Almost Famous

Three years after leaving Austin for Hollywood, comics Chip Pope and Howard Kremer still aren't celebs, but with pilots for HBO and Comedy Central and a willingness to schmooze, they've come agonizingly close.

"...a hot young actor or comic suddenly appears on the Hollywood scene and makes a big splash, he or..."

July 20, 2001 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

It Takes Two

Asking local musical couples what it's like to do everything together

"..."O my Luve's like the melodie, that's sweetly played in tune" -- Robert Burns,..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

TV Eye

Reflections on the memorable television specials of Christmas past

"...Like most everyone, I have my favorite holiday sense-memories: creamy eggnog with a splash of dark rum --..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

The world is not ending anytime soon -- but neither are television specials about the twilight of the millennium.

"...I blame Richard Nixon for ending my childhood. It's not all his fault, of course,..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Day Trips

"...photograph by Gerald E. McLeod..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Scanlines

Black Sunday

"...Mario Bava (1960) with Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Ivo Garrani, Andrea Checchi...."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Scanlines

Practical Magic

"...with Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest, Aidan Quinn,..."

May 7, 1999 Screens Feature

Coach's Corner

"...The plan was this. With UT playing at Old Mizzou,..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Exhibitionism

"...Savage in Limbo: Balls in Search of a Cue Hole in the Wall, June 7 &..."

June 6, 1997 Arts Review

Big Land, Big Stories,& One-Eyed Jacks

Western Roundup

"...illustration by Nathan Jensen Some American Indian tribes used to believe that,..."

April 18, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Location, Location, Location

Detective Fiction

"...On the television, the sound turned off, the Oklahoma bombing was..."

May 5, 1995 Books Feature by Louis Black

"No Kill" for Traffic

Vision Zero action plan aims to eliminate traffic fatalities

"...On May 19, when City Council voted to approve the Vision Zero action plan, Austin had just seen its..."

July 8, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Climbing Mount Compost

Austin's next big zero-waste project is feeding nature's recycling program

"...In its past life, the steaming pile of compost at Organics "By Gosh" was..."

April 24, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Anything for John

The making of John Cassavetes' 'Love Streams,' as witnessed by Michael Ventura

"...Streams is a film that makes a lot more sense when you know a little about it." That's Austin..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Project Connect Accelerates

As decisions near, controversy dogs urban rail plan

"..."The first phase of urban rail is, to a large..."

June 13, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

DVDanger: Blackness And Shadows

Period piece "The Black Torment" and the world's end in "Dead Shadows"

"...There's no effect cheaper, and maybe none more effective, than..."

May 3, 2014 Screens Post

Endgame

Nigel O'Hearn terminates Palindrome Theatre after three years, just as planned

"...It's a Monday afternoon at Thunderbird Coffee, and Nigel O'Hearn is on the patio – there..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

Team Risk

UT students create a safe place for their classmates to make daring new stage work

"...Courtney Sale will tell you flat-out that the reason she's in Austin is the Cohen New Works..."

March 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two: Reporting for Duty

Anti-government patriots poised to fix government

"...are living in a time when most don't accept the burdens of their own greater responsibilities but do actively..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Now What?

Mediamakers consider what happens when traditional media meets its maker

"...few different names –information or journalism, for starters. Now, thanks in part to the infinite boundaries of the Internet..."

March 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Wells Dunbar

Cool Cities: Dispatches From Copenhagen

Climate change, clean energy ... and bicycles

"...Chronicle staffer Katherine Gregor has been blogging from Copenhagen, where she's reporting..."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Gimme (Animal) Shelter

Swirling city politics, site selection, and – oh yes – animal welfare

"...– The Rolling Stones..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Page Two: Sugar or Salt?

Severed heads, barbecue, and SXSW

"..."The love that loves to love the loves to love..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Column by Louis Black

All My Love

C-Side Records' family values

"...Chris Gregory isn't uniquely blessed with the iconoclastic golden locks and hedonistic wail of Robert Plant..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Lone Star

Another man in black: Kris Kristofferson

"...ago, on a South by Southwest Friday morning, Kris Kristofferson poked his head into the Four Seasons' lobby lounge...."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Page Two

Finding peace in the wonderful chaos of SXSW

"...The last Sunday night of South by Southwest, much of..."

March 25, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

The right's most troubling victory may be its brilliant subversion of the language of political debate

"...The most confounding triumph of the right in the most..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the week: "We also ensured that millions of Texans..."

Dec. 5, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Those Magic Moments

Composer, classicist Stephen Barber's encoding and imprinting

"...Over a cup of coffee at Flipnotics, Stephen Barber rifles through a thick..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

A Little Eclectic

Texas Documentary Tour brings Immy Humes to town.

"...And now for something deliciously different: "A Little Vicious" (1991),..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

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