Calling Down the Fury

Retribution Gospel Choir's LOUDquietLOUD

"...When the Retribution Gospel Choir set up before the altar of..."

May 8, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The Ladykillers

The Coen brothers remake a British comedy classic starring Tom Hanks in a flamboyantly love-him-or-hate-him performance.

"...J.K. Simmons, Tzi Ma, Ryan Hurst and Diane Delano. The Coen brothers’ newest is an odd amalgam of tics..."

March 26, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Capturing the Friedmans

"...Directed by: Andrew Jarecki. It’s often said that behind the greasepaint smile and comic antics of every clown there..."

June 27, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Back in the Saddle Again

Long considered a lost film, Peter Fonda's The Hired Hand gets its long deserved due at SXSW.

"...just Peter, his two dogs, a fire burning in the fireplace, and me on the other end of the..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Steve Uhler

The Real Greezy

Greezy Wheels, back from the dead (the Seventies).

"...The drive up the last 50 yards of dirt road..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Music Feature by Cleve Hattersley

Burning Down the Sixties

They don't normally let dogs in the LBJ Library and Museum, but after Chronicle writer Jesse Sublett explained that he was talking about James Ellroy, the demon dog of American literature, they graciously made an exception.

"...They don't normally let dogs in the LBJ Library and..."

June 29, 2001 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas

"...Jane Krakowski, Kristen Johnston, Stephen Baldwin and Mark Addy. There are worse ways to spend 90 minutes of your..."

May 5, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Can't-Miss Kid

The Man Behind the W.

"...In retrospect, the March 7 coming-out party further solidified Rove's position as..."

May 28, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Harmonists

"...Ferch, Kai Wiesinger, Meret Becker, Ben Becker and Ulrich Noethen. Based on a true story, The Harmonists relates the..."

April 2, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

No Prozac for the Wicked

The Cool Capers of Donald Westlake

"...Like God and the Devil, - - writer Donald E. Westlake has many..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

George of the Jungle

"...Greg Cruttwell, Abraham Benrubi and John Cleese. Based on the late Sixties Jay Ward cartoon of the same name,..."

July 18, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Experience the C.H.A.R.M.?

Marketing the "live music capital of the world"

"...On the city's letterhead and bumper stickers, Austin is the "Live..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Residential Address: Jenny Parrott's Cozy Nest of Songs and Stories at Hole in the Wall

The Austin folk experimentalist offers a free-entry Friday time portal

"...Walking up the Drag's ever-growing skyline these days, it's impossible to avoid..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Gus Baldwin & the Sketch, High Desert Queen, No Limit reunion, Beto y los Fairlanes, and more recommendations

"...Gus Baldwin & the Sketch..."

May 20, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Beck Saw Austin’s Jesse Ebaugh Playing at Mohawk Friday Night, 20 Hours Later They Performed Together at the Moody Theater

The Tender Things frontman spontaneously enlisted to play pedal steel

"...Going back decades in Austin, there’ve been stories people tell that are so incredible and..."

March 20, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Building a Monster: How Gabriel Luna Became the New Terminator

Austin actor on creating "the Ted Bundy of Terminators"

"...There aren't many legacy movie monsters that went movie to..."

Nov. 2, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Don’t Stop Believing: Moving Panoramas’ Leslie Sisson Overcomes the Trauma That Birthed In Two

Sophomore LP spins a sequel to the shoegazers’ extraordinary journey

"...I started the group in the years following my mom's sudden passing..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Music Feature by Leslie Sisson

How a Genetic Disorder Drove Abby Solomon to the Forefront of Science and Music

After supplying a scientific breakthrough, this Austinite improves one show at a time

"...Abby Solomon dropped out of college, she picked up the hobby of so many meandering Austinites in their early..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Phillip Wade and Friends on the West Austin Studio Tour

The artist has some creative friends show in his Clarksville home

"...partaking in painting trends toward abstraction, Larson shrugs with the surety of a veteran artist: "I like the added..."

May 11, 2018 Arts Feature by Melany Jean

Austin’s Fallout Theater Phoenixes up from The New Movement Ashes

New bosses, different from the old bosses, herald a fresh start

"...be a total goofball to start off by saying “There sure was a lot of fallout to deal with,..."

May 8, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Comedy Review: The Randown With Robin Thede

Panel ran down the lack of representation in the industry

"...Robin Thede, former head writer of The Nightly Show With Larry..."

March 12, 2018 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno

After the Flood

Israel Nash emerges from the Hill Country like a train coming through town

"...Standing on the dirt road in front of his house, located just..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Feel the Burn

Austin author and wildland firefighter Mary Pauline Lowry takes readers inside the fire line in her novel Wildfire

"...of interesting jobs. She's worked in construction, and with the Texas Council for Family Violence. She is a women's..."

July 24, 2015 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

The Way Home

Zach Theatre gives Robert Schenkkan's All the Way its Texas premiere on LBJ's home turf

"...When All the Way opened at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in July..."

April 10, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Boxer Rebellion Goes the Distance

Singer Nate Nicholson will take Key West over a UK winter

"...Having played last year’s ACL Fest, the Boxer Rebellion returns to Austin tonight at the Parish...."

Oct. 16, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

The Bullet Hole in the Butterfly Bar

This East Austin joint's a good story you could be part of

"...There's a bullet hole in the gorgeous wooden bar between..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sticking It to the Hyde Park Fork

Dale Whistler celebrates the grill's 30th anniversary

"...That fork in the road, that gigantic silver utensil, like something stabbing through..."

Jan. 3, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

'The NFL Beat': Fantasy Sleeper Cells

Certain NFL sleepers are plotting acts of fantasy terror

"...Welcome back to fantasy season. The geek in the cube next to yours is pumped...."

Aug. 27, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Handicapping the SXSWi Food-Related Panels

Your intrepid reporter learns about all things food and internet.

"...Each year, the number of food-related panels at SXSW Interactive grows, with..."

March 8, 2012 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

The Uses of Joy

When Conspire Theatre helps incarcerated women, it's all in the game

"..."In a very serious world, we must not forget the importance of play."..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

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