Playback: 35 Years of Chronicle Music Covers

We wade through the roughly 300 issues stamped with the mug of a musician

"...Junior Franklin (7/22/83)..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Meet the Candidates for City Council

Five incumbents fight for their seats at the dais

"...The Challenger: James T. "Jimmy" Flannigan Occupation: Small business owner and community..."

Aug. 19, 2016 News Feature by Annamarya Scaccia

The Purge: Election Year

The third entry in this nasty series adopts a political bent

"...Directed by: James DeMonaco. Starring: Elizabeth Mitchell, Frank Grillo, Mykelti Williamson, Raymond..."

July 1, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Playback: Austin Cinema Limits

ACL doc fundraises, UT inherits Ian McLagan's personal collection, and ScoreMore for the kids

"...program's ragtag origins and evolution into what Pixies frontman Frank Black calls "the last smart music show on television."..."

May 13, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Star Turns

The nominees for the 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Production, Drama Disgraced, Austin Playhouse Frankenstein: The Trouble Puppet Show, Trouble Puppet Theater Company The..."

May 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Do Me Baby! Austin Does Prince

Only Bowie may have prompted era peer the following year

"...Prince high-kickin’ his best James Brown impression atop a grand piano at the Frank..."

April 27, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music News: Wednesday/Thursday

Dignitaries, cancellations, surprise pop-ups, and Thursday picks

"...playing a surprise set at local hot dog emporium Frank. He whipped out Sugar treats and solo material to..."

March 17, 2016 SXSW Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW List No. 7

Music fest drafts Dion, Børns, Sun Kil Moon, Faust and 143 more

"...Jason James (Texas City)..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...Rumley (Red, White and Blue) gets dusty with Johnny Frank Garrett's Last Word, which Neece called "a Texas crime..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...the screen. This is going to get strange… Cast: Frank Mosley, Will Blomker, Lily Baldwin, Tonya Pinkins, Daniel Ryan,..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Austin Food + Wine Festival Tickets Go On Sale Today

More events, more celebrity chefs

"...(Lenoir), Kevin Fink (Emmer & Rye), Kazu Fukumoto (Fukumoto), James Holmes (Olivia), Josh Jones (Salt & Time), Clinton Kendall..."

Jan. 20, 2016 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Seasonal Cinema

Forget Die Hard, here's some holiday deep cuts

"...better Jimmy Stewart performance than anything you'll find in Frank Capra's CV. Set in a beatnik-laden New York City..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Five Faces of Frankenstein

This Halloween, Austin serves up five freaky takes on Mary Shelley's mad doctor and his monster

"...days, what with all the various versions of the Frankenstein story terrorizing the countryside. In Austin alone, five radically..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Herb Alpert’s School of Music

Trumpeter’s alums include Waylon, Satchmo, and Karen Carpenter

"...players. I could play a little bit like Harry James, a little bit like Louis Armstrong. I tried to..."

Sept. 24, 2015 Music Post by Greg Beets

Black Mass

Johnny Depp plays the notorious South Boston crime boss Whitey Bulger

"...crime drama about the notorious South Boston gang leader James “Whitey” Bulger, currently serving two consecutive life sentences, plus..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Transporter Refueled

The franchise soldiers on – sans Jason Statham

"...Ed Skrein sits behind the wheel as mercenary driver-for-hire Frank Martin, a man of few words who will transport..."

Sept. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

How Many Fables in the Naked City?

More than usual this weekend, thanks to Vertigo and Natalie Frank

"...they were only an excuse for so many brilliant James Jean covers...."

Aug. 13, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Nina on Netflix

Simone leads a chorus of music docs streaming online

"...ilk. Like Georgian Ray Charles (1930-2004) and New Orleans’ James Booker (1939-1983), whose doc Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius..."

July 29, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Who Let the Dogs Out?

A playlist for the dog days of summer

"...the Nineties alt.country movement, Cary Hudson, Laurie Stirratt, and Frank Coutch loved their dogs, even titling their 1995 sophomore..."

July 17, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Strawberry Letter 23

Cult soulman/guitarist Shuggie Otis returns from decades of mystery

"...star, TV host, deejay, bandleader, and producer for Etta James, Little Richard, Big Mama Thornton, and more...."

July 10, 2015 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Playback: Doug Sahm for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!

The Austin Music Hall gets slated for teardown, the Roost closes while looking for a cash infusion, Backyard owner Tim O'Connor gets back in the concert game, and a Kickstarter campaign to get Doug Sahm into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

"...Tim O'Connor, who appeared alongside partner and property owner Frank Davis. The latter described the planned use of the..."

July 10, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Why He Fought

New AFS series considers Frank Capra's pre-World War II films

"...The modern line on Frank Capra was that he was a cornball, but that..."

May 29, 2015 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Food-o-File: Friday Lagniappe

A little extra Austin food news

"...diploma from her mentors, TEXSOM founders Drew Hendricks and James Tidwell, and her longtime study partner, Master Sommelier Devon..."

May 22, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

iHeartRadio Country Festival

"...Tim McGraw headlined the iHeartRadio Country Festival at Frank Erwin Center, 5.2.15...."

May 4, 2015 Photo Gallery

SXSW Film Review: Sneakerheadz

Fame and fortune in unlikely places – like a sneaker vault

"...that underground permeate every corner of mainstream culture since James Dean was photographed in a pair of worn Jack..."

March 20, 2015 SXSW Post by Anne Harris

The Five Austin Public Cemeteries

"...most notable survivor of the Battle of the Alamo; James Stephen Hogg (1851–1906), first native-born governor of Texas; Andrew..."

Feb. 6, 2015 News Feature

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Sweaty Betty Directors/Screenwriters: Joseph Frank, Zachary Reed On the border of Washington, D.C., two..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Boyhood Nominated for Six Oscars

Academy singles out Linklater, Adair, Arquette, Hawke

"...Virtue of Ignorance), Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole Boyhood, Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland The..."

Jan. 15, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Playback: Ramones Signer Seymour Stein Visits Local Mentees Residual Kid

Plus Casey Monahan's exit interview, James Petralli's new side project, and SXSW's 547 additional acts

"...punks Residual Kid play a wild day party at Frank. They signed to Sire in the fall...."

Jan. 16, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music: Third Whopping List

Another 547 acts booked for the 2015 Music Conference

"...what will ultimately tally over 2,000. SXSW General Manager James Minor confirmed that this is the last large list..."

Jan. 13, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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