What, Me Worry? Yes.

'American Splendor' is one of the most celebrated movies of the year, and everybody loves my comic again. But … I dunno.

"...The first time I remember talking with Harvey Pekar was some 15..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Screens Feature by Harvey Pekar

Bill Cotter's Parallel Apartments Are Full of Freaks Like You and Me

And the author presents a wine-fueled glimpse at BookPeople tomorrow.

"...Bill Cotter's new novel, The Parallel Apartments, should come with one of those Government Warning Labels...."

Feb. 24, 2014 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Josh Rosenblatt Has Seen the Future, and It Isn't Pretty

Magic eight-balling 2008, month by month

"...Film critics and I looked back at 2007 and came up with our list of the 10 best movies..."

Jan. 3, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...Doyle Bramhall II glanced over his shoulder and gave me a piercing look. Queued up at the vinyl room..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Still a Good Day

Ice Cube's coexisting Gs: gangsta rap and G-rated

"..."Straight outta Compton, crazy motherfucker named Ice Cube!"..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Day Labors - Night Falls

Austin's Day Labor Site Attracts Drugs, Criminals

"...the trucks that routinely pull in to pick up day laborers had long stopped coming. Cokley was fatally wounded..."

Aug. 30, 1996 News Feature

"Pillow" Talk

Terri Thomas on what's behind the sex in her Big Medium art show

"...scenester alike, though perhaps for different reasons. That inspired me to speak with the artist about the show. The..."

June 5, 2014 Arts Post by Seth Orion Schwaiger

'Magic' Game Day at the Dragon's Lair

"..."Well, I wouldn't exactly call it a sport," Brian Melcher (events coordinator at the Dragon's Lair) told me Saturday,..."

July 16, 2007 Sports Post by Sofia Resnick

General Lee and Me

My life and dirty times as a Jam & Jelly Girl with Dino Lee & the White Trash Revue

"...It's nearly 1am on a sweltering summer night in 1985. I'm lying on my back on..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Found a Job

If your job isn't what you love, then something isn't right

"...Food arrived in my mail at the Austin Sun sometime in 1978 and languished in the stacks until one..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro

Carson Brock's grandmother is looking out for him, and other tales from the 'bless their heart' file

"..."Would you talk to my grandson?"..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Joe Montana – Nice Guy, Pretty Good Football Player

"...included booze, bottle rockets, the improper use of a Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, or a dirty blonde at the end of..."

July 2, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

World AIDS Day: No One Untouched

Roger Temme on why we still observe World AIDS Day

"...For much of today’s younger LGBTQ generation, AIDS is a thing of the..."

Nov. 27, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock and Mike D Talk Trap, Basketball, Bogus Conspiracies, SXSW, and Their New Book

"We realized that all we do have, before this started and after it ends, is the three of us.”

"...their own accounts, the Beastie Boys never spent much time considering their futures. Now that the relative future is..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Take Two Aspirin and Ping Me in the Morning

Heath care: an oral future

"...Translating a message that might save mankind, John Nosta sounds like one..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Let's Talk About Sex, Bay-bee

AISD Teaches Kids About the Birds and Bees

"...Hayes, an educator from Planned Parenthood of Austin, is talking about sex. Needless to say, the students are riveted..."

May 2, 1997 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Last Day of Summer

White Denim pours 'Corsicana Lemonade'

"...A friend there had died. I relocated for something that had passed, and it dawned on me soon..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Page Two: It Was Thirty Years and a Day and a Half Ago

It's hard to get unstuck from the past when it's still so present

"...I want to weigh in on the everyday, week after week Chronicle that you hold in your..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Column by Louis Black

Pretty in Pink: A Gabriela Bucio Story

The millennial Midas brings reggaeton and Mexican regional to Sixth Street and beyond

"...she reigns with a millennial Midas touch. Her buzzing, women-friendly hot spots are like the pink pre-roll cones with..."

July 8, 2022 Music Feature by Christina Garcia

One-Two Punch

Gene Luen Yang's 'Boxers' and 'Saints' duo takes on the Boxer Rebellion

"...for the National Book Award in 2006, when his American Born Chinese received the honor, and Yang's recent two-edition..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

One More for Her

Dale Watson turns his grief into an album.

"...hand. Hank Williams set the standard, but soak up some of Roy Acuff's hardscrabble hillbilly laments, or Johnny Cash's..."

July 27, 2001 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

The Women of Hot Luck Fest Talk Food and Music

15 chefs share kitchen tunes & exclusive bites

"...food and music and just having a damn good time. The stacked lineup of talent from both realms really..."

May 24, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Professor Dumpster Wanted a Dialogue – He Got One

Nora Ankrum responds to the bowtie backlash

"...I was scrolling through my Facebook feed Friday night when I spotted Dan Solomon’s Texas Monthly blog..."

March 11, 2015 News Post by Nora Ankrum

One Cop, Two Cop ...
How Many New Cops?

Council approves 47 new APD hires – with perhaps a change in the air

"...City Council debate over the public safety budget concluded pretty much as they all do: The police, fire department,..."

Sept. 23, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

Me and My Friends

Walking on the wild side with Red Hot Chili Peppers' guitarist John Frusciante

"...Frusciante is pure music. On a hazy, Southern California summer morning on the Sunset Strip, in a hotel conference..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Another Rotten Day

John Lydon on the Radio, Punk Rock, and Reunions

"...bed" (background music), the sneery working class British voice welcomes you to "another Rotten Day."..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Music Feature

Austin Musicians of Color Talk About the Pandemic's Outsized Impact on Their Communities

COVID-19 extends into all realities of Austin's pervasive inequality

"...threatened by COVID-19's iniquitous effects on their communities. Local practitioners know there's a cruel, wide-ranging stasis baked into their..."

June 19, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Making Offers No One Can Refuse

The Five Families of Austin improv go Out of Bounds with the 13th annual comedy festival

"...The Hideout. Merlin Works. ColdTowne. The New Movement. The Institution Theater. Ladies..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

She's One of Us

Mike Clark-Madison Profiles New City Manager Toby Futrell

"...at the thought of being "profiled" in the local media. "Do you know how weird this feels?"..."

June 7, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: One Step Forward, Two Steps ...

The Texas Democrats walk back their walkout amid hard feelings, flashes of hope

"...of the Texas House. At 4pm or so last Thursday, for the first time in six weeks, a quorum..."

Aug. 27, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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