Ex-Punk Author, DIY or Die Forever

Test-driving the newest iBooks Author app (bumps ahead)

"...detective novel set in Austin of the mid-1980s. Protagonist Martin Fender is a blues bass player who moonlights as..."

March 2, 2012 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

This Job Will Change Your Life

Former staff reflect on the zigs and zags of life post-Chronicle

"...pages over the years. – K.J. The Birth of Martin Fender and the Hardboiled Highway..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Jesse Sublett

Sheet Music

"...writer, focusing on the problem-solving capacities of detective protagonist Martin Fender instead of the murders necessitating Fender's services. After..."

May 28, 2004 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Burning Down the Sixties

They don't normally let dogs in the LBJ Library and Museum, but after Chronicle writer Jesse Sublett explained that he was talking about James Ellroy, the demon dog of American literature, they graciously made an exception.

"...to wax eloquent on the heroism and brilliance of Martin Luther King Jr. As we chatted during our tour..."

June 29, 2001 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Jesse Sublett's Latest True-Crime Book Takes on the Last Gangster in Austin

The rise and fall of the Junkyard King

"...wrote a few novels starring a musician/skip tracer named Martin Fender, but also experienced horrific crime himself. On Aug...."

June 10, 2022 Arts Feature by Joe Gross

Ronnie Earle, Gangbuster

Jesse Sublett revisits Austin’s criminal past in Last Gangster in Austin

"...portfolio includes a trio of hard-boilers introducing bassist/private eye Martin Fender, a heart-wrenching murder mystery/memoir, and, most recently, another..."

June 10, 2022 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Jan Reid: A Remembrance

Jesse Sublett pays tribute to his late friend as a true writer

"...ended up politely passing on my book, my first Martin Fender music/detective novel, saying that it was too close..."

Sept. 22, 2020 Arts Post by Jesse Sublett

SXSW Music: Capsula

Latins' full-length cover of Ziggy Stardust shoots the moon

"...of SXSW Music at the Festival’s own opening party, Martin Guevara’s bright orange, Saturday Night Fever-esque attire fit perfectly...."

March 16, 2016 SXSW Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...finished, and the marrow would be gone. Sylvia Bravo Martindale One person said I was the Chronicle's earth mother,..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Pop Goes the Western

Bob Boze Bell Gets Graphic About the Old West

"...following directions, Sublett turned in a short story entitled "Martin Fender and the Hardboiled Highway," which became the genesis..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Wasted Days, Wasted Nights

The night in 1974 when Doug Sahm brought Freddy Fender to Soap Creek to play

"...then there was the night Doug Sahm brought Freddy Fender to Soap Creek in early 1974. Five years earlier,..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

A Browner Shade of Black

Blazing trails of Chicano soul

"...all played there, as did locals Spot Barnett, Fats Martin, Curly Mays, and Shake Snyder plus favorites like Clifford..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Guitar Pedals

Gas prices are down, so the boutique guitar pedal boom is up

"...originator Dick Dale developed with pioneering guitar/amp designer Leo Fender, similarly evolved from a large, clunky external unit to..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...& Uncut, Adam Sandler's Big Daddy, Bowfinger with Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy, the Nixon-era comedy Dick (can't wait..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Youth in Crisis

"...are some of the amps, including my own 60s Fender Concert with the red/blue/yellow 'Jasper Johns-style' target on it...."

July 9, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

All Down the Line

Forget the Exile on Main St. reissue. Here's the 1972 Stones in all their cinematic glory, plus a 1981 bonus to make it a double feature.

"...honest to goodness celluloid print, all the way to Martin Scorsese's Shine a Light in 2008 – and with..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

22-20s

"...electrifying Southern blues, the baby-faced fourpiece delivered high-energy, solid-body Fender rock from a tense and anxious hip. Churning through..."

March 18, 2005 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...with Joel Guzman y Los Azteks, Ruben Ramos, Freddy Fender, Rosie Flores, Joe Ely, and Mariachi Campañas de America,..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Learning the Game

Learning Buddy Holly's game, 203 tracks at a time

"...puff of talcum powder on the neck of his Fender precedes Richards' Lone Star-sized take on the song. Age..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A Skull in Connemara

Martin McDonagh's A Skull in Connemara teeters between the absurd and the just plain silly

"...Though Irish playwright Martin McDonagh claims that Samuel Beckett hasn't been an influence..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Medeski Martin & Wood

Record review

"...Medeski Martin & WoodEnd of the World Party (Just in Case)..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Who's Texas?

The story of Texas history says a lot -- about the storytellers

"...History Museum -- now bigger than life down on Martin Luther King Boulevard (or, depending on your point of..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Dancing About Architecture

G-L-O-R-I-Aftermath

"...might be thinking of suing former Menudo member Ricky Martin over alleged similarities between his song "Shake Your Bon..."

July 30, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Scanlines

"...with Campbell Scott, Rebecca Pidgeon, Steve Martin, Ricky Jay, Ben Gazzara, Felicity Huffman, Ed O'Neill..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Screens Feature

SXSW Record Reviews

"...sticks on a snare drum and a clean, snappy Fender country lead kicking the band into gear - the..."

March 20, 1998 Music Review

What We’re Listening to This Week

New, local platters from Brazos, Fuvk, Eric Hisaw Band, and Discreet

"...Jared Van Fleet – who's quietly made his return. Martin Crane released two delightful LPs as Brazos, 2009's Phosphorescent..."

Dec. 30, 2022 Music Column by Austin Powell

Austin Music Awards Gallery, 1988-2007

"...Martin Banks, 2000..."

Nov. 27, 2019 Photo Gallery

Boz Scaggs Doesn't Mean to Be Argumentative

The Texan parses blues, R&B, and rock & roll ahead of two Austin shows

"...reunion of Doyle Bramhall II and Charlie Sexton trading Fender slashes...."

Oct. 19, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Playback: Touring Austin's Latin Record Stores

Discotecas outnumber Anglo record shops

"...shopping spree last week were a couple of Ricky Martin CDs...."

Aug. 18, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Meet Chet O'Keefe

Kinky Friedman & Nanci Griffith can vouch for the new local

"...of time inside near the wood stove with a Fender Telecaster and my favorite records...."

Jan. 30, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

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