Top 10 Most Memorable Locally Produced Live Performance Offerings That I Chanced to See in 2008

Chronicle Arts writer Barry Pineo on the most memorable moments onstage in 2008

"...1) Hamilton Township (Salvage Vanguard Theater) This original production of Jason Grote's savagely funny play, with..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Holiday in San Antonio

The birth of Austin's punk scene: the Sex Pistols at Randy's Rodeo in San Antonio, 25 years ago this week.

"...Jan. 8, 1978, began like most Central Texas winter mornings: gray, but not terribly cold. It was the..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Stones in His Pockets

With David Stahl and Michael Stuart playing everyone in County Kerry, this Irish comedy is a delight from beginning to end

"...Stones in His Pockets..."

March 7, 2008 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

2007-2008 B. Iden Payne Award Nominations

The full list of honorees for the Austin Circle of Theatres' annual theatre honors

"...Seussical the Musical (Zach Theatre Performing Arts School)..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature

2008 Payne Awards Nominations

The full list of honorees for the Austin Circle of Theatres' annual theatre honors

"...2007-2008 B. Iden Payne Award Nominations..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature

Playback: Re-HAAMing

HAAM needs you to re-up, Ian McLagan's been gone a year, and Hotel Van Zandt playroom Geraldine's restores our faith in hotels co-existing with live local music

"...Every year, the same drill, same nightmare: renewing your health insurance. Forms, brochures, additional spending addenda –..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

“Michael Anthony García: Continental Divide” at St. Edward’s

Layered photographs and images of empty garments across Austin allude to spaces of equality and disruption

"...than one occasion, I have spotted a stray shirt in the Austin landscape. Such sightings always spark a trail..."

June 8, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

The Girl Who Met Robert Johnson

Shirley Ratisseau wrote a song with Robert Johnson

"...Memory and history. Both have a way of being skewed by, and..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...In a recent news story involving me [Lawyers, Drugs, and..."

April 4, 2003 Column

The Best Things We Saw at Austin Psych Fest 2023

Toro y Moi, Automatic, and more highlight homegrown festival’s return

"...Considering Austin’s inclement weather and the precarious state of national..."

May 1, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

The Who Bettered, The Who's Best

Reissuing 30 Years of Maximum R&B

"...The music business is a peculiar one. Most employers at least throw..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...by five nights, divided by you. And that's not counting the attendant acts the conference sweeps in every year...."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

World of Books

The Fifth Annual Texas Book Festival

"...Mitch Cullin The dusty, empty places Mitch Cullin keeps returning to..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Grooving With Cass McCombs

“I don’t think people really understand that my music is experimental”

"...Bay Area native Cass McCombs hasn’t done as many interviews as his enigmatic groove poetry demands, but the singer-songwriter-guitarist,..."

Sept. 14, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

How Green Is the Music?

Festivals, bands, and musicians seek environmental harmony

"...Radiohead, told the UK's Guardian newspaper he would "consider refusing to tour on environmental grounds, if nothing started happening..."

April 20, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Ana's Opening

Third place

"...Ana was shivering in the last row of the church, next to..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Books Feature by Stacy Muszynski

Starry Eyes

Roky Erickson's monumental comeback

"..."One of the great rock & roll singers stood on the stage with his arms crossed. He..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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Our readers talk back.

"...Dear Michael [King]:..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Column

Born on Highway 61

Famed superharpist James Cotton settles into Austin.

"...On a Friday night at Antone's in early January, Austin's newest celebrity resident James Cotton is..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Texas Platters

"...Farewells & Fantasies (Elektra Traditions/Rhino)..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Music Review

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...In your Aug. 9 issue, within the article entitled "Did..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...If he hadn't been driving the getaway car, Tim O'Connor might have punched Willie..."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Postmarks

Losing Our Lunch

"...and your posse -- I hope you all are reading. This is for you...."

Feb. 12, 1999 Column

Appreciation Society

Shapes Have Fangs bite into a Kinks klassic

"...It's Monday at Rio Rita, and patrons are lounging around the Eastside bar, waiting to play 45s they..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Pop Beloved

Revisting the Reivers

"...Nineteen eighty-five. What was on the radio in 1985? Tears..."

April 26, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Zakary Thaks

Kings of South Texas rock

"...Chris Gerniottis recalls his early days in Zakary Thaks with a mixture of..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...Brothers Peter O'Doherty and Reg Mombassa formed Dog Trumpet in 1990 after a successful run with Eighties Australian hitmakers..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Ten Fingers

Denny Freeman's 40-year Austin arc

"...For 32 years this story has been pounding inside me, begging to come..."

Dec. 2, 2011 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Saturday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...8pm, Buffalo Billiards Scotland's Simon Raymonde knows the music business. His iconic Cocteau Twins went through the ringer in..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Grave Importance

Meiling Guentzel explores her fascination with small local graveyards and death and learns about life in the process.

"...Last night, I killed my mom. She kept insisting that I wasn't capable of flipping her over my..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Features Feature by Meiling Guentzel

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