After Two-Year Hiatus Levitation Hits the Clubs

Droning on with Slowdive, Electric Wizard, Ian Svenonius, and Bedouine

"...After a two-year layoff, Levitation returns as a blueprint for future festivals given..."

April 27, 2018 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Letters at 3AM: The Patriot Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden is the American equivalent of the man who stood in front of that tank in Tiananmen Square

"...Disclosures by the patriot Edward Snowden will have at least..."

June 28, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

The Road Is Long

Michael Ventura's many winding turns

"...A couple of weeks ago I contacted Michael Ventura about conducting..."

April 22, 2011 Books Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Off the Record

Getting the runaround from UT administration

"...Forsaking the Song, Part 7..."

April 9, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Science of Sleeping Together

Mary Roach has taken on ghosts and cadavers. Now she's taking on sex.

"...Mary Roach is the funniest science writer since Samuel Tissot, bar none. Who..."

April 11, 2008 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

The Power of Poetry

Johnston High English teacher makes poets out of school's urban immigrant youths

"...The five Johnston High School seniors met twice a week..."

June 1, 2007 News Feature by Michael May

Myth, Reality, and the State Budget Surplus

Depending on who's doing the talking, next year's budget will have Texas sitting on billions of dollars ... or hot air

"...There are two things certain in Texas – painful property..."

Dec. 22, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Hightower Lowdown

John Ashcroft goes on an imperious jihad; King George throws away our Constitution; and corporate greedheads profit from censorship.

"...Like someone dressed up in a Superman suit, John Ashcroft..."

Dec. 14, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Off the Bookshelf

Nude in Tub: Stories of Quillifarkeag, Maine

"...by G.K. Wuori Algonquin Books, $18.95 hard..."

June 18, 1999 Books Feature

Empire of the Mind

"...Travis Higdon photograph by Bruce Dye..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Texas on the Tube

TV Eye

"...Is there a voice closer to heaven than that of Emmylou..."

May 16, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Missive to the Ending Year

Letters at 3AM

"...illustration by Jason Stout Dear Sir-or-Madam 1996: Like every year,..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

What to Give the Starving Performing Artist O, for the Poor Player

"...To mangle poor old Will once more: "All the Yule's a..."

Dec. 15, 1995 Arts Feature

The Rudy Schwartz Project Tied Up in Knotts

"...by Ken Leick The monstrous four-by-six-foot poster over Joe Newman's bed proudly..."

June 16, 1995 Music Feature

ATX Film News: Award Winners, Toxic Vengeance, and Cheaper Nights at the Drafthouse

"...Congratulations to A Room Full of Nothing: The Austin-made relationship..."

April 5, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3am: The World That Calls Itself "the World"

We're capable of so much – and look what we've settled for

"...The most significant sentence of the 20th century was written..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Off the Record

A curated survival guide to the Austin City Limits Music Festival

"...The Shape of What's to Come..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Keeping Up With the Joneses

A century of Austin music in one arrangement

"...On this second Thursday of June, inside the Texas Music Museum, lies the key to Austin's musical..."

June 18, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Bomb the Bass

Who says the guitar is sexier than bass? Not Return to Forever's Stanley Clarke, and hopefully not Beyoncé either.

"...Stanley Clarke speaks in cool measured tones. That is until..."

May 23, 2008 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Right Man for the Job

Steve Lawrence has succeeded at just about everything in life – especially importing and distributing European wines in Texas

"...My buddy Mick Vann (a frequent Chronicle contributor) and his writing partner, Art Meyer, were cooking..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

The Last Texas Ranger

They don't make 'Rangers' like Walker anymore.

"...If you've never seen a real Texas Ranger, your first glimpse might be surprising. Not..."

Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Playing the Violin

Mr. Sinus Theater's Jerm Pollet is also a musician!

"..."You were a punk. You were the first to get me drunk. There was no math..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

The Commissioner Has Left the Building

Johnny Torrez was one of the first Austin comics to work on a professional level, and every local comic who ever made a living in the business credits the self-proclaimed "Commissioner of Comedy" as an early influence and inspiration. On Valentine's Day, the Commissioner died. Here's how he is remembered.

"...The memory of the mythical Austin of yore continues to..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

The Year It All Went Wrong

Looking back at club closings in Austin in 1999.

"...It's almost dead. Thankfully. And 1999 deserves to die before it..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

The Ruling Party

Something to Crow About

"...Who was seen on election night socializing happily with young Republican extraordinaire Todd Baxter..."

May 7, 1999 News Feature

King of the Hillbillies

"...Jesco White in Dancing Outlaw There's something oxymoronic about a documentary subject crossing over..."

May 7, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Cozying Up to The Faculty

"...photograph by Todd V. Wolfson Robert Rodriguez is onstage in front of a packed..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Polytheism in the Raw

"...Gods sometimes showup without warning. Religions long-dead return in disguise. For nearly a century America..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

Sticking it to the Fat, Lazy Americans

International Acts at SXSW

"...Cornelius WEDNESDAY..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Only the Beginning

Wednesday Night SXSW "Sleepers"

"...Last year, as the Austin Music Awards were kicking off..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature

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