The Good Eye: New Year's Resolutions

Weight, weight, don't tell me

"...picture of her exercising in leg warmers, a golden Wonder Woman crown on her thick, wavy, black hair. The..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

SXSW Interview: Margaret Brown

We're all connected through the Great Invisible

"...Brown and I go way back. We go back one interview, from 2008, for her last film, a documentary..."

March 10, 2014 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

Love Is All Around

Tracking Sonny Curtis and his tall, West Texas tales

"...for three months and through as many states, following phone calls, e-mails, rendezvous hit and missed, onstage and off,..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...The Austin Chronicle's endorsements for the Commissioners Court should leave its readers wondering if Michael King,..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Column

Record Reviews

"...for a new album, and over two years for Lone Wolf Management to find this local trio a record..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Music Review

Post Marks

Park and Ride

"...provide $3.5 million for extending SH45 over the recharge zone for Barton Springs, is right on the mark. This..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Column

Record Reviews

"...songs she recorded. While a potentially gimmicky collection, this one works for the same reasons Bennett's previous tributes to..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

Record reviews Reissues

"...over the years but Blood and Fire has finally done the music justice with its handsome 2-CD packaging of..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Music Review

Reissues

"...T-BONE WALKER..."

July 28, 1995 Music Feature

Spotlight: Barbara Lynn

Beaumont's southpaw R&B queen, oh yeah

"...of B.B. King, Jackie Wilson, Clyde McPhatter, and Stevie Wonder. She's still a sight to behold, statuesque and beautiful,..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Bohemian Rhapsody

'Moulin Rouge' Director Baz Luhrmann Loves Love

"...at a sleepy mom-and-pop video store in North Carolina. One day I stuck a tape of his directorial debut,..."

June 1, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Election 2000

Chronicle Election Coverage

"...gave Bush 271 electoral votes and, it appeared, the White House. As he walked down the slick stairs of..."

Nov. 10, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Equalizer 2

Denzel Washington action sequel is a total misfire

"...director Antoine Fuqua was angling for with his 2014 hit The Equalizer. Give Denzel Washington his own late-career action..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Top 40 Vices Playlist

A walk on the wild side with songs of the seven deadly sins

"...Orchestra keyboardist Jan Hammer's instrumental went No. 1 for one week in 1985, and along with Glenn Frey's "You..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Blood & Fire

Manu Chao's ACL, ACL aftershow, and everything in-between.

"...Ditto Blacc. A second LP under his alias, new Stones Throw disc Good Things – purchased at the Waterloo..."

Sept. 22, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Snakes on a Plane

This solid little B-movie arrives cloaked in the dodgy garb of a fanboy phenomenon.

"...some decidedly cut-rate titles) with motorcycling surfer dude Sean Jones (Phillips of Wolf Creek) witnessing a particuarly brutal murder..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

Everyone's got new albums coming out

"...Expect a new album to hit the top of the Waterloo Records charts and stay..."

June 7, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Tributes

"...out of his sheep's clothing -- God! It's George Jones! In a big sequin suit!" Nudie suit actually --..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Music Feature

Record Reviews

"...could be a Sgt. Pepper's outtake). Horns, strings, and xylophone color the tunes slightly psychedelic, but the power is..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Music Review

Record Reviews

"...Whither the buzz? It can either catapult you to super-duper-megastardom..."

July 7, 1995 Music Review

Steve Van Zandt’s Soulfire

Springsteen henchman and Sopranos boss hits the road and classrooms

"...Steve Van Zandt, Silvio Dante, Frank Tagliano – a phone call with the E Street Band consigliere zings and..."

May 24, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Doc doesn't quite capture the spirit of the brilliant iconoclast

"...in a movie without talking heads except for the one attached to its subject matter. Still, the spectrum of..."

July 15, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

If You're a Viper

From 'La Cucaracha' to Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson: P-O-T

"...have it. Hidden in the foreign words of a hit song, pot smoking permeated popular American culture. Kinda makes..."

May 25, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Off-Off-Broadway Bound

An Austinite's account of taking the stage in New York City

"...200-plus show lineup will include three Austin theatre productions: HIT., from a chick & a dude productions; The Philomel..."

July 29, 2005 Arts Feature by Lowell Bartholomee

Summer Fun

Oh, Galveston

"...At the corner of 21st, hence the name, we wondered if it may also have to do with being..."

May 14, 2004 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Joss Stone, Toots & the Maytals, Kris Kristofferson6-10pm, Town Lake Stage..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...VALLEJO: Transforming one of Austin's most popular live acts into an international..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...THE MOONEY SUZUKI: The best thing about Estrus bands is a..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Across the Universe

Gearing up for a new national tour of her hit show The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, Lily Tomlin took a few minutes to talk about connectedness -- her connectedness with The Search, with audiences, and with Austin.

"...a conversation with the brilliant actress Lily Tomlin -- One: She laughs. Ever since Tomlin registered on the national..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Puzzled by Oppel

"...spent about 45 minutes talking with him on the phone the week after he smeared Cooper and Harris, patiently..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Column

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