Rock Around the Biological Clock

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

"...a singer-songwriter in Dallas before moving to Austin in the early Nineties. Her increasingly more frequent gigs please her..."

May 7, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

When the Clock Strikes 12

Bill Haley died for rock & roll – in Harlingen

"...In 2007, Pete Best performed Downtown on the outdoor stage of Threadgill's World Headquarters. You of a..."

May 16, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Penfold Theatre’s Around the World in 80 Days

This original, gender-bending theatrical take on Jules Verne’s adventure tale is a grand story told with delightful imagination

"...for gentlemen: How long does it take to circumnavigate the globe? A woman, one Phyllida Fogg, declares that she..."

June 23, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Learning the Game

Learning Buddy Holly's game, 203 tracks at a time

"..."Good evening, Austin," says Keith Richards like the King of England himself, stepping back from the microphone..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Luv Doc: Being Yourself

You can be you when you're off the clock

"...CEO of a major computer company came out of the closet declaring his homosexuality. I have no comment on..."

May 29, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Hyde Park Theatre's The Quarry

Greg Pierce's play is rough and has sharp edges, but in the end there is heart that is worth discovering

"...The hills of Vermont are not a place that's gotten..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Combat Rock

New doc unearths Cambodia's rock & roll spirit

"...These days, Phnom Penh echoes with the cries of the..."

June 19, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

AFF Brings Walter Hill for The Warriors and Then Some

Writer/director comes out to play

"...Walter Hill picks up the phone with a simple "Hello." He jokes that he's..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

Jon Dee Graham goes under the lens for a new documentary, Joel Laviolette culls spirits with Rattletree Marimba, and the new Austin Music Hall finally opens (sort of)

"...Jon Dee Graham (pictured) is the subject of a new documentary film, Swept Away, scheduled..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Revolution Rock

At the crossroads of the Clash and the great state of Austin, Texas.

"...I use the pre-dawn hours to drink coffee, get caught up on..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Music Feature

Epiphanies for the Blind

Who's Teaching Who at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired?

"...for a carnival-like parade of odd couples and unexplainables, the bizarre sights that cause my occasionally visiting father to..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...first semester, I only knew one individual who fit the criteria: Doors’ keyboardist Ray Manzarek...."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

All the Pain Platinum Can Buy

"...in separate interviews, months apart and fully outside each other's earshot, Miles Zuniga and Joey Shuffield both quote the..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Texas Rollergirls: The 2012 Outlook

Before this weekend's bout, what did we learn from the season opener?

"...some rink rust: This weekend's Texas Rollergirls bout is the real season opener, a chance for the 2012 rosters..."

April 20, 2012 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

The Lone Ranger

The legend of Jerry Lynn Williams

"...For more than 20 years, I've carried around a TDK SA60 cassette, keeping it in whatever car..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Spacing Out in Round Rock

Carter, Paige, Christi, Doug, and two homeowners on 'Trading Spaces' in Central Texas

"...Welcome to the Chronicle Web extra full transcript of our interviews with..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Feeling the Heat

A profile of the new Texas ACLU and Executive Director Will Harrell

"...For an organization that limped through the Nineties with virtually no presence at the Legislature, the..."

April 27, 2001 News Feature by Michael Erard

Rock This Way

The Semi-Annual, Whenever-We-Feel-Like-It Rock & Roll Books Section

"...Catherine Denueve. Une object d'arte. She should be in the..."

March 20, 1998 Books Feature

The Slow Dying of Johnston High

State accountability standards may close a school on the edge of survival

"...The night Austin state Sen. Kirk Watson urged the community..."

Nov. 30, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Beside the Point: Their Northcross to Bear

Council wades into Wal-Mart's waters

"...The lunchtime deluge of citizens communications brings many things at..."

Dec. 8, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Moon-Shaped Panties & the Saint of White Trash

The Late Lucinda Williams

"...The morning starts normally for Lucinda. Well, maybe not normal,..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

How a Collaboration Between Roky Erickson and Doug Sahm Became Part of the Blueprint for Punk Rock

Chapter one of the Austin Punk Chronicles concludes with two local legends setting the stage for a global music revolution

"...As Roky Erickson's live solo debut loomed at the grand opening of the Ritz on October 18, 1974..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Off the Record

Greg Ginn and SST Records start fresh in Taylor, Possessed by Paul James stars as The Folk Singer, and KOOP Radio catches fire (again)

"...Stop, Drop, and Rock & Roll..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Poughkeepsie Kid

Shadowing Austin City Limits Executive Producer Terry Lickona

"...There's no clock above the stage at the Moody Theater,..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Meet the New Neighbors

A fugitive sect of Mormon polygamists is building a home – and an end-time temple – in the West Texas town of Eldorado

"...The town of Eldorado, Texas, seat of Schleicher County, flanks..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Sleeping With the Television On

Teething Problems at the Austin Music Network

"...will star George Kennedy, and if you flip on the Austin Music Network, you'll see footage from the Austin..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Fire in the Night, Music in Bone-Deep Bassnote Throbs

Reveling among the multiform delights of Art Outside

"...I want to tell you about the men and women with the live fireworks exploding off..."

Oct. 29, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Breaking the Biker Code

Austin musician and Glass Eye expatriate Kathy McCarty sends greetings from the Sturgis, South Dakota, Black Hills Motor Classic & Rally, learns how to be a biker chick, and wishes we were there.

"...Little dusty towns, hundreds of miles apart from one another cling to the foothills of the mountains. If a..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

The Q&A Hole: Why Are People So Violent Toward Each Other

With Denise Prince, Bob Duke, Chris Brown, Rebecca Schwarz, and more

"...to believe. And yet, oh my stars and garters, there certainly seems to be an inexhaustible amount of the..."

Oct. 4, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Off the Record

Ice Cube racks up the body count at Mohawk, Loxsly shines a light on Tomorrow's Fossils, and gift-wrapping local holiday offerings

"...night on Red River. Triggering round after round over the PA, each one like a closed-fisted punch to the..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

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