Off the Record

Exit Music: Nakia leaves The Voice, Corcoran retires, and Mike Wiebe walks the plank

"...his coach, Cee Lo Green, Nakia was eliminated in the elite eight round of NBC's The Voice last Wednesday,..."

July 1, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Beat Divas Teach Cooking With Songs of Food, Love, and Mayhem

Music on the Menu at Central Market

"...When Kelly Ann Hargrove founded the Music on the Menu series at the Central Market..."

June 17, 2011 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Off the Record

Across the Borderline: BettySoo travels abroad with Doug Cox, Monte Wardens discovers Kevin Ahart, and Ancient VVisdom collaborates with Charles Manson

"...Kevin Ahart might be the best Austin singer you've never heard. He's a smooth..."

June 17, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Genre Regenerator

South Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon wants to try it all

"...In darkness there is profound beauty, and no other living director commingles..."

March 25, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Off the Record

Chaos and creation at South by Southwest and the Monday realization that blues landmark Pinetop Perkin is gone

"...Judging only from the local television news coverage, the 25th anniversary of South..."

March 25, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

SXSW news and carryings on

"...The MTVu Woodie Awards on Wednesday night was the largest..."

March 18, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Decking the halls with Kickstarter, a new holiday sampler, and Michael Nesmith's Videoranch

"...The New Way..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Blazing Saddles: Willie Nelson campaigns for the Teapot Party

"...in Sierra Blanca, Texas, after officials first smelled and then reportedly seized 6 ounces of marijuana from his tour..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Council Preview: Rewriting the Historic Zoning Standards

Stemming the flow of tax abatements to owners wanting historic zoning

"...Back to the grind: While no one item stands out from the..."

Aug. 20, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Off the Record

Celebrating Independence Day with Wild America and Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic

"...Gods of the Earth..."

July 9, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Letters at 3AM: Dead and Alive on the Fourth of July

A eulogy spoken over the coffin of our empire

"...Tom Sawyer is dead. Huck Finn is not. The "can do" all-Americans that Tom Sawyer symbolized are cyber..."

July 2, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Off the Record

Introducing the city's new sound engineer and the final verdict on the Cactus Cafe

"...Forsaking the Song, Part 11..."

May 21, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

SXSW news and carryings on

"...Southwest Music Conference was intended in part to celebrate the legacy of Big Star. The seminal Memphis power-pop band..."

March 19, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Letters at 3AM: The Dragon on Sennett's Hill

Hollywood is an electric dragon

"...as it had in 1948. Just more tired. On the back lot, the mansion from Gone With the Wind..."

March 12, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Off the Record

Handicapping the decade in Austin music and playing favorites for the Chronicle Music Poll

"...Top 10 Events That Defined the Decade in Austin Music..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Letters at 3AM: The Missiles of October

Reflections on the Cuban Missile Crisis

"...has shed, except to recall his salesmanlike demeanor and the disappointing shallowness of his assignments. For instance, he asked..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Off the Record

Creative Opportunities Orchestra pays tribute to Tina Marsh, local bands find new ways to finance their recordings, and the many hats of Stop the Truck

"...Austin's patron saint of avant-jazz, Tina Marsh was the voice and identity of the Creative Opportunity Orchestra, the..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

God Save the Queenie

Duke Ellington's almost lost opera of a Harlem beautician gets rescued and a makeover

"...Leave it to the Duke to put the "opera" in "beauty operator."..."

April 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Off the Record

Mining the vaults of Austin City Limits, navigating the SXSW grid, and hanging with Jenny Wolfe After School

"...For Whom the Bell Tolls..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

It has begun: Breaking down the full South by Southwest band list and learning the secret handshake at the Austin Moose Lodge No. 1735

"...The Beginning of the End..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Fun Fun Fun Fest kicks up some dust in Waterloo Park while Carlos Santana sets up shop in the Warehouse District

"...Dust in the Wind..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Austin Landmarks on the Menu

Pay tribute to old Austin with a visit to one of these 19 landmark restaurants

"...Whether you're a native Austinite, a newly minted college freshman,..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Off the Record

The Low Lows make a fresh start in Austin, Jon Dee Graham returns to the stage, Tim Kerr and Mark Arm talk Monkeywrench

"...Jon Dee Graham's walked through the shadows of death and was more than willing to..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Bowie, Escovedo, and the Brooklyn Boy

Bowie/Bolan/Lynott producer Tony Visconti strings up a Real Animal

"...During the spring of the Summer of Love, 1967, 23-year-old Brooklyn-born..."

June 20, 2008 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Tim O'Connor closes the Backyard, Grupo Fantasma spice things up for Latino Music Month, and Hacienda strikes a chord with the Black Keys

"...Last Thursday Direct Events owner Tim O'Connor announced that the Backyard will close following the completion of the venue's..."

May 2, 2008 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

Off the Record

A prostitute-turned-pop-star exposes her Austin roots; Voxtrot readies for round two; and Rock City Icehouse goes to 11

"...officially come to pass, OTR can finally enjoy that other March Madness. Enter Rock City Icehouse, a new venue..."

March 28, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Waiting for the Man

Lou Reed wonders if you ever read Othello

"...once that afternoon by Reed. Now, I'd been on the phone for more than 30 minutes with his assistant..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Off the Record

The sound of music at the 2008 SXSW Film Conference, Barack Obama boogies back to Texas with Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel, and Bubble Recording sports a diamond

"...On less than a day's notice, Asleep at the Wheel's Ray Benson rallied his troops – Joe Ely..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Beside the Point

Zoning and development action doesn't come any hotter and heavier than last week's City Council meeting.

"...who salivate in salacious anticipation of my esteemed colleague Katherine Gregor's latest low-down treatise on building up, the zoning..."

Feb. 8, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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