Off the Record

Exit Music: Nakia leaves The Voice, Corcoran retires, and Mike Wiebe walks the plank

"...36,000 people at Dodger Stadium." Nakia had an impressive run, charting two songs from the program on iTunes' Top..."

July 1, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Thinking App

Locally developed brain game Qrank gets competitive

"...your score on Facebook for all your friends to see or, for the classier ilk, let the leaderboards speak..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Page Two: New Jersey Reverie

Autumn rain, returning memories

"...it was some years after the first, the police seemed almost happy to see her, despite the fact that..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Forever Young

The alumni artists of "YLA 15" continue to transform our world into their own

"...text, "a Latino curator selecting Latino artists in a Latino-run institution" still carries a special weight...."

Aug. 13, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Learning the Game

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

"...All right?" continues the guitarist. "You got a great spot here, you know. I'm thinking of moving in. Anyone..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Gun Crazy!

Barack Obama may not be coming to get your weapons – but he's sure doing wonders for gun & ammo sales

"...and some folks have given up finding a marked spot at all and instead slide up onto thin strips..."

May 22, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

God Save the Queenie

Duke Ellington's almost lost opera of a Harlem beautician gets rescued and a makeover

"...Queen Latifah made the beauty salon a cultural hot spot, there was Queenie Pie...."

April 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Learning Curve

Lessons from the Long Center's first six months

"...they had "rehearsed" was the facility they would be running...."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fantastic Journey

Alejandro Escovedo comes full circle

"...playing some of the most thrilling shows anywhere. I've seen him solo in a room with 20 people, as..."

June 20, 2008 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

Place 3: Shade's Surprising Landslide

Even after winning, Shade takes jabs at Kim

"...2005, 27% was enough to get her into a run-off against Mar­got Clarke, which she then won. But this..."

May 16, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

'Counting Water'

Third-Place Winner

"...a big X on it. Like "X" marks the spot. Next time I see him, I'm going to ask..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Books Feature by Carolyn Lindell

The Journey of a Gun

Gun traveled circuitous path to Kevin Brown's hands

"...and another group of friends were hanging out, to see if Smith could help. "Wes [Smith] said that he..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Arab Star

Texas journalist Aziz Shihab on Does the Land Remember Me?: A Memoir of Palestine

"...Shihab organizes his tale around a 1993 visit to see his 100-year-old mother, who came to him in a..."

July 20, 2007 Books Feature by Michael King

Song for My Father

An epic and personal reminiscence of Don Walser and what he meant to Austin

"...Lounge and its savant blind pianist had already been overrun by the hooples, but this place, Henry's Bar and..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Music Feature by Mark Rubin

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...City" [News, July 21]: The Austin Chronicle apparently can't see the forest for the migas. Austin has already made..."

July 28, 2006 Column

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...Strayhorn.) For the other races and overall election news, see p.22...."

May 19, 2006 News Feature

City of the Dead

Journeying through the graves of Austin's oldest cemetery

"...I see you standing on the other side...."

April 21, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Endorsements

Our endorsements for the March 9 Republican and Democratic primaries

"...not certain that anyone other than Kerry will be running by March 9, but we note simply that Kerry,..."

Feb. 27, 2004 News Feature

Election 2004

A crowded field angles to succeed Margo Frasier as sheriff

"...Margo Frasier announced in December that she would not seek re-election to the post she first won in 1996,..."

Feb. 27, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Endorsements

Our endorsements for the March 9 Republican and Democratic primaries

"...not certain that anyone other than Kerry will be running by March 9, but we note simply that Kerry,..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature

TCB

Austin from A to Z

"...Jacket and the Used; Cotton is the man to see south of the river, stocking the Saxon Pub with..."

July 18, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...issue [July 4], it is all too easy to see what is "lost" about Austin. It is Austin's soul...."

July 11, 2003 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...It's good to see that there is at least one publication in Austin..."

May 16, 2003 Column

Articulations

A scorecard of changes in the January arts calendar owing to, um, difficulties in the economy, as well as scheduling conflicts and new bookings.

"...schedule. Making a welcome return after a successful summer run at the State Theater is Late Night Catechism, which..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Dancing About Architecture

Hole is on hold, as is Abra Moore's new album, though American Analog Set may be dead and the Mercury's Hip Hop Humpday is definitely. Meanwhile, John Kunz fights back, and Don Imus raises the Flatlanders flag. Whew!

"...could return if new owners could be found to run it. Is there anybody out there sane enough to..."

July 26, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Red River Valley

Red River, home to Austin's real live music venues

"...watched up close as the cramped, nearly pitch-black dive's run as an outlet for noisy local fare came to..."

June 22, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Sad Stories and Steel Guitars

Tearjoint Troubador Ted Roddy's Country Soul

"...but the choppy, steadfast guitar and Roddy's juiced harmonica runs always bring the song (and the singer) back from..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Center of Gravity

City's influx of new money and new businesses shifts council's political sails

"...It's easy to see how a skeptic could conclude that Austin's activist agenda..."

May 26, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Blow Harder

The use of horns in local rock & roll bands

"...Doubt, Sublime, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Wilco, and Beck have seen their horn-enhanced output hit the modern-rock jackpot. Now that..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Money to Burn

John Cornyn tries to keep tobacco case lawyers from reaping all of the financial benefits.

"...an effort to reward his lawyer pal, Marc Murr (see "My Friend Murr," below)...."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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