The Velveeta Room's Head Cheese

Pat Dean takes over the venue that’s redefining what a “comedy club” can be

"...if you've heard this one – and says to the bartender, he says, "You look like an asshole."..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Arts Feature by Carina Magyar

The Velveeta Room: Vive la Difference de le Fromage!

Nearly three dozen comics are flocking to Sixth Street to pay tribute to Austin's other comedy club

"...For 20 years now, the Velveeta Room has been Austin's other comedy club...."

June 13, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Velveeta Pack

An all-star team of Austin comics faces down the ROT Rally's hordes of hogs

"...Rat Pack, that fraternity of show-biz legends (most of them anyway) whose collective superstar wattage outshone everything around it...."

June 11, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Getting the Joke

Comedy isn't the funny business it was in the Eighties, what with fewer clubs and audiences burned out by comedy on cable and hack comics. Seven Austin comics discuss the current state of stand-up in a round-table discussion.

"...April is the cruelest month for the Austin comedy scene. That's the..."

June 30, 2000 Arts Feature

The Ups and Downs of Comedy

Hanging with the stand-ups for a look into the life

"...But what's also not so easy, besides the jokesmithing itself, is the stuff comedians go through in..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Pete Holmes: The Interview

The comedian on the role SXSW played in boosting his career

"...According to social lore, rare is the occasion when a nice guy doesn’t finish last. But..."

March 10, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

Johnny Hardwick, the Voice of Dale Gribble, Dies at 64

King of the Hill star was an Austin-made comedy legend

"...for Austin's comedy scene and fans of King of the Hill worldwide: Johnny Hardwick, the voice of Dale Gribble..."

Aug. 10, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cultural Cancellations and Postponements: The Big List

What's not happening around Austin, arts-wise

"...this site, Austinites are wasting no time in taking their art online, making sure you have performances to watch..."

March 24, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

AFF Has the Right Idea About ‘Wrong Numbers’

Made in Texas series revisits Alex Holdridge’s first film

"...To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Austin Film Festival’s Made in Texas film series is..."

May 7, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Into the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival

Everybody's working for your weekend

"...funny, really, how much planning this thing takes. Look: The OOB sprawls like a citysized wino across the five..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

I Hope You Bought It for the Article...

All the Nudes That Fit

"...People ask what I do. I say write. They ask what. I say articles. They ask where. I..."

May 12, 1995 Features Feature by Spike Gillespie

Out of Bounds: The Lineup

"...The ninth annual Out of Bounds Comedy Festival runs Aug...."

Aug. 27, 2010 Arts Feature

Capitol City Comedy Club's Grab for Bigger Laughs Restarting the Stop

"...I could rarely afford to venture out to watch the folks I wrote about. That wasn't a huge handicap,..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Arts Feature by Spike Gillespie

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...journalistic eye remains trained upon his hometown of Houston. The rapper's half-decade of granular, street-life storytelling (with Kream's immediate..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Do Women Rule The Austin Comedy Scene?

Kat Ramzinski suggests that, yeah, they sure as hell do

"...Just those two facts together make for a particularly interesting existence – often in..."

Feb. 21, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Joke's on Bush

Newspaper cartoonist Dan Piraro launches a national stand-up tour, Bizarro's PolitiComedy-A-Go-Go, starring a "quartet of liberal wisenheimers" cracking wise about election-year issues, this week in Austin

"...has really found its voice again this election year. The pitched battle for the White House has every satirist..."

April 9, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

Hey, Kat, What's Up With Fridays at the Velv?

Ramzinski gives us the lowdown on the hoedown

"...Because Chillin' with Kat Ramzinski is what the show is called, and it's the regular Friday night..."

July 20, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Local Comedy Gets a New Buzz at the Buzz Mill

New Seventh Street venue wants to make you laugh your nights away

"...The newest Buzz Mill lounge aims to be an epicenter..."

Jan. 14, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Portrait of the Artist as a Road Comic

Long Drives, Low Pay, and Drunks -- What a Life!

"...Road comics are the gypsies of the modern age, wandering far and..."

March 28, 1997 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

The Pinnacle of 10 Years' Worth of Comedy Festivals?

OOBs, they did it again

"...Tell you what: They done did it...."

Sept. 4, 2011 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Best of John Rabon Is on Its Way

In a manner of speaking, baby, in a manner of speaking

"...This Thursday, the Chronicle’s annual “Best of Austin” issue drops...."

Oct. 31, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Guide to Austin Stand-Up: Behind the Scenesters

The people behind the people behind the mic

"...moonlighting from her day job at PaineWebber, back when the joint was the Laff Stop and frequented by the..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Stuck in the Middle

With Julie Goldman, how butch is too butch? How rough is too rough?

"...comedian/actress Julie Goldman should be a star. She's had the breaks: a small but memorable appearance as Meadow Soprano's..."

April 26, 2013 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

Off the Cuff and in Your City

A roundup of Austin improv schools

"...Consider improvisation, comedic and otherwise. What it takes to make something out of nothing..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

La Vista at the Hyatt

"...Because La Vista is on the second floor of the Hyatt Hotel, chances are you've..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Food Feature

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...Johnny Winter on the outdoor stage at Stubb's Saturday, March 21 photograph by..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

Off the Record

Austin Music Poll winners are just going to have to wait until the Austin Music Awards, plus a closer look at SXSW's international acts

"...Hot Off the Presses..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Constant Follower: Meet the Hypnotic Folk Songcrafter Who Lost His Childhood Memories After a Gang Beatdown

Scotland's Stephen McAll overcame brain trauma to discover a new self

"...abyss fully intact? Or maybe, like a popped balloon, the shattering of your consciousness left you with nothing but..."

March 14, 2022 Music Post by Julian Towers

The Mother of All Mex

Tapping the Interior Source

"...They say that no Mexican meal is complete without some..."

June 23, 1995 Arts Feature by Patrick Earvolino

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