Spotlight: Spoon

Screw indie rock -- Britt Daniel is aiming for the Top 40.

"...By his own admission, sincerity is one of the harder things Spoon's Britt Daniel has ever had..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Straight, No Chaser

Brannen Temple, aspiring to be Austin's Max Roach

"...The question is influences; the answer is a drum lesson...."

March 2, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

TV Eye

What's the real meaning of Christmas? Well, it's doubtful you'll find it in the typical cheery holiday TV programming. But two upcoming documentaries -- The Forgotten Americans and First Person Plural -- remind us of the importance of home and family and offer a thought-provoking alternative to more traditional holiday fare.

"...Nowhere are hearth, home, and family celebrated during the holiday season like they are on television. From glittering..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Homegrown Don Quixotes

Austin writer Neal Barrett Jr.'s latest mind-over-matter comic thriller, Interstate Dreams, "has an oddly disorienting effect," Chronicle reviewer Mike Shea writes.

"...a license to use or abuse reality any way they see fit. They can abide by the rules of..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Books Feature by Mike Shea

Book Reviews

Hangover Soup

"...novel, Hangover Soup, bears a certain resemblance to Playing the Bones, its successful predecessor. Lacey, the central figure in..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Books Review

Postmarks

No More Apologies

"...Finally, one of your reporters has the courage to identify hypocrisy on..."

May 22, 1998 Column

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Movie Titles for 1997

"...2/14/97 ADDICTED TO LOVE 3.0 (M.S.) 5/23/97 ADRENALIN: FEAR THE RUSH PREVIEW (M.B.) 1/31/97 AIR BUD 2.0 (R.S.) 8/1/97..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

Breaking Away

Austin's Newest Bike Plan May Finally Pull Ahead

"...Carless Tom Eden puts his body on the line daily to commute throughout Austin despite the lack..."

Oct. 17, 1997 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Live Shots

"...Asleep at the Wheel's Ray Benson at the Broken Spoke, May 23..."

May 30, 1997 Music Feature

Hunting vs. Birding

Will TPWD Accomodate Those Who'd Rather Watch?

"...The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) is stuck. Stuck..."

April 11, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Sloppy, Glorious, and Completely Indigenous

Austin's Hoot Night Tradition

"...Many "experts" seem to believe that Marshall McLuhan's vision of a global-mediated village came true a long time ago...."

Jan. 17, 1997 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Schools in Session

Legislators Study Issues: From Vouchers to Combat Pay

"...Now that the chips have fallen where they may, it's time to..."

Jan. 3, 1997 News Column by Roseana Auten

Postmarks

¡Bueno Wayno!

"...Mucho thanks for all the good stuff -- Best of '96 "Best Sandwich" and..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Column

BY MICHAEL VENTURA You'd think a town

"...would hesitate to call itself "The Gateway to Death" -- okay, it's "The Gateway to..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Column

A Revolutionary Letter to Employers (continued)

"...I'm not through with you yet. Don't believe The Wall Street Journal. Don't believe TV. Above all, don't..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Column

Club Comings and Goings

"...Rumors have been flying about another club's demise, and this time it's the Back Room,..."

Nov. 10, 1995 Music Column

Sultry, Aggressive, and No-Bullshit Blues by Margaret Moser

"...The drive out to Sue Foley's Buda home is one..."

June 30, 1995 Music Feature

Midland Tangles With a Rare Bird Republicans Fowl Property Rights

"...jet, cradling an injured whooping crane in her arms. The jet was whisking Erskine and the bird, which had..."

June 23, 1995 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Has Round Rock ISD Hit Rock Bottom?

Maybe not yet

"...7 inches, from an address in Northwest Austin. Part of Chiles’ work as a network administrator for large, online..."

Nov. 4, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin's First Cannabis Oil Dispensary Is Ready to Grow

Compassionate Cultivation prepares to serve epilepsy patients

"...Austin mother Katie Graham plays a delicate balancing act. Her 7-year-old..."

Dec. 1, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...devotion to high school football to our communal spirit of filmmaking in the face of the bigwigs in New..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Farewell to Allan

Eastside parents watch AISD and IDEA dismantle their neighborhood school

"...played in a bouncy castle or lined up for the choo-choo train making loops around the campus. Parents and..."

June 1, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked If I Want To

Magnum opus on one of rock & roll's Rosetta Stones: 1967's Moby Grape

"...Jerry Miller: lead guitar, vocals 'Moby Grape,' the Album..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Louis Black

Saturday Picks

"..."A friend of mine was in Jamaica," starts a confident David Banner,..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...(Aug. 4) is a lie ["Hightower Report"]. He takes the SBA to task for awarding billions and billions in..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...First, thanks for the editorial addendum to my last letter to the Chronicle..."

May 19, 2006 Column

Naked City

"...Quote of the Week "The State of Texas has not met..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Congratulations, Diana [Welch], on making the Texas Minutemen look like a bunch of fools ["This..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...State Rep. Keel RespondsLetter to the editor,..."

April 15, 2005 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...You've simply got to have a regular "Quote(s) of the Week" somewhere after seeing this one. (I think..."

April 8, 2005 Column

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