Welcome to Night Vale The Novel

Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor move the strange little desert town of their wildly popular podcast to the printed page

"...government agents. It's where fictional character Cecil Palmer reads the news on the Community Radio station and a glowing..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Arts Feature by Michael Berry

What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

UT student frequency KVRX struggles to stave off the nationwide downturn in collegiate media

"...Ben Cox scrambles up the stairs and into the on-air booth with a load..."

May 11, 2012 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"...– Billy Joe Shaver, "There Ain't No God In Mexico"..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

Miracle Man

When an actor's bio claims 14,000 performances to his credit, you rather expect the fellow to have some good stories. And Eddie Bracken doesn't disappoint. In anticipation of his appearance at a screening of Preston Sturges' The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Bracken talks about Sturges, Betty Hutton, Hollywood, and hitchhiking.

"...When an actor's bio claims 14,000 performances to his credit, you rather expect the fellow to..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

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

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

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

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

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

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

South for the Marijuana

The gringo travels to Mexico in search of weed and wisdom.

"...After you cross the international bridge you turn right and follow the railroad..."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

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

Bobby Lee Carter and the Hand of God

When Miss Lena came home from visiting her sister in Jackson and found out Bobby Lee Carter had hanged a man from her sycamore tree, she left the breakfast dishes unwashed in the sink for the first time in her life.

"...and found out Bobby Lee Carter had hanged a man from her sycamore tree, she left the breakfast dishes..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Features Feature by Susan Schorn

The Oral History of ABGB

Pils to wake, pils to sleep

"...a staple of rustic, provincial "Old Austin" culture representing the pragmatists as does the Austin Beer Garden Brewing Company...."

Aug. 31, 2018 Food Feature by Eric Puga

'There To Tell the Truth'

Seymour Hersh on journalism, politics, presidents, and war

"...During the week of March 19, legendary journalist Seymour Hersh was..."

March 30, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

The Bicycle Thief

Police say James Clayton befriended – then ripped off – many Austin bicyclists

"...In mid-December, among the hundreds of ads on Austin's Craigslist listing bicycles and..."

April 10, 2009 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Requiem for a Sane Man

Exalting comic maverick Bill Hicks on the 10th anniversary of his passing

"..."To me, the comic is the guy who says 'Wait a minute'..."

March 12, 2004 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

Who Killed Jim and Tina?

Why has the murder of two people in Kyle, Texas, eight months ago not led to a single arrest?

"...at 810 S. Sledge St. found two bodies in the home. Jim Wright, 45, lay out in the hallway..."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Trying To Fix the World

Five-year review of APD Chief Art Acevedo

"...On the April morning of the funeral for slain Austin Police..."

May 25, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Bud Shrake's Adventures in the Film Trade

'Midnight rambling, creative gambling': Louis Black's 1985 interview with Songwriter screenwriter Bud Shrake

"...Writer Edwin "Bud" Shrake, who passed away last week after a battle with cancer,..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Letters From the Women of SAFPF

A small sample of the letters received by Austin attorney Derek Howard; transcribed and minimally edited

"...In early 2008, Jodi Stodder-Caldwell, an inmate at the Ellen Halbert SAFPF unit in Burnet County, contacted Austin..."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Feature

The Buzz Heard 'Round the World

"...Gunnar Hansen as Chainsaw's Leatherface..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...The Paramount Theatre's Summer Film Classics features mostly double bills..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

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

The Golf Cart Story

The oral history of the Great Chronicle Lakeway Golf Cart Raid

"...Jody Denberg: The Chronicle had these annual parties where they'd rent these..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Jordan Smith

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...This is the story of a group of people who got together..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

The Dead Club Crawl

Club hopping through Austin's musical past.

"...This is no doubt the strangest story I've ever had to write. What makes..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Against the Grain

A profile of Bad Livers bassist Mark Rubin

"...his mind and can provide history or opinions on the diverse set of disciplines he's involved in or been..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Austin Musical Theatre Hits the Heights

That's Show Biz!

"..."The Farmboys" in Austin Musical Theatre's Gypsy. photograph by Kenny..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Arts Feature

The Growing Chorus

Sex, Drugs & Hepatitis C

"...photograph by John Anderson The past two and a half months have been a..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Here Comes the Judge

Beavis and Butt-head's Hollywood Score

"...onanistically inclined whackmasters Beavis and Butt-head ended up on the air at all. This pair of animated 14-year-old dimbulbs..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Man of the Theatre

Memories of Capitol City Playhouse's Michel Jaroschy

"...Michel Jaroschy touched the lives of just about everyone in the Austin theatre..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Arts Feature

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