Location Is Everything for the Lake Travis Film Festival

New fest brings indie cinema to new audiences outside of the city center

"...If there's one thing we're not short of in the 512,..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Smell of Success

Austin's poster art scene is back, and it's better than ever.

"...[Posted to the chat room at Gigposters.com, Thursday, July 19, 2001:]..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

The Greatest Gift

An oral history unearthing one of post-punk's most seminal acts: Austin's Scratch Acid

"...The afternoon high tops 100 for the umpteenth straight day...."

Sept. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Letting the Freak Brothers Flag Fly

Gilbert Shelton on his iconic comic's long, strange trip to the screen

"...If it's fair to posit that the Austin Music Scene, referred to so reverentially it practically..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Playback: The Westin Sues the Nook Over Sound

And “Playback” votes in the Austin Music Poll

"...Hackles shot up last week when news broke that the Westin had filed a $1 million lawsuit against nearby..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Excerpts From Texas Is the Reason, a Look Into Austin Music's DIY Age

Scenes from inside the weird gold mine

"...Read Rachel Rascoe's interview with Texas Is the Reason: The Mavericks of Lone Star Punk author/photographer Pat..."

April 10, 2020 Music Feature by Pat Blashill

'The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle'

Once upon a time, at a venue far, far away, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band made their name in Austin

"...The South hadn't been kind to Bruce Springsteen...."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Welcome to the Jungle: Guns N’ Roses Will Headline ACL Fest 2019

Plus Childish Gambino, Billie Eilish, Cardi B, the Cure, and Mumford

"...morning. Guns N’ Roses, Childish Gambino, Mumford & Sons, the Cure, Billie Eilish, Tame Impala, Cardi B, and Robyn..."

April 30, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Examining the Sins and Virtues of Hypermasculine Theatre

When is violence in theatre too much?

"...This past June, a Chicago theatre company became the focus of national attention when the..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Arts Feature by Shanon Weaver

The Very Ecstasy of Love

"...I’ve spent this past month in low-grade agony, without the thrill of constant argumentation and online contentiousness that made..."

Aug. 18, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

The Austin Avalanche of Rock & Roll!

When IRS Records' 'The Cutting Edge' Came to Town and Made Me Want to, Too

"..."They say that 90 people a day move to Austin...."

March 16, 2001 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

I Am the Jellyfish That Walks Upon the Land

The Mother of all pop bands

"...-- Bernard Holland, The New York Times, June 18, 2000..."

June 30, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

35 Years of the Austin Music Awards

Living in a dream

"...Blame the Big Boys, whose scathing punk for a classed-up Austin..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

Playback: The Austin Music Poll's 11th Hour

A final push to get out the vote in the Austin Music Poll

"...Here's a truism about voting: The more people do it, the better it works...."

Jan. 29, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Tales Behind the Posters

"...The images on Micael Priest's posters are impressively memorable. The..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

Off the Record

The Dedringers and James McMurtry visit VideoRanch, the Strange Boys land In the Red, the Decoder Ring crosses paths with the Hold Steady and Modest Mouse, and Full Service amps up in a parking lot near you

"...The Young and the Restless..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator

The rise and fall of Eighties skateboard king Mark "Gator" Rogowski.

"...by: Helen Stickler. Skateboarding is not a crime, but the subject of this exhaustive documentary – infamous Vision Skateboards..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Life in The Real World Kult

Please Take My MTV

"...Real World 3: The Puck Year Just for the record, I am not..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Screens Feature by Adrienne Martini

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

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

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Scene of the Crime

Revisiting the yogurt shop murders: A cold case reconsideration of the 1991 crime points away from the prosecution's assumptions and conclusions

"...big news. Ten years after city and county officials gathered to announce that they'd found the four men responsible..."

Dec. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Whole Bow

Alvin Crow fiddled it his way

"...or baseball, find Alvin Crow. If you're looking for the best fiddle player in Austin, Alvin Crow's your man...."

Nov. 12, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Full of Life: A Biography of John Fante

"...wrote a famous essay about California writers in 1940, "Boys in the Back Room," he included James Cain, William..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Books Review by Roger Gathman

The Madness of King Geek

Harry Jay Knowles' Cool Movie News

"...do you explain someone like Harry Jay Knowles, and the corollary, should you even try? You might as well..."

June 6, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Do Not (Po)Go Gently Into the Night

Punk Rock(ers): Not Burning Out, Not Fading Away

"...by Roy Tompkins Saturday night, a few weeks back: The phone rings. It's a rather drunken acquaintance of mine,..."

May 23, 1997 Music Feature

Standing Around on "The Corner"

My Big Role as a subUrbia Stand-in

"...Behind the saw- horses and police tape, onlookers fidget. A child..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Screens Feature

Floating Around the New Braunfels "Can Ban"

How to legally drink on the river

"...shouldn’t stop you from enjoying your favorite beverages along the waterway...."

Aug. 6, 2018 Chron Events Post by Cassie Arredondo

A Broken Trust at the Alamo Drafthouse

After executive mismanagement of sexual harassment accusations, the movie chain reconsiders what it means to do the right thing

"...It started off as a cute phrase, purloined from the movie Antichrist. "Chaos reigns," a fox declares as it..."

March 2, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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

Freddie King and the Faces/Small Faces Burst into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Freddie King & the Faces/Small Faces make the Hall of Fame

"...Either the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame got two..."

Dec. 7, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: The Past Is a Foreign Country

The Chronicle's first office was above Half Price Books and a Jack Brown Cleaners on 16th and Lavaca ...

"...The Chronicle's first office was above Half Price Books and..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Column by Louis Black

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