Off the Record

David Garza maps The Road to ACL, inside Ghostland Observatory's new crash pad, and other strange insights into this weekend's festival

"...John Legend: "Doyle Bramhall II and I played on the..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Gimme shelter: Red Eyed Fly's 10-year anniversary, the Happen-Ins' Southern harmony, and HAAM Benefit Day.

"...the interplay between dual vocalists/guitarists Kevin Galloway and Mike Carpenter recalling a roots-oriented collision of the Allman Brothers and..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Among the Smoldering Embers

The 17th annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival: Contest results

"...earlier days of this 17-year-old event, a chef named John Randall concocted salsas that placed regularly in the individual..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

It's all about the barbecue

"...notables as Dan Rather, Kinky Friedman, Ray Benson, Liz Carpenter, and Cactus Pryor, with a soundtrack by San Antonio..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...EXTRA GLENNS: The Mountain Goats John Darnielle has been making music with Franklin Bruno of..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

The Tenth Annual "Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest Results

"...him funny. Roger was a bartender. One steady drinker, John Lee, would drink all night and then leave Roger..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Books Feature

Red River Valley

Red River, home to Austin's real live music venues

"...it's been a group effort: the Red Eyed Fly's John Meyer lets cops peer out his windows to catch..."

June 22, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Postmarks

Different Traditions

"...but we do not need six painful hours of John Aielli. Perhaps four would be sufficient and KUT could..."

July 30, 1999 Column

Austin Playhouse's The Book of Will

Playwright Lauren Gunderson shows how the Bard’s works came to be collected in a story of devotion and loss

"...the point") – the play follows Henry Condell and John Heminges, surviving members of the playwright's theatre company, as..."

June 21, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...Caro (The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson) Dale Carpenter (Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v...."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Saturday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...of Taylor's gems with Rodriguez's gorgeous voice. – Margaret MoserJOHN BUTLER TRIO 8pm, Stubb's John Butler is a dreadlocked,..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Butthole Surfers and Austin City Limits suffer set backs while Riverfest marches on.

"...Here's something John Croslin didn't mention in our communication last week. Dualtone..."

June 29, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Gospel According to Hollywood

Easter is a time for resurrectiing Hollywood's biblical epics.

"...boyfriend is Judas, who's been ignoring her for some carpenter. "Harness my zebras!" she cries (maybe the funniest title..."

April 13, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Postscripts

This week's Texas Writers Month events.

"...7-9pm with authors Robert Bitterli, Chuck Meyer, Susie Flatau, John Kelso, Julie Ortolon, Christopher Reich, Karen Stolz, and Angela..."

May 12, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Wallet and Spirit

Sickbed Fortune

"..."a humble man, with maybe a third-grade education, a carpenter." And, she adds, he was "a turd": a man..."

Jan. 29, 1999 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Postscripts

"...participants include frequent Austin Chronicle contributor Marion Winik, Liz Carpenter, Louise Redd, Jeff Abbott, Rob Thomas, Patricia Wynn, Turk..."

May 23, 1997 Books Column by Lee Nichols

The Musical Middle Class

Shawn Colvin May Live in Austin, But She Resides in...

"...in New York was Colvin's meeting and working with John Leventhal. The two co-wrote material and, with Leventhal also..."

Jan. 31, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Texas Book Festival

Festival Roundup

"...writers you may bump into buying books are: Liz Carpenter, Kinky Friedman, Dagoberto Gilb, Shelby Hearon, David Lindsey, Naomi..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature

Recviews

"...just kind of lie there like music from a John Hughes-directed nightclub sequence. Rob Cavallo's flat production castrates the..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Music Review

St. Paddy’s Day, SXSnacks, Sailor Moon, and More Weekend Events

Our recommendations for the waning days of the Fest

"...John C. Reilly Is Mister Romantic..."

March 14, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin Film Festival Announces First Wave of Titles for 2024

Releases from Samuel L. Jackson, Talk to Me producer

"...August Wilson’s 1987 Pulitzer-winning play, starring Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Erykah Badu, and Corey Hawkins...."

Aug. 22, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

Into the shadowy mind of the man that created Hellboy

"...series and stories. Witchfinder. Abe Sapien. BPRD. Vampire. Lobster Johnson. And, of course, Hellboy. All the work of Mike..."

Sept. 29, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Shut Up and Drum: Thor Harris Talks Politics and Humanity

We spent election day with local percussive rebel

"...Harris fully understands the latter arena. In 2017, the percussionist/carpenter/luthier/plumber appeared in front of a rainbow flag via Twitter..."

July 31, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

In Memoriam: Ken Johnson

Remembering the versatile theatre artist, who died March 2

"...in the Sixties and Seventies has left us. Ken Johnson – or Kenneth O. Johnson, if you read any..."

March 8, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Other Worlds Austin Adds Owen Egerton's Latest

Plus sci-fi fest's closing night title, and shorts

"..."John the Carpenter" Matt Braunsdorf, USA, 13 min. After a..."

Nov. 28, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

City Pools by City Council District

"...District 4 Bartholomew Municipal Kennemer* St. John's (closed)..."

May 15, 2015 News Feature

Smart Enough to Die

In 2002, the Supreme Court banned the death penalty for mentally retarded defendants. Still, Texas finds a way.

"...that banned execution of the mentally impaired, there was Johnny Paul Penry, sentenced to die for the 1979 rape..."

April 19, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Expendables 2

This who's who of action stars even features Schwarzenegger in his movie comeback.

"...Willis, Yu Nan, Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Charisma Carpenter...."

Aug. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Queer Queer Queer Movies

SXSW films for homos, films for this homo.

"...oh-so-thinly-veiled AIDS trauma Safe, not to mention the Karen Carpenter biopic acted out with Barbies, Superstar, and the gay..."

March 13, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Foreword

Previewing the 2006 Texas Book Festival

"...Linden Dalecki, John Green, David Levithan, Barry Lyga, Stephenie Meyer, Kirsten Miller,..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

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