Born on the Fourth of July

Explosions in the Sky are blowing up. (Sorry, we resisted the pun as long as we could.)

"...A surge of lightning flickers as thunder cracks above the rumble of molten lava...."

Oct. 24, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Unrelentingly Hostile

Three decades later, 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' is still about everyday evil. In 1977, two UT grad students explained.

"...[Ed. note: The Seventies and Eighties saw the horror movie redefined yet..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Unrelentingly Hostile: Editor's Cut

This is an extended version of the story that ran in the print edition.

"...[Ed. note: The Seventies and Eighties saw the horror movie redefined yet..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

TCB

"...Ego's ongoing "Punk Rock BBQ" series on Saturday afternoons, the loud stuff finally has an authentic toehold south of..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Comin' at Ya!

3-D is back on the big screen -- again.

"...It's a safe bet that awestruck audiences of the 1850s and 1860s, paying their pennies to see stereoscopic..."

July 25, 2003 Screens Feature by Ken Lieck

28 Days Later

A zombie picture, with lots of topical updating.

"...week’s sneak of Alex & Emma related to me the story of a post-screening discussion between two strangers –..."

June 27, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Letters at 3AM

We call them "retirees," although in other cultures and eras they would be elders, but if they had anything real to do they wouldn't be coming here to Jean, Nevada.

"...Two gaudy, cheap-looking, neon-lit structures constitute most of what there is of Jean, Nevada, one on each side of..."

May 2, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

The Beatles

DVDisc

"...The BeatlesAnthology DVD (Capitol) When all 10 hours of the..."

April 18, 2003 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

After a Fashion

Matthew McConaughey, Peter Fonda, Luke Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Owen Wilson, Farrah Fawcett, Louis Black: Which godlike celebrity did Style Avatar Stephen deign to spend a hot 15 minutes in a trailer with? Oh, wouldn't you like to know …

"...STARRY EYES The scene was almost eerie: the wind blowing across a..."

March 14, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...No doubt the unemployed Austinites Mr. King described ["Capitol Chronicle," Jan. 10]..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Column

Confessions of a Trash-Lovin' Mama

Old viewing habits die hard for a new mom.

"...One night I was watching Showgirls and throwing back Moscow mules. The next morning..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Too Tough To Die

The last surviving real Ramone takes us back to the best years of our lives.

"...in 1974. We said we were in it till the end." -- Johnny Ramone, excerpt, "A Tribute to Dee..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Letters at 3AM

All the tumult, all the culture, all the relentless historical brouhaha, has not changed the irreducible loneliness that haunts us.

"...1817, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were writing each other the most important letters in the American canon. When..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Mouthing Off

Lowell Bartholomee has a lot to say, and he says it in plays that blaze like a Klieg instrument throwing gritty metrosphere of modern life into stark relief -- stark comic relief.

"...Lowell Bartholomee ... yeah, the name's a bit of a mouthful -- and the..."

July 26, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

TV Eye

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.

"...Finally, the first glimmer of relief from the assault of summer..."

July 19, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

After a Fashion

If you ask Stephen out on a date and he tells you that he has to do his Hair, don't be offended, he's just obsessing about the new production at Zach Scott.

"...A FESTIVE FOURTH The weekend of the Fourth of July was a round..."

July 19, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Age of Aquarius

With a new production of the "American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" Hair, director Dave Steakley caps 10 years of making the Zachary Scott Theatre Center rock -- and so much more.

"...The members of "the Tribe" wander into the playing space,..."

July 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Girlie Action

Girlie Action

"...of irony and persistence: Shelley King toiled locally for the past few years and won a bittersweet victory last..."

April 26, 2002 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...From the ACC President..."

March 22, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...As the Chronicle election numbers expert Clark-Madison should know the truth..."

March 15, 2002 Column

Page Two

A cornucopia of delights await you at the South by Southwest Film and Music Festivals and Austin Music Awards this year.

"...Peter Bogdanovich and John Sayles both epitomize the essence of SXSW, so it is appropriate they both..."

March 8, 2002 Column by Louis Black

All-American

Jimmie Vaughan at 50

"...The last time Jimmie Vaughan sat down with the Chronicle..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

World affairs and more Critical Mass mess missives

"...I've read the Chronicle for many years and although I am not..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Column

The Sensational Saga of Mr. Sinus

Picking up where Mystery Science Theater 3000 left off, Mr. Sinus Theater 3000 skewers the movies of our childhood to sold-out crowds at the Alamo Drafthouse.

"...if you guys were naming this article, what would the headline be?..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Private Dancers

Watching (bad) movies with Mr. Sinus

"...Austin -- The men of Mr. Sinus -- Jerm Pollet, Owen Egerton,..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Heat

"...straw-colored hair up into a bun and held it there, pledging to write from her grandmother's in Ponca City...."

July 13, 2001 Features Feature by Robin Bradford

Welcome Wagon

Doyle Bramhall II, classic rock's most promising new blood

"...In the White Room -- Last year, God rang up Doyle..."

May 25, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Three Canyons

The Southwest Edge of Texas Hill Country -- Home to Lost Maples and Garner State Park -- Is Rich in Both Beauty and History

"...There's a beautiful place about 150 miles southwest of here...."

May 18, 2001 Features Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Dish

"...Mody, Taylor Kane, Bille Brown and Lenka Kripac. Sometimes the footnotes to great historical events are more interesting than..."

April 27, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Play On!

In the backstage comedy Anton in Show Business, playwright Jane Martin wittily paints the contemporary stage as a madhouse overrun by loons and lunatics so preoccupied with money, image, and themselves that they can hardly be bothered to create art. And the State Theater Company's production takes us inside the insanity with an air of playfulness that keeps the audience primed for a good time.

"...Man, the American theatre is one seriously fucked-up place. Here's this..."

March 30, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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