Money, It's a Gas

Economics, schmeconomics: Chronicle reviewer Roger Gathman compiles the latest books about the (almost) first commodity, money.

"...Last summer, a lot of media buzz was created when iVillage's..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...zero-budget Wakaliwood action movie studio. As for gamers, Console Wars blows the dust off the cartridge for a speed..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Comic Book Day: Picking Through The Shelves

The annual graphic giveaway is this weekend, so what should you pick up?

"...powered by licensed properties with its new crossover Harbinger Wars and Valiant Masters Showcase. Top Cow offers all of..."

May 3, 2013 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Play on Worlds

Now Playing

"...Star Wars: Episode I -- Racer Lucas Arts/PC & Nintendo 64..."

July 2, 1999 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

ACL Music Fest Preview

"...Central Texas' most beloved singer-songwriters, Terri Hendrix spent the summer of 2006 wowing festival crowds from coast to coast..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

"...company/record label Volcom Entertainment and a ride on this summer's Warped Tour. Volcom will be re-releasing the band's 2002..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

A Mysteriously Happy Atmosphere

"...been there may remember it as an eccentric post-graduate's summer campground, with an upright saloon piano at a bend..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Arts Feature by John Spong

Won't Get Schooled Again

Austin's Music Class of '98

"...acts spent the majority of 1996 embroiled in bidding wars, with Garza eventually settling on Atlantic and Sixteen Deluxe..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...Hunter, by the Zellner Brothers; Michael Tully's Ping Pong Summer; Drafthouse Films' The Dog; and, of course, Richard Linklater's..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...big screens and in the company of others. This summer two Austin film series, the Austin Film Society's Summer..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

Autumn Tales

The fall 1999 film season looks to be busier and noiser than ever.

"...Well, we made it through the summer of the movie with three titles, Star Wars: Episode..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tentatively Titled

Austin's Class of 1997

"...year, by finding themselves the target of major-label bidding wars, locally, nobody saw more music business hoopla than David..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Supersizing the Scene

From Rest Stop to Tour Stop

"...hosted an estimated total of 68,000 fans for its summer concert series, while Backyard owner Tim O'Connor also spent..."

May 12, 1995 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Welcome to the Jungle

Metal and alt-rock collide and flourish during the Back Room's glory years

"...here at SXSW in March. They've spent most of summer and fall in Los Angeles recording their debut for..."

July 28, 2006 Music Feature by Ray Seggern

Orbiting SXSW

Return of the Secaucus 7? Try the arrival of a SXSW septet: Dana Falconberry, Shakey Graves, The Eastern Sea, My Jerusalem, Black Pistol Fire, The Preservation, and The Boxing Lesson.

"...after losing two of its founding members to last summer's sophomore LP, Plague, and another whose full-time job doesn't..."

March 1, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

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

"...you're a squirrel." (April 25, 1986) Rock & Roll Summer School..."

July 1, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Bigger Than Life

Paramount Theatre plays host to two summer film series

"...out of whatever's playing at the local multiplex this summer. We're sorry, Mr. Lucas, but it's true. Speaking of..."

May 31, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...The movie distributors compartmentalize the year by season -- summer, fall, holiday -- each season indicative of a certain..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Top 10 Austin Breweries

Power ranking the local leaders in craft beer

"...least Dirty San Marcos, with the official beer of summertime tubing...."

June 23, 2017 Food Feature by Eric Puga

DVDanger: Elstree 1976

On set for Star Wars, plus Creepshow and Harryhausen

"...of work at London's famous Elstree Studios one hot summer...."

July 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Put the T and V in Thanksgiving

Holiday specials to ease you through the food coma and into the weekend

"...any of the last who-knows-how-many years at the Paramount Summer Classic Film Series and want to study up before..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

Nowhere Near His Final Frontier

At 74, 'Starlog' and 'Fangoria' co-founder Kerry O'Quinn is just getting started

"...of the Seventies and Eighties is like saying Star Wars was a big deal, or that Shoemaker-Levy 9 had..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

ACL Music Fest Sunday Listings

"...Cab for Cutie. The band celebrates at home after summer and fall touring. – Abby Johnston Royal Teeth..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Music Feature

Who Gives a Damn About Big Range Austin?

The answer might be a lot closer than you think

"...it seems, here at the start of another Texas summer?..."

June 24, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

You Coulda Walked Around the World

The LBJ of Lone Star songwriters lays siege to the Cactus Cafe

"...and Peace, "Give Them Water," then segues into "Between Wars." Line after line, verse after verse, his words cement..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Burn After Reading

ScreenBurn at SXSW Arcade: totally free, totally open to public

"...around with their feet dangling in the lake this summer. High school students learn the industry from professional game..."

March 5, 2010 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Page Two: Civic War

Can a city so dedicated and so divided endure?

"...never witnessed anything as ugly as the great art wars in the early to mid-Eighties. The discussion and tensions..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Drowning in Triviality

Instead of addressing our real problems, partisans fight over manufactured nonsense

"...gone. Even in the midst of a too hot summer, politics without respite can drown like a wave sweeping..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Point Austin: Out of Balance

As we sit down to balance the books, we might consider our largest deficits

"...this financial bubble forever, then came two massive, extended wars of choice that devastated other countries and our youth,..."

June 12, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Free Comic Book Day

There's a comic for everybody among the 40 titles available in the eighth annual giveaway

"...Avengers, while DC Comics primes the pump for its summer epic starring Green Lantern, Blackest Night, and offers a..."

May 1, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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