After a Fashion

The stars at night are bigger and brighter, deep in the heart of Texas: Check out these local Hollywood sightings … Goth is alive and well and living in San Antonio … bra straps are still ugly and … your Style Avatar goes out on a "Denim Edge."

"...York designers-to-the-stars Badgley-Mischka worked the crowd at the St. Thomas cocktail party Friday night, as well as St. Thomas'..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Postscripts

Unconvincing

"...BookPeopleon Tuesday, August 31 at 7pm... Like clockwork, Kinky Friedman has a new book out, Spanking Watson, and he'll..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

1998 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...11am Writing From Your Roots Moderator: Jane Thomas; Kimberly Willis Holt, Jeanette Ingold, Diane Stanley..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Books Feature

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...Voice, where the local caught his first big break. – Thomas Fawcett The Bad Lovers..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Postscripts

Mixed Notes

"...UT English professors will read from three poets' works: Thomas Whitbread will read e.e. cummings, Betty Sue Flowers will..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postscripts

Bedtime Stories

"...final weekend of Texas Writers Month, mystery novelist Kinky Friedman and San Antonio-based writer Docia Williams will appear at..."

May 30, 1997 Books Column by Lee Nichols

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...falls for another addiction, Ethan. Cast List: Courtney Eaton, Thomas Mann, Francesca Reale, Gina Rodriguez, Joel McHale, Scott Mescudi,..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIFriday of SXSW, blurb by blurb

"...12:30am, Saxon Pub Willie Nelson/Kinky Friedman smoking buddy Dayton spent the last year concentrating on..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...Megan Stalter, Jojo T. Gibbs, Manny Jacinto, Ayden Mayeri, Thomas Mann, Chrissie Fit, Andrew Hyland, Chelsea Peretti, Margaret Cho,..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: Reading Diplomatic Code

There's a shift toward the promotion of Turkey as a stabilizing force in the Middle East

"...privately and extensively, because the reflexively pro-Israel Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman let loose a diplomatic barrage: "The people..."

June 17, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

And They're Off!

Primary filings reveal a who's who of contenders

"...respective rivals, hair care magnate Farouk Shami and Kinky Friedman. The applause meter delivered a split decision for two..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Among the Smoldering Embers

The 17th annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival: Contest results

"...Honorable Mentions: Kala Uprety, David Wellings, Chuck Hell, Rebecca Thomas, Mark Kessel (Wimberley), Bart Emken (Pflugerville), Pete Gaitan Jr.,..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...she should have to follow the law." – Kinky Friedman, challenging his fellow independent gubernatorial candidate's request to be..."

June 16, 2006 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...an omission that amounts to disrespecting Hut's and Tex Thomas and the Danglin' Wranglers. I fear for her credibility...."

Jan. 20, 2006 Column

After a Fashion

Stephen sure is getting around, hobnobbing with the bigwigs and taking in all of the faboo fall fashion fetes

"...Jo Fashion Show, hosted by our next governor, Kinky Friedman, and held in the swinging parking lot of the..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

2003 Texas Book Festival Preview

"...Poetry Martín Espada, Simon Ortiz, Kathryn Waddell Takara, Lorenzo Thomas, Moderator: Jack Brannon..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Books Feature

After a Fashion

Our Style Avatar get Grease-y and posh all in the same week!

"...Avalon in the "Beauty School Dropout" routine, and Michael Friedman and David Lee Richardson III were hysterical as a..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Texas Platters

"...the great Tim Kerr. Lord High Fixer Stefanie Paige Friedman is the Shack's latest contender at the drum stool,..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Music Review

Postscripts

"...its own, including appearances by Jim Marrs and Kinky Friedman. Marrs is the author of Crossfire (the basis for..."

May 23, 1997 Books Column by Lee Nichols

The Scene Is Gone But Not Forgotten

The Evolution of Austin's White Blues

"...Marchand, the Dixie Cups, Aaron Neville, Ernie K-Doe, Irma Thomas, Fats Domino, Huey "Piano" Smith. I was raised in..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Music Feature

10 Freaks and Geeks to Redefine Austin Music

Local passion projects with singular visions

"...who'd sooner skewer the form than salute it: Kinky Friedman, the Geezinslaws, even the Hickoids. Famously claiming Panhandle origins,..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Letters at 3AM: The Patriot Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden is the American equivalent of the man who stood in front of that tank in Tiananmen Square

"...he claimed. But, on June 18, former NSA whistle-blower Thomas A. Drake told CNN's Erin Burnett, "Snowden was a..."

June 28, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...And Everything Is Going Fine, Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas’ American: The Bill Hicks Story, Mike Woolf’s Man on..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival Winners

"...R: John Randall; G: Robert Leos; Other: Thomas Penn;..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Food Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...to Mayor Will Wynn and Mayor Pro Tem Danny Thomas at a recent candidates' forum focused on the duo's..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature

Primary Election Notes

Scuttlebutt from the election trail

"...criminal defense lawyer Robert Patton, Houston personal injury lawyer Thomas Pirtle, and the Good Government Fund, who gave $25,000..."

March 3, 2006 News Feature

After a Fashion

What Stephen did last week and what he's probably going to do this ...

"...canines and to the host, our next governor, Kinky Friedman (www.votekinky.com), who received hearty approval from the audience. Also..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival Winners: 1991-2004

"...R: John Randall; G: Robert Leos; Other: Thomas Penn;..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Food Feature

Letters at 3AM

Statistics on American education tell a dreadful story, the story of an advanced technological society slipping back to a state of ignorance and superstition

"...• Thomas L. Friedman reports "a mounting crisis" (NYT, Dec. 5,..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Texas Titles in Toto

"..."Asshole from El Paso," Kinky Friedman..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

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