Day Trips

Alamo Village, where John Wayne shot The Alamo, has lost the 93-year-old matriarch who kept the movie set and Western-themed park open for nearly 50 years

"...seat of Kenny County, Happy lobbied hard to bring Jimmy Stewart, Ernest Borgnine, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch, Robert Duvall,..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Journey Through the Past

Down the digital rabbit hole of the Neil Young Archives Vol. 1

"...it all seven volumes of Dylan's Bootleg Series – Martin Scorsese's No Direction Home included – fused into one...."

Aug. 7, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Forty Licks

Looking back on the summer of "Mendocino"

"...also did studio work with Gene Vincent and Dewey Martin as well as being one of San Antonio’s first-call..."

July 20, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Classics Comeback

Are the great dramas of yore reclaiming their place on Austin's stages?

"...of Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein, by Marty Martin; Greater Tuna, by Joe Sears, Jaston Williams, and Ed..."

July 3, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Blood on the Tracks

The ballad of Griff Luneburg and Cactus Cafe

"...sister with turning him onto cosmic cowboys like Michael Martin Murphey around the same time. Little did he know..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Letters at 3am

Obama won the election through a uniquely American combination of inspiration and cash

"...(And I marvel yet again that Martin Luther King not only believed; he knew. Where did..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters @ 3AM

Globalization isn't only something that's happening to our economy: Globalization is happening to us – to our bodies, our families, and our psyches

"...by the likes of John Wayne and Marilyn Monroe, Jimmy Stewart and Katharine Hepburn. The America that counted traced..."

April 25, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Off the Record

The sound of music at the 2008 SXSW Film Conference, Barack Obama boogies back to Texas with Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel, and Bubble Recording sports a diamond

"...• The Jonathan Demme-directed, Alejandro Escovedo-scored Jimmy Carter documentary, Man From Plains, finally opens for a..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Gay Place's Top 10 Queer Doin's 2007

All the doors that opened from the closet to the men's room

"...ABC's Ugly Betty (inciting an apology from the dorky Jimmy Kimmel after some insensitive stupidity in an interview on..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Features Feature by Kate Getty

Troublemaker

Ed Ward's first-hand account of Willie Nelson's Complete Atlantic Sessions.

"...musician I was interested in the most, steel guitarist Jimmy Day, whom Asleep at the Wheel's steel player Lucky..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Music Feature by Ed Ward

Confetti

Even if it's not quite an affair to remember all year, this BBC Films mockumentary about three wacky weddings is pleasant and enjoyably diverting.

"...Directed by: Debbie Isitt. Starring: Martin Freeman, Jessica Stevenson, Stephen Mangan, Meredith MacNeill, Robert Webb,..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Asking for It

'Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic'

"...the lazy and copycat formula of Weird Al and Jimmy Fallon's ilk. With something like the "Do You Ever..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Screens Feature by Steve Birmingham

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

Out of Austin's primordial music past comes John Andrews with tales from the music hall of legends

"...Floor Elevators. That year, after the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy, it became crystal..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of which would be available to Robertson Hill developer Martin Fein. Central East Austin neighbors hope this will give..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...former APD cop and brother of APD Assistant Chief Jimmy Chapman. And Wilson has asked former Assistant Chief Deputy..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

The 'Chronicle' Sells Out, Again; Go Ahead, Lament Us; Table of Contents Not Useful on Page 4; Envision a Correct Map; Fair Reporting on Police

"...Sims, Thelonious Monk, Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Orch, Ron Carter, Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery, Patricia Barber, Medeski, Martin &..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Column

Meshell Ndegeocello, Soulive

"...with a solid set of organ/guitar jams that recalled Jimmy McGriff at his funkiest or an early version of..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Jazz and More

"...Sims, Thelonious Monk, Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Orch, Ron Carter, Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery, Patricia Barber, Medeski, Martin &..."

Nov. 3, 2003 Postmarks

Austin City Council Iraq Resolution

"...WHEREAS, former President and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Jimmy Carter has called on Iraq to disarm, but also..."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Feature

Naked City

Happenings

"...Rabble Rouser Roundup follows at 7pm, with music by Jimmy LaFave, the Horsies, Eliza Gilkyson, and the Gourds; tickets..."

Jan. 17, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

King of the Swing Fiddle

Honoring country music's second most famous fiddle player, Johnny Gimble

"...with Asleep at the Wheel, Chet Atkins, Joan Baez, Jimmy Buffett, Guy Clark, Jessi Colter, the Everly Brothers, Merle..."

April 5, 2002 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

The Memphis Blues Again

Sheet Music

"...Lymon looking like he's at an elementary school dance. Jimmy Reed, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, James Cotton, Ivory Joe..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...Moving into Michael Martin Murphy's house on 54th across from the DPS and..."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Old Man River

Once an outlaw, always an outlaw: The Return of Steven Fromholz

"...notably Willie Nelson ("I'd Have to Be Crazy"), Michael Martin Murphy ("Song for Stephen Stills"), and John Denver ("Yellow..."

April 20, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Dancing About Architecture

Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital...

"...they haven't even bothered to pick up! Former Austinite Martin Hanlin revealed during SXSW that the Butts have yet..."

April 13, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Page Two

Robert Rodriguez, Chris Ware, Ben Sargent -- what do these men have in common? They all worked as cartoonists for The Daily Texan.

"...a piece about Chris Ware and his graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth. The best thing..."

April 6, 2001 Column by Louis Black

Dancing About Architecture

A flood of weather (and music) following SXSW

"...Forrester, Travis County Sheriff Margo Frazier, and sausage squeezer Jimmy Dean's nephew Stan Dean. (Isn't meat the biggest direct..."

March 30, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

TV Eye

Belinda Acosta frees her inner dork, with big ups for The Lone Gunmen and BattleBots, among others. Also, a partial Oscar ballot.

"...it? And Stephen Snedden as the consummate dumb blond (Jimmy Bond -- get it?) can be laugh-out-loud funny. The..."

March 23, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

True Hollywood Stories

The Catastrophe of Success is anything but a glowing memoir: The director of It's a Wonderful Life is portrayed as wildly egotistical, as well as anti-union, anti-commie, and generally anti-fun.

"...St. Martin's Griffin, 798 pp., $24.95 (paper)..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...at the Museum of Modern Art; Louis Armstrong at Jimmy Ryan's on 52nd Street. Jerry Wexler, who became a..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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