Off the Record

Diving into Club 1808, the Real Heroes' Chinese democracy, and Ray Benson on Willie, Wexler, and the Wheel

"...king of black music," began dispersing his record collection to family and friends. A few crates' worth of Western..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

After a Fashion

Your gracious Style Avatar on throwing rocks and giving 'em 'the finger'

"...leather jeans, cashmere turtleneck, white fur coat, my faaabulous Roberto Cavalli sunglasses, cowboy boots, and my usual lavish assortment..."

June 27, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Drastic Misdunderstanding of Conservative Thought

"...Dear Editor, It's clear from Louis Black's March 3 "Page Two"..."

March 10, 2006 Postmarks

Day Trips

The faithful and the curious make the trek to the shrine of faith healer Don Pedrito Jaramillo just east of Falfurrias

"...The Shrine of Don Pedrito Jaramillo east of Falfurrias still attracts hundreds of the..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

TV Eye

Friday night is a terrible night to launch a new series

"...Friday night is a terrible night to launch a new series. So, consider this your official..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Hit Parade

Documentarian Jamie Meltzer pokes under the rock of the music industry in Off the Charts: The Song/Poem Story.

"...In Off the Charts: The Song-Poem Story, Jamie Meltzer takes an intimate look at a dark..."

March 21, 2003 Screens Feature by Michael May

TV Eye

The cure to the summer rerun doldrums? HBO's Sex and the City and Six Feet Under.

"...feel like that piece of beef Gloria lobbed at Tony Soprano's head in the "Amour Fou" episode of The..."

June 8, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Book Reviews

The Politics of Prose

"...culture), his name doesn't evoke any rich literary connotations. To his natural reticence, as Camus pointed out in an..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Coach's Corner

"..."I'm not wrong enough to be right for you."..."

June 23, 1995 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Taking Austin’s LGBTQ Temperature

Getting the hot and cold scoop from local LGBTQ community members on queer Austin

"...How to talk about an entire queer community within the limited..."

Aug. 9, 2024 Features Feature by James Scott

Inside Texas' Angels of Death, Who Refuse Hundreds of Death Row Pleas but May Expedite Daniel Perry Pardon

How the Board of Pardons and Paroles runs its ship

"...When Hasmukh Patel was shot to death in his San Antonio convenience store in 2004,..."

May 12, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The One-Man Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar Park Conspiracy

“Do you see it? Cuz if you don’t, then I’m crazy.”

"...The illustration came into my possession last Monday morning...."

Dec. 23, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

A New Cuppa Tea in Tripoli

Actress Bernadette Nason takes tales of a year in Libya and brews a potent memoir

"...tales proved so popular that her theatre pals began to request repeat tellings of their favorites. That eventually led..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Giving Hoppy Beers a Second Chance

While IPAs remain craft beer’s most popular style, it is also its most polarizing

"...single, albeit outdated, characteristic that makes those three capital letters derivative of a more aggressive six: B-I-T-T-E-R...."

Oct. 7, 2016 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Strong and Talented and Young

Austin's Raw Paw collective inhales life, exhales art

"...some kind of animal disease? Does it have something to do with, um, Furries? – so you're going to..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

'The Death Penalty Is About Us'

'Dead Man Walking' scribe Sister Helen Prejean speaks in town tonight

"...the World Wide Web was born. The youngest voters today were born the same year – 1995 – that..."

Dec. 3, 2013 Books Post by Jessi Cape

'The Main Treatment Options'

Short Story Contest: First place

"...this since then. Usually it's because the fish swims into something sharp, probably that ceramic decorative castle I had..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Books Feature by Katie F. Perry

Criminally Innocent

How can you be exonerated of a crime that never happened?

"...Twenty-eight-year-old John Arena would like to visit California. He's never been there – in fact,..."

Nov. 5, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Forgotten Radical

Thornton's plays are Wilder than you might remember

"...Our Town? Oh yeah, isn't that the play in the little..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Speechless'

Third-Place Winner

"...cold street corners, knee-deep in the fog, writing notes to each other on little scraps of paper with short,..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Books Feature by Benjamin Reed

Art of the State

Retiring director Rick Hernandez reflects on three decades with the Texas Commission on the Arts

"...in Graceland. At that time, the agency approached him to serve as an artist in residence for a juvenile..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

"...smoking?" – Gov. Rick Perry, defending his executive order to provide HPV vaccinations for all Texas girlsHeadlines• The memory..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Feature

The Taco Kings, Besieged

A conflict with neighborhoods has made the previously independent street taco vendors organize in self-defense

"...Negras taco stand. It's part of a weeklong effort to contact every taco trailer in the city, and it's..."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Feature by Michael May

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Thoughtful Discussion NeededDear Editor,..."

June 30, 2006 Column

An Unfit Man

Honorable mention

"...a well documented and irrevocable fact, he had not totally embraced his new reality. It made him uncomfortable. Peter..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Books Feature by Martin H. Boozer

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Biscuit Touched Us AllDear Editor,..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Column

Page Two

An oceanside contemplation of the Declaration of Independence

"...with other friends. I'm in the house with an actor friend but no one else. He has lit candles..."

June 24, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...All Schools Should Be Excellent Dear Editor,..."

June 3, 2005 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I wanted to write the Chronicle about the upcoming city vote regarding..."

March 18, 2005 Column

Friday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...Picks for March 18All showcase times subject to changeIAN HUNTER/ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO6pm, Auditorium Shores Were it not for..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

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