Seasons in the Abyss

Pixies, Rush, Megadeth, and Slayer: the return of the album.

"...yet last week over a six-night span, four classic combos performed one of their name-making LPs in all its..."

Sept. 29, 2010 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

TV Eye

American Idol hosts Austin auditions, Geeks Who Drink toast The Simpsons, and more

"...cities for the 10th season of American Idol, the reality-competition series which airs on Fox. Auditions will be held..."

July 30, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Conduct Unbecoming: Prosecutor Dealt Another Slap

Court finds assistant D.A. withheld evidence

"...For the second time in less than two years, Assistant District Attorney..."

June 11, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Never-Ending Timeline

A chronology of events in the yogurt shop murder case

"...that his friend Forrest Welborn used the gun to commit the grisly crime...."

July 17, 2009 News Feature

TV Eye

Remembering the televised Michael Jackson: intimate and iconic

"...Eye," June 24, 2005). Ironically, the headline for that column was similar to this one: "Mourning Michael Jackson." But..."

July 10, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Laura Hall Out on Bond

Hall is out of jail after serving only a fraction of her sentence for her role in covering up Jennifer Cave's murder

"...The 3rd Court of Appeals on Feb. 19 overturned the five-year sentence..."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Yogurt Shop

Defendants in yogurt shop murder may get an opportunity to bond out of custody while awaiting second trial

"...for the 1991 quadruple slaying near Northcross Mall. In court proceedings Jan. 7, District Judge Mike Lynch said he'll..."

Jan. 16, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Burn, Baby, Burn

On Fahrenheit 451 and why good democracy should make you feel bad

"...12 years old, word came down that the Montgomery County School Board had decided to ban a book called..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Austin Landmarks on the Menu

"...and lunch diner that was started by Faye "Arkie" Sawyer in 1948. A low, eight-seat counter fronts the cooking..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Natural Science

Rush

"...Not as sorry as some 7,000 Lone Star salivates cozily ensconced into the Frank Erwin Center’s classic rock configuration...."

April 24, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Art City Austin: Everything old is new again

The annual art fair once known as Fiesta and the Austin Fine Arts Festival makes its debut after reinventing itself

"...The city's oldest art fair is about to become its newest art fair...."

April 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Josh Rosenblatt Has Seen the Future, and It Isn't Pretty

Magic eight-balling 2008, month by month

"...local diners and strip clubs, we came to the consensus that 1) the Coen Brothers are as good as..."

Jan. 3, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Karen Kuykendall: In Memoriam

When this performer and friend of the arts died on Oct. 31, the city lost the grandest of its grande dames

"...mean. Not that she was physically imposing; on the contrary, she was the epitome of petite, almost – to..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Women & Their Work: Why W&TW?

Arts professionals talk feminism and women's art over the past 30 years and W&TW's role in both then and now

"...Some people wonder why Women & Their Work even exists. Is there really a need,..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Film News

Little children and Little Children; plus, the Texas Bigfoot

"...Those adorable 15-year-old twins Cole and Dylan Sprouse (The Suite Life of Zach and..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

TV Eye

The End of the Cardigan-Clad Wise Man as We Know Him

"...It's May sweeps. Current series are coming to an end, while others are soon to launch..."

May 18, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Excessive Force Firing

APD officer fired and three of his supervisors suspended for policy violations in connection with arrest of drunk, possibly mentally retarded man

"...by acting Chief Cathy Ellison for policy violations in connection with the July arrest at a bus stop in..."

Jan. 5, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

TCB

The Back Room's curtain call after almost 33 years, live music crosses the gay divide at Chain Drive, and a sore groin foils Beck's secret Continental Club show

"...this big has been in the works for a couple of years," added McCarthy, a 16-year employee of the..."

June 30, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Gentle Disturbances

Creating ripples in public space with large-scale public art

"...one fine day and find the Texas State Capitol completely covered in yellow fabric. I mean, completely covered, from..."

March 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Green Art

"...a time in Austin when there will be that correlation between what that project was and what it meant..."

March 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Benevento/Russo Duo

"...Marco Benevento and drummer Joe Russo has probably been compared to Medeski, Martin & Wood more times than Mick..."

March 18, 2005 Music Review by David Lynch

Rock & Roll Books

Gift guide

"...Ecco/HarperCollins, 405 pp., $26.95..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

TV Eye

'Lost' is 'Gilligan's Island' meets (choose one): 'Rashomon,' 'The X Files,' 'The Twilight Zone,' 'Survivor,' 'Lord of the Flies.' But it's also one of more interesting new shows this season.

"...Survivor, Lord of the Flies. Those are the various comparisons I've heard used to describe the new drama series..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Page Two

We celebrate the opening of Jonathan Demme's complex and moving The Agronomist and cherish the sensibilities of horror-film art director Robert Burns, who passed away this week

"...To talk about the power, content, and impact of The Agronomist, the documentary on Haitian..."

June 4, 2004 Column by Louis Black

The Fiery Furnaces

"...a unique flavor to the straightforward blues-rock of Ryan Sawyer's driving drumbeats. Like a soundtrack to a fantastical globetrotting..."

March 19, 2004 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Will Supremes' Ruling Scuttle Yogurt-Shop Cases?

The high court's unanimous Sixth Amendment ruling gives hope to attorneys for Robert Springsteen and Michael Scott

"...Attorneys for Robert Springsteen and Michael Scott, the two defendants convicted in the 1991 yogurt-shop murders,..."

March 19, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Second Helpings: Comfort Food

"...homestyle cafe, founded in 1948 by the late Arkie Sawyer, serves breakfast and lunch each weekday with come-back-soon hospitality...."

March 19, 2004 Food Feature

Page Two

An amalgam of influences with a life of its own, the Chronicle is smarter than we are

"...the army in which all kinds of weapons may come into play. No iron can stab the heart with..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Column by Louis Black

'Something Went Wrong'

Six months after he was killed by an Austin cop, Jessie Owens' family still wants some basic answers

"...the left. This fact was noted by the Travis Co. medical examiner on a body diagram completed during Owens'..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

After a Fashion

Did that gal on the local news crew DHOH? With so many great stylists in Austin: why, why, why??? And guess who was seen at Starlite again?

"...I CONFESS I have fallen deeply in love with Patricia Vonne,..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

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