Rain Without Thunder

"...or Cuba where terminations are performed legally and discreetly. Rain Without Thunder probes the case of Beverly and Allison..."

March 19, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Italia With & Without

Week One: The Tour

"...with low ceilings and foil trays of baked ziti without enough sauce. Of course, the "lodge" we spent the..."

May 28, 1999 Food Feature by Meredith Phillips

Point Austin: Congratulations on the Struggle

The Supreme Court decision rests upon political agitation

"...progress is seldom direct, but it's a truism that without the activism, there would be very little progress. Consider..."

July 1, 2016 News Column by Michael King

A DIY Approach to Helping the Unhoused Pays Off at Camp Esperanza

No funding? No resources? No problem.

"...It was the last of May's thunderstorms, and the rain pounded down on Camp Esperanza, a..."

July 23, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Coach's Corner

"...a howling gale, like baby ducks in a torrential rain storm, thunder and lightning crashing everywhere. The sea heavy,..."

Aug. 11, 1995 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Levitation Live Shot: Vaadat Charigim/Black Ryder/This Will Destroy You

Tent triptych – moody, jolting, maelstrom

"...Think Swervedriver without the Mezcal menace...."

May 10, 2015 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

'Sinister': Local Boy Makes Evil

Cargill's 'Sinister' premieres at SXSW

"...a moist opening for SXSW 2012, with the lightning, thunder, and rain making it feel like The Umbrellas of..."

March 11, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

What's on the Gaming Boards

Gearing up for 1998 Titles

"...tabletop games have made SJG an industry leader even without the hardware. A new supplement to GURPS (Generic Universal..."

March 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...with bass-note tales of life on the Hadacol wagon train, the strength of legendary country singer's humility, and tarp-and-rainstorm..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

puh-LOB-o-liss!

How a handful of Dartmouth College stoners started a revolution in modern dance.

"...Without a single grant from the National Endowment for the..."

March 2, 2001 Arts Feature by John Job

Playback: G.O.A.T. Goes Viral

The God of All Texas might get your G.O.A.T.

"...to the San Francisco Police Department, he was left without any leads and gave up hope...."

March 29, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...corpse of Southern Fried Rock. A tour with Alabama Thunder Pussy won the band plenty of praise from the..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Top 25 Austin Breweries of 2021

Our annual list of Central Texas’ top beers returns

"...Unique: Providing high quality beer and service up north without indulging in Austin’s lecherous need to have everything centralized..."

Oct. 12, 2021 Food Post by Eric Puga

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...and inventive, a good way to use home invasion without people, but with bombs."..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Not Necessarily Stoned but Beautiful

Are you experienced? The answer lies in Sony Legacy's new Jimi Hendrix reissues.

"...ago. Spoken against all the sonic boom and bass thunder a trio could produce in the blues-rock realm –..."

May 14, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two: Free to Be You and Me

'Chronicle' letter-writers and the editors who love them: a field guide

"...invites melancholy, though this year's season is ennobled by rain. Instead of being lost in the sway of heat,..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Encore!

The second annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards honors Texas' finest contributors to cinema.

"...Fifties, dancing with Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain and It's Always Fair Weather and with Fred Astaire..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...contributing sugary harmonies. From that point on, from the no-brain candy pop of "The Beginning," to the driving drone..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

Kids in Black

That innocuous-seeming crew of people listed beneath the actors in every program, who scurry around in black backstage and hover over the proceedings in the sound and light booth, may not be well-known to most theatregoers, but this silent, hidden army is all-powerful. Techies get almost no share in the glory, but they run the world, and here's how.

"...empty theatre. This silent, hidden army is creepily all-powerful. Without the sound and light designers and operators, the actors..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Box Sets

Herbie Hancock

"...earthiness of funk, R&B, and gospel to bop's aridities without scanting the latter's harmonic rigor. Within a couple of..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Music Feature

Explosions in the Sky, Kim Gordon, Dinosaur Jr., and More Reviews From Austin Psych Fest 2025

Alternative nation packs the Far Out Lounge

"...Right as rain (pun intended), Austin Blues Festival and Austin Psych Fest..."

May 2, 2025 Music Feature by The Music Team

The Shepherd

Dripping Springs recluse Sam Beam spills some Iron & Wine

"...unmarred by the hand-rolled American Spirit cigarettes he smokes without flourish, were written before moving to Texas...."

Sept. 28, 2007 Music Feature by Dan Oko

Fall Film Previews

September

"...a goofy 18-year-old sandwich maker who likes to take grainy, out-of-focus pictures of his family. It's just a little..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

A Chip off the Auld Sod

Off the Bookshelf

"...his stack because I disliked the remaining one, Gravity's Rainbow, which contains the same flaws as the others. He..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Books Review

Nanci Griffith Songs Come Alive at the Cactus Cafe

The annual tribute show celebrates more than just her music

"...The Other Ones Foundation – a group helping individuals without jobs and housing...."

July 9, 2024 Music Post by Amber Williams

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, July 31 - August 6

"...wilderness with its living and its decaying trees, the thunder cloud, and the rain which lasts three weeks and..."

July 31, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

'To Need, the Women Say'

Short Story Contest first-place winner

"...men must rest. My father is supposed to live without so much salt, cigarettes, meat, rum. The doctor told..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Books Feature by Mary Terrier

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Thursday SXSW can't escape the blurbs!

"...only Phoenix spawn born with talent, Papercranes is singer/actress Rain Phoenix, with some help from friends. Her sophomore release,..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Page Two: To Whine Is to Love Again

The GOP masterfully weaves a tapestry of deceit

"...intense you can't make out the sky for the rain, the day for the night, the thunder for the..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

"...Curtiz; with Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Dooley Wilson...."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature