Sorry We Missed You

Ken Loach eviscerates the gig economy in this vérité masterpiece

"...these people, these people who are delivering these items, your hand lotion, your dog treats, to you every day,..."

March 13, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

We Forgive You, Notre Dame. Just Don't Do It Again.

Notre Dame student paper prints hateful cartoon.

"...I'm sure you've heard the big stink about that cartoon in the..."

Jan. 26, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Steven Cheslik-deMeyer

We Forgot Texas Roadhouse's Steaks

"...Dear Editor, You forgot to mention the new Texas Roadhouse off Slaughter..."

Jan. 19, 2005 Postmarks

The Q&A Hole: What Extinct Animal Would You Bring Back To Life?

With Matt Oztalay, Peter-John Byrnes, Wiley Wiggins, and more

"...Ah, yeah, we should've realized that some form of dinosaur would be..."

Feb. 11, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

"We'll Always Have 807 Congress"

The Raging of the Elements, or Indoor Theatre in Austin -- Al Fresco

"...Ye of the air-conditioned conditioning: This is Austin. No, you shouldn't have to sit like the Sunday roast, pooling..."

June 25, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

If You Have Ghosts

Nothing's rotten in Denmark for Danny Malone

"...of the Appalachian mountains, the boarding school hosted troubled youth with issues ranging from typical academic rebellion to more..."

June 7, 2013 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Stitch V: Would You Like Some Glam in Your DIY?

"...November 10, Austin Convention Center When we left the Stitch Fashion Show and Guerrilla Craft Bazaar..."

Nov. 11, 2007 Design Post by Anne Harris

The Dead Climb on Top of You

Third Place winner

"...I had never ever lived alone. In college there were roommates, and after college there was Teddy. And when..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by P. Tyson Midkiff

Wild Thing, We Surely Loved You

RIP Maurice Sendak

"...The author and illustrator of deeply loved children's books..."

May 8, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Baby, Let Me Follow You Down

Can record stores survive the digital age?

"...two stores (the South Austin store closed in 2001), you might think heartache accompanied the closings. Wrong. The passing..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Goodnight, Austin, Texas -- Wherever You Are

The 2000-01 Austin Music Awards

"...A. And in no way was it simply Cleaves' well-deserved honors that signaled this town's independence from style over..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Slack Where We Started

Richard Linklater and John Pierson Ponder 'Slacker' and Its Aftermath

"...contrast was stark. In budgetary terms, Linklater and Schwarzenegger were like David and Goliath, but without the Bible-school ending...."

June 29, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters at 3AM

Our national self-doubt and self-conflict are nothing new, but what is new, in the last 40 years or so, is a state of confused and conflicted values. It is the signature of our era that we live in a world so unstable that its limits may be tested merely by a bumper sticker.

"...in front of me sported quite a bumper sticker: SORRY WE MISSED CHURCH, WE WERE BUSY/LEARNING WITCHCRAFT AND BECOMING..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Local Cinemas Embrace Online Experiment to Ride Out Coronavirus Closures

AFS, Alamo, and Violet Crown all screening online

"...That concern has been deepest for art house cinemas. However, in a new wave of experimentation, indie distributors are..."

March 28, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Single Lash, Ladida

Quartet’s second album smoothly braids shoegaze smoke and mirrors

"...murky beauty off the surfaces of elegant melodies like "Sorry We Missed You" and "Clinging to Life." The band..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Austin Cinemas Go Virtual

New initiative changes the game for VOD to benefit indie theatres and distributors

"...more exposure. With the indie cinemas closed, new strategies were required, and that's where the new wave of virtual..."

April 3, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Satire or 'A Tiny Masterpiece of Coercive Ideology?'

"...Dear Editor, In Sorry We Missed Church [“Letters @ 3am,” Feb. 17], Michael..."

Feb. 27, 2006 Postmarks

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Our readers talk back.

"...Re: Your gubernatorial endorsement [Endorsements, Feb. 24]: Chris Bell? A touch..."

March 3, 2006 Column

Let There Be Rock

Australia vs. New Zealand in a SXSW rugby death-match

"...Sorry to tell you this, but most of what you..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Waiting for Jerry

The arrangements were made, the interview set: Jerry Hall, one of the most glamorous and desirable women in the world, would be calling writer Stephen MacMillan Moser at home on his own telephone! And he waited. And waited. And waited …

"...What were we doing? Making a game of counting the number..."

June 15, 2001 Arts Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

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Our readers talk back.

"...are still standing, yet Antone's is continually omitted from your "surviving record store" list...."

Jan. 21, 2005 Column

'Downton Abbey' and the 'Desire of Suitors'

Mary is beating suitors off with a stick

"...Hello, my dearest readers. So sorry to have abandoned you last week, but I was..."

Feb. 17, 2014 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

Game On Austin

Local video-game developers show their stuff. And beer!

"...In case you missed the banner likely hovering above this very blog..."

Oct. 8, 2009 Screens Post by James Renovitch

In Denial to America's Dire Peril

"...displeasure [“Postmarks Online,” Feb. 22] over Michael Ventura's column (Sorry We Missed Church) [“Letters @ 3am,” Feb. 17], it's..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Postmarks

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Our readers talk back.

"...The positive sentiment was certainly not the case regarding your Jan. 27 issue. I was extraordinarily disappointed by the..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Column

Bang the Gong and Bury the Constitution, Only I Know the Truth

"...Dear Editor, Michael Ventura's Feb. 17 Chronicle piece, Sorry We Missed Church [“Letters @ 3am”], wallows in neo-leftist..."

Feb. 22, 2006 Postmarks

La Vista at the Hyatt

"...the second floor of the Hyatt Hotel, chances are you've already been there, or somewhere eerily similar, even before..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Food Feature

Summer Fun: No Pressure; No Diamonds

Learning the facets of the AAA hotel inspector's trade

"...Come with us as we slide our plastic card in the key slot and..."

July 17, 2015 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

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Our readers talk back.

"...Chronicle because they invariably endorse progressive, environmentally friendly candidates. However, your "close call" endorsement of Karen Sonleitner over Jeff..."

March 8, 2002 Column

The Last Sunset

The day the DEA came for Dan Del Santo

"...him, including mine, but his own life and music were often shrouded in the darkness and despair that ultimately..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Music Feature by Anne Sherwood

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