A Shadow of Light

Musicians get away with revamping one another's work all the time – and it's great

"...very own Peter Stopschinski on Carl Orff. (Orff's Good Fortune, which draws on a theme from – what else?..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Burn Up That Quarter Mile

Jan & Dean mark the endless summer with a new compilation

"...American 1950s boyhood: surfing, cars, and girls. The good fortune of Jan Berry and Dean Torrence being in the..."

Sept. 2, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Back to Blue Mountain

Alt.country no more!

"...release two records, Midnight in Mississippi, a collection of new songs, and Omnibus, a set of old songs newly..."

July 30, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

When the Saints Go Marching In

"...ask because according to any source I check, the New Orleans Saints earned themselves a first-round bye in the..."

Jan. 4, 2007 Sports Post by Robert Gabriel

King of the Swing Fiddle

Honoring country music's second most famous fiddle player, Johnny Gimble

"...someone asking if you wanted to play for the New York Yankees...."

April 5, 2002 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

American Nightmare

A new documentary on IFC examines seminal horror films of the Sixties and Seventies and persuasively argues that the images and ideology of these groundbreaking films were influenced by the mood of the times.

"...things that frightened us most were on the evening news...."

Oct. 27, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

Corporate luminaries in town for the Fortune 500 conference will be met by a bevy of protesters against the event.

"...Soldiers of Fortune..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Mental Health Care Meltdown

The mental health care system for Austin and Travis County is increasingly overwhelmed, with no relief in sight.

"...Austin Police Department mental health officers Art Fortune, Joel Pridgeon, and Sgt. Jeff Hampton can't comment directly..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3AM

The sapping of America's economic and technological dominance is a boon for the world. Many are gaining from the decline of a few.

"...around that way after reading page one of The New York Times' Arts section (Aug. 4): "Pentagon's New Goal..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Carmina Burana: Hi, Latin!

The New Texas Music Works rendition of Carl Orff's masterwork Carmina Burana was the usual exhilarating sonic roller-coaster of songs about love and lust and way too much drinking in the Middle Ages, but the exuberance of conductor Craig Hella Johnson also made it feel like a good new friend was introducing us to one of his favorite old friends.

"...Fortune is as inconstant as the moon, sayeth the Carmina..."

June 9, 2000 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Performance Park Preview at the Vortex

"...Cullum stands in the Hermit's Lair, a new outdoor space behind the Butterfly Bar created for Performance..."

March 22, 2018 Photo Gallery

Burn, Baby, Burn

On Fahrenheit 451 and why good democracy should make you feel bad

"...Board had decided to ban a book called Amos Fortune: Free Man from all school libraries. They claimed the..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Albert

"...proudest moment, nor was the rest of what I knew should be included in a story beginning there something..."

Feb. 19, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Blue Öyster Cult

"...Blue Öyster CultSecret Treaties (Columbia/Legacy), Agents of Fortune (Columbia/Legacy) A New York band trying to follow in..."

July 13, 2001 Music Review by Ken Lieck

Remember the Angle

Familiar Props and Tired Stories at the Alamo

"...from his speech that were excerpted on the evening news a few hours later...."

Nov. 8, 1996 News Column by Chris Walters

Games Gift Guide

Call of Duty and Soldier of Fortune up the holiday body count

"...we can start by immediately throwing every Soldier of Fortune: Payback (Activision, available for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC)..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Joey Seiler

Death Valley Nights

BÖC's Spectres reissue brings out the ghosts

"...Could've been/should've been 1976's Agents of Fortune, off which "Sinful Love" suckled in the shadows of..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Flatlanders

Texas platters

"...The Flatlanders Wheels of Fortune (New West) Maybe this Flatlanders thing is gonna work..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Weird, Spooky, and Rich

David Dewhurst runs against everybody but money.

"...of their own money into their campaigns. Both made fortunes in the energy business. Both lust for power: Sanchez..."

Oct. 18, 2002 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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The Tenth Annual "Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest Results

"...I knew this job would be a cinch. For All the..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Books Feature

Postmarks

Urban planning and noise in the Hood

"...burning fuel, company spokesman Jim Hodson told a TV news crew there was nothing in the resolution Alcoa-Rockdale wasn't..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Column

Anastasia

A teen searches for belonging and unconditional love in this animated film set against the sanitized background of the Russian Revolution.

"...Gary Goldman. Anastasia, the first feature-length offering from the new Fox animation studio, may not beat Disney at its..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Theatre Critics Table Nominations 1997

"...and Anna Hanks, Austin American-Statesman; John Bustin, West Austin News; David Mark Cohen, Texas Triangle; Jerry Conn, Westlake Picayune;..."

May 9, 1997 Arts Feature

Austin Film Fest Adds 10 Titles

First wave includes Jarmusch, Stooges, Rooster Teeth

"...line for the first ever public screening of Brave New Jersey, a comedic take (starring Tony Hale of Veep..."

Aug. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Choose Your Own Adventure

A short list of the most promising games slated to hit home systems before Christmas.

"...gaming this year, it is only fitting that Sega's new Dreamcast start us off. While the system's September launch..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Brendan Sinclair

Destination Unknown

"...no one listens anymore?" In 1982, when his hit New Wave band Missing Persons was riding the charts with..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Young Guns and Typewriters

"...In a year, Austin might see 50 fully staged new plays...."

Sept. 18, 1998 Arts Feature

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...ourselves say, "Congratulations" on being informed of someone's good fortune? See, it's simple. Now, try this: "I'm afraid I..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

Gay Place

Gay Place friends share their vices

"...playwright Taylor Mac and director Delanté Keys present a new dark comedy turning gender roles upside down. HIR focuses..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...announced he would enter the NFL draft, prompting the New York Times' William C. Rhoden to comment, "Perhaps Young..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature

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