Austin’s Vampire Store Cracks Open the Crypt

Opening the Glass Coffin, just in time for Halloween

"...and a half previously the landlords of the Coffin's old location on South First sold the property and gave..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Arts Feature by James Scott

Faster Than Sound: Taylor Wallace Takes Over KUTX Morning Show

KUTX replaces morning show mainstay John Aielli with Taylor Wallace after the iconic ATX deejay suffers a stroke.

"...with Eklektikos, a show spanning over 50 years. The 74-year-old ATX radio icon suffered a stroke this spring and..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Amid New Immigration Policies, Local Attorneys and Immigrants Navigate a Broken System

Lawyers say the system has been thrown into "chaos"

"...the better part of three years, Ramirez and her 13-year-old son Ivan – Guatemalan refugees who fled death threats..."

July 26, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Denny Laine Saves the World

British Invasion pioneer played it, sang it, saw it all

"...features his lead vocal. The British guitarist, 73, also holds the distinction of being the only constant member of..."

April 26, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Domestic Terrorism in Austin

Trio of package bombs target minority homes

"...after 6am on Monday morning at a house on Oldfort Hill Drive, 12 miles to Harris Ridge's south. The..."

March 16, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Tracing Austin's Italian Food Boom

How a red sauce town boiled over

"...but the restaurant remains a neighborhood favorite. Their secret? Old-school family camaraderie...."

Jan. 20, 2017 Food Feature by Dan Gentile

DVDanger: Justice League vs. Teen Titans

Why is DC Animated better than DC's Cinematic Universe?

"...DC animation director Sam Liu (The Batman, All-Star Superman) fold in the classic roster of the Justice League (Batman,..."

April 19, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Horror Roundup

The best and the rest of the month's home releases

"...moves from hipsters in Mexico, evading giant creatures, to soldiers in the Middle East. Now the monsters have spread..."

July 3, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Remembering Corey Mitchell

Author, co-founder of Housecore Horror, doting father

"...Monday afternoon, like a lot of people that ripped and screamed through the Housecore Horror Film Festival last..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Retro Redemption

Nerd out with The Stream, Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie

"...strikes a cord with filmmakers. Initially, it was either rip-offs (Battle Beyond the Stars, Starcrash) or spoofs (Spaceballs). Now..."

Sept. 6, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Price You Pay

At what cost does the vinyl revolution come?

"...of America (RIAA), more than 4.6 million records were sold in 2012, an 18% increase from the year before...."

Jan. 10, 2014 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

Now for Something Uplifting

Ballooning with Austin Aeronauts

"...world of hot-air balloons. The hobby took such a hold that Smuck began his own company to share ballooning..."

Jan. 2, 2014 Sports Post by Jesse Mandell-McClinton

Playback: The Legendary White Swan

The Legendary White Swan doesn't bite

"...Gary Lindsey and Chronicle staff photographer John Anderson. An old Eastsider named David bummed my cigarette. "You white people..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Get Real. Get Right. Get Savage: The Return of Barrence Whitfield

Whitfield rekindles his local love affair

"...Part of that was recorded in Austin at an old place called the Liberty Lunch...."

June 27, 2012 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Longhorn Football Season Is a Sitcom in the Making

Watching tape, both football and funny

"...lips while chasing young guys and bemoaning the other older women who pout their newly plumped lips and chase..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...locally made Beeswax from Andrew Bujalski. You got return trips from SXSW alums Ry Russo-Young (You Won't Miss Me),..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: The Best of Austin

A concept in search of an author; characters in search of a form; memory in search of meaning

"...swift-moving violent white-water rapids of conversation, discourse, and disagreement rip through the city, defining it daily. Guiding it without..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Off the Record

The Butthole Surfers reunite, Sarah Jarosz paddles up Nickel Creek, and Shearwater soars to new heights

"...Chris Thile on Sarah Jarosz's program at the 2002 Old Settler's Music Festival. "At that point I knew one..."

May 23, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

'Baseball Films From the Silent Era' and 'Not Just the Best of the Larry Sanders Show'

The old, weird America and the old, weird comedian

"...would come to be. If you'll always have the old ball game and the old, weird America (with apologies..."

March 30, 2007 Screens Review by Shawn Badgley

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...at the point of a gun. If those who hold power destroy the country all the while ignoring, or..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Column

Chest Cavities, Empty Kneecaps, and Elbows

A week at Austin's all-ages live music venue Redrum and the 'School of Rock' lessons learned

"...near the front of the stage; a girl in ripped fishnets tries to stop her boyfriend's hiccups; nervous college..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

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Our readers talk back.

"...to have found such a terrific resource before my trip. My only prior connection with Texas was back in..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Column

The Least That Money Can Buy

Prison health care is caught between growing demand and shrinking resources

"...of her classmates had described young male inmates with old men's diseases. That's what everyone says...."

July 16, 2004 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

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"...such curiosities as "Irving" and "Stupid Texas Song," which holds the honor of being a deliciously blatant rip-off of..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Column

'The Powerful Odor of Mendacity'

An interview with Molly Ivins and Louis Dubose, authors of Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America.

"...health insurance; their health insurance costs are going double, triple; the administration was so late and slow on unemployment..."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Coach's Corner

What with the computer crash and the gas grill fiasco, you're lucky you're even getting a column from The Coach this week. Random thoughts are a bonus.

"...the chicken, but the fire's out. The grill ice cold. The kids are hungry. Dunn's mashed potatoes are almost..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

The Gospel According to Hollywood

Easter is a time for resurrectiing Hollywood's biblical epics.

"...Jesus is played by 55-year-old H.B. Warner. Though the Gospels agree that Jesus was..."

April 13, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...the box, and that he will prosper the good old-fashioned way; on the strength of how irresistible his songs..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Hissing Fits

Bryan Mealer sinks his teeth into the 1999 Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup.

"...using napalm. Let me tell ya, that was a trip."..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Features Feature by Bryan Mealer

Make Your Mama Proud

Profile of local rapper MC Overlord.

"...his mother's approval or respect. On the contrary, the 30-year-old MC's peace-loving, self-conscious rap style is nothing if not..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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