Magic Mike’s Last Dance

Come for Channing Tatum dancing. Stay for … Channing Tatum dancing.

"...Steven Soderbergh. Starring: Channing Tatum, Salma Hayek Pinault, Nancy Carroll, Ayub Khan Din, Jemelia George and Caitlin Gerard...."

Feb. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

The Multifarious Mike Wiebe

Music, comedy, faux-Christianity: the many faces of the Drakulas/Riverboat Gamblers frontman

"...Last time the Chronicle profiled Mike Wiebe, 14 years ago, the reporter paid for a..."

June 12, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Playback: No Really, How Are You?

Daniel Johnston provides backstory to Hi, How Are You? Day, plus the first 2017/18 Austin Music Awards talent reveal

"...Poison 13 singer Mike Carroll, hospitalized since late last year with bacterial meningitis,..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Total Sound Group Direct Action Committee: A New Campaign

Begin your write-in campaign for Poison 13 duo Tim Kerr and Mike Carroll to reunite Total Sound Group Direct Action Committee – possibly at Grizzly Hall, with Leo Rondeau opening!

"...at the millennium from the loins of veteran screecher Mike Carroll and Big Boys guitarist Tim Kerr. The pair..."

May 27, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Spotlight

This terrific newspaper movie gets all the elements right

"...film reflects the many essential players in a newsroom. Mike Rezendes (Ruffalo) and Sacha Pfeiffer (McAdams) are the team’s..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Agnes Browne

"...of anything going on. The plot (taken from Brendan O'Carroll's novel The Mammy) is a threadbare skein of shopworn..."

April 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Our Bands Are Bands

"...post-punk, pitting Big Boys bruiser Chris Gates with roadie/vocalist Mike Carroll, future Meat Purveyor Bill Anderson, and drummer Jim..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Music Feature

The Chili Dog Fest Caps SXSW Local Style

Impressive lineup of musicians to benefit Central Texas Food Bank

"...3:15pm and the Crack Pipes leading A Howl for Mike Carroll honoring the recently passed local blues punk legend..."

March 15, 2018 Music Post by Mark Fagan

One Two Three Faw!

A brief history of Texas garage rock

"...hopped up garage blues. The Lord High Fixers, featuring Mike Carroll from Poison 13. Now Time Delegation, featuring Lisa..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Love Happens

You can probably guess what happens when Aaron Eckhart's widower meets Jennifer Aniston's lovelorn florist.

"...Jennifer Aniston, Aaron Eckhart, Dan Fogler, Martin Sheen, John Carroll Lynch, Judy Greer and Frances Conroy. Love Happens? It..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Music Recommended

"...Kerr and his Poison 13 partner in crime, vocalist Mike Carroll, are the dark witnesses to a blues perversion..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Music Feature

Poison 13, Meat Purveyors, and Churchwood Guitarist Bill Anderson Loads Out of Town

If not for Austin, “I don’t know if I would have been a musician at all”

"...band with Big Boys guitarist Tim Kerr, fellow roadie Mike Carroll, and drummer Jim Kanan. Poison 13 played garage..."

March 29, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Bombs, Beto, and the Biggest Music Stories of 2018

“Playback” recaps the news, trends, and controversies of the year. Outrage level: high.

"...13/Lord High Fixers/Total Sound Group Direct Action Committee singer Mike Carroll, venue owner and dance hall preservationist Steve Dean,..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Your Name Here

Big Boys guitarist Tim Kerr put Austin punk on the map, then spent the next quarter century painting on it

"...a side project with Gates and Big Boys' roadie-turned-vocalist Mike Carroll – and later to his neo-soul train Bad..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Dead Man Blues

7-CD box set contains all anyone could ever want to know about Charley Patton.

"...Guadalupe. Live music by the Bassholes, Tim Kerr & Mike Carroll. Free beer. Costumes encouraged...."

Oct. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Clay Smith

TV Eye

Jack Kerouac is turning over in his grave while middle-class kids "following their bliss" in The Open Road mangle his vision.

"...When Mike Marriner, Nathan Gebhard, and pals boarded their hideous lime-green..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

In the Beginning There Was... the Demo

Cutting Tracks and Everything After

"...for most singers, songwriters, and bands is the open mike circuit. The Cactus Cafe, Chicago House, the Austin Outhouse,..."

May 12, 1995 Music Feature

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

"...Jurassic 5 waxman Nu-Mark, and honorary Austinite Mix Master Mike. Hosted by Rakka from Dilated Peoples. (La Zona Rosa,..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature

Sxsw

"...MIKE NICOLAI: Nicolai wrote a song called "Too Damn Good,"..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Adam Carroll, Momo's, Wednesday 14

"...Adam CarrollMomo's, Wednesday 14..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Hess

Cumulative Staff Box

"...Live Shots: L.E. McCullough, Mike Lee..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

Football Prophecies

Dick Cheney, Butch Vig, and chicken wings all play a role in Week 7

"...Seattle at San Francisco: Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll’s cab incurs a flat tire en route to the..."

Oct. 20, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

The Little Station That Could

Austin's AAA station KGSR and its market ascendance.

"..."It's pretty much a one-of-a-kind station," says Mike Morrison of HITS magazine, a radio trade publication. "I..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...MIKE PETERS: Back when pop musicians thought they could change..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

1999-2000 Award Winners

"...18. Adam Carroll..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...MIKE ROSENTHAL: With Mike Rosenthal, Mike Rosenthal discovered his gift..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

All Wrapped Up

From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

"...Adapted from Irishman Brendan O'Carroll's bestselling novel, The Mammy, this Sixties-era drama kicks off..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Reading Aloud

SXSW 97 Spoken Word Showcases

"...When Mike Henry established this year's spoken word lineup, which will..."

March 14, 1997 Books Feature by Phil West

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...experiencing homelessness via maximum nourishment. Indie rock firebrand Lolita Carroll (aka Lolita Lynne) and synth-pop peer Dena Hope now..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Media Watch

Musical Managerial Chairs at KEYE, Emmis

"...thoughts. But Gardner stayed on, even after general manager Mike Reed was abruptly dumped by CBS last May. Now..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

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