The Greatest Beer Run Ever

It's 2022, and someone thought we need a pro-Vietnam War comedy

"...Wow, talk about a movie where the title is a complete misnomer to the film. Going..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...and gave me a piercing look. Queued up at the vinyl room register in Waterloo Records, I flashed back..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...Johnny Winter on the outdoor stage at Stubb's Saturday, March 21 photograph by..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

Revelations: A Gen Z Writer Witnesses the Eternal Battle of an Iron Maiden Concert

Waving flags and fighting monsters with the hallowed NWOBHM troopers

"...When we arrive at the Moody Center, surrounded on all sides by beer-bellied metalheads..."

Sept. 14, 2022 Music Post by Julian Towers

DVDanger: The Sheik

The world broke his back. He made it humble.

"...In professional wrestling, there are faces – the good guys – and the..."

March 1, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Best of Chris Isaak

Stylish, Orbison-esque crooner hits the Moody

"...“I’m writing on a moving bus and it’s hitting every pothole!” Getting email from Chris Isaak is enough to..."

Sept. 4, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Meet the New ATX6

Austin music export project unveils 2016 performers

"...Six local musicians head to Canada, France, and other foreign lands this year as part of Project ATX6,..."

June 20, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

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

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Where the Shadows Are Deepest

The search for, and subsequent conversation with, country singer James Hand

"...especially now, when it's not even necessary to leave the house for groceries. But for someone who must have..."

May 5, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Gets Political With the Chronicle

He should be a prime-time news analyst. Televisions would melt.

"...Floyd fanatics be warned: This document contains NO music. Every word, 7,900 or so, concerns politics. And not by..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...If he hadn't been driving the getaway car, Tim O'Connor might have punched Willie Nelson...."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Right Man for the Job

Charlie Robison says 'fuck everybody.'

"...about Charlie Robison is to invite an anatomy lesson. They marvel at the size of his balls. Then they..."

June 29, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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

The Adventures of Sancho Panza

Guitar Techs

"...Vile, humid Houston heat permeates Fitzgeralds' cramped backstage. In the wings, Charlie Sexton's nine guitars stand sweltering at attention...."

June 23, 1995 Music Feature

Where the Pyramid Meets the High

Long lost 13th Floor Elevators founder and visionary Tommy Hall – found!

"...Tommy Hall, 62, lives in a run-down San Francisco residence hotel. His crowded room is decorated..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Music Feature by Joe Trybyszewski

The World Is Flat

How King of the Hill helped make Texas three-dimensional again

"...– a baffled Hank Hill to son, Bobby, in the series finale of King of the Hill..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

'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

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...Booking a film festival is about whittling. This year, the SXSW Film Festival staff received about 1,500 narrative features..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival Announces Full Lineup

From R.L. Stine to Reza Aslan, 225-plus converge on the Capitol

"...Texas Book Festival authors, friends, and coordinators gathered at The Contemporary Austin tonight to share some exciting..."

Sept. 10, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Record reviews Reissues

"...THE CONGOS..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Music Review

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...The worst part about summer is everyone demanding that you..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 25 Austin Breweries of 2021

Our annual list of Central Texas’ top beers returns

"...Psst, hey. You hear the latest Austin Chronicle Power Rankings dropped? You’re looking right..."

Oct. 12, 2021 Food Post by Eric Puga

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...Ed Lowry had just headed off to teach at the University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale. Louis Black was..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...basic tales, five boilerplate set-ups, or seven narrative archetypes: However many storytelling devices civilization funnels down to, a quest..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Mug Life

Austin isn't a world-class beer destination, but it's close

"...It's difficult to overstate how hungry the Austin beer economy is at the moment. With nearly..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Food Feature by Eric Puga

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...years and counting can't slow down SXSW Film. As the festival enters its second quarter-century, A Quiet Place –..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite Burn in Hell

String sorcerer went to my college?

"...I’d have certainly discovered common ground. As it was, the guitarist squeezed in a 30-minute call from the airport..."

Sept. 10, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback – Lukas Nelson: Real as Promised

Lukas Nelson is a chip off the ol' Willie

"...The 28-year-old son of Willie Nelson backs Neil Young, hangs..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Things They Used to Do

Dick Holland assesses two Texas journalists, Gary Cartwright and Jan Reid, whose new collections of articles possess a cautionary wisdom, the kind you acquire when you court danger and danger provides you with a keen view of what lies beyond.

"...Turn Out the Lights: Chronicles of Texas During the 80s and 90sby..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Show Me Pizza Is in Your Internets, Streaming Your Food on Twitch

Up-and-coming pizzeria shares the beauty of food being made

"...The questions drip thick like rivulets of extra sauce over..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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