Jeff Whittington, 1955-2001

"...Louis Black called me Sunday afternoon to say that Jeff Whittington had died of cancer. Now those were words..."

July 20, 2001 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Page Two

We say goodbye to visionary writer and Chronicle co-founder Jeff Whittington, who passed away last week at the age of 46.

"...Watching Jeff Whittington in the process of writing at The Daily..."

July 20, 2001 Column by Louis Black

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...Observer, The Austin Sun, The Rag, Free & Easy, Jeff Nightbyrd, Michael Ventura, Dave Moriaty, Sara Clark, Ginger Varney,..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Cumulative Staff Box

"...Barbaro, Louis Black, Joe Dishner, Ed Lowry, Sarah Whistler, Jeff WhittingtonEditorialScreens Editors: Jennifer Scoville, Marjorie Baumgarten, Sarah Hepola, Kimberley..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

Page Two: A Happy Time Inside My Mind

On being and forgetfulness

"...on tiptoes as someone pointed out to me who Jeff Whittington was. Having long followed his music writing in..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Column by Louis Black

1, 2, Tres, Cuatro: Five Degrees of Chinanine

Thirty years of the Austin Music Poll, five layers of Chinanine, and a fistful of Austin Music Awards confirmations

"...she inherited it from the Chronicle's first music editor, Jeff Whittington, two years earlier. He created the poll that..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Jeff Whittington Memorial Fund..."

July 27, 2001 Column

Postmarks

The people want to know: who, precisely, was Bruce Barton quoting?

"...Jeff Whittington Remembered..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Column

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...was more or less living at the paper, and Jeff Whittington had a job at a television station as..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

The Austin Music Poll Innovates in 2020

Write-in, wrong. The Music Poll goes multiple choice.

"...geeked out on its history: Original Chronicle Music Editor Jeff Whittington founded the Austin Music Poll in March 1982,..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The AIDS Quilt Cover

"...Then there's Jeff Whittington, from whose recent death we are all still..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two

Contemplating life, death, and the bell curve at the annual meeting of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies in New Orleans.

"...I came home to find out Jeff Whittington had died. In my almost-shot memory, already, that..."

July 27, 2001 Column by Louis Black

Behind the Tall Tales of Lester Bangs in Texas

Lester's Last Stand

"...Moser remembers banging two books together during one rehearsal. Jeff Whittington, a rock critic for UT's The Daily Texan,..."

March 7, 1997 Books Feature

Page Two: Printing the Legend

A brief history of Austin's improbable weekly, 28 years on

"...of us – especially Joe Dishner, Ed Lowry, Barbaro, Jeff Whittington, Sarah Whistler, and I – deeply believed that..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

The Clark-Madison brouhaha continues amidst tributes to Mambo John and more.

"...issue and learned only recently of the death of Jeff Whittington. Thank you for your "Page Two" tribute...."

Sept. 14, 2001 Column

Revolution Rock

At the crossroads of the Clash and the great state of Austin, Texas.

"...1979, the same week John Wayne died, the late Jeff Whittington started off his weekly column in The Daily..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Music Feature

Holiday in San Antonio

The birth of Austin's punk scene: the Sex Pistols at Randy's Rodeo in San Antonio, 25 years ago this week.

"...says, "Oh, there's [music critic and Chronicle founding editor] Jeff Whittington." I stood on my tiptoes trying to see..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Music in the 1990s

"...a bratty know-it-all; I'd foolishly believed Afro-laden Stooges idolator Jeff Dahl when he declared me my generation's Lester Bangs...."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"...players in this early history meet up. This includes Jeff Whittington and Sarah Whistler meeting Barbaro, Black, Lowry, and..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Playback: The Austin Music Poll's 11th Hour

A final push to get out the vote in the Austin Music Poll

"...a rare responsibility, undertaken by only three individuals – Jeff Whittington, E.A. Srere, and Margaret Moser – since the..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

A personal introduction to 'The Austin Chronicle Music Anthology'

"...Tree from 1983, the first Music editor, the late Jeff Whittington, clarified, "There are no arrows for Jon Dee..."

March 4, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Jook Savages Redux

Lester Bangs' Austin gang gets revived

"...non-musicians – which included the Chronicle’s original music editor Jeff Whittington, Jon Burton of the Huns, and E.A. Srere..."

June 22, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Page Two: For the Fun of It

Reminiscing on 25 years of 'The Austin Chronicle' and looking forward to what's next

"...by Harvey Neville, Sarah Whistler, George Coleman, Greg Beal, Jeff Whittington, and Chris Walters. There was a long interview..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Ten Ways of Looking at an 'Austin Chronicle'

In celebration of our 25th anniversary

"...Appearance: In 1985, Nick Barbaro, Kathleen Maher, the late Jeff Whittington, and I attended our first Association of Alternative..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Column by Louis Black

21 ... 21 ... 21 ... 21 ... 21

The Austin Chronicle's Music Poll

"...year's poll is dedicated to its founder, the late Jeff Whittington.)..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dancing About Architecture

That was the year that was in the Live Music Capital …

"...away in August at age 42. Former Chronicle writer/editor Jeff Whittington passed away from cancer. At least we were..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The First SXSW

"...Ed Ward, Jungle Records' Bruce Sheehan, and Chronicle staffer Jeff Whittington, among many others...."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Page Two

QT5-inspired obsessive cinema dementia; our community suffers another blow with the loss of Mambo John Treanor

"...Jeff Whittington, David Boone, Robbie Jacks, Mambo John Treanor, I..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

Looking forward and backward on the eve of the Chronicle's 20th anniversary; a farewell to influential local filmmaker and friend David Boone, who died unexpectedly last week

"...Huckabee's Death of Jim Morrison (which starred the late Jeff Whittington). Invasion was shot in Dallas, but that's another..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

Memoir of a former Daily Texan.

"...morning, sitting in front of a terminal, giggling, on Jeff Whittington's lap; receiving death threats from the Dicks because..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Column by Louis Black

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