The Talented Tenth

Complaints arise over the Top 10% law – because it's working too well

"...is 1997's HB 588, more popularly known as the "Top 10% Law." Under this nationally heralded response to the..."

July 2, 2004 News Column by Michael King

After a Fashion

Top 10 celeb quotes: Stephen takes the stinky feet out of celebrity mouths long enough to want to put them back in

"...in the early 1960s. Approximately 40 years later, in 2003, your career was already on the skids, and you..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

A Retrospective Decade

Top 10 reasons to wonder why anyone votes for Rick Perry

"...2003: MEET OR DIE Perry called three consecutive special Lege..."

Jan. 7, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

The best of TV in 2003 -- with some weirdness and disappointment in there somewhere

"...Top 10 Things I Never Thought I'd See (or Hear)..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Long May You Run

Previewing the 2002-2003 Austin Music Awards.

"...are reflecting this trend. Appropriately enough, so will the 2002-2003 Austin Music Awards, which kick off South by Southwest..."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Translate This

2003 in Film

"...This year's Top 10 lists, like all lists, are snapshots of moments..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

From the Archive: The Charlie Kaufman Canon

As Anomalisa opens in Austin, we revisit interviews and reviews

"...Is Charlie Kaufman the most talented screenwriter of his..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

First Came Memphis Minnie

Maria Muldaur digs deeps into the blues

"...a Sunday night gig in Fredericksburg at the Hill Top Cafe. If all you know of her is 1974..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

TCB

Fifteen music lists from 2003, plus a sample Austin Music Poll ballot. Fill yours out now!

"...Nelson's 4th of July Picnic for smoking reefer, and 2003 is mercifully ready for a toe tag. At least..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

deEP end

deEP end

"...local, old-school ska-lors have begun recording a follow-up to Top 10 2003 honoree This Good Thing. A trio of..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Liquid Assets

A fair competition

"...Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc ($17), one of the Wine Spectator's top 100 wines of the year and a killer wine..."

April 8, 2005 Food Column by Wes Marshall

After a Fashion

Who was tops in 2003? Who will last into 2004?

"...TOP 10 CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS OF 2003..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Off the Record

Handicapping the decade in Austin music and playing favorites for the Chronicle Music Poll

"...Top 10 Events That Defined the Decade in Austin Music..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

How Acclaimed Sushi Chef Tyson Cole Achieved His Dreams in Austin and Beyond

The chef behind Uchi (and several more notable restaurants) gets Hai all the time

"...the first seeds of Hai Hospitality were planted in 2003. Head sushi chef Shannon Kennedy is in the kitchen,..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page Two

Our Top 10s give you another chance to laugh, and rail, at us; Republican dominance and a state budget crisis bode ill for government services, and for Austin; we bid a fond farewell to "Dancing About Architecture" and chart a new course, a bit.

"...Welcome to 2003!..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Column by Louis Black

How Robert Rodriguez Saved Alita: Battle Angel From the Scrap Heap

After a decade and a half, the legendary manga's battle dreams are made real

"...It was less a homecoming and more a brief stop on the crowded publicity itinerary for Alita: Battle Angel...."

Feb. 15, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Joss Stone, Toots & the Maytals, Kris Kristofferson6-10pm, Town Lake Stage @ Auditorium Shores Though UK teenage..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Letters at 3AM

Russia has gone from a crippled to a powerful nation, using the model of what might be called "national capitalism"

"...are not so sure. But all agree that by 2003 he was Russia's richest person, the 16th richest man..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Wednesday Picks

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"......"

March 11, 2005 Music Feature

Dialing for Dollar$

Austin radio stations scramble to keep the money flowing in a strange new media world

"...our intent is to stay competitive in this business 10 years from now. The landscape has changed."Painting Landscapes Everybody..."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature by Kevin Brass

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...David Bowie, Modest Mouse). In 2004, Ropeadope released the 10th album by the Big Easy octet – trumpets, trombone,..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...between Capital Metro, StarTran, and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1091.Headlines• Early voting in the House District 48 run-off special..."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Sen. Jeff Wentworth filed a bill to repeal the Top 10 Percent Law regarding college admissions; Wentworth said the..."

Feb. 4, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

No Dominion

A partial roll call of people who died in 2003.

"...all your life in music and didn't "reach the top," but still paid the dues? John Brim was scarcely..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...of inaccurate references to Accenture in your June 27, 2003, "Hightower Report," published in The Austin Chronicle under the..."

July 4, 2003 Column

2004 ACL Fest Guide

Everything you need to know

"...1:10pm, BMI stage..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Music Feature

I Built My Girlfriend's iPod

Stranded on a desert island? At least you have your iPodSolar.

"...Rhino Records' regal 4-CD hatbox, 2003's One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

From Screen to Stage … Seriously?

Surveying the unlikeliest candidates for Broadway adaptation

"...When word came down this week that Andrew Lloyd..."

April 10, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...December because he said the law didn't exist until 2003. Earlier this month, the Third Court handed DeLay a..."

March 24, 2006 News Feature

Pachanga Announces Line-up

Julieta Venegas headlines pared-down May fiesta

"...in returning to idyllic Fiesta Gardens on Saturday, May 10, scored all right. In Mexican-American pop princess Julieta Venegas,..."

Feb. 13, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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