The Greatest Gift

An oral history unearthing one of post-punk's most seminal acts: Austin's Scratch Acid

"...The afternoon high tops 100 for the umpteenth straight day...."

Sept. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Back to the Trenches

AMD tightens its hold on Lantana – and the enviro opposition digs in

"...In the global scheme of things, Advanced Micro Devices is..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...Georges Melies never saw the Apollo astronauts tee off on the moon, but the..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Bride From Hell

The Austin Chronicle's style avatar wants your wedding to be the peachiest. Here, he offers helpful hints to make your wedding panning that much less disastrous.

"...that if more couples would spend as much time planning the actual marriage as they do the wedding, fewer..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

I Am the Jellyfish That Walks Upon the Land

The Mother of all pop bands

"..."Painting and music are parallel arts; but as geometry teaches..."

June 30, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Mum's the Word

Blind Oversight

"...The Brackenridge Hospital Oversight Council is many things to many..."

March 12, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff

Hunting Blind

"...You've heard of hunting blinds, but what about blind hunters? Rep. Ed Kuempel,..."

Nov. 21, 2006 News Post by Amy Smith

The Blind Assassin

"...The Blind Assassinby Margaret Atwood..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Books Review by Barry Johnson

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Animated Haruki Murakami adaptation finds his fabulist tendencies

"...French animated feature Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (originally titled Saules aveugles, femme endormie)..."

June 2, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

It's Hard to Compete With My Blind Brother

Sophie Goodhart on expanding her award-winning short into a feature

"...For Sophie Goodhart, one of the toughest challenges of turning her 2003 short film "My..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Beejoli Shah

Blind Leading the Sighted

Yellow Cab of Austin has become an employment option for people who are visually impaired

"...a taxicab company? If you're old enough to remember the TV series Taxi, you can probably imagine Louie De..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature by R.U. Steinberg

Blind Ambition

Takeshi Kitano on updating 'Zatôichi'

"..."Beat" Kitano, now 57, has parlayed his rampant popularity in Japan into an eclectic film career that has resuscitated..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Blind Faith

"...Directed by: Ernest Dickerson. Starring: Charles S. Dutton, Courtney B. Vance, Kadeem Hardison and..."

Oct. 28, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Out at the Movies

Equinox Knocks

"...He's a high school quarterback whose throwing arm is the ticket to a state championship. He..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Screens Feature

The Wedding Gift

"...Directed by: Richard Loncraine. Starring: Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Sian Thomas and Thora..."

Aug. 12, 1994 Movie Review by Brian Baker

Recording for Blind & Dyslexic

"...Dear editor, For more than 31 years, the Texas Unit of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic,..."

Oct. 2, 2003 Postmarks

Until the End of the World

Chopped to ribbons by the American distributor upon its initial release, Wenders’ sprawling Odyssean epic is only now seen in its true form, in a positively Homeric 295 minute version.

"...Directed by: Wim Wenders. Starring: Solveig Dommartin, William Hurt, Sam Neill, Rüdiger Volger, Max..."

Feb. 28, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Access Denied: Cap Metro Blocks Blind Contender

Transit agency's Access Committee cries foul over board decision

"...In the latest chapter of an ongoing feud over proposed..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature by Justin Ward

Blind Items

With plantation window coverings, you'll never squint again

"...Shades of Miz Scarlett, plantation blinds (sometimes called plantation shutters) have made a huge comeback...."

Jan. 25, 2008 Screens Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Blind Items

With plantation window coverings, you'll never squint again

"...Shades of Miz Scarlett, plantation blinds (sometimes called plantation shutters) have made a huge comeback...."

Jan. 25, 2008 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

A Thousand Blind Windows

Some inspiring words about Austin's newest condo development.

"..."What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and..."

Jan. 24, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Faster Than Sound: Bevis M. Griffin Teaches Austin Youth the Evolution of the Blues

School of Rock students play two events this weekend, and Stubb's sells to C3 and Live Nation

"...Known as a glam rock innovator of Seventies Austin origins, Bevis M. Griffin still keeps..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Letters at 3AM: A View From the St. James Hotel

The St. James: It's an infirmary, it's a morgue, and it's a hotel where we each share a room with the dead

"...When Blind Willie McTell sings that, I don't know if the..."

May 18, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Doug Rauss: In Memoriam

Remembering Doug Rauss, a dedicated arts patron and volunteer for several Austin theatre companies, who died Wednesday, Aug. 31

"...Every cultural organization stands on the shoulders of its volunteers. Through their innumerable gifts of..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Master of the Flying Guillotine

"...Directed by: Jimmy Wang Yu. Starring: Lau Ka Wing, Jimmy Wang Yu, Kam Kang and..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul of Arizona Dranes

"...by Michael Corcoran Tompkins Square, 48 pp., $24.99..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

The Gospel Truth

Zilker Tent stage

"...If you have a gap in your must-see schedule this weekend, take a stroll to..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

The Doctor

"...Directed by: Randa Haines. Starring: William Hurt, Christine Lahti, Elizabeth Perkins, Mandy Patinkin,..."

Aug. 16, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Checking In: D-Madness Calls Getting Cut-off ‘Pure Hell’

Multi-instrumental funk marvel holds on tight to his sound-makers

"...Imagine supporting yourself as a performing musician and watching your..."

Aug. 24, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

New Salamanders in Our Midst

University of Texas biologists have discovered three new species of groundwater salamander

"...biologists have discovered three new species of groundwater salamander in the Central Texas region, which could further inflame tensions..."

Jan. 25, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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