangerous Toys, Zachary Williams, Cordae, Matthew Logan Vasquez, and more local shows to see

"...partied on the Sunset Strip, crushed cans in the Heavy Metal Parking Lot, or for those who did and..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Rockin' 8/23/10

This week's live picks from Raoul Hernandez

"...The Sword's heavy metal parking lot and beyond...."

Aug. 23, 2010 Music Post

Monotonix

"...freak-out, and "Spit It on Your Face" crashes a heavy metal parking lot for all of two minutes. Material..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Music Review by Austin Powell

Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season

Two cults beat as one: Jimmy Buffett & Sixto Rodriguez

"...Raped $20 for parking, I wasn’t feeling entirely welcome at the Circuit of..."

May 7, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Melodymaker

Slayer's oracle originates from Palestine, Texas, for 15 years now

"...ranch in East Texas for another Slayer tour. Modern metal's best mane for 30 years running, death mask for..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...when he found religion. "When the load gets too heavy for you, it'll be just right for God," he..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...Gunn had put these words into action with a groove-heavy set that practically tore the roof off the venerable..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Holiday in San Antonio

The birth of Austin's punk scene: the Sex Pistols at Randy's Rodeo in San Antonio, 25 years ago this week.

"...My band, the Violators, tried to snag the opening slot for the Pistols. We gave the promoter a demo..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Wednesday Picks

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...or montages of sound that are pertinent to a lot of hip-hop records. Also, we loop certain sections. So..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature

Playback: Charlie Pierce Burns It Down

Charlie Pierce, the Gibby Haynes of piano, speaks out; Sweet Spirit serenades Spoon in a tour diary excerpt; and Phil Anselmo says maybe next year for a Housecore Horror ATX return

"...like a distressed action hero, through the dark, dusty parking lot after his car. Then I cried, puffing on..."

May 29, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback – 2014: Keeping the Dream Alive

Reviewing ATX music 2014

"...ago. So I dropped $260 in that banged up metal tip bucket. Onstage, two local greats: harmonica iconoclast Walter..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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