Playback: Best Austin Music Controversies of 2017

The year in quarrel

"...Jimmy LaFave Sweet-voiced Americana songman, 61, died of cancer in..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Last of the Delta Bluesmen

Pinetop Perkins goes home to Mississippi

"...Sonny Boy Williamson, and of course Muddy Waters and Jimmy Reed...."

April 22, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...American Animal Director & Writer: Matt D'Elia Jimmy - eccentric, delusional, dying - feels betrayed when roommate..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...• Fennell Gets 10 Years Former Georgetown Police Sgt. Jimmy Fennell (pictured) on Sept. 26 was handed a 10-year..."

Oct. 3, 2008 News Feature

City Loses Its Mala Sangre Brain

Outside counsel Lowell Denton – both attorney and witness – is disqualified from the case

"...in May 2002, alleging that former APD Assistant Chief Jimmy Chapman transferred him from his plum assignment in organized..."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Breaking stories from Austin and beyond

"...investigation designed to determine whether former APD Assistant Chief Jimmy Chapman committed perjury last summer. Unfortunately, the four-page summary..."

April 23, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...placed on the council's Feb. 26 agenda. – Amy Smith..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the process being used to investigate Assistant Police Chief Jimmy Chapman ["More Bad Blood," Sept. 5]. Here are the..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Column

A Mutual Respect

Russell Lee's documentary photographs of the Great Depression helped fashion our collective visual memory of that era, but his greatest achievement may have been the trust he engendered in his subjects.

"...these trips by his second wife, Dallas journalist Jean Smith, who employed her skills as a reporter to interview..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...JIMMY LAFAVE: There's no mistaking the voice of Jimmy LaFave...."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

2002 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...11:30am-12:45pm House ChamberAt the Crossroads: Mexican-American Literature Jimmy Santiago Baca, Sandra Cisneros, Dagoberto Gilb, Moderator: Juan Rodriguez..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature

The Next Step

They've made their films. They've done the festivals. Now, four filmmakers share stories about finding -- and losing -- distribution.

"...last March, and the year before, Canadian filmmaker Scott Smith's edgy teen drama rollercoaster was nabbed by Panorama Entertainment;..."

April 20, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...W.C. Fields, Will Rogers, the Marx Brothers, Eddie Cantor, Jimmy Durante, Jack Benny, and Edgar Bergen -- got their..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Texas Show: Dallas Video Festival

"...“Fetal Fury” by Nick Gibbons; “Hair Mania!” by Linda Smith Broiles; “Jimmy Neutron” by John A. Davis; and “New..."

Oct. 21, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Reissues

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

"...the likes of Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Clark Terry, Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, and Ray..."

June 25, 1999 Music Feature

Down in the Swamps

Excello Records Reissues

"...as well as the lesser known Silas Hogan, Whispering Smith, Jimmy Anderson, and Lonesome Sundown. White men both, Miller's..."

May 5, 1995 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

TCB

The ongoing liquor-fueled legend of the Hickoids, Neil Diamond's people make the Diamond Smugglers' life hell, and Pete Townshend will be at SXSW anyway, anyhow, anywhere

"...TEJANO ALBUM: Chente Barrera, Sigue el Taconazo; Jimmy Edward, It's ... All Right; Bob Gallarza, Live in..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

30 Years Ago, GG Allin Cleared Austin’s Scuzziest Punk Venue in 24 Minutes

Witness accounts of the notorious shock rocker’s antics and arrest at the Cavity Club

"...he continued. "First it was GG, then it was Jimmy Gestapo, then it was some other guy, then another...."

Feb. 18, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...joint called After Ours, catching a set by Little Jimmy & the Bad Boys. Jones reportedly told the Sun's..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Alter Holds Onto Her Council Seat, While Flannigan Is Narrowly Defeated

A tale of two incumbents in the run-off election

"...City Council in 2021. Mackenzie Kel­ly unseated Council Mem­ber Jimmy Flannigan in Northwest Austin's District 6 run-off by a..."

Dec. 18, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Boz Scaggs Doesn't Mean to Be Argumentative

The Texan parses blues, R&B, and rock & roll ahead of two Austin shows

"...Tell him yes, but even "Lido Shuffle" had a Jimmy Reed groove, he rebuts...."

Oct. 19, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

2014 Austin City Limits Music Festival Line-up

Hip-hop tops the two weekends with ladies close behind

"...& Orleans Avenue, reggae legend and SXSW 2012 highlight Jimmy Cliff, and EDM gawd Skrillex, whose 2011 set proved..."

April 22, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Reefer Madness

With this wild musical spoof, Doctuh Mistuh delivers a bigger buzz than its Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

"...the milkshake man at the high school hangout, young Jimmy Harper's dowdy mother, and even a convivial FDR. Joey..."

June 28, 2013 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Gay Place

Welcome home, Jimmy and Ceci

"...you felt about the deportation and exiles (former President Jimmy Flannigan was ousted in a most obnoxious manner the..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

A Boy Named Emo

What was your favorite show on Red River at Emo's?

"...to Austin's Trance Syndicate Records, Carrie Clark, Chris "Frenchie" Smith, Jeff Copas, and Bryan Bowden continued a line going..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Music Feature

Playing Through

Fans continue to go gaga over the Dallas Cowboys

"...their names are not Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin, Emmitt Smith, and Jimmy Johnson. Terrell Owens still seems like everyone's..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Column by Thomas Hackett

Afterburn

The 16th 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival: contest results

"...Honorable Mentions: Jimmy Anderson (Alvin), John Robinson, Andrew Rodenberg, Akl Batrouni, Jason..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Naked City

Long-delayed whistleblower case finally headed for court

"...in May 2002, alleging that former APD Assistant Chief Jimmy Chapman had him transferred from a plum assignment in..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

King of the Swing Fiddle

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

"...from Gimble's past, including Guy Clark, Tracy Nelson, Connie Smith, the Hot Club of Cowtown, and Floyd Tillman. Benson,..."

April 5, 2002 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, April 27-May 6

"...see Al Green perform? Or for that matter, "Little" Jimmy Scott?..."

May 18, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

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