Austin at Large: More Than We Could Imagine

At an unexpectedly delicate moment, Austinites can flip the script on public safety

"...When it was first conceived last summer, the City-Community Reimagining Public Safety Task Force was expected to..."

April 23, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Struggling to Connect With My Downtown Life Through Virtual Reality

Immersing my avatar in SXSW XR

"...British people are talking loudly in the balcony of the historic Paramount Theatre while I’m trying..."

March 17, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Aliens in Russia: Inside Sputnik

Director Egor Abramenko explores the Soviet myth of heroes

"...1996, and I was a small kid, living in the south of Russia. May dad got home from a..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Altamesa Maps Lone Star Existentialism on Sophomore Stunner Idol Frontier

Evan Charles and Sean Faires brave the myth of the Southwest

"...it takes is a single song. With 2016 single "The Long Ride Home," Altamesa soundtracked the view out of..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

S-L-A-Y-E-R Siege

Sold-out Moody Theater takes a beating

"...flypaper hands, jack rabbit moves, and elusive grace over the middle. Slayer is none of these things, but when..."

Nov. 19, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

'Small Stories That Feel Huge'

'Veronica Mars' creator Rob Thomas shares his youthful energy

"...I nod absently. I'm watching scenes from the new Veronica Mars movie, squinting at the screen over..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

AISD: Board Approves Sex Segregation

AISD board approves three single-sex schools on Eastside

"...Single-sex education: It's the new "separate but equal."..."

Feb. 1, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Beautiful Bitter

The heartachey animation of Don Hertzfeldt

"...had an anxiety dream this morning after I hit the snooze button on my iPhone. In it, I'd already..."

Nov. 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

"...That's Hobo With a Shotgun, to be exact – the Rutger Hauer-starring exploitation pic that set cult-movie fans salivating..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

What Are You Looking At?

The year in pop-culture fixations

"...I have a happy fantasy where somebody trips over the Internet's cord and plunges us all into a state..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Screens Feature

In Her Own Time

Haunting the dark corners of Karen Dalton

"..."My favorite singer in the place was Karen Dalton," writes Bob Dylan on p.12..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

The Road

No one has ever accused Cormac McCarthy of portraying the black-hearted underbelly of human nature through rose-colored glasses

"...The Road..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Books Review by Jay Trachtenberg

How to Make a Piñata

Honorable mention

"...There are plenty of instructions out there for how to..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Books Feature by Jenny Browne

Letters at 3AM

To blame disasters like the Twin Towers and New Orleans on a few perpetrators is to ignore the greater disasters that are the foundation upon which the developed world lives: our attempts to hold on to an unsustainable way of life

"...During the last year, noteworthy articles have bounced around the Net..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Endorsements

The Chronicle's picks in the Nov. 2 election

"...Following are our endorsements in all contested races on the Travis Co. ballot, as well as selected races elsewhere..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature

Austin @ Large: Switching Tracks

The Union Pacific offer to move east symbolizes a new era in regional transportation politics

"...For the rail fans among us, it's still a minor thrill..."

April 9, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Comin' at Ya!

3-D is back on the big screen -- again.

"...It's a safe bet that awestruck audiences of the 1850s and 1860s, paying their pennies to see stereoscopic..."

July 25, 2003 Screens Feature by Ken Lieck

Letters at 3AM

Within or Beneath the Din

"...There is no act more communal than speech, a shared..."

May 30, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Wild, Wild Webcasts

Why party in line when you can party online?

"...So it's New Year's Eve 1999, the final few hours of hype, hope, and (possible) horror..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Best Excuse for Missing a Gig: a True Story

"...In the Chronicle's BS4 preview, I wrote of Only Ninety Percent..."

April 16, 1999 Arts Feature

Quips & Squealers

Monday, Apr 5

"...CONSPIRACY THEATRE COMPANY: You know it's all a damn conspiracy, and..."

April 2, 1999 Arts Feature

Paris Is Burning

"...passed since Jennie Livingston's groundbreaking documentary first took home the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and then went on..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Kalling Kathy's Bluff

Kathy Acker and the Lucky Ones

"...swipe at experimental writer Kathy Acker's Pussy, King Of The Pirates (Grove Press, $12 paper), critic David Kelly wrote..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Books Feature by Tom Aiken

Future's So Brite

I Love the Scent of Burning Flesh...

"...novels were marketed to horror fans, her fiction outstrips the genre trappings of contemporaries like Stephen King and Dean..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Live Shots

"...run 25 days, I was one who predicted disaster. The normal 18 days of blistering heat and choking caliche..."

June 28, 1996 Music Feature

Melodymaker

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

"..."You're reaching me in Palestine," replied Tom Araya over the phone in late July, pronouncing it "Pales-teen" in correcting..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Deepsea Challenge 3D

James Cameron throws himself overboard to explore the ocean deeps.

"...The first name you read, voice you hear, and face..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, September 9-15

"...a life." Let's make that your inspirational strategy, Virgo. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to refine,..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Auto Focus

"...Ron Leibman, Rita Wilson, Willem Dafoe and Greg Kinnear. There's a telling moment early on in Auto Focus, the..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Slayer

The Vinyl Conflict

"...SlayerThe Vinyl Conflict (American/Sony)..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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