Book Review: 'The Last Kind Words Saloon'

Jes' Wyatt and Doc and the setting sun in McMurtry's latest

"...than 50 books, has a reputation as tall as the Wild West’s tales. His latest, The Last Kind Words..."

May 22, 2014 Books Post by Jessi Cape

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

Checking In: Beto Martinez Stays Home for the Summer

Triple threat shredder adapts from Buda

"...mainstream in this country, but Austin counts one of the most recognizable in Grammy-winning big band Grupo Fantasma, whose..."

June 1, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

To Marfa, on a Tuesday in December

When high art and hipness move in, what happens to a tiny Texas town?

"...can untangle my scarf I spot it, stuck on the shaggy head of some kid up against one of..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Dan Keane

The Best VR Porn Sites of 2022: List of Adult VR Sites and How to Use Them

The top-rated sites had more scenes, better models, and lower prices

"...If you’re tired of the same old porn, it may be time to give..."

March 31, 2022 Events Post

The 2020/2021 Austin Music Awards Came Bearing a Pandemic Stimulus

Hop in the Winner Wagon and see who we surprised with this year's unique awards

"...Not throwing an epic wing-ding after the dreadful and disillusioning last 12 months remains a bitter..."

March 5, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Marble Falls

The demise of one small town's one-screen theatre comes down to cold logic in a big business. James McWilliams reports.

"...Falls finally lost its Marble. Sixty years after opening, the Marble Theatre -- a one-screen icon of picture-perfect Main..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Screens Feature by James McWilliams

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

KUT by the Numbers

That ringing sound you hear? It's the cash register at Austin's public radio station.

"...Last August KUT-FM sounded like a station in trouble. Just..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Sitting Around on "The Corner"

Drive, They Said

"...I was surrounded by people desperate for their 15 minutes of fame, and all I wanted was..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Screens Feature by Andy Langer

The Power of Art in Austin’s Overlooked Objects

Defining the city's personality from the moonlight towers to the railroad bridge

"...is made by its people, objects, and places. Combined, they form our city's personality, its genius and fragility, its..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

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

Faster Than Sound: The Austin Music Awards Rise Again

Tickets on sale now for the 40-year tradition, March 8 at Emo's

"...If you're unfamiliar with Greek mythology or Harry Potter, the fiery red bird on the poster means to indicate..."

March 4, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

A Quarrel With the Status Quo

Charlie Baird on criminal justice, equity, and the Travis County D.A.

"...Charlie Baird: Well, I'll tell you, honestly – and the reason I'm hesitant is because I think it sounds..."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature

LBJ Library at 50: "Lady Bird Johnson: Beyond the Willdflowers"

The LBJ Library exhibit shows sides of the First Lady you may not know

"...a lake and a wildflower center named after her, then you may think her story begins and ends with..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Faster Than Sound: Falling Hard for Sasha & the Valentines

The Massachusetts transplants debut their dream-pop LP, Daniel Johnston's NFT dustup, and more music news

"...After graduating from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the five members of Sasha..."

April 16, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Checking In: Matthew Logan Vasquez Lives In Parallel Universes

Delta Spirit frontman experiences ‘other 2020’ at home and virtually

"...disc since 2014, Delta Spirit’s fifth LP What Is There leans hi-fi, lo-fi, DIY. “The song cycle seeks to..."

Oct. 27, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Seela Side Hustles

“I’m known as the South Austin Bread Fairy”

"...About Cool, the sixth full-length by three-decade Austin song medium Seela (Misra),..."

Aug. 11, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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

Checking In: Mobley Processes Isolation & Interconnectedness

Tune in Wednesdays, 8pm, to the multimedia maven’s livestream

"...Mobley cuts a charismatic lead in the video for his new single “Nobody’s Favourite,” re-experiencing some..."

May 20, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Chad Holt, Austin's Last Provocateur

The Total Badass left his mark on the city's underground

"...dies, those of us left behind reassure ourselves that the departed's spirit persists through the work of others that..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Screens Feature by Kevin Curtin

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 Constancy of Sorrow

Native Texan Kevin Reynolds taps loss of innocence, from Cold War Commies to The Count of Monte Cristo

"...his work with friend Kevin Costner on films like their mutual 1985 breakthrough, Fandango; 1991's Robin Hood: Prince of..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Believing the Children

In 1992, Fran and Danny Keller were convicted of multiple counts of child sexual abuse at their Oak Hill day care center and sent to prison for 48 years. It's likely they were innocent. Indeed, it's very likely that no crime ever occurred – except an absurd and overzealous prosecution

"...When the little girl on the witness stand said, "No, it..."

March 27, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

In Memoriam

Longtime friends and colleagues of Eagle Pennell remember the filmmaker.

"...influential filmmaker who had become a hopeless alcoholic. His last film, Doc's Full Service, made in 1994, was full..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Screens Feature

Down & Out in Atlanta

The Official Crock of the '96 Summer Olympics

"...It may be winter everywhere on Earth below the equator, but that technicality hasn't stopped the Olympic Committee..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jonathan Hennessey

On the Stage, On the Screen: Austin's Theatres Embrace a Virtual Future

Ahead of Austin Playfest and the All Together Now! Revue, directors and producers discuss the challenges and potential they've found online

"...The rumors of the death of virtual theatre have been..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

In Austin, Bushwick Bill Found his Musical Playground

Late Geto Boys rapper’s penchant for stage crashing was legendary

"...“There was a bunch of white people there who looked..."

June 10, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Larry McMurtry's Last Book Sale

Archer City's landmark Booked Up to auction 300,000 titles

"...Larry McMurtry is putting two-thirds of the inventory from his Archer City landmark bookstore Booked Up..."

July 16, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Carrying the Burden

During Gov. Bush's campaign for his party's presidential nomination last fall, reporters asked the candidate to comment on a federal government report asserting that many Texans, including large numbers of children, were going to bed hungry. "I saw the report that children in Texas are going hungry. Where?" he demanded, going on to say, "You'd think the governor would have heard if there are pockets of hunger in Texas." Indeed, you would, especially if one of those pockets is just a few miles from his front door, Virginia B. Wood explains as she explores the very pockets of hunger in Austin Bush has difficulty fathoming.

"...It's the third Wednesday morning of the month. Rosewood Apartments resident..."

April 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

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