Top 10 Austin Albums of 2016

The Chronicle music staff picks their favorite local records

"...1) Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, Stranger Things Vols. 1 & 2 (Lakeshore/Netflix)..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Playback: Biggest Austin Music Stories of 2016

Looking back on the biggest Music news headlines of the year

"...into living rooms worldwide via Netflix's retro sci-fi smash Stranger Things, scored by members Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein...."

Dec. 23, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Booze Delivery Apps at Your Fingertips

Get lit without changing out of your pajamas

"...about to find out what happened to Barb on Stranger Things. You tried a vermouth and soda, but you..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Food Feature by Spencer Beghtol

Moontower Review: Wanda Sykes

The uproarious Sykes' return to Moontower was, um, double the fun

"...night could be summarized in one word and two things, they’d be “titties.”..."

April 25, 2015 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

District 4: Getting Cray-Cray

"...fiscally conservative matron, to overtake the broadly endorsed Casar? Stranger things have happened in Austin run-offs – and D4..."

Dec. 5, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

The Hightower Legacy

Donna Hightower knew a singer when she saw one

"...“Well, stranger things have happened and several years later, I ended..."

Aug. 28, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Chaos in Tejas Live (Saturday): Joyce Manor

Kidnapped pop-punk

"...“Are you going to watch Joyce Manor?” a stranger asked me at a Hotel Vegas picnic table. “They’re..."

June 2, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Chef Erica Beneke Competes on 'Chopped'

Max's Wine Dive hosts viewing party this weekend

"...Erica Beneke is no stranger to cooking competitions. She won the local round of..."

May 30, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Hoja Santa

A story of the sacred Mexican root beer leaf pepper plant

"...do not sanctify a plant in my book, but stranger things have happened...."

Aug. 24, 2012 Food Post by Mick Vann

FF2011: Kevin Sorbo Picks 'Julia X'

The former Hercules slashes up 3D

"...There are certain things you expect in life. Birds fly, water flows, and..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bedside Manner: Finishing What You Start

Words to fall asleep by

"...The Stranger, by Albert Camus: Another read of this tattered 1958..."

Sept. 18, 2011 Books Post by Amy Smith

Weedaholic

The unofficial Teapot Party anthem and other half-baked ideas

"...their most memorable high times with the Red Headed Stranger...."

Dec. 2, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

'Intelligent???'

Anti-LGBT propaganda video

"...off. Yoinked from my internet surfing, most recently The Stranger from a site called "OnKneesForJesus" featuring this clip, "Intelligent..."

Nov. 11, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Julie Gillis

Cinemapocalypse at the Alamo Ritz: Die, Nazi, Die!

Quentin Tarantino premieres Inglourious

"...Having survived our share of Butt-Numb-a-Thons, we're no stranger to long-haul movie marathons, but it's still a surreal..."

Aug. 16, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

'Boys Will Be Boys'

Jeff Pearlman's new book exposes the excesses and successes of the Nineties Dallas Cowboys

"...no preface, because Pearlman has no use for such things. On the first paragraph of the first page, the..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Still Up the Junction

Q&A with Chris Difford of Squeeze

"...for Argybargy, East Side Story, and Sweets from a Stranger), and Simon Hanson (drums) and Stephen Large (keyboards), from..."

Sept. 3, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Texas and the Numbers Game

How the Democratic presidential nomination could still come back to Texas

"...the Austin Convention Center. And in this campaign season, stranger things have happened...."

May 30, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

To Your Health

Why are those sticky labels on fruits and veggies, and are they harmful if swallowed?

"...label for kiwi fruit from Hawaii would be valuable? Stranger things have happened...."

April 28, 2006 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

Song Loon

Second Place

"...to him, but I knew someone else might be, stranger things had happened. Sometimes I wondered why we stayed..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Books Feature by Bonnie West

May 4 Election Wrap-up

"...Someday, maybe, Slusher and Mitchell might rekindle their friendship. Stranger things have happened. Who would have believed, after all,..."

May 10, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Gates of Hell

"...food for a week or more. The Fulci Diet? Stranger things have happened...."

Oct. 29, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Watermelon Discography, 1989-1999 (In Chronological Order)

"...High Noon, Stranger Things..."

June 18, 1999 Music Feature

Coach's Corner

"...it to the Super Bowl. Unlikely though it seems, stranger things have happened... somewhere... I think. n..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

No Expectations

Whiskeytown

"...that performance can be heard on Whiskeytown's major-label debut, Stranger's Almanac, but the gig's real legacy remains that it..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...We Strangers Director/Screenwriter: Anu ValiaProducers: Olivia Wingate, Alex Bach, Zach Spicer,..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...THE STRANGERD: Satyajit Ray; with Utpal Dutt, Mamata Shankar, Deepankar De,..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...and a well-told story and, furthermore, proves that sometimes things are stranger than fiction. (10/27/95)4.0 stars (M.B.) Dobie..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...and a well-told story and, furthermore, proves that sometimes things are stranger than fiction. (10/27/95)4.0 stars (M.B.) Dobie..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Rattling Our Stage

A Survey of Austin's Rebel Theatre Scene

"...an ankle-deep layer of grit. Yet, think of the things you could do and places you could go in..."

April 10, 1998 Arts Feature

From Southerners to Seventh Grade

"...the irony of that choice is apparent, especially as things turned out. ... I fled from Herman's savagery, only..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Books Feature

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