Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space

Earth can't possibly hold the only intelligent life in the entirety of it all, right? Christopher Chybacan poke holes in that argument.

"...It sounds sensible to say that since there are roughly 100 billion stars in the Milky Way,..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Matt Martinez

Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend

A rock & roll revival?! Here's our weekend music picks.

"...revived at Electric Church, retro punk invades Stubb's, and the Lost Well celebrates five years. What more could you..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

The Best a Band Can Get: The Story of Pussy Gillette

A scene veteran and a bass beginner coin the best band name in Austin – and the music's good, too

"...Masani Negloria tightens her cape. Nathan Calhoun lights a cigarette...."

Nov. 19, 2021 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

J Soulja's hip-hop open mic, an Elliott Smith tribute, and more recommended local shows

"..."The Pre-Roll" Open Mic Showcase..."

July 30, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Review: The Lost Well: Rock for Rent Vol. 1

"...Is there any image more representative of underground rock & roll..."

April 1, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Water Damage, TisaKorean, a tribute to Mandy Mercier, and more recommended shows

"...singer and instrumentalist, Mercier played shows with and in the bands of artists like Townes Van Zandt, Lucinda Williams,..."

May 12, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Review: Call Me Animal: A Tribute to the MC5

Austin contingent delivers highlights on Joecephus’ 2 LP set

"...The fuse that lit punk, Michigan's MC5 hit the scene..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Vel Nine, Sam Dimov Quintet, Rococo Disco, and more recommended shows

"...Austin's Ben Buck first invited Southern California's Vel Nine for a Texas Two-Step tour in..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

NASA Wants You to Help Save the World

Space returns as the final frontier of Interactive programming

"...have long harbored fantasies of saving humanity from killer asteroids, but these have historically involved getting launched into space..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

The Luv Doc: Churchy Parents

People who give a lot of thought to having a baby are both adorable and hopelessly optimistic

"...I am one of the few people left in my friend group who hasn't..."

May 5, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive-In Turning Off the Lights at Mueller

Outdoor cinema to announce new location for August anniversary

"...Sad news for film fans who like their movies in the great outdoors. Blue Starlite Mini Urban..."

June 21, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Kid's Got Moxie!

Man of the Century director Adam Abraham talks about old-style Hollywood panache, the precarious nature of a career in independent cinema, and a little film that could -- and did.

"...You've probably never heard of Man of the Century. Of all the trailers you've sat through and..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Asteroid Conundrum

"...a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood......"

April 3, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

The Luv Doc: The Co Code

Let's pray there's a giant, flaming asteroid hurtling toward earth that will put an end to this nonsense

"...a group of friends since basically college. Now that we have young children we get together about twice a..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

The Last Policeman: Countdown City

In which, among other things, an author hits Earth with a huge asteroid.

"...As sure as the asteroid heading toward Earth is going to wipe out..."

Aug. 7, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Good Dinosaur

Sweet and charming, Pixar's dino pic should please everyone

"...latest film, Pixar Animation continues to reign supreme in the realm of family-focused animated features. The Good Dinosaur is..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

AFS And Sundance Add Judas and the Black Messiah to Drive-In

How It Ends, Censor also added at Pioneer Farms

"...Living up to their promise of bringing great new films from Sundance Festival..."

Jan. 12, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Redistricting: Now, The Fun Begins!

Upcoming opportunities to give public input to Lege, city map-makers

"...Like a swarm of insects, or an asteroid approaching the earth, the decennial redistricting cycle is finally..."

Sept. 10, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Luv Doc: A Cult of Ignorance

Belligerent idiocy has been trending in America since we started tossing tea in Boston Harbor

"...I don't know if it's just me, but the posts on social media about coronavirus safety measures have..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

Beside the Point

Going where no analogy has gone before ...

"...Watching Toby Futrell's now-notorious Star Trek analogy in the midst of City Council's turbulent financial forecast last week,..."

May 11, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Asteroid City

Wes Anderson is at his most enigmatic in a UFO tale within a tale

"...Directed by: Wes Anderson. Starring: Jake Ryan, Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Bryan..."

June 23, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Luv Doc Recommends: Fantastic Fest Rolling Roadshow Screening of 'The Road Warrior'

Republic Square, Friday, September 19, 2008

"...There are a variety of ways the apocalypse could go..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

The 2016-17 Austin Music Awards’ Texan Tower of Song

Thirty-five years of AMAs? More like 181 years of Texas on one stage, on one night!

"...Rolling Stones pledge since 6 thanks to the overlapped harmonies of "Honky Tonk Women" during a kiddie..."

March 10, 2017 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Luv Doc: Home schooling

As Confucius says, “There is more than one way to skin a cat.”

"...Me and my brothers and sisters all went to Austin schools. Our teachers..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Luv Doc Recommends: New Year's Eve With the Diamond Smugglers and Pong

Continental Club, Friday, December 31, 2010

"...Good to finally put a fork in 2010. The prepubescence of the 21st century has been hell so..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

Against the Grain

A profile of Bad Livers bassist Mark Rubin

"...his mind and can provide history or opinions on the diverse set of disciplines he's involved in or been..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Live Music This Weekend, Aug. 18-20

Soundtracking this weekend’s sweat-fests

"...Every day this weekend boasts a multi-performer blitzkrieg. Riders Against the Storm brings..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Music Post by James Renovitch

An Immense World of Delight

It used to be a commonplace of moralists that man was the only creature in the animal kingdom to slaughter his own kind. But as Chronicle writer Roger Gathman points out, kind is slaughtered by kind routinely among ants, salamanders, and, as any child can tell you, guppies. The golden rule, in nature, is not "do unto others" -- it is "why waste the protein?"

"...Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny by Robert Wright..."

June 30, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Texacala Jones

"...an enormous swath across Eighties L.A. punk rock in the notorious Tex & the Horseheads, a whiskey-and-pills-drenched fusion of..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Kevin Curtin's Top 100 Austin Albums of 2020

Why stop at 10 when 10 times that still only scratches the surface of year-topping ATX releases?

"...is that art matters – on both sides of the fence: maker and consumer. Here roll my 100 favorite..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

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