Summer’s Here, and the Time Is Right

Rock camps: open!

"...It’s summer and the music camps are open. All around the city, kids..."

June 16, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

When the Clock Strikes 12

Bill Haley died for rock & roll – in Harlingen

"...In 2007, Pete Best performed Downtown on the outdoor stage of Threadgill's World Headquarters. You of a..."

May 16, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

If You're a Viper

From 'La Cucaracha' to Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson: P-O-T

"...Who wrote the first song about smoking pot?..."

May 25, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Teen Beat on the Eastside

'Latinitas' magazine online is giving latina girls a louder voice

"...girls in area middle and high schools are exercising their old-school literary gifts through an online magazine aimed at..."

July 16, 2004 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

High adventure and fun times in an unexpectedly entertaining sequel

"...It was the sequel for which no one was asking. 1995's Jumanji..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Rock Rock Rock Rock Rock & Roll Summer Camps

Shaping the sound of Austin in 2018

"...budding rock star isn’t already booked up this summer, there’s time to consider one of the several kids music..."

June 5, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

The Forgotten Era of Glitter Rock in Mid-70s Austin

The Austin Punk Chronicles, chapter two, part one: glam rock (1972-76)

"...snarls Billy Bill Miller, Roky Erickson's electric autoharp genius. "The outlaw thing was pretty big. Austin became a music..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Playback – ACL Fest: Dad Rock Is Dead

Wrapping weekend one of ACL Fest on the eve of the second iteration

"...for headliners like Arc Angels, Wilco, and Neil Young, the 15-year-old festival is now largely populated with artists in..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Girls of Summer

Austin's inaugural all-girls rock camp looks out after its own

"...The rolling of eyes. An exasperated look...."

June 29, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Goose & the Gander

The Rise and Recover and what it's like to live like a rock star – sometimes

"...Teenagers clad in black hoodies and tight jeans kiss the brick wall separating Emo's inside bar from the real..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Janis Joplin, Texas, and the Big Beat

How East Texas Shaped Rock's First Female Superstar

"..."I'll tell you 'bout Texas Radio and the Big Beat...I'll tell you 'bout the hopeless night Wandering..."

Jan. 12, 1996 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's Recalls the Moment Her Band Topped the Charts in 1981

Austin born and raised, Valentine and the girls reigned with Beauty & the Beat – as excerpted from her new memoir All I Ever Wanted

"...Beauty and the Beat was mixed, mastered, and finished. All of the..."

April 17, 2020 Music Feature by Kathy Valentine

Page Two: The Stravinsky Theory

The healing power of prescience, set on "repeat"

"...Hopin' for the best..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Column by Louis Black

The Scene Is Gone But Not Forgotten

The Evolution of Austin's White Blues

"...used to go to Antone's every weekend but all the good bands are gone."..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Music Feature

Who Let the Dogs Out?

A playlist for the dog days of summer

"...1982, P-Funk's R&B chart-topper almost got run down in the street, the author's industry revolt colliding with radio programmers..."

July 17, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Multifarious Mike Wiebe

Music, comedy, faux-Christianity: the many faces of the Drakulas/Riverboat Gamblers frontman

"...Last time the Chronicle profiled Mike Wiebe, 14 years ago, the reporter..."

June 12, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Explosions in the Sky Debuts in Bangkok

Thailand’s capital is not a cold dead place

"...a city enhanced, possibly, by a few ccs of the neurotoxin from the Gulf of Thailand’s deadliest resident, the..."

May 6, 2014 Music Post by Marc Savlov

The Year in Books

Freedom, Finkler, and Kids of America

"...a colleague and I kicked a conversation around about the book a while back, she accidentally called it America..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Moon-Shaped Panties & the Saint of White Trash

The Late Lucinda Williams

"...The morning starts normally for Lucinda. Well, maybe not normal,..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

DVDanger: The Burning and The Town That Dreaded Sundown

Another gruesome twosome for your weekend's viewing

"...Y'know, it's funny. Considering that the filmmaking Weinstein brothers of Miramax fame made their feature-writing..."

May 25, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Harmonies for the Elderly

Deepa Rajan serenades victims of Alzheimer’s and dementia

"...of interviews I conducted of elderly men and women. Their stories were compelling: some were immigrants, none shared the..."

Sept. 18, 2012 Music Post by William Harries Graham

The LuvDoc's Celebrity Corner

An interview with Rachel McGruder, Asst. Events Manager

"...Rachel McGruder and I used to work in the same office, but for "different companies." The preceding quotations..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Chronolog Post by The Luv Doc

August Month for the Daze

If the Straitjacket fits...

"...After the premiere of Bandslam tomorrow night at the Galaxy Highland..."

Aug. 3, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Tale of a Tale Spinner

How a ballplayer, a piano player, beatnik poetry, and Lubbock made Terry Allen an epic storyteller.

"..."I'll tell you a funny story about my mother," offers Terry Allen, grinning wryly like he does. "I..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Eighth Street Survivors

They came out to protest police brutality. They were met by a life-altering wave of police violence. Eight months later, they still await justice and change.

"...has been updated since publication with new information concerning the shooting of Justin Howell...."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Jumanji: The Next Level

Back in the game for a fun if flimsier sequel

"...we ended up with Brendan Fraser's wild-ride take on The Mummy? So it was with Jumanji: Welcome to the..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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

The Cowboy Song

Thin Lizzy's 'Cowboy Song' comes alive in rodeo vet turned Red Dirt ranger Ryan Bingham

"...It's a smoldering summer night in Marfa, the kind that seems to linger all year long. The..."

June 5, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Cinema of the Americas

A Festival of Latino Films Showcases New Visions of an Old and Resurging Culture

"...When you look at a map of the Americas, you see the United States first. Right at..."

April 13, 2001 Screens Feature by David Garza

The 1821 Club

Tuning in to the future of Austin's music scene today

"...The real indie bands in Austin are teen bands not..."

July 10, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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