Point Austin: Texas Backward

County takes one small step toward sanity on gun control

"...facility. There were two motions before the Court: Judge Sam Biscoe moved to suspend lease contract negotiations, and Commissioner..."

Jan. 17, 2014 News Column by Michael King

City Council: The Line Forms Here

CMs take on solar energy as more candidates come to light

"...DISTRICT 1 (East/Northeast) Sam Osemene, ACC assoc. prof. of govern­ment, small business owner,..."

Jan. 10, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Yes Yes: Sundance Announces 2014 Class

Austinites a-plenty in Competition and NEXT slates

"...Juliette Lewis (she showed a short film of the same name at last year’s festival), and David and Nathan..."

Dec. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Then There's This: Biscoe: The Most Popular Guy in Town

Flattery will get you nowhere in the race for interim commish seat

"...Travis County Judge Sam Biscoe has recently noticed an uptick in his popularity...."

May 10, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Guns & Ammo ... and Austin Politics

The state of gun control in Travis County

"...the national stage when Alex Jones did his best Sam Kinison impersonation for CNN host Piers Morgan...."

Jan. 18, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

A Thing Called Divine Fits

Spoon man Britt Daniel develops Divine Fits

"...the duo's new band with New Bomb Turks drummer Sam Brown, was announced in May, weeks after the demise..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Heart & Soul, Part 2

Second half of lengthy Q&A with Huey Lewis

"...pal. Years ago, we actually used to date the same girl, Kim Wilson and I. At different times... I..."

July 19, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Beer Flights: News on Austin Brews From Alpine to Munich

A roundup of local beer news

"...cancel its April 21 event at the Austin Music Hall, declaring that the ABF disaster "has contaminated the market..."

May 11, 2012 Food Column by Lee Nichols

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...City. Cast: Tashiana Washington, Ty Hickson, Meeko, Zoe Lescaze, Sam Soghor (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

sxswf: Even More 'Incendiary'

More from our Q&A with filmmakers Steve Mims and Joe Bailey Jr.

"...crew [Mims and Bailey] and they were in the hallway, so we just shut the door. And it was..."

March 10, 2011 SXSW Post by Jordan Smith

Off the Record

Handicapping the decade in Austin music and playing favorites for the Chronicle Music Poll

"...In the same way that the loss of Stevie Ray Vaughan and..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

High Texas Rider

Before the Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados, the Lone Star State's voice of the Vox organ, Augie Meyers, was San Antonio's Lord August & the Visions of Lite

"...with the Texas Tornados, Meyers has stood on a Hall of Fame lifetime...."

Oct. 30, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

There Will Be Blood

... And bloodsuckers and zombies and ghosts and murderers all over our stages this week

"...of Evil Dead: The Musical, a show that takes Sam Raimi's already over-the-top cult horror films to yet more..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

High School Homecoming

The nation’s best runner, that guy from Spoon, and me

"...old,” and discovered later I was correct when the same guy babbled drunkenly toward us shortly after midnight in..."

Oct. 19, 2009 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

UT Players Learn Quickly They're All Replaceable

Just ask Beyoncé, she'll tell ya

"...Texas win. Oklahoma knows the pain this year with Sam Bradford on the sidelines and really unlikely to be..."

Oct. 1, 2009 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Election News

Does this campaign chest make me look fat?

"...in the Place 1 race is that Jason Meeker's challenge to incumbent Lee Leffingwell hasn't gotten much traction. In..."

April 18, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

'Chronicle' Endorsements

March 4 primary election

"...and responsibility to vote. Texas Supreme Court, Place 7: Sam Houston..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

"...• U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks heard arguments Tues­day in the punishment hearing of..."

Feb. 8, 2008 News Feature

Chasing Teen Coin

"...home, and Aretha Franklin puts everyone to shame with Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come.” Disc three breaks..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Talk to Me

Cheadle leads a great cast through a musical glance at D.C. in the Sixties and Seventies.

"...P. Henson, Cedric the Entertainer, Martin Sheen and Vondie Curtis-Hall. Don Cheadle rarely disappoints. Endearing and chameleonlike, he embraces..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Thursday Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...more systematically. "We have to treat every show the same," he says. "We get out there and kick out..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

She's Her Own Grandma

Carole Keeton Strayhorn – what a long strange trip it's been

"...the governor's office and, as with every other political challenge she's taken on, Strayhorn relishes the fight as much..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...should have to follow the law." – Kinky Friedman, challenging his fellow independent gubernatorial candidate's request to be listed..."

June 16, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...solution, though, in more ways than one. County Judge Sam Biscoe noted this week that the county needs to..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature

FEMA's Flood Tide

One stroke forward, two strokes back – hurricane victims tread rising bureaucratic waters

"...weeks of sleeping on a cot in a convention hall with hundreds of other people in similar circumstances, you..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Klan plan to rally Saturday afternoon, 1-3pm, at City Hall, on behalf of "family values" – their way of..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

Out of Austin's primordial music past comes John Andrews with tales from the music hall of legends

"...was talking about, because I was suffering from the same fate, but even worse: It was nostalgia for a..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Nov. 8. On the ballot is Proposition 2, the anti-same-sex marriage amendment, the wording of which literally outlaws all..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond.

"...of waivers and tax rebates to woo electronics giant Samsung to build a chip-manufacturing facility here. And then the..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...did it so that she could work at the same school my daughter attends and have the same breaks...."

Aug. 19, 2005 Column

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