Nothin' No Better

The death and new life of a small Mississippi town

"...family moves away, an old resident dies, and there's no one to take on their house, so it starts..."

May 15, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

AFS Cinema Unveils the Lone Star Slate

New streaming program curates the best of Texas indies

"...tradition as an indie cinema hub is second to none, but it's easy for smaller films to be forgotten..."

May 22, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Announces 2018 Grant Winners

Recipients show strength and diversity of Texas filmmakers

"...one barrier to fostering diversity in the moviemaking community. Now the Austin Film Society is knocking some of those..."

Sept. 5, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Stubborn With My Goals: Impassioned MC J Soulja Stays Focused on Creating Opportunities in Austin Rap

"There ain't no trophies for that kind of shit"

"...eventually formed the foundation of latest release More Than Nothin'...."

Jan. 21, 2022 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Heaven up Here

27 reason to further investigate the UK roster of bands at SXSW 2006

"...the contrary, the United Kingdom remains a monarchy, and nowhere is this more apparent than in its musical output,..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Live Shots

"...few of his own tunes, a little bass, and no guitar. Yet he allowed has-been rapper Doug E. Fresh..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Music Feature

Beautiful Loser

Keith Ferguson: No Apologies, No Regrets

"...Hear Ye Whomever Keith Has Offended: The man offers no apologies or regrets...."

May 9, 1997 Music Feature by Josh Alan Friedman

Capitol Chronicle

Texans leap to the defense of Governor and President Bush

"...the Dow's revival over the last few days, it's not exactly a great time to be an investment fund..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Column by Michael King

ACL Live Review: Shawn Mendes

Nothing holding this Canadian crooner back

"...Shawn Mendes is any major label's dream. He’s charming enough to distract a large Sunday audience from the thick..."

Oct. 15, 2018 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

The Good Eye: V Is for Vulnerability

There ain't nothin' hurly or burly about these ladies

"...winking at you, saying, "You're seeing it all, well not all-all, but something better, sparklier, tassle-ier"?..."

May 23, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Calvin and Hobbes Visit the Trailer Park

Legendary comic strip gets the doc treatment

"...Even after the better part of a decade, the only thing that remains..."

July 16, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Hey, Loretta!

Everything but the kitchen sink with Loretta Lynn

"...had proper country music names: Kitty, Patsy, Tammy, Dolly. None of this Carrie, Shania, or Faith business. Those names..."

June 9, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Letters at 3AM: Today, 100 Years Ago

On Feb. 7, 1914, the world first beheld Charlie Chaplin on the screen in his iconic getup

"...That is fact. Slide over here into fiction, my novel-in-progress, The Dragon:..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

This Is America: Part Two

More from the Notes From the Field cast on living black

"...In producing the play Notes From the Field – an investigation into the school-to-prison..."

Feb. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Sxsw

"...a deep breath. Hold it. Exhale. Again. There. Feel better? Look, just calm down. So what if there are..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Developing Stories

Thinking big on transportation and land-use planning

"...Kirk Watson is attempting what no one had done before...."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Texas Platters

Jimmy Lafave

"...Don't even think about it, just do it. There's nothing better than getting your hands on the best bootleg..."

April 23, 1999 Music Feature

The Growing Chorus

Sex, Drugs & Hepatitis C

"...United States, the number of hepatitis C cases is now four times higher than the number of HIV cases,..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Texas Platters

"...RADISH..."

May 23, 1997 Music Review

Reissues

"...Stormy Monday, But Tuesday Is Just as Bad," is, not surprisingly, a bit jazzier than the sides he would..."

July 28, 1995 Music Feature

Sea Cruise

Sailing into the sunset on Delbert McClinton's Blues Crusie.

"...performing on the pool deck of the cruise ship Norwegian Sea somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico, the only..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

One Big, Happy Family

Local TV News: There to Help You

"..."Well, there's nothin' we can do about it," said the neighbor, "It's..."

July 5, 1996 News Column by Chris Walters

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...singer Ben Dickey, perform for the first time. The cavernous bar is dim and bluish, as if the entire..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

The Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

A look back at the Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

"...Gilley's series this summer, recordings of Carl Perkins, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Paycheck, the Bellamy Brothers, and..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Postmarks

Nichols Is Biased

"...Under "News at Nine" ["Media Clips," Vol.18, No.19], Lee Nichols has the KOOP Radio Board of Trustees..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Column

Postmarks

Keep Off Barton Creek

"...see Robert Bryce stand against the TNC ["Environs," Vol.16, No.45]. While he apparently has a good point legally, I..."

July 18, 1997 Column

Election 2000

Chronicle Election Coverage

"...It was about 1:45 in the morning, and Mark McKinnon was soaring high above the rain-sodden crowd of journalists..."

Nov. 10, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Academy Leader

"...kind of tubby; and he's sort of funny?" It's not a particularly flattering description, and it fails to mention..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Michael Bertin

Bill Adler and the Drug Underworld Innocence and Savagery

"...I would go to the chain gang. But was not my life already a kind of chain gang? What,..."

Jan. 26, 1996 Books Feature

Eastside Kings Fest Preview: Bobby Rush Talks Pandemic Life, Dolemite & Race

Blues showman appears virtually from Austin on Monday

"...being, because we’re all isolated away and can’t get no work and clubs are closed down. Nobody really doing..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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