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"...as her pinky-finger-sized record store, Needle on the Records, with vintage posters plastered across its small interior walls. “The..."

May 16, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Qmmunity: Taking Yourself on a Date

Make sure to make time for the coolest queer you know, aka you.

"...because I am also a professional writer, which means my sleep schedule is done 80% while the sun's shining...."

April 18, 2025 Column by James Scott

Austin Punk Chronicles: "Hard, Fast & Unapologetic" – Raul's Shifts Into Fourth Gear

In the wake of the one-night debut of the Skunks and the Violators, Austin punk begins in earnest in Chapter 5, Part 2 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...Muñoz grins at his bandmate. "But cranking it out with a really good drummer, you got really good at..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Austin Punk Chronicles: The Shock of the New – The Violators and the Skunks Invade Raul's

14 days after the Sex Pistols break up and mainstream media declares punk dead, Austin's scene begins at a Tejano bar on the Drag in Chapter 5, Part 1 of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...piece about Austin as "a rather uptight little place with paintings of giant rats along one inner wall and..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Qmmunity: Rainbow Month Rolls On

Waterloo Greenway goes ROYGBIV, the Paramount has a ball, and Cheer Ups looks camp in the eye

"...but some are less palatable. To be they/them'd when my pronouns are in my email signature! It's giving regressive..."

June 10, 2022 Column by James Scott

Faster Than Sound: Nine Records That Inspired Austin Author Fernando A. Flores' Valleyesque

From Pauline Oliveros to Big Boys, sounds behind the surreal South Texas-rooted story collection

"...pairs a quote from canonical outsider William S. Burroughs with a supremely lesser-known figure. A lyric from Marc Hardcore,..."

June 3, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...Randy’s Rodeo in San Antonio, 44 years ago this week, and the immediate aftershocks it sent through the local..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...Bentley's day job as counterculture biweekly The Austin Sun's music editor afforded him a panoramic..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

A Look at Women Leaders in the Kitchen and at Austin Food + Wine Festival

We chat with the other 25%

"...visual evidence of the food world's not-so-secret gender disparities with a series of pie charts. At best, 25% of..."

April 27, 2018 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Lana Del Rey Hypnotizes

Throwback diva prompts Erwin Center to song

"...to “13 Beaches” in her breathy haze, I found myself hypnotized...."

Feb. 12, 2018 Music Post by Isabella Castro-Cota

Kaci and the Wagakkiband: A SXSW Interview

Rock + traditional Japanese instruments = 俊英!

"...the adoring crowd at SXSW's Des Moines Embassy last week, Chronicle freelancer (and sometimes cover model) Kaci Beeler stopped..."

March 23, 2016 Arts Post by Kaci Beeler

UT, OU Take Different Approaches to Racist Speech

OU takes swift action, while UT declines to punish students, citing freedom of speech

"...would take bold action against Fiji. At the time, Marilyn Russell, coordinator of sorority and fraternity life in the..."

March 20, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

From the Vaults: Stewart Stern on Writing Rebel Without a Cause

In a story we ran in 2000, the screenwriter tells Chale Nafus all about it

"...last Friday that Stewart Stern, the screenwriter of Rebel Without a Cause; Sybil; Rachel, Rachel; and The Ugly American,..."

Feb. 10, 2015 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Good Eye: Trendhopping

If a "Rare Trend" is defined as quality fabrics, expert stitching, and an exacting eye, call us trendy

"...It was the sundress that first caught my eye – not terribly appropriate for fall, I know,..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Joanna Barbera’s Seven-Year Itch

On tour, in video, and at Holy Mountain tonight!

"...Like Marilyn Monroe, Joanna Barbera has a seven-year itch. In June,..."

March 27, 2014 Music Post by Abby Johnston

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...Those local Sundance Film Festival favorites you've been reading..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

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..."

Aug. 23, 2013 News Feature by Greg Harman

Bombshell Incoming

'Smash' star Megan Hilty launches Zach concert series tonight

"...theatre legend Bernadette Peters to bless the Topfer Theatre with its first performance. Now, for the launch of its..."

June 18, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

'Face Off' Recap: Fast And Furry

Zombies vs. werewolves is nothing compared to backstage fights

"...fan: When will someone build the perfect werewolf? Last week's episode of SyFy's makeup effects Face Off added a..."

March 5, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: Reveries

Beauty is something you don't have to deserve

"...It's not grammatical to begin and end paragraphs with ellipses, but that punctuation conveys a kind of sliding...."

Nov. 16, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Lubitsch's Last Hurrah

New AFS Essential Cinema series covers the 'Touch' from pre-war to 'Cluny Brown'

"..."and then he said something better" – that's moviedom's mythical "Lubitsch Touch." That's what Lubitsch asked of all his..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Logan Ganshirt's Arting Your Billboard

Eyes on the road. Eyes on the board. Eyes on the road.

"...basic definition of art in the first place, yes? My first week in Austin was more than 22 years..."

Aug. 7, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Letters at 3AM: The Return of Our Angel

Marilyn Monroe has returned to us recently in various guises

"...think I've ever met a writer I'd like as my judge."..."

March 9, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Freeway View

A fresh slap of paint and new ZIP code for Austin clubs

"...Beauty Ballroom the day of its first show last week, the slap of fresh paint on the banister echoed..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Austin and the Academy

'Tree of Life,' 'Bullhead' score Oscar nominations

"...Best Picture, were all recognized for their work. The Academy didn’t release the exact names of the producers nominated,..."

Jan. 24, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

My Week With Marilyn

Based on the memories of Colin Clark, this movie recounts his time getting to know Marilyn Monroe while she was in England shooting The Prince and the Showgirl with Laurence Olivier.

"...when the most famous movie star in the world, Marilyn Monroe, came to England to co-star with acting legend..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dining del Lago 2010

What a difference some rain makes! The water is blue, the hills are green, and several new restaurants are cooking near area lakes.

"...wine bar have been transformed into an inviting bistro with an open kitchen, decorative wine racks, and comfortable seating..."

July 2, 2010 Food Feature

Austin Art Space Gallery & Studios

Austin Art Space offers happy art rainbows hidden in a strip mall

"...Walden, Nikki Atkinson, Martha Keating, Keva Richardson, Claire Hees, Marilyn Rea Nasky, and Debbie Willhite are the nine artists..."

April 17, 2009 Arts Review by Rachel Koper

The Bad News on Bettie Page

Bettie Page in coma following heart attack

"...Egads but it's been a lousy week for genre film fans. We'll get around to all..."

Dec. 10, 2008 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Off the Record

Greezy Wheels shift their gears for a midnight ramble, Black Joe Lewis preps for the Chronicle's annual Hot Sauce Festival, American Analog Set's Andrew Kenny rewinds back to Austin, and the lineup for the 2008 Fun Fun Fun Fest is in

"...Fun Fun Fun Fest, Nov. 8-9, in Waterloo Park, with Nirvana's Krist Novoselic in tow. The third annual event,..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

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