Off the Record

Room 710 goes out with a bang as roundball ruckus takes over Red River, an all-American night at the ballpark, and more confirmations for the 2009 Fun Fun Fun Fest

"...Take Me Out to the Ball Game..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Explosions in the Sky commemorates the Fourth of July, Harlem signs with Matador, floating down to Whitewater on the Horseshoe, and paying tribute to Sky Sunlight Saxon and the King of Pop

"...The eccentric, charismatic founder of garage-psych pioneers the Seeds, Sky..."

July 3, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Ice Cube racks up the body count at Mohawk, Loxsly shines a light on Tomorrow's Fossils, and gift-wrapping local holiday offerings

"...night on Red River. Triggering round after round over the PA, each one like a closed-fisted punch to the..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Point Austin: The Stakes

From the statehouse to D.C., the journey begins with a single vote

"...last week, as he first formally apologized for breaking the law and then resumed complaining that it was the..."

Oct. 31, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Off the Record

Welcome to "Spazmodica," the future of Austin music

"...In the "Indie Rock Universe," as illustrated by Rolling Stone in..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Down From the Mountain

There was no snow at Sundance this year, but a strong slate nonetheless.

"...annual festival of independent film -- and so was the glitz factor. This meant that not only were more..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Chip off the Auld Sod

Off the Bookshelf

"...One of the nice things about freelancing as opposed to being on..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Books Review

The Wight Stuff

Message to Love: This Ain't No Woodstock

"...farm in upstate New York and a racetrack in Northern California lies a small island off the coast of..."

June 20, 1997 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Freddie's Place unplugs, crate digging for Record Store Day, the second coming of Arc Angels, and sitting stage left at Austin City Limits

"...The Day the Music Died..."

April 17, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Benda Mask

Untold secrets of Jean Arthur

"...Behind the Mona Lisa cast, the tennis match between eyes and..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

... And the 'West' is History

How Big State Productions' little monologue show changed Austin theatre

"...The Chronicle theatre listings for Nov. 1, 1985, give no..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Rock Pile

"...Music From the Heart by Rod Kennedy Eakin Press $39.95 hard/29.95 paper..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Turk Pipkin's Book of the Every Other Month Club

When you subscribe to this service, you get six volumes, Kenya gets three libraries

"...Turk Pipkin is not one for small projects – the actor-writer-philanthropist has taken on interviewing Nobel laureates for documentaries,..."

Nov. 24, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Still the Greatest

When We Were Kings

"...lifetime, only one public figure has claimed to be "the greatest" and not been a liar. That person is..."

March 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Last Shall Be First

New Year's Eve becomes a cultural extravaganza with First Night Austin

"...The last night of 2005 will be the first night..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Off the Record

Recounting the first decade of the Austin City Limits Music Festival, one year at a time

"...The Austin City Limits Music Festival always begins the same..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Handicapping the decade in Austin music and playing favorites for the Chronicle Music Poll

"...Top 10 Events That Defined the Decade in Austin Music..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Austin Pride 2019: The Date Is Set

The festival and parade return in early August

"...Dust off your mirrorballs, feather your hair, and – if you’re feeling frisky –..."

Jan. 10, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

A Gift Guide for the Austin Music Fan in Your Life

Try a Nineties Austin oral history, Willie birthday LP, or BLK ODYSSY ashtray

"...For the Lone Star Vinyl Connoisseur Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation's..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Tired of the Same Old Christmas Movies? Try These Instead.

7 unconventional picks to scratch your holiday itch

"...Anna and the Apocalypse..."

Dec. 22, 2020 Screens Post

Off the Record

Gary Clark Jr. and the Cactus Cafe go under the lens

"...For the Sake of the Song..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Tenth Annual "Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest Results

"...Third Place: The Warmth of Snowby Margaret Burns..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Books Feature

Off The Bookshelf

Revolutionary Romanticism

"...all One continued vision or fancy or imagination." Notice there are no similes. For Blake, the sunrise is "an..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Books Review

The Lijadu Sisters

Wislawa Szymborska meets the Lijadu Sisters

"...discussing our future plans it’s got to get in the final word, off the topic...."

Feb. 7, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Psycho: The Texas House unanimously voted to expel Bryan Slaton Tuesday,..."

May 12, 2023 News Feature

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Mélat, Ramsay Midwood, Quinn XCII, Tomás Ramírez, Hotmom, and Dawa's 2 Year Anniversary

"...Mélat's musical output over the last 18 months expresses love, heartbreak, and yearning as..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Music Column by Clara Wang

Letters at 3AM: Dead and Alive on the Fourth of July

A eulogy spoken over the coffin of our empire

"...Tom Sawyer is dead. Huck Finn is not. The "can do" all-Americans that Tom Sawyer symbolized are cyber..."

July 2, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Enter the Funnyman

Danny McBride's improbable ascension via a bootlegged, no-budget tae kwon do comedy

"...Three years ago, Danny McBride was just another unknown filmmaker living in Los Angeles struggling to make..."

June 6, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Don't Smash the Melting Pot

"...that our local Political Asylum Project of Austin (PAPA), the only pro bono legal project in Central Texas serving..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Column by Kate X Messer

Mess With the Genres, You'll Get the Horns

Alexandre Aja discusses his film adaptation of Joe Hill's novel

"...Hill's 2010 novel Horns is a prime example of the "new weird" strain in American genre fiction, part whimsical..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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