The Austin Chronic: How Worried Should Cannabis Users Be Over Paxton Suing Austin?

A Q&A with Congressman Greg Casar

"...On Jan. 31, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton turned his attention away from his..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

After a Relapse Into Addiction Quietly Broke Up Street Sects, the Duo Has Exorcised Their Demons

The Gentrification V 7-inch hit last week, but Austin experimentalists are focusing on a balanced existence instead of rushing anticipated third LP

"...Languishing in the corner, monopolizing the dust that might have otherwise spread..."

May 27, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Residential Address: The Mellows Bring Sixties Pop to Sagebrush

With a focus on good hooks, the band makes falling in love danceable again

"...The Mellows..."

March 4, 2022 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

Lit in the Time of Coronavirus

From emerging writer to potential vector at AWP in San Antonio

"...This is a story where we don’t know how it ends. It starts..."

March 12, 2020 Arts Post by Mark Gozonsky

The One-Man Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar Park Conspiracy

“Do you see it? Cuz if you don’t, then I’m crazy.”

"...The illustration came into my possession last Monday morning...."

Dec. 23, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Muse for the Ages: Loreena McKennitt

Canadian chanteuse warms to vinyl and Texas

"...Just think, had she not shown a proclivity toward world music, we might be lauding advances in animal..."

March 2, 2016 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Stan the Man

The legendary name behind Marvel Comics comes to town for Wizard World

"...Norse god. It's a 91-year-old native New Yorker with the heart of a child, an imagination that soared across..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

TV Review: 'The Hour'

New season of BBC America Fifties drama debuts tomorrow

"...The Hour, about the early days of TV news, started..."

Nov. 27, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Game of Senators

Patrick and Carona spill blood and venom in lite guv fight

"...We've always had a lot of time for Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas, but when he..."

May 7, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

We Were the Urban Pioneers

Our search for the just-right million-dollar condo, in the wilds of Downtown

"...Pioneer life is tough...."

March 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Information Wants to Be Worthless

Money was never the most interesting thing about the Internet. Which is a good thing, since now it's gone.

"...next South by Southwest Interactive. I don't know why they still call it that, though. They used to call..."

March 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Bruce Sterling

The Poetry of Pain

The Fires

"...What fills the holes dug by lies; what breeds in dank silence;..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Books Review

Only the Beginning

Wednesday Night SXSW "Sleepers"

"...Last year, as the Austin Music Awards were kicking off South by Southwest..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature

Three True Tales of Urban Infill

Believe It, or Not...

"...As one who is charmed almost totally by the serendipitous, a designed city sounds as appealing..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Spoon’s Britt Daniel confronts Lucifer on the Sofa

Q&A on his return to Austin and making a real rock record

"...The 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction nominees..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Music Post by Austin Powell

Your Queer Guide to SXSW

Keeping things kweer in 2018

"...Just like that, SXSW returns (March 9-18) to take over Downtown Austin. From free parties to great..."

March 2, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Texas VegFest Returns to Austin

Any time a bunch of vegans get together, you can bet it will be a party

"...Any time a bunch of vegans get together, you can bet it will be..."

March 31, 2017 Food Feature by Alisha McDarris

The Wrath of Don

Zimmerman's constituents accuse him of online, in-person abuse

"...In late August, David and Anita Brad­ber­ry walked out of their Northwest Aus­tin home and headed to the nearby..."

Oct. 7, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Secret Lives of Girls

AFS Documentary Tour presents the six-part Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman

"...Much to her surprise and consternation, filmmaker Jennifer Fox discovered that..."

April 4, 2008 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Born in the Barn

How Shakespeare at Winedale spawned some of Austin's – and the country's – best theatre

"...James Ayres didn't set out to create an army of ardent theatre makers. All he..."

July 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Original Hipster

Chronicle writer Dick Holland on the comeback of Texan Terry Southern, the all-around bad boy of black humor

"...Quick: Which Texas writer or writers merited inclusion on the cover of the Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Although some critics have assumed, from Jacques Barzun's criticisms of modern culture, that he is a conservative ideologue, in reality he has always followed his own, pragmatic vision of things.

"...Jacques Barzun's book, From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life: 1500 to..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

The Majestic Napster

In this time of 30-second Happy Meals and 10-minute workouts, Jay Hardwig finds a better way to spend his time: napping.

"...was in college I wrote a paper titled "Laziness, The Majesty of the Nap, and the Sacred Right to..."

July 21, 2000 Features Feature by Jay Hardwig

How Driving Somebody From One Texas City to Another Can Turn Into a Prison Sentence

Rides from hell, thanks to Texas’ immigration law

"...You recently graduated high school and plan to pursue a secondary degree. The future is a mix..."

Feb. 2, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

The Half-Century Psych of Shiva's Headband

13th Floor Elevators weren't the only local psych act exploring Austin's outer limits – and still doing so

"...Flash back 50 years. Austin's just starting to determine its rock & roll destiny...."

Dec. 1, 2017 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Pre-Eminent Local Producer Danny Reisch Moves South to Lockhart

The challenge as he moves is to maintain the same creative space and energy

"...Danny Reisch spins his chair away from the production console in his living room and leans back..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Next New Neighborhood

City and residents plan a sustainable Colony Park

"...yellow T-shirts and carrying clipboards, three UT students approached the house on Colony Loop Drive and knocked. A woman..."

April 4, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

The Council We Deserve?

In the races for City Council, it's a search for competence amidst the chaff

"...down this year from her Place 3 seat on the dais, has attended a few of the candidate forums..."

April 22, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Sphere of Influence

The creators of Phantasm talk about the amazing success of their work over the years and why on Earth it's been so successful in the first place.

"..."Two dull brothers take on a flying object that punctures skulls, as..."

March 31, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Conceding to Concessions

Airport Eateries Surprise the Discerning Palate

"...Airport food has long been the butt of many a bad joke, the kind you'd..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Food Feature

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