The World as He Knows It

H.W. Brands? The Age of Gold is just the latest in a long line of well-crafted history.

"...100 years, readers of literate nonfiction have gravitated to the brand names, the household names, of the historical profession..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Books Feature by Tim Walker

The Years With Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes says he can not imagine a world without Shakespeare and Cervantes, but it is impossible to imagine a Mexico without Fuentes.

"...anymore. His vast body of work not only reflects the historical events and personal lives that shaped Mexico during..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza

Josh Rosenblatt Has Seen the Future, and It Isn't Pretty

Magic eight-balling 2008, month by month

"...The Year 2008 in Film, Culture, Uprising: Speculation This week,..."

Jan. 3, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Music of the Spheres

Sinatra in the Sahara

"...The kingdom of Morocco achieved independence from French and Spanish..."

July 9, 1999 Music Feature by David Lynch

World Cup Finals!

International remainders, including Zolar X, from Plutonia, Pluto

"...The World Cup may be months away, but this year's..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Dan Oko

World of Books

The Fifth Annual Texas Book Festival

"...Water has started leaking into his 109-year-old house as the first storm to hit Santa Barbara, Calif., in six..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Voyage to the 'Hearts of Dorkness'

Patrick Read Johnson and the strange oddysey of 5-25-77

"...and film love." As Monday's last-minute test screening at the Alamo Drafthouse proved, it's a lot more than that...."

July 1, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFF Brings Walter Hill for The Warriors and Then Some

Writer/director comes out to play

"...Walter Hill picks up the phone with a simple "Hello." He jokes that he's..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Elmore Leonard's World

Writing the Rap

"...Elmore "Dutch" Leonard is America's preeminent crime novelist, or so the literary establishment, which..."

Aug. 18, 1995 Arts Feature by Ed Ward

The Edukators

Sticking it to the man, German-style, is the subject of this smart, kicky little gem.

"...Jentsch, Stipe Erceg and Burghart Klaussner. Sticking it to the man, German-style, is the subject of this smart, kicky..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Payback

Onetime James Brown impersonator Charles Bradley transcends

"...As we walk toward our table in the quiet cafe of a Downtown Austin hotel, Charles Bradley..."

April 22, 2016 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Playback: If the Gloves Fit

Gloves INTL ices funk, Allegro Media Group ices local label, and the ATX6 plan to ice international festivals

"...Gloves INTL turns heads. Who are these dudes lookin' like Miami Vice noir, and what's with..."

June 24, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Dark Horses

The redistricted Centex Democrats bravely into battle go

"...The sun is just coming up over the East Texas..."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Make It Movement Wants You to Learn a Trade and Love What You Do

Can skilled jobs and career education change Texas culture?

"...sit in my daddy's pickup and throw trash on the highway because he said it kept people employed." Roy..."

Dec. 27, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Whiplash Rulings Leave Us in Suspense Over SB 4: The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday gave Texas permission to..."

March 22, 2024 News Feature

The Evil of Two Lessers, Part II

"...Republican presidential candidate, on September 19th: "Our popular culture owes a duty to the fragile world of children. The..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Column by Michael Ventura

The Hightower Report

How to Bankrupt a Media Company and Survive; and Diminishing the Stench in Congress

"...media baron – even though he knows less about the news business than a hog knows about Christmas...."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Music and the movies, the two oldest and most defining elements of..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

From Here to Eternity

The only punk rock band that mattered, and why they still do

"...The Clash haven't aged well. Mick Jones is suffering from..."

May 19, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Jesus Is Coming

The video mailed across the state, the Christian film that found an audience in Austin, and other stories of evangelicals using film to spread the word

"...Barb Bucklin knows the stories. Each week, she e-mails them to congregations across..."

April 27, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Page Two: Otto Binder Had a Vision

The great science-fiction and comic book writer already had a name for Trump back in the 1950s – Bizarro

"...it is evolving into something different. It's that both the graphic novel of the Apache wars, Indeh, reviewed last..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Letters at 3AM

With inaction, inattention, cowardice, and stupidity, Americans are watching tyranny take shape in plain sight before our eyes, while the overwhelming majority say and do nothing.

"...used to it. We must be -- or surely the events of the last month would cause an uproar,..."

June 28, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...own truncated moniker in 2016 for Get Out of the City. The shift allowed the decadelong Austin scene veteran..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Pirate Jane

Pirate legends, it seems, are the last bastion of childhood, the stuff of imagination for all ages, Margaret Moser writes. And the faces behind the fierceness were not necessarily men.

"...She Captains: Heroines and Hellions of the Sea..."

July 13, 2001 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...The Austin Chronicle's endorsements for the Commissioners Court should leave..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...Thanks for the article on Melinda Ballard vs. Farmers Insurance about Ballard's..."

March 28, 2003 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...is all wrong about Accenture in his column under the headline "A Tax-Dodging Freeloader" ["The Hightower Report," Sept. 6]...."

Sept. 13, 2002 Column

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Brown Right To Fight

"...I played basketball on many occasions against Bick Brown. There is no more intense competition than Bick. The Bick..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...Ms. May's excellent article on the college pipeline accurately identifies many of the leaks in..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Column

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Politics & music & the politics of music.

"...Call of the Wildly Inaccurate..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Column

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