Off the Record

Jesse Dayton walks with a Zombie, while T Bird & the Breaks spice things up for the annual Hot Sauce Festival

"...Songs the Lord Taught Us..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Sometimes the Bride

Greezy Wheels vocal point Lissa Hattersley steps out

"...Outside Mother's Cafe in Hyde Park on a soft May morning,..."

June 12, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Off the Record

Songs in A&E: Recovering from the 2008 Austin City Limits Music Festival and revving up for the third annual HAAM Benefit Day

"...Both the 2008 Austin City Limits Music Festival and the triumphant..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Truth Hurts

Rowdy Stovall's Mexican Sunrise was inspired by his real life, whether it be football injuries or run-ins with satanists

"...Mexico for some margaritas and dancing. Throwing caution to the wind, you swallow a countless number of cold ones..."

June 22, 2007 Screens Feature by Carson Barker

Private History of a Campaign that Failed

Stand-up comic Eddie Gossling is not your president today, and he has a lot of people to blame for it. Here is his first-hand account of his weeklong campaign for the White House.

"...What the hell was I thinking running for president? I can..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Arts Feature by Eddie Gossling

Four Decades of Austin Chronicle Halloween Mask Covers

"...Every year since 1982 (The Austin Chronicle's second year in print), the Halloween issue..."

Oct. 24, 2022 Photo Gallery

Amusing Ways of Life

Three Central Texas traditions continue to make fun a destination.

"...Thomas Carnivals It's a flawless spring twilight at the Founders Day carnival in Dripping Springs, but tonight the..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Anne Harris

The Dead Club Crawl

Club hopping through Austin's musical past.

"...This is no doubt the strangest story I've ever had to write. What makes..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

The Gift of Words

Corrido

"...Take all the lingering ghosts and graying sages out of the American..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Books Feature

Flip the Switch

"...The phone is already ringing. Who? "Somebody with the Rolling..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Dusting the Bookshelf

Recent Titles

"...No -- you are not seeing things. These reviews -- albeit differing opinions -- were of notable..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Books Review

The Celling of Sundance

Sundance Film Festival Report

"..."And please turn all your cellular phones to `off' and put your beepers on `vibrate.'"..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

"Fire"-man Arthur Brown The God of Hellfire

"...For better or worse, when The Crazy World of Arthur Brown released "Fire" in 1968..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Music Feature

You're Next

What begins on a familiar slasher/home-invasion note quickly escalates into a hellishly suspenseful, take-zero-prisoners affair.

"...Everyone loathes the catch-all term “mumblecore,” but I still think “mumblegore”..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest First Wave Films Announced (Finally)

Fantastic Fest 2009, Round One

"...It may be hotter than hades outside but the news from Fantastic Fest 2009 is cool, chilling, and..."

July 13, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Housecore Horror Majordomo – Phil Anselmo

Pantera/Down icon talks tape trading and terror

"...“Housecore.” When you hear that one word growled into the..."

Oct. 24, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest: 'A Horrible Way to Die'

Scriptwriter Simon Barrett talks art house serial killers

"...The surprise smash of Fantastic Fest may have been art..."

Oct. 3, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: X

Ti West's triumphant, gory return to the movies

"...It’s been a while since Ti West – the horror auteur whose indie features created flurries of buzz..."

March 14, 2022 SXSW Post by Jenny Nulf

Offseason

Coastal cosmic horror in the eerie latest from Mickey Keating

"...you just have to accept your nightmares and know they’re part of you,” Ava Aldrich (Walters) warns the audience..."

March 11, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Offseason

Mickey Keating goes to the coast for cosmic horror

"...you just have to accept your nightmares and know they're part of you," Ava Aldrich (Melora Walters) warns the..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Nick Damici Sees Late Phases

Werewolves, contact lenses, and the Hap and Leonard series

"...Ambrose, the surly, blind, widower/werewolf killer of Late Phases, doesn't get..."

Nov. 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Kill Your Darlings

Daniel Radcliffe stars as Allen Ginsburg in this sweet and sour story about the loves and collegiate years of some of the Beat writers.

"...”First thought, best thought,” is the maxim a young, aspiring poet by the name of..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVD Watch: 'V/H/S'

Found footage anthology from the mumblecore crowd and friends

"...For a generation of horror fans, true shocks will always come with that..."

Dec. 4, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Three Holiday Horrors

A trio of chillers, but which do you want in your stocking?

"...Horror and the holidays go together like trees and tinsel, eggs and..."

Dec. 23, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Emily Hagins Wants to Kickstart 'Tony Phillips'

Mondo, 'Red Vs Blue' and more offering incentives

"...Rooster Teeth and poster gurus Mondo to help sweeten the deal...."

Oct. 12, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

Fall TV's flotsam and jetsam

"...This is a strange time of the year. The fall TV season has launched, and..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

They're Coming To Get You, Barbara...

Fantastic Fest Round Two

"...Fantastic Fest has announced its second round of films, and boy, are zombies back in style. Not..."

Aug. 12, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Blood, Gore, And SXSW

Genre directors make up for Tarantino-less panel

"...There was a simple way to introduce the film-makers on..."

March 14, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A-B-C-Dethklok

'Metalocalypse' director for Drafthouse anthology plus contest news

"...The list of directors for Drafthouse Film's upcoming horror anthology..."

Aug. 28, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Temperatures Rising

Dumped and disowned, Cabin Fever 2 gets a one-off screening to benefit the Austin School of Film

"...The good news is that Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever,..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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