Texas Platters

Surfin' Senorita

"...of 15 songs -- why, it's unspeakable sacrilege! So cometh Surfin' Senorita, an attempt to pay homage to He..."

March 5, 1999 Music Review

Specialty Bookstores

Miles of Aisles or One-on-One?

"...information to the lesbian community," Alex Barron says. "People come in asking where's a good bed and breakfast where..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Books Feature by Barbara Strickland

Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...The former Austinites and festival regulars since 2005 are back this year, and as always they will be helping..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...A lover of nature!..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

Lost City

Steven Saylor's Austin Murder Mystery, A Twist at the End: A Novel of O. Henry

"...Austin: An Illustrated History, and he just happened to come across this tidbit of fact under the heading "Highlights..."

April 7, 2000 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Dancing About Architecture

Moving Violations

"...up with the expected report that she had moved back, the victim of a job offer that evaporated on..."

July 2, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

Latino Leadership

"...it push us apart instead of working together to overcome it. We must continue to push hard for environmental..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Column

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...All roads lead to Austin come March 13-18. South by Southwest Music 2023 invites over..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

At Age 69, Veteran Barkeep Wisecracks His Place Into Local Legend

Happy birthday to Derven Rodgers, Crown & Anchor Pub's bar star

"...with a business-looking messenger bag, the first-timer promises to come back soon. "I'll see you when I'm looking at..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Food Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Doug Dorst puts the S. in 'Ship of Theseus' with this JJ Abrams Collaboration

The author presents his new literary creation at BookPeople tonight

"...of course, that producer-director whose various media franchises (Lost, Cloverfield, Star Trek, the next cinematic chapter of the Star..."

Dec. 9, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...batch of Austinites’ films will make their world premiere come March...."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Princes of Punk

New Kinks “Picture Book”

"...down on both disco and punk. “Respectable” tempos were back down to Godfather speeds on Tattoo You three years..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

TV Eye

Loving TV's losers.

"...Lucky's foibles, they are likeable, though, when one steps back to think about it, maybe they shouldn't be...."

April 18, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Lost and Delirious

"...… and nothing else! Lost and Delirious could have come off like a fetishist's fantasy or the stuff of..."

July 20, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Something Completely Different

Comedy writers Bob Odenkirk and David Cross took everything they’d learned from past comic masters and made their Mr. Show variety show into something completely different.

"...stole from radio and vaudeville the elements of sketch comedy and turned it into something uniquely television. In the..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Ron Deutsch

Q&A: Mike Watt

Econo-jamming bass man headlines an alternate ACL

"...Missingmen trio headlines night one of the Austin Corn Lover’s Fiesta on Friday. The other ACL Fest gig –..."

Oct. 1, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...prepared to deal with what was an entirely predictable outcome? There used to be an adage that went, "Those..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Column

Beat Currencies

In a look at some recently reprinted classic works by the Beats, Chronicle writer Dale Smith examines why being on the road was such a dangerous place -- and why it no longer is.

"...a nation. Oddly, in time, these outsiders' words would come to embody the period and ultimately help spark the..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Books Feature by Dale Smith

King Krule Rules

UK singer-rapper slings predominantly bro catharsis

"...latter two off The Ooz. They brought the tempo back down with trickling keys and soft drums. Marshall then..."

April 11, 2018 Music Post by Isabella Castro-Cota

Coach's Corner

"Cub Fans Dare to Believe,"says the headline. "Hah!" says Coach. Also: odds and ends about football, Tiger Woods, and Andy Roddick.

"...walking quickly through DFW, rushing to make a flight back to Colorado. I don't have time to stop, but..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Top Ten Food Stories of 1997

Best Bites of 1997

"...2. Robert Mondavi Becomes an Honorary Texan The legendary patriarch of the California..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Best of Austin – Saturday

BOA all day, erryday

"...Hey, festies! Come enjoy local spots featured in our annual "Best of..."

March 20, 2015 Features Feature

Survival of the Fittest?

The unlikely story behind the Austin-based black comedy, Natural Selection.

"...crowds during its AFF premiere last fall. The black comedy about a pair of unwitting serial killers stalking each..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Scanlines

Cemetery Man

"...at the undead's head, pulls the trigger, and goes back to his phone call. What would seem from the..."

July 2, 1999 Screens Feature

Hamilton's Resident Director Makes Bass the Room Where It Happens

Austinite Ashley Brooke Monroe leads the touring Broadway show back to the stage she loves

"...move in 2009 to Brooklyn to begin a rising backstage career. Now she gets to give that same thrill..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Checking In: Michael Ramos Signs the Tiarra Girls

“I’m an A&R guy for Lucky Hound Music [and] a staff producer”

"...built around our property when we first moved in back in 2011...."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Alamo World Domination Plan Continues Unabated

The Drafthouse announces a new distribution banner

"...When the Leagues wrested back control of the Alamo Drafthouse brand in the beginning..."

Sept. 9, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

My Clone Sleeps Alone

"...of John “Cougar” Mellencamp’s pleading indiscretions, “I Need a Lover,” followed on both LP and FM radio, melting further..."

July 25, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Caroline Rose Album Review

Superstar (New West)

"...out over 11 tracks, the protagonist finds new affection, becomes self-obsessed, co-conspires unhealthy relationships, gets replaced by her lover,..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Okkervil River Reviewed

"...down, into empty rooms, always with eyes on our backs. Aggressive in truth and worth, Okkervil River's fourth LP,..."

April 1, 2005 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

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