ACL Sunday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2008

"...Horses galloped past the latest herd of Neil Young wannabes with its stellar 2007 release, Cease to Begin (Sub..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature

Ride to Live

Local biker clubs share the secrets of the open road

"...established by a small group of special bikers and wannabes. Our club is designed for deaf and hard of..."

June 13, 2008 Features Feature by Abe Louise Young

Point Austin: Poor Rich's Almanac

Three cheers for Oppel's Statesman

"...reasons we don't run op-eds here, despite dozens of wannabes e-mailing us regularly to do so.) I expect soon..."

March 28, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: A Grain of Salt

Do endorsements really matter?

"...Council veterans and rookie wannabes alike are now making the rounds of candidate forums..."

March 21, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: The Okey Doke

Obama's genius is in movement and counterpoint

"...suspect we'll all be glad for the Dem presidential wannabes to head on to the next rodeo. As I..."

Feb. 29, 2008 News Column by Michael King

The Horror of Selling Out

Harry Knowles talks about the films that could have been

"...horror about celebrity vampires feeding on the gamblers and wannabes. He had real stars of the strip, like a..."

Jan. 22, 2008 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

"...3 incumbent Jennifer Kim, and perhaps a couple more wannabes by the time you read this...."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature

Maker Faire: Happily Ever Crafter

"...the crowds of electrical wizards and engineering masters or wannabes – who were displaying their projects or were part..."

Oct. 24, 2007 Design Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Hightower Report

War on Terrorists Gets Goofier; and An Early and Exclusive Primary

"...and there is no disclosure about what the presidential wannabes pledge to these elite banking interests in order to..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

MILM (Moms I'd Like to … Ummmm … Marry)

Queerty and Gay Place: Go down good together.

"...pre-emptively save you the trouble of calling us Queerty wannabes, as we acknowledge that, while we defer to them..."

March 25, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Thursday Sleepers

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...Local headwaiters Mike McCoy and Hunter Darby (Cher UK, Wannabes) ensure 2006's Ranch Is the New French elicits as..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Politics of Pizza for Pesos

Pizza Patron makes an offer you can't refuse

"...hateful e-mails and death threats from the flaccid Lou Dobbs-wannabes of the world. Our suggestion: Pesos or no, get..."

Jan. 12, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

TCB

The ongoing liquor-fueled legend of the Hickoids, Neil Diamond's people make the Diamond Smugglers' life hell, and Pete Townshend will be at SXSW anyway, anyhow, anywhere

"...Rob Thomas, who has also used songs from the Wannabes, the Fighting Brothers McCarthy, and Paul Minor on the..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

After a Fashion

"Christian" Stephen gets thrown into the Austin Music "den" of Stitch(ing) "lions" and emerges beatified

"...(for want of a better word for certain aspiring wannabes) who put waaay too many details in a single..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

TCB

A pictorial history of TCB's, and the modern Austin music scene's, formative years

"...and Grand Champeen were born; the Damnations, Spoon, and Wannabes grew up; and Asylum Street Spankers, Spiritualized, and Joan..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Film News

Pull the film loop tighter; plus, how to give Harry Knowles a heart attack

"...the L.A. Film Festival to the winner. Hey, vampire wannabes, just come to the panel and get a packet..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...no love for al Qaeda whatsoever. These Rush Limbaugh wannabes who keep writing letters to the Chronicle are idiots!..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Column

War Is About Oil

"...no love for al Qaeda whatsoever. These Rush Limbaugh wannabes who keep writing letters to the Chronicle are idiots!..."

Aug. 14, 2006 Postmarks

Slam as It Ever Was

The nationals come to Austin amid the polarizing medium's 20th anniversary

"...The scenes themselves remain loosely insular – there are wannabes, mascots, icons, lurkers, in-jokes, traditions, and feuds; there is..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Arts Feature by Shawn Badgley

Taxi Lotto No Go?

Urban Transportation Commission searching for new system for approving taxi franchises

"...And with the help of drivers, managers, and manager wannabes, her committee soldiered on Tuesday night. On a dry-erase..."

July 21, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Media Watch: Libel Suits Ain't Pretty

Suit against KVUE alleges story defamed local modeling and acting school owner

"...TV news – agencies ripping off poor innocent model wannabes. From a TV news perspective, what's not to like..."

June 16, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Beside the Point

The future is sunny, cab drivers are stormy, and water treatment's horizon is cloudy

"...155 permits, in hopes of creating their own franchise (wannabes Longhorn Cab and Capitol City) or expanding their existing..."

May 5, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Chasing the Money

Austin campaign finance reform is much less than meets the eye

"...rules. Locally, the precampaign campaign – when the candidate wannabes meet with the folks with the real money –..."

March 24, 2006 News Column by Michael King

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Friday

"...was too easy to write them off as Shins wannabes. Their latest, Descended Like Vultures, is a necessary reinvention:..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Joie de Vivre

The City of Light – Paris – shines at SXSW 2006

"...don't imagine a gaggle of Johnny Hallyday or Django wannabes...."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by David Lynch

Letters at 3AM

Our national self-doubt and self-conflict are nothing new, but what is new, in the last 40 years or so, is a state of confused and conflicted values. It is the signature of our era that we live in a world so unstable that its limits may be tested merely by a bumper sticker.

"...the film, but they'll see the previews). Insecure cowboy wannabes won't take that sticker lightly. But, unlike most Americans..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Primary Colors: Part II

More races to watch, up and down the ballot

"...run-off would not be a surprise. Since the GOP wannabes are equally obscure – maybe more so – the..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: It's That Time Again

If you haven't voted, aren't voting, aren't ready to vote – wake up!

"...Gale), and the Place 5 race, where two student wannabes will apparently challenge Brewster En Route to the Middle..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Hustle and Snow

At Sundance, the proving ground just got a lot more slippery

"...experimental work than with the influx of low-budget commercial wannabes that have stood out in recent years. The festival's..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

From Austin to Neptune

Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas on the rise of his career-making cult favorite

"...the series. Austin bands Cotton Mather, Right Flyers, the Wannabes, and more have had their tunes showcased in various..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

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