Page Two: The Time of the Toad

The New McCarthyism, or why the way the Dixie Chicks incident passes into history matters

"...in which the nation turns upon itself in a kind of compulsive madness to deny all in its tradition..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Things Blow Up for No Reason

Still weekly, free, and a little stunned, we enter our 25th year

"...really do have minimal control, much less of any kind of a plan. The Austin Chronicle is its own..."

July 21, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Terms of Engagement

If 'We Can't Make It Here,' then James McMurtry's in big trouble

"...think, "Who's singing that? Who's telling me that? What kind of person would say that?" Sometimes they're characters that..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Page Two

A new car sparks a meditation on years in motion, with the radio on

"...music on all the time, playing CDs or the radio when I work in the office, write at home,..."

June 17, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...everyone gets worried but the reality is that this kind of situation exists on a daily basis and the..."

July 12, 2002 Column

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...in the credits of Moses' Artemis advance, Electric Pocket Radio: produced by Keith Cleversley (the Flaming Lips, Spiritualized), Joey..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Postmarks

Light Rail, Green Politics, and much ado about the city's growing pains.

"...U.S. Marshal committed larceny by stealing the equipment of Radio One, 94.3 FM, in an illegal and unjustified raid...."

Oct. 13, 2000 Column

Total Entertainment Package

Rockin' out with Austin's Latin-metal crossover darlings

"...Tuesday, the label has already convinced nearly every genre-appropriate radio station in Texas and a four-state region to play..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

On the Move

With arguably the best content on the Web, Salon is poised to move into your living room and onto your radio dial :president and CEOMichael O'Donnell explains how.

"...network in the fall, he's also developing book deals, radio shows, and streaming and wireless operations: All Salon, all..."

March 3, 2000 Screens Feature by David Garza

Postmarks

Libertarians Say No to Doggett

"...unable to buy preference from our government because that kind of power will no longer be for sale. If..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Column

Only the Beginning

Wednesday Night SXSW "Sleepers"

"...last solo release, The Secret of My Excess, was kind of a gangster popabilly record that fell somewhere between..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature

The Chicken and Egg Deal

Getting Press: The Haves

"...what I'd heard about you,' you realize it's also kind of a tricky place to be."..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Whither Rock?

ii.

"...moment in time when it seemed like everything -- radio, MTV, the music industry in general -- would change...."

Oct. 17, 1997 Books Feature by Gina Arnold

Everyone Gets Naked

David Sedaris Interviewed

"...And though he still does spots on National Public Radio (which he insists he never listens to because he..."

June 20, 1997 Books Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Texas Platters

"...the worst you could call them would be "AAA radio naturals." Better yet, the bulk of the material here..."

April 11, 1997 Music Review

What's Anchoring Neal?

Spelce's Ninth Wave Hangs Ten With Charles Kuralt

"...Kuralt series is chiefly about "small truths, of the kind easily overlooked by people in a hurry." And fittingly,..."

April 4, 1997 Screens Feature by Andy Langer

The Great Roots-Rock Scare of '96

The Americana Chart, Alternative Country, and Austin

"...this influential weekly music trade magazine caters mostly to radio executives and record companies, containing a wide variety of..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Music Feature

Have WINGS, Will Fly

Frieda Werden's Women's News Projects Take Off

"...into tightly edited 30-minute news programs that glide across radio airwaves in the form of WINGS -- Women's International..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Screens Feature by Amy Smith

The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades

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

"...heard that Congress was cutting funding to National Public Radio, and given how important NPR and nonprofit radio stations..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Storyteller

Talking turkey with X-Ray

"...Preservation, while the Eighties found the group returning to radio prominence with "Predictable," "Come Dancing," and "Destroyer." The Nineties..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

Rock Around the Biological Clock

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

"...-- Alejandro's a real musician and I was just kinda messing around. I still wanna mess around, but I..."

May 7, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two

"...coach John Mackovic on Sammy Allred and Bob Cole's radio show on KVET. It was a class act. Whether..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Column by Louis Black

Fantastic Fest Interview: Gazing Into The Vast of Night

Director Andrew Patterson's cosmic debut is turning the right heads

"...UFOs over this little town: it's the interplay between radio DJ Everett (Jake Horowitz) and his tagalong friend Fay..."

Sept. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Steve Van Zandt’s Soulfire

Springsteen henchman and Sopranos boss hits the road and classrooms

"...it’s time to revisit my own work here.” I kind of abandoned my own work for 25 years. I..."

May 24, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Gone to the Dogs

Bob Byington on his latest Austin comedy, 7 Chinese Brothers

"...a good way) piece of genius acting from indie wunderkind Jason Schwartzman as Larry, a lonely, aimless slacker who,..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Death of Brad Will

An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way

"..."¡Si ves a un gringo con cámara, mátalo!" the radio chattered: "If you see a gringo with a camera,..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross

Page Two: We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident

Free speech: Do we have to spell it out for you? Plus, a farewell to a great American filmmaker.

"...correct word, in that it suggests this is some kind of public concern or constitutionally endowed privilege. It isn't...."

Nov. 24, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Our Shostakovich Year

On the centenary of Dmitri Shostakovich's birth, Austin arts groups join forces to throw the Russian composer a yearlong party

"...learn more about why they believe Shostakovich merits this kind of celebration and how it came about.The Composer..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Rag Recollections

Former 'Rag' staffers remember the old days, when a Texan was in the White House and America was stuck in a quagmire war

"...Rag staffers at Space City! and/or at KPFT (Pacifica Radio). Mostly I participated in layout and sales for The..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature

Mr. Demme's Holiday

Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme takes a trip to the city of lights and of love, of Tati and Truffaut, in his latest, The Truth About Charlie.

"...find interesting support relationships with women. I like that kind of subtext. I don't think it's anything that's like,..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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