The King and I

TV Eye

"...too well. But we still love you! Nothing in the background of my family offers any clue as to..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

King of the Swing Fiddle

Honoring country music's second most famous fiddle player, Johnny Gimble

"...The world has changed a great deal since 1938. That..."

April 5, 2002 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Confessions From the King of Fuzz

Cult soundtrack composer Davie Allan comes to the Alamo Ritz

"...That's the first confession from the cult composer whose signature sound..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Playback: And the Award Goes To ...

The Grammys went bust, but their local equivalent – the 34th annual Austin Music Awards – just dropped its star-studded lineup

"...Monday night, I submerged into the couch and stared at my television, cross-eyed and drooling,..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

'NFL Analysis 101': Fiendish Fish, Frolicking Amphibians, and the Fancy Lads of Fitzgerald

"...What the New England Patriots are doing this offseason is astonishing...."

March 19, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"..."The present-day composer refuses to die!"..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Writer

"...a writer -- an "alternative" writer, a "Texas" writer, and some other kind of writer. ("Serious," I think, was..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Column by Michael Ventura

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards

The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony

"...season starts in dramatic fashion on Monday night with the ceremony for the B. Iden Payne Awards, Austin's opportunity..."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Saturday Night at the Bookstore

The Dicks' Gary Floyd 20 years after Austin's first Punk Prom at the ArmadilloWorld Headquarters

"...It was the height of spring, mid-May, and already hot. The old..."

May 12, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Celebrated for the Least of Reasons

Chronicle reviewer Tom Doyal has took to writin' just like Larry L. King, the playwright behind The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (and much more, Doyal reveals, in his review of King's new book of letters).

"...Larry L. King: A Writer's Life in Letters, Or, Reflections in a..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Books Feature by Tom Doyal

Employee of the Month

Assorted workers vie for the coveted title of "Employee of the Month."

"...Cook, Jessica Simpson, Dax Shepard, Efren Ramirez, Tim Bagley, Andy Dick, Harland Williams and Brian George. Harold & Kumar..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Semester on the Beat

Wherein our reporter pursues the bad guys, abhors Problem People, studies community policing, and earns a perfect attendance koozie in the APD's Citizen Police Academy

"...When you imagine a 10-hour ride-along with a cop, there's a lot of stuff you expect – sirens, squealing..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Terry Allen & the Panhandle Mystery Band Album Review

Just Like Moby Dick (Paradise of Bachelors)

"...every port in media, multidimensional artist Terry Allen splits the difference between imagination and experience. On Just Like Moby..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Music Feature by Rick Weaver

The Hightower Lowdown

Our friends look a lot like our enemies; the Charleston Five; and burning your feet for Burger King!

"...have been caught blissfully ignorant about a part of the world that suddenly has thrust itself most profoundly into..."

Oct. 26, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Fast, Cheap, and in Control

Roger Corman: An AFS tribute to a wild angel

"...reputation as a filmmaker precedes him. More than simply the "King of the Bs," Corman was also known as..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Play it to the Bone

"...Robert Wagner, Lucy Liu, Tom Sizemore, Lolita Davidovich, Antonio Banderas and Woody Harrelson. If any Tom, Dick, or Harry..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Phantom

"...Directed by: Simon Wincer. Starring: Billy Zane, Kristy Swanson, Catherine Zeta Jones, Treat Williams, James Remar, Jon Tenney, Samantha..."

June 14, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

The original material was shot by a Swedish TV crew but just now assembled into this documentary that has both vision and perspective.

"...A remarkable, unexpected, and highly impressionistic document of the Black Power movement in..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sanctuary in the Past

In The Whispering Swarm, Michael Moorcock confronts ghosts – history's and his own – in a secret area of London

"...storied career. Having written such acclaimed novels as Behold the Man, Gloriana, and Byzantium Endures, and created Elric of..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Michael Berry

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...even if he is an aficionado, one for whom the beat and the noise and fury was All, punk..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...KINDERCORE SHOWCASE: Athens, Ga.-based indie Kindercore Records recently supplanted their Romper Room-style..."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature

Portrait of the Artist as a Road Comic

Long Drives, Low Pay, and Drunks -- What a Life!

"...Road comics are the gypsies of the modern age, wandering far and..."

March 28, 1997 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Cracking the Nightmare Code

Director Mark Netter on his new techno-horror

"...The great science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke once wrote, "Any..."

Sept. 16, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Future’s So Dark I Gotta Wear Mirror-Shades

On cyberpunk

"..."The future masters of technology will have to be lighthearted..."

July 25, 2008 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...South by Southwest audiences have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Saint Teresa: Richard Linklater and John Pierson on the Icon of Slacker

The director of Slacker and the film's sales agent discuss the creative importance of actor and musician Teresa Taylor

"...Linklater: Teresa Taylor, ICON. It was amazing to see The New York Times and be like, "Wow, there she..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Screens Feature

Unbelievable Summers at the Paramount

The most unforgettable moments from this year’s classics of cinema

"...For 42 lazy, hazy, Central Texas summers, the Paramount Summer Classic Film Series has given viewers refuge..."

May 18, 2018 Screens Feature by Chronicle staff

Sports Illustrated: The Football Book Expanded Edition

This almost 5-pound tome is a must for any serious NFL fan

"...Sports Illustrated: The Football Book Expanded Editionby the editors of 'Sports Illustrated'..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Books Feature by Mark Fagan

What the Right Hand Is Doing

Magician turned sitcom star Harry Anderson returns to Austin at Palmer Auditorium this weekend, and his former partner and cohort, Austin author Turk Pipkin, looks back as he looks forward to reuniting with his old pal.

"...Saturday evening, September 4, magician turned sitcom star (and former Austinite) Harry Anderson will be joined by Turk..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Features Feature by Turk Pipkin

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