Eye of the Media Storm

On the block, the Statesman fiddles while the industry burns

"...From his office atop the Bat Cave, the Austin American-Statesman's lakefront headquarters, new Publisher..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Brass

The Brown Bunny

Vincent Gallo's notorious film turns out to be an anti-action road trip that has the feeling of a fever dream.

"...tonally vacuous, and cinematically bankrupt, this much-maligned feature from the director of Buffalo 66 is pure, unleavened self-indulgence, a..."

Oct. 1, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The New Rites of Spring

The Last Word in Instrumental Rock

"...It's an overly romanticized notion, the idea of every generation having some sort of defining..."

April 27, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

The Hightower Report

No Child Left Behind leaves the funding behind; and Richard Perle bungles on the battlefield and in the boardroom

"...THE HIDDEN PUSH TO PRIVATIZE PUBLIC SCHOOLS..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

What I Learned at the Dot-Bomb Revolution

Robert Bryce recounts his short, happy career in the Internet wave

"...The offer was just too good...."

Nov. 30, 2001 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...slow pace due to heavy workloads and short-staffing at the Housing and Planning Department, the Austin Monitor reports. While..."

June 23, 2023 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...God Save the Senator: Sen. Ted Cruz broke from his party in..."

Sept. 30, 2022 News Feature

Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend

Your weekend soundtrack to new fall beginnings.

"...Seismic Dance event escapes the Carson Creek curse, the Jesus Lizard wiggles at ACL..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

From the Desk of ... Big Nuke

Tracing the daisy chain of nuclear PR recycling

"..."The fact that the best scientists and engineers ... believe..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature

NewSX of the SWorld

"...SXSW music industry confab [is] a potential flashpoint in the growing tension between major labels and artists." (E! Online)..."

March 29, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The First Time

Austin artists reveal the intimate details of how they got their muse on

"...Everyone remembers their first time, right? How old you were, where you..."

July 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Innovators

Part 2 of "Jazz," by Harvey Pekar

"...During the debate that took place regarding the merits of Ken..."

June 15, 2001 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Space and Distance: A Joint Interview With Balmorhea and Explosions in the Sky

How Austin’s landmark instrumental outfits soundtrack the state of Texas

"...Chris Hrasky wishes there was a better backstory to Big Bend (An Original..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Sun Ra’s Cosmic Jazz Epic Space Is the Place Touches Down

"...As the hero of the 1974 underground classic Space Is the..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Cult of Pitchfork

How former record-store clerks and obsessive music nerds turned a Web site into a hit machine

"...There's never an excuse, in 2006, for men to wear..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...The phrase "shit-hot," cribbed from some international band's bio, comes..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend

Jason Isbell plays three nights, Wiz Khalifa returns to town, and more

"...Culminating in the Hot Sauce Festival, this weekend feeds your music appetite..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Speaking of the Dead

To mark the Grateful Dead's final performances this weekend, a look back on the band's local history

"...Austin receives no such shout-out in "Truckin'," the Grateful Dead's highest-charting single of the Seventies. The psychedelic..."

July 3, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Hightower Report

Media Bosses Get It Bassackwards; and Goofing Up Health Care Reform

"...There's been another outbreak of the dangerous Wall Street disease..."

Oct. 23, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...journalistic eye remains trained upon his hometown of Houston. The rapper's half-decade of granular, street-life storytelling (with Kream's immediate..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Sharks in the Water

American Sharks kick off tour on Pau Wau’s party barge

"...Sharks shove off on a national tour. Since releasing their eponymous LP in 2013, Austin’s speed-sludge trio has toured..."

Aug. 10, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Bonnaroo (From the Pit)

"...me I had won a trip to Hollywood for the premiere of PS I Love You starring Hillary Swank...."

June 19, 2008 Music Post by Gary Miller

Behind the Tall Tales of Lester Bangs in Texas

Lester's Last Stand

"..."Lester's Last Stand: Behind the Tall Tales of Lester Bangs in Texas" is an..."

March 7, 1997 Books Feature

Review: The Annotated Big Sleep

Everything you need to know about Raymond Chandler's classic

"...Raymond Chandler, born in Chicago in 1888, raised mostly in London, fought in the..."

July 27, 2018 Arts Post by Jesse Sublett

Staging Building the Wall Before Trump Builds His Wall

Robert Schenkkan races to get his latest work on stage

"...Robert Schenkkan had no time to waste. The playwright couldn't afford the years it took to craft..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'One From the Heart'

Coppola's critically, commercially, and conversationally ravaged Las Vegas romance makes a comeback

"...On the career road of director Francis Ford Coppola, One From..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Austin Music Awards, a Black Rock Maverick, and More Crucial Concerts

Our recommended shows for the week ahead

"...debuting at Coachella, Bratty bandleader Jenny Juárez brought her dreamy-then-spiky bedroom pop to last year’s Austin Psych Fest ahead..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

New Solo Performance Shows How Black Mothers Are Left Doubly Unprotected by the Constitution

Taji Senior's amendment puts the country’s foundational document on trial

"...Taji Senior wants you to show her the part of the Constitution that specifically protects Black mothers...."

Aug. 21, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The X Files' Mitch Pileggi at Zach Theatre

What conspiracy brought X-Files star Mitch Pileggi back to Austin, Zach, and Walter Skinner all at the same time?

"...24, while more than 16 million viewers were getting their first look at Walter Skinner in more than seven..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The World Once Over

"...It's the small details like the quality of the audio restoration,..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

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