Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 26 - April 1

"...money, better parties, and prettier girls." But Johnny wants something different. What is it? He says, "I'm not even..."

March 26, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

SXSW Short and Sweet: “Sisters”

Jess Brunetto on her story of sibling rivalry and bonding

"...to the sisters’ dynamic with each other. I also borrowed concrete details of my oldest sister’s life, who provided..."

March 17, 2021 Screens Post by Shane Pfender

Faster Than Sound: Growing Up Margin Walker

I've only ever experienced Texas music under the independent reigns of Graham Williams. I didn't know how lucky I was.

"...Madriz headed talent buying at Margin Walker, its moniker borrowed from a Fugazi EP. Their new event, Sound on..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...– contemporary unearthing of prehistoric manna – and perhaps something more twisting in the wind (Skip Spence). Blowing in..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Day Trips: Best of Day Trips

Five best things about daytrippin’ in 2018

"...3) Best new Texas travel slogan: The Norwegians have borrowed the word "Texas" as slang for "crazy." The word..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Review: Holy Roller

The personal is edible at Callie Speer's new hot spot

"...sprinkles for a ticker tape parade. It all seemed borrowed somehow, perfunctory and hollow...."

Sept. 8, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

"A Celebration of Writing, and Reading"

Louis Black's notes on the first Chronicle Short Story Contest

"...experience, the other Third Place Winner, Livia Pohlman ("The Borrowed Garden of Dignity"), and Fourth Place Winner Adriane Lee..."

June 14, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Review: Yard Bar

Every dog has its day at North Austin hot spot

"...Maybe I should have borrowed a dog. The 40-some-odd pooches happily bounding about Yard..."

July 15, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Thursday SXSW Interview: Timmy Thomas & the Overtown Soul Revue

"...Drake borrowed the beat wholesale for viral hit "Hotline Bling."..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Queen Bee

Tara Chapman redefines local with Two Hives Honey

"...Chapman took a Round Rock Honey beekeeping class and borrowed power tools to build her own hives with a..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Austin Symphony July Fourth Concert & Fireworks

With more than the usual musical suspects, the ASO managed to make its 39th July Fourth concert a rousing success

"...Programming a Fourth of July concert must seem like something most Americans could do in their sleep. Just plug..."

July 10, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

An Excerpt From Blackout

Sarah Hepola's memoir on "remembering the things I drank to forget" – an excerpt

"...lumberjack look was like a uniform at UT. I'd borrowed a gray flannel shirt and jeans flecked with paint..."

June 19, 2015 Arts Feature

Farewell to Dusty Rhodes

How the American Dream spoke to and for blue collar America

"...paycheck, people knew what he meant. And when he borrowed the cadences and emphases of the East Austin black..."

June 15, 2015 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...a career of "naive" music, seemingly built on tools borrowed from the Velvet Underground and the Shaggs. He certainly..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Seven Samurai

SXSW Picks 2 Click: Austin acts cutting through the din

"...So we did. We just pooled all our resources, borrowed my step-mom's SUV, got a U-Haul trailer, flew back..."

March 6, 2015 Music Feature by Michael Toland

The Aftermath

Days later, the Red River rampage echoes through many lives

"...Wilson, the Honda Civic that Owens was driving was borrowed from a friend in Kil­leen; that friend, Andrew Bramwell,..."

March 21, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW and the Matter of Life and Death

'Death acceptance is an acceptance of reality'

"...important is that they have a ritual, which is something we’ve failed at in the United States. We fail..."

March 9, 2014 SXSW Post by Melanie Haupt

In the Room

First-place winner

"...her hair is a little mussed, like she's hiding something," I point to the second frame of the illustrated..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Books Feature by Raul Garza

Food Issue Extra Helpings: I'm Waiting for My Ham

A few lines about the lines around Austin

"...platform entryway in 50-degree weather examining stray menus over borrowed wine glasses. Tables inside turned over slowly, with many..."

Feb. 10, 2014 Chronolog Post by Chase Hoffberger

ACL Live Shot: Aaron Behrens

Ghostland Observatory frontman reinvents himself

"...the classic rock canon. One of the heavier numbers borrowed as much from Led Zeppelin’s “Since I’ve Been Loving..."

Oct. 7, 2013 Music Post by Austin Powell

Your Austin Artist

In a changing city, Michael Anthony García embraces the changing roles of the visual art maker

"...budding artists find their way. García emphasizes that it's something he felt the arts community lacked for a long..."

June 28, 2013 Arts Feature by Caitlin Greenwood

UPDATED: Carter Jury Clears APD Officer

Deliberations began after passionate closing arguments

"...hill where, it turned out, Webb had parked the borrowed red Oldsmobile Alero he was driving that night. As..."

June 11, 2013 News Post

Leonard for a Day

Louis Black and Leonard Maltin reminisce on 50 years of moviegoing

"...just the right face, just the right personality. He borrowed Warren William, his leading man, from Warner Brothers, where..."

May 24, 2013 Screens Feature

The Luv Doc: Real People vs. Smart Phones

Nothing breaks the ice like a flawless recitation of the Monty Python 'Albatross' sketch

"...– but I think it’s rude. Should I say something to her about it or should I just shut..."

May 17, 2013 Column by The Luv Doc

In Praise of Michael Bay

Alamo Drafthouse brings 'Pain & Gain' to Baymaggedon on Sunday

"...all the slo-mo magazine drops, overblown Hans Zimmer scores, borrowed U.S. military equipment and swirling standing hero shots you..."

April 19, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Time to Strike is Now

Get Equal Texas march for LGBT justice

"...In some ways, the March Sunday is a borrowed idea. Diviesti explained that in years past, Equality Texas..."

March 9, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

From Occupation to Co-operation

Co-op Think Tank organizes to expand member-owned movement

"...trying to pressure the government or employer to do something differently, you simply say, 'We'll try to do it..."

Jan. 25, 2013 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Everything Went Black: Rewriting Sight & Sound's Top Ten

What, no Polanski?

"...of politics and war ever made. The Marx Brothers borrowed heavily from Dada, which makes Buñuel and Dali something..."

Aug. 29, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Feedtime

What no one else is doing: Aussie one-chord punk

"...weak and muffled. The culprit was Rick's guitar, a borrowed Tele that kept getting quieter and quieter. It should..."

April 10, 2012 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

'To Need, the Women Say'

Short Story Contest first-place winner

"...Everyone in La Isla de las Viudas wants something, and they will describe every damn inch – as..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Books Feature by Mary Terrier

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