'Chronicle' Sides With Liars

"...rivers that you can't even swim in and drinking water that smells as bad as it tastes and is..."

May 15, 2006 Postmarks

Playback: Will Johnson’s Eternal Newness

"Playback" challenges Will Johnson to a home run derby and uncovers seven things you didn't know about A Giant Dog

"...Word is he was once a ringer on the Waterloo Records softball team...."

Feb. 9, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music: Second List

243 + 171 = as many acts as the last two ATX fests combined

"...subject Paul Oscher, famous for playing harp with Muddy Waters. Austin rap sovereigns League of Extraordinary Gz aren’t there..."

Nov. 18, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Crawl With the Authors of Your Favorite Books

The Texas Book Festival's Lit Crawl gets weird & boozy with 'em

"...fear of collectively tumbling into any vast body of water, vague mutterings of the old Balcones Fault notwithstanding, and..."

Oct. 22, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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"..."Did SOS Matter?," appeared this phrase ... "the Comprehensive Watershed Ordinance, just about the only piece of evidence that..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

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"...City," Dec. 21] that the diversion of Colorado River water to San Antonio would "increase water availability by 75%"..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Column

Page Two: Not Rocket Science

Public discourse has abandoned reasoned debate in favor of irrationality and insult

"...such topics as global warming and the fluoridation of water. When it comes to scientific studies, one can often..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Campfire Horror Story

How Carole Keeton Strayhorn and the state destroyed a healing camp for kids

"...were the extremely anti-social – narcissists, addicts, molesters, and liars. Woodside Trails was for these kids, quite literally, a..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...we cannot even calculate, not like the poorly run water resources system that threatens water supplies and fosters chronic..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Column

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"...Max introduced the city's first nondegradation water quality ordinance to protect Barton Springs. This evolved into..."

April 25, 2003 Column

Take It or Leave It

Are the Strokes great? The Chronicle's Christopher Gray says no, but talks to them anyway.

"...enough even newer groups like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Liars, Interpol, and Longwave to momentarily shift the epicenter of..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

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"...local subsidiary Stratus, working with AMD to pave the watershed; you barely mention these things while they sprinkle the..."

May 19, 2006 Column

Trial and Error

Questions raised about whether cards were stacked against Davidians in their civil suit against the federal government.

"...showed that the sect was nearly out of drinking water and would likely have had to leave Mount Carmel..."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Day Trippin'

More day parties than you can shake an iPhone at

"...Denim (1pm), White Williams (1:45), Ghosthustler (2:30), Bodies of Water (3:!5), Holy Fuck (4), Cool Kids (4:45) Beerland: Rock-A-Round..."

March 11, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Insuring Disaster

Austin: Just Another Outpost

"...and various journalists and publications -- were attacked as liars out to destroy a good and humane company. To..."

Nov. 10, 1995 News Feature

Election Ticker: Don’t Listen to Us!

Midterm coverage, from the folks you love to hate

"...Long Lines at Grocery Stores: To buy water and to vote; as Travis Co. broke early voting..."

Oct. 26, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Writer-at-Large

"...a September 1996 article in Texas Monthly about The Liars' Club author Mary Karr, Draper wrote that Karr had..."

May 14, 1999 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Austin City Council Election Endorsements

Mayor: Kirk Watson

"...kudos for his instrumental role in prompting the S.O.S. water quality ordinance, and for propelling unpopular issues like pedestrian..."

April 18, 1997 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...– A Thirsty Land: The Making of an American Water Crisis Wyatt McSpadden – Texas BBQ, Small Town to..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin Psych Fest Announces Lineup

APF 7 goes global

"...River and features a natural amphitheater stage overlooking the water. The on-site camping’s pretty sweet as well...."

Dec. 4, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Council E-mails Prompt Ethics Complaint, Lawsuit

The consequences of hitting the send button

"...he publicly described the mayor, Martinez, and others as "liars" and "snakes," among other things. "Was the language the..."

March 11, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

AFF: Scene & Heard

A few ramblings about this year's Austin Film Festival

"...flavors of Luna Bars or the taste of oxygenated water on their way to the discovery that no, I..."

Oct. 25, 2010 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

Working on the Railroad

The regional Transit Working Group is poised to make progress on passenger rail

"...committee hearing, a steamed Watson basically asked: "Are y'all liars or just grossly incompetent?" But who knows – a..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Point Austin: Shoot the Messenger

The ARA strikes back

"...our sources on the ARA story, essentially calling them liars for daring to criticize the ARA. Reeves interviewed several..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Green Fallout

Picking up the parties and the pieces, there remains much work to be done

"...the defeated, a few holdouts are still denouncing the "liars" who somehow nefariously deluded 70% of the public to..."

May 19, 2006 News Column by Michael King

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"...urban development away from the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Watershed. As in New Orleans, our public and private leaders..."

April 21, 2006 Column

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"...good for Barton Springs, noting CAMPO's amendment calling for "water quality controls on South MoPac." He didn't bother to..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Column

The Dark Horses

The redistricted Centex Democrats bravely into battle go

"...name ID. This morning, our destination is the Hempstead Watermelon Festival...."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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"...what I owe to pay for America's schools, highways, water systems, parks, libraries, and other essentials of our society.]..."

June 18, 2004 Column

91.7 FM KVRX Presents: Local Live Volume 8

Texas platters

"...H. Biram's psychobilly blues romp to Knife in the Water's alt.country sway, LL8 sows 17 tracks, hitting only one..."

June 18, 2004 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

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