Sex, Lies, and Katie Folger

The Austin artist on her new show, Getting in Bed With the Pizza Man

"...The two years of masks, lockdowns, and bubbles are all part of..."

May 11, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Questioning AI

Terrible taste is pretty much hardwired into the American aesthetic

"...– I immediately suspect they are trying to trigger my RHCPPTSD and bait me into some inflammatory statement like,..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

The Luv Doc: A Nonconsensual Polyamorous Relationship

Why does Donald Trump never spray-tan his eye sockets?

"...in a relationship which I broke off due to my boyfriend's ex sexting him. When confronted he minimized it..."

July 1, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

The COVID-19 Long Haulers

Nearly 1 in 3 coronavirus survivors have strange, often changing symptoms without known causes or cures. Here’s what they and their doctors are doing about it.

"...experts have yet to resolve. How long will symptoms last? What causes them? Why do some people experience long..."

March 26, 2021 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Video Festival Reaches 5

Local DIY videos mingle with the big leagues, Austin Music Commission forecasts 2020, and Federico Pacheco leads KOOP into its next quarter-century

"...Half a decade ago, Anthony Erickson and Jeremy Roye launched the Austin Music Video Festival as a..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Swingle All the Way!

Stritch, Caruso deliver hit holiday cabaret from Birdland

"...is Stritch, who also shares a Sunday night residency with Caruso at Bemelmans Bar at the Carlyle. "Billy and..."

Dec. 20, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Hyperlocal for the Holidays

From shoes to dollhouses to leather goods, these Austin designers are doing it their way

"...advocate devoting the day after Thanksgiving to lounging around with leftovers and loved ones and saving those holiday gift-buying..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Features Feature by Nina Hernandez

The Luv Doc: Facial Hair

In the end the mortality rate of bearded vs. non-bearded people is exactly the same

"...punishment compared to whatever the fuck is going on with Guy Fieri's hair. It's like if Flea from the..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

The Bandera Way

Scenes from a marriage in four acts.

"...After years of appearing on each other's albums and performing together,..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Beck

"...all. Instead, its tall folder holds two pockets filled with beautifully designed sheet music – 20 individual compositions to..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Music Review by Graham Reynolds

Heart & Soul, Part 2

Second half of lengthy Q&A with Huey Lewis

"...Last October, for Huey Lewis & the News' concert at..."

July 19, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Marley

Stir it Up: Finally, there's an authoritative film biography of Bob Marley.

"...At last there exists an authoritative, comprehensive, and detailed study of..."

April 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Special Kaye

Vaudeville, Broadway, TV, film &ndash Kaye Ballard has done it all

"...With seven decades of credits in every aspect of show..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Off the Record

Fun Fun Fun Fest by the numbers and Asleep at the Wheel's Top 40

"...Fun Fun Fun Fest this weekend at Waterloo Park with a mock-epic press conference in early August, complete with..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Sundance Announces Shorts Program

Texans get the nod

"...In the short doc category, Amy Grappell will screen "Quadrangle," which is described as "an..."

Dec. 8, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

If You're a Viper

From 'La Cucaracha' to Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson: P-O-T

"...across the Rio Grande, many settling around San Antonio. With them came a curious song called "La Cucaracha," known..."

May 25, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Interviews

They said what?

"...the duo in 1963. Ira's tragic death followed two years later...."

March 9, 2007 Music Feature

To Your Health

With a small change in lifestyle a person should be able to eat a variety of wholesome foods and remain gout free

"...had a couple of episodes of foot pain that my doctor diagnosed as gout, but in all my 63..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

TV Eye

Friends is dead. Long live Friends. Now, can we move on?

"...After enduring weeks of hype, the series finally ended last week. It was the end of an era, we..."

May 14, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Dream Lady

Cindy Walker, the queen of Western Swing, reflects on a lifetime of songwriting

"..."Dream Baby," "Bubbles in My Beer," "You Don't Know Me" – if Cindy Walker..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Texas in the Title

"..."Texas Flyer" manages to modernize and funkify the blues without undermining its foundation. Sadly, King died of a heart..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature by Greg Beets

After a Fashion

Join Stephen on his adventures with Buh-buh-buh-buh-Bing's widow, some cuties at Club DeVille, and the scene at Factory People, Austin's latest grab at its allocated 15 minutes.

"...but the Club DeVille Fall Fashion Show was not without its moments -- several provided by Blue Velvet, who,..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Zoot Allure

Don't Take the class, charm, and reputation for granted

"...granted. When Erika and Bick Brown opened Zoot, along with chef Stewart Scruggs, Austin was still in its culinary..."

June 20, 2003 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Letters at 3AM

A Little Late, For Bix

"...-- empire. So that day, few noted that 100 years ago in Davenport, Iowa, there was born a white..."

May 16, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

Even though 2002 was an exceptional year for American cinema, American art has never been more marginalized, ghettoized, and controlled, than it is today.

"...Our "best-of" lists in the last Chronicle concurred that 2002 was an exceptional year in..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Greener Pastures

Youth, Joy, and Jean Arthur

"...a brand-new pair of soft leather hiking boots in my quest for the cow graveyard? Take my parents (please!)..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Where Are They Now?

The future of Music Televison

"...news, President Springsteen today announced progress in reunification talks with the breakaway Southwestern republics. Northern California was a reported..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

For the Good Times

The Life and Times of Texas country crooner, Ray Price.

"...the house. The old building was packed to the last row of the highest balcony, mainly with the forty-,..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Music Feature by David Cantwell

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...band venturing further into Beatles-esque Sixties pop influences along with their familiar hats-off to Buck Owens. It's country music..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Miracle Man

When an actor's bio claims 14,000 performances to his credit, you rather expect the fellow to have some good stories. And Eddie Bracken doesn't disappoint. In anticipation of his appearance at a screening of Preston Sturges' The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Bracken talks about Sturges, Betty Hutton, Hollywood, and hitchhiking.

"...and madness, the egos and excitement, that go along with showbiz and show people. And Eddie Bracken doesn't disappoint...."

Feb. 18, 2000 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

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