Playback: Headhunters Closes

Headhunters shuts down, Psych Fests both successful and contentious, and Wayne 'The Train' Hancock recuperates while Sons of Fathers call it a day

"...dive population dropped last week when Headhunters closed without notice. Owner Steve Ricci declined official comment, but acknowledged he's..."

May 9, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: ACL Fest – Can't Stop the Music

ACL Fest met both supply and demand. Mostly.

"...back stroke, thus causing ACL's last day to be canceled. That's not to say the new two-weekend model wasn't..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Police Pushing Pedicabbers' Patience

Are pedicab regulations out of touch?

"...drop-off points designated in Dirtnail's "operating authority." He says another of his drivers, at Fourth Street and Colorado, "was..."

Sept. 17, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Page Two: Mad Dreaming

Loud, barely intelligible SXSW incantations

"...the end – since we know nothing, pure..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Learning Curve

Lessons from the Long Center's first six months

"...important soothsayer you could name could have foreseen," Redd notes. "We learned a lot about the public's reactions to..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

From Austin to Neptune

Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas on the rise of his career-making cult favorite

"...he do it while working in Hollywood, a place not exactly known for its warmth and sensitivity?..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Loving TV's losers.

"...Michael 'Lucky' Linkletter in the new FX series, Lucky (not on USA, as I wrote last week). Ellie Riggs..."

April 18, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

On the Lege

This week at the circus, er, Lege.

"...House appropriators on Friday morning. Two days earlier, before another House committee, Hawkins had suggested the news wouldn't be..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Column by Michael King

TV Eye

The pre-Top 10, unofficial year in review.

"...From the Not-So-Fast Files: Considering I'm not much of a David E...."

Dec. 27, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Dancing About Architecture

Rave chaos part 2, plus Kerrville Kaos brings Direct Events Ghenghis Kahn Tim O'Connor out of retirement.

"...event as a second day of their own get-together. Not that it mattered to many people. Only a couple..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Terrorist attacks rock America while Frank Kozik drops his own bomb.

"...of late Tuesday, at least Jimmie Vaughan had already canceled his scheduled Waterloo Records in-store that afternoon out of..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Jimmie Vaughan skips Dubya's inaugural ball, while the Austin Music Network gets a reprieve from the city as the SIMS Foundation tries to spend $62,000 and fast.

"...the latter opted out when the main gala was canceled and the alternate party he was offered conflicted with..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Clifford Antone receives a sentence; Heinz Geissler takes over the Antone's Records label; Ed Hamell is hospitalized after a car accident.

"...full force at the federal courthouse last Thursday, with not one but two major trials under way that merited..."

June 2, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

TV Eye

Is there anything worse than that long stretch before the start of the fall season? Thank God for cable.

"...October on network television. Thank goodness there's cable television, not to mention books, new magazines to peruse, the summer..."

June 2, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Something Completely Different

Comedy writers Bob Odenkirk and David Cross took everything they’d learned from past comic masters and made their Mr. Show variety show into something completely different.

"...posthumous Emmy (it was given after the show was canceled) with Odenkirk and the show's other writers...."

Oct. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Ron Deutsch

Hootie and the Reivers?

"...There are some who don't find the shutdown surprising, noting that Sector 2 has repeatedly downsized over the years,..."

Feb. 9, 1996 Music Column

I Used To Go Here

Delayed coming-of-age comedy still has some maturing to do

"...window to come-of-age is beautiful and brief, slammed shut not long after it’s been cracked open. In following years,..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Shalavé Cawley

Have Austin's Magicians Vanished for Good?

With the coronavirus shutdown, it's now you see 'em, now you don't

"...by society shutting down, venues shuttering, and gigs being canceled. And we inquired what magicians were doing to pass..."

April 17, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Bon Appétit Test Kitchen Crew Has Answers

Nine pro chefs and YouTube personalities tackle our burning food Qs

"...In advance of their now-canceled appearance at South by Southwest Conference, the Chronicle did..."

March 20, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Sandra Bernhard ♥ America

Sandra Bernhard returns to Austin for We're Still Queer Honey!

"...self-enclosed world created in performance film Without You I'm Nothing. Perhaps it was the tuna sandwich story in memoir..."

June 4, 2010 Features Feature by Cindy Widner

Thanks, Canada

Blood-soaked nights on the road to punk rock with the Krum Bums

"...whiskey-drenched – heat-stricken – I immediately vomit straight whiskey, nothing else, just whiskey. What a waste! As we attempt..."

July 11, 2008 Music Feature by David Rodriguez

Written in Stone

UT's Jim Bob Moffett and Freeport-McMoRan ride a new wave of allegations of business as usual: exploitation, cronyism, and environmental devastation

"...Investors are taking notice. On Aug. 4, Goldman Sachs raised its rating on..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Letters at 3AM

Learning to listen to your soul in all aspects of your life.

"...of what we call "identity" anyhow), but I could not live without writing...."

Dec. 26, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Fandemonium!

Television fans who organize to keep their favorite shows on the air, or even don the occasional Star Fleet Commanding Officer's uniform, are often depicted as lonely losers with too much time on their hands. According to TV columnist Belinda Acosta, the truth is quite the opposite.

"...clubs, fanaticism, fandom -- whatever the name -- are not new, though the rise of mass media, particularly television..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

The Agony of the Ecstasy

Will the federal and local crackdown on ecstasy put raves out of business?

"...Now is not a good time to harbor a pacifier fetish if..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Readers against Starbuckfucking, violence against children and rattlesnakes, and internal combustion engines.

"...[Ed. note: The story did acknowledge DeRocher's opinion that the conflict..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Column

Saturday Night Live

Mayor Kirk Watson takes his downtown vision to the streets

"....footnote { vertical-align: super; padding-left: 2px; font-size: 12px; color: #d6121a..."

Oct. 2, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Ascension Seton Nurses Prepare to Strike Again Amid Supply Shortages

Management responds with promised three-day lockout

"...since the last strike on their 40 demands, but another pressing issue – severe shortages of equipment integral to..."

Dec. 1, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Sudan Archives, Ben Kweller, and More Highlights From Saturday at ACL Fest

Texans Angel White, Blakchyl stood out under an annular eclipse

"...casual, charismatic transitions from plainly talking into singing, mid-track. Another yet-to-emerge cut, “Outlaw,” detailing a brokenhearted cowboy, ended with..."

Oct. 15, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Senate Hopeful Colin Allred Makes His Moderate-Dem Case Against Ted Cruz

The former NFL player came to Austin for TribFest

"...But another featured speaker, Colin Allred, U.S. Rep. from Texas’ 32nd..."

Sept. 27, 2023 News Post by Oscar Rodriguez

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