TV Eye

O St. Clare, help us in this time of Emmy nominations.

"...Some weeks it's easy. Other times, it takes a miracle. Thank goodness, then, for St. Clare, the Patron Saint..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Scanlines

Dance With Me

"...Dirty Dancing with a more passionate soundtrack and Strictly Ballroom with less smarts, and you get a dance-romance that's..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Screens Feature

Live Shots

"...and "Bacon Square," the guys quickly warmed up the room with their high desert psych-out. The seamless guitar lead..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Music Feature

The Egg & I

How an experimental treatment for major depression introduced me to the medical magnet and the return of 'energetic' medicine

"...I'm on my back in a dimly lit room on the seventh floor of a Dallas research hospital...."

Aug. 23, 2013 News Feature by Greg Harman

Good Humor Man

Former 'Seinfeld' writer Pat Hazell is funny, upbeat, generous, and, oh, yeah, he lives here now

"...Why don't you save some room for a slice..."

May 26, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Off the Record

Coma in Algiers hand-delivers its goods, while Tia Carrera and Ignitor pay their last respects to Room 710

"...the band's first gig for the Gong Show at Room 710 in spring 2001, and for its final happy..."

July 24, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Undercover on High School's Ritziest Glitziest Night It All Goes Down at Prom

"...ignorant to my plight as I walked into fitting rooms with pile after pile of dresses. They could not..."

May 14, 1999 Arts Feature

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...Carl Perkins taking the stage at the convention center ballroom. "You're looking at an old rockabilly who backed out..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio?

The 100 Tunes of Oldies Rock Radio

"...Together" and "Say a Little Prayer." The KUT control room is equally as shiny and gleaming as the Clear..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Music Feature

25 Years Ago, Sublime Arrived in Austin and Cut One of the Decade's Biggest Albums

Local producer Paul Leary put some Austin in the Long Beach surf/punk/dub trio's mix

"...eye on Nowell, which meant occasional life-checks in the bathroom. Sullivan believes the great degree of chaos surrounding the..."

May 7, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Local Music to Livestream, Download, and Otherwise Enjoy Digitally

What we’re watching and listening to

"...deliriously brief Gruene Hall segments, ZZ Top's alchemical music miracle endures. The Blu-ray/DVD combo contains the 18-minute Gruene segment..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Fantastic Fest Is Here To Bash Your Brains In

Shock, schlock, and awe at America's premier genre fest

"...is giggling maniacally while chopping his way through my bathroom door with a fire axe. The joke's on him..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Saturday-Sunday SXSW Live Shots

Saturday night SXSW showcase reviews

"...Somehow, through some miracle of rock & roll resilience, English alt-hardcore experts Pulled..."

March 25, 2011 Music Feature

Capricorn Jesus

Sometimes outlaws walk on water

"...You meet him in a local hotel conference room one Sunday afternoon for an interview and watch him..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Music Feature by Melinda Hasting Wheatley

Thursday Picks

"...career-making year for singer-songwriter Eleni Mandell. The Los Angeleno's Miracle of Five (Zedtone), her sixth disc, won over audiences..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

ACL Fest Saturday Picks

"...11:45am, AT&T Blue Room stage..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature

Sk8 Baby Sk8

Austin author Inga Muscio (Cunt, Seal Press) reflects on her experience as a badass skateboard babe and wonders why more women in Austin don't fancy life on four wheels.

"...is!" Sini poked her head out of the TV room: "We got a good movie! Come watch it with..."

April 7, 2000 Features Feature by Inga M. Muscio

My Life in The Real World Kult

Please Take My MTV

"...be called a complete-ist. Yes, as a teenager my bedroom was plastered with posters of Duran Duran. Yes, I..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Screens Feature by Adrienne Martini

Chi’Lantro Expands, Taco Flats Expands, G’Raj Mahal Preps a Return, Delucca Opens, Épicerie Spotlights Kallas-Lee, Central Market Celebrates Hatch, and More, More, More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...through a traditional Brazilian rodízio, where servers circulate the room with slices of handcrafted pizza for guests to try..."

July 27, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Savannah Welch a Year Later

After losing her leg, the Trishas singer revisits the accident and her blessings

"...she panicked, but I told her it was a miracle Charlie hadn't been standing by her, and that angels..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Music Feature by William Harries Graham

Alejandro Escovedo’s Hurricane Honeymoon

Rocker’s Category 4 account: “I thought, We might not make this"

"...the path. All we can hope for, by some miracle, is that when it hits landfall it dissipates. Or..."

Sept. 23, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Weekdays at Bernie's

Film's best-known dead guy is alive and kicking in Austin

"...come to his acting studio in a black performance room at East Austin's Salvage Vanguard The­ater in an effort..."

June 28, 2013 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Sara Smile Still

Behind Sara Hickman's sunny countenance lies real life. And still a smile.

"...and the house quite literally revolves around it, with rooms spoking in every direction...."

May 7, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Looking for Las Vegas

An Austin playwright discovers Sin City by going to Louisville

"...one thing from life in the theatre, it's that miracles don't like questions...."

May 5, 2006 Arts Feature by Dan Dietz

Southern Comfort

The Chronicle food staff has scoured Austin in search of the city's best down-home eateries; they're served up within.

"...one side and dining tables in all the other rooms. As you snake your way through the line of..."

March 3, 2000 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Bruised Egos

Fourth Place

"...I caught my breath. I stopped outside Mr. McGinty's classroom and silently recited the lines once more. Did I..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Features Feature by Jackie Dana

Exhibitionism

Chronicle Art Reviews

"...with the slack-jawed amazement of one present at a miracle. James McDonald's Claudio burns with indignation as he accuses..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Arts Review

Live Shots

"...having Paul McCartney play for them in a small room and then pose for pictures afterwards. First, though, James..."

July 4, 1997 Music Feature

Xenophobia?

International Acts at SXSW

"...were simple yet courageous, and the production by Mitchell Froom (Elvis Costello, Los Lobos, Richard Thompson) was understated yet..."

March 7, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Record Reviews

"...stapled to my noggin, sitting quietly in a darkened room lit only by the 300-plus gonesh sticks I'd smuggled..."

March 7, 1997 Music Review

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