The Art of Dying

May Bookshelf

"...not sure if comparing Evita with Elvis is more offensive to his memory or hers, yet I cannot resist..."

May 16, 1997 Books Feature

Every Day of Your Life

Remembering Sims Ellison, and profiling the SIMS Foundation

"...Ellison. Not Pariah's album, which had not turned out the way anyone in the band wanted and shoulda been..."

July 7, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Music of the Spheres

Sinatra in the Sahara

"...The kingdom of Morocco achieved independence from French and Spanish..."

July 9, 1999 Music Feature by David Lynch

You Must Never Break the Chain

Aussie on Aussie: Wolfmother vs. the Grates

"...Harrison crouch down for a better look upstairs on the Stubb’s VIP deck, while Wolfmother, Friday night’s Aussie Afro..."

Nov. 3, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Polytheism in the Raw

"...eyes to subjugate that worn-thin god whose expression on the cross hadn't changed for 2,000 years...."

Nov. 13, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

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

aGLIFF: Like a Virgin on the Runway in Trinidad

Onward through aGLIFF, night 2!

"...If there is one sure thing it's this: aGLIFF this year..."

Sept. 6, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...ALSO PLAYINGStar Power Brad Pitt and Benicio del Toro star in the..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Swept Away ... by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August

"...Starring: Mariangela Melato and Giancarlo Giannini. No, it's not the much-ridiculed Madonna and Guy Ritchie remake that stalled in..."

Jan. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...pace. Multiplying faster than partridges in pear trees, during the next five weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day,..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Off the Record

Graham Williams of Transmission Entertainment breaks down this weekend's Fun Fun Fun Fest, while Ian McLagan and the Chronicle music staff sound off on the 2008 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ballot

"...Halfway through the inaugural Fun Fun Fun Fest, held on a blisteringly..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Welcome to "Spazmodica," the future of Austin music

"...In the "Indie Rock Universe," as illustrated by Rolling Stone in..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Into the Heart

U2 drops the 'Atomic Bomb'

"...To get an idea how U2 rates on the longevity meter, consider this. Twenty-five years after "That's All..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Collectivos: Seeds Of Our Ancestors

"...Have you noticed the increasing number of "fests" dominating Austin's dance calendar lately?..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Arts Feature by Barbejoy A. Ponzio

In Search of Selena

"...You never knew her. Saw her a couple of times. Once at the corner of Riverside and Congress,..."

June 28, 1996 Books Feature

TV Eye

The surprising crossroads of Glee and local doc Sunshine

"...Can I write at the same time about "The Power of Madonna" episode of..."

April 30, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Where Are They Now?

The future of Music Televison

"...President Springsteen today announced progress in reunification talks with the breakaway Southwestern republics. Northern California was a reported early..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Lunar New Year Parties, OUTsider Fest, and More Recommended Community Events

Get out the vote and more this week

"...Thursday 15 - Sunday 18, the Vortex..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Residual Kid’s Major Label Premiere

Austin trio’s new video teases their Sire Records debut

"...Residual Kid burns down the backyard in a video for menacing new track “Scentless..."

March 14, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Short Stories

From Hollywood to Austin and beyond: the rise and rise of short film online

"...Just last week, another chapter in the seemingly endless Elián González saga was..."

May 5, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Gay Place

The last traces of SXSW have been packed up and swept away, but we're not calling it quits.

"...The Last traces of SXSW have been packed up and..."

March 25, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Superbowl Halftime Performances

Odds on Red Hot Chili Peppers & Bruno Mars shenanigans

"...I’m not the betting type. As the granddaughter of a Southern Baptist..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Chronicle Recommends: Memory Loss

Films for when you're trying to forget everything

"...Every month, the Chronicle's film critics select a theme and offer movie..."

Jan. 8, 2019 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Rock This Way

The Semi-Annual, Whenever-We-Feel-Like-It Rock & Roll Books Section

"...Catherine Denueve. Une object d'arte. She should be in the..."

March 20, 1998 Books Feature

'From Specifics, From Concrete Evidence, From Things'

These fine photographs reveal the power of objects in our material world

"...– Madonna, "Material Girl"..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Record Reviews

"...Pulp's Jacko-bothering Jarvis Cocker has consistently grown as a writer over..."

May 8, 1998 Music Review

Record Reviews

"...Just why Chicago melodicore vets Screeching Weasel's back-from-the-dead platter is such a good one is a puzzler...."

Jan. 3, 1997 Music Review

L'immensità

Penélope Cruz is the madonna of modern cinema in a story of growing up trans

"...me wrong,” 12-year-old Andrea née Adriana (Giuliani) tells his mother, Clara (Cruz), in trying to explain his gender dysphoria..."

June 30, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

How Did Legendary DJ and Londoner Paul Oakenfold Land in Bastrop?

The Londoner finds his way to a Texas ranch

"...Comets don't enjoy the luxury of choosing a landing place or time, instead..."

July 30, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Mister Lonely

Oddly, Harmony Korine's film may be his most accessible as a director, featuring characters and images that are unforgettable – even if they don't add up to a complete narrative or visual whole.

"...situations that are stirring and unforgettable – even if they don't add up to a complete narrative or visual..."

June 6, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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