From the Music Desk

On Willie, Billy, Stevie Ray, Blaze, and more highlights from four decades of covering Austin music

"...All that's pervasive through pages of the Chronicle's music section, 40 years over. The leading characters in those stories,..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Michael Hall

Faster Than Sound: The Musicians at the Center of UT's "Eyes of Texas" Debacle

Inside the Longhorn Band's first-ever Black student group, LHBlacks.

"...believe I'm the only one who's Black in my section," says Taylor, who studies sociology. "I don't want to..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

A Cookbook a Day Keeps the Munchies at Bay

Texas Book Festival showcases seven food books from around the world

"...Texas barbecue. Shukby Einat Admony and Janna Gur Artisan, 368 pp., $35..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Food Feature by Emily Beyda

Hail Satan?

The Satanic Temple’s idiosyncratic quest to remind America about freedom of religion

"...then you have to allow us to install our 8-foot-tall bronze statue of the goat-headed figure of Baphomet, seated..."

May 3, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: The End of Single-Family?

Possibly. And look who’s leading the charge.

"...where it could largely redefine all of the residential sections in the next draft of the new code...."

Dec. 8, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Deadline? Whose Deadline?

CodeNEXT: "We've got to figure this out"

"...followed by six concurrent breakout sessions covering the major sections of the code – notably excepting the definitions of..."

Oct. 13, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Curcuma

Turmeric rules at this plant-based food truck

"...food truck uses the soft evangelism of its "About" section to make a case for eliminating meat and dairy,..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Live Election Coverage

Is it over yet?

"...that lead remained unchanged. Zimmerman told KUT shortly before 8:30pm that he would “probably” concede. Chronicle photographer David Brendan..."

Nov. 8, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

Booze Delivery Apps at Your Fingertips

Get lit without changing out of your pajamas

"...However, Lash gets some points for having a favorites section and the ability to schedule a future drop-off time...."

Aug. 5, 2016 Food Feature by Spencer Beghtol

Vulcan Video Hammers Southward

Video rental institution finds new home on Ben White

"...market. Ellisor said, "We started the comic book exploitation section as a joke, because that's the kind of joke..."

July 13, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: Rio Taxis

Take the water shuttles around the San Antonio River Walk

"...In the northern Museum Reach section of the River Walk, where the narrated cruises don't..."

April 3, 2015 Column

Playback: Ramones Signer Seymour Stein Visits Local Mentees Residual Kid

Plus Casey Monahan's exit interview, James Petralli's new side project, and SXSW's 547 additional acts

"...1990 inception, was trending. Funded to the tune of $280,194 annually, TMO promotes a favorite state industry...."

Jan. 16, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Food-o-File

Big changes at Olivia – and the Chronicle

"...job I could imagine. I'm proud of our Food section and grateful to all the contributing writers who shared..."

July 25, 2014 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The LEGO Movie

Let's face it: We're putty in these things' hands.

"...of friendship or the strength of family to the 8-year-olds in the audience seemingly for their parents’ sake; these..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Show Us Your Tapas!

We go weak at the knees for Barlata

"...Alluding to the aforementioned tinned seafood, the first section on the menu is simply titled Latas, a variety..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Young at Heart

The Austin Teen Book Festival is coming of age

"...Walk past the Fiction and Literature section at BookPeople, go up a flight of stairs, and..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

A Band Called Death

A black proto-punk band from Detroit that wouldn't compromise on its name is unearthed in this music doc 35 years after recording their original demo tracks.

"...black American culture. It’s chock-full of black-and-white photos and Super-8 home movies, although the narrative is sometimes repetitive, and..."

June 28, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

US Supremes Speak on UT, No Word on Voting Rights

Admissions policy goes back to court, but DOMA, section 5 still out

"...out of Alabama to overturn the preclearance components of Section 5 of the VRA. And thirdly, a pair of..."

June 24, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Much Ado About Nothing

With Shakespearean language tripping off their contemporary tongues, the actors are more than game for Joss Whedon's informal, black-and-white take on this classic comedy.

"...love. Fillion’s performance as the constable Dogberry in this section is the film’s comic highlight. Wounded by an insult,..."

June 21, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

'An Agency Run Amok': State Keeps Planned Parenthood in Limbo

Judge issues temporary injunction; attorney general immediately issued notice of appeal

"...Travis County District Judge Stephen Yelenosky on Nov. 8 granted a temporary injunction barring the state from enforcing..."

Nov. 16, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Urban Tejano

Tortilla Factory pulls down a Grammy nomination as Best Tejano Band as the almost four-decade-old local institution gets ready to reinvent the genre

"...new kind of Latin soul from 1973 into the 1980s, somewhere between Doug Sahm's Westside San Antonio gang and..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Off the Record

Where do you want it?

"...Forsaking the Song, Part 8..."

April 16, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Fortune Chinese Seafood Restaurant

Fortune: We welcome you to Austin

"...and Sunday, the full dim sum menu of some 80 items makes the rotation. And you can order from..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Food Review by Mick Vann

Save Me From What I Want

Annie Clark births slow jams, a tin man, and a baby pony

"...the multi-instrumentalist's second album, Actor ("Phases & Stages," May 8), which includes a song called "Laughing With a Mouth..."

June 19, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Off the Record

Freddie's Place unplugs, crate digging for Record Store Day, the second coming of Arc Angels, and sitting stage left at Austin City Limits

"...levels monitored at its property line do not exceed 85 decibels. Last Saturday, at approximately 7:15pm, the South First..."

April 17, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Disagreeing to Agree

With contract negotiations suspended, Austin firefighters look inward for a change

"...agreement – and on Nov. 26, members concluded a 582-160 vote to reject the contract...."

Jan. 16, 2009 News Feature by Michael King

The Travis County Vote

By region

"...Total Central North Northeast South Southeast West Barack Obama 253,278 (64.1%) 40,925 (74.9%) 31,885 (62.0%) 47,621 (71.2%) 41,037 (72.6%)..."

Nov. 14, 2008 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Iraq Comes Home

Wounded Warriors return to the Thin Blue Line

"...On March 14, 2007, a little after 8am, Austin Police Officer Wayne Williamson heard veteran Officer Lonnie..."

Sept. 19, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Day Trips

NatureFest in Bastrop's Fisherman's Park will celebrate the opening of Wilbarger Paddling Trail on Sept. 27

"...The Wilbarger Paddling Trail introduces a new section of the Colorado River north of Bastrop to the..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Natural Bridge Caverns outside of New Braunfels has expanded their spelunking options with the new Illuminations Tour

"...produced by minimal lighting, the spelunking goes to a section known as the Hidden Passages. "This portion of the..."

March 28, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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