Security Guard Nearly Killed in Machete Attack Urges Stronger Social Safety Net

Police union blames prosecutors

"...was happening, it was like the Titanic. Everybody was just eating and I was bleeding on the floor."..."

Oct. 27, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...before rolling out her vision with 2019 LP To Myself. Deeply soulful with a low-key vibration and a penchant..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, January 1-7

"...scenario: You know that a certain hedgehog will sneeze just one time in the next six years, and you..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...earthy tone that grounds them. An expertise in Arginorian mythology or even a basic grounding in warrior fantasy isn't..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 16-22

"...journalist Barbara Walters. Really? I don't think so. In my experience, the hardest thing to do is to consistently..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Boys State

Austin-shot documentary tracks the future, confused leaders of America

"...My son, a recent college graduate, had never heard of..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Mike Clark-Madison

Sulfuric Songwriter David Ramirez Pens His “I’m in Love” Record – Breakup and All

Austinite goes through heavy self-reckoning on new LP

"...midnight at a now-defunct watering hole called the Hard Luck Lounge. Now, we're meeting at noon at a coffee..."

July 17, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music You Can Enjoy at Home

What we’re spending our time with

"...really well-made home video," adds Winker. "The goal is just to put the camera on something good and have..."

April 17, 2020 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Playback – Kinky Friedman: Between the Lines

Kinky Friedman's first album of original songs in 35 years: "How hard could it be?"

"...AC: In my favorite song, you depict Jesus Christ returning as a..."

June 29, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

King Crimson’s Tony Levin

Veteran bass virtuoso stays progressive

"...and Pat Mastelotto, plus newcomers Jakko Jaksyzk, Gavin Harrison, Jeremy Stacey, and Bill Rieflin. The 21st century Crimson returns..."

Oct. 12, 2017 Music Post by Michael Toland

On Writers and Con Men

James Magnuson's roman à clef about a creative writing program in Texas is in many ways a loving tribute to James Michener

"...(Norton, $25.95), with its coy, memoirish title, looks like just the sort of tell-all that the longtime director of..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

SXSW Friday Picks and Sleepers

"...in at 6pm with namesake tics and convulsions, while My Morning Jacket captain Jim James samples his own divine..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro

Carson Brock's grandmother is looking out for him, and other tales from the 'bless their heart' file

"..."Would you talk to my grandson?"..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Beer Convenience

Finding great craft brew selections in unlikely places

"...Miller Light, Coors Light, some Shiner Bock if you're lucky...."

June 24, 2011 Food Feature by Lee Nichols

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

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

"...We've already teased some of the highlights of the just-announced SXSW Film 2011 lineup – and they're keeping mum..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Almost Famous

Adventures in young bandom: Zykos on the road

"...followed by a sideways glance and sly grin in my direction. In addition to the knowledge that I'm watching..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Almost Famous

Three years after leaving Austin for Hollywood, comics Chip Pope and Howard Kremer still aren't celebs, but with pilots for HBO and Comedy Central and a willingness to schmooze, they've come agonizingly close.

"...preparation for the auspicious moment when talent, timing, and luck coincide with opportunity...."

July 20, 2001 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Long Live Liberty Lunch

"...owners J-Net Ward and Mark Pratz, and wished them luck at their new location. -- Jay Hardwig..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

Sleek But Sporadic

Does a Vegetarian Monopoly Breed Complacency?

"...For my first visit, I went on a night when I..."

April 11, 1997 Food Feature by Meredith Phillips

Which Woody?

Live Oak Theatre Celebrates Guthrie, but Which One?

"...can sing them drunk or sober, it don't matter, just a matter of personal choice. I tried them both..."

March 28, 1997 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Out of Pawn

Austin's Best Bar Band, Buick MacKane

"...Awright, that tears it! Now, you're getting personal! Just for that, I've made an executive decision that your..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Sentimental Family Band Isn’t Hung Up on the High Times

The softie ex-art-rockers arrive at Austin’s honky-tonk revival

"...the movement as much as the band. I recognize my old boss from an office job, then a TikTok..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...at SXSW Music.” New Orleans Takeover Sat 18, noon, Luck Ranch $75+..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

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

Faster Than Sound: Falling Hard for Sasha & the Valentines

The Massachusetts transplants debut their dream-pop LP, Daniel Johnston's NFT dustup, and more music news

"...was play shows," remembers drummer Billy Hickey. "Separated from my gear and my friends, that time away made me..."

April 16, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Campus Hacks: St. Edward's

Become the king of the hill with these tip-Topper tips

"...Ragsdale. Some say it could lead you to bad luck. I don’t know how legit that is, but I’ve..."

Aug. 23, 2017 Chronolog Post by Sierra Diaz

The Luv Doc: Into It

It's a real drag giving an anatomy lesson in the middle of a hot makeout sesh

"...only been two months since we started dating and my boyfriend won't go down on me anymore. When we..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

'The NFL Beat': Week Five

Inspirational fantasy football thoughts

"...believe there will be an eventual relative bounce back. Just not this week. The Miami front seven is brutal...."

Oct. 6, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Food-o-File

The new Mueller Farmers' Market satisfies local appetites

"...a stick!) and snagged a container of herbed Pure Luck Chèvre before escaping the crowd...."

Sept. 21, 2012 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Funny Games U.S.

Michael Haneke comes to the U.S. to remake his tortuous German film about psychological terrorism with Naomi Watts and Tim Roth.

"...it's a remake. It's tempting simply to quote, verbatim, my review of Haneke's original, German version of Funny Games,..."

March 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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