Off the Record

Great music in odd places: punk rock at the Grand, Billy Gibbons' Twin Liquors visit, and 'Rehearsal at the Astoria'

"...excited fan. "Billy Fucking Gibbons!" While we wondered what the ZZ Top frontman's middle initial stands for, a long..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Journey Through the Past

Down the digital rabbit hole of the Neil Young Archives Vol. 1

"...Teeth determine the grin. Self-conscious hardware hides in pursed smiles...."

Aug. 7, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

A fond send-off for D-Madness, stuffing the piñata for the second annual Pachanga Latino Music Festival, Hayes Carll helps rebuild the Crystal Beach, and roaming the Flatladers' Hills and Valleys

"...Vallejo may not be performing at the second annual Pachanga Latino Music Festival at Fiesta Gardens..."

May 29, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

The El Paso Connection

Longtime Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Contest judges Henry and Fred Alvarado and Carlos Contreras

"...What do a graphic artist, an occupational therapist, and a state information technology auditor have in common?..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Food Feature by MM Pack

The B-Side

Old Settler's Fest digs in as Okkervil River's Will Sheff digs out, and Marijuana Law for Musicians tokes on

"...Will Sheff led his folk-punk fivepiece, Okkervil River, through the wringer during the recording of their fifth LP. "It..."

April 20, 2007 Music Column by Darcie Stevens

Hurd Is the Word

Cornell Hurd, Austin's most prolific C&W songwriter? It's no joke.

"...some of you are gonna dance. Holy mackerel, it's the Cornell Hurd Band!"..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Hells Angels Hit

Anthony Benesh was shot down by a sniper – the suspects, and theories, are legion

"...Just after 7pm on March 18, as the final traces of twilight dissolved into the evening sky,..."

May 19, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Brothers at Arms

UT film professor Mitko Panov returned to his homeland, the former Yugoslavia, to interview the men he knew in the Yugoslav Federal Army. "They were no better or worse or more bloodthirsty than any of us -- that's my point. Whatever happened there can very easily happen anywhere." The film, Comrades, plays at SXSW Film as part of the Texas Documentary Tour.

"...In 1982, at the age of 19, Mitko Panov left his native Yugoslavia..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Little Station That Could

Austin's AAA station KGSR and its market ascendance.

"...suggested that maybe he'd had a few too many the night of KGSR's recent birthday shindig when he joined..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Far From the Land of Guinness

Future Pub Owner Ian McLagan

"...Ian McLagan sits in the late afternoon light at a window table in the..."

April 28, 1995 Music Feature by Rob Patterson

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...We've already teased some of the highlights of the just-announced SXSW Film 2011 lineup –..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Art of the Business of Art

Gallery owners David Berman, Wally Workman, and Steve Clark talk about their lives promoting artists and selling art

"...it, at least not enough to live on while they produce their art. And many more don't know how..."

July 30, 2004 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

Recommended Live Music for the Weekend

August rolls in with a fresh batch of tunes to keep you busy this weekend

"...and rising newcomers like brash 10-piece rap group Pnthn, there's something for everyone this weekend...."

Aug. 3, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

The Insider's Outsider Guide to Texas

Remembering Bud Shrake

"...There are some writers whose obituaries make you wonder how..."

May 15, 2009 Books Feature by Clay Smith

The Hightower Report

Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights; and Wall Street Bank Robbers

"...It's hard to feel much love for bankers, but they're sure not helping themselves right now. Even as they've..."

Oct. 10, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Off The Record

Making the rounds for the third annual HAAM Benefit Day, while the Black Angels walk with a zombie

"...A Day in the Life..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Point Austin: The Okey Doke

Obama's genius is in movement and counterpoint

"...It's certainly invigorating for Austin to be at the center of the political swirl for a couple of..."

Feb. 29, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Leon Russell & the Bob Dylan Rumor

Outlaw era deejay Woody Roberts helped produce Willie Nelson's first Fourth of July picnic in this excerpt from his new memoir Horse Racing & Rock 'N' Roll

"...Bobbie, outlaw era radio deejay Woody Roberts returns to the scene of the time with a chapter from new..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Woody Roberts

35 Years of the Austin Music Awards

Living in a dream

"...Blame the Big Boys, whose scathing punk for a classed-up Austin..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

Last of the Delta Bluesmen

Pinetop Perkins goes home to Mississippi

"...A peculiar darkness penetrates nights in the not-so-Deep South – heavy, humid, dense at 3am. By..."

April 22, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Luv Doc: Cat Sitter

Sometimes it's hard to know where familial obligation ends and parasite-induced mental psychosis begins

"...say that roughly three weeks out of every month either me or my husband have to drive to her..."

June 10, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Cormac McCarthy to Settle Down 'The Road'

Texas State acquires the papers of Texas' most famously reclusive writer

"...home of sorts. Texas State University announced last week the acquisition of Cormac McCarthy's papers for its Southwestern Writers..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

'The Magic of Flight'

Go ahead and wiggle your wings at the incoming IMAX movie, The Magic of Flight. We know you want to.

"...say sayonara to Santa and wiggle your wings at the incoming IMAX movie, The Magic of Flight, which will..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Hightower Report

Thanks a lot, Sheldon

"...Putting the 'Rich' in 'Gingrich'..."

Feb. 17, 2012 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Jumping-Off Point

Kat Candler continues her chronicles of youthful frenzy in 'Hellion'

"...City, Utah, without a brace of Austin filmmakers entering the annual Sundance/Slamdance fray, and this year is no exception...."

Jan. 20, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

'The Small Corners of Existence'

Robert Shults' photographs reveal familiar buildings as secret shelters

"...Photographers can quite literally change our perspective on the world. Depending on where they point their lenses, they..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Stuff That Cubicles Are Made Of

Visioneers

"...The Chronicle recently spoke with independent filmmakers the Drake brothers..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Most Dangerous Game

'Snake Hunt: These Rattles Ain't for Babies'

"...some time at a snake-handling festival in Waurika, Okla., they made a documentary for "pennies." Blood, guts, and reptiles..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Listen to This: The Push & Shove Takes a Big Rock Swig With “These Times”

Venue and beverage scene vets unite for debut LP The Rookie

"...a search for Sean O’Connor, leader of new band the Push & Shove, the most likely results will be..."

June 2, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Inside the Seventies Weed Business in Wild Times in Old Austin

Dazed, confused, and profitable

"...enjoy this slim volume of stoner crime fluff. Using the alias Casper Nomad, the author serves up a cavalcade..."

June 10, 2022 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

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