Dancing About Architecture

Jimmie Vaughan skips Dubya's inaugural ball, while the Austin Music Network gets a reprieve from the city as the SIMS Foundation tries to spend $62,000 and fast.

"...at a better time." If you want to do your part in a big way, contact SIMS at PO..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Shooting Star

"...calls them "incomings from Tempe." They go like this: Your brother's wife overdosed this morning; she's dead. Your brother..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Feature by David Holthouse

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...that there is "a personal and private side of yourself that you don't want to just reveal to the..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...the interviewees deliver. The controversial decision to store "the deadliest substance known to man" on the outskirts of a..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Austin Man’s Suicide in Jail After Seeking Medical Care Raises Question: Why Was He There?

Suffering from criminal depression

"..."The Sobering Center straight up tells me, 'We won't take him. We only work off of recommendations.'" Bell said...."

April 1, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...at a remote family mansion, a party game turns deadly in this fresh and funny look at backstabbing, fake..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Born on the Fourth of July

Explosions in the Sky are blowing up. (Sorry, we resisted the pun as long as we could.)

"..."I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

"I Made a Movie, and They Didn't Want It!"

Shut out by distribution companies, indie filmmakers go DIY when it comes to getting their movie out there.

"...house purchases an author's novel and sells it at your nearest Barnes & Noble. A record label signs a..."

July 11, 2003 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

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Our readers talk back.

"...Why does it always take some white guy with a little clout to point..."

July 12, 2002 Column

Texas Platters

"...dance-floor ditties ("That's Pride"). Watson gets a tad preachy ("Take a Look at Your Neighbor"), but isn't without humor,..."

July 11, 1997 Music Review

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Justice Denied

"...and Blacks. In Austin, Texas, the liberal coalition is dead. Now, you have the environmental political machine deciding when,..."

June 6, 1997 Column

The Death of Dick Long

A redneck comedy takes a tragic, compassionate turn

"...Rule one. When your best friend says, "Hey, y'all motherfuckers want to get..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Thanks, Canada

Blood-soaked nights on the road to punk rock with the Krum Bums

"...our good friends the Casualties. Waste a bit of your time siphoning through the booze and blood-soaked nights we..."

July 11, 2008 Music Feature by David Rodriguez

Song for My Father

An epic and personal reminiscence of Don Walser and what he meant to Austin

"...Let me state it plainly: If you find yourself singing onstage in Austin, Texas, with a guitar strapped..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Music Feature by Mark Rubin

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Our readers talk back.

"...who seems to assume that incumbency is all it takes to get re-elected. Messina may be fighting the uphill..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Column

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...sharp relief: The Rock & Roll Era is Over. Dead as Ronald Reagan. Died approximately the same time said..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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Plan for People, Not Cars

"...avoid traffic insanity, save money, help the environment, improve your health, make new friends, save Iraqi babies, make a..."

March 26, 1999 Column

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...that was Andrea True's "More, More, More"? Unfortunately, Toxic's take on porn rock comes off more like Dirk Diggler..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...back with his newest collaboration with Call Me by Your Name star Timothée Chalamet. Underground auteur Mickey Reece (Agnes,..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Egg & I

How an experimental treatment for major depression introduced me to the medical magnet and the return of 'energetic' medicine

"...announcing that a session is available. "Lie still with your eyes closed. Treatment begins in five, four, three, two,..."

Aug. 23, 2013 News Feature by Greg Harman

Catastrophe and the Cure

Behind the scenes of Explosions in the Sky's most challenging and personal album

"...the band's fifth LP and first in four years, Take Care, Take Care, Take Care, which debuted in late..."

July 1, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

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Our readers talk back.

"...of the leaks in the pipeline ["How to Get Your Kids Through College," News, Feb. 4]. Of these leaks,..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...own words: "The ordinance's ridiculous ban on smoking ..." Your readers would appreciate receiving just the facts, ma'am...."

June 27, 2003 Column

Will Video Kill the Celluloid Star?

Most loves fade over time, and the romance of a hundred-plus years of filmmaking seems to be losing its luster as well. At least, that's what the new High Definition video vanguard, led by George Lucas and Robert Rodriguez, is saying. Is video the future of film?

"..." -- death of film? Oh yeah, it's been dead since Technicolor came in -- that was the peak..."

June 21, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...The first year started months before publication and was taken up in endless and endlessly long meetings discussing the..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Letters at 3AM

Actions are our only true belongings.

"...he's become a choppily cut movie with all the takes out of sequence -- there are no scenes anymore,..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

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"...new product from Dell -- good thing Jobs didn't take his advice just yet!)..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Column

Tributes

"...Marching Anymore" with appropriate rebellious fervor. "Pack Up All Your Troubles," by Loudon Wainwright III and Iris DeMent, recalls..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Music Feature

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...passed out before the show; you'd have to be dead not to be enthusiastic about singing a catchy chorus..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

'Miami Connection' Connects After 25 Years

Grandmaster Y.K. Kim reels as his 1987 flop becomes a 2012 cult

"...sleeping underground. 25 years ago the movie was totally dead; Over 100 Hollywood distribution companies and worldwide buyers at..."

Dec. 12, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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