Don't Let Go

Sci-fi crime drama gives a cop a chance at redemption

"...small subset, where a MacGuffin that acts as a tin-can phone connects the past and present. In this case,..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Tin Can Phone

Rock Box

"...Tin Can Phone Adapter..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

The Universal High School Experience

Sarah Dessen's latest novel is 'The Moon and More'

"...who move in next door, best friends who start experimenting with dangerous drugs, and parents who die, leave, or,..."

Sept. 26, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

The Polar Bear Express

The Beaufort Diaries' animated journey from book to screen

"...of technology-induced false starts and an adjustment to the tin-can phone reception, we've finally settled into a workable back-and-forth..."

March 11, 2011 Books Feature by Cindy Widner

The Strange Attractors

"...Attractors' third psychedelic orb, last spring's Midnight at Xochil's. Austin/Chicago imprint Past/Futures Records first pressed the Austin drones' 2009..."

May 25, 2012 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Let Me Paint You a Picture

Movies were made to be shared

"...a sound system with the audio clarity of a tin can phone. If you did not like the one..."

May 20, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: What’s That Smell?

Our Austin-bashing governor knows how to spread manure

"...white Repub­lic­ans with whom he obviously feels most comfortable. Letting his hair down this week for the Bell County..."

June 9, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Author by Author

Notable Folks in Their Own Write

"...Jim Hightower is one of 11 local literati contributing reviews in this issue. photograph by Kenny Braun..."

May 1, 1998 Books Feature

Protecting the LGBTQ Community When the State Attacks

From the bathroom bill to marriage equality, can Austin fight back?

"...Stephanie Martinez is no longer proud to be a Texan. In..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Q&A: Gloria Steinem

Activist icon is the 2016 Liz Carpenter Series Lecturer on Wednesday

"...“Secrets.” The Chronicle caught up with the powerhouse by phone to chat about her friendship with Carpenter, her views..."

Sept. 12, 2016 Arts Post by Jessi Cape

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...Austin has an established agreement with the city of Galveston..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

After a Fashion

Stephen softens with age ... at least for this column.

"...FASHION FALLOUT Seems that my Austin Chronicle cohort Anne Harris pretty well eviscerated the Austin..."

July 31, 2009 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Letters at 3AM

People who might not want anything to do with me look at my car and know there's something about America we agree on – something embodied in a '69 Chevy Malibu

"...without another word. I thought: Never say never? That can't be right. "Never" is an important word. Each of..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

We take cars for granted, yet people have been living like this only a short time, and, when this era exhausts itself, people may never live like this again. What will they think of us, I wonder.

"...know they're cheap because the cars outside are little tin-can putters – just enough of an automobile to get..."

June 10, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Moon-Shaped Panties & the Saint of White Trash

The Late Lucinda Williams

"...since she's in Nashville and in these days of skyrocketing fame and all the right moves, she's more often..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Whether Saving Lives During the Freeze or Saving the City From Save Austin Now, Bob Nicks Just Helped

"I didn’t do a thing. I sat in my office and dispatched people. But I was part of it.”

"...Bob Nicks' phone lit up with call after call as he drove..."

April 8, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...August of 1982, Sarah Whistler had moved out of Austin, Joe Dishner had left to go into film production,..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Pascal's Wager

Soundtracks: A No Lose Proposition

"...these days are two little ol' bands from Texas: Austin's Butthole Surfers and Denton's Toadies. Thus far to their..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Uber and Lyft Are Back, in Case You Missed Them

Drivers and riders react to return of TNC giants

"...of self-imposed exile, Uber and Lyft have returned to Austin. Both of the transportation network companies' apps recommenced operations..."

June 2, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Hill Country Food and Wine Guide Update

"...places that opened after we went to press. In creating our first update to the guide, I revisited the..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Food Feature

Music Reviews

"...TIN CUP..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Music Feature

Finding the Fun in Porn With Peep Show

Local comics keep it relatively clean and boner free

"...has just been subjected to a series of vintage phone sex ads promoting 1-900 numbers and competitive prices ranging..."

Oct. 10, 2018 Events Post by Shalavé Cawley

72 Hours (or So) of Ridesharing

With Uber and Lyft still boycotting Austin, we take the competition for a drive

"...With transportation concerns dominating conversation from City Hall to office water coolers, and..."

June 24, 2016 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

Smart Meters, Fluoride, and Guns

Things Laura Pressley doesn't want to talk about

"...fluoridation of the city's water supply, her belief that Austin Energy's "smart meters" caused her legs to twitch, or..."

Oct. 31, 2014 News Feature by Jo Clifton

Wide Open Heart

Local accordionist Bradley Jaye Williams brings together fish and fowl in his assimulation of Texas polka and conjunto music.

"...and Los Pinkys, unless this were some Aggie-sponsored journal documenting the latest fowl-husbandry breakthroughs. It's not even that surprising,..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Twitter Flame War Fires Up Austin FC Supporters to Help the Unhoused

For Los Verdes, y'all means all

"...of this year, Chris Saldaña sent a tweet, tagging Austin's mayor and police chief: "Happy New Year @Chief_Chacon, any..."

Feb. 25, 2022 News Feature by Kit O’Connell

Austin Hip-Hop Pioneer Tee Double Perseveres

Holding the vision through institutional racism, isolation, and a double transplant

"...definitive light. The prolific 47-year-old "Kid from Kealing" remains Austin's most appropriate ambassador of a rich and burgeoning hip-hop..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Sheik to Sheik

Crazy Heart wasn't Stephen Bruton's only last project, and we have Geoff Muldaur & the Texas Sheiks to thank for that

"...to expand the project into a celebration of traditional American music."..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Election 2004 Updates

The latest electoral happenings in Central Texas, updated daily

"...editor Mike Clark-Madison reported from the scene, "Second-graders were celebrating in the hallway, jumping up and down and hugging..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature

Love Is All Around

Tracking Sonny Curtis and his tall, West Texas tales

"...for three months and through as many states, following phone calls, e-mails, rendezvous hit and missed, onstage and off,..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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