Same Ballpark, Different Positions

Kevin McDonald explains how the Kids in the Hall have worked together 30 years

"...What Monty Python was to the Seventies, the Kids in the Hall was to..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Great Expectations

Sarah Jarosz returns to her roots – the Old Settler's Music Festival

"...Any Texas kid would've known "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," but Sarah Jarosz set her sights beyond that..."

April 11, 2014 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

The Q&A Hole: What's One Good Thing About Death?

With Marc Savlov, Steve Moore, Elizabeth Doss, Ken Webster, and more

"...Ah, finally, the post-SXSW return of this weekly Q&A Hole series …..."

April 8, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Toros Split Two Against Skyforce, Beat Legends

Austin holds D-League top record

"...under way for two special weeks now, and Austin's hometown team, the Toros, are making us remember why we..."

Dec. 18, 2012 Sports Post by Will Schmidt

After a Fashion: Heavenly Creatures

Your Style Avatar rocked the house with his new collection at the Driskill, and a lot of folks can take a bow.

"...Last Sunday was my return to the design world with Eleven Eleven: An Evening..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Letters at 3AM: A Pattern of Subversion

President Obama regularly oversteps his bounds of office

"...do this chronologically and begin less than two months into Barack Obama's administration, when this president issued his first..."

April 6, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

What Are You Looking At?

Scattershot thoughts on the return of ‘Downton Abbey’

"...I inhaled Sunday night’s two-hour return of Downton Abbey in a Durham, NC hotel room..."

Jan. 10, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Darkness, Then Light

Amanda Eyre Ward on the story she always knew she would tell

"...boozy night of New Year's Eve partying in Manhattan to discover that a gruesome double homicide had occurred in..."

July 15, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Reefer Roundup 1/26/11

Your drug war news, all in one place!

"...bills at the Legislature, snortable bath salts, and a return of the underground pot tunnels – Texas style!..."

Jan. 26, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Page Two: Eyes Wide Open

Obama supporters aren't as disillusioned as polls and pundits would have you believe

"...The tone in which these statements are made is interesting. The..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Column by Louis Black

In a Blink of an Eye

A conversation with Double Trouble’s Tommy Shannon

"...August 27 marks 20 years since Stevie Ray Vaughan took that fateful helicopter ride after a show at Alpine..."

July 28, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Who Dat Rollin' on Dat Float?

Mardi Gras 2010: There's still some time to get out and revel!

"...side streets – with quick over the shoulder glances to see if rival high schools are paying heed to..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

A Decade Under the Influence

The 'Chronicle' movie critics take a look back at what the Aughts wrought

"...I've lost my wallet, my coat, my car keys too many times to count. My childhood might as well..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Quee-r-eminiscence! -or- California Goddamn

Since the election I haven't come out of my hidey-hole...

"...Southern white ladies in the 1920s and 1930s used to write Romantic reminisces of their lives pre-antebellum, and now..."

Nov. 12, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

'A Bronx Tale'

Chazz Palminteri revives the show that made his name as a one-man stage drama

"...and directed, has been so popular that people still stop Palminteri and tell him about its impact on their..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Off the Record

Peering through the walls of Austin history to pay tribute to an original member of the 13th Floor Elevators and preserve Raul's rats

"...The original bassist for the 13th Floor Elevators, Benny Thurman, who can be heard on such landmark..."

June 27, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Page Two: For the Fun of It

Reminiscing on 25 years of 'The Austin Chronicle' and looking forward to what's next

"...couple of years of the Chronicle, I vowed never to look back at that time fondly; it was so..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Letters at 3AM

Bob Dylan says he doesn't know how a guy like him came out of a place like Hibbing. He's been saying things like that for 40 years and I don't know a rock critic who doesn't take him at his word. But I also don't know a rock critic who's been to Hibbing. I wanted to see for myself.

"...Driving into Minnesota through Fargo last spring, the land was flat..."

March 17, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

Cry over the election if you must, but don't let the bastards sap your vitality. American progressives started seriously mass-scale organizing only about a year ago, and in just one year we came within reach of victory.

"...was crushed at the polls. Everybody thought conservatism was forever politically dead in America. But conservatives regrouped, rethought, and..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Austin @ Large: Welcome Back, Kirk

Kirk Watson's new job at the chamber stands at odds with his "message" as mayor.

"..."Hmm. How can I embarrass the Austin business elite today?" I have my own misgivings about a big-box ban..."

Dec. 5, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

After a Fashion

See where Austin ranks in a national list of most creative cities and then wonder why Dallas also made the list once you find out that the cheesy reality TV show Cheaters is based there …

"...cheater around with cameras, even installing them in homes to catch the action on tape. Then they present the..."

June 14, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Capitol Chronicle: A Profile in Courage

After 10 years in the Texas House, Glen Maxey retires and reflects. A profile of Austin's New Black Panther PartyA surprisingly small crowd turns out to demand safety guarantees from Longhorn Pipeline.

"...the representative of Austin's District 51, Maxey has decided to call it quits. "I want to begin the next..."

Dec. 7, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Festival Schedule

The Seventh International Festival of Ethnographic Film

"...Straits of Gibraltar in boats and on rafts trying to get into Spain. While 1,000 drown and 14,000 are..."

April 27, 2001 Screens Feature

Slacker, the Map

It's been over a decade since Slacker premiered at the Dobie Theater. Since then, the lifestyle it celebrated is largely gone, along with the locations it helped make famous. In this "Slacker map," we look at what's disappeared and what's endured.

"...that shirks work or responsibility, especially one that tries to evade military service during wartime...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Night Visions

Director Alison Maclean and author Denis Johnson on Jesus' Son, a soulful, darkly comic take on life and death as a junkie

"...bewildered in the middle of the night and has to go pee. Driving down some two-lane blacktop in Missouri,..."

July 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Historical Revision

Rainey Neighbors Debate the Future of Their Neighborhood

"...So, does anyone really want to save Rainey Street? Judging from the surprisingly contentious not-really-a-hearing..."

April 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

After a Fashion

Reflections on Saint Laurent.

"...On October 24, 1957, on a lovely afternoon in France, Christian..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

We are Waiting for Sockot

Theatre Editor Robert Faires offers this hand-warming way to ring in the New Year.

"...Each and every one of us is eventually going to be checking in for that extended stay in the..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Features Feature by Robert Faires

Journey Into Clarity #83

For years he'd blamed his sister for destroying his comic book, a book worth over two grand today. Looking back at a painful memory brings Wayne Alan Brenner that much closer to understanding why losing that darned comic book at age seven meant so much.

"...did then that precludes me from owning something that, today, would be worth $2,000...."

Dec. 24, 1999 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

November Previews

"...process, so expect much heartwarming chaos and, of course, potatoes. (Nov. 26)..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

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