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"...The Chronicle gave its endorsement in the Precinct 2 county..."

March 1, 2002 Column

Back Home in Texas

The return of the reigning Queen of Austin Country Music

"...It sounds like the grandfather Buddha of Austin country music, big daddy Don..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Standing Next to a Mountain

Examining the 3-CD Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble box set.

"...Having had the Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble box set laid..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Coach's Corner

The mid-summer drought in traditional sports is on (the Olympics don't count). Also, Monday Night Football will try not to suck so bad; Mike Tyson's a bore, and Sampras and Agassi may be getting too old.

"...of emotional attachments to any local/ regional baseball team, the annual "months of starvation" have arrived. And as always,..."

June 30, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

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We are wrong, wrong, wrong. So is golf.

"...between young techies Melissa Sconyers and Bryan Boyer, and other digital revolutionaries who "are well aware of life without..."

March 10, 2000 Column

Blow Harder

The use of horns in local rock & roll bands

"...Horn players in rock bands? Next to the electric guitars, keyboards, and sophisticated gadgetry of the average..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

After a Fashion

When did the concept of breaking in jeans become obsolete?

"...THE RANT I am adamantly opposed to paying people to..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Rattling Our Stage

A Survey of Austin's Rebel Theatre Scene

"...Jason Neulander Experimental drama. Now, there's a term to conjure dread in the heart of..."

April 10, 1998 Arts Feature

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Sudden Death

"...The question is why??? Why does the justice system keep..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Column

Recommended

"...7 First Ed Hamell and now Lucinda Williams? Now these are "road shows." These are the locals you wish..."

Dec. 1, 1995 Music Feature

Record Reviews

"...This new Deja-phooey disc is driving me nuts! The only cover song I can pick out is Flowerhead..."

April 28, 1995 Music Review

Cha'keeta B Goes From Running Track to Running Tracks

Multifaceted rapper/entrepreneur looks to take names

"...There's an unmistakable ferocity found within Cha'keeta B's eyes, a..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Dear Glutton: Where Beer and Board Games Mix

A few options for a snack, a drink, and some Settlers of Catan

"...I get it, games are fun, and nobody builds the longest road like your girl. But before moving to..."

May 12, 2017 Food Column by Emily Beyda

Beethoven to Beyoncé

SXSW Music panels – topics over talent. Except they're also star-studded.

"...Opening the selection process to the public transformed South by Southwest..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Last Day of Summer

White Denim pours 'Corsicana Lemonade'

"...A friend there had died. I relocated for something that had passed,..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Deconstructing John Milius

SXSW Film explores wild life of a Hollywood iconoclast

"...Milius, the feature-length debut from industry stalwarts Joey Figueroa and Zak..."

March 5, 2013 Screens Post by Shawn Badgley

If I Had My Way

Guitar hero Evan Johns lives!

"...The old man in a hat walked up to Dale..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Casual Victim Pile

Hometown SXSW showcasing sampler

"...Records co-owner Gerard Cosloy didn't hesitate when asked about the impetus for his Red River sampler, Casual Victim Pile...."

March 12, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Playing Through

Sixteen-year-old Chelsey Sveinsson is on her way to becoming an elite runner

"...A year ago, competing in her first Texas Relays, the high school freshman leapt out among hundreds of other..."

May 22, 2009 Column by Thomas Hackett

Playing Through

The Texas Skydiving Center in Lexington, Texas, is a good place to test your courage in thrilling fashion

"...please don't hold me to it, because I reserve the right to break it. Sometime this summer, I am..."

May 9, 2008 Column by Thomas Hackett

Fortunate Son

Bass player to the stars, past and present, Mark Andes

"...Let's talk rock star. Or define the term, for purposes of discussion...."

May 19, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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"...$100,000 in insurance money using a pistol owned by the man with whom she was having an affair...."

Sept. 30, 2005 Column

TCB

Punk rock synchronized swimming and eating ribs with Snoop Dogg: What do people in other cities do for fun?

"...Travis Higdon is not leaving town. Since the Peek-a-Boo Records CEO and Black Lipstick guitarist posted a..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

'Sleep Toward Heaven'

We're not reviewing Amanda Eyre Ward's debut novel, Sleep Toward Heaven, and we're not interviewing her as an author, either, because she has contributed to The Austin Chronicle for more than three years. It would be a conflict of interest. We are, however, excerpting an early chapter of the book, and we are proud and happy to do so.

"...$24), and we're not interviewing her as an author, either, because she has contributed to The Austin Chronicle for..."

March 21, 2003 Books Feature

What It Is to Be Human

Actor Martin Burke, now in the midst of his fifth sell-out run as David Sedaris' Little Elf in The Santaland Diaries, talks about that show's success and his career as an actor.

"...he gets plenty of lines in every show, including the one he's currently performing, David Sedaris' The Santaland Diaries...."

Dec. 27, 2002 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Audio Snapshots

America's premiere archival roots label celebrates the big 4-0.

"...Back in the early days of Rolling Stone, circa 1968 when it..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Music Feature by Mike Quinn

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Our readers talk back.

"...in his "Naked City" column, "Tanks a Million," in the June 30, 2000 edition of the Chronicle, raises several..."

July 14, 2000 Column

America Gone Awry

Philip Roth's strength as a novelist, Tom Grimes says, is that he never writes as if he's finally reached a point of permanent self-definition. He's always searching for that definition, as a writer, as a Jew, and now, through the aging, reclusive Nathan Zuckerman, as an American.

"...The Human Stain by Philip Roth..."

June 23, 2000 Books Feature by Tom Grimes

Dancing About Architecture

A bitch session about the plight of the Austin music scene is scheduled at Threadgill's; here's hoping Negativland's long-anticpated Austin appearance doesn't dissapoint a la SRL.

"...I've been ranting for several weeks about the plight of the Austin music scene being silicon-chipped away..."

May 12, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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Our readers talk back.

"...There is no such thing as an ugly tree. But..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Column

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