Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...By his own admission, Ronald Reagan could play the folk song/cowboy classic “Red River Valley”..."

April 12, 2024 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

AFF Review: I'll Be There

Austin-made cancer dramedy casts a little MJ glitter over the pain

"...in the county morgue next door is the recently-deceased Michael Jackson, who may or may not be appearing to..."

Oct. 30, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Photos From 2022-2023 Austin Music Awards

"...better.” To which Max Deems added, “I hate Ronald Reagan.” Andrew Nogay concluded, “I’m going to use this award..."

March 1, 2023 Photo Gallery

What We're Listening to This Week

Dayglow, Sunny Sweeney, Chucky Blk, Alexi 8bit, and more local sounds worth your time

"...love song – this time dedicated to his wife, Reagan. The track instructs the essence of People in Motion:..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Music Column by Kriss Conklin

Review: Gilbert & Sullivan Austin’s The McAdo

Spry rewrite of the classic operetta swaps kimonos for kilts

"...a traveling musician named Nanky Doug (the charming tenor, Michael Kelley Dixon), who is really the son of the..."

June 17, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Black Angels & Kikagaku Moyo, Video Age & Shy Boys, Exhumed & Creeping Death, ST 37 & the Gary, Arooj Aftab, and Kool Keith

"...the music on which this festival was built. – Michael Toland Video Age & Shy Boys Mohawk, Friday 29..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Music Column by Michael Toland

From the Music Desk

On Willie, Billy, Stevie Ray, Blaze, and more highlights from four decades of covering Austin music

"...By Michael Hall..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Michael Hall

Live and Recorded Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Black Pistol Fire, BLXPLTN, Jazz for a cause, and more

"...and Austin City Limits Executive Producer Terry Lickona emcee. – Michael Toland Full Moon Festival..."

July 23, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...fairly accurate. Don't imagine keyboardist Jan Flemming and drummer Michael Longoria aping Miles Davis or Stanley Clarke, however –..."

May 14, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

All-Star Austin Contingent Gets Out the Vote Covering R.E.M

A. Sinclair, Jana Horn & Royal Forest cover “scathing satire”

"...the hard right politics and unmitigated capitalism of the Reagan era. Unsurprisingly, the lyrics remain relevant today...."

Oct. 13, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Turning Williamson County a Bluer Shade of Purple

Wading through the new political landscape of the Austin suburbs

"...didn't take a lot of work. When my colleague Michael King spoke to Rep. John Bucy III – whose..."

May 10, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Follow the Money ... to the Polls

Election funds flow to and from candidates and PACs

"...its odd, though fully disclosed, $10,000 in-kind swap with Reagan National Advertising...."

Oct. 19, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Election Ticker: Travis Turning Out

Voter registration deadlines come and gone

"...critic Jim Skaggs; another $5,000 from Planet K tycoon Michael Kleinman; an unsurprising $500 from Council Member Ellen Troxclair..."

Oct. 12, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Outlaw Sounds

Ethan Hawke and Ben Dickey on their favorite Blaze Foley and Townes Van Zandt songs

"...Deputy (Dep'ty) Dawg aka (born to the world as) Michael David Fuller...."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Ben Dickey

Chronicle Endorsements

Recommendations for the run-off

"...attempted the uphill battle against entrenched millionaire GOP incumbent Michael McCaul – never achieving 40% of the vote. We..."

May 11, 2018 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...Ormide Armstrong, the Boss Street Brass Band evolved from Reagan High School's famed Soul Raider Marching Band and Soul..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

The Chronicle’s 2017 Holiday Political Survival Guide

Borscht in a Bag, a male chastity belt, and more gifts to get you through the rut

"...one gift category where it's the thoughtlessness that counts. – Michael King..."

Dec. 8, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Car Seat Headrest

"...pop, Toledo draws from a different side of the Reagan/Thatcher era: American college rock. The band's six-string racket –..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Music Feature

A Guide to Confederate Monuments in Austin

Where to find them, for as long as they're still standing

"...News writer Michael King addresses historical illiteracy and the problem with celebrating..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature

Nonprofits and the City's Quest for Affordable Housing

Helping usher Austin out of a quagmire of inequality

"...for households with less than 30% MFI, in particular. Michael Gerber, HACA's CEO, said that locally, this demographic still..."

July 14, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Can a Working Musician Find a Decent Job in This Town?

Musicians looking to subsidize their poverty-level passion already have one strike against them

"...have remained more or less the same since the Reagan administration even as the cost of living here has..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Music Feature by Leslie Sisson

Top 40 Vices Playlist

A walk on the wild side with songs of the seven deadly sins

"..."Miami Vice Theme," Jan Hammer Michael Mann's 1985-89 network television smash rode New Wave's hairstyles,..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Stranger Things Blasts Local Synth Quartet Survive Into Orbit

Scoring the Netflix summer hit

"...Though Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein produced the series' score, the show's creators employed..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Between Ships and Static

The "grandfather of Austin's avant-garde," Rick Reed, only don't call him that!

"...Although much of the Reagan era didn't impress Reed musically, across the pond a..."

May 20, 2016 Music Feature by Conor Walker

Lust for Life

The 2015/16 Austin Music Awards' bedrock mania

"...And yet in the year of Ronald "Bonzo" Reagan's re-election – remember, conspirators, John Lennon was martyred a..."

March 11, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

News Roundup: Council and the Court

Scalia's death shakes up high court; Council continues Uber battle

"...the Daily News and this week’s print edition. – Michael King..."

Feb. 15, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

Education Reporter Michael Brick Dead

Author of book on Reagan High dies of cancer

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...Darby Stanchfield, Larry Fessenden, Graham Skipper, James Landry Hebert, Michael Villar..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Education Reporter Michael Brick Dead

Author of book on Reagan High dies of cancer

"...among the state's small cadre of education reporters. Austinite Michael Brick, a Houston Chronicle reporter and the author of..."

Feb. 8, 2016 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...premiere of Mike Birbiglia's comedy Don't Think Twice with Keegan-Michael Key and Community's Gillian Jacobs. Jake Gyllenhaal loses it..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

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