Austin Tech Startup Facilitated Viral Smash “Old Town Road”

Lil Nas X bought the hit’s backing track via BeatStars

"...rapper – real name Montero Lamar Hill – released “Old Town Road,” an astonishingly catchy commingling of rural and..."

April 19, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Road Rage

The Barton Springs Road project has encountered more than few speed bumps

"...Shook held hope of ringing up more sales of cold smoothies and maybe a few more tips before quitting..."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared

A bestselling Swedish novel jumps to screen with inevitable Forrest Gump comparisons

"...Swedish novel (and book-club fodder) by Jonas Jonasson, The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared begins..."

June 5, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Holiday in Town

"...Out-of-Town Bed & Breakfasts Tourism is booming in Central Texas,..."

May 26, 2000 Features Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Reservation Road

Crime and Punishment comes to New England in this story about the aftermath of a child's death.

"...Eddie Alderson, Antoni Corone and Gary Kohn. In Reservation Road, George’s adaptation of John Burnham Schwartz’s acclaimed novel, Crime..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Summer Fun: Into the Mystic of High Road Pool

Plunging back in time with my iPod

"...In the winter when I miss swimming at High Road Pool, Dave Alvin rings in my ears: “Kids are..."

May 13, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Road to Perdition

"...Beauty was something of a portent; his follow-up, The Road to Perdition, is a death binge, with a new..."

July 12, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Chrissie Hynde, Talk of the Town

Pretenders’ ageless voice completes an ATX trifecta

"...impromptu punk. Monday at that same Moody Theater, her 40-year-old band debuted on Austin City Limits...."

March 14, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

9 Texas Day Trips That Will Inspire You to Hit the Road

We dip our toe in the nearly 1,500 columns from our resident day tripper

"...latest issue is loosely based on getting out of town for a little summer fun, but we've been covering..."

May 13, 2019 Events Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Old Alton Bridge, Denton

Goatman’s Bridge is a reminder of the cowardly Klansmen’s dastardly deed

"...The Old Alton Bridge south of Denton looks peaceful enough in..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Point Austin: From Frontage Road, Texas

Traffic jamming at the Urban Rail Town Hall

"...None of the evening's panelists in the Urban Rail Town Hall noted the irony, although before and after I..."

Aug. 29, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Main Street Grill

Where to dine on I-35

"...One of the cornerstones of the vibrant and revitalized Old Town center is the ambitiously upscale Main Street Grill,..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Food Feature by MM Pack

The Road to Rail

Can light rail in Austin work well with Smart Growth?

"...equally true of State Highway 130 or any other road-warrior dream. The problems of today are not going to..."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Homage to a Road

"...music of the Southwest, one image is constant: the road. Whether it be blues, folk, rock, swing, conjunto, country,..."

March 19, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Portrait of the Artist as a Road Comic

Long Drives, Low Pay, and Drunks -- What a Life!

"...Road comics are the gypsies of the modern age, wandering..."

March 28, 1997 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

The Town Was Hoppin'

Austin's music scene of the Fifties lives on in Ray Campi

"...1959. He's a man of the Fifties in his hometown, so in his mind the Magnolia Cafe on South..."

March 30, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

City Hall's Bumpy Road

Can Austin planners and the City Council ever bring an end to the local transportation wars?

"...No. 16 bus in Bouldin Creek, transfers to the Gold 'Dillo to drop off her two children at their..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Off the Road and Hungry

Where Austin Musicians Eat When They Get Home

"...care of musicians, preparing hearty meals that put other road food to shame. The Armadillo quickly became a "must..."

March 20, 1998 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Darkness in the Heart of Town

Will Sheff, one step forward, two steps back

"...or rejuvenate one stuck on the side of the road...."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Pohl-Brown Town

Will the State Turn the Hog Farm into Edge City?

"...the intersection of U.S. 183 and RR 620, all roads lead to the edge of the 446.4-acre Hog Farm..."

Dec. 5, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin FC Reveals Stadium Noms, Your New Neighbors Are Coffee & Dogs, Jimmy Eat Sandwich at Old Thousand, Salt & Time on Seventh Respawns, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Jimmy Eat Sandwich! Um, say what? Say, Old Thousand, that self-described Dope Chinese joint on Burnet Road,..."

March 31, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Road to 10-1

The City Council districting destination is settled. Is anybody driving the bus?

"...Meanwhile, nearly every political faction in town is concerned that, after the expanded 2015 inauguration ceremony,..."

Feb. 1, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

The Laziest Girl in Town

Asleep at the Wheel's feminine ideal is pregnant with possibility

"...Common revelation that, oft-told and rarely with a twist, except maybe this one:..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The 12 People You Meet at Sam’s Town Point, Austin’s Real-Life Roadhouse

You’d never know the South Austin honky-tonk is there, but wait 'til you meet its cast of characters

"...For decades, people discovered Sam's Town Point the same way Christopher Columbus "discovered" America: by..."

April 26, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Getting off the Road

Rail will help, roads will help – but so will your decision not to drive today

"...apply to traffic congestion. Viewed as a budget, Austin's roads are stretched to their limit. Building more roads –..."

June 27, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Darkness on the edge of Springsteen

"..."Many a hand has scaled the grand old face of the plateau." – Meat Puppets, "Plateau"..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

This Town

The Go-Go's Kathy Valentine takes the Zilker Park train back to her Austin upbringing

"..."But when you're 15 years old, it's everything." Head Over Heels..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Old West Austin Fights the Cut-Through Menace

Lamar, Enfield road reconstruction boxes in Downtown neighbors

"...peaceful. Now they're considered peak traffic hours in the Old West Austin neighborhood south of Enfield Road and west..."

May 21, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Road Shows

Are County Bond Proposals Good for the Long Haul?

"...when you had reached unincorporated Travis County -- the road narrowed to the two-lane farm-to-market variety, white-tail deer and..."

Oct. 17, 1997 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...Video stores killed the revival houses. Video and the old movie channels on cable TV. It wasn't intentional. No..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

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