The Luv Doc: Your Gaping Existential Void

Surprise! Unlike Jesus, the Luv Doc doesn’t have a sure-fire formula for eternal happiness.

"...we have been stagnating for a while now. I would try to make more money myself but we set..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

'The Sporting Life': It’s Game Time, Baby …

"...phone call from my friend Brent.    “You’ll never believe what’s just happened,” he said, and I could tell from..."

Oct. 31, 2006 Sports Post by John Razook

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...trial at Guantanamo Bay. Headlines• Secretary of State Roger "Would You Buy a Used Election From this Man?" Williams..."

July 14, 2006 News Feature

Best of Print 1995

Words: Printed, Spoken, and Painted

"...is one of Austin's more visible representatives to the book-buying nation, and her essays are consistently sharp, funny, and..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Books Feature

Michael Madsen, Last of the Warrior Poets

Mr. Blonde on poetry, hats, and 'Reservoir Dogs'

"...with a short fuse. "Lawrence got fired twice. He would get into these big arguments with Quentin. They got..."

Dec. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bullet With Butterfly Wings

Billy Corgan on the Smashing Pumpkins, the Source Family, and Sky Saxon

"...Saxon told me in June of last year, in what was more an improvised sermon than an interview. “Any..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

Tributes

"...later, anyway -- embroidered with marijuana leaves and roses. What every hellraisin' No Depression band worth its copy of..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Music Feature

2 Kool 2 Be 4gotten

"...What would the holidays be without those huge art and..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Film Review: Amazing Grace

Two nights with the incomparable Aretha Franklin

"...Franklin, a standard this writer won’t be exceeding today. Buy the album Amazing Grace – buy all the albums..."

March 17, 2019 SXSW Post by Michael King

LoneStarCon 3: The Jo Walton Interview

The Hugo-winning author of 'Among Others' really loves books

"...getting better. January 2014 will see the release of What Makes This Book So Great, a collection of her..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...civic embarrassment. Even the noisy Berlioz, Beethoven, or Stravinsky would wake up and then roll over and groan at..."

March 26, 2004 Column

Borderline Vaudeville

Bill Crawford and Gene Fowler go off-off-off Broadway with Border Radio.

"...Austin studio at approximately 7:45 last Friday evening, you would have played witness to an agitated gentleman urging the..."

May 10, 2002 Music Feature by Clay Smith

Against the Grain

A profile of Bad Livers bassist Mark Rubin

"...said, it might come as a surprise that Rubin would end a recent phone interview with this warning: "I..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Turning Point

Relations on the Mend

"...We had 19 different bullet points, each of which would take two hours to explain." The Forum developers prevailed..."

Feb. 19, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...& Sleepers." Year after year, The Austin Chronicle provides what no other media outlet can provide: advance information on..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

The Wonders of the Invisible World: Stories

Mason West reviews David Gates' new collection of stories, The Wonders of the Invisible World.

"...of his studio, though he has promised her he would quit. She gets drunk even though she is pregnant,..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Review by Mason West

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Airport, many pilots had hoped that Austin Executive Airpark would save them from having to relocate to the new..."

Oct. 31, 1997 News Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Gateway Drug" (a brief "Just Say No" message from what sounds like a smack-addled Keebler elf) would get him..."

April 2, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

The Luv Doc: A Very Uninteresting Robot

What doesn't take two thumbs, both eyes, and the lives of innocents?

"...friend who calls me occasionally – more than I would like her to – and here's why: I can't..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Despite the outrage of the land pimps, Austin's dis-invitation to Wal-Mart is democratic, legal, and honorable.

"...While we don't know what went down behind the scenes, the city took no..."

Oct. 17, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Year in Books

What New Book Brought You the Most Enjoyment in 1997 and Why?

"...and if the trend of compassion continues, the community would do well to come to the aid of Christina..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Books Feature by Phil West

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Our readers talk back.

"...revive the school newspaper. Were I still there, I would use Mr. Clark-Madison's article ["St. Michael's Passion," Dec. 14]..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Column

Throwing Down Love

The seven-year rise of Knolly Williams, the Master P of Christian hip-hop

"...go a long way toward explaining Grapetree's mission, but what the Billboard ad still only hints at is what..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Naked City

"...from Stratus Corp. Almost simultaneously, AMD announced it will buy its proposed new headquarters site in Southwest Austin from..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature

The Hightower Report

Jim spreads some holiday cheer

"...his face. Even a little touch of the stuff would make him that much better of a president...."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I would like to share with you some observations about the..."

March 19, 2004 Column

Road Show

watson goes to washington to talk transportation; city backs off of terrace pud money, no settlement yet with gary bradley, city may step in to stop expansion of hyde park baptist church, council to consider retail space at csc.

"...watchers talking (though, naturally, mostly off the record). Here's what they've been talking about: Rail 'n' Road 'n' Sidewalks..."

Jan. 28, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Postmarks

Different Traditions

"...so glad to have been set straight as to what a traditional neighborhood is. But maybe there is more..."

July 30, 1999 Column

Texas Platters

"...school for alternative rock radio, 16-year-old Dallasite Ben Kweller would be its Doogie Howser. But Kweller must have skipped..."

May 23, 1997 Music Review

"Strong-Mayor" Proposal Divides Austin's Progressives

Power to the people?

"...– has provoked intense opposition that may be beyond what Allison's earnest good-government backers anticipated. Moving a lot of..."

March 5, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

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