Gilded Palace of Sin

Downtown Mystic isn't only the title of Lomita's second disc

"...A 14-year-old Jonas Wilson immediately recognizes Clifford Antone making the rounds of his namesake club during a "We Three..."

April 27, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

TCB

Remembering Clifford Antone, who gave Austin a home of the blues

"...Clifford Antone, founder of Antone's nightclub and one of the godfathers of the Austin music scene as we know..."

May 26, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Finding Writer's Voice

Suzan-Lori Parks isn't coasting, 'cause she's still listening

"...to Austin this week a homecoming may be overstating the case, but the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Topdog/Underdog did..."

May 12, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Friday

"...a job and go to school and still rip the place." Along with his clan of Living Legends, the..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Letters at 3AM

When we say, "This is Nature, and this is not," we're just picking and choosing according to our ideologies, desires, and needs – in other words, a power play to make life behave as we wish. That it never does is life's answer to our machinations.

"...So wrote the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (died AD 180). "In time,"..."

March 3, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Larkin's Journey

New York choreographer Regina Larkin keeps coming back to Ballet East

"...1989, at an international peace festival in Baghdad celebrating the end of Iraq's seven-year war with Iran, Regina Larkin..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Arts Feature by Patti Hadad

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...The article about AISD's limitations with No Child Left Behind..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week"You can't legislate morality. This is a ridiculous bill...."

May 6, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Page Two

A functioning democracy is a very hard thing to love, and even harder to trust

"...to love, and even harder to trust. This is the most awkward time to defend democracy. The current administration..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...really impress your friends with ad hominem attacks on the left, just call us stupid. Or better yet, stretch..."

June 25, 2004 Column

Page Two

Fighting a traditional war in Iraq dooms us to failure; knowledge and understanding are the real weapons of the future

"...If the countywide hospital district doesn't seem an obvious right choice..."

May 14, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Working-Class Hero

Is Michael Fracasso's Austin's best kept musical secret?

"...SXSW 04 showcase took place 1am Friday morning at the Lounge, West Fourth Street, which is not really a..."

April 23, 2004 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...8pm-2am, Drink Whether it's folk, garage punk, dance pop, or death metal,..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Page Two

On the right wing's ideological sleight-of-hand, unenlightened self-interest, and the humanitarian legacy of Cousin Eli

"..."I have never before been so incensed by the Liberal Media as I am now. I am a..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

If he were CEO, and not governor, of Texas, Rick Perry's lazy disloyalty would never be tolerated; look for new "Postmarks" online daily; Screens Editor Kimberley Jones decamps for graduate school; and we honor the righteous life of Marjorie Hershey.

"...Rick Perry's top priority, after his hair, is not the state of Texas nor its people, but the national..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Letters at 3AM

Two words have been missing in all the hubbub about the Supreme Court's Lawrence v. Texas decision striking down laws against homosexual sodomy: Thank you.

"...In all the hubbub about Lawrence v. Texas -- editorials, op-eds, talking..."

July 11, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2002-2003

The full list of nominations for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...For the 11th time, Austin Critics Table has found a whole..."

May 9, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dancing About Architecture

As the Live Music Capital dries up, along comes the Austin City Limits festival to quench parched musical thirst.

"..."History in the making" is what promoter Charlie Jones called the upcoming..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

World Without End

The Austin Film Society will be screening all-new 35mm prints in an eight-film retrospective of the work of Soviet filmmaker Alexander Dovzhenko.

"...Of his 13 brothers and sisters, 12 died in his youth. "Whenever I..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

Day Trips

"...National parks in Texas tend to be overshadowed by the more numerous state parks. It's kind of like the..."

June 14, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...LATIN ACADEMY OF RECORDING PRESENTS: ... three of the hottest regional Latino acts in veteran border pop mobsters..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Cavani String Quartet with Gregory Allen

This Jessen Series of Distinguished Faculty Artists concert by the Cavani String Quartet saw these now-familiar Visiting Artists in Chamber Music at their performing, and pedagogic, peak.

"...with Gregory Allen: Playfully Connected StringsJessen Auditorium, October 6 The Cavani String Quartet are, by now, familiar faces to..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Postmarks

Righteous readers respond to recent rape reportage, and our Best of Austin issue garners a kudo or two.

"...From the Travis Co. Attorney..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

TV Eye

Couldn't you use a good laugh?

"...two small children peering into a newspaper dispenser near the door. The girl was about 5; the boy was..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Expanding on neighborhood expansion, taking C. Robison to task, and much more.

"...Erica Barnett's "Austin Stories" article on the proposed redevelopment of 11 tracts along Marathon in the..."

July 13, 2001 Column

Postmarks

Readers weigh in on the criminality of musicians, the integrity of neighborhoods, and more.

"...not so much about his questionable conviction, but about the article layout which gave the impression that Furr's corporate..."

July 6, 2001 Column

Motherless Child

Obscure monument to balladry finally sees the light of day

"...of beauty, nobility, or grandeur) or transcendent excellence." Sublime: The Source. Thirty-six minutes of pure, absolute transcendence...."

July 6, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks

Our Free Radio coverage generates some audio radiance, and more.

"...Kudos to Emily Pyle and the Chronicle for an excellent article on Free Radio ["The..."

June 29, 2001 Column

Dancing About Architecture

Another Sixth Street club discontinues live original music, as Davíd Garza struggles to get his heard.

"...Putting Off the Ritz..."

June 15, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Day Trips

The Jersey Barnyard is a third-generation working dairy farm featuring "Belle, the singing cow."

"...The Jersey Barnyard in the magical, fertile rolling hills between..."

May 4, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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