Best Year of Her Life

After her hellish 2012, comedian Tig Notaro is feeling great

"...In simpler times, comedian Tig Notaro was compelled to jest on the..."

Oct. 14, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

'The NFL Beat': Combine Commentary

On the exceptional 2012 draft class

"...This is “The NFL Beat” and for the first time in my life I have writer's block. I keep..."

March 1, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Bob Byington Sees the World, Writes Home About It

Harmony and Me's adventures in Australia

"...When Bob Byington took his comedy Harmony and Me to Australia, we asked him to..."

March 8, 2011 Screens Post by Bob Byington

Honoring Allies: The Home Edition

A very personal memory of two important allies

"...I want to tell you about some special people who had nearly everything to do with..."

Oct. 27, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Julie Gillis

Gone Gone Gone

The Head Cat himself, Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister, talks in his sleep.

"...bad interviews, where every question pitched results in a one-sentence answer. My 10-minute phoner with Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister wasn’t..."

May 7, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Now You Shouldn’t Be Scared

Del tha Funky Homosapien wakes up for ACL

"...I got this text message an hour after Del tha Funky Homosapien planned on..."

Sept. 25, 2008 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

War Stories

Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro collaborate to document one wounded soldier's transformation into 'anti-warrior'

"...inevitable that Phil Donahue, the father of the modern daytime TV talk show, would make an anti-war film. This..."

March 14, 2008 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Continued Story

Daniel Johnston's songs find new life in the rock opera Speeding Motorcycle

"...Glass Eye. We were a very popular and critically acclaimed band, but we never "made it." (If we had,..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Arts Feature by Kathy McCarty

Teaching Themselves

The filmmakers, cast, and crew of Chalk learned valuable lessons with little in the way of a plan or a budget

"...School is out, but something's going on. Laughter reverberates through the hallways. People wander..."

May 18, 2007 Screens Feature by Toddy Burton

Letters @ 3AM

These Lubbock friends of mine were always writing books – thick notebooks of drawings and words

"...just moved back to the Texas panhandle when the documentary Lubbock Lights screened in a theatre on Lubbock's Buddy..."

March 16, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Just in Time for Nader '08

Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan on An Unreasonable Man

"...Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan, who met as stand-up comedians in the Eighties, maintain that they..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Cardinals Down the Drain: To Night the Impossible Mare?

"...After the fold below are some text-message exchanges between a family member – one of..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

Restaurant Service: A Discussion

Twelve Austin professionals come to the table in an effort to define, demystify, and defend the most controversial aspect of dining out.

"...what is it about service in restaurants? How many times have you heard someone say, "The food is great,..."

March 31, 2006 Food Feature by MM Pack

Miguel and the Miracles

Why Austin's most revered restaurant, Fonda San Miguel, is still in business against all odds.

"...One day last week, Miguel Ravago, the executive chef of..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Food Feature by Clay Smith

Married to the Mob

"...Editor Louis Black and Publisher Nick Barbaro both married former Chronicle food writers. Black is married to Anne Lewis..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

The Commissioner Has Left the Building

Johnny Torrez was one of the first Austin comics to work on a professional level, and every local comic who ever made a living in the business credits the self-proclaimed "Commissioner of Comedy" as an early influence and inspiration. On Valentine's Day, the Commissioner died. Here's how he is remembered.

"...The memory of the mythical Austin of yore continues to grow..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Austin Studios Takes Flight

The past year has been witness to an amazingly cooperative tag-team project between the Austin Film Society, the Austin City Council, and the Mueller Neighborhood Coalition that -- as of now -- has resulted in a superstar studio setup that could well change the very fabric of filmmaking in Austin.

"...don't stumble across much in the real world these days, neatly encased in a Hollywood dream-factory sheen of its..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

To Sitcom Hell and Back

Getting her own sitcom nearly killed Margaret Cho, and she talks about the experience in her new show I'm the One That I Want.

"...distillation of the concept of the heroic journey, a metaphor of life in which a hero leaves the comfort..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Postmarks

Do the Right Thing

"...Waste site at Austin Community Landfill ["Environs," Vol.17, No.27] seemed to miss the main point about our plan to..."

March 27, 1998 Column

Page Two

"...One day at the start of the summer of 1968,..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Column by Louis Black

Country Doctor

The Pickin' Singin' Professor, Rod Moag

"...hours in the dusty back reaches of a library somewhere," says Rod Moag. No, he's the kind of scholar..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Austin's Comic Strippers: Part of the Big Picture

Divya Srinivasan

"...paid $100 of her deposit at the White House Women's Residence for the door she turned into a work..."

May 12, 1995 Books Feature

A Summer of Protests to Reclaim Power From the Police

"Whose streets? Our streets."

"...Brenda Ramos wanted to talk about the loss of her son, Mike, about what..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Devil and William Friedkin

The director's journey from The Exorcist to a real exorcism

"...a couch in the Four Seasons and stares at me. "Possession," he intoned, "is a religious-based disease."..."

Jan. 5, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Is Austin's Growing Dance Music Scene in Need of Its Own HQ?

We talk to a dozen members of ATX’s electronic music community

"...Everyone from graphic designers to grandpas goes two-stepping, but even..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Wes Anderson vs. Texas' Wild Birds

Woodcut artist Lisa Brawn explains "Quién Es Más Macho?"

"...To any old Joe Sixpack, famed indie-film characters such as Zero Moustafa or Richie Tenenbaum..."

July 11, 2016 Arts Post by Mary Cantrell

Stoners, Killers, and Kissing Miss Piggy

Topher Grace on assassination comedy American Ultra

"...If you're looking for someone to blame for Austin's ever-swelling population, then stop hunting...."

Aug. 21, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bedside Manner: Entirely Suitable for Younger Audiences

Jaime deBlanc-Knowles revisits a freaky YA book from her youth

"...During a long, twisty Wikipedia search tracking down the name of a book illustrator, I ran across the cover..."

Oct. 29, 2012 Books Post by Jaime deBlanc-Knowles

'Sheds'

Short Story Contest third-place winner

"...the mailbox in my bare feet. The mail just comes every other day. I was having some kind of..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Books Feature by Melanie Westerberg

FF2011: 'No Rest for the Wicked' (or for Ryan Schifrin)

How to build a short into a franchise

"...Maltese and Diabolik. But this is more than a one-off homage: Instead, this is just the latest stage in..."

Oct. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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