Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...Bert Schneider. Raybert Productions, Inc. A Columbia Pictures Release. Songs: "The Pusher" by Hoyt Axton, performed by Steppenwolf; "Born..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

Where They're Coming From

Connecting the Dots of Texas Writers Month 2002

"...I intended," he said of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, the third volume of which, Master of the Senate..."

June 7, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Things They Used to Do

Dick Holland assesses two Texas journalists, Gary Cartwright and Jan Reid, whose new collections of articles possess a cautionary wisdom, the kind you acquire when you court danger and danger provides you with a keen view of what lies beyond.

"...on a sartorial crisis precipitated by fatherhood, and John Davidson on the drama of wetbacks crossing into South Texas...."

Feb. 23, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Spike Through the Heart

"...Elaine, the Montessori teachers -- helped me with my son, encouraged both of us. Henry basked in the attention,..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Books Feature by Spike Gillespie

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The Real Obscenity

"...Well, well, well, its seems that Williamson County has it own Bob Moffett and Gary Bradley..."

April 30, 1999 Column

Record Reviews

"...a clunker on Boggy Depot. As well, the 12 songs herein summon some potent icons ("Jesus Hands" and "Devil..."

May 1, 1998 Music Review

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Lewis Rebuts Ads

"...trying to hide his own record by attacking me personally, and shamelessly trying to link me to criminal acts...."

May 30, 1997 Column

District 47

"...as the state coordinator for U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. (Combs' early departure necessitates a special election on May..."

Feb. 23, 1996 News Feature

A Letter From Guest Editor Ethan Hawke

Blaze director on why it’s time for us all to act like grownups and demand integrity from our elected officials

"...This summer I have two very personal films coming out. Blaze is about a singer-songwriter, Blaze..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Ethan Hawke

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Our readers talk back.

"...County, over their handling of the case of my son, Aiden Joe Perez. Their incompetence has caused a substantial..."

July 7, 2006 Column

Cloud 9 and Rising

Jesus, space rock from Denton: Lift to Experience

"...the tall, intense longhair named Buck steps forward, a Manson-esque forest of matted facial hair protruding out from under..."

May 31, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Un Dios

"...he could almost command just such a rainstorm. The son of renowned Cuban pianist/composer Bebo Valdés, Chucho was born..."

June 25, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth photograph by Michael Crawford SONIC YOUTH: Every SXSW,..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...Shit-fucking-hot. Theirs was a performance where you prayed the songs would never end, for as each one ground to..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Inside Texas' Angels of Death, Who Refuse Hundreds of Death Row Pleas but May Expedite Daniel Perry Pardon

How the Board of Pardons and Paroles runs its ship

"...San Antonio convenience store in 2004, it was his son, Mitesh, who identified the body. Two years later, Mitesh..."

May 12, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Unless Abbott Interferes, Daniel Perry to Serve 25 Years

"I know it’s never going to be the same again.” – Whitney Mitchell

"...District Judge Cliff Brown gave Perry 25 years in prison for murdering Black Lives Matter protester Garrett Foster...."

May 10, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

DVDanger: The Evil That Men Do

Nothing Bad Can Happen, and other meditations on darkness

"...up. As he explains to the wounded Rey (Robert Pattison), there are no consequences, no repercussions. As the world..."

Oct. 14, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The AggreGAYtor: December 28

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...Trey Songz denies making love after midnight, Charles Bass swims against..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Medicine Men

The Band of Heathens' collective mojo

"...third studio LP, Top Hat Crown & the Clapmaster's Son...."

May 6, 2011 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Sundance Announces Shorts Program

Texans get the nod

"...August interview with Grappell.) And Austinite Elizabeth Mims produced "Thompson" (directed by her CAL Arts classmate Jason Tippet), which..."

Dec. 8, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Bohemian Cowboy

Directorial choices distract from this intriguing tale of a son's search for his father

"...most common yet still-rich subjects in literature: the conflicted father-son relationship. One day, a wild musician of a cowboy..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Half-Brother Against Half-Brother

Jeff Nichols on 'Shotgun Stories'

"...by way of Southern gothic. It opens with buckshot-scarred Son Hayes (Michael Shannon in a depth-defying performance) waking up..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades

Timbuk 3's Barbara Kooyman looks to a brighter future with Texamericana.org

"...of it having to do with the band's signature song from 1986, "The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

When the Bough Breaks

In 1993, the Hyde Park Baptist Child Development Center hired a teacher who proved to be a little 'rough' with the children. Now the church is being sued for ignoring alleged child abuse.

"...could spend as much time as possible with her son, Parker. The Hyde Park Baptist Child Development Center, run..."

Nov. 17, 2006 News Feature by Emily Pyle

No Visible Suffering

The Texas executions continue, amidst new questions about pain and suffering

"...decrease in sensation. It paralyzes the lungs, and the person may feel that paralysis. The third stops the heart...."

Feb. 6, 2004 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

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Our readers talk back.

"...state senator for supposed lawbreaking -- but I take personal offense at the unfounded sullying of my good name,..."

April 4, 2003 Column

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...about me calling up a writer or hiring a person, Nick was part of that process. He read every..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

To Make a Long Story Short

"...each and every gig has an anecdote, adventure, and lesson learned attached. Whatever the actual sum of those "parts"..."

April 2, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Wallet and Spirit

Sickbed Fortune

"...them. They can vibrate or rock or turn a person, mimicking natural movements that keep the body's blood and..."

Jan. 29, 1999 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Live Shots

"...the new material she debuted in this set -- songs so hopelessly stream-of-conscious that it's doubtful anybody with a..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Music Feature

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