Just Another Manic Monday

The Alamo Drafthouse's music / film synergy: Music Mondays and more

"...and no one harasses him; and when the time comes during "Lights," we hold up our cell phones in..."

July 7, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

'Minus Tide'

Austin playwright Kimberly Burke explains how her yearlong residency in Minneapolis helped shape her new play, 'Minus Tide'

"...as the darkly comic and somewhat disturbing play has come to be titled, focuses on the relationship between Allison,..."

May 26, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Essex Green / Camera Obscura

Record review

"...afternoons in pastoral meadows and long nights in a lover's embrace. In other words, the very building blocks of..."

May 5, 2006 Music Review by Christopher Gray

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"...we were busy/learning witchcraft and becoming lesbians" on the back were being sarcastic, not courageous...."

March 3, 2006 Column

Who We Are

The 'Chronicle' interviews Howard Zinn on war, peace, and human nature

"...novelist and journalist, wrote a novel called The War Lover. I was interested in it because it was about..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Feature by Diana Welch

Tristan & Isolde

This new version of the timeless love story is a dopey, mopey, all-around bore.

"...mopey, all-around bore. The opening minutes drag out the backstory: Ireland at war with its charges (a motley assortment..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Day Trips

Juniper Hills Farm between Dripping Springs and Blanco takes advantage of the rich culinary culture of the Hill Country to combine a cooking school with overnight cabins for a unique weekend getaway

"...years, the cake company (2307 Abrams Rd., Dallas) has become known for its designs using fresh flowers, ribbons of..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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

Nov. 25, 2005 Column

Luv Doc Recommends: Extravagasm Fantasy Ball

Buffalo Billiards, Saturday, October 22, 2005

"...another wants to slough off their mortal coil and become something else – something bigger, bolder, and brighter than..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

Liquid Assets

Summer Rosés

"...the heat in the forecast, what's a red wine lover to do? Go pink! But not just any light-colored..."

July 29, 2005 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Saving Face

In this breezy Chinese-American coming-out comedy, ethnic, generational, and family identities collide with the anything-goes ethos of modern love.

"...David Shih and Brian Yang. This breezy Chinese-American coming-out comedy has a big cast, but the film belongs to..."

July 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

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"...I am a longtime reader and lover of the Chronicle, and as such cannot help but..."

April 8, 2005 Column

The Ballad of Jack and Rose

An insular father-daughter relationship comes apart in writer-director Rebecca Miller's drama, which also stars her actor-husband Daniel Day-Lewis.

"...whom he has been seeing on the mainland, to come live with them and bring her two sons, stating..."

April 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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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"...in the last four years, and for a music lover like me, it was a shame to see some..."

April 1, 2005 Column

Saturday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...thrash show invaded by Diamanda Galas and Karen O come across on these New Yorker's anxiety-inducing The First Trip..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

A Midsummer Night's Dream

In director Lucien Douglas' staging of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," folly comes to the fore and makes for pretty pleasant company

"...most familiar line from the most familiar of Shakespearean comedies, and by the time the fairy Puck gets to..."

March 4, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Obsessive's Obsessive

Three former Austinites find Darryl Donaldson, 'Donnie Darko's '#1 Fan'

"...a contest for the best video by a Darko lover, it follows the slightly unbalanced peregrinations of one Darryl..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Film News

Robert Rodriguez and the come-hither look of 'Rambo 4'

"...at FM 620 and Anderson Mill is a film lover's dream come true. It includes a DVD vending machine..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Playing for Time

Turk Pipkin's 'The Old Man and the Tee' reviewed

"...their lame sense of fashion and ignorance when it comes to good music. Or so we think until they're..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Books Feature by Robert Faires

2004 ACL Fest Guide

Everything you need to know

"...Pixies are also evidence of how far this festival's come: along with the Killers, Franz Ferdinand, and a handful..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Music Feature

Ham

Hans Frank's 'Ham' offers a political drama in which a seemingly good man experiences a dangerous pressure from all sides

"...a county commissioner. Unfortunately for Ham, these commendations always come with a large disapproving – and threatening – "but"..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Naked City

"...– is the annual sales tax holiday for most back-to-school-esque purchases. Happy shopping...."

Aug. 6, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Manifesto Destiny

Literate pop, the Elephant 6 in your Parish

"...every band. Every band and the collective itself would come up in reviews and articles."..."

July 23, 2004 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

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"...board. You can e-mail all of them from www.stopdoubletax.com. Come to the hearing Monday at 6pm at the Thompson..."

July 9, 2004 Column

Steady as She Goes

Li'l Cap'n Travis humbles its way into Austin's musical heart

"...Here comes trouble. Skinny, bearded Mandon Maloney struts into the living..."

July 2, 2004 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Montana Blues

Great-grandmother Marie died of a broken heart in Billings, Mont.

"...business life, in the manner of millions of other newcomers to society – by crime. He and Marie traveled..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

2004 Paramount Theatre Summer Film Series

Clip and save

"...Lover Come Back (1961): 7/14, 7pm; 7/15, 9:10pm..."

May 21, 2004 Screens Feature

Pit Crew

'Barbecue: A Texas Love Story'

"...of wizened barbecue-joint patrons ("When you retire, hit the back roads. Drink you a cold beer. Come to Smitty's...."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Le Muse Giocose (The Playful Muses)

Le Muse Giocose took Italian Baroque love songs as its heart, and the quality – and approachability – of the enchanting soprano Jenifer Thyssen and her musical collaborators was of the highest magnitude

"...attending a chamber concert performed in someone's home hearkens back to a simpler time when social interaction took place..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

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