The Table Ed Ward Built

Pioneering music journalist (1948-2021) wrote rock & roll history

"...Ed Ward, who died Monday at the age of 72, welcomed..."

May 5, 2021 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Cats Don't Dance

"...Directed by: Mark Dindal. Starring: Scott Bakula, Jasmine Guy, Natalie..."

April 4, 1997 Movie Review by Robert Faires

John Carpenter Lit Up By El Rey

Legendary director first guest in "The Director's Chair"

"...Don't ask John Carpenter to pick his favorite movies from his own..."

May 10, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

From charming zombies to pompous actors, 10 films to seek in 2019

"...You may be done with 2018, but 2018 isn't done with you. While festival..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ed Ward Unleashes His Second Volume on The History of Rock & Roll

First-generation rock critic visits Teen Pan Alley

"..."I don't believe in the Great Man Theory of rock & roll," states Ed..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Austin Author Ed Ward Revisits Rock’s First Guitar Hero, Michael Bloomfield

“When you heard Mike Bloomfield play, you got the sense this was the real shit."

"...1965, New York: Bob Dylan hunkers down in Columbia Studios attempting to apply rock & roll sonics to his..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Troma Ward

Troma Films co-founder Lloyd Kaufman: indie maverick, gross-out artist.

"...Troma Films is best known to movie buffs as the..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Merle Bertrand

Just Can't Get Enough

More Summer Reading

"...Six years after the flushed praise fiction lovers heaped on the gritty..."

June 12, 1998 Books Feature

Injunction Blocks Abbott Enforcement of Ballot Law

"...On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge T. John Ward issued a preliminary..."

Nov. 1, 2006 News Post by Lee Nichols

Democrats and Abbott Settle in Voter Suppression/Fraud Case

Both sides claim victory

"...love it when everyone wins? Dueling press releases from Attorney General Greg Abbott and the Democrat-affiliated Lone Star Project..."

May 28, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Judges Rule: Map May Not Be Wise, But It's Legal

The federal judges rule in favor of the Texas congressional map -- even while admitting it may destroy the political hopes of minorities.

"...On Tuesday afternoon, the three federal district court judges impaneled to..."

Jan. 9, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Dred Scott, Revisited

The federal court decision on re-redistricting opens an old wound in Texas politics

"...During her opening arguments to the federal court considering re-redistricting last month, Nina..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Column by Michael King

What's at Stake?

The federal redistricting trial will reverberate through national politics for years.

"..."The best thing for the state of Texas," said Gary..."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Dark Money

Campaign finance reform as true-life political thriller

"...Directed by: Kimberly Reed...."

Aug. 3, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Capitol Chronicle

Federal judges denounce gerrymandering, but then leave us with the same old bunch of white guys.

"...There is no one quite so pompous as a judge..."

Nov. 30, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

The plaintiffs seek a stay of the new map from the Supreme Court

"...On Jan. 9, plaintiffs' attorneys in the federal lawsuit over congressional redistricting, following..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

A verdict is expected this week in the federal case against the congressional remap

"...The Texas re-redistricting battle went to the judges last week,..."

Jan. 2, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Reefer Roundup: 9/9/11

Your roundup of drug war news

"...This week we've got lots of news from the feds..."

Sept. 9, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Major League: Back to the Minors

"...Directed by: John Warren. Starring: Scott Bakula, Corbin Bernsen, Dennis..."

May 1, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Joe's Apartment

"...Directed by: John Payson. Starring: Jerry O'Connell, Megan Ward, Robert..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle

"...Directed by: Des Mcanuff. Starring: John Goodman, Whoopi Goldberg, Janeane..."

June 30, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Counting to 10

Lynd Ward, Blaze Foley, and the impossibility of a simple list

"...This is the first Chronicle of 2011, the issue that..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Capitol Chronicle

Despite John Cornyn's jokes and the end of the Ruiz suit, Texas prisons still need reform.

"...During the state Republican convention, Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate..."

June 21, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Thunderheart

"...Directed by: Michael Apted. Starring: John Trudell, Chief Ted Thin..."

April 10, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Serious Intuition

John Thorne's Before Side of a Recipe

"...by John Thorne North Point Press, $13 paper..."

May 16, 1997 Food Feature by Robb Walsh

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

Out of Austin's primordial music past comes John Andrews with tales from the music hall of legends

"...Time is a continuum that's sometimes hard to trace. Look..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

The Dog

Dog Day Afternoon is a film about a wildly true bank robbery; as conveyed by John Wojtowicz in this doc, the story gets even nuttier when told from the horse's mouth.

"...Directed by: Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren...."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Rights and Consequences

The Redistricting trial pits "partisan gerrymandering" against the Voting Rights Act.

"...The first happy result of the Texas congressional re-redistricting trial,..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Out of Left Field

Tim Walker looks at this abysmal year in Texas baseball.

"...It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Sports Feature by Tim Walker

DVD Watch: 'Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake'

Cartoon Network's surrealist fantasy does crossplay

"...Try to sum up Cartoon Network's series Adventure Time, or..."

Feb. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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